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P R I S M A T h e O f f i c i a l Q u a r t e r l y P u b l i c a t i o n o f P S A - A R M M

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rssoarmm.psa.gov.phP S A - A R M M O f f i c i a l W e b s i t e

Abubakar AsaadRegional Director

Mahmur SarailSOCD Chief

Cayang MacudCRASD Chief

Estrella PadillaSupervising Stat. Specialist

Farhana Jane LinsoHead Writer

Samid Masukat Houdine Lauban Baiko Baladsal

Aquessa Macud

Ongkili Mohammad Melanie Mohammad Dynrazil Nuron Nurosalam Caludtiag

Marilou Gorospe Rubikha Ishmael Sittie Asmalia Cornell

Abdulbasit AbdulsamadContent Editor

Naldo PendalidaySenior Stat. Specialist

Norhayyah TulaSenior Stat. Specialist

CHIEF EDITOR

C O N T E N T

N E W S L E T T E R S

F E A T U R E S

C I V I L R E G I S T R A T I O N

M U S L I M P O P U L A T I O N

A R M M Q u i c k s t a t

PSO Macadadaya: ‘Life must go on, PSA will rise’

RAZULDEN A. MANGELEN: A Biography

Muslim Population in ARMM

Muslim Population in Visayas

Mayor Mamasabulod signs MOA to implement PhilCRIS and BREQS

16 employees took their oath of office at PSA-ARMM

PSA-ARMM completes Training on Basic Statistics

NORONISA D. MACADADAYA: A Biography

Muslim Population in Luzon

Muslim Population in Mindanao

Muslim Population Statistical Tables

List of Newly Appointed and Promoted Employees of PSA-ARMM

List of Contract of Service Employees of PSA-ARMM

RD Asaad emphasizes significance of Muslim Statistics in the Philippines

PSA-ARMM wins Most Creative Parade Award

PSA-ARMM joins Task Force Bangon Marawi

PSA-ARMM celebrates 4th PSA Anniversary

RD Asaad presents ARMM Poverty Statistics at 2017 PSAI Annual Conference

PSA-ARMM conducts 2017 Group Learning Session

RD Asaad and company pay courtesy visit to UP Min

PSA-ARMM joins celebration of 117th Civil Service Anniversary

A B O U T U SPRISMA is the official quarterly publication of PSA-ARMM. It contains

reports on results of various statistical surveys and censuses, highlights

of civil registration services, special events and activities promoting

coordination with data stakeholders in ARMM.

PRISMA comes from the word prism, which is by definition a

transparent geometrical shape that breaks up light into spectral colors. A

prism symbolizes the general objective of this publication in the way that

the latter serves as PSA-ARMM’s medium to communicate its mandate to

the public, that is, aside from the production of quality statistics and civil

registration services, to disseminate technical information in a manner

that is easily comprehensible.

The team behind PRISMA produces information materials in

accordance with PSA’s corporate personality: professional – discussions

are solely based on actual and reliable statistics; responsive – social issues

are addressed with statistical data gathering and analyses; innovative

and strategic – constant improvement of the delivery of information; and

motivated – influencing the promotion of the welfare and development of

the people in ARMM.

L O G OPRISMA’s logo illustrates PSA-ARMM’s commitment to deliver relevant,

reliable statistics and civil registration services through information

dissemination.

In the middle is a propeller that depicts PSA-ARMM’s role as the central

statistical institution and primary facilitator of statistical operations in the

region. The three arrows surrounding the propeller are derived from PSA’s

logo, which represent the three pillars of the agency as an organization: solid,

responsive, and world-class. Their colors are from the Philippine flag – to

convey PSA’s role as a national agency. The arrows are pointing outwards to

portray PRISMA expanding its reach of target users. The arrows are pointing to

different directions to show PRISMA spreading information to stakeholders in

different sectors.

Together, the propeller and the arrows form a triangle – a shape of a prism.

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P R I S M A | 3rd Quar ter 20174

"Life must go on, PSA will rise,”

Provincial Statistics Officer (PSO)

of PSA-Lanao del Sur Noronisa

Macadadaya said on her speech

during the Psychosocial Processing

Program hosted by the PSA-Region

X and facilitated by the Department

of Health (DOH) last July 6-7, 2017 at

Chali Beach Resort, Cagayan de Oro

City. This program, with the theme

Trials Test Our Character and Help

Shape Our Faith, was proposed by

Regional Director Abubakar S. Asaad

of PSA-ARMM during their Directorate's Conference

in Manila and was specifically implemented for the

employees of PSA who are greatly affected by the

ongoing conflict in Marawi City which brought the

community into crisis.

On behalf of the National Statistician and Civil

Registrar General Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, the presence

of PSA officials from the Central Office, including Dir.

Reynor Imperial, Dir. Benjamin Navarro, Dr. Edwin

De Veyra, GSD Chief Joseph Cajita and HRD Chief

Cynthia Vallesteros brought comfort to the traumatized

employees. PSA Mindanao Cluster, headed by Regional

Directors Abubakar S. Asaad, Maqtahar L. Manulon,

Ruben D. Abaro and Eddie E. Nasol of PSA Regional

Offices of ARMM, XII, XI and X, respectively, also showed

their full support for their colleagues. Moreover, DOH

representatives and health professionals provided

the technical assistance necessary for the emotional

recovery of the employees.

Ma. Dolores Mercado of Non-Communicable

Disease Cluster of DOH explained that this program

aims to encourage the participants to communicate

and share their experiences during the war. Through

this, the participants will be able to feel and know that

they are not alone with their problems. Discussions

were focused on learning about stress and the healthy

lifestyle management. The participants played several

games to realize the application of principles imparted

to them by the resource speakers, specifically on the

promotion of trust, solidarity, resiliency and unity

among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

One of the highlights of the activity was the

symbolic act of letting go of pain experienced from the

adversity. Each participant was tasked to make a paper

boat which signifies the negative emotions embedded

to them by the current situation in their homeland.

These boats were then drifted in the water and let it

move away along the ripples along with the sorrows

and fears of the PSA employees.

PSO Macadadaya emotionally expressed her

gratitude towards the people who made this program

possible. She acknowledged the grievances that her

colleagues struggle to go through day by day and the

services they render through and through. The PSO

motivated the employees of PSALanao del Sur to move

on and continue working for the leveling up of PSA.

N E W S L E T T E R S

PSO Macadadaya: ‘Life must go on, PSA will rise’

Organizers, resource speakers and participants of the Psychosocial Processing Program from PSA Central Office, PSA Mindanao Cluster and Department of Health.

P R I S M A | 3rd Quar ter 2017 5

A total of 16 participants from

PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao

completed the first part of the

Series of Training on Statistics,

entitled Training 1: Basic Statistics,

conducted by Regional Director

Abubakar S. Asaad and assisted by

Acting Statistical Analyst Farhana

Jane S. Linso last August 15, 2017

at CRASD Conference Room, PSA-

ARMM Regional Office, Cotabato

City.

RD Asaad lectured on three

major topics in Basic Statistics,

namely Introduction to Basic

Statistics, Data Summarization and Data Presentation.

He introduced statistics through its definition,

discussion of its fields, explanation of its branches,

differentiation of its classifications and discussion and

classification of variables. The participants learned

about different measures of data summarization in the

second topic including the construction of a frequency

distribution table with percentage and cumulative

frequency; and the computation of measures of central

tendency, location and variability. RD Asaad also taught

the participants about the different methods of data

presentation, either through textual, tables or graphs;

and explained the advantages and disadvantages of

each.

After the lectures, Ms. Linso showed an actual

execution of different methods of data summarization

and data presentation using Microsoft Excel and the data

from the results of 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN).

She enumerated the MS Excel Formulas and Functions

in getting the measures of central tendency, location

and variability and performed procedures on creating

tables and graphs for a specific type of information.

Participants have also undergone a hands-on data

presentation and summarization facilitated by Ms.

Linso and Acting Assistant Statistician Dynrazil A.

Nuron, who is also one of the participants.

RD Asaad emphasized that aside from being

knowledgeable on the computation of statistics and

creation of tables and graphs, the participants should

be mindful of the proper usage of each method and

appropriate interpretation of each concept to be

able to produce an accurate information. To have

an actual application of their learnings, RD Asaad

tasked the participants, specifically the employees

of PSA-Maguindanao, to prepare a Special Release

using the results of 2015 POPCEN in Maguindanao.

The participants also took a Pre-Test and Post-Test

before and after the training in order to measure the

development of their knowledge towards the topics

lectured during this session. Moreover, the succeeding

parts of this series of trainings will be announced soon.

As the primary statistical institution in the country,

employees of PSA are expected to have at least the

basic knowledge on this field of study. Information

dissemination is also among the mandates of the

agency.

PSA-ARMM completes Training on Basic Statistics

CRASD Chief Cayang M. Macud, PSO Razulden A. Mangelen and Senior Statistical Specialist Naldo G. Pendaliday award Certificate of Appreciation to RD Abubakar S. Asaad for sharing his expertise as a resource speaker during the Training on Basic Statistics.


PSA-ARMM, represented by PSO Razulden A.

Mangelen, the OIC-Regional Director in lieu of RD

Abubakar S. Asaad who was on official travel that

time, together with CRASD Chief Cayang M. Macud,

PSO Noronisa D. Macadadaya and their staffs, joins the

Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) who gathered at

the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) at

Mahogany Hills Hotel, Iligan City last August 18, 2017 to

visit Evacuation Centers for the victims of the Marawi

Crisis in Iligan City and Lanao del Norte.

The TFBM, headed by Defense Undersecretary

Cesar B. Yano, is composed of national government

agencies (NGAs), government and agencies in ARMM,

and local government units in Iligan City and Lanao

del Norte. The task force is divided into seven teams

with specific functions and concerns, such as the 1)

Sub-Committee on Business and Livelihood, 2) Finance

and Resource Mobilization Support Group, 3) Sub-

Committee on Peace and Order, 4) Sub-Committee on

Housing, 5) Information Management and Strategic

Communications Support Group, 6) Sub-Committee on

Health and Social Welfare, and 7) Sub-Committee on

Reconstruction.

PSA-ARMM belonged to the fifth committee,

together with Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

and National Youth Commission (NYC), aimed at

collecting and disseminating vital information about

the evacuees. The team was deployed to Al-Bironi

Madrasah Evacuation Center (EC), one of the 11

evacuation centers installed in Balo-I, Lanao del Norte

and accommodating evacuees from Barangay Tolali,

Marawi City. According to the Data Board recorded

by Department of Social Welfare and Development

(DSWD) personnel assigned in this area, this EC houses

74 families or 321 individuals, of which 60.44 percent

are children and youth.

According to the parents interviewed by the

representatives of PSA-ARMM, most of the evacuees

are not able to save their important documents when

they fled from the war, including their Civil Registry

Documents (CRDs) which are vital in situations like

this. The children are forced to transfer to other schools

PSA-ARMM joins Task Force Bangon Marawi

Members of Information Management and Strategic Communications Support Group of the Task Force Bangon Marawi composed of representatives of PSA-ARMM, PIA and NYC together with representatives of NEOC and DSWD at Al-Bironi Madrasah Evacuation Center, Balo-I, Lanao del Norte.


near the evacuation center just to continue their

studies. However, they cannot be officially accepted

due to lack of requirements such as Certificate of Live

Birth. Some of the parents also encountered difficulties

in their with financial institutions and other agencies

requiring such documents. In relation to this, officials

of PSA-ARMM promised to lobby these concerns to the

authorities of PSA and will propose to conduct Free

Mobile Registration of CRDs for the evacuees.

Usec. Yano presided a meeting with the whole

task force to facilitate the reporting of updates of each

member-agency. Marawi City Mayor Majul Gamdamra

announced that the 11-hectare of land allotted for the

construction of temporary shelters for the Internally

Displaced Persons (IDPs) is already available and

approved. In line with this, the Sub-Committee on

Housing, headed by National Housing Agency (NHA),

informed the body that the construction will be carried

out on September 8, 2017. With this amount of land, the

project will be able to produce 1,200 housing units, which

is only 15.60 percent of the proposed 7,692 units. The

project will also include other utilities to the IDPs such

as the construction Mosque and Madrasah, wet and

dry market, terminal, livelihood centers, recreational

centers, roads, health center and schools and provision

of water and power sources from the efforts of other

sub-committees of the task force.

Moreover, the sub-committee on information headed

by PIA is tasked to encourage and attract assistance

from the private sectors through the communication

of the actual situation of the IDPs. They established a

Community Radio Program which will not just provide

updates, but will also entertain the IDPs. The sub-

committee will also create a timeline of TFBM activities

and will organize it in a way that is more accessible to

the private sectors.

Other sub-committees also reported updates and

proposals under their concerns to the group. In his

closing remarks, Vice Governor Bombit Adiong of Lanao

del Sur hoped that all of the plans of the groups will be

carried out timely and their efforts will not be lost in

vain.

From top left clockwise: (1) representatives of the member-agencies assemble at the National Emergency Operations Center, Mahogany Hiils, Iligan City; (2) temporary shelters of IDPs at Al-Bironi Madrasah Evacuation Center; (3) Usec. Cesar B. Yano presides meeting with Task Force Bangon Marawi; (4) Aquessa L. Macud of PSA-Lanao del Sur interviews one of the household heads of the IDPs in Al-Bironi Madrasah Evacuation Center.


PSA-ARMM conducted the 2017 Group Learning Session on September 4-5, 2017 at Waterfront Hotel Davao, Davao City. A total of 52 employees of PSA-ARMM and its Provincial Offices (POs) attended this event which was headed by Regional Director (RD) Abubakar S. Asaad, Chief of Civil Registration and Administrative Support Division (CRASD) Cayang M. Macud, Chief of Statistical Operations and Coordination Division (SOCD) and the Provincial Statistics Officer (PSOs) of the POs namely, Naser S. Usman of Basilan, Noronisa D. Macadadaya of Lanao del Sur, Razulden A. Mangelen of Maguindanao, Medzhor A. Tan of Sulu which was represented by Supervising Statistical Specialist Moh Sahnur S. Udjah and Masil H. Mohammadsha of Tawi-Tawi. General Service Division (GSD) Chief Joseph C. Cajita of PSA Central Office was also present to support and serve as Resource Person during this session.

“Group learning is a collection of persons who are emotionally, intellectually, and aesthetically engaged in solving problems, creating products, and making meaning—an assemblage in which each person learns autonomously and through the ways of learning of others,” Sittie Asmalia D. Cornell (Statistical Specialist II) said.

According to her, group Learning aims to build cohesion and collaboration among its staff members with an intention of reviewing its performance and accomplishments for the period – working on the catch up plan as necessary and improving their work environment and deliverables. This activity helps us to achieve more and think critically, build positive interpersonal relationships, enjoy positive learning experience and prepare for future direction.

SOCD Chief Sarail further explained that group learning activity enables us to discuss deeper our commitment on our tasks as PSA employees. Each of the provinces are going to present their achievements and performance for the past months. They will also discuss different best practices and innovations in their respective divisions or provinces. The presentation of achievements and performance of the provinces may help us to plan, organize or initiate tasks and transition from one thing to another.

"Please remember that being ISO Certified, our competence, credibility and image are further improved considering that ISO 9001 is an internationally recognized standard,” RD Asaad emphasized.

PSA-ARMM conducts 2017 Group Learning Session

PSA-ARMM Regional Director Abubakar Asaad delivering his welcome remarks during the opening program of learning session


RD Asaad highlighted the importance of the topics on Quality Management System (QMS) in this session as the PSA-ARMM has been aiming for the ISO-9001-2015 Certification in the following year.

“With QMS, we will enhance the quality of service that we provide to the public and will help us in better performing our mandates in the Regional and Provincial PSA Offices. Let us create a culture of continuous improvement,” RD Asaad added.

He also gave importance to the discussions on Gender and Development (GAD) Programs. According to him, PSA plays a very important role in GAD Program, because we provide the statistics on life expectation of birth of women, data about women workers, functional literacy and education, labor and employment and other related data concerning this group.

Representatives from SOCD, CRASD and each of the POs presented the accomplishments and best practices of their respective divisions and offices for the first six months of 2017. Estrella R. Padilla (Supervising Statistical Specialist), Naldo G. Pendaliday (Senior Statistical Specialist) and Norhayyah A. Tula (Senior Statistical Specialist) discussed on the accomplishments and status of statistical activities under Household-Based, Establishment-Based and Agricultural-Based Statistics, respectively. They also shared to the participants the assessment on the performance of each PO based on the timeliness and completeness of submission of reports for each sector. Moreover, SOCD Chief Sarail also reported the statistical planning, coordination and information dissemination activities of his division. In this part, he highlighted the attendance of the office to regular meetings of the ARMM Regional Statistics Committee, publications by SOCD staff, and other activities aimed at promoting statistics to the general public.

Farhana Jane S. Linso (Acting Statistical Analyst), on behalf of CRASD Chief Macud, presented the accomplishments of the Civil Registry Services (CRS) in ARMM. She showed the number of transactions facilitated by CRS by month and by type of document in the first semester of 2017 and plotted the performance of the local outlet in terms of meeting the service demands. According to her, the performance of ARMM CRS Outlet has been increasing at an average growth rate of 1.86 percent within this period. Moreover, Anwar

S. Abdullah (Budget Officer) presented the 2018 Budget Estimate for AgStat and Former NSO Surveys of PSA-ARMM and its POs. This cost estimate is disaggregated by item and by month. Based on his report, PSA-ARMM will be needing Php23, 142, 993.88 total budget for the whole year statistical operation in 2018.

Hosni M. Ali (Supply Officer) and Abdulbasit E. Abdulsamad (Statistical Specialist II) discussed on the best practices of CRASD and SOCD, respectively.

Mr. Ali highlighted the physical improvements in the regional office including the glass partitions and acquisition of other office facilities. He also provided an overview on the internal policies being followed in the office as preparation for the ISO Certification such as minimization of unnecessary movements, prohibition of going to the CRS Outlet and securing of gate pass when going out during office hours. On the other hand, Mr. Abdulsamad emphasized the use of various computer applications for a more efficient and high quality of outputs, especially in making publications. He also presented the proposed monitoring system that would allow the SOCD to monitor and assess the performance of POs in terms of submission of reports.

Moreover, GSD Chief Cajita introduced and thoroughly discussed the basic concepts of the QMS, ISO and GAD. According to him, the purpose of having a standardized and smooth operation has always been geared towards customer satisfaction. He also explained the meaning of each stanza of the PSA Quality Policy that every PSA employee must always embody and the PSA Field Awards that serves as a guide for a quality service.

At the end of the program, RD Asaad took the opportunity to administer the oath taking of the newly promoted employees of PSA-Sulu namely, Moh Sahnur S. Udjah (Statistical Analyst) and Munib K. Awalin (Statistical Analyst) who were promoted as Supervising Statistical Specialist and Statistical Specialist II, respectively.

RD Asaad congratulated everyone for having a successful Group Learning Session and Mid-Year Assessment which have shown a successful first six months of the year. Despite the challenges, he hopes that PSA-ARMM will continue the good performance and even become more efficient as the agency aims for ISO Certification in the following year.


PSA-ARMM employees, headed by Regional

Director (RD) Dr. Abubakar S. Asaad and Provincial

Statistics Officer of Maguindanao Hji. Razulden

A. Mangelen, paid courtesy visit to Prof. Sylvia B.

Concepcion, the Chancellor of the University of the

Philippines (UP) Mindanao in Davao City on September

6, 2017.

The PSA team were in Davao City to conduct

the 2017 Group Learning Session on September

4-5, 2017 and decided to take a tour to UP Mindanao

on September 6 before travelling back to Cotabato

City. Prof. Concepcion and UP Min Public Relations

Officer Rene Estremera welcomed RD Asaad and

his company composed of PSO Mangelen, Naldo G.

Pendaliday (Senior Statistical Specialist), Farhana

Jane S. Linso (Acting Statistical Analyst) and PSO

Mangelen’s son, who is currently a 3rd year student

in the said university, to the Office of the Chancellor.

After the introduction of their respective institutions

and colleagues, Prof. Concepcion and RD Asaad, who are

both UP faculties, were immediately on the same track.

They discussed about RD Asaad’s secondment to PSA

and the importance of serving the people as the optimum

mission of every UP alumnus. Prof. Concepcion also

mentioned that she admires a lot Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales,

the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of PSA.

The UP Min team also gave PSO Mangelen’s son tips and

advices for his thesis.

Mr. Estremera gave a copy of UP Min Chancellor’s

Report to PSA. In return, RD Asaad gave two issues of

PRISMA, the Official Quarterly Publication of PSA-ARMM,

to the Chancellor. The PSA team expressed their gratitude

to the Chancellor and her staff for the warm welcome. PSA-

ARMM employees then toured to some remarkable spots

in the university such as the university oval, the UP Min

Library and the UP Min Sports Complex, before leaving.

RD Asaad and company pay courtesy visit to UP Min

From left: Rene Estremera, Public Relations Officer of UP Mindanao; Dr. Sylvia B. Concepcion, Chancellor of UP Mindanao; Dr. Abubakar S. Asaad, Regional Director of PSA-ARMM; Hji. Razulden A. Mangelen, Provincial Statistics Officer of PSA-Maguindanao; Naldo G. Pendaliday, Senior Statistical Specialist; and Farhana Jane S. Linso, Acting Statistical Analyst.


PSA-ARMM joins celebration of 117th Civil Service Anniversary

PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao employees with Director Dominador E. Gonzales, Jr. of CSC-ARMM during the Opening Program of the 117th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary.

PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao employees,

headed by Assistant Statistician and CRS Outlet

Supervisor Ysmael N. Baraguir who was the OIC-Regional

Director during that time, participated in the kick-off

parade and opening of the month-long celebration of

the 117th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary, with

the theme “Tugon sa Hamon ng Pagbabago, Malasakit

ng Lingkod-Bayan”, spearheaded by the Civil Service

Commission in ARMM (CSC-ARMM) last September 5,

2017 at ORG-ARMM Compound, Cotabato City.

“Malasakit sa kapwa, not malas at sakit sa kapwa,”

Director Dominador E. Gonzales, Jr. of CSC-ARMM said

as he explained the meaning of this year’s national

celebration of public service to the employees of line

agencies and local government units who attended

the said event. According to him, machines are slowly

replacing humans in the workplace nowadays, most

especially in the mass-producing industries. However,

Dir. Gonzales emphasized that the public demands

services that are implemented with utmost sincerity

and care amidst the challenge of rapid change in the

use of technology. A public servant always prioritizes

the public’s welfare. And despite the difficulty of the

job, public service should always be acknowledged and

celebrated.

CSC-ARMM marked the opening of the Inter-Agency

Sports Competition through lighting of torch and Pledge

of Sportsmanship. This is among the highlighted events

for this month-long celebration that is open to all

agencies who would want to join.

Moreover, the symbolic flying of white balloons and

exhibition of Drum and Bugle Corps of Regional Science

High School of Parang, Maguindanao amplified the

festivity of the event.


Sixteen newly appointed and promoted employees

of PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao took their oaths

of office during the Mass Oath-Taking Ceremony

administered by Regional Director Abubakar S. Asaad at

PSA-ARMM, Cotabato City last September 7, 2017.

Mr. Mahmur H. Sarail, Chief of Statistical Operations

and Coordination Division, Ms. Cayang M. Macud,

Chief of Civil Registration and Administrative Support

Division, Mr. Razulden A. Mangelen, Provincial Statistics

Officer of Maguindanao and the family and friends of the

newly appointed and promoted PSA-ARMM employees

were also present during the ceremony to witness the

event and the signing of oaths.

RD Asaad assured everyone that the Personnel

Selection Board of PSA-ARMM had undergone proper

training and selected the best candidates in the most

objective way, in accordance with the laws, rules and

regulations of the recruitment and selection process

of PSA and the Civil Service Commission. Thus, he is

confident that PSA selected the best and most deserving

candidate for each position. RD Asaad reminded the

newly appointed and promoted employees that despite

of the permanent appointment, they are still under

probation for six months. This means that they can be

subjected to termination if they fail to execute their

duties and responsibilities.

In his Inspirational Message, RD Asaad told the story

of the ups and downs of his career. He mentioned that

he became a fisherman, a farmer, a businessman and

even a babysitter just to sustain his studies. Fortunately,

RD Asaad further said, he became successful in his

studies and career more than what he expected. RD

Asaad also mentioned that despite his qualifications, he

also experienced frustrations in terms of appointments

and promotions, which he considered as normal. The

selection process for this wave has been completed

and RD Asaad emphasized that a single position cannot

be occupied by two employees. According to him,

the employees must focus on their current roles and

their contribution to the levelling up of PSA, instead of

thinking about the competition with their colleagues.

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16 employees took their oath of office at PSA-ARMM

RD Abubakar S. Asaad leads the Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Newly Appointed and Promoted Employees of PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao.


PSA-ARMM wins Most Creative Parade Award

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PSA-ARMM human float stands out among ARMM line agencies during the 25th National Family Week kick-off parade. (Photo by BPI-ARMM)

PSA-ARMM’s human float was awarded as the Most

Creative Parade during the kick-off program of the

25th National Family Week on September 27, 2017 at

ORG-ARMM Compound, Cotabato City spearheaded by

the Department of Social Welfare and Development in

ARMM (DSWD-ARMM).

The award-winning parade of PSA-ARMM

resembles the shape of a boat with different people of

different tribes on board. As a unit of society, the PSA-

ARMM family had experienced waves of challenges

in its four years of existence and even before the four

agencies were merged. Guided by a strong anchor and

uniform desires, the family has been able to swim along

the obstacles to achieve the solid, responsive and world-

class authority on quality statistics and civil registration

services.

In line with this year’s theme for National Family

Week “Tugon sa Maginhawa, Matatag at Panatag na

Pamilyang Pilipino”, PSA has also been focusing its

mission on the delivery of relevant, reliable statistics

and civil registration services towards improved quality

of life for all.

“Great power comes with great responsibility,” PSO Mangelen quoted Benjamin Parker, an American fictional

character, to congratulate his colleagues and remind them of their new responsibilities as PSA employees. He also

highlighted the positive changes and improvements in PSA-ARMM which resulted from the great leadership of RD

Asaad. According to PSO Mangelen, the greatest thing that the employees can do to pay back RD Asaad is to render

quality services for the clients of PSA, which is the bottomline of the Quality Management System.


PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao employees,

headed by Regional Director Abubakar S. Asaad, SOCD

Chief Mahmur H. Sarail, CRASD Chief Cayang M. Macud

and PSO Razulden A. Mangelen celebrated the 4th

Anniversary of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

with the theme “4th PSA Leveling Up” last September

12, 2017 at PSA-ARMM Regional Office, Cotabato City,

with Director Dominador E. Gonzales, Jr. of Civil Service

Commission in ARMM (CSC-ARMM) as the special

guest.

“To level up is to jump start…Jump starting means

to start something in a very active manner with much

passion and high level of energy,” National Statistician

and Civil Registrar Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales said

in her message for the PSA Anniversary read by

PSO Mangelen to the employees of PSA-ARMM. In

this message, NS Bersales highlighted some of the

accomplishments of PSA in the past year such as the

recruitment and selection from about 1,500 applications

to fill up 786 vacant positions, subscription to Freedom

of Information, conduct of the 10th National Conference

of Solemnizing Officers, branding of Serbilis Outlets

through the Civil Registry System IT Project 2, using

teleconference facilities to conduct meetings between

and among the Central Office and Field Offices,

achievement of ISO certification on QMS, advanced

release of 2016 GRDP, adoption of the Core Regional

Indicator System as a result of the 1st RSC Summit,

participation to BIMP-EAGA Strategic Planning in

Jakarta, Indonesia, and the launching of new features

in the website for a more accessible information.

NS Bersales also congratulated the newly appointed

and promoted employees of PSA-ARMM through a

message that was relayed by RD Asaad. NS Bersales

PSA-ARMM celebrates 4th PSA Anniversary

From left: Abubakar S. Asaad, Regional Director of PSA-ARMM; Razulden A. Mangelen, Provincial Statistics Officer of PSA-Maguindanao, Dominador E. Gonzales, Jr., Director II of CSC-ARMM; Mahmur H. Sarail, Chief of SOCD and Cayang M. Macud, Chief of CRASD during the celebration of 4th PSA Anniversary.


reminded the employees to continue dreaming and

always connect those dreams with the PSA Dream of

being Solid, Responsive and World-Class.

In line with the celebration of the 117th Philippine

Civil Service Anniversary, Dir. Gonzales commended

the efforts of PSA in the production of quality statistics

and efficient delivery of civil registration services to

the general public. He believes that the tasks of data

collectors and survey supervisors at the household level

are indeed life-threatening. He shared the story of the

unfortunate fate of one of his colleagues who recently

died while sincerely doing his job. Thus he reminded

everyone to always be vigilant, because a civil servant

is better alive than dead in the delivery of public service.

To boost up enjoyment in the celebration, PSA-

ARMM facilitated games and other activities for

the employees. After office hours on September 11,

employees had a Zumba fitness session. On September

12, among the highlighted activities was the PSA

Quiz Bee which was championed by the SOCD Team

composed of Naldo G. Pendaliday, Senior Statistical

Specialist and

Nurosalam C. Caludtiag, Acting Assistant

Statistician. Asrafhiya D. Diamel, Acting Finance and

Cash Clerk of CRASD topped at the PSA Got Talent. Five

employees received appliances such as clothes iron,

electric kettle, electric fan, oven toaster and rice cooker.

There were also parlor games participated by the

employees including Paper Dance, Hep Hep, Hooray!,

Sack Race Ver. 2.0, Planting Rice Ver. 2.0, Message Relay,

Charades, Alphabet Challenge and PSA Pinoy Henyo.

The celebration lasted until the night with a videoke

session.

From top left clockwise: (1) PSA-ARMM and PSA-Maguindanao employees listen to the message of NS Bersales for the 4th PSA Anniversary; (2) contestants from PSA-Maguindanao, SOCD and CRASD for PSA Quiz Bee; participatns competing for parlor games called (3) "Paper Dance, Hep Hep, Hooray!" and (4) "Sack Race Ver. 2.0".


Regional Director of PSA-ARMM Dr. Abubakar

S. Asaad presented the official poverty statistics of

ARMM, entitled Poverty Incidence in the Autonomous

Region in Muslim Mindanao which was co-athored by

Mahmur H. Sarail, Naldo G. Pendaliday, Abdulbasit E.

Abdulsamad, Sittie Asmalia D. Cornell, Farhana Jane

S. Linso and Dynrazil A. Nuron, last September 28,

2017 during the Scientific Session: Official Statistics

of the 2017 Philippine Statistical Association, Inc.

(PSAI) Annual Conference, co-organized by GEOSATA

Systems Technologies, Inc. and Philippine Statistics

Authority, with the theme Statistics in Support of the

Local Economy, at Sugarland Hotel, Bacolod City, Negros

Occidental.

Dr. Asaad reported that ARMM had a decrease of 0.5

percentage points in poverty incidence, based on the

final results of the 2015 Family Income and Expenditure

Survey (FIES), the official source of income and

expenditure data of families in the country. However,

the region still recorded the highest poverty incidence

in the country. A family of five members in the region

must earn at least Php8,985 average monthly income

to sustain its daily nutritional needs and other non-

food basic requirements. Moreover, the Millenium

Development Goals (MDGs) target of ARMM on reducing

the poverty incidence by 13.45 percent was not realized.

The conclusion of this study states that the official

poverty statistics reported is limited to income variable

only. According to the 1997 UNDP Human Development

Report, poverty is not determined only by income, but

also health, education, communcation, human and

political rights, dignity, confidence and self-respect.

Moreover, with the high poverty incidence in the region,

Dr. Asaad stated that the ARMM Regional Government

(ARG) has been focusing on mitigating this problem

through implementation of infrastructure programs

across the region, which is believed to be a long-term tool

for poverty alleviation. In line with this, ARG designed

the ARMM-HELPS and ARMM-BRIDGE Apat na Dapat

programs to address the roots of poverty. ARMM-HELPS

RD Asaad presents ARMM Poverty Statistics at 2017 PSAI Annual Conference

Dr. Asaad presents the Poverty Incidence in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during the PSAI Annual Conference 2017.


aims to establish a peaceful and secure environment

through the provision of social services in health,

education, livelihood, peace and good governance, and

synergy to the communities8 while ARMM-BRIDGE

Apat na Dapat, focuses on the provision of the four

basic needs of the poorest of the poor which are water

and sanitation, food, shelter and light.

Lisa Grace S. Bersales of the Philippine Statistics

Authority, Elaine Ocambo of the Geodata Systems

Technologies, Inc. and Rosemarie G. Edillon of the

National Economic and Development Authority

presented the Data Demands. Data Landscapes. Data

Ecosystems.; Geospatial Technologies for Building,

Analyzing and Sharing Statistical Data to Support Local

Economic Development; and AMBISYON Natin 2040,

respectively, which basically provided an overview for

the whole conference. The Keynote Address of Senator

Sherwin T. Gatchalian, Chair of the Senate Committee

on Economic Affairs and Senate Committee on Energy

was also one of the highlights of this event. Sen.

Gatchalian emphasized the importance of statistics to

and advocated the evidence-based policy-making for

an efficient governance.

Together with Dr. Asaad, other PSA-ARMM

employees, namely Naser S. Usman (Provincial

Statistics Officer of Basilan), Noronisa D. Macadadaya

(PSO of Lanao del Sur), Razulden A. Mangelen (PSO of

Maguindanao), Medzhor A. Tan (PSO of Sulu), Akan G. Tula

(Supervising Statistical Specialist, PSA-Maguindanao),

Moh Sahnur S. Udjah (Supervising Statistical Specialsit,

PSA-Sulu), Naldo G. Pendaliday (Senior Statistical

Specialist, RSSO-ARMM), Norhayyah A. Tula (Senior

Statistical Specialist, RSSO-ARMM), Amar L. Hailaya

(Statistical Specialist II, PSA-Tawi-Tawi), Farhana Jane

S. Linso (Acting Statistical Analyst, RSSO-ARMM),

Dynrazil A. Nuron (Acting Assistant Statistician), also

attended the conference on September 28 and 29 and

the simultaneous trainings on September 27. Dr. Asaad,

PSO Mangelen, PSO Tan, Mr. Tula, Mr. Pendaliday and

Ms. Linso attended the Training on Impact Monitoring

and Evaluation for LGUs by Dr. Dennis S. Mapa and Prof.

Manuel Leonard F. Albis; PSO Usman, PSO Macadadaya,

Mr. Udjah, Ms. Tula and Mr. Hailaya joined Training on

Statistics Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS);

while Mr. Nuron ventured in Training on Inferential

Statistics for K to 12 Teachers.

Participants of PSA-ARMM and PSA-XII to the PSAI Annual Conference 2017.


Education

Mangelen finished his primary education in 1984 at Dalican Pilot Elementary School. He continued his secondary education at Mindanao State University - Mindanao and graduated in 1988. He took his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce Major in Accounting at Notre Dame University (NDU) in Cotabato City in 1993. After five years, Mangelen proceeded to Mindanao State University – Maguindanao Graduate School to take up Master on Public Administration and graduated in 2014. At the age of 41, he was accepted at the Development Academy of the Philippines and earned a Master’s Degree in Development Management in 2014.

Career

During his senior year in NDU, Mangelen served as a Loan Collector in the Notre Dame Foundation for Charitable Activities, Inc. – Women in Enterprise Development. He was then promoted as General Bookkeeper in the same organization until 1995.

He started as a Census of Population (POPCEN) worker in a two-month contract in National Statistics Office (NSO) – ARMM in 1995. A month after this contract, he was immediately appointed as Budget Officer I in the same office for four years. He was then promoted as Budget Officer II in 1999 and appointed as Statistician III in 2001.

The career of Mangelen has continuously stimulated. He was designated as the OIC-Provincial Statistics Officer (OIC-PSO) of then NSO - Maguindanao in January 2003 and eventually became Permanent as PSO in August 2004. He stayed as the head of the provincial office until the merging of NSO with three other agencies to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in 2013 up to now.

PSO Mangelen

PSO Mangelen’s subordinates describe him as a strict and disciplinarian supervisor. He is used to be called by many as “PSO Raz”. He is very particular in every detail and aims to consistently comply the quality and quantity of reports required by the agency. With PSO Mangelen’s leadership, PSA-Maguindanao has been recognized as the top performing provincial office among the five provinces of PSA-ARMM, based on the results of the 2016 PSA Field Awards. He continuously led the Province by Leadership-by-Example resulting in the achievement of an EXCELLENT Rating of 92.47% and 91.63 in years 2014 and 2015 on Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) conducted by the Civil Service Commission-ARMM.

Moreover, PSO Mangelen has always been designated as the OIC-Regional Director during the official travels of RD Asaad and even the past regional leadership. He has also represented the Regional Director and the PSA-ARMM in some activities conducted by various agencies. Recently, he represented PSA-ARMM in the ARMM Regional Development Plan Operational Planning Workshop in Tagaytay City on October 12-13, 2017; he led the Team of PSA-ARMM in the All-Agency General Assembly of the Task Force Bangon Marawi in Iligan City last August 18, 2017 and introduced the PSA to the members of the Regional Agriculture and Fishery Council of ARMM during their consultation meeting on July 27, 2017 in Cotabato City.

F E A T U R E SRAZULDEN A. MANGELEN: A Biography

Who is Razulden Mangelen?

Born on March 21, 1972 in Cotabato City, Hji. Razulden Abeden Mangelen, MPA, MDM is one of the most promising leaders of the Philippine Statistics Authority in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PSA-ARMM). He is happily married to Bai Norayah E. Nur and a loving father to his two children – An-Nurhaiyden N. Mangelen and Princess Nurfaiyden N. Mangelen.


Education

Macadadaya graduated elementary from Sultan

Guro Central Elementary School in 1975. She proceeded

to Mindanao State University (MSU) – Marantao

Community High School to finish secondary education

in 1979. She graduated college with a Bachelor’s Degree

in Civil Engineering at the MSU – Marawi City Main

Campus in 1987, then took her Master’s Degree in Public

Administration in Organization Management at MSU

– Maguindanao Graduate School in 1999. At the age of

52, received her diploma for Doctor of Philosophy Major

in Public Administration at the Cotabato City State

Polytechnic College.

Career

Dr. Macadadaya was appointed at the National

Statistics Office – ARMM (NSO-ARMM) as an Assistant

Statistician in 1995 and remained in the position for six

years. She was then promoted three times in just three

years, from Statistician I to Statistician III. She stayed as

Statistician III in the same office until the establishment

of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in ARMM

(PSA-ARMM) in January 2014. By 2015, Dr. Macadadaya

was appointed as a Chief Statistical Specialists of Lanao

de Sur up to present.

PSO Macadadaya

PSO Macadadaya is the only female among the five

Provincial Statistics Officers (PSOs) in PSA-ARMM. Her

colleagues describe her as one of the most dedicated

employee in the government. During her time, NSO-

ARMM was severely undermanned, thus most of the

personnel needed to work beyond office hours. As the

supervisor, PSO Macadadaya led this activity and even

experienced living within the office premises just to cope

up with the required reports. She loves working with her

subordinates.

At first impression, people may think of PSO

Maacadadya as offensive due to the way she speaks.

According to her colleagues who know her well, PSO

Macadadaya’s tone just manifests her pride of being

a Maranao, it’s natural. She is also very assertive and

honest. She is not fond of sugar-coating opinions just to

cover the hard truth behind each statement.

These characteristics are also what her staffs like the

most about her. She may appear hard, but she is actually

an example of a very nurturing supervisor. She is strict in

terms of performance, attendance and compliance and

also gives consistent moral support to her employees.

F E A T U R E S NORONISA D. MACADADAYA: A Biography

Who is Noronisa Macadadaya?

Dr. Noronisa Dimaronsing Macadadaya is the Provincial Statistics Officer of

the PSA-Lanao del Sur Provincial Office. She is a native of the province, born on

October 16, 1962 at Linuk Cawayan, Marantao, Lanao del Sur. She is married to

Abdulcader G. Macadadaya, Ex-Captain, Philippine Army, Former Vice-Mayor of

Taraka, Lanao del Sur and a businessman. She has six children, namely Norjannah

(30 years old), Abdulhakim (29 years old), Abdulcader Jr. (26 years old), Abdulhalim

(24 years old), Norhannah (23 years old) and Norlailah (20 years old).


Mayor Salik P. Mamasabulod of the Municipality of

Pagalungan, Maguindanao signed the Memorandum

of Agreement (MOA) with Regional Director (RD)

Abubakar S. Asaad of the Philippine Statistics Authority

in ARMM (PSA-ARMM) for the implementation of the

Philippine Civil Registry Information System (PhilCRIS)

and Batch Requests Entry System (BREQS) in the said

municipality last August 3, 2017 at the Municipal Hall of

Pagalungan, Maguindanao.

According to Provincial Statistics Officer (PSO)

Razulden A. Mangelen of PSA-Maguindanao, PhilCRIS

and BREQS are developed to increase the efficiency

of the civil registry system of the Philippines. Under

the MOA, these systems can be availed by the Local

Government Unit (LGU) for free from the Office of the

Civil Registrar General (OCRG). PhilCRIS is a software

which enables us to encode information from the

civil registry documents (CRDs), store and retrieve

encoded vital data, print and issue certified copies of

CRDs, generate transmittal of files and provide proper

management and maintenance of the local civil

registry database. Likewise, BREQS is a scheme of the

PSA to authorize a partner institution to accept request

from and issue certified CRDs to a client.

Mayor Mamasabulod and Vice Mayor Abdilah

G. Mamasabulod are grateful to PSA for this great

innovation in their municipality. Aside from the

convenient community service in the processing of

CRDs, the implementation of PhilCRIS and BREQS will

also provide generate income opportunities for the

LGU. PSO Mangelen explained that under the Local

Government Code, the LGU is authorized to collect

processing fees from the clients for the processing of

CRDs.

As a statistician, RD Asaad believes that with accurate

statistics, appropriate policies and interventions will

also be assured. Through these systems, the efficiency

of data collection will be improved and generation of

information will be easier. RD Asaad also expressed

his appreciation to the officials and employees of the

municipality, particularly of the Office of the Local Civil

Registrar (LCRO), headed by Municipal Civil Registrar

(MCR) Makalanga U. Sungka, for their warm welcome

and accommodation. The Municipality of Pagalungan

is the first municipality in Maguindanao that RD Asaad

has ever visited during his term as the Regional Director

of PSA-ARMM. Pagalungan is also the first municipality

in the northern Cotabato area that will implement

PhilCRIS and BREQS. This implies that the municipality

will also be able to provide civil registration services to

its neighboring municipalities in Maguindanao and

even Kabacan and Pikit.

Mayor Mamasabulod signs MOA to implement PhilCRIS and BREQS

Mayor Salik P. Mamasalubod of the Municipality of Pagalungan and Regional Director Abubakar S. Asaad of the Philippine Statistics Authority in ARMM sign MOA on the Implementation of PhilCRIS and BREQS in the municipality.

C I V I L R E G I S T R A T I O N


Regional Director (RD) Abubakar S. Asaad of PSA-

ARMM highlighted the significance of generation of

information about Muslim Population and Muslim Vital

Statistics in the Philippines to the Shari’a Local Civil

Registrars (LCRs) during the Consultative Dialogue

between PSA-Maguindanao, headed by Provincial

Statistics Officer (PSO) Razulden A. Mangelen, and

5th Shari’a Judicial Circuit Court, headed by Shari’a

District Court Registrar Narumbai Dilangalen-Datukon,

last August 8, 2017 at Em Manor Hotel and Convention

Center, Cotabato City.

According to RD Asaad, the accurate information

on Muslims in terms of Population Count, Statistics

on Muslim Marriage, Divorce/Revocation of Marriage,

Conversion to Islam, Birth and Death serves as the

basis of the local government units, local agencies

and other concerned institutions in the formulation of

accurate policies and implementation of appropriate

interventions to a specific target population.

“As a Statistician and a Muslim, I want to have

statistics on the vital events of Filipino Muslims, at least

in ARMM,” RD Asaad stated.

Shari’a Registrar Datukon shared to the group

that the abovementioned Vital Statistics of Muslims

in the country can actually be generated through the

Decentralized Vital Statistics System (DVSS) under

the Civil Registration System Information Technology

Project (CRS-ITP) that they are using.

Based on the results of the 2015 Census of

Population, RD Asaad reported that about six percent of

the total population of the Philippines or more than six

million Filipinos were recorded as Muslims. However,

only a small percentage of which were registered in the

Civil Registry System of the Philippines. PSO Mangelen

asked the LCRs to help in the mainstreaming of the

concept of civil registration among their constituents,

especially to those in the rural and conflict-affected

areas. He also reminded the LCRs to exert more effort

in the submission of their monthly reports to generate

timely and complete vital statistics.

The LCRs also reported the issues that have been

inhibiting their efficiency in delivering civil registration

services to their clients. Some of the LCRs are confused

about the proper flow of authorization and procedures.

There are also cases of which financial institutions do

not accept Civil Registry Documents (CRDs) of the clients

with special cases, which are common among Muslims,

even those officially released and authenticated by PSA.

Theseis includes birth registration of a dead person,

marriage registration with a dead spouse and marriage

registration with more than one wife. Also in the case

of marriage registration, some Muslim couples opt to

register at the LCRs instead of Shari’a because of the

fees being collected by the latter.

As partners in the delivery of civil registration

services, PSA and Shari’a Registrars are both committed

in maximizing their efforts for their Muslim clients

and related stakeholders. RD Asaad and PSO Mangelen

assured tothe Shari’a Registrars the full support and

assistance of PSA in the accomplishment of Muslim

Civil Registration. The issues and concerns raised by

the group will be lobbied by RD Asaad to the PSA Central

Office through the upcoming Directorate’s Conference,

for recommendation and approval of proposals.

RD Asaad emphasizes significance of Muslim Statistics in the Philippines

RD Abubakar S. Asaad and PSO Razulden A. Mangelen with the Local Civil Registrars of the 5th Shari’a Judicial Circuit Court, headed by Shari’a Registrar Narumbai Dilangalen-Datukon.


Indicators 2015 20101/ 2000

Total Population 3,781,387 3,248,787 2,803,045

Urban - 466,246 512,531

Rural - 2,809,894 1,899,628

Male 1,884,980 1,614,598 49.3%

Female 1,896,407 1,634,189 50.7%

0-14 years 2,128,157 1,392,046 40.8%

15-64 years 2,124,959 1,804,337 57.5%

65 years and over 2,094,426 52,404 1.7%

Density (persons per square kilometer) 103 97 211

Growth rate 2.89 1.51 1.51

Average household size 6.1 6.0 6.1

Population Projection 2015 2014 2013

ARMM REGION 3,943,000 3,864,760 3,786,520

Source: 2015 Census of Population, 2010 & 2000 Census of Population and Housing

Indicators 2013 2012 2010

Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry/Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2,429 7 7

Fishery/Fishing - - n.a

Manufacturing 1,294 13 n.a

Electricity, gas, and water/electricit y, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 547 5 9

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehi-cles, and motorcycles 224 19 5

Hotels and restaurants/Accommodation and food service activities 222 10 4

Education/Private education 2,487 46 28

Health/Health and social work/Human health and social work 252 3 4

Water supply; sewerage and waste management/activities and remediation activities 266 5 -

Source: 2013 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry & Census of Philippine Business and Industry

Coastwise trade 1st Qrt 2017 4th Qrt 2016 1th Qrt 2016

Quantity (in thousand tons) 39,467 49,344 39,364

Value (1 P1,000) 1,695,241 1,632,618 712,155


Basic literacy rate (10 years old and over) 86.1 81.5 70.2

Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 72.1 71.6 62.9Source: Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey


Annual average family income 139 129 114

Annual average family expenditure 111 112 98

Annual Average Family Savings 28 17 16Source: Family Income and Expenditure Survey


Modern method 15.3 19.1 9.9

Traditional method 8.6 4.4 5.2Source: 2011 Family Health Survey, 2008 & 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey

Indicators2nd Qrt 2017

1st Qrt 2017

2nd Qrt 2016

Total (number) 76 42 5

Total floor area 6,074 6,253 2,968

Value 34,953 21,468 17,998

Residential (number) 67 38 1

Total floor area 2,705 1,459 28

Value 8,221 9,429 184

Nonresidential (number) 8 4 3

Total floor area 3,369 4,794 2,888

Value 26,683 12,039 17,244

Additions (number) - - 1

Total floor area - - 52

Value - - 570

Alterations/repairs 1 - -

Value 50 - -

Indicators Aug 2017

July 2017

Aug 2016

Consumer Price Index (2006 = 100) 169.0 168.4 161.8

Inflation rate 4.4 4.3 3.1

Purchasing power of peso 0.59 0.59 0.62

A R M M Q u i c k s t a tS t a t i s t i c s a t a G l a n c e • A s o f S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7

Demography

Family Planning

Domestic Trade

Education

Construction c/

Price Indices

Business and Industry a/

Family Income and Expenditures b/


LEGENDS:1/ based on household populationa/ number of establishment (total employment with 20 or more workers)b/ in thousand pesos, at current prices; c/ floor area in square meters; value in P1,000P/ preliminary resulte/ thousand persons

* in metric tons; ** in hectares;


Registered birth 14,784 14,783 13,004

Male 7,742 7,735 6,769

Female 7,042 7,048 6,235

Registered marriages 1,503 810 873

Registered deaths - - 1,484

Male - - 897

Female - - 587

Infant deaths - - 42

Fetal deaths - - -

2010- 2015

2005- 2010

2000- 2005

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 29.4 32.2 34.6

Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 7.9 8.9 9.9

Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 popu-lation)

21.5 23.3 24.6

Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 3.5 3.8 4.1

Life expectancy at birth (in years)

Male 61.9 59.4 56.9

Female 62.9 60.4 57.9Source: Vital Statistics Report

Indicators Jul 2017

Apr 2017

Jul 2016

Labor force ('000) 2,312 2,272 2,272

Labor force participation rate 46.5 48.2 55.5

Employment rate 96.8 97.4 97.1

Unemployment rate 3.2 2.6 2.9

Underemployment rate 5.5 9.4 7.7

Source: Labor Force Survey


Total OFW ('000) 2,240 2,447 2,320

In percent 1.9 1.5 1.8Source: Survey on Overseas Filipinos

As of 3 rd Quarter of 2017Source: http://countrystat .psa.gov.ph

Labor and Employment P/

Vital Statistics

Overseas Employment

Agricultural Land Area** 2002Lands Planted to Temporary Crops 282,687

Lands Planted to Permanent Crops 235,761

Lands Planted to Permanent Meadows/Pastures 922

Lands Covered with Forest Growth 2,407

All Other Lands 6,919

Lands Lying Idle 1,924

Not Reported 2,790

Total 533,410

Wage Rate, 2011(in pesos)

Palay Workers Corn Workers Coconut WorkersMale Female Male Female Male Female

Nominal Wage 241.07 238.98 205.98 203.48 178.40 176.51

Real Wage 122.29 121.23 104.49 103.22 90.50 89.54

Crop Estimates

2016 2015 2014Volume of

Production*Area

Harvested**Volume of

Production*Area

Harvested**Volume of

Production*Area

Harvested**

PalayIrrigated 134,403 40,226 153,237 47,124 187,071 56,711

Rainfed 410,083 172,701 334,978 147,225 370,078 160,711

CornWhite 343,342 59,245 515,725 235,504 543,597 230,909

Yellow 247,238 101,912 157,311 46,791 155,994 46,681

Indicators2016 2015

Volume of Production*

AreaHarvested**

Volume of Production*

AreaHarvested**

Top 4 Non-Food & Industrial

Coconut (with husk) 1,376,545 331,633 1,393,168 328,640

Rubber (cuplump) 59,364 38,315 59,359 38,275

Sugarcane 36,066 1,614 113,343 1,808

Oil Palm (fresh fruit bunch) 23,101 2,450 22,760 2,318

Top 4 Fruit Crops

Banana 533,677 33,768 531,048 33,731

Durian 6,917 1,314 7,788 1,315

Lanzones 3,035 5,452 3,386 5,452

Mango 11,879 14,328 11,497 14,327

Top 4 Vegat-able Crops

Cassava 1,007,822 98,253 1,024,178 97,266

Sweet Potato/Camote 6,243 1,899 6,337 1,899

Mungbean/Mongo 2,629 1,862 2,652 1,873

Squash Fruit 1,520 132 1,535 134

Animal Type 2016 2015

Carabao 980 1,605

Cattle 6,472 6,441

Goat 2,079 2,665

Swine 12,002 13,129

Daily Wage Rates of Farm Workers

Slaugthered Livestock

Non-food & Industrial , Fruit & Vegetable Crops Estimates

Total Irrigated Area**

2015 156,204

2016 160,150

Employed Persons in Agriculrure e/

2014 888

2015 874

2016 741

Production * 2017 (Q3) 2016 (Q3)Commercial 19,779 18,994

Municipal 27,968 26,539

Marine Municipal 6,441 5,847

Inland Municipal 21,527 20,692

Aquaculture 134,466 123,582

Palay and Corn Crops Estimates

Fisheries Estimates

A g r i c u l t u r a l S t a t i s t i c s


In 2015, nine in every ten persons in ARMM were Muslims

Census of Population in 2015 (POPCEN 2015) was

done simultaneously in all geographic areas of the

country using the de jure method, that is, counting

a person in the place where he/she usually resides.

The population of ARMM as of August 1, 2015 was

3,781,387 based on the POPCEN 2015, of which

3,451,644 (91.3 percent) were Muslims or Islam

believers (see Table 1). Of the 91.3 percent Muslims

living in ARMM in 2015, provinces of Lanao del Sur

and Maguindanao comprised more than half of

the region's Muslim population with 28.4 percent

(978,573 persons) and 28.2 percent (974,192 persons),

respectively. Province of Basilan recorded the least

number of Muslims with only 305,021 individuals

(8.8 percent of the region's Muslim population).

91.4 percent of ARMM's household population were Muslims

Household population consists of the resident population excluding people living in group quarters, known as institutional population. In 2015, the region recorded a total of 3,771,249 household population, of which 3,445,248 (91.4 percent) were Muslims.

60 percent of the region's institutional population were Muslims

Institutional population consists of those residing in a collective or institutional living quarters such as hospitals, orphanages, and military camps; and Filipinos in Philippine embassies, consulates, and missions abroad. In 2015, there were 10,138 individuals who were reported as an institutional population, of which 6,396 individuals (or 60 perncet) were Muslims.

In 2015, only 0.68 percent of the total population

of Luzon were Muslims. This contributes 6.44

percent to the total Muslim population in the entire

country. There were 390,472 Muslims in Luzon. The

level of Muslim population across regions in this

major island group ranges from 4,679 in CAR to

154,840 Muslims in NCR (see Table 3).

40 percent of the Muslims in Luzon were in NCR

Nearly 40 percent of the Muslims in Luzon

were in NCR. They occupy 1.20 percent of the total

population of the region. Among its 17 cities and

municipalities, the Cities of Taguig and Manila

accommodate most number of the Muslims at 4.28 percent and 1.92 percent of their population,

correspondingly.

1 in every 10 persons in Palawan was a Muslim

Region IV-B recorded the second highest number of Muslims in Luzon. About 3.35 percent of its population or 99,208 persons in the region were Muslims. The region contributed 25.41 percent of the total Muslim population in Luzon. About 90.43 percent of the Muslims in this region reside in Palawan, which comprise 10.56 percent of the total population of the province. Thus, one in every 10 Filipinos in Palawan was a Muslim.

M U S L I M P O P U L AT I O N ( B a s e d o n 2 0 1 5 C e n s u s o f P o p u l a t i o n )

Muslim Population in ARMM

Muslim Population in Luzon


2 in every 10 persons in Mindanaowere Muslims

Based on the results of POPCEN 2015, Mindanao had a total population of more than 24 million as of August 1, 2015. About 23.39 percent of which were reported be followers of Islam. This indicates that in 2015, two in every 10 persons in Mindanao were Muslims.

Most of the Muslims in Mindanao were found in ARMM comprising 61.13 percent, followed by Region XII with 18.29 percent, Region IX with 10.69 percent, Region X with 6.70 percent, Region XI with 2.97 percent and Caraga with 0.22 percent of the total Muslim population in Mindanao.

North Cotabato houses most of the Muslims in Region XII

More than one million or about 22.72 percent of the total population of Region XII were Muslims. Though only three out of 10 persons in North Cotabato follow Islam, the province houses most of the Muslims in Region XII in 2015 at 39.28 percent of the total population of the region. Furthermore, 76.15 percent of the population in Cotabato City were Muslims, while South Cotabato and General Santos City had the least percentage of Muslim population in the region at 5.43 percent and 8.70 percent, respectively.

More than half of Muslim population in Region IX reside in Zamboanga City

A total of 302,795 persons, or 50.19 percent of the Muslim population in Region IX were found in Zamboanga City. This group comprise 35.15 percent of the total population of the said city. Muslims in this region were most concentrated in City of Isabela comprising 64 percent of its population.

2 in every 5 persons in Lanao del Norte were Muslims

The number and percentage of Muslims in Region X were highest in Lanao del Norte comprising 44.19 percent of the total population of the province or a total of 298,090 persons. Level of Muslim population in each of the remaining provinces ranges from 0.26 percent in Camiguin to 11.48 percent in Iligan City.

Most of the Muslims in Region XI were in Davao City

The percentage of Muslims in each of the provinces of Region XI ranges from 2.27 percent in Compostela Valley to 5.78 percent in Davao Oriental. In terms of population count, most of the Muslims in the region or 39.28 percent reside in Davao City occupying 3.87 percent of the total population of the city.

Caraga had the least Muslim Population in Mindanao

Only 0.48 percent of the total population of Caraga were Muslims. The percentage across provinces varies from 0.04 percent of Dinagat Islands to 1.09 percent of total population of Butuan City.

Muslim Population in Mindanao

Muslim Population in Visayas

About 0.47 percent of the total Muslim population in the Philippines were in Visayas which comprise 0.15 percent of the total population of the said major island group. Percentage of the said group varies across regions in Visayas from 0.11 percent in Region VI to 0.20 percent in Region VII (see Table 4).

Most of the Filipino Muslims in Visayas reside in Region VII

Region VII recorded the highest population of Filipino Muslims in Visayas in 2015. About 43.05 percent of Muslims in Visayas were found in this region. This implies that four in

every 10 Filipino Muslims in Visayas reside in Central Visayas. Moreover, most of the Muslims in this region or 29.25 percent were living in Cebu City, which comprise 0.39 percent of the total population of the city. Furthermore, Lapu-Lapu City had the highest concentration of Muslim population in Visayas, recorded at 0.81 percent of the city’s total number of inhabitants.

Only 0.12 percent of NIR were Muslims

On the other hand, NIR had the lowest number of Filipinos who reported as followers of Islam in 2015. There were a total of 5,276 Muslims or 0.12 percent of the region’s population, which were almost equally distributed to the three provinces of the NIR.


Area Total Islam Non-Islam No Religion

Not Stated

NCR 12,877,253 154,840 12,682,803 5,304 34,306

CAR 1,772,006 4,679 1,716,907 416 4

Abra 241,160 225 240,924 10 1

Benguet 791,590 3,941 787,647 2 -

Ifugao 202,802 67 202,356 379 -

Kalinga 212,680 379 212,298 - 3

Mountain Province 154,590 62 154,528 - -

Apayao 119,184 5 119,154 25 -

REGION 1 5,026,128 10,801 5,015,238 89 -

Ilocos Norte 593,081 1,194 591,875 12 -

Ilocos Sur 689,668 1,673 687,994 1 -

La Union 786,653 1,760 784,875 18 -

Pangasinan 2,956,726 6,174 2,950,494 58 -

REGION II 3,451,410 6,525 3,444,783 86 16

Batanes 17,246 - 17,246 - -

Cagayan 1,199,320 1,955 1,197,359 - 6

Isabela 1,593,566 3,188 1,590,339 39 -

Nueva Vizcaya 452,287 1,093 451,159 25 10

Quirino 188,991 289 188,680 22 -

REGION III 11,218,177 39,202 11,177,120 728 1,127

Bataan 760,650 2,388 757,712 81 469

Bulacan 3,292,071 12,672 3,278,697 111 591

Nueva Eciya 2,151,461 4,607 2,146,778 67 9

Pampanga 2,609,744 9,849 2,599,637 203 55

Tarlac 1,366,027 3,214 1,362,770 41 2

Zambales 823,888 6,174 817,488 225 1

Aurora 214,336 298 214,038 - -

REGION IV-A 14,414,774 67,983 14,345,533 585 673

Batangas 2,694,335 7,354 2,686,926 54 1

Cavite 3,678,301 32,229 3,645,891 137 44

Laguna 3,035,081 11,145 3,023,271 200 465

Quezon 2,122,830 3,342 2,119,455 33 -

Aurora 2,884,227 13,913 2,869,990 161 163

REGION IV-B 2,963,360 99,208 2,863,780 299 73

Marinduque 234,521 181 234,303 11 26

Occidental Mindoro 487,414 631 486,687 96 -

Oriental Mindoro 844,059 1,954 841,959 146 -

Palawan 1,104,585 96,262 1,008,245 31 47

Roblon 292,781 180 292,586 15 -

REGION V 5,796,989 7,234 5,789,241 214 300

Albay 1,314,826 1,672 1,313,061 8 85

Camarines Norte 583,313 986 582,302 16 9

Camarines Sur 1,952,544 1,950 1,950,307 127 160

Catanduanes 260,964 252 260,696 6 10

Masbate 892,393 1,215 891,162 15 1

Sorsogon 792,949 1159 791,713 42 35


Not Stated

ARMM 3,771,249 3,445,248 308,914 1,292 15,795

Basilan 346,288 305,021 41,294 263 1

Lanao del Sur 1,038,883 973,974 59,908 3 4,998

Maguindanao 1,172,381 973,459 188,100 26 10,796

Sulu 823,983 815,998 7,968 17 -

Tawi-Tawi 389,714 376,976 11,754 984 -

Area Total Islam Non-Islam

ARMM 10,138 6,396 3,727

Basilan 291 180 110

Lanao del Sur 6,546 4,599 1,740

Maguindanao 1,552 733 812

Sulu 748 275 473

Tawi-Tawi 1,001 609 392


Not Stated

MINDANAO 24,135,675 5,646,028 18,451,713 11,105 26,947

REGION IX 3,629,783 603,289 3,019,275 6,815 404

Zamboanga Del Norte 1,011,393 66,784 937,919 6,417 273

Zamboanga Del Sur 1,872,473 367,680 1,504,535 154 104

Zamboanga Sibugay 633,129 96,643 536,227 232 27

City of Isabela 112,788 72,182 40,594 12 -

REGION X 4,689,302 378,019 4,309,631 1,294 358

Bukidnon 1,415,226 16,742 1,397,190 1,171 123

Camiguin 88,478 228 88,239 11 -

Lanao Del Norte 1,019,013 338,228 680,679 1 105

Misamis Occidental 602,126 1,740 600,324 57 5

Misamis Oriental 1,564,459 21,081 1,543,199 54 125

REGION XI 4,893,318 167,897 4,721,292 516 3,631

Daval Del Norte 1,016,332 24,253 991,988 40 51

Davao Del Sur 2,265,579 78,388 2,183,569 379 3,243

Davao Oriental 558,958 32,324 526,630 4 -

Compostela 736,107 16,726 718,996 48 337

Davao Occidental 316,342 16,188 300,109 45 -

REGION XII 4,545,276 1,032,824 3,505,354 598 6,500

Batangas 1,379,747 405,686 972,877 148 1,046

Cavite 1,509,735 101,383 1,408,314 29 9

Laguna 812,095 239,537 572,138 264 156

Quezon 544,261 58,182 485,922 157 -

Aurora 299,438 228,036 66,113 - 5,289

ARMM 3,781,287 3,451,644 312,441 1,293 16,009

Basilan 346,579 305,021 41,294 263 1

Lanao del Sur 1,045,429 978,573 61,648 3 5,205

Maguindanao 1,173,933 974,192 188,912 26 10,803

Sulu 824,731 816,273 8,441 17 -

Tawi-Tawi 390,715 377,585 12,146 984 -

REGION XIII 2,596,709 12,355 2,583,720 589 45

Agusan Del Norte 691,566 5,051 686,502 13 -

Agusan Del Sur 700,653 2,951 697,720 30 -

Surigao Del Norte 485,088 1,951 482,683 454 -

Surigao Del Sur 592,250 2,396 589,784 29 41

Dinagat Islands 127,152 54 127,031 63 4

Table 5. Total Population by Religious Affiliationand Province: MINDANAO, 2015

Table 3. Total Population by Religious Affiliation and Province: LUZON, 2015


Not Stated

VISAYAS 19,373,431 28,262 19,341,899 1,127 2,143

REGION VI 7,536,383 8,636 7,526,635 270 842

Aklan 574,823 1,724 573,099 - -

Antique 582,012 744 581,170 7 91

Capiz 761,384 460 760,900 1 23

Iloilo 2,384,415 2,123 2,381,899 25 368

Negros Occidental 3,059,136 3,498 3,055,060 221 357

Guimaras 174,613 87 174,507 16 3

REGION VII 7,396,898 13,945 7,380,966 845 1,142

Bohol 1,313,560 2,167 1,311,066 130 197

Cebu 4,632,359 9,885 4,621,302 362 810

Negros Oriental 1,354,995 1,778 1,352,787 346 84

Siquior 95,984 115 95,811 7 51

REGION VIII 4,440,150 5,681 4,434,298 12 159

Eastern Samar 467,160 352 466,784 3 21

Leyte 1,966,768 3,134 1,963,627 7 -

Northern Samar 632,379 466 631,884 2 27

Western Samar 780,481 645 779,800 - 36

Southern Leyte 421,750 657 421,018 - 75

Biliran 171,612 427 171,185 - -

Table 4. Total Population by Religious Affiliation and Province: VISAYAS, 2015

Table 1. Household Population by Religious Affiliation and Province: ARMM, 2015

Table 2. Institutional Population by Religious Affiliation and Province: ARMM, 2015


NAME POSITION PLACE OFASSIGNMENT DEGREE SCHOOL

ACADEMIC HONORS

RECEIVEDELIGIBILITY PREVIOUS

AGENCY

ABDULLAH, ANWAR S. Administrative Officer IV RSSO, CRASD BS in Accountancy University of Mindanao, Davao City None CPA, CS Prof PSA-ARMM CRASD (JO)

ABDULSAMAD, ABDULBASIT E. Statistical Specialist II RSSO, SOCD BS in Statistics Mindanao State University - Tawi-Tawi, Sanga-Sanga

Magna Cum Laude PD 907 PSA-ARMM SOCD (JO)

ALI, HOSNI M. Administrative Officer III RSSO, CRASD BS in Business Management Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan,

Cagayan de Oro City None CS Prof PSA-ARMM CRASD (JO)

AWALIN, MUNIB K. Statistical Specialist II PSA-ARMM, Sulu BS in Agriculture Major in Agronomy Mindanao State University - Sulu None CS Prof PSA-Sulu

CALID, MOKENDI A. Statistical Specialist II PSA-Maguindanao BS in Agriculture Lanao Del Norte Agricultural College, Lanao Del Norte None CS Prof PSA-Maguindanao

CORNELL, SITTIE ASMALIA D. Statistical Specialist II RSSO, SOCD BS in Business Administra-tion/LlB

Mindanao State University - Marawi, Marawi City None CS Prof PSA-ARMM SOCD (JO)

GOROSPE, MARILOU A. Statistical Specialist II RSSO, SOCD BS in Civil Engineering Notre Dame University, Cotabato City None Civil Engineering Board PSA-Maguindanao

IBRAHIM, RUFAIDAH T. Accountant III RSSO, CRASD BS in Accountancy Pilgrim Christian College, Cagayan de Oro City None CPA, CS Prof PSA-ARMM CRASD (JO)

ISHMAEL, RUBIKHA I. Statistical Specialist II RSSO, SOCD BS in Statistics Mindanao State University - Tawi-Tawi, Sanga-Sanga None CS Prof PSA-ARMM SOCD (JO)

MACUD, AQUESSA L. Statistical Specialist II RSSO, SOCD BS in Computer Science St. Peters College, Iligan City None CS Prof PSA-Lanao del Sur

MAIDO, EFREN P. Registration Officer II PSA-Maguindanao BS in Business Adminis-tration

Southern Christian College, Midsayap, North Cotabato None CS Prof PSA-Maguindanao

MOHAMMAD, MELANIE S. Information Officer I RSSO, SOCD BS in Business Administra-tion Major in Marketing

Mindanao State University - Marawi, Marawi City None CS Prof PSA-ARMM RSSO CRASD

MOHAMMAD, ONGKILI A. Information Systems Analyst RSSO, SOCD BS in Computer Engineering University of San Carlos, Cebu City None Civil Engineering

Board PSA-ARMM SOCD (JO)

NUR, NORAISA E. Administrative Officer IV RSSO, CRASD BS in Civil Engineering Notre Dame University, Cotabato City None CS Prof LGU, Cotabato City

TULA, AKAN G. Supervising Statistical Specialist

PSA-ARMM, Tawi-Tawi BS in Agricultural Engineering Mindanao State University, Maguindanao None Angri Engineering

Board PSA-Maguindanao

TULA, NORHAYYAH. Senior Statistical Specialist RSSO, SOCD BS in Agri Economics University of Southern Mindanao, Kaba-

can, Cotabato None CS Prof RSSO, SOCD

UDJAH, MOH. SAHNUR S. Supervising Statistical Specialist PSA-ARMM, Sulu BS in Agricultural Engineering Southern Mindanao Islamic Institute

- Sulu None CS Prof PSA-ARMM, Sulu

YUSOP, DELSON A. Registration Officer IV RSSO, CRASD BS in Commerce/CGM Zamboanga A.E. Colleges/ MSU - Tawi-Tawi None CS Prof RSSO, CRASD

NAME POSITIONPLACE OF ASSIGN-

MENTDEGREE SCHOOL

ACADEMIC HONORS

RECEIVEDELIGIBILITY PREVIOUS

AGENCY

ARAB, NORMEENA H. Bookkeeper RSSO, CRASD BS in Accountancy Notre Dame University, Cotabato City None CPA / CS Prof PSA-Maguindanao (JO)

BALADSAL, BAIKO M. Document Controller RSSO, CRASD BS in Information Man-agement

University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan None CS Prof PSA-Maguindanao (JO)

CALUDTIAG, NUROSALAM C. Assistant Statistician RSSO, SOCD BS in Mathematics Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City None CS Prof RSSO, SOCD (JO)

DATUMANONG, RAINIA D. Accounting Clerk RSSO, CRASD BS in Accountancy Al-Khwarizmi International College, Inc., Marawi City None None RSSO, CRASD (JO)

DIAMEL, ASRAFHIYA A. Cash and Finance Clerk RSSO, CRASD BS in Accounting Technology Notre Dame University, Cotabato City None CS Sub-prof RSSO, CRASD (JO)

LAUBAN, HOUDINE W. Statistician Aide RSSO, SOCD BS in Business Adminis-tration Notre Dame Univeristy, Cotabato City None None RSSO, SOCD (JO)

LINSO, FARHANA JANE S. Statistical Analyst RD Office BS in Agribusiness Eco-nomics

University of the Philippines Mindanao, Davao City Cum Laude CS Prof RSSO SOCD (JO)

MASUKAT, SAMID R. Assistant Statistician RSSO, SOCD BS in Information Technology Notre Dame of Midsayap College, Midsayap None None RSSO, SOCD (JO)

NURON, DYNRAZIL A. Assistant Statistician RSSO, SOCD BS in Education Major in Mathematics

Cotabato City State Polytechnic College, Cotabato City None LET/CS Prof RSSO, SOCD (JO)

ODIN, HERODIN A. Administrative Aide RSSO, SOCD BS in Information Technology Notre Dame University, Cotabato City None None RSSO, SOCD (JO)

OTTO, BAINGKONG P. Document Controller RSSO, SOCD BS in Computer Science Notre Dame University, Cotabato City None None PSA-Maguindanao (JO)

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