The rate of increase in consumer prices quickened last month due to higher food prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced. A vegetable seller tends to a client at Paco Market. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The country’s headline inflation clocked in at 2.5 percent in...
The country’s exports increased in September this year, the first monthly growth in seven months, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. As the country’s economy gradually reopened, sales from export during month returned to growth for the first time since February, a month...
CLINT Aranas, one of two candidates vying for the presidency of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), will be the lone special guest in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum on Tuesday (Nov.3). The president of the World Archery Philippines is expected to talk about his...
Rice farmers in the Philippines recorded lower earnings during both the dry and wet harvest seasons last year despite having lower production cost. Photo by Andhika Y. Wiguna on Unsplash. Based on the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the total cost of rice farmers during...
Palay prices continued to go down, even dipping to as low as P11 per kilogram (/kg) as farmers approach the tail-end of the harvest season with a series of strong typhoons. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the average farm-gate price of palay continued its...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to print the first five million of the national ID cards this year, beginning in November. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno ( Bloomberg ) “Finally, it will soon to be a reality,” said BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno after...
Businesses welcome the easing of restrictions for shopping malls and commercial centers are prepared with health and safety measures in their establishments to ensure the safety of consumers who can now venture out of their homes. This was a commitment shared by industry leaders as they welcomed...
Majority of Filipinos prefer digital IDs a secure way for authentication as most companies and business transactions are being done digitally not just for this time of pandemic, but as the way forward. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The “New Dimensions of Change: Building Trust in a Digital...
The Premier Volleyball League will discuss to the league members the details of the joint resolution between the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) which sets the parameters of identifying the professional and amateur ranks. Sports Vision president Ricky...
GAMES and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Abraham "Baham" Mitra goes on board as the lone special guest in the webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday. Foremost to be discussed by Mitra is the recent resolution jointly issued by GAB and the Philippine...
Poor Filipino families have to contend living in a 6.4 square meter space, the size of a billiard table, while the wealthy comfortably stay in their 38.5 square meter homes. Economist-Congressman Stella Luz Quimbo (Photo credit: https://www.bdo.com.ph/) This was stressed by Economist-Congressman...
Coconut farmers are now the poorest people in the agriculture sector, much poorer than when they were 30 years ago. This was the assessment of Danny Carranza, a coconut farmer and member the Kilusan Para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo at Katarungang Panlipunan (Katarungan). (MB FILE, Keith...
