The Philippines' unemployment rate decreased to 4.3 percent in January, down from 4.5 percent in the same period last year, as the economy continued to create more jobs to accommodate new entrants to the labor force, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report on Thursday.
The Credit Information Corporation (CIC) has started preliminary activities forming part of the privacy impact assessment (PIA) required by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) ID integration into the Credit Information System (CIS).
The increase in palay production has not significantly improved the lives of rice farmers as farm gate prices have yet to hit their 2018 highs, according to seasonally-adjusted data from the Philippine Statistics Authority.
The Philippine Statistics Authority has issued and delivered a combined 40.9 million national identification cards, called PhilIDs, to registered persons nationwide, or short of the target set for 2022.
The government has retained the projected local output growth measured as the gross domestic product (GDP) at 7.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022, according to National Statistician Dennis Mapa.
Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) has secured a 25-year extension of its contract to run and develop Manila South Harbor, keeping its role as operator of one of the country’s most important gateways until 2063.
Pag-IBIG Fund more than doubled its financing for socialized housing in the first 10 months of 2026, extending homeownership opportunities to low-income families as it brings more than 20,000 housing units to a two-day fair in 4PHDavao City.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) posted a net income of P123 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 14 percent from P108 billion in the same period last year, putting the state pension fund on firmer ground to expand services and finance renewable energy programs for its members.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has maintained the 3.0-percent monthly ceiling on finance charges for unpaid credit card balances while raising the limits on installment add-on rates and cash advance processing fees.