Press Conference on National Accounts of the Philippines Slated on January 30
The Philippine Statistics Authority-National Statistical Coordination Board (PSA-NSCB) announces the holding of a Press Conference on the 2013 Fourth Quarter and 2013 Annual Performance of the...
View ArticleNSCB Grants Clearance to the National Baseline Survey on Violence Against...
Child abuse and neglect, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), include all forms of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and negligent treatment, emotional abuse, and exploitation which...
View ArticleCall for Applications/Nominations for the Positions of the National...
The Economic Planning Secretary and Director-General of NEDA and Chairperson of the PSA Board, Arsenio M. Balisacan, announces the search for the National Statistician for the Philippine Statistics...
View ArticleThird Quarter 2013 GDP growth figures revised downwards to 6.9 percent
Based on the Revision Policy approved by the NSCB Executive Board through NSCB Resolution No. 8-97, and consistent with the international practices on the revision of National Accounts (NA), the NSCB...
View ArticlePhilippine Economy Grew by 7.2 percent in 2013; 6.5 percent in Q4 2013
Despite the devastation brought about by the series of natural disasters that hit the country in the last quarter of 2013, the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.5 percent in the fourth...
View ArticleCall for Two (2) Prospective Project Research Assistants on the Generation of...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) is inviting prospective Project Research Assistants whose expertise in statistical modelling and poverty...
View ArticleCall for Prospective Project Consultant on the Generation of the 2012 Small...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) is inviting prospective Project Consultants whose expertise in statistical modelling and poverty measurement...
View ArticleExamining ICT Indices: How Do We Fare in ICT?
Last 4 to 6 December 2013, I attended the 11th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Mexico City, Mexico, largely to...
View ArticleLeading Economic Indicator (LEI) slides in the first quarter of 2014
The composite leading economic indicator (LEI) exhibited a downward direction in the first quarter of 2014, posting 0.037 from a revised 0.141 in the fourth quarter of 2013. This indicates that the...
View ArticleTotal Gross Revenue Index of Industries posts 9.4% growth in Q3 2013
Total Gross Revenue Index of key industries continued to grow by 9.4 percent in the third quarter of 2013. Among industries, Finance posted the fastest growth at 17.1 percent from 11.8 percent in the...
View ArticleInvitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid for IT Services
The Philippine Statistics Authority - Makati, invites all interested parties to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following items: Lot 1: One (1) Server Computer, Lot 2: Eight (8) Desktop...
View ArticleDr. Albert ends stint as NSCB Sec Gen
Dr. Jose Ramon Albert ended his stint as Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) on February 9, 2014. He has been on secondment from the Philippine Institute for...
View ArticleConduct of the Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry Now Underway
The Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI) is an industry-based survey which aims to provide quarterly data on gross revenue/sales, employment, and compensation for identified key...
View ArticlePhilippine Statistics Authority Grants Clearance to the Anti-Red Tape Act...
Recognizing the need for government agencies to provide efficient service to the public by reducing bureaucratic red tape and preventing graft and corruption, Republic Act (RA) No. 9485, also known as...
View ArticleTotal approved foreign investments down by 42.7 percent in Q4 2013
Total foreign investments (FI) approved in the fourth quarter of 2013 by seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs), namely Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine...
View ArticleBatanes public schools provide best education indicators
Public schools in Batanes province recorded the highest cohort survival rate as well as the best classroom-to-pupil and teacher-to-pupil ratios, according to the latest edition of the Philippine...
View ArticleHow Does the Philippines Fare in Trade in Goods Within the ASEAN Region?
In its pursuit to hasten economic development and thereby narrow down the development gap among and within the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Heads of the...
View ArticlePSA Has New Set of Officials
The PSA is a newly formed agency that merged the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), National Statistics Office (NSO), Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) of the Department of...
View ArticleOne in every 10 Filipina teens is a Mom!
Based on the results of the 2013 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS) conducted by the University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) and Demographic Research Development...
View ArticlePSA Has Its First National Statistician
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) now has its first National Statistician in the person of Ms. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, a doctoral degree holder in statistics from the University of the...
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