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Almost Nine Out of Ten Filipinos Are Functionally Literate (Final Results from the 2008 Functional Literacy and Mass Media Survey)

 

Fifty-eight million of the estimated 67 million Filipinos 10 to 64 years old are functionally literate, according to the results of the 2008 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS). In this survey, a functionally literate…
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Merchandise Export Performance : July 2010

 

Export earnings in July 2010 amounted to $4.503 billion, registering a double-digit growth of 35.9 percent from it's year ago level of $3.313 billion. However, a decrease of 1.2 percent from its previous month level was recorded from $4.555 billion…
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Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index (2000=100) : August 2010

 

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 155.3and 169.3 in August from their respective July levels of 154.7 and 168.5.
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Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2000=100) : August 2010

 

The year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines inched up to 4.0 percent in August from 3.9 percent in July. It resulted from the higher annual growth rates recorded in the indexes of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), clothing, fuel,…
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Producer Price Survey: July 2010

 

The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry dropped 5.5 percent in July 2010, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price Survey. Furniture and fixtures recorded…
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NSO, PSA call on college freshmen: Join the 19th PSQ

 

The National Statistics Office and the Philippine Statistical Association invite college freshmen to join the19th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ). This year's battle for the nation's young statistics whizzes is open to Filipino first-time freshmen…
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Place of Work of Overseas Filipino Workers (Results from the 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipino)

 

One out of five or 19.8 percent of the total Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) worked in Saudi Arabia during the period April to September 2007. More than one in every ten OFWs (12.1%) worked in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). OFWs who worked in…
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Major Occupation of Overseas Filipino Workers (Results from the 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipino)

 

The total number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in April to September 2007 was estimated at 1.7 million. Of this number, about 35.0 percent or 612 thousand OFWs were laborers and unskilled workers (i.e. sales and services, elementary workers,…
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Tarlac Posted An Annual Population Growth Rate Of 2.11 Percent (Results From The 2007 Census Of Population)

 

Total population increased by 174,666 persons

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Surigao Del Sur Exceeded Half A Million Population (Results from the 2007 Census of Population)

 

Total population increased by 44,094 persons The province of Surigao del Sur had a total population of 545,902 persons as of August 1, 2007, based on the 2007 Census of Population. This figure is higher by 44,094 persons than the population count…
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