Following three consecutive years of decline, the local farm output posted a marginal recovery last year, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. In the last quarter of last year, the value of agricultural and fisheries production rose by 0.7 percent, primarily due to increased output of crops,...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifteen thousand individuals here have no birth certificates and the Civil Registrar’s Office is eyeing to register them. Hermilo Pa-oyon, city civil registrar, said that they were among the more than 19,000 individuals who have submitted their documents for verification based on...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that registering for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), also known as the national ID, can be done without the need for a prior appointment. In an effort to simplify registration services and make them more accessible, PSA Undersecretary...
ILOILO CITY – The Western Visayas region recorded its lowest inflation rate since 2021 last December, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said. PEOPLE purchase fish in a stall in Iloilo City. Inflation in Western Visayas decreased to a two-year low last month. (Tara Yap) PSA-6 said the...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Thursday, January 11 welcomed the reported decline in the country’s unemployment rate saying it is a positive indication that the Philippine economy has fully recovered. “We laud the decline of our unemployment rate to 3.6 percent last...
The growth of the country's manufacturing output picked up speed in November last year, driven by improved production of beverages, transport equipment, and chemical products, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The volume of production index (VoPI) increased by 1.9 percent in November,...
The number of jobless Filipinos dropped below two million in November of last year, leading to the lowest unemployment rate in the country in almost two decades, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. PSA Undersecretary and National Statistician Claire Dennis S. Mapa, the announced on...
The country saw its lowest inflation rate of the year in December, but unfortunately, low-income Filipino families did not reap the benefits of this downturn, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA's data revealed that the inflation rate for the poorest 30 percent of...
The rate of increase in consumer prices continued to slow in December, while the country's annual inflation climbed to its highest level in 15 years, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Last month's consumer price growth showed sustained signs of easing, with headline...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that the agency has successfully printed and dispatched over 50 million national IDs for Filipinos who have registered to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). In a statement, PSA Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa said a total of...
Amid a lower-than-expected number of registrants this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has vowed to spare no effort in ensuring the inclusion of Filipinos who have yet to register with the national ID system. The PSA reported that the agency has still not achieved the target of 92...
Over 25 million Filipinos were struggling to meet their basic needs, including food, due to insufficient income, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday, Dec. 22. The PSA's preliminary 2023 First Semester Official Poverty Statistics showed that about 22.4 percent of the...
