CLINCH Central Luzon Information Chronicle

The Official Newsletter of Philippine Statistics Authority Regional Statistical Services Office III

October—December 2019 Ref. No. 2020-NL-Q42019-19

PSA Celebrates 30th NSM

The celebration of the 30th National Statistics Month (NSM) in Central Luzon had

embarked another milestone for the whole region as it continues to conduct worthwhile

activities that did not only raise awareness on statistics but more importantly instilled

deeper appreciation among PSA stakeholders that participated.

The month-long celebration of NSM had been formal-

ly opened with a Stakeholders Forum on 08 October

2019 at SACOP Ephatha, Brgy. Maimpis, City of San

Fernando, Pampanga. The said activity was participat-

ed in by the different organizations and

institutions that are utilizing the Philippine Standard

Classification System which included: Philippine

Standard Classification for Education (PSCED),

Stakeholders Forum and Appreciation

Seminar on Philippine Standard

Classification System

Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC),

and Philippine Standard Occupational Classification

(PSOC).

On 09 October 2019, the discussion on the

Philippine Standard Classification was continued with

an appreciation seminar that was attended by

selected provincial and regional staff and

representatives from the National Economic and

Development Authority (NEDA) III. The participants

were given the chance to apply their learning’s

through hands-on coding exercises.

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Launching of 1st NSM StatLympics, On-the-Spot Poster Making, and Exhibit

With the initiative and support of the Central

Luzon - Regional Statistics Committee (CL-RSC), the

First NSM Statlympics, Poster Making Contest, and

Exhibit was successfully launched on 16 October 2019

at NEDA III Covered Court, DMGC, Brgy. Maimpis, City

of San Fernando, Pampanga. The three-in-one activity

was participated in by seven schools coming from

Pampanga who competed in the StatLympics and

Poster Making Contest. The StatLympics was

derived from the famous reality TV show Amazing

Race wherein seven government agencies around

DMGC were identified as official stations.

Simultaneously, poster making contest was also done

while the exhibitors from various government

agencies displayed their products such as IEC

materials and performed some gimmicks during the

event.

Aside from promoting the vital role of

statistics among high school students, the activity

aimed to familiarize the students with the different

government offices that can be found within the

Diosdado Macapagal government Center (DMGC).

The said event was able to reach a larger scale of

audience through the use of Facebook Live, a

real-time video feature of the said social network.

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Fourth NSM Interactive Statistical Challenge

It has been a tradition for Central Luzon to officially

close the celebration of NSM in the region through an

interactive challenge. The Fourth NSM Interactive

Statistical Challenge was conducted on 29 October

2019 at SACOP Ephatha, Brgy. Maimpis, City of San

Fernando, Pampanga. The annual interactive

challenge primarily seeks to promote the use of

statistics, disseminate the mandate of PSA, and to

foster camaraderie among the government

employees through fun-filled relays and mind games.

It was attended and participated in by selected PSA

staff and representatives coming from 21 different

government agencies around the region. The said

activity remained to be a yearly anticipated event in

Central Luzon since its birth in 2016.

CL-RSC Convenes for Q4 2019

As the working was about to end, CL-RSC

convened for its 2019 fourth quarter meeting on 25

November 2019 at NEDA III Conference Room, Brgy.

Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

The agenda items that were tackled during the

meeting were the following:

Approval of 2020 CL-RSC Work Program;

Report on the Accomplishments of

Provincial Statistics Committee;

Updated on the Community-Based

Monitoring System;

Presentation on the Population Projection Using

the Results of 2015 POPCEN;

Highlights of the Celebration of 30th

National Statistics Month;

Updates on the Land and Timber Accounts of

Central Luzon;

Presentation of 2019 Q3 Regional

Economic Situationer; and

Presentation of PSA Board Resolutions (No. 12, 13,

14, and 17 series of 2019

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CL-RCCB Convenes for 2020 CPH

In line with the forthcoming conduct of the

2020 Census of Population and Housing from 04 May

2020 to 02 June 2020, the Central Luzon - Regional

Convening Coordinating Board assembled on 21

October 2019 at Pipangangan Capampanga, City of

San Fernando, Pampanga.

The half-day meeting primarily aimed to present

the timetable of activities to be conducted before,

during, and after the operation of census. Further, it

also intended to solicit the support of the members

through commitments such as information campaign

drive to ensure a full coverage of the census,

provision of training facilities or storage of forms, and

other assistance that could be of great help to the

census taking in the region.

The convening was attended by the members

of the board; NEDA as the chair, DILG as Vice Chair

and PSA as the Executive Officer. Provincial Census

Coordinating Boards (PCCBs) were also expected to

convene after the convening of RCCB. Moreover,

RCCB is set to meet for another meeting before the

enumeration period of the census officially starts.

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C e n t ra l L u z o n I n f o r m a t i o n C h r on i c le

All About

Volume of Civil Registry Documents

Processed in 2019

In 2019, Pampanga Serbilis Outlet was able to

process a total of 988,230 Civil Registry Documents

(CRDs). Majority (750,322) of the transactions made

include requisition of birth certificate followed by

marriage certificate, Certificate of No Marriage

Record (CENOMAR) and death certificate at 111,173,

90,241 and 14,938 requests respectively. The outlet

also received 20,495 endorsements. In 2019, the

number of processed birth certificates and marriage

certificates decreased by 222,274 and 22,036

transactions, respectively. On the other hand, death

certificate requests increased by 645 transactions

from 2018 to 2019.

Figure 1. Total CRDs Processed for 2017 to 2019 (in 10,000 transactions)

YEAR BIRTH MARRIAGE CENOMAR DEATH UNCONVERTED ENDORSEMENT

2017 776,783 131,615 87,496 14,872 1,581 18,423

2018 972,596 133,209 89,501 14,293 2,076 20,712

2019 750,322 111,173 90,241 14,938 1,061 20,495

Table 1. Total CRDs Processed in 2017-2019 per Type

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In securing CRDs, the first and second quarter

of the year are known as the peak season. As seen on

figure 1, the number of transactions made from

January to June was relatively higher than that of July

to December. For the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, a

trend was observable given that the highest number

of transactions was recorded in March 2019 while the

least number of transactions was in December 2019

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C e n t ra l L u z o n I n f o r m a t i o n C h r on i c le PSA: Partnering for Change and Development

Divino, Patricio, and Duay Talk at 2019 EFLW

Chief, Statistical Operations and Coordination

Division Arlene M. Divino, Statistical Specialist II Jun

Dave T. Patricio, and Statistical Analyst John Rey T.

Duay were invited as resource speakers during the

celebration of 2019 Economic and Financial Literacy

Week (EFLW) spearheaded by the National Economic

and Development Authority (NEDA) III every second

week of the month of November annually. For 2019, it

was celebrated at President Ramon Magsaysay State

University (PRMSU) and Bataan Peninsula State

University (BPSU) on 04-05 November 2019.

CSS Divino discussed about the overview of the

environmental accounts of the country and Central

Luzon. On the other hand, SS II Patricio talked about

the OpenStat hosted by PSA website particularly the

step-by-step guide on accessing the page. He also

made a run-through of the data available in the

website and how these items can be downloaded in

different formats. Meanwhile, SA Duay discussed

about the forthcoming 2020 Census of Population

and Housing (CPH). The students also participated in

a video shoot for the information campaign of 2020

CPH.

The 2019 celebration of EFLW bore the theme

“Our Planet’s Health, The Future’s Wealth”. The

annual activity aimed to reach the students of the

State Universities and Colleges around the region.

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