Total external trade in goods for April 2009 reached $5.844 billion, representing a 36.4 percent decline from $9.184 billion recorded during the same month in 2008. This was attributed to the 37.4 percent decrease of total imports to $3.041 billion…

The National Statistics Office and the Philippine Statistical Association announce that the national finals for 2009 Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) will be held in Manila on December 4. Prior to the national finals, provincial eliminations for…

The total population of Olongapo City as of August 1, 2007 was 227,270 persons, an increase of 33,010 persons over its total population of 194,260 persons in 2000. The total population in 2007 represented an annual population growth rate (PGR) of 2.…

Quantity of domestic trade declines, value increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the first quarter of 2009 decreased by 18.9 percent, resulting to 3.36 million tons from 4.14 million tons reported during the same period of…

The monthly growth rate of the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) moved up to 0.1 percent in May from -0.2 percent in April. Higher price movement was noted in reinforcing steel at 0.5 from -1.0…

Total population increased to 609,447 persons As of August 1, 2007, the total population of Agusan del Sur was 609,447 persons, indicating an increase of nine percent from its total population of 559,294 persons in 2000. The total population in…

The total population of Lucena City as of August 1, 2007 was 236,390 persons, an increase of 40,315 persons over its total population of 196,075 persons in 2000. This 2007 figure translated to an annual population growth rate of 2.61 percent for the…

The total population of Batanes as of August 1, 2007 was 15,974 persons, a decrease of 493 persons over its total population of 16,467 persons in 2000. The total population in 2007 translated to a negative annual population growth rate (-0.42…

The employment rate registered for April 2009 was 92.5 percent. This estimate is not significantly different from last year's figure of 92.0 percent. The latest survey also revealed that the size of the labor force in April 2009 was approximately 37…

Export earnings in April 2009 fell by 35.2 percent to $2.803 billion from $4.328 billion registered in April 2008. Month-on-month it went down by 3.6 percent from $2.907 billion in March 2009. Summing up the merchandise exports from January to April…