Of the estimated 57.6 million Filipinos 10 to 64 years old, about 48.4 million or 84 percent are functionally literate, according to the results of the 2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS). In this survey, a self-…

Export earnings for December 2004 gained by 2.9 percent to $3.268 billion from $3.175 billion during the same period last year. For thirteen consecutive months a positive growth was registered. However, it was the lowest increase since December 2003…

The 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) covered a total of 317 mining and quarrying establishments all over the country. Of the total establishments, 255 or 80.4 percent were mining and quarrying establishments with…

The beginning of the year saw a lower headline inflation rate in the Philippines at 8.4 percent from 8.6 percent in December. This was primarily due to the 0.8 percentage point slowdown in the inflation of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT). Slower…

A. CPI of Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT): National Capital Region (NCR) and Areas Outside the National Capital Region (AONCR) The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR decreased to 118.2 in January from its December level of 118.6. However, the…

Approved building permits nationwide summed up to 23,540 applications during the third quarter of 2004. This represents a modest increase of 4.5 percent from 22,536 approved building permits recorded during the same period of 2003. An increase in…

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis grew by 19.5 percent in November 2004, compared with year ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2004 amounted to $73.59 billion representing a growth of 9.0 percent from $67.481 billion during the same period of the previous year. Total foreign-made merchandise as well went up by 8.2…

Supporting auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies dominated the sector in terms of number of establishments The 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) for transport, storage and communications sector…

Four out of five (79.9%) of NSO's clients were either satisfied or very satisfied with its civil registry services in September this year. This was the result of the September 2004 round of the Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS). This was nine…