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The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently reported the country’s official poverty statistics for the first semester of 2018. This report provides the estimates of poverty incidence using income data from the first visit of the Family Income…
Again, if there is anything that most poor people must have in order to prosper in life, it is a good paying and secure job. Very few of them are prepared to go into business for lack…
Traffic jams are believed to be a sign of economic progress. But when Metro Cebu’s worsening traffic condition becomes a daily occurrence, even that thought is not enough to ease the stress of sitting helplessly in a…
Senate Minority Leader Senator Franklin Drilon has criticized the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for failing to provide correct and reliable data that can aid the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. Drilon raised the issue amid the confusion…
While jobless rates were up in most parts of the country, Central Visayas, particularly Cebu, seemed unfazed by developments in the labor force. Latest figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the region’s unemployment rate…
Slow Q4 growth of 6.6% posted last year, but 2016’s 6.8% GDP growth fastest in 3 years Business leaders in Cebu welcome the country’s strong economic performance in the last quarter of the 2016, with economy growing…
BUSINESS leaders in Cebu anticipated a good performance from the Philippine economy in the last quarter of 2016, ahead of the release of fourth-quarter domestic economic data this week. Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president…
FOR furniture manufacturers to stay afloat in the industry despite the constant shift in the global demand, they should look into penetrating the right market in which they are relevant while continuously innovating their products. Christina Marie…
Business leaders in Cebu lauded the present administration for the 7.1-percent growth of the Philippine economy during the first three months of President Rodrigo Duterte in office. However, some said this could also be owed to the…
The country’s poverty incidence declined significantly to 21.6% in 2015 of our population from 25.2% in 2012, and 26.3% in 2009 as reported by the Philippine Statistic Authority last October 27, 2016. The 2015 poverty incidence is…
MORE Filipinos are seen to benefit from the growth of the economy through a more intensified Philippine Statistical Development Plan (PSDP) and for making economic reports more accessible to the public. Ronaldo Taghap, Philippine Statistics Authority Central…
MORE Filipinos will benefit from the economy’s growth through a more intensive Philippine Statistical Development Plan (PSDP). Ronaldo Taghap, Philippine Statistics Authority in Central Visayas (PSA 7) director, said statistics serve as the basis of economic planners…
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