Tag: Philippine Statistics Authority

PSA asks CL residents to support 2015 Census of Population

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, August 10 (PIA) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) asks for the support and active participation of Central Luzon residents in the conduct of the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) which begins today. “POPCEN 2015 is designed primarily to take an inventory of the population of the entire Philippines. It also collects information about some characteristics of the population such as age, sex, marital status, and highest grade completed,” […]

PSA starts Population Census 2015

QUEZON City, Philippines, Aug 3 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will send 90,000 personnel to 42,000 barangays all over the Philippines to gather census data for the 2015 Population Census. Said activity is important because the collected data will be used for the formulation of future government plans as well as the national budget. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Price of construction materials goes down

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the price of construction materials in Metro Manila exhibited a continuous drop since May. The PSA added that this is the result of the lower price of fuel compared to the same time period in 2014. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)

Philippine Environment Month

As our population growth continues to expand, our natural resources starts to disappear. Creating of buildings, different infrastructures, illegal logging, mining and other acts causes damage to our environment. These things have been the cause of flash flood, landslide or soil erosion that we are experiencing and still continue to experience not only here in our country, but worldwide. In connection with this, the Philippines observed the month of June as “Environment Month/Day” as part […]

Rice prices decline by P2 per kilo

Rice prices have declined steadily since the last quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year, making rice more affordable for consumers. Citing statistics from Philippine Statistics Authority, National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Renan Dalisay said well-milled rice wholesale prices went down by P1.74 per kilo in early 2015, from P40.57 per kilo in October 2014 to P38.83 in February this year. “The lowest commercial rice price in the last quarter of last […]