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In 2020, fisheries production improved by 1.00 percent. Total volume of production was estimated at 157.42 thousand metric tons, higher than the 155.85 thousand metric tons reported a year ago. Of the three subsectors, outputs from Commercial Fisheries and Marine Fisheries went up by 46.92 percent and 15.56 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Aquaculture production registered a decline of 19.17 percent. Read more about FISHERIES SITUATION REPORT IN CENTRAL VISAYAS: January to December 2020 (Preliminary Results).

 

The Philippine Statistics Authority Region VII celebrates the Civil Registration Month (CRM) this February 2021. This is the 31st year of the CRM with the theme “Strengthening Civil Registration and Vital Statistics’ Digital Information: The Ways to Manage the New Normal.” “Given the new normal, our efforts in improving our civil registration services are geared towards making our processes more convenient and safer for our clients. We continuously explore new and innovative ways to bring our civil registration services and vital statistics more accessible to the public,” Undersecretary Dennis S. Mapa, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General said. Read more about PSA-7 Celebrates 31st Civil Registration Month.

 

The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is one of the nationwide household surveys undertaken quarterly which provides up-to-date information on the Philippine labor force and its characteristics. This survey gathers data on the demographic and socio- economic characteristics of the population and aims to provide a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market. From the result of the October 2020 Labor Force Survey(LFS), Central Visayashas 5,464,000 total population of 15 years old and over wherein 55.9 percent were engaged in the Labor Force also known as the Labor Force Participation Rate (Table 1). Read more about October 2020 Employment Rate in Central Visayas (Preliminary Results).

 

Central Visayas recorded a total of 24,240 number of registered deaths and this comprised 8.5 percent of the total registered deaths of 284,185 in the Philippines for the period January- June 2020. The region ranked 5th with largest number of registered deaths in the country. (See Figure 1) Read more about Death Statistics in Central Visayas, 1st Semester 2020.