Compared to the recorded number of Covid-19 cases from May 30 to June 5, the average daily rate from June 6 to 12 is 30.4 percent higher. Omicron variant of COVID-19 (MB FILE PHOTO) This was according to the weekly Covid-19 data of the country released by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday,...
GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas or Region 6 dropped as restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic ease and businesses are returning to more normal operations. Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
The country's unemployment fell to 5.7 percent in April, nearing the 5.3 percent pre-COVID level, on continued reopening of the domestic economy, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The April performance was also a significant improvement from 8.7 percent a year ago and...
An uptick in Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate was observed by independent group OCTA Research on Thursday evening, June 9. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The situation in the National Capital Region (NCR) has become more concerning as the positivity rate, at 1.5 percent a week ago,...
The average accuracy rate of vote-counting machines (VCMs) on all audited positions from president down to mayor is at 99.95825 percent so far, according to the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) Random Manual Audit (RMA) of votes in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB In its advisory, the running...
Compared to the logged number of Covid-19 cases from May 23 to 29, the average daily rate from May 30 to June 5 is 1.4 percent lower. (DOH/MB) This was according to the weekly Covid-19 data of the country released by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, June 6, noting that the average daily...
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III on Monday, June 6, agreed with health experts calling to redefine the term “full vaccination” by adding the first booster shot as it is expected to increase the Covid-19 vaccination rate in the country. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang...
More than 47,000 physical election returns encoded by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) as of Sunday afternoon, May 15, produced a 98.59 percent match. Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting command center at the Quadricentennial Pavilion inside the University of...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist, on Saturday, May 14, slammed a report on the apparent 8.3 percent growth of the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2022. (Gabriela Women's Partylist / Facebook) An increasing GDP indicates that a country’s economy is growing. However,...
National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa, on Friday, May 6, said that the decreasing number of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines may be attributed to the country’s “very good” vaccination rate. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) “Tuloy...
Unemployment rate fell to a new record-low since the start of the pandemic as the majority of the country shifted to the least stringent alert level beginning March, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Data from the PSA showed on Friday, May 6, that the country’s jobless rate...
Malacañang said it would step up its game to address the socioeconomic concerns of the country after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported the country's highest inflation rate since January 2019. (FILE PHOTO) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this statement after the...