Japan’s population falls for the 15th year in a row. Births hit a record low, deaths a record high

07/25/2024

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low. Births in Japan…

PSA: 2024 population census kicks off on July 15

Shannah Rose Pardo 07/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After four years, the Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS) is set to be updated. The 2024 POPCEN-CBMS was launched on Friday, July 12, led by officials from the Philippine Statistics…

Preparations underway for 2024 POPCEN-CBMS census

Shannah Rose Pardo 07/05/2024

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The public is once again urged to cooperate with enumerators who would collect demographic data for census information. Representatives from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA 7) aired this reminder on Wednesday, July 4…

There are more singles than married couples in Central Visayas but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Did you know that there are more singles compared to married people in Central Visayas? In fact, there are more singles in the entire Philippines, based on the 2020 census, and Central Visayas,…

World population about to hit 8 billion next week

Asia News Network, The Daily Star 11/10/2022

DHAKA — According to United Nations (UN) projections, the world population is going to hit 8 billion on November 15. The global population has increased sharply in the last few decades. The number reached 1 billion in…

POPCOM: Population of Pinoy kids down, elderly up in last 20 years

PR 08/16/2022

CEBU, Philippines — The population of young Filipinos appears to be trending significantly lower in recent years, while that of the elderly has been expanding, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) noted on Friday. The agency…

Revisiting health, economy, and people

Ernesto M. Pernia - @inquirerdotnet 07/04/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought health and economy to the fore, assuming paramount attention from the public. However, the concern seems less about the number of people and their social status. Yet, the Philippines has had the…

Mandaue City taps SGV&Co for Mandaue business brochure

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/10/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Government on Friday, December 12, 2021, signed a memorandum of agreement with the SGV&Co in producing the first Doing Business in Mandaue City publication. SGV&Co is a multidisciplinary professional services…

Dramatic shark decline leaves ‘gaping hole’ in ocean: study

01/28/2021

Tokyo, Japan—Overfishing has wiped out over 70 percent of some shark and ray populations in the last half-century, leaving a “gaping, growing hole” in ocean life, according to a new study. Researchers found alarming declines in species…

Voters population in Cebu drops, says Comelec

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The population of voters in Cebu province has dropped to 2.9 million individuals as voters registration and reactivation period ended last Monday, September 30, 2019. Based on the consolidated number of registrants obtained by CDN…

Cebu’s population and agriculture through the years

Fernando Fajardo 09/13/2018

With 2.01 percent annual growth rate, Cebu’s population is projected to reach 4.9 million this year In the last census in 2015, Cebu was reported to have a population of 4.6 million. Still the biggest in the…

Declining farmer population

Futch Anthony Inso 08/29/2018

AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE Based on a 2017 survey of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the average age of farmers in the Philippines today is 60 years old. For DA, the trend was worrisome as young generation of Filipinos…

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