The country’s unemployment rate steadied at 6.4 percent in February, translating to 3.13 million jobless Filipinos following the further easing of mobility and quarantine restrictions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA’s preliminary February 2022 Labor Force Survey...
Preparations are in full swing for the athletes’ participation in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam next month. Chief of mission Mon Fernandez Mon Fernandez, the country’s chief of mission to the Games, said they are already ironing things out on the flights of the athletes...
Consumer prices quickened at a much faster pace in March amid skyrocketing fuel costs. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday, April 5, that headline inflation clocked in at 4.0 percent last month, jumping from 3.0 percent in February, but marginally slower compared with 4.1...
(PSA) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said it continues to scale up its efforts to deliver Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards to millions of Filipinos and enable access to services through both the physical and soon-to-be launched mobile application. PSA said its 17 regional...
Kontra Daya said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should ensure that the master list of voters is up-to-date. Kontra Daya The poll watchdog group issued the call after the Comelec expressed concerns over the continued presence of deceased individuals in the voters list. Kontra Daya also issued...
Poll watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) hosted the kickoff of the source code review and presentation of the sampling software on Monday, March 28 that will be used on the conduct of the random manual audit (RMA) for the May 2022 automated elections. (Screenshot from LENTE...
(PSA) Over 60 million Filipinos have completed the second of a three-step registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) as of March 16, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday, March 28. So far, 60,483,095 Filipinos have been onboarded to the PhilSys Step 2...
A House leader is looking forward to seeing the positive effects of Republic Act (RA) No.11659 or the Public Service Act, which President Duterte signed last week. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash) “Opening up some of our industries like telecommunications, railways, and airlines to full foreign...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the amendments to Republic Act (RA) 11659 or the Public Service Act (PSA) , even speculating that the raised foreign ownership limits on the telecommunications industry could lead to cybersecurity...
Former defense secretary and senatorial candidate Gilbert Teodoro on Wednesday called on the government to provide stable investment policies that would complement the passage of three key economic laws that are aimed to attract more foreign investors in the Philippines. Teodoro, a former Tarlac...
Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go on Tuesday, March 22 said that the law amending the Public Service Act would be beneficial for the Philippine economy. ‘’This measure, in effect, promotes healthy competition across various industries which can pave the way for favorable prices and...
The recently signed amendments to Republic Act (RA) 11659 or the Public Service Act (PSA) are akin to the Oil Deregulation Law and will result in heftier increases in the prices of goods, says House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate. Bayan Muna Party -list Rep....
