Statistics Agency Chief Jose Ramon Albert

Statistics agency chief Jose Ramon Albert: Statistics agency chief Jose Ramon Albert said Thursday that growth in the latest quarter was driven by services and industry, according to Times Colonist. Growth for the first nine months of the year was 7.4 per cent, making the Philippines one of the world's fastest growing economies and MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine economy expanded 7 per cent in the third quarter, but growth is expected to slow because of devastation from the super typhoon that hit eastern and central regions earlier this month. He said agriculture made the smallest contribution to third quarter GDP due to the effects of 10 storms in the July-September period. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.