The number of jobless Filipinos dropped in October as businesses resumed their operations amid easing movement restrictions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced today. The country’s unemployment rate in October this year was estimated at 8.7 percent, equivalent to 3.8 million...
OLYMPIC-bound Eumir Marcial and Manny Pacquiao (MP) Promotions President Sean Gibbons grace the webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum straight from Los Angeles. Marcial and Gibbons are expected to talk about the preparations being made by the 25-year-old Filipino...
The harvest season for rice is over, but palay prices are still falling, a data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. During the fourth week of October, the average farmgate price of palay fell by 0.4 percent to P15.36 per kilogram (/kg), compared to its level of P15.42/kg in...
PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino goes one-on-one in the webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday. The congressman from the 8th district of Cavite and head of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines...
The country's agriculture sector’s potential to grow significantly within this year has been wiped out by floods brought about by Typhoon Ulysses, an international think tank said. Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Director Glenn B....
THE newly-turned pro Premier Volleyball League (PVL) will take centerstage in Tuesday’s webcast session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum. Ricky Palou of Sports Vision and PVL star Alyssa Valdez talks about the course of the league moving forward following its decision to...
The country’s biggest power generation companies are eyeing to join the competitive selection process (CSP) of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) so they can corner contracts on the utility firm’s future power...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said the GDP growth rate of -11.5% in the third quarter of this year still conforms with the country’s economic recovery trajectory, coming from the previous quarter’s -16.9 percent during the peak of the COVID-19 health crisis. “While the...
Philippine Superliga chairman Philip Ella Juico bared Tuesday that the majority of the team owners don't want to turn professional at the moment in light of the recent situation in local sports amid the pandemic. Juico said they are keeping their options open, but turning pro would depend on the...
PSA revises data The country’s economic contracted deeper than initial estimated in the second-quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced. Based on the latest PSA report, the local economy, as measured by its gross domestic product (GDP), declined by 16.9 percent in...
Athletics and volleyball will be on the discussion table when Philip Ella Juico appears as special guest in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum this Tuesday. Juico talks about the two sports closest to his heart in the 10 a.m. weekly session. The former Philippine Sports...
The agriculture sector grew at a slower pace during the third quarter of the year, as increases in crop and fisheries production were not enough to offset the losses recorded in livestock and poultry. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that from July to September, farm...
