Manila, April 22 -- The Eastern Visayas economy demonstrated resilience with a 6.2 percent growth in 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.

During a press briefing held at the Summit Hotel here, PSA-Eastern Visayas Regional chief statistical specialist Mae Almonte attributed the growth primarily to the positive contributions of the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors; the industry sector; and the services sector.

While slightly below the previous year's performance, this marks the fourth consecutive year the region has maintained an economic growth rate of 6 percent or higher.

Last year's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth of 6.2 percent follows rates of 6.3 percent in 2023, 6.4 percent i...