Total Number of approved building permits and value of construction increases Approved building permit applications for the year 2018 posted an increase of 39.3% or 241 applications compared to last year’s 173. The increase applies to all types of constructions, residential or non-residential. Out of the 241 approved applications in 2018, 51.5% were residential constructions. Of the 92 non-residential constructions, 70 or 76% were commercial buildings, 20 or 21.7%, institutional buildings and 2 or 2.2% are industrial buildings. Of the 173 approved applications in 2017, residential constructions also contributed more to the total permits or 66%. During the two-year period, only one type of construction for residential or Single House was recorded in the province. There were 124 residential constructions in 2018 and 104 in 2017 or an increase of 19.23% The increase almost tripled in the construction for Street Furniture/Landscaping/Signboard form 4 approved applications in 2017 to 11 in 2018. There was no recorded Demolition or Moving in the two-year period. Read more about Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits: Siquijor, 2018 (Preliminary Results).

Number of Vital Events in Siquijor, First to Third Quarter 2018 Siquijor registered a total of 874 live births for the three quarters of 2018, of which 456 or 52.17% constituted male births and 418 or 47.83% were female births. On the other hand, the deaths registered a total of 619, with 332 or 53.63% were male deaths and 287 or 46.37% comprised female deaths. Number of marriages during this time registered at 283 occurrences. Read more about Vital Events in Siquijor, 1st to 3rd Quarter 2018.