500,000+: Difference in population between males and females in RP. There are more males than females as of the 2000 census.

10.9: Percentage decrease in number of registered marriages between 2004 and 2005. There were only 518,595 marriages reported in 2005, down from 582,281 in 2004.

Around 83,000: Total number of registered marriages in Metro Manila, the highest among the regions. (2005)

1,939: Daily average number of marriages held during the month of May, the most preferred month for marriages in 2005. A total of 60,097 marriages were held during the month, or 11.6 percent of the total. November, on the other hand, had the least number of registered marriages with 27,022 (5.2 percent).

Between 20 to 24: Common age for women to get married. About four in every 10 marriages in 2005 involved women in this age bracket. On the other hand, the common marrying age for men is between 25 to 29 years old.

Almost 1,000: Number of couples who tied the knot in mass weddings all over RP on Valentine?s Day in 2007.

11.8: Percentage of Filipino adolescents aged 15-19 who engaged in premarital sex, according to the Young Adult Fertility Survey conducted in 2002 by the University of the Philippines Population Institute.

12 hours: Shortest stay allowed in Manila?s motels and inns per Ordinance 7774, otherwise known as the ?Ordinance Prohibiting Short-Time Admission.? The ordinance was signed into law by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim on Nov. 10, 1992.

Up to 70: Percentage demand for reservations in restaurants during Valentine?s Day, compared with the usual rate of 30 percent. (2006)

About 650,000: Number of members of Itzamatch.com, a local matchmaking website, as of 2007.

Almost 7,000: Number of Bosnian couples who kissed in September 2007, which broke the world record in simultaneous kissing. In February 2007, around 6,100 couples kissed in the Philippines while around 6,600 couples kissed in Hungary in June 2007.
32: Number of participants who planned to log into a chat room on Valentine?s Day 2005 and commit suicide while online. Gerald Krien, the man who tried to set up the online ?mass suicide pact,? was charged with aggravated murder.

$162 million: Joint earnings of singers Jay-Z and Beyonce, Hollywood?s top earning couple, according to Forbes magazine. The sum was accumulated between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008.

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Sources: NSO, NSCB, bbc.co.uk, Forbes.com, worldrecordsacademy.org, Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study 3, Inquirer Archives