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The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Regional Statistical Services Office Region 7 conducted an Orientation on Community-based Monitoring System to the Technical Working Group of Social Sector Statistics on May 17, 2022 via online platform. This was attended by the 11 member agencies of TWG-SSS which are the following from Department of Health (DOH), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Commission on Population ( POPCOM),Department of Education (DEPED), department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),Department of Justice (DOJ),Philippine National Police (PNP),Department of Human Settlements Urban Development (DHSUD),Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Read more about PSA RSSO 7 brings the Orientation on Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS).

 

The total number of constructions from approved building permits of Central Visayas in the fourth quarter of 2021 was recorded at 4,432, which indicates an annual decrease of -19.4 percent. On the other hand, the annual growth rate increased in the previous quarter at 4.0 percent. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the number of construction increased by 12.7 percent annually. Read more about Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits, Central Visayas, Fourth Quarter 2021.

 

The inflation rate in Central Visayas exhibited a slower pace for May 2022 at 5.3 percent which was lower than the 5.4 percent annual increase in April 2022. This brings the regional average inflation from January to May 2022 at 5.2 percent. In May 2021, inflation was at 2.3 percent. Read more about Summary Inflation Report Consumer Price Index (2018=100), Central Visayas: May 2022.

 

The inflation rate in Central Visayas increased further to 5.4 percent in April 2022, from 5.0 percent in March 2022. This is the highest recorded inflation since January 2019. Inflation in April 2021 was lower at 2.3 percent. The average inflation for the first four months of the year stood at 5.1 percent. (Figure 1 and Table A) Read more about April 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI), Inflation Rate (IR), Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP) of Central Visayas.

 

The total population in the labor force in Central Visayas in 2020 was estimated at 3.19 million individuals. This was a decrease of 3.5 percent from the 3.30 million economically active persons in 2019. (Figure 1) Among the provinces and HUCs in Central Visayas, provinces of Siquijor and Negros Oriental showed a slight increase in the total population in the labor force with 48 thousand and 612 thousand individuals, respectively. (Figure 1) Read more about 2018-2020 Annual Provincial Labor Statistics in Central Visayas.

 

Philippine Statistics Authority Region 7 (PSA 7) Regional Director Ariel E. Florendo announced that the economy of Central Visayas Region posted a growth of 5.4 percent in 2021 from a decline of -9.5 percent in 2020. This was reported during the release of the 2021 Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and Gross Regional Domestic Expenditure (GRDE) of Central Visayas at a news conference on 28 April 2022 at Bai Hotel, Mandaue City. Read more about Central Visayas Economic Performance posted a growth of 5.4 percent in 2021.