The unemployment rate in the Philippines continues to decrease as it recorded its third lowest for the year following the gradual improvement in the country's pandemic situation, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Citing the latest Labor Force Survey of...
The number of jobless Filipinos fell last October, boosted by the continued easing of quarantine restrictions, the government’s economic managers said. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 7.4 percent in October...
The rate of increase in consumer prices continued to decelerate for the third straight month in November due to slowdown in food costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The headline inflation rate further eased to 4.2 percent last month from 4.6 percent in October, but still...
Two alleged fixers at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in East Avenue, Quezon City were arrested by authorities on Monday morning, Dec. 6, barely a month after the duo was nabbed at the same location. Nearly a month after arresting a fixer outside the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
Amid the continuous entry of imported chicken into the country and the threat of local raisers to cut their production, the Philippines' chicken output during the first nine months of the year went down by 1.4 percent to 425,890 metric tons (MT) liveweight. Data from the Philippine Statistics...
The government will distribute direct cash assistance of P5,000 to as many as 59,125 farmers in Nueva Ecija to be funded from the excess rice import tariff collection under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). The Department of Agriculture (DA) formally launched this week RCEF’s Rice...
Sample PhilID card for illustration purposes (Photo from PSA-Philippine Identification System) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Friday, Nov. 12, appealed for public understanding for the delays in the delivery of over 2 million national identification (ID) cards under the Philippine...
Over 40 million Filipinos are now registered with the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that a total of 40,264,550 Filipinos have completed their Step 2 registrations as of end-October, bringing the agency closer to the goal of registering at...
PhilID (PSA) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has so far registered over 40 million Filipinos into the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys)--the central identification platform for Filipino citizens and resident aliens of the country. "As of 31 October 2021, a total of 40,264,550...
The Philippine Identification System or PhilSys is the government’s central identification platform for all Filipino citizens and resident aliens of the Philippines. (PSA) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has partnered with the Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) to assist those who...
Sample PhilID card for illustration purposes (Photo from PSA-Philippine Identification System / DSWD) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has so far delivered 3.1 million Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards or national IDs nationwide, as of Oct. 31, 2021. PSA said it owes the successful...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has already given up on its ambitious growth target of 2 percent for the agriculture sector, but it has remained hopeful that the sector could still pull off a growth of at least below 1 percent following four consecutive quarters of decline. 44673 In a briefing,...
