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Typhoons stall PH construction
Manila Bulletin
|January 19, 2026
Construction activity in the Philippines slowed in November 2025 as typhoons battered the country, leading to declines in both residential and nonresidential projects and signaling a cooling of the private building sector, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported.
The latest PSA data released last Friday, Jan. 16, showed a 12.7-percent year-on-year decline in approved building permits—a key indicator of private construction activity—in November. The total number of approved projects reached 12,281, down from 14,066 during the same month in 2024 and 13,732 in October 2025.
This story is from the January 19, 2026 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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