Value of Production posts positive growth for the first time after 12 months Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry recovered at 2.1 percent in November 2009 from a year-on-year negative growth observed since November 2008,…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry recovered at 2.1 percent in November 2009 from a year-on-year negative growth observed since November 2008, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…

On a monthly basis, the retail price index of selected construction materials in NCR posted a zero growth in December from -0.7 percent in November. Higher prices of masonry and plumbing materials were offsetted by the price declines in carpentry…

On an annual basis, the movement in the country's General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) was still negative at -1.6 percent in October from -6.4 percent in September. Downward annual price change was observed in the index of beverages and tobacco at…

Using the average estimates of the four LFS rounds (January, April, July and October LFS in 2009), the annual employment rate or the annual proportion of employed persons to the total labor force in the country in 2009 was 92.5 percent. Among the 17…

Average annual population growth rate was 3.54 percent The population of Zamboanga City was 774,407 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population. This figure is higher by 172,613 persons over the population count of 601,794…

The total population of Occidental Mindoro as of August 1, 2007 was 421,952 persons. This figure is higher by 41,702 persons over the 2000 Census figure of 380,250 persons. The population count of the province based on the 2000 and 2007 censuses…

The population of Pampanga (excluding Angeles City) was 1,911,951 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN 2007). This figure is higher by 297,009 persons over the population count of 1,614,942 persons in 2000.…

Number of approved building permit applications increases by 18.3 percent Approved building permits nationwide reached 26,992 during the third quarter of 2009. This was 18.3 percent higher compared with 22,817 applications recorded during the same…

Lapu-lapu City had a total population of 292,530 persons as of August 1, 2007. This was higher by 34.8 percent compared to the census count of 217,019 persons as of May 1, 2000. These figures translated to an annual population growth rate of 4.20…