Across regions, Metro Manila had the highest reported cases of work-related diseases and injuries in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the PSA report released on Friday, May 3, more than half, or 52.5 percent of the total work-related disease cases were reported in...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the Mimaropa region (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) registered a 4.7 percent growth and its economy was valued at P411.4 billion in 2023. LENI Rioflorido (third from...
Out of the total number of Filipinos who registered for the National ID system, more than half have already received their physical cards, leaving 35.94 million citizens still waiting. As of April 12, 2024, about 50.06 million Philippine identification (PhilID) cards have been delivered...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippines Statistics Authority announced that the Gross Domestic Regional Product (GRDP) of Western Visayas in 2023 was worth more than P1 trillion. THE skyline of Iloilo City, the regional capital of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nelida Amolar, PSA-6 officer-in-charge, said this...
The growth of the country's digital economy slowed down last year despite surpassing the P2 trillion mark, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The gross value added of the digital economy amounted to P2.05 trillion from January to December 2023, a 7.7 percent increase compared to...
The amount of rice brought into the country reached 322,770 metric tons in February this year, higher by 109 percent compared to last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Based on the PSA report, the value of rice brought into the country reached $160.09 million during the month....
The value of production in agriculture and fisheries reached P1.76 trillion last year, with Central Luzon contributing the largest share among regions, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. However, this was slightly lower compared to the P1.77 trillion output recorded in...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported price hikes for several commodities like rice and cooking oil in the early days of April. The PSA said the average retail price of a kilogram of regular milled rice increased to P51.39 between April 1 and 5, from the previous month's prices of...
The Philippines was ranked seventh in the least expensive countries to hire a freelancer, based on a study by invoicing software company Bookip. The study reported that the average price per job for a Filipino freelancer cost $106.70 or around P6,110. Meanwhile, sitting at the top of the list of...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate – the increase in prices of basic goods and services – in Western Visayas region jumped 0.4 percent from 2.7 percent in February to 3.1 percent in March. Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 officer-in-charge and chief...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that agricultural trade in the country decreased last year due to a drop in both imports and exports. Data from the PSA showed that the total agricultural trade amounted to $24.35 billion from January to December 2023, a nine percent decline...
The country’s trade deficit improved in February this year, driven by a strong increase in exports outpacing the growth in imports, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The balance of trade in goods, representing the difference between export and import values, recorded a...
