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The inflation in Central Visayas for December 2021 went up to 4.6 percent which was higher than the 4.5 percent annual increase in November 2021. In December 2020, inflation was at 0.9 percent. (Table A) The average inflation for the year 2021 at 2.5 percent was higher relative to the average inflation in 2020 at 1.9 percent. (Table C) Read more about December 2021 Consumer Price Index (CPI), Inflation Rate (IR), Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP) of Central Visayas.

 

The Philippine Statistics Authority - Regional Statistical Services Office 7 (PSA - RSSO7) along with Siquijor Provincial Statistical Office participated in the conduct of Task Force Training on Pilot Geo-tagging of Missing Building Structures from the Processed Post- Census Maps but covered in 2020 CPH Forms 2 and 3. It was a two-day training conducted by the Census Planning and Coordination Division (CPCD) of PSA Central Office last 3 to 4 February 2022. This activity aims to complete the integration of census data and geospatial information collected during the conduct of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing. Read more about PSA RSSO7 & Siquijor participates in the conduct of Pilot Geo-tagging of Missing Building Structures.

 

The Philippine Statistics Authority Central Visayas spearheads the celebration of the Civil Registration Month. This annual celebration is conducted in pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 682 signed on 28 January 1991 by former President Corazon C. Aquino, declaring February as the Civil Registration Month. Read more about PSA Central Visayas celebrates the 32nd Civil Registration Month.

 

The Philippine Statistics Authority- Regional Statistical Services Office 7 will conduct the Women and lnformation and Communications Technology (lCT) Development lndex (WIDI) Survey starting 31 January until 26 February 2022, including Saturdays and Holidays. A total of 2,517 randomly selected sample households in the region will be interviewed and it will be using the Computer-Assisted Personal lnterview (CAPI) mode of data collection. Read more about PSA Central Visayas enjoins support for the conduct of the WIDI survey.

 

For the year 2020, registered births by usual residence of the mother in Region VII reached to 128,152 which contributed to 8.4 percent to the total 1,528,739 registered births in the Philippines. The region ranked 4th in all regions with highest number of reported births in the country, next to Central Luzon with 179,607 and followed by region V (Bicol Region) 96,634. (See Figure 1.) Read more about Birth Statistics in Central Visayas, Year 2020.

 

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Central Visayas, together with PSA Northern Mindanao and PSA MIMAROPA, attended the five-day writeshop on 15 to 19 November 2021. This was facilitated by the PSA Central Office (CO) in preparation for the first Provincial Product Accounts (PPA) Data Dissemination Forum. The said activity was conducted virtually and was attended by the Chief Statistical Specialists, PPA assigned personnel, Information Officers, Information Systems Analysts, Web Managers, and PPA hired Contract of Service Workers from both the regional and provincial offices. Read more about A Glimpse on the Preparation of the Provincial Product Accounts Information Dissemination.

 

The Philippine Statistics Authority is enjoining all agencies of the government, Local Government Units, academic institutions, state universities and colleges, and the private sector at the national and subnational levels to actively participate and support the 32nd National Statistics Month (NSM) celebration this October 2021. Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation No. 647 signed by President Corazon C. Aquino on 29 September 1990, declaring the month of October of every year as the National Statistics Month. The NSM is annually observed nationwide. It aims to: (a) promote, enhance and instill awareness and appreciation on the importance and value of statistics to the different sectors of the society; and (b) elicit the cooperation and support of the general public in upgrading the quality and standards of statistics in the country. Read more about PSA 7 enjoins all stakeholders to participate in the 32nd National Statistics Month Celebration.