Most prices of basic commodities experienced a decline during the first days of May, based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). A kilogram of well milled rice would cost a consumer P56.52 during the period, which was lower than the P56.98 and P57.04 recorded for the commodity...
The National Identification (ID) system now permits the updating or correction of key information, but this service is only available at specific Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) offices. In a statement on Friday, May 17, the PSA said that it began the gradual rollout of updating services...
Close to 11 million Filipino children and youth are currently not attending school, with the majority opting out of pursuing higher education. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), out of the 42.8 million Filipinos aged five to 24 years, 10.7 million individuals are categorized as...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped one percent to 4.1 percent in April from 3.1 percent in March. A FRUIT vendor on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, said that the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that national identification (ID) cards with clerical errors cannot be corrected at this time. In a statement, the PSA said that updating or correcting demographic information in the Philippine National Identification System (PhilID) is currently...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the volume of palay or rice production increased by five percent to 5.23 million metric tons in the first three months of the year. The PSA report also showed that the farmgate price of palay was observed at P24.06 per kilogram, up by 6.7...
The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday, May 09, that the local economy, as measured by its gross domestic product (GDP), slowed to 5.7 percent in the first quarter of the year. This growth fell short of the government’s target band of 6.0 percent to 7.0 percent this year and was...
The country’s trade deficit narrowed in March this year as both exports and imports contracted, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed. The gap in the trade balance, which is the difference between the value of export and import, reached $3.18 billion in March, down by 36.6 percent...
The farm output growth has weakened in the first quarter of this year, primarily due to the decline in crop production, especially in palay cultivation, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Based on the PSA report released on Wednesday, May 8, the total value of agricultural and...
The scorching heat discouraged many job seekers, especially in the agriculture sector, leading to an increase in the number of unemployed Filipinos. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Wednesday, May 8, reported that the number of jobless Filipinos rose to two million in March this year...
The inflation rate, or the rate of increase in prices of goods and services, inched up to 3.8 percent in April, as rice prices declined after a three-month surge, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday, May 7. This figure was a bit higher than the 3.7 percent recorded previously...
BAGUIO CITY – The employment rate remains high in the Cordillera region, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The PSA said the region has an employment rate of 96.7 percent as of January 2024, higher than the national employment rate of 95.5 percent. On the other hand, the...
