Ischaemic heart diseases remained the leading cause of death in the Philippines from January to November 2024, according to new data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
Seasonal patterns boosted chicken and tilapia production in the first quarter but weighed on output of hogs, bangus, and galunggong, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
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.
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).
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.
State-owned Philippine Guarantee Corp. (Philguarantee) has partnered with Discovery Capital Finance Corp. (DCFC) to widen credit access for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the country.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) have signed a new agreement to turn Clark International Airport (CRK) into a leading center for industrial, manufacturing, transport and related services.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has canceled the registration of two construction companies owned by the Discaya family, who are linked to a flood-control corruption probe.
The recovery of ABS-CBN, already slow and painful, has only gotten more challenging after TV5 issued a notice of termination of its TV Content Supply Agreement—a move that threatens to shut a major broadcast distribution avenue for the listed entertainment company and underscores its financial fragility since it lost its franchise in 2020.