Building permit applications nationwide totaled 24,337 during the first quarter of 2002, representing a moderate increase of 16.3 percent compared with 20,934 applications recorded over the same period of 2001. An increase in applications over the…

The population of Tarlac, as of May 1, 2000, was 1,068,783 persons. This was up by 122,973 persons as compared to 945,810 persons recorded in the 1995 Census of Population. The highest annual population growth rate for Tarlac since 1903 was during…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly went up to 151.4 and 155.9 in July from their respective June levels of 150.7 and 155.5.

Registered earnings for June 2002 increased by 12.3 percent to $2.894 billion from $2.578 billion during the same month a year ago. Receipts from merchandise exports for January to June 2002 went up by 4.3 percent to $16.668 billion from $15.988…

Year-on-year inflation further slowed down to 2.6 percent in July from 3.0 percent in June as the inflation rates of all the commodity groups except for clothing decelerated.

The National Statistics Office (NSO), responding to President Arroyo's commitment to speed up transactions with government agencies, significantly increased the number of clients it served within the day they requested for their documents and…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) continues to gain For May 2002, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry continued to grow at a slower rate of 8.9 percent compared with year ago figure, according to the preliminary…

The total population of Aklan, as of May 2000, was 451,314 persons, an increase of 40,775 persons from what was recorded in the 1995 Census of Population. This figure translated to an annual population growth rate of 2.05 percent, from 1.43 percent…

The total population of Leyte as of May 2000, was 1,592,336 persons, an increase of 81,085 persons over the 1995 Census of Population (POPCEN) results. This translated to an annual growth rate of 1.13 percent, from 1.89 percent in 1995. If the…

The total population of Cagayan, as of May 1, 2000, was 993,580 persons. This implied an increase of 98,530 persons over the 1995 census figure or an average annual population growth rate of 2.26 percent. This was 0.83 percentage point higher than…