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CY 2008

• FS-200805-PP2-01
  Did you know that … Quezon City is the most populated city and Davao City
  is the largest city among the country’s 136 cities?
• FS-200803-SSI-01
  Updates on Women and Men in the Philippines

CY 2007

• FS-200712-PP2-01
  Did you know that … the number of cities has more than doubled in thirty years?
• FS-200711-NS1-04
  The MDGs: Philippines doing well in reducing child mortality and ensuring environmental sustainability, but badly in achieving universal primary education and improving maternal health
• FS-200711-ES2-01
  Understanding the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry
  in the Philippines
• FS-200709-ES1-02
  Construction growth in 2nd Quarter of 2007
  was the highest since 1st Quarter of 1997
• FS-200708-NS1-04
  Filipino Emigrants to New Zealand Increase Four-Fold in 2006
• FS-200707-NS1-03
  Pinoy Workers Productivity Improves in 2006
• FS-200707-NS1-02
  Koreans Displace Americans as Top Tourist Arrivals in 2006
• FS-200706-PP2-01
  Did you know that … ARMM posted the highest percentage increase
  of registered voters in 2007?
• FS-200706-ES4-02
  Did you know that... Real estate growth in 2006 was an all-time high?
• FS-200701-NS1-01
  On average, 41 traffic accidents per day occurred in the country in 2006
• FS-200704-PP2-01
  Did you know that … Caraga Now Has Five Provinces?
• FS-200705-ES4-01
  Ninety four percent of the country’s barangays energized
• FS-200705-SS2-01
  Students’ scores in achievement tests deteriorating; CARAGA and Eastern Visayas rank highest
• FS-200705-ES1-01
  Wage Hikes to Increase Production Cost By 5.6% in 2007, 4.3% in 2008
• FS-200703-PP2-01
  Did you know that… ARMM now has Six Provinces
• FS-200703-SS1-01
  Updates on Women and Men in the Philippines

CY 2006

• FS-200612-SS2-02
  7 out of 10 IPs are aware of the rights to ancestral domains and lands,
  reveals findings from the METAGORA Pilot Survey
• FS-200612-NS1-04
  Philippines Ranks Behind Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand;
  Ahead of Other ASEAN Countries in ICT Indices
• FS-200612-NS1-03
  Caticlan Airport Now 5th Busiest Outside Metro Manila
• FS-200611-NS1-02
  3 Out of 4 VASPs in the Philippines Offer Internet-related Services
• FS-200610-NS1-01
  Cebu Province Has the Most Number of Registered Motor Vehicles
  in the Philippines
• FS-200610-PP2-01
  Did you know that … Maguindanao is the Seat Of Muslim Mindanao
• FS-200611-ES4-01
  National Government Agencies post lower electricity and fuel consumption
  vis-a-vis programmed consumption
• FS-200610-ES3-01
  Natural Gas and Coal Fuel Up as Major Alternative Sources
  for Power Generation
• FS-200607-PP2-02
  Did you know that …
  Basilan was once called Tagime
• FS-200604-PP2-01
  Did you know that …
  About Half of the Country’s Local Government Units are in Luzon
• FS-200603-SS2-01
  An average of 26 fires per day hit the country in the past five years
• FS-200603-SS1-01
  Updates on Women and Men in the Philippines
• FS-200602-PP2-01
  One Municipality, Four Barangays Created and One Barangay Reinstated

CY 2005

• FS-200505-ES1-04
  Proposed P78.00 Across-The-Board Wage Hike To Lift
  Production Cost by 9.7 %
• FS-200502-ES1-03
  P2.00 Proposed Jeepney Fare Hike To Raise Cost of
  Household Expenditures By 0.6%
• FS-200502-ES1-02
  New Electricity Hike Proposal to Increase Production Cost
  by 0.41 percent
• FS-200502-ES1-01
  2% VAT Hike Raises Cost of Household Expenditures by 1.4%
• FS-200501-PP2-01
  A City and a Barangay Were Created (October 1 – December 31, 2004)

CY 2004

• FS-200408-PP2-02
  A New Municipality was Created in Maguindanao (August 1 – September 30, 2004)
• FS-200410-ES1-01
  97.98 Centavo Electricity Rate Hike Pushes Production Cost by 2.6%
• FS-200408-PP2-01
  A City, Two Municipalities and Two Barangays were Created from January to July 2004

CY 2003

• FS-200310-ES4-01
  Southern Luzon…The Region Most Visited by Domestic Travelers
• FS-200310-ES1-01
  Holiday Economics Can Increase GDP by 3.5%
• FS-200310-ES4-01
  Tourists Spend More Nights in the Philippines Than In Other ASEAN Countries
• FS-200310-SS1-01
  4.3 Million Filipino Families are Living Below the Poverty
• FS-200309-R00-01
  Laguna remained as the richest province in 2001
• StatTrivia: Almost half of the foreign travellers who visited Davao City came from East Asia
• FS-200309-PP2-01 -
  Two Municipalities and Three Barangays Created
  During First Semester 2003
• FS-200308-SS2-01
  Correctional Institution for Women, Most Overcrowded National Prison
• FS#3
  What Do You Know About Durable Equipment?
• FS#2
  One City and Eleven Barangays Created
• FS#1
  Higher Unemployment Rates for Women Than Men

CY 2002

• FS#3
  2001 Regional Economic Performances
• FS#2
  A New Region Created (January to June 2002)
• FS#1
  A New City and a Municipality Created (July - December 2001)

CY 2001

• FS#9
  3 New Cities Created (April-June 2001)
• FS#8
  Country's Health Care Spending Remains Inadequate 
• FS#7
  2000 BIR Tax Collection Rose By 6 Percent 
• FS#6
  One (1) Province and 14 New Cities Created
• FS#5
  Victims of Child Abuse Served by the DSWD 
• FS#4
  The Most Affected of the 32% Petroleum Price Hike Are...
• FS#3
  Regional Economic Performance Improves in 1999 
• FS#2 -
  Facts About Your Provinces
  (excerpts from the Countryside in Figures)
• FS#1
  12 New Cities Created (July-December 2000) 

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