Sunday, June 01, 2025

Northern Mindanao posts 2.9% inflation in January 2025

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (February 18, 2025) — Northern Mindanao’s inflation rate for January 2025 increased to 2.9 percent, rising by 0.3 percentage points from the previous month’s rate of 2.6 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-10 PSA-10 Regional Director Janith Aves explained that rising prices in food, non-alcoholic beverages, transport, restaurants, and […]

Bukidnon hits 1.4M PhilSys registrants, drives civil records up

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

MALAYBALAY CITY (PIA) – Civil registration in Bukidnon surged as the province reached 1.4 million Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registrants, underscoring the key role of civil registration and demographic data in planning for health, education, and social welfare, according to Ma. Evangeline Non, chief of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Bukidnon She reported that of the […]

Northern Mindanao Inflation Drops to 2.6% in December 2024

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-10 reported that the headline inflation rate in Northern Mindanao for December 2024 was 2.6 percent, down from 4.8 percent in December 2023 and 2.7 percent in November 2024 PSA-10 Regional Director Janith Aves attributed the slowdown mainly to lower inflation in food and non-alcoholic beverages, […]

800 NorMin families to get food credits under ‘Walang Gutom’

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (July 16, 2024/PNA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10) on Tuesday started the implementation of the Walang Gutom Program (WGP), which will initially benefit 800 families During the launch, DSWD-10 Director Ramel Jamen said the initial beneficiaries were identified as those from Talakag, Bukidnon, and […]

Bukidnon claims top spot as Philippines’ leading agricultural area

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

Bukidnon is the top agricultural area in the country, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed Based on the survey of 82 provinces and 17 highly urbanized cities, it reported that Bukidnon had the highest gross value added (GVA) to agriculture, forestry, and fishing (AFF) in 2022 which stood at P125 billion.   The […]

NorMin 2023: New chapters, calls for justice

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Dec. 27, 2023) – Northern Mindanao will always have a story to tell every year. In 2023, the region did not disappoint, bringing in a considerable amount of national attention In particular, Misamis Occidental province had more of that this year. The aftermath of the December 2022 shear line floods compelled […]

NorMin ‘service-oriented’ contributor in PH economy: NEDA

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (December 14, 2023, 3:33 pm) – Northern Mindanao region is hailed as a “service-oriented” economy, with its services sector posting a 54.5 percent contribution to its 2022 gross regional domestic product (GRDP), the regional National Economic Development Authority (NEDA-10) office reported Thursday In a statement, NEDA-10 director Mylah Faye Aurora Cariño […]

Manolo Fortich OBO among PSA Bukidnon top awardees

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

The Office of the Building Official (OBO) of the Local Government Unit of Manolo Fortich secured a place as one of the Top 3 awardees of most timely submissions of Approved Building Permits by the provincial Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) last Oct. 26 at Landing, Casisang, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon The award is an annual recognition […]

17K 4Ps beneficiaries in NorMin streamlined with PhilSys

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The data of 17,740 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao have been integrated into the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) to streamline social welfare services, reduce redundancy, and ensure that government assistance are distributed most efficiently Ramel Jamen, Social Welfare and Development director for Region 10 (DSWD-10) said […]

Region 10 inflation accelerates further to 6.7% in September

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Inflation accelerated for the second time this year, driven by faster increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, and information and communication Chief Statistical Specialist Sarah Balagbis of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-10 said the regional headline inflation or the rate of change of the average prices of goods and services […]