Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) — For the 4th consecutive month, effects of the price increases especially for the bottom 30 percent income households in the province continue to dip, this time at 0.3 percentage points from its January inflation rate of -1.0. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Bohol’s inflation rate for the bottom 30 percent income households is 2.8 percent lower than the national rates and 3.0 percent lower than the regional inflation rate for this group. Provincial statistician Jessamyne Anne Alcazaren, during the monthly Inflation Rate Data Dissemination for February 2025, showed that the February 2024 inflation rate for this income group was at 9.8 percent high. As to the sustained dive of the overall inflation for the bottom 30 percent income households in Bohol, the PSA credits this to the lower year-on-year average growth rate of transport and restaurants and accommodation. Also contributing to the eased prices for the sectors are the tam...

  SIQUIJOR (PIA) --The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has registered a total of 90,568 Siquijodnons aged five years and above as of December 21, 2023.  The count is part of the over 50 million PhilIDs or ePhilID that have been successfully printed and dispatched for Filipinos nationwide who have registered with the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), said PSA Siquijor Information Officer Rizalyn Teodora Gaviola.  Gaviola said the registered Siquijodnons have completed Step 2 Registration or capturing of biometric information such as iris scan, fingerprints, and front-facing photograph.   Benefits of National ID  The PhilID or national ID serves as a valid proof of identity that would help ease transactions with both government and private sectors through easier validation and authentication of identity.  Loregie A. Ursal, 21, of Barangay Cangomantong in Lazi town, said the national ID is a big help for her especially since she does not h...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, January 12 (PIA) -- Naandan sa kadaghanan nga sa bisan unsa nga  Valid Identification Card o ID  adunay pirma sa tag-iya, apan gipasabot sa  Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)  nga ang  PhilID  dili na magkinahanglan og pirma.  Kini gipasabot pinaagi sa  Facebook Post sa PSA  -  Cebu Provincial Statistical Office  nga gidisenyo ang  PhilID  lakip na ang  e-PhilID  nga mas moderno ug adunay labing taas nga seguridad.  Imbis sa paggamit ug pagpakita sa pirma sa pagpamatuod  sa pagkatawo, gamiton lamang ang  QR Code  nga naa sa likod sa PhilID o sa  ePhilI gamit ang PhilSys Check. Matud sa post, sundon lamang ang mosunod nga mga instruksyon: Gamit imong  Smartphone or Lapto p nga adunay  camera,  pag-abli og  browser ug bisitaha ang https://verify.philsys.gov.ph E-click ang “Scan QR Code” button. E-click ang “Allow camera access ” para e-scan an...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Dec. 11 (PIA) -- Mitaas og 4.2% ang  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)  sa Bohol sa 2022, kon itandi sa milabay nga tuig, kini maoy maayong balita nga gipaambit sa Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) atul sa  Data Dissemination sa Bohol Provincial Products Account (PPA)  didto sa Reynas Hotel, Nobyembre 29. Ang GDP nagpasabut sa bili sa serbisyo ug mga paliton nga gigamit sa tawo sa usa  ka tuig ug kini maoy mga produkto ug serbisyo nga gikan ra usab sa susamang nahisgutang lugar. Kini ang kinatibuk-ang kantidad sa mga produktong namugna ug serbisyo nga natanyag nga nagsangga sa ekonomiya sa usa  ka lugar, ug kini sukdon pinaagi sa pagkaltas sa bili o serbisyo nga gikinahanglan sa pagmugna niini. Ang PPA usab, usa  ka mekanismo sa PSA aron tapokon ang tinuig nga mga banabana sa GDP sa mga lalawigan u g highly urbanized cities subay usab sa regional ug national accounts  sa nasud, aron ikatandi kini sa miagi nga mga tuig...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Nov. 6 (PIA) -- Ming-ubos ang kadaghanon sa mga nagsabak nga mingbisita sa mga  Rural Health Centers (RHC)  alang sa  ante-natal care   o  pre-natal care  gikan sa 98% niadtong 2013 ngadto na  sa 87% sa 2022. Kini maoy napagawas nga resulta sa  National Demographic and Health survey (NDHS)  nga gipadagan sa  Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA sa 2022. Ang pagbisita sa RHCs magseguro nga makakuha ang usa  ka babaye nga buros sa saktong pag-atiman sa iyang gisabak nga bata, hangtud nga kini luwas nga ihimugso. Segun sa taho sa PSA kabahin sa NDHS nga gipadayag niadtong Oktubre 31 didto sa  JJs Seafoods Village , 88% pa usab ang kadaghanon sa  mga babaye nga misubay sa mga RHCs alang sa ilang  prenatal services  niadtong 2013. Si PSA Bohol chief Jessamyne Anne Alcazaren  mibutyag usab nga subay sa  survey,  sa 1998, o lima ka tuig human niadto, mikalit og sulbong ngadt...

  The participants of the 1st RDC Quiz Bowl pose for a photo opportunity during the 2023 RDC Week Culmination Activity on October 2, 2023 at DepEd Ecotech Center, Lahug, Cebu City. (RGC/PIA7 Cebu) CEBU CITY, Cebu, October 2 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council 7 (RDC-7) capped its celebration of the 2023 RDC Week on October 2 by conducting its first ever RDC Quiz Bowl  along with the various presentations from government line government agencies and a caravan of government services. Participants from 17 regional line agencies, grouped per RDC committee, engaged in an hour-long quiz bowl that featured 30 questions about the historical background, overview, functions, mandate, and other relevant information about the RDC.  As a member-agency of the Development Administration Committee (DAC), the Philippine Information Agency 7 (PIA) was one of the participants in the quiz bowl, represented by Information Officer I Myrtle Pasigan. The team representing the Regional Land...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, October 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Region 7 held its Regional Elimination Quiz Bee in search of a representative from Central Visayas for the 3rd PSA Quiz Bee National Finals in Metro Manila. The quiz bee is one of the activities conducted by PSA-7 in celebration of National Statistics Month (NSM).  This year will be the 34th NSM in pursuance to the Presidential Proclamation No. 647 declaring the month of October every year as the National Statistics Month (NSM).  “The primary reason for the conduct of the Quiz Bee is to instill awareness on the importance of statistics," said PSA-7 Supervising Statistical Specialist Engr. Felixberto Sato, Jr.  Participants of the quiz bee are the members of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) of the Central Visayas Regional Statistics Committee (RSC). “This will be an avenue for the RSC members to know about the mandate of the PSA and inculcate among these agencies that they are p...

  SIQUIJOR, Siquijor, October 14 (PIA) -- For the seventh year, the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) of the Municipality of Siquijor bagged the  Outstanding Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) Medium Category award from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), along with the Hall of Famer award for the third time among the Circle of Excellence Award during the 2nd Philippine Identity Summit and 3rd National Convention on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics on September 26-28, 2023 at SMX Convention Center, Bacolod City. Siquijor Municipality Local Civil Registration (LCR) Officer Fernando Jose Pescante said that getting the awards was not easy but they tried their best to better serve the public....

  Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Provincial Head Engr. Ariel Fortuito (4th from left) presents the 2022 National Demographic and Health DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Aug. 11 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) would like to boost peer-to-peer interventions as well as parent-teen tête-à-tête to help lower the increasing number on teenage pregnancy in Negros Oriental. This was cited by Population Program Officer III Maria Lourdes Garillos of CPD-7 during the presentation of 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) provincial data dissemination forum in Dumaguete City. It was shown that teenage pregnancy rates in Central Visayas as well as in the national had gone down to 5%. But Negros Oriental has logged an increasing trend of births among adolescent mothers under 15 years old or Grade 9 students. The Civil Registry and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in 2021 show that at least 2,254 girls aged 15 to 19 gave birth in the province. Garillos said th...

  DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- Enumerators from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will be visiting 163,922 households in the province for the conduct of the 2022 Census on Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) on Sept 4. to Oct. 25, 2023. The enumerators will be visiting the households in 185 identified sample barangays.  With this, the PSA, together with the Negros Oriental Provincial Census Coordinating Board (PCCB), appealed to the public to support and cooperate with the enumerators for the CAF survey.  The enumerators will gather the data through house-to-house visits and interviews among target respondents. The PSA is asking households with dogs to secure or leash their pets so they will not pose a risk to the interviewers.   It has been noted that the risk of dog attacks is one of the challenges faced by enumerators in carrying out the survey. PSA is asking the public to be considerate and cooperate with the enumerato...

CEBU CITY, Cebu, July 17 (PIA) -- At a time when research studies play a vital role in national development, it will now be easier for researchers and data users to obtain firm-level data as the Philippine Statistics Authority officially launched a new data source facility, the Data Enclave Centers (DECs), all over the country on July 14. Researchers from the academic, government, and private sectors can now access the new facility, which can be beneficial in performing data management and statistical research in various aspects. The Data Enclave Center The DEC, which is available in all of PSA's 17 Regional Statistical Services Offices nationwide, is a highly secure and specialized facility where confidential data and identifiable information are stored and disseminated. The facility set-up includes one computer with no access to internet connectivity. It is not connected to any external network and is being managed by a Data Enclave Manager (DEM) who has knowledge of the data set...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 15 (PIA) -- Nagka-ubos ang kadaghanon sa mga tawo sa usa  ka bubong sa Bol-anon nga banay. Segun sa  Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Bohol Statistical Office,  sa 2020 nga  Census on Population and Housing (CPH),  ang  average household size  sa Antequera, anaa na sa 3.9, ang labing gamay nga  average household size (AHS),  ug ang labing daku, ang sa Lila  nga anaa sa 5.3. Hinuon, matud sa PSA, ang Bohol sa 2020 mitala og AHS sa 4.3, nga mas taas pa sa regional AHS nga anaa lamang sa 4.1. Sa 2010, ang kanhi AHS sa Bohol niadtong panahona, anaa pa sa 4.8. Sa lain’g bahin, niadtong 2000, miabut sa 5.3 persons ang AHS sa matag banay nga Bol-anon. Kini samtang ang populasyon sa Bohol sa 2020 nga CPH, nasumada sa PSA nga miabut na sa 1,394,329, ug  ang kabag-on sa populasyon, magbutang sa 292 ka tawo sulod sa us aka kilometro nga luna. Ang mga lungsod nga may AHS nga sama sa  regional avera...

  In a Data Dissemination Forum, Supervising Statistical Specialist Felida Generoso (4th from left of 1st row) of Philippine Statistics Authority leads the presentation of relevant statistics on women’s civil registration, national demographic, and health survey, population among others in Dumaguete City. (PIA Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, April 28 (PIA) – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) here reported the increasing trend of births among adolescent mothers under 15 years old or in Grade 9 students in Negros Oriental. It was shown under its Civil Registry and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in 2021 that at least 2,254 girls aged 15 to 19 gave birth in the province. Supervising Statistical Specialist Felida Generoso of PSA presented some relevant data that can guide policy makers to formulate measures and intended impacts to young people in a Data Dissemination Forum. It was noted that the surge of pregnant teenagers in the province has been long observed in the...

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Feb 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) 2021 full-year official poverty statistics showed that Negros Oriental registered the highest poverty incidence in Central Visayas with 29.3% or 414,042 NegOrenses.  PSA Negros Oriental Chief Engr. Ariel Fortuito said this means that in 2021, around 29 in every 100 individuals in the province belonged to the poor population whose income were not sufficient to buy their minimum basic food and non-food needs. The figure is higher than the 25.5% poverty incidence recorded in the 2018 survey, but lower than the 42.6% in 2015 as shown in an information dissemination forum in Dumaguete City. It was noted that the poverty rate has increased due to the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and Typhoon Odette. Among families, the poverty incidence was at 23.6% in 2021, which is equivalent to 80,034 poor families. This is also higher than the 19.4% recorded in 2018. Fortuito said the ...