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Preliminary results of the family income and expenditure survey for 2021 released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday showed that the poverty rate had worsened to 18.8 per cent from 16.7 per cent in 2018.

According to statistics, some 95 per cent of the country’s 379,605 basement or semi-basement residences can be found in Seoul.

Workers in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors face the risk of being unemployed in the near future due to a decline in working hours of between 0-24 hours per week, according to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey on employment in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Peoples Republic of China, the worlds second-largest economy, is expected to cover over 18 percent of the global economy in 2021.

Chinas per capita disposable income stood at 35,128 yuan (about 5,523 U.S. dollars) in 2021, up 9.1 percent year on year in nominal terms, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.

Phuket is the only province where most of the residents have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Ministry reported on Monday.

THIS YEAR’S Songkran festivities saw a higher death toll – 418 – compared to last year’s 390, the Road Safety Centre said yesterday.