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The Official Quarterly Newsletter of PSA Camarines Sur

C AMARINES S UR M ONITOR

APRIL - JUNE 2018 V O L U M E N O . 2 , I S S U E N O . 2

Android tablets for Updating

the List of Establishments in

Camarines Sur

1

Total value of construction

increases to P1.03b in

Camarines Sur n the 1st

quarter of 2018

1

PSO’s Corner: Need for

Teamwork Elevates

2

Forty-seven establishments

show support in the 2017

ASPBI/SICT data collection in

Camarines Sur

2

Retail price of most cereals in

Camarines Sur increases in

1st quarter of 2018

3

Occupied housing units in

CamSur reaches 397

thousand in 2015

4

Naga City’s occupied housing

units surge to 41,280 in 2015

4

2017 ASPBI/2017 SICT field

enumeration starts in CamSur

5

254 stakeholders participate in

the Civil Registration Training-

Workshop

5

LGU personnel, Barangay

officials of General Mariano

Alvarez, Cavite conducts Civil

Registration Training in

Camarines Sur

6

PSA CamSur joins Naga City’s

Charter Day Mass Wedding

6

PSA CamSur attends DOLE’s

Public Consultation on Wage

Issues

7

PSA CamSur participated in

the 2018 Labor Day Job and

Business Fair

7

PSA CamSur joins at the

Naga City Arbor Day Massive

Tree Planting Activity

8

T he 2018 Updating of

the List of

Establishment (2018

ULE) operations will use

tablets as substitute for the

usual pen-and-paper will be

conducted in Camarines Sur

starting April 16, 2018, in

preparation for the 2018

Census of Philippine

Business and Industry

(CPBI) to be conducted in

2019.

The 2018 ULE

aims to provide an updated

and reliable sampling frame

for the establishment- and

ANDROID TABLETS FOR UPDATING THE LIST OF

ESTABLISHMENTS IN CAMARINES SUR

enterprise-based

censuses and surveys,

such as the 2019 CPBI.

The data that will be

collected also serve as a

guide to government

planning, policy making

and monitoring; basis of

marketing plans,

opportunities and

prospects; and input to

evaluation, market

research and comparative

studies. Door- to-door

canvassing and inquiry

from establishments will

be done to update the

status and basic

characteristics of the

establishments listed in the

Statistical Business

Register (SBR) and to add

information for new

establishments or those

which are not yet listed in

the SBR.

In Camarines Sur,

about 14,375

establishments will be

visited and interviewed by

hired field interviewers. As

part of the agency’s

strategic goal to use

innovative procedures and

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which translates to an

average cost of PHP 9,933

per square meter. This

figure is 24.87 percent

higher than the average

cost of PHP 7,954 per

square meter recorded in

the same period in 2017.

Total value of

residential construction in

first quarter of 2018

T otal value of

constructions from

approved building

permits during the first

quarter of 2018 amounted

to PHP1,034.30 million, an

enormous increase of

140.62 percent from

PHP429.85 million

recorded during the first

quarter of 2017.

Non-residential

constructions had the

highest total value of

construction at PHP 785.38

million or 75.93 percent of

the total value of

construction for the quarter

with a total floor area of

79,067 square meters,

summed-up to PHP 236.68

million with a total floor

area of 22,290 square

meters. This translates to

an average cost of PHP

10,618 per square meter or

an increase of 10.56

percent compared with

previous year’s average

cost of PHP 9,603 per

square meter.

TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION INCREASES TO P1.03B IN

CAMARINES SUR IN THE 1ST QUARTER OF 2018

Average Cost of Building Construction in Cam Sur 1st Quarter 2018

Residential-type - PHP10,618.00 per square meter Non-Residential Type - PHP9,933.00 per square meter

The ULE App,

a customized

android tablet-

based

Establishment

Inquiry

Application

developed by

PSA for exclusive

use in ULE

operations

untrained or less

motivated workers would

be driven to

exasperation and

exhaustion. At the same

time maintaining to work

towards the PSA’s vision

and mission to deliver a

quality, relevant, and

reliable statistics and

civil registration services.

This situation calls for

greater teamwork.

Specifically, as

the challenges and

diversified activities of

the PSA escalate, the

need for a complement-

ing team elevates. When

the team you lead

doesn’t match up to the

team of your dreams, it’s

either you give up your

dream or grow up your

team. See the potential

of the team members,

and draw it out. Let them

grow, let them bloom.

Developing the team,

“...as the challenges

escalate, the need for

teamwork elevates,”

says John Maxwell in his

Law of Mount Everest, the

fourth among his 17

Indisputable Laws of

Teamwork.

S urveys after surveys.

Deadlines after

deadlines. That’s the

common scenario in

different PSA offices in the

entire country. The PSA’s

activities are increasing at

a faster rate that any

directing, coaching,

supporting and training

the team members

cannot be over-

emphasized. The

management needs to

have renewed efforts to

ensure that each and

every team member

gets the training that

they need to enable

each to contribute and

face the escalating

challenges of PSA.

Empower everyone to

think and act like a

leader.

Remember, if

you want to do

something great, you

must have a dream.

And if you have a

dream, you need to

have a great and

motivated team to

accomplish it.

+AMDG

PSO’S CORNER NEED FOR TEAMWORK ELEVATES EDITORIAL STAFF

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:

Clemente S. Manaog

Provincial Statistics Officer

STAFF WRITERS:

Raul P. Aspe Jr.

Rebecca R. Abiog

Babylin B. Armea

Jovylin J. Cacho

Romella Fe R. Gasgas

Dante R. Baldoza

Joycell B. Estacion

Neil E. Dela Torre

Maria Rizaly A. Agustin

Niña D. Globo

Maria Karen G. Buenzalida

Meliza M. Marcaida

Daniel B. Diola

Marjovic A. Orillo

P H I L I P P I N E S T A T I S T I C S A U T H O R I T Y C A M A R I N E S S U R

F orty-seven (47) establishments assured their support

and cooperation in the conduct of the 2017 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) and 2017 Survey on Information and Communication Technology (SICT) in the province. PSA Camarines Sur Provincial Office conducted the 2017 ASPBI/SICT

Participants of the 2017 ASPBI/SICT Respondent’s Forum on April 23, 2018 at Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City

FORTY-SEVEN ESTABLISHMENTS SHOW SUPPORT IN THE 2017 ASPBI/SICT DATA COLLECTION IN CAMARINES SUR

Respondent’s Forum on April 23, 2018 at Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City. It was participated by the owners/managers, bookkeepers, secretaries and administrative personnel, who represented the different sample business establishments in the province.

The program started with a welcome message by Chief

Statistical Specialist Clemente S. Manaog, who stressed that the success of the operation lies in the establishments’ prompt and accurate responses, and he emphasized the PSA’s advocacy to deliver timely, accurate, and reliable statistics. He also assured the participants of the confidentiality of information and encouraged them to give truthful information.

The activity also includes dissemination of the results of 2015 ASPBI, 2015 SICT and the Launching of the 2017 ASPBI and 2017 SICT. Furthermore, the background and importance of the survey as well as the proper way to accomplish the survey questionnaires were thoroughly discussed by SSS Raul Aspe Jr and SSII Babylin Armea.

T he average monthly

retail price of special

rice increased in the

first quarter of 2018. The

average monthly retail price

of special rice was posted

at P45.06/kg in January

2018, 1.14 percent higher

than the average retail

price during the same

month in 2017. In February

2018, the average monthly

retail price of special rice

was posted at P45.62/kg,

2.29 percent higher than

the average retail price in

February 2017. Similarly,

the average monthly retail

price of special rice

increased to P45.77/kg in

March 2018, higher by 2.62

percent than in March

2017.

The average

monthly retail price of

premium rice was more

expensive in the first

quarter of 2018 compared

with the price during the

same period in 2017. The

average monthly retail price

of premium rice was

posted at P40.98/kg in

January 2018, higher by

2.34 percent compared

with the price during the

same month in 2017.

Likewise, the price was

higher by 6.42 percent and

11.29 percent in February

and March 2018,

respectively.

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RETAIL PRICE OF MOST CEREALS IN CAMARINES SUR INCREASES IN 1ST QUARTER OF 2018

The Retail Price Survey (RPS) intends to collect retail prices and other relevant marketing information at various frequencies at pre-selected major trading

centers all over the country.

Retail selling price is the price at which the retailers sell their goods or commodities to consumers in the

market. Prices were collected every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Naga City People’s Mall.

The average


well-milled rice was more

expensive in the first

quarter 2018 than in 2017.

The average monthly retail

price was posted at 39.43

per kg in January 2018,

higher by 2.4 percent than

the same period in 2017. In

February and March 2018,

the price was registered at

P40.20/kg, which was 4.15

percent higher than the

price during the same

months in 2017.

The average


regular-milled rice was

higher in the first quarter of

2018 than in the same

quarter of 2017. The price

in January was observed at

P36.20/kg, 1.86 percent

higher than in January

2017. In February 2018,

the price was posted at

P36.63/kg, higher by 3.04

percent than in the same

month in 2017. Similarly,

the average retail price or

regular- milled rice

increased by 2.95 percent

in March 2018 compared

with the same period in

2017.

The average

monthly retail price of corn

grits was higher in January

to March 2018 than in

2017. The retail price of

corn grits was posted at

P29.75/kg in January 2018,

higher by 4.02 percent than

in January 2017. Similarly,

the month average retail

price was higher in

February and March 2018

compared with the same

months in 2017. ANDROID TABLET FOR THE

UPDATING OF THE LIST . . . .

technology to speed up

data collection and data

processing, the field

interviewers are using the

ULE App, a customized

android tablet-based

Establishment Inquiry

Application developed by

PSA for exclusive use in

ULE operations. Using the

ULEApp, the geographic

coordinates of the

establishments will also be

captured and included in

the SBR database in

preparation for map-based

monitoring and data

dissemination activities.

PSA Camarines

Sur appeals to the public,

especially the business

sector, to cooperate and

support the conduct of this

survey. The office assures

that all data collected

under Updating of the List

of Establishment shall be

covered by the

confidentiality of

information clause under

Section 26 of RA 10625

which stipulates that

individual data furnished by

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a respondent to statistical

inquiries, surveys and

censuses of the PSA shall

be considered privileged

information and such shall

be inadmissible as

evidence in any

proceeding. The PSA

releases data gathered in

the form of summaries of

statistical tables, in which

no reference to individual,

corporation, association,

partnership, institution or

business enterprise shall

appear.

Varieties of rice found at Naga City Public Market

I n 2015, the number of

occupied housing units

in Camarines Sur

reached 397 thousand,

which is higher by 36

thousand housing units

compared with that in 2010.

Type of Building

Majority of the occupied

housing units are single

houses. In 2015, single

houses made up 92.41

percent of the total occu-

pied housing units in

Camarines Sur. About 4.38

percent of the total

occupied housing units

were of duplex type while

2.95 percent were

multi- unit residential

buildings/houses.

Outer Walls In 2015, 41.01 percent

of the total occupied

housing units had outer

walls made of concrete/

brick/stone. This was

higher than the proportion

of occupied housing units

with outer walls made of

concrete/brick/stone

recorded in 2010 (39.86%).

Similarly, the proportion of

occupied housing units with

outer walls made of half

concrete/brick/stone and

half wood increased from

13.85 percent in 2010 to

15.22 percent in 2015. The

proportion of occupied

housing units with outer

walls made of wood, on the

OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS IN CAMSUR REACHES 397 THOUSAND IN 2015


other hand, decreased from


12.46 percent in 2015.

Roofs

More than half

(54.73%) of the occupied

housing units in 2015 had

roofs made of galvanized

iron/aluminum, this is lower

than the proportion of 60.16

percent recorded in 2010.

Meanwhile, the proportion

of occupied housing units

with roofs made of

bamboo/cogon/nipa/

anahaw, increased from


35.26 percent in 2015.

Tenure Status

Almost 401 thousand

households in Camarines

Sur in 2015, 52.01 percent

lived in a housing unit they

owned or with owner like

possession of house and

lot. Moreover, 32.58

percent of the households

lived in their own housing

unit and occupied lot for

free but with consent of the

owner. In addition, 6.08

percent of the total

households lived in

rent-free house and lot with

consent of owner.

Fuel for Lighting

Majority (85.66%) of the

households in Camarines

Sur in 2015 used electricity

as fuel for lighting, while

kerosene (gaas) ranked

second with almost 53

thousand households using

kerosene (gaas) as their

source of fuel for lighting in

2015.

Meanwhile, one percent

of the total households in

the province used either

LPG, oil, solar panel, solar

lamp or other source as

their fuel for lighting while

the remaining 476

households reported no

fuel for lighting.

Sources of Water Of the total households,

109 thousand households

drew water supply for

drinking in their own use

faucet community water

system while 81 thousand

households drew water

supply for drinking from

shared faucet community

water system. Shared

tubed/ piped deep well was

listed as the third main

source of water supply for

drinking for 73 thousand

households.

Around 128 thousand

households used their own

use faucet community

water system as the main


cooking. Shared faucet

community water system

ranked second as the main


cooking while shared

tubed/ piped deep well

ranked third.

There are 101 households

per 100 occupied housing units

in Camarines Sur,

with an average of 4.9 persons

per occupied housing unit.

N aga City recorded the

highest number of

occupied housing

units among the cities and

municipalities of Camarines

Sur, with 41,280 occupied

housing units in 2015.

This was followed by

Libmanan with 23,343 housing

units and Iriga City with 21,717

housing units. On the other

hand, the municipality of

Gainza had the least number

of housing units with 2,206.

This was followed by Bombon

with 3,441 and Siruma with

3,762 housing units.

NAGA CITY’S OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS SURGE TO 41,280 IN 2015

CITY/MUNICIPALITY WITH THE LEAST

NUMBER OF OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS

CITY/MUNICIPALITY WITH THE MOST

NUMBER OF OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS

2.Libmanan - 23,343

3.Iriga City - 21,717

4.Pili - 18,062

5.Calabanga - 17,035

1. Naga City - 41,280

1. Gainza - 2,206

2.Bombon - 3,441

3.Siruma - 3,762

4.Cabusao - 3,897

5.Presentacion - 4,038

A total of two

hundred fifty-

four (254)

participants,

composed of LCRO

personnel, hospitals/

lying-in clinic staff,

barangay officials,

secretaries, and health

workers from different

municipalities of

254 STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIL REGISTRATION TRAINING-WORKSHOP

Camarines Sur attended

Civil Registration

Stakeholders Training-

Workshop on April 12-13,

2018 held at the Avenue

Convention Plaza, Naga

City.

The two-day

training workshop

conducted by Philippine


Above: The participants seriously

answering the workshop during the Civil

Registration Stakeholders Training-

Workshop on April 12-13, 2018 held at the

Avenue Convention Plaza, Naga City

Left: CSS Clemente S. Manaog presenting

Vital Statistics during the Civil Registration

Stakeholders Training-Workshop.

Statistics Authority

Camarines Sur Provincial

Office, in partnership with

the Local Civil Registrars

Alliance of Camarines Sur,

Inc (LCRACS), covered

the topics on Civil

Registration and Vital

Statistics System, Birth,

Death, and Marriage

Registration Procedures,

T he 2017 Annual

Survey on Philippine

Business and

Industry (ASPBI) and its

rider survey, the 2017

Survey on Information and

Communication

Technology (SICT) are

being conducted by

Philippine Statistics

Authority Camarines Sur

starting May 2, 2018 until

July 25, 2018. The activity

involves distribution and

collection of forms to 321

ASPBI and 80 SICT

sample establishments in

the province.

The 2017 ASPBI

aims to collect and

generate information on the

levels, structure,

performance, and trends of

economic activities of the

formal sectors of the

economic for reference

year 2017. The results of

the survey are being used

in constructing national and

regional income accounts

of the Philippine economy,

in formulating and

monitoring plans and

policies in the attainment of

national and regional

economic goals, and in

determining and comparing

regional economic

structures and

performance.

Meanwhile, the

data collected from the

2017 SICT will be valuable

in measuring progress in

information communication

technology in the country,

which is seen to help

decision makers in both

public and private sector in

developing policy

measures and in making

investment in ICT.

The distribution of

questionnaires to sample

establishment will start on

April 16 to May 11, 2018

and collection will begin on

May 2 to July 25, 2018. All

information collected from

sample establishment shall

be kept strictly confidential

and shall not be used for

purposes of taxation,

investigation or regulation

as provided under Article

55 of RA 10625.

2017 ASPBI/2017 SICT FIELD ENUMERATION STARTS IN CAMSUR

Marriage Laws, Illegitimate

Children

Statistics of

Camarines Sur, and the

updated and recent

issuances, laws, and

proclamations concerning

civil registration.

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LGU PERSONNEL, BARANGAY OFFICIALS OF GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ, CAVITE

CONDUCTS CIVIL REGISTRATION TRAINING IN CAMARINES SUR

T he Philippine

Statistics Authority

Cavite Provincial

Statistical Office, in

coordination with the

Municipality of General

Mariano Alvarez, Cavite

conducted a Training on

Barangay Civil

Registration System and

Civil Registration Laws and

Procedures on April 3-5,

2018 at the Avenue Plaza

Hotel, Naga City.


The participants from the Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite during the Training on Barangay Civil Registra-

tion System and Civil Registration Laws and Procedures held at the Avenue Plaza Hotel, Naga City on April 3-5, 2018.

T he City Government

of Naga conducted a

Mass Civil Wedding

on June 18, 2018 held at

the Plaza Quince Martires,

Naga City, in the

celebration of its 70th

Charter Anniversary,

where CSS Clemente S.

Manaog was invited as

guest speaker.

PSA CAMSUR JOINS NAGA CITY’S CHARTER DAY MASS WEDDING

Right: Hon. John G. Bongat,

Naga City Mayor

solemnizing the 40 couples

during the Mass Wedding

held at Plaza Quince

Martires, Naga City

Below: CSS Manaog

delivering a message during

the Mass Wedding conduct-

ed at Plaza Quince Martires,

Naga City on June 18,2018

On April 3, 2018,

Chief Statistical Specialist

Clemente S. Manaog was

invited to give a Welcome

Remarks and served as

lecturer on the Highlights of

Republic Acts 9048, 9255,

9858 and 10172. New and

re-elected barangay

officials and members of

Sangguniang Bayan of

General Mariano

Alvarez, Cavite were the

participants on the training.

CSS Manaog in his

message to the newly wed

couples, emphasized the

importance of civil

registration, accurate

registration of vital events

and gave inspirational

message to the forty (40)

couples married on that

day and was solemnized by

the Hon. John G. Bongat.


PSA CAMSUR ATTENDS DOLE’S PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON WAGE ISSUES

C hief Statistical

Specialist

Clemente S.

Manaog of PSA

Camarines Sur served as

one of the resource

speakers during the Public

Consultation on Wage

Issues held on June 29,

2018 held at the Avenue

Plaza Hotel and

Convention Center, Naga

City. The activity was

sponsored by the

Department of Labor and

Employment (DOLE)

Regional Tripartite Wages

and Productivity Board V.

CSS Manaog

discussed the Gross

Regional Domestic Product

of Region V, Price Index,

Inflation Rate, Purchasing

Power of Peso, Population,

Poverty Incidence and

Family Income and

Expenditure, Selected

Statistics on Agricultural

Production and Price, and

Employment Statistics.

The Board is

presently conducting its

motu proprio review and

study on the current

minimum wage in response

to the directive of the

President for DOLE to

determine if there is a need

to increase the minimum

wages of workers, amidst

the escalating prices of

basic goods.

CSS Clemente S Manaog talks about the Gross Regional Domestic Products of Region V

during the Public Consultation on Wage Issues, sponsored by DOLE Region V, held on June

29, 2018 at the Avenue Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, Naga City.

PSA CAMSUR PARTICIPATES IN THE 2018 LABOR DAY JOB AND BUSINESS FAIR

O n May 1, 2018, Philippine Statistics Authority

Camarines Sur Provincial Office represented by

Administrative Assistant II Marjovic Orillo and JO

Alexis Faye Deniña participated in the 2018 Labor Day

Trabaho Negosyo Kabuhayan Job and Business Fair held

at the LCC Mall, Sabang, Naga City.

The event which was sponsored by the Department of

Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region V, was

participated by different government agencies, and private

companies. Jobseekers flocked at the venue and

submitted their applications to different agencies. About

70 job applicants were gathered by the PSA during the

Jobs Fair.

The activity was conducted in celebration of the 2018

Labor Day.

Admin Assistant Marjovic Orillo accepting job applications

during the 2018 Labor Day Trabaho Negosyo Kabuhayam

Job and Business Fair held at LCC Mall, Naga City

As a dynamic and

ever-changing system,

civil registration requires

those entrusted to

implement it to be

knowledgeable, expert, and

updated on the essential

and most basic skills and

knowledge of civil

registration. Formal and

continuous training and

capacity building of these

stakeholders are required

to ensure that their

constituents are not only

registered but are correctly

registered.

254 STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIL …. From Page 5

PSA CAMSUR JOINS AT THE NAGA CITY ARBOR DAY MASSIVE TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY

PSA Building #774,

Panganiban Avenue, Naga City

Camarines Sur 4400

Telephone: +63(54) 871-5872

+63(54) 871-5673

E-mail: [email protected]

Facebook: /psa.camarinessur.7

Website: www.psacamsur.com


P hilippine Statistics

Authority Camarines

Sur Provincial Office

participated in the Naga City

Arbor Day Massive Tree

Planting activity at the MINP

PA, Panicuason, Naga City.

This in lieu of the issued

Executive Proclamation

Order No. 2014-003 issued by

the City Government of Naga,

celebrating the Naga City

Arbor Day or Tree Planting

Day on June 16, 2018.

The activity started at

6:00 A.M with a short program

and a briefing. Seven

thousand (7000) various

endemic trees were planted by

different government

agencies, students, civic

groups, and organizations in

the City. The activity is also

part of the celebration of Naga

City’s 70th Charter

Anniversary.

PSA Camarines Sur Provincial Office during the Naga City Arbor Day Massive Tree Planting activity at the MINP PA,

Panicuason, Naga City on June 16, 2018.

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