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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Almost 1.8 million residents in Central Luzon have received their ePhilIDs or the electronic printable version of the Philippine Identification System ID, commonly known as the national ID as of January this year. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services 3 (PSA-RSSO3) said a total of 1,771,572 ePhilIDs were issued to registered persons last month, exceeding by 7.3 percent the region's first quarter target of 1,651,500. Arlene Divino, regional director of the PSA-RSSO3, said this achievement is the result of combined efforts and strategies of the PSA provincial offices registration team including house-to-house visits and coordination with schools, private institutions and local government units. She assured the registrants that the ePhilID will be recognized and accepted by both government and public establishments. Meanwhile, Divino encouraged other residents of the region to register with PhilSys,
INFLATION. The inflation rate in Central Luzon continued to accelerate to 9.8 percent in January 2023 from 9.0 in December 2022, based on the latest report of the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office III. Central Luzon was second among regions, with Western Visayas recording the highest inflation at 10.3 percent followed by Davao Region at 9.4 percent. (Infographic courtesy of PSA-RSSO III) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The inflation rate in Central Luzon continued to escalate to 9.8 percent in January 2023 from 9.0 in December 2022, based on the latest report of the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office III (PSA-RSSO III). This is the highest inflation recorded in the region since November 2008. In January 2022, the region's inflation rate was recorded at 2.5 percent. The region's average inflation from January to December 2022 was recorded at 6.5 percent. Central Luzon was second among regions, with Western Vis
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - A total of 8,719,775 residents in Central Luzon registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in 2022. This represents 70.2 percent of the target registrants in the region, a Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services 3 (PSA-RSSO3) report said on Monday. The latest figure is 29.8 percent below the 12.4 million targeted population in the region, it said. Among the seven provinces in the region, Bulacan has the highest number of registrants with a total of 2,506,260, followed by Pampanga with 1,988,438 and Nueva Ecija with 1,634,873. In terms of completed percentage based on the projected target registrants, Zambales topped off by registering 79.27 percent of its target registrants, followed by Aurora with 72.94 percent and Tarlac with 72.22 percent. On the other hand, the province of Bataan registered 71.62 percent of its target. Arlene Divino, regional director of the PSA-RSSO3, is hopeful that the rest of the target po
Central Luzon remained the top chicken-producing region in the Philippines during the first half of 2022, latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.