The number of unemployed persons in April 2010 was estimated at 3.1 million compared to last year's estimate of 2.8 million. This placed the current unemployment rate at 8.0 percent which is not significantly different from last year's estimate of 7…

On a monthly basis, the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) went up to 0.3 percent in April from -0.1 percent in March. Higher monthly price increases were registered in the heavily weighted food index at 0.3…

Export earnings in April 2010 amounted to $3.573 billion, registering a double-digit growth of 27.4 percent from it's year ago level of $2.804 billion. Compare to previous month level it went down by 14.5 percent from $4.181 billion in March 2010.…

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry slid by 4.6 percent in April 2010, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey.

The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad during the period April to September 2009 was estimated at 1.9 million. Of this total, 98.8 percent were overseas contract workers (OCWs) or with existing work contracts abroad.

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines slowed down to 4.3 percent in May from 4.4 percent in April due mainly to the slower annual growth rate registered in fuel, light and water (FLW) index. Inflation a year ago was 3.3 percent.

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR in May moved at its April level of 154.7 while in AONCR, its level went down to 168.8 from 169.1.

Empowerment of women is essential for the achievement of sustainable development. The full participation and partnership of both women and men is required in productive and reproductive life.

Tetanus toxoid injections are given during pregnancy in order to prevent neonatal tetanus, a frequent cause of infant deaths when sterile procedures are not observed in cutting the umbilical cord following delivery. Table MH1 shows that, for 69…

Respondents in the 1998 NDHS were asked whether they wanted to have another child and, if so, how soon. Table FP1 summarizes the information on women's reproductive preferences. Half (51 percent) of currently married women in the Philippines say…