Value of Production Index (VaPI) gains further For July 2002, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry increased by 5.7 percent compared with year ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…

The total population of Bacolod City, as of May 1, 2000, was 429,076 persons, higher by 26,731 persons over the 1995 Census of Population results. This translated to a 1.39 percent annual population growth rate during the 1995 to 2000 period, lower…

Lanao del Sur, one of the four provinces of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) reported a total population of 669,072 persons in the 2000 Census of Population and Housing. This implied an increase of 97,268 persons over the 1995 census…

Total external trade in goods for January to July 2002 amounted to $38.803 billion or 6.3 percent higher than $36.497 billion in 2001. The bill for foreign-made merchandise increased by 5.7 percent to $18.944 billion from $17.915 billion. Likewise,…

Planning, policy formulation and decision making in government and private sectors need sound bases to be relevant and effective amidst local and international challenges. For fifty years, the Philippine Statistical Association (PSA) has promoted…

Cebu City recorded a total population of 718,821 persons in the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2000). This was up by 56,522 persons as compared to the 1995 Census of Population (POPCEN) results. For the period 1995 to 2000, the annual…

The population of Cagayan de Oro City, as of May 1, 2000 was 461,877 persons. This was up by 33,563 persons as compared to the 1995 figure. However, the annual population growth rate from 1995 to 2000 declined to 1.63 percent, from 4.44 percent in…

Iligan City registered a total population of 285,061 persons in the year 2000 up from 273,004 in 1995. This translated to an average annual growth rate of 0.93 percent, a decrease of 2.63 percentage points from the 1990 to 1995 period.

Labor force population in July 2002 increased by 1.4 million or 4.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Labor force participation rate, likewise, increased by 0.8 percentage point, from 66.3 percent to 67.1 percent.

2002 The contest was again aired on National Broadcasting Network (NBN-4), formerly PTV-4, on primetime with a student from AMA Computer Colleges of Baguio emerging as winner.