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PSA Catanduanes PSO Newsletter 1

The Philippine Statistics Authority—Catanduanes Provincial Statistical Office

conducted the 2016 Annual Survey on Philippines Business and Industry

(ASPBI) Respondents’ Forum on April 27, 2017 at ARDCI Function Hall, San

Roque, Virac, Catanduanes. The forum aims to solicit support and cooperation

as well as to disseminate the result of the 2014 ASPBI.

OIC-PSO Anavi F. Camacho presented the results of the 2014 ASPBI prelimi-

nary results. Launching of the 2016 ASPBI followed after the presentation of the

results of 2014 ASPBI.

RO I Christian john G. delos Santos, the focal person for this survey discussed

the required data items in survey forms.

Also part of the activity was an open forum wherein the respondents asked

questions to clarify their issues and concerns about the survey.

RO II Cecilia T. Castilla assisted in the distribution of token to those sample es-

tablishments who accomplished thru on-line in the 2015 ASPBI which was con-

ducted last year.

Questionnaires for the 2016 ASPBI were also distributed to the participants from

the sample establishments who attended the forum.

The forum was attended by a total of 20 participants from various sample estab-

lishments of the survey.

April to June 2017 Volume 1, Issue 2

Participants for the 2016 ASPBI Respon-

dents’ Forum held at ARDCI Function Hall,

San Roque, Virac, Catanduanes on April

27, 2017

Inside this issue:

The Official Newsletter of PSA Catanduanes PSO

CATANDUANES ISLA DE COBOS

PSA CATANDUANES PSO CONDUCTS APRIL 2017 LFS 2

PSA CATANDUANES UNDERTAKES APRIL 2017 CES 2

TABLET AIDED GEOTAGGING OF BLDG STRUCTURES 2

PSA CATANDUANES PSO STAFFS ATTETNDS TRAINING ON BASIC STAT...

3

RO I DELOS SANTOS ATTENDS THE 1ST PSA NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT

3

PSA CATANDUANES JOINS THE ABACA FESTIVAL NIGHT PARADE

3

Republic of the Philippines Philippine Statistics Authority

Catanduanes Provincial Statistical Office Virac, Catanduanes

PSA Catanduanes PSO conducts 2016 ASBPI Respondents’ Forum

PSA-FAS HOLDS LECTURE-WORKSHOP ON PPE AND SUPPLY RECORDING AND MANGEMENT

4

CIVIL REGISTRATION CORNER 4

AGRICULTURAL SURVEY CORNER 5-7

PDR FOR 2ND QTR 2017 7

COMMUNITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 7

PSA CATANDUANES PSO CONDUCTS GROUP LEARNING SESSION

8

Isla de Cobos was Ca-tanduanes' first name, g i v e n b y S p a n -ish conquistadores during the early part of 1573 when came upon several tribes living in the t h a t c h e d h u t s called cobos.

Did you know that the total

population of Catanduanes

as of August 1, 2015 is

260, 964???

Knowledge is power...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistadores


The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is a nationwide quarterly survey of households to gather data on the

demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population. The LFS aims to provide a quanti-

tative framework for the prepreparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor

market.

Catanduanes PSO has a total of thirty one (31) sample barangays with three hundred eighty five

(385) sample households to be interviewed by hired statistical researcher. Actual interview of sam-

ple households commences from April 10-31, 2017. Six hired statistical researchers were utilized

for data collection with 57 mandays spent.

Supervision was done by OIC-PSO Anavi F. Camacho and SA Jocelyn R. Uchi to monitor the progress of enumeration. In some

cases, the supervisors assisted in the interview of sample households besides from the regular confirmation of cases of housing

units which were permanently moved-out and vacant housing unit. Moreover, the supervisors have been deeply involved in the

processing and coding of occupation and industry.

Manual and machine processing were completed in 8 days. Data files were uploaded from April 27, 2017 to May 5, 2017 while

clean data files were submitted on May 9, 2017 via e-mail. The Focal Person herself did the manual processing with one (1) service

contractor assisted in machine processing.

PSA Catanduanes conducted the training on tablet aided geotagging of build-

ing structures on May 8-9, 2017 at PSA Catanduanes PSO training room. OIC-

PSO Anavi F. Camacho gave emphasis on the importance of data that will be

collected on this activity.RO I Christian John G. delos Santos conducted the

training and supervise during the field practice which was done on the last day

of the training.

The main purpose of conducting this activity is to identify and mark building

structures as points in the digitized maps and attributing these buildings with

pertinent geographical information for use in various statistical undertaking of

the PSA.

Eleven map data collectors was hired to collect required information to 192

sample PSUs May 10, 2017 to August 31, 2017. A total of 582 mandays were

spent for said activity.

PSA Catanduanes PSO conducts April 2017 LFS

Tablet Aided Geotagging of Building Structures

Philippine Statistics Authority Catanduanes PSO undertakes the April 2017 Consumer Expectations

Survey from April 1-10, 2017. Conducted on a quarterly basis, the CES is a joint undertaking be-

tween the PSA and BSP. The PSA’s responsibility is to undertake the data collection and encoding of

the questionnaire while generation of tables and analysis of the results for the BSP.

Eleven sample households in Magsaysay, and five in Quirino, both barangays were located in munici-

palit of Viga, were interviewed using CES questionnaires by hired statistical researcher. Supervisions

were done by OIC-PSO Anavi F. Camacho on April 1, 2017. RO I Christian John G. delos Santos, the

focal person for this survey round conducted his supervision on April 8, 2017.

Manual processing of questionnaires were done by the focal person on April 11-12, 2017. Processed

questionnaires were hand carried by RO I delos Santos to PSA RSSO V during the 2012 CAF verifica-

tion for fishing on April 17, 2017.

Section 26, Republic

Act 10625 –

authorizes PSA to

conduct censuses

and surveys.

Information obtained

from the respondents

shall be held strictly

confidential and shall

not be divulged to

any person except

authorized PSA

Personnel acting in

the performance of

their duties.

PSA Catanduanes PSO undertakes April 2017 CES

Hired Map Data Collectors and Map Data Processor

pose with OIC-PSO Camacho and RO I delos Santos

Workload No. of VHUs

Completed

Interview

Temporarily

Away

Converted

into Estab

Not a Perma-

nent Resident

Permanently

Moved-out VRH Demolished

385 2 371 3 0 7 2 0 0

C a t a n d u a n e s i s l a d e c o b o s


Statistical Analyst Jocelyn R. Uchi, Registration Officer II Ce-

cilia T. Castilla and Registration Officer I Christian John G.

delos Santos attended the five day training on Basic Statis-

tics and Technical Report Writing on May 15-19, 2017 held

at Animal Science Department Lecture Hall, CBSUA San Jose,

Pili, Camarines Sur.

The training aimed to refresh the participants’ knowledge on

the basic concepts of Statistics, its uses, and applications. It

also aimed to give the participants general guidelines on

technical report writing, with particular reference to statisti-

cal reports following a statistical analysis.

The participants were able to make special releases as a

tool for information dissemination which is as important as

data collection at the end of the training.

Other participants who attended the said training were from

other provincial statistical office of PSA and other govern-

ment agencies in Region V.

PSA Catanduanes PSO staffs joined the

Abaca Festival Night Parade on May 22,

2017 during the 2nd Catanduanes Abaca

Festival in the province.

Night parade is one of the activity organ-

ized by Provincial Government of Catan-

duanes in celebration of the 2nd Catan-

duanes Abaca Festival.

Registration Officer I Christian John G. delos Santos attended the 1st PSA National Youth Summit

held at First Pacific Leadership Academy Antipolo City, Rizal on May 11-12, 2017.

The activity is a 2-day event that focused on giving the youth of the PSA an active voice in the

issues that matter to them and the organization. It aims to bring the youth of the PSA together and

provide opportunities for them to participate in meaningful activities and learn from the leaders of

the PSA.

Other participants from Region V were Raul P. Aspe Jr. of Camarines Sur and Joycell Estacion of

Camarines Norte.

“WE CANNOT

ALWAYS BUILD

THE FUTURE FOR

OUR YOUTH, BUT

WE CAN BUILD

OUR YOUTH FOR

THE FUTURE.”

Catanduanes is la de cobos

PSA Catanduanes PSO Staffs attends training on Basic Statistics and Technical Report Writing

RO I delos Santos attends the 1st PSA National Youth Summit

Participants from the Region V for the 1st PSA National

Youth Summit poses with Sir Boy Bersales, NS Lisa Grace

Bersales and ANS Romeo Recide.

PSA Catanduanes joins the Abaca Festival Night Parade

OIC-PSO Camacho Attends Training on Development Statistics

OIC-PSO Anavi F. Camacho attended the Training on Devel-

opment Statistics on May 22-26, 2017 held at NEDA RO V,

Arimbay, Legazpi City. The training is sponsored by Re-

gional Statistics Committee V in cooperation with NEDA RO

V, Bicol University and PSA RSSO V. The topics that were

discussed were quantitative logic skills, statistical data re-

view, reformatting data tables and graphs, inferential statis-

tics and statistical reporting by group.


The Finance and Administrative Service Division of Philippine Statistics Authority Central Office conducted the lecture-workshop on

Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) and Supply Recording and Management in RSSO V on June 6-8, 2017 held at Hotel St. Ellis,

Legazpi City, Albay.

Participants from the Catanduanes PSO were RO I Christian John G. delos Santos, designated Supply Officer and Property Custo-

dian and AA III Ma. Hazel V. Balinquit. Field practice were conducted in PSA RSSO V, PSA Albay PSO and PSA Sorsogon PSO to

ensure that the participants understand and gained knowledge on how to record and manage supplies and PPE. Other partici-

pants who attended for this lecture-workshop were the designated supply officer and property custodian of different provinces in

Region V and RSSO V.

For the month of January-June 2017, getting married in a

Roman Catholic Church is the most widely popular of type

of ceremony amongst Catandunganons at 58 percent than

Civil Wedding with 41%.

CIVIL REGISTRATION CORNER

Most births were recorded in the municipality

of Virac with 1, 511 registered births for

January-June 2017 or 44 percent of the to-

tal.

The municipality of Viga, Pandan, and

Caramoran ranked in second, third and

fourth respectively. These three municipalities

mentioned contributed 31 percent of total

child birth. Municipality of Panganiban

(Payo) contributed the least with 25 recorded

births.

The child shall be

registered

immediately after

birth and have the

right from birth to a

name, the right to

acquire a nationality

and the right to

know and be cared

for by his or her

parents.” - 1989

United Nations

Convention on the

Rights of the Child

(CRC), Article 7


PSA-FAS holds lecture-workshop on PPE and Supply Recording and Management

Figure 1. Number of Registered Births by Municipality: Catanduanes,

January—June 2017

Figure 2. Number of Registered Marriages by Type of Ceremony:

Catanduanes, January—June 2017

Figure 3. Number of Registered Deaths by Age Group and Sex:

Catanduanes, January—June 2017

Out of the total 966 registered deaths in Catanduanes for January-June 2017, 55 percent were males and 45 percent were fe-males. Most deaths occurred at the age of 70-79 for males and ages 80-89 for females.

Death for males and females be-low one year old is at 0.04 percent of the total death or 37 out of 966.

Table 1. REGISTERED DEATHS

Below

1 year

After

1 year

Fetal

Death

Bagamanoc 0 27 0

Baras 0 42 0

Bato 1 64 0

Caramoran 3 73 7

Gigmoto 3 12 0

Pandan 2 86 1

Panganiban 0 26 0

San Andres 0 108 0

San Miguel 1 34 0

Viga 5 61 2

Virac 20 398 8

TOTAL 35 931 18



AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS CORNER

FARM PRICE SURVEY (FPS)

Farm Price Survey (FPS) is a nationwide household-

based survey design to gather data on prices of agricul-

tural commodities received by farmers for their produce

and prices paid for the pesticides used in their farms. The

provincial office monitors agricultural commodities for the

last 10 days of the month to 5 key informants in 5 munici-

palities in the province using purposive sampling.

FARM PRICE SURVEY 2ND Quarter 2017

Month April May June

Total Number of Samples 425 425 425

Number of Responding Samples 190 267 241

PALAY AND CORN STOCK SURVEY (PCSS1)

Palay and Corn Stock Survey (PCSS1) is a survey

used to generate estimate of current stocks of rice and

corn in farming and non-farming products in the coun-

try. This survey serves as an input in the analysis of

the seasonal trends and variations in the supply, de-

mand and prices of palay and corn. This survey guides

both the farmers, policy makers, and the stake- hold-

ers in the formulation of programs, policies, and strate-

gic agricultural activities as this survey forecasts the

future scenario of palay and corn which are the most

considered staple products in the country. Monitoring

is done every first 4 days of the month with day 1, 6:00

AM as the reference day and time.. A total of 91 sam-

ple households is covered in 5 sample barangays.

PALAY AND CORN STOCK SURVEY (PCSS1),

Farming Households, 2nd Quarter 2017



Number of Responding Samples

50 56 57

PALAY AND CORN PRODUCTION SURVEY (PCPS)

The Palay and Corn Production Survey (PCPS) consist of two

(2) national quarterly surveys which are conducted simultane-

ously. These are the Palay Production Survey (PPS) and

Corn Production Survey (CPS). The main objective of the

PCPS is to generate estimates and forecasts of palay/corn area, production and

yield. PCPS is a survey that aims to generate estimates and forecasts on palay

and corn production, area and yield, and other production-related statistics. This

survey is important since it provides current estimates of palay and corn standing in

the Philippines and other significant information critical in the production of palay

and corn. The PCPS is one of the three cereal based survey or system monitoring

of the PSA. The other two surveys are Monthly Palay and Corn Situation Reporting

System (MPCSRS) and Palay and Corn Stocks Survey (PCSS1). This survey is

conducted quarterly across the nation done on the 1st 10 days after the reference

quarter. PSA Catanduanes has 10 sample barangays, utilizes 4 data collectors to

PALAY AND CORN STOCK SURVEY (PCSS1),

Non-farming Households, 2nd Quarter 2017



Number of Responding Sam-ples

21 22 21

Date submitted to CO 7 5 13

PALAY PRODUCTION SURVEY (PPS),

2nd Quarter 2017

Total Number of Samples

115

Number of Re-sponding Sam-

ples

100

CORN PRODUCTION SURVEY (CPS),

2nd Quarter 2017


66


ples

61

CROPS PRODUCTION SURVEY (CrPS)

The Crops Production Survey (CrPS) aims to generate basic production statistics for crops other than palay and

corn at the national, regional and provincial levels. It covers more than 200 crops of which 19 are considered

major crops. The CrPS is a quarterly survey of quantity produced and actual harvest of a particular crop in a

given locality. The data normally gathered in this survey includes the volume of production of crops, the extent of

area harvested or planted, and the number of bearing trees, vines, or hills. This survey seeks to gather critical information on produc-

tion of crops other than Palay and Corn which accounts for roughly 60% of the total crop production in the country. Other crops that

are normally included in this survey are coconut, sugarcane, banana, pineapple, coffee, mango, tobacco, abaca, etc. Catanduanes

has a total workload of 376 respondents for 2nd quarter of 2017.



AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS CORNER continuation...

MONTHLY PALAY AND CORN SITUATION REPORTING

SYSTEM (MPCSRS)

The Monthly Palay and Corn Situation Reporting System (MPCSRS)

is a system monitoring of standing Palay and Corn Situation in the

country and the actual plantings made during the survey period. This

monitoring system is conducted monthly to generate an estimated

amount of standing staple products in the country used in forecasting

supply of the basic staple needs in the country.

BACKYARD AND COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SURVEY

The Backyard and Livestock and Poultry Survey (BLPS) is one of the livestock and poultry survey conducted quarterly to take into

account information or data on livestock and poultry supply and disposition including the current egg production for chicken and

ducks. BLPS is conducted simultaneously with the Commercial and Livestock & Poultry Survey (CLPS) which is also conducted quar-

terly . To distinguish the former from the latter, backyard survey are those raising livestock and poultry not for commercial purposes

meaning the number of heads per species does not meet the minimum number of heads considered as commercial operation.

MONTHLY PALAY AND CORN SITUATION RE-

PORTING SYSTEM (MPCSRS)

Month May June

Total Number of Samples 66 66

Number of Responding Samples

57 57

BACKYARD LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SURVEY, Non-farming Households (BLPS)

Month 2nd Quarter 2017


25


ples

21

BACKYARD LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SURVEY,

Farming Households (BLPS)

Month 2nd Quarter 2017


66


ples

57

COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SURVEY,

(CLPS)

Month 2nd Quarter

2017


10

Number of Responding

Samples

9

FISHERIES SURVEY

The fisheries survey of the PSA covers four major areas of fish-

ing sectors and these are: commercial fisheries, marine munici-

pal fisheries, inland municipal fisheries, and aquaculture fisher-

ies. To distinguish one from the other, the commercial fisheries

survey covers fishing operations that uses a boat of more than

3 gross tons, while the marine municipal fisheries survey covers

fishing operations carried out without the use of boat or the use

of boat with gross tonnage not exceeding three tons; the inland

municipal fishery survey on the other hand covers catching of

fish , crustaceans, molluscs, and all other aquatic animals and

plants in inland like rivers, lakes, dams, marshes, etc.; lastly the

aquaculture fisheries survey on the other hand covers opera-

tions involving all forms of raising and culturing fish and other

fishery species in marine, brackish, and freshwater under con-

trolled conditions. All these fishery surveys are held quarterly

across the province. These surveys are important because it

measures the volume of production per marine species and the

value of production. The data generated in these surveys are

used to create projections for better monitoring and implemen-

tations of programs and policies.

Quarterly Inland Fishery Survey

This survey is conducted quarterly in sample traditional landing

centers in 57 provinces nationwide. It is an alternative method

in case of unavailability of funds. The POC staff undertake the

data collection. Data on catch from rivers, lakes, swamps,

creeks, dams, reservoirs, and other bodies of water are col-

lected from households where there is one or more member/s

engaged in inland fishing. Catanduanes has 10 sample inland

fishing households for this survey for 2nd quarter 2017.

Quarterly Commercial Fishery Survey

Data on unloadings from PFDA, LGU and privately managed

landing centers are gathered by POC staff using a collection

form prepared at the Central Office (Monthly Fish Catch Report

at Government and Private Fishing Ports) This activity is con-

ducted quarterly covering three month - records of unloadings

in the landing centers. Catanduanes has only 1 commercial

landing center with 5 sample respondents for 2nd quarter of

2017 for commercial fishery survey.



AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS CORNER continuation...

Quarterly Aquaculture Survey

Aquaculture is defined as fishery operation involving all forms of raising and culturing of fish and other fishery species in fresh,

brackish and marine water areas. Catanduanes has 15 sample respondents for quarterly aquaculture survey for 2nd quarter

2017.

Quarterly Municipal Fishery Survey

Municipal fishing is fishing within municipal waters using fishing vessels of three (3) gross tons or less, or fishing not requiring the

use of fishing vessels. The two (2) sub-sectors of municipal fisheries are Marine Municipal and Inland Municipal. Catanduanes

has 13 sample barangays with 65 sample respondents for 2nd quarter 2017.

FISHERY SURVEY, 2nd QUARTER, 2017

1st Quarter 2017

COMMERCIAL 5

MUNICIPAL

INLAND MUNICIPAL 10

MARINE MUNICIPAL 65

AQUACULTURE 15

COMMUNITY SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY

PSA Catanduanes Staffs conducted

tree planting activity at Maram-

bong, Pandan, Catanduanes on

May 1, 2017

Feeding Activity with the Day Care Center Pupils of Brgy.

Marambong, Pandan, Catanduanes on May 1, 2017.

Distribution of civil registration brochures

translated in local dialects prepared for CRVS

Decade Campaign to the parents of Day Care

pupils at Marambong, Pandan, Catanduanes on

May 1, 2017

PDR for 2nd Qtr 2017

The Provincial Data Review for 2nd quarter 2017

was conducted on April 11-12, 2017 at PSA Catan-

duanes PSO Training Room. Naser M. Tuazon,

Information System Analyst, RSSO V, was invited

as resource person during the 2nd qtr PDR. Atten-

dees for the PDR were OIC-PSO Anavi F.

Camacho, SA Jocelyn R. Uchi, acting Stat E, RO I

Christian John G. delos Santos, acting STAT C and

JO Joseph Arvin J. Osido. Data were presented on agricultural surveys and was

analyzed properly with proper remarks or reason for change in percentage in

production and prices.

PSA Catanduanes Staffs conducted beach clean-up in the shoreline of Batalay

Beach Batalay, Bato , Catanduanes on April 8, 2017



PSA Catanduanes PSO conducts group learning session

PSA Catanduanes personnel headed by OIC-PSO Anavi F. Camacho conducted the group learning session on June 10-11, 2017

held at Pandan and Caramoran, Catanduanes. Activities for the first day of group learning session includes the team building

which was held at Delicia Farm, Pandan, Catanduanes. The personnel were grouped into two competing teams. Red Team

composed of RO II Cecilia T. Castilla, RO I Christian John G. delos Santos, JO Joseph Arvin Osido, JO Jeffrey Tresvalles, MDS

Rosemarie Magtangob and SR Alma Gonzales won the team building activity overall defeating the yellow team composed of SA

Jocelyn R. Uchi, AS Miriam A. de la Providencia, AA III Ma. Hazel V. Balinquit, JO Alfonso Crispino III, JO Mary Margarette

Tapel, SR Jerold T. Lizaso. OIC-PSO Camacho was one of the board of judges and JO Maria Monette Rodulfo acted as timer. A

simple discussion on how the Delicia Farm was built including the different plants that were planted and the livestock and

poultry raised in the farm was discussed by Mr. Michael F. Tichon, owner of said farm. Feeding and information dissemination

in Hiyop, Pandan was the highlight of the first day of group learning session. On the second day of the group learning session,

the personnel went to the white sand beach of Palumbanes Island in order for them to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature. It

was also then OIC-PSO Camacho discussed about the ISO-QMS to the personnel. Simple game was also conducted with the

same team competing and the same team winning the game. Distribution of school supplies on selected Grade 1 to 3 pupils of

Palumbanes Elementary School was conducted.

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION FOR 2ND QUARTER 2017

Researchers Served 11

Press Release 2

Vital Events Fact Sheets 13

Special Releases 3

Radio Guesting 1

QUICKSTAT 1

Annual Report 1

"Individual commitment to a group effort--that is

what makes a team work, a company work, a society

work, a civilization work." ...

For more queries contact us at

PSA Catanduanes

2F P. Araojo Bldg. Cavinitan, Virac, Catanduanes

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Cellphone Number: 09209681179

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