Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said the latest jobs report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) indicates that the country is on the right track towards recovery. Lopez noted that PSA’s Labor Force Survey (LFS) recorded an employment rate in October at 91.3 percent, the highest...
NEDA cites effects of typhoons, restrictions on public transport The rate of increase in consumer prices in November quickened to its fastest pace in nearly two years due to recent typhoons as well as government restrictions on public transport, the National Economic and Development Authority...
Jobless Filipinos were lessened in October as government continued to ease its quarantine controls to reopen the local economy reeling from one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) showed that unemployment...
The number of jobless Filipinos dropped in October as businesses resumed their operations amid easing movement restrictions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced today. The country’s unemployment rate in October this year was estimated at 8.7 percent, equivalent to 3.8 million...
OLYMPIC-bound Eumir Marcial and Manny Pacquiao (MP) Promotions President Sean Gibbons grace the webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum straight from Los Angeles. Marcial and Gibbons are expected to talk about the preparations being made by the 25-year-old Filipino...
The harvest season for rice is over, but palay prices are still falling, a data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. During the fourth week of October, the average farmgate price of palay fell by 0.4 percent to P15.36 per kilogram (/kg), compared to its level of P15.42/kg in...
PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino goes one-on-one in the webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday. The congressman from the 8th district of Cavite and head of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines...
The country's agriculture sector’s potential to grow significantly within this year has been wiped out by floods brought about by Typhoon Ulysses, an international think tank said. Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Director Glenn B....
THE newly-turned pro Premier Volleyball League (PVL) will take centerstage in Tuesday’s webcast session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum. Ricky Palou of Sports Vision and PVL star Alyssa Valdez talks about the course of the league moving forward following its decision to...
The country’s biggest power generation companies are eyeing to join the competitive selection process (CSP) of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) so they can corner contracts on the utility firm’s future power...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said the GDP growth rate of -11.5% in the third quarter of this year still conforms with the country’s economic recovery trajectory, coming from the previous quarter’s -16.9 percent during the peak of the COVID-19 health crisis. “While the...
Philippine Superliga chairman Philip Ella Juico bared Tuesday that the majority of the team owners don't want to turn professional at the moment in light of the recent situation in local sports amid the pandemic. Juico said they are keeping their options open, but turning pro would depend on the...
