Teenage pregnancy, a case study: ‘At 18, I found out I was pregnant’

Pia Piquero and Kim Ablaña 02/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – “I was only 18 years old when I found out that I was pregnant,” Loiuse said as she began to recall what she considers one of the darkest hours of her life. “I…

Philippine economy: Up 5.9% in Q3

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 11/09/2023

MANILA—The Philippine economy grew 5.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, faster than the 4.3-percent expansion recorded in the second quarter and exceeding market expectations, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Thursday, November 9, 2023. This brought to…

Faster income surveying

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 07/08/2023

The most important news on the statistics front is the upgrading of the government’s family income surveying to every two years instead of every three. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently announced a budget of P590 million…

Food, food, food

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 12/09/2022

Inflation jumped to 8% according to the official November 2022 figures of government. That is painful news. More painful, though, is that the continuing rise of inflation is being driven strongly by rising food prices. To think…

US logs more than 3,900 Covid deaths in new 24hr record: Johns Hopkins

01/06/2021

Washington, United States—The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from Covid-19 yet again Tuesday, January 5, 2021, recording 3,936 fatalities in 24 hours, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins…

For fourth straight day, Lapu has no new case of COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 12/07/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu–For the fourth consecutive day, Lapu-Lapu City has no new case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was confirmed by Lapu-Lapu City mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan on his Facebook page on Monday, December 7, 2020.…

PH logs 1,768 more COVID-19 cases; over 9,000 recoveries

Christia Marie Ramos 12/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, December 6, 2020, reported 1,768 additional cases of COVID-19, pushing the country’s caseload to 439,834. In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the DOH also reported 9,062 more…

Cebu City continues with single-digit number of new cases in December

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City seems to be having a good start this December. This as the city, on December 2, 2020, recorded its fifth consecutive day of having single-digit number of new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases…

US adds 1 million Covid cases in less than a week

11/16/2020

  Washington, United States—The US surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, November 15, 2020, adding one million new cases in less than a week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The dizzying rise came as…

Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Talisay reaches 1K, only 9 active

Delta Letigio 11/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Talisay City has reached 1,001, after three new cases were recorded on November 11, 2020. But out of the 1total number of confirmed cases, only 9 remain…

US daily Covid-19 cases hit new record, topping 120,000

11/06/2020

Washington, United States—More than 120,000 coronavirus cases were reported in the US in the past 24 hours, smashing a daily record set the day before, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 123,085…

Another day without new COVID case in Talisay City

Delta Letigio 11/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Talisay City once again recorded no new case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)  on November 4, 2020.  In a late night post on November 5, 2020, the Talisay City Public Information Office (PIO) revealed…

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