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    Construction activity picks up in March

    The Philippines saw a modest rise in construction activity in March 2025, as approved building permits reached 14,973, up 3.4 percent from 14,477 in the same month last year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. 

    Wait there’s more! PSA says 25M Filipinos functionally illiterate

    Despite widespread access to basic education, nearly 25 million Filipinos—or about one in every five people aged 10 to 64 years old—are still “not functionally literate,” according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

    Child labor number drop in 2024, sets new low

    According data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, the number of working children aged 5 to 17 dropped to 863,000 in 2024 from 1.09 million in 2023 and 1.48 million in 2022. This marks a significant milestone in the country’s fight against child labor, bringing figures even lower than the pandemic-era low of 872,300 in 2020.

    Rice prices ease in early May, supports slowing inflation trend

    Rice prices continued to ease in early May, indicating a potential further slowdown in inflation after headline inflation decelerated in April to its slowest pace since November 2019.

    Foreign investment pledges drop sharply in Q1

    Foreign investment approvals plunged 82 percent in the first quarter to a total P27.99 billion compared to P155.26 billion in the same period last year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

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