Construction projects in the Philippines saw their steepest decline in eight months, falling by nearly 15 percent to over 12,500 in January 2025, due to the massive decrease in residential-building constructions. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the January figure...
The growth of the Philippines’ creative economy in 2024 slowed to its lowest in three years as the total value of creative industries only increased to ₱1.94 trillion from ₱1.78 trillion in the previous year. Based on preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), last...
The Philippine lawn bowls bets will be wearing bullseyes on their backs when the country hosts the 16th Asian Lawn Bowls Championships next month. But head coach and tournament director Ronalyn Redima Greenlees is confident that the hosts will be up to the challenge in trying to defend the...
Honorable Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann will be the special inducting officer when the new leadership of the Philippine Sportswriters Association holds its oath taking ceremony on Tuesday, March 18, at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Newly-elected...
Inquirer sports editor Francis T. J. Ochoa has been elected president of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA), the country’s oldest media organization. PSA officers and Board members during the drafting and approval of the group’s charter. Ochoa takes over from Philippine Star sports...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has warned against escalating National ID scams, urging the public to remain vigilant as fraudsters employ various tactics to steal personal information. In an advisory, PSA Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa said the agency observed a surge in phishing...
Two big upcoming sports events make up the two-part session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, March 11, at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. The Women in Sports Awards and the Pacquiao-Elorde Awards Night will be the featured topics in the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed the creation of 2.6 million new jobs at the start of 2025, but underscored that the government's true goal is sustained quality employment for Filipinos. Pointing to the results of the...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped 0.9 percent from 3.6 percent in January to 2.7 percent in February. A BUSY wet market in Iloilo City. Inflation or the rise in the price of goods and services over time dropped in Western Visayas last February. (Tara Yap) “The...
Factory output surges in January, signaling strong start to the year for Philippine manufacturing. Philippine manufacturing output continued growing at a faster rate in January 2025, posting the quickest expansion in six months, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This...
Filipinos seek employment opportunities as the nation's labor force participation rate rises. Over half a million Filipinos were added to the total number of jobless individuals in January 2025, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This rapid multiplication of unemployed...
Consumer price hikes dropped sharply to 2.1 percent in February, marking the lowest rate in five months, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Data from the PSA on Wednesday, March 5, revealed headline inflation slowed significantly from the 2.9 percent rate in January. It...
