Apayao posted a total population of 103,633 persons as of August 1, 2007, or an increase of 6,504 persons over the total population of 97,129 persons in 2000. This increase translated to an annual population growth rate (PGR) of 0.90 percent for the…

The population of Cavite was 2,856,765 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population. This figure was higher by 793,604 persons over the population count of 2,063,161 persons in 2000. These population counts translated to an…

Population increased by 49,120 persons The total population of Northern Samar as of August 1, 2007 was 549,759 persons. This figure was higher by 49,120 persons over the 2000 Census figure of 500,639 persons. The population count of the province…

Export earnings in December 2009 amounted to $3.304 billion, a double-digit growth of 23.6 percent was registered compared from its year ago level of $2.675 billion. However, on a monthly basis, it declined by 11.0 percent from $3.712 billion in…

Producer Price Index drops at a slower rate The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry continued its downtrend with a decrease of 2.9 percent in December 2009, compared with the year ago level, according to the…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR declined to 155.4 in January from 156.3 in December while that in AONCR picked up to 168.8 from 168.6.

The year 2010 started off with an annual headline inflation rate in the Philippines at 4.3 percent, lower than the December rate of 4.4 percent. This was primarily due to the deceleration in the annual inflation rate in the heavily weighted food,…

The population of Catanduanes was 232,757 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population. This figure was higher by 17,401 persons over the population count of 215,356 persons in 2000. The population counts for the province for…

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) dropped to -0.1 percent in November from 1.4 percent in October. This was due to the declines in the indices of the heavily weighted food at…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2009 amounted to $74.134 billion, a 25.8 percent decline from $99.848 billion registered during the same month in 2008. Total imports posted a 26.8 percent annual decrease from $53.445 billion…