In 2021, total fisheries production was recorded at 4,250.79 thousand metric tons from 4,400.37 thousand metric tons output a year ago, representing an annual downtrend of -3.4 percent. This was brought about by the decreases in production from…

In January 2022, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 16.78 billion which indicates an annual growth rate of 20.1 percent. The total external trade marked its 12th consecutive month of positive annual growth. In the previous…

Malacañang released Executive Order (EO) No. 162, mandating all government offices and private establishments to accept the Philippine Identification (PhilID) card and PhilSys Number (PSN) as sufficient proof of identity and age in transactions.

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing posted a year-on-year increase of 21.3 percent in January 2022, from a slightly faster annual growth rate of 22.1 percent in the previous month.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), through the Statistical Policies and Programs Division of the Standards Service, conducted the Briefing on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Philippine Statistical System (PSS) Budget Preparation on 22 February 2022.…

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) or Filipino workers who worked abroad during the period of April to September 2020 was estimated at 1.77 million.

The headline inflation in the Philippines remained at 3.0 percent in February 2022 as it recorded the same annual growth rate as in January 2022.

The monthly growth of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items at the national level moved at a slower pace of 0.3 percent in February 2022, from 0.4 percent in January 2022.

The country’s inflation for the bottom 30% income households continued its downtrend as it decelerated further to 2.7 percent in February 2022, from 3.2 percent in January 2022.

The 2022 NDHS is the twelfth in a series of national demographic surveys conducted every five years since 1968. The last survey was conducted in 2017. Information from the survey is essential for informed policy decisions, planning, and monitoring…