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Philippine Statistics Authority

Bohol Provincial Statistical Office

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Jessamyn Anne C. Alcazaren

Chief Statistical Specialist

Jocelyn S. Sarmiento

Supervising Statistical Specialist

Fidel R. Antopina, Jr.

Statistical Specialist II

Emmanuel B. Galab

Statistical Specialist II

Colita E. Montoya

Statistical Specialist II

Blecila M. Paredes

Statistical Specialist II

Venus P. Gloria

Statistical Analyst

Nicefora L. Marimon

Statistical Analyst

Isidro C. Iyog

Statistical Analyst

Helen B. Solera

Assistant Statistician

Romeo O. Suse

Administrative Aide 6

Kevin O. Marasigan

Administrative Aide 6

Glenda E. Wahing

Registration Officer II

Epifania H. Antopina

Registration Officer 1

Federico I. Aparri

Registration Officer I

Gerardo T. Binangbang

Registration Officer 1

Gaudiosa C. Oculares

Registration Officer 1

Armand B. Pergamino

Registration Officer 1

Mary Antonette C. Jungao

Administrative Officer 1

Miraflor O. Payot

Administrative Officer 1

Lerma G. Merto

Administrative Assistant 6

Michael A. Amora

Job Order

Joel C. Añana

Job Order

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY

BOHOL PROVINCIAL STATISTICAL OFFICE

3rd floor, Galleria Luisa Building,

C. Gallares st., Tagbilaran City

TEL. (038) 501-0996

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PSA BOHOL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

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2018 FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES SURVEY

P SA Bohol Provincial

Statistical Office

conducted the 2018

Family Income and

Expenditure Survey (FIES) Visit 1

in July 2018 which gathers data

for the period January 1 to

June 30, 2018. A provincial

level training was conducted

on July 2 to 7, 2018 with sixty

one (61) hired Statistical

researchers and six (6) regular

personnel as trainers. The

group was divided into two

classes to meet the prescribed

number of participants per

training class. The 61 hired

personnel are responsible to

enumerate and collect data

from the one thousand five

hundred forty one (1541)

sample households for the

province.

The FIES is a nationwide

survey of households that

gathers data on the income

distribution and levels of living

and spending patterns of

Filipino families across the

country. It is the main source

of data on family income and

expenditure in the Philippines.

Among the objectives of

the FIES is to gather data on

family income, sources of

income, family expenditure

and related information

affecting family income and

expenditure levels and

patterns, to determine the

income distribution, levels of

living and spending patterns,

and the degree of inequality

among families, to provide

benchmark information to

update the weights used in the

estimation of CPI and to

provide inputs in the estimation

of the country’s poverty

threshold and incidence.

All sample households for

the 2018 FIES Visit 1 were

successfully interviewed which

constitutes for a 100% response

rate for the province.

As a whole, the 2018 FIES

Visit 1 was a success. The

office is glad for the

improvement made in the

sampling design of the 2013

Master Sample by which

provincial estimates can be

generated.◘

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LABOR FORCE SURVEY

E very start of the quarter,

the Philippine Statistics

Authority conducts

quarterly surveys, one of

which is the Labor Force

Survey (LFS). This nationwide

survey of households aims to

gather data on the

demographic and socio-

economic characteristics of

t h e po pul a t io n m o re

s p e c i f i c a l l y d at a o n

employment.

January

For the province of

Bohol, a total of 384 sample

households were taken for the

January 2018 round. With this,

five (5) statistical researchers

were hired and trained on

January 4-5, 2018 at JJ’s

Seafood Village, K of C Drive,

Tagbilaran City. The trainers

for the third level training

were RO Epifania H. Antopina

and RO Venus P. Gloria.

En umerat ion the n

began on January 8 and

ended on the 26th, each SR

having at least 17 mandays.

April

The third level training

of April 2018 Labor Force

Survey with a rider survey from

the Philippine Competition

Commission (PCC) was

conducted April 5-6, 2018 at

Panda Tea Garden Suites,

Tagbilaran City, Bohol. It was

attended by SS ll Fidel R.

Antopina Jr., RO1 Epifania H.

Antopina and AAVl Kevin O.

Marasigan as the trainers and

n in e h i re d s t a t i s t i c a l

researchers.

T h e e n u m e r a t i o n

officially started on April 10,

2018 for Monday April 09,

2018 was a holiday. Training,

field operation and data

gathering had a maximum of

twenty (20 ) man day s

including uploading of data

f i les. There were 370

interviewed respondents, 40

vacant housing units and 43

permanently moved out

respondents.

July

For July, the rider survey

was the 2018 Family Income

and Expenditures Survey (FIES)

- Visit 1.

The detailed discussion

for this round is presented in

the previous article.

October

The Third Level training

was conducted on October 4

-6, 2018 at JJ’s Seafood

Village and Restaurant with 5

hired Statistical Researchers

and 3 Regular employees as

participants, SSS Jocelyn S.

Sarmiento and SS II Colita E.

Montoya as the trainers.

Starting October 9,

2018 until October 29, 2018,

the enumeration period

started with 19 mandays as

the maximum enumeration

days. It covered the 25

sample EAs of the four

replicates.

For this round, there

were two rider surveys,

namely, 2018 Survey on

Overseas Filipino (SOF) and 1

Socio-economic Classification

(1 SEC) Survey.

The SOF aims to provide

data on overseas Filipinos

particularly the OCWs and

their contribution to the

economy.

1 SEC has the intent to

come up with a unified and

a p p l i c ab l e in s t r u m e n t

relevant to any and all types

of studies which require socio-

economic classification.◘

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AGRICULTURAL WAGE RATE SURVEY

P SA Bohol conducted

the Agricultural Wage

Rate Survey (AWRS)

January 2018 Survey Round for

Palay, Corn and Coconut on

January 17-25, 2018 and July

27 to August 3, 2018. Prior the

enumeration period, a Third

Level Training was conducted

on January 15-16, 2018 and

July 24, 2018 with Gaudiosa C.

Oculares, the provincial focal

person and Noel S. Rafols the

regional focal person as

trainors. For the January 2018

Round and July 2018 Round

regular employees and Hired

Statistical researchers were

involved in the survey

operation respectively.

A total of 20 samples for

palay, 20 samples for corn

and 15 samples for coconut

were enumerated. Higher

number of samples of palay

and corn than coconut was

covered since the province is

a major producer of these

commodities. Editing and

machine processing for AWRS

were undertaken in the

provincial office by the focal

person. Data review and

validation report in the

provincial level were also

done by the provincial

personnel prior to submission

to the Regional Office.

AWRS is a national

survey covering the producing

provinces of palay, corn,

coconut and sugarcane.

Specifically for Bohol, it only

covers palay, corn and

coconut. Palay and corn uses

the Pal ay and Corn

Production Survey (PCPS)

sampling frame while for

coconut the list of samples

was generated in the

province based on available

data and interview of key

informants.

AWRS aims to generate

the estimates of average

wage rates of agricultural

farm workers in the province.

Among the data items

gathered were the daily

wage rate of farm workers by

sex, the basis of payment per

farm activity and the number

of mandays per hectare by

crop, by farm activity, by

source of labor and by sex. ◘

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(Left) SR Gina Nalla interviewing a respondent in Cansungay, Pilar.

(Right) Provincial Data Review and Validation

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FARM PRICES SURVEY

F or the whole year of

2018, the conduct of FPS

in Bohol was undertaken

b y h i r e d S t a t i s t i c a l

Researchers. A total of 44

agricultural commodities were

monitored, 33 were crops, 4

were commercial livestock, 4

were backyard livestock, 1

were backyard poultry and 2

commercial poultry and

product. It covered 29

municipalities identified as

among the top 5 producing

municipal it ies of each

commodity in the province.

Farm Prices Survey (FPS)

is a monthly survey conducted

during the last ten (10) days of

the month. Agricultural

commodities including crops,

l ivestock, poul t ry and

p e s t i c i d e s a re be i n g

monitored. The survey gathers

price information at the farm

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CROPS PRODUCTION SURVEY

SR Julius Ryan Anagon (above) and SR

Reginald Pacatang (below) with the

respondent during the FPS conducted in

Barangay Villanueva and Banlasan,

Tubigon.

C rops Production

Survey (CrPS) is a

quarterly survey

conducted during the last ten

days of February, May,

August and November. It is

conducted simultaneously

with Farm Prices Survey. It

covers all crops other than

palay and corn. Production

data gathered includes

volume of production, area

planted/harvested, bearing

hills and bearing trees.

For 2018, the conduct

of CrPS is undertaken by 8

hired Statistical Researchers

and 6 regular employees

every quarter. Production

data of 44 fruit crops, 45

vegetable crops and 34 non-

food and industrial crops

were covered.

Editing, encoding and

p ro ce ss in g o f su rve y

q u e s t i o n n a i r e s w e r e

undertaken in the provincial

office by the provincial point

person.◘

SR Hibaya (left) and SR Bungabong (right) with the

respondent during the CrPS conduct in Antipolo,

Garcia Hernandez and Barangay Naatang, Jagna.

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PALAY AND CORN PRODUCTION SURVEYS

Q uarterly, the PSA

conducts Palay

Production Survey

(PPS) and Corn Production

Survey(CPS) to generate

production, area harvested

and yield estimates for the

current quarter and that of

the succeeding quarter based

on standing crop. These

surveys are conducted in

April, July, October and

December 2018. Ten(10)

Statistical Researchers(SRs)

were hired every survey round

to collect palay and corn

farm information from 189

palay farming households and

151 corn farming households

in 20 sample barangays. RO1

Gerardo T. Binangbang is the

provincial focal person for this

activity and is assisted by RO1

Federico I. Aparri. Compared

to 2017, 2018 production of

palay was 5.52 percent lower

while corn shows a slight

increase of 4.20 percent. ◘

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Table 1. Volume of Production, Area Harvested and Yield of Palay and Corn: Bohol, 2018

Commodity Production

(Metric Tons)

Area Harvested

(hectare)

Yield/hectare

Palay 225,548 70,117 3.22

Corn 11,216 11,983 0.94

COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SURVEY

C ommercial Livestock

and Poultry Survey

(CLPS) is one of the

livestock and poultry activities

conducted quarterly for the

purpose of generating

information on the inventory;

and disposition of animals

and chicken and duck eggs

in commercial farms. This is

undertaken every last 10 days

of March, June, September

and November. Number of

sample farms vary by animal

type. Every quarter, 12 farms

were visited for Broilers, 17

farms for Layers and 22 farms

for Swine. Semi-annually, e.i.

every June and November

survey rounds, 3 farms were

visited for Carabao, 13 farms

for Cattle, 11 farms for Goat, 6

farms for Duck and 1 farm for

Sheep. Five(5) SRs were hired

to conduct the field survey

operation. SS II Blecila M.

Paredes is the provincial focal

person with RO1 Federico I.

Aparri as the alternate focal

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BACKYARD LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SURVEY (BLPS)

B ackyard Livestock and

Poultry Survey (BLPS) is a

counterpart of CLPS in

households, not classified as

commercial, to be able to

capture information of

l i ve s t o ck an d po ul t r y

production in totality. This is

conducted simultaneously

with PCPS and PCSS on the

first 7 days of April, July,

October and December. A

t o t a l o f 28 4 sam pl e

households were visited for this

purpose. The focal and

alternate focal person for BLPS

are SS II Blecila M. Paredes

and RO1 Federico I. Aparri,

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COMPILATION OF DATA FROM SLAUGHTERHOUSES

AND POULTRY DRESSING PLANTS (CDSPDP)

E very month, slaughter

reports were collected

either from the Office

of the Provincial Veterinarian

(OPV) if available or from

NMIS staff for the four(4) AA

Slaughterhouses and Poultry

Dressing Plants( PDPs) and

from Meat Inspectors (MIs) if

data is not available from

OPV. A total of 34 slaughter

reports corresponding to the

t o t a l n u m b e r o f

slaughterhouses and poultry

dressings plants were

collected monthly but

consolidation using the

CSPro developed data

processing system for

CDSPDP was done quarterly.

Information gathered from

this activity and the

quarantine’s monthly report

are input to the data review

and validation of production

and inventory estimates of

the Livestock and Poultry

sector. SS II Blecila M.

Paredes is the focal person

for this activity.

Among the animal

types, only chicken showed

an increase number of

slaughtering in PDPs with

10.28 percent increment

from 2017’s level.

Table 2. Volume of Production of Live-

stock and Poultry by Type of Animal/

Commodity: Bohol, 2018

Commodity Production

(MT)

Carabao 3,373

Cattle 7,305

Goat 811.26

Swine 50,501

Chicken 32,452

Chicken Egg 7,351.48

Duck 42.75

Duck Egg 65.01

Table 3. No. of Animals Slaughtered

in Slaughterhouses and Poultry

Dressing Plants: Bohol, 2018

Animal Type No. of Heads

Carabao 2,222

Cattle 13,433

Goat 100

Swine 116,727

Chicken 16,115,709

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MONTHLY PALAY AND CORN STOCKS SURVEY

T he Philippine Statistics

Author ity conducts

monthly Palay and Corn

Stocks Survey (PCSS). This

survey aims to collect

household palay and corn

stocks from twenty sample

barangays throughout the

province divided into ten

barangays each for farming

and ten barangays for non-

farming households. For the

non-farming households only

f i v e s a m p l e s w e r e

interviewed while the sample

farming households were

predetermined by the central

o f f ice based on i t s

stratification. Its reference

period is at 6:00 in the

morning in the first five days

of every month.

Sample households

were interviewed using

prescribed questionnaires

getting the household stocks

of palay, rice, shelled corn

and corn grits. Data

gathered were computed

and expanded base on the

expansion factor for farming

and non-farming household

and were analyzed as to its

decrease and increase

based on the previous month

and previous year and

reasons were given as to the

interpretation of the

numerical data gathered.

Every month

expanded data were

emailed to cereal statistics

division in the central office

for the nationwide analysis as

to the outlook of cereal

situation of the country and

this would play

a vital factor for

the policy-

makers and

planners.◘

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Fig. 1. Household Sotcks of Palay and Rice in Metric Tons: Bohol, 2018

PALAY RICE

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BOHOL FISHERIES PERFORMANCE IN 2018

T he total Fisheries

production for the

province of Bohol

registered a 3.04 percent

decrease from 73,471.43

metric tons in 2017 to a low

of 71,244.84 metric tons in

2018. Across Fisheries

subsectors covered by

Quarterly Fisheries Surveys

(QFS), Municipal Fisheries

recorded the biggest

growth in terms of volume

with 594 metric tons

f o l l o w e d b y t h e

Commercial Fisheries with

174 metric tons. Conversely,

Aquaculture Fisheries have

also undergone a down

ward trend in its production

level. From 2017 at

57,617.35 metric tons, it

dropped to a total of

54,621.95 metric tons in the

same quarter of last year, a

shortfall of (5.20%). (See

Table 4)

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Table 4. Comparative Table for Bohol Fisheries Production by Sector for the

Calendar Year 2017 and 2018.

Sub-sector

Production

(in Metric tons)

%

Change

% Share

2017 2018 2017 2018

TOTAL FISHERIES 73,471.43 71,244.84 (3.04) 100.00 100.00

Commercial 1,510.04 1,684.78 11.57 2.05 2.36

Municipal 14,344.04 14,938.11 4.14 19.52 20.97

Aquaculture 57,617.35 54,621.95 (5.20) 78.43 76.67

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ESTABLISHMENT-BASED SURVEY OPERATIONS

T he Annual Survey of

Philippine Business and

Industry is a continuing

activity of the Philippine

Statistics Authority. It

generates the essential

statistics required for

economic planning and

analysis. It collects and

generates information on the

levels, structure, performance

and trends of economic

activities of the formal sector

of the economy.

There were three

trainings attended. The

Second Level training was

held at PSA RSSO-7, Cebu

City, Cebu last March 20- 22,

2018. It was attended by SS II

Colita E. Montoya and RO I

Armand B. Pergamino of

Bohol PSO.

The Third Level training

was conducted last April 10-

12, 2018 at Healthy Habits,

Dao District, Tagbilaran City. It

was attended by five(5)

regular personnel, one(1)

hired Statistical Researcher

and a hired Receipt and

Control Clerk with SS II Colita

E. Montoya and RO I Armand

B.Pergamino as the trainers.

FIELD OPERATION

There were three

phases of the field operation

activities namely: Distribution,

Collection and Data

Processing.

Distribution

The distribution of

questionnaires started May

10, 2018 until June 8, 2018. All

questionnaires were 100%

distributed on the 25th day of

May, 2018.

Collection

The collection period

was from May 20, 2018 to

August 10, 2018 as scheduled.

Based on the result of

the 2017 ASPBI, Bohol has only

99.68% collection due to the

refusal of one establishment

t o a c c o m p l i s h t h e

questionnaire. Out of 283

sample establishments only

282 responded to the survey.

Manual Processing

Most of the

questionnaires were edited

while still in the premises of

the establishment. Others

were manually edited once

submitted and received by

the RCC at the Provincial

Office.

Machine Processing

The machine

processing training was held

last June 13- 15, 2018 at Azia

Suites, Cebu City with Mr.

Nestor Fajardo and Ms.

Marivic Acosta , Central

Office personnel as the

trainers. SS II Colita E.

Montoya, RCC Sabino A.

Logroño and Manual

Processor Niña Lorraine Acero

attended the said training.

Machine processing

started July 2, 2018. This

includes data entry, data

validation in accordance

with the processing

instructions provided and

updating by reflecting

corrections in the

questionnaires. ◘

The participants during the 3rd level

training at Healthy Habits Café.

2017 ANNUAL SURVEY OF PHILIPPINE BUSINESS AND

INDUSTRY (ASPBI)

2017 ASPBI / SICT machine processing

training at AZIA Suites, Cebu City.

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ESTABLISHMENT-BASED SURVEY OPERATIONS

I nformation and

Communication have vital

roles in nation building and

that it is the state’s policy to

―ensure universal access to

quality, affordable, reliable

and secure ICT services.‖ 2017

SICT aims to collect and

generate information on the

availability, distribution and

access/utilization of ICT

among establishments in the

country.

Same procedures with

ASPBI were adopted in this

survey since SICT is a rider

survey. The only difference is

that the questionnaire is

accomplished by checking

the applicable answers and a

few consistency checking on

other items but with no

computation involved. SICT is

not conducted annually. 2017

SICT is the seventh.

FIELD OPERATION

SICT questionnaires

were distributed together with

ASPBI questionnaires. Same

with ASPBI, Bohol has 100%

distribution of questionnaires.

SICT has an output of

two questionnaires per day

same with ASPBI. Bohol has

100% collection of 77

questionnaires .

DATA PROCESSING

It also includes manual

and machine processing.

Field editing was done while

the field personnel is still within

the premises o f the

establishment especially that

this questionnaire is more on

checking the validity and

consistency of responses so it

needs to be asked to the in-

charge if there are missing

answers.

MANUAL PROCESSING

It is necessary to edit

manually before submission to

the Receipt and Control Clerk

for Monitoring and Tracking

System.

Machine Processing

Same with ASPBI, it also

undergoes data entry and

data validation. All message

errors were fixed and

accepted.◘

2017 SURVEY ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY (SICT)

Questionnaire Status Number of

Questionnaires

Good 54

Closed or Stopped Operation 12

Change form/ Change Sector 1

Referral 1

Online 3

Consolidated Reports 2

Duplicate 1

Out of Scope 2

Cannot be Located 0

No data 1

Table 5. Number of Questionnaires according to Status

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ESTABLISHMENT-BASED SURVEY OPERATIONS

O ne of the regular

surveys of the

office, three

survey rounds for

three quarters were

conducted for Labor Turnover

Survey (LTS) in 2018.

Training for 1st Quarter

was in May 11 to 12.

Distribution of questionnaires

for the 48 sample

establishments started on the

16th of May then collection

started May 19. Among the

48 sample establishments,

one was found to be closed

and 1 was for referral to

another region. All

accomplished questionnaires

and reports were mailed to

RSS0 7 on the 5th of June.

For the second quarter

the two day training was held

at the PSO Bohol provincial

office from September 4 to 5.

Only one statistical researcher

was allocated for the

province. Questionnaires

were distributed September 6.

Collection started on the 11th

of September. Total samples

for the province was 48

establishments.

LTS for the third quarter

of 2018 was the last survey

round conducted in 2018.

Training ended November 21

on the next day was the start

of distribution of

questionnaires. Start of

collection was on the 30th of

November. All accomplished

survey forms were submitted

January 4, 2019.◘

2018 LABOR TURNOVER SURVEY

C onsumer Price

Index or CPI is

conducted twice

a month, first

phase and second phase, in

the capital city of Tagbilaran.

Once a month in four sample

mun ic ipal i t ie s o f the

province. These sample

municipalities are Jagna,

Carmen, Ubay and Talibon.

The whole province has eight

hundred and sixty two (862)

sample commodities for

each sample city and

municipality. Survey period

for each phase is four days

and on the fifth day it has

been the practice of

the province to gather

all price collectors for

data review of each

price quotation for

every commodity. For

2018, all data files were

transmitted to PSD on

time and there were

several times when files

were transmitted a day

ahead of time.◘

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SURVEY

Year/Month CPI Inflation PPP

2018 121.7 5.6 0.82

January 117.7 3.0 0.85

February 118.7 3.8 0.84

March 120.0 5.2 0.83

April 121.3 5.8 0.82

May 121.6 6.0 0.82

June 122.1 6.4 0.82

July 122.6 6.5 0.82

August 122.8 6.3 0.81

September 123.8 7.0 0.81

October 123.9 6.6 0.81

November 123.1 6.0 0.81

December 122.5 5.3 0.82

Table 6. Consumer Price Index (CPI), Inflation Rate

and Purchasing Power of Peso: Bohol, 2018 (2012=100)

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ESTABLISHMENT-BASED SURVEY OPERATIONS

T he WCFPM is a rider

activity of Retail Price

S u r v e y (R P S ) f o r

Agricultural Commodities and

Farm Prices Survey (FPS) with

additional information on

dealer’s prices of selected

inputs. A report on this is

submitted every Tuesday. This

is aimed at getting the trend

of farm prices of palay and

corn; retail prices of rice and

corn grits as well as that of

inorganic inputs. A total of 52

WC FP M re po r t s w e re

submitted in 2018. SS II Blecila

M. Paredes is the provincial

focal person.◘

Weekly Cereals and Fertilizer Price Monitoring (WCFPM)

T h e R P S f o r

a g r i c u l t u r a l

commodit ies is

c o n d u c t e d e v e r y

Monday, Wednesday

and Friday in major

trading centers in

T a g b i l a r a n C i t y .

S u b m i s s i o n o f

consolidated report is not

later than the 7th day

following the reference

month. This is aimed at

generating average retail

prices of selected agricultural

commodities as this is one of

the determinants of crop

production. SS II Blecila M.

Paredes and SA Nicefora L.

Marimon were the provincial

focal and alternate focal

person, respectively.

RPS is handled by

regular personnel of PSA. It

was the first time since the

merging of four different

agencies in 2013 to conduct

3rd Level Training on Retail

Price Surveys (RPS) was

attended by seven (7)

regular personnel from PSA

B o h o l n am el y ; S S 2

Emmanuel B. Galab, SA

Isidro C. Iyog, SA Nicefora

L. Marimon, SA Beatriz H.

Merlas, SA Venus P. Gloria,

RO1 Armand B. Pergamino

and AA6 Romeo O. Susie on

November 26-28, 2018. The

venue of the training was

conducted at the Casa Rey

Francis, Burgos Street,

Tagbilaran City with SA Juliet

Lumbuan from RSSO7 as the

lone trainer.◘

Retail Price Survey (RPS) for Agricultural Commodities

L ike the RPS, WPS for fish is

c o n d u c t e d e v e r y

Monday, Wednesday

and Friday in one of the

commercial fish landing

centers in the province.

Wholesale selling price of five

(5) f ish species were

collected. This is aimed at

generating the average

wholesale price as this is an

indicator for supply and

demand of fish. SA Beatriz H.

Merlas is the provincial focal

person for WPS. ◘

Wholesale Price Survey (WPS) for Fish

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ESTABLISHMENT-BASED SURVEY OPERATIONS

T his survey is conducted

weekly in petroleum

outlets in the city of

Tagbilaran the capital of the

province of Bohol. Jorge Lim

Caltex gasoline station and

Racho Petrobest gasoline

station are the designated

outlets for gasoline, diesel

and kerosene. For liquefied

petroleum gas (LPG) outlets

are the T & H Gas Center and

Cede Pryce Gas. It is

observed that increase in

prices of most petroleum

products almost always

happens on Tuesdays. While

decrease in prices usually

happens on Mondays. For

2018 price quotations were

emai l ed every F r iday

afternoon to PSD staff. The

table below shows the month

and dates of submission of

price quotations to PSD.◘

WEEKLY SURVEY OF PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

MONTH DATE DATE SUBMITTED MONTH DATE DATE SUBMITTED

JANUARY

5 5

JULY

6 6

12 12 13 13

19 19 20 20

26 26 27 27

FEBRUARY

2 2

AUGUST

3 3

9 9 10 10

16 16 17 17

23 23 24 24

MARCH

2 2 31 31

9 9

SEPTEMBER

7 7

16 16 14 14

23 23 21 21

30 30 28 28

APRIL

6 6

OCTOBER

5 5

13 13 12 12

20 20 19 19

27 27 26 26

MAY

4 4

NOVEMBER

2 2

11 11 9 9

18 18 16 16

25 25 23 23

JUNE

1 1 30 30

8 8

DECEMBER

7 7

15 15 14 14

22 22 21 21

29 29 28 28

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ESTABLISHMENT-BASED SURVEY OPERATIONS

B ohol has an average of

530 Issued Approved

Building Permits for the

year 2018. Month of October

has the highest number while

December has the lowest

number of Issued Approved

Building Permits as shown in

the table.

Based on the table,

every first month of a quarter

there falls the construction

boom. January, April, July

and October are the months

with increase in the number

of Issued Approved Building

Permits.

In the year 2018,

Tagbilaran City had the most

number of constructed

buildings which is 718

followed by Panglao, 487 and

Tubigon, 438. Getafe is the

lowest with 19 and followed

by Sevilla which has 22 and

Inabanga with 24 approved

building permits. It can't be

denied that Tagbilaran City is

the center of Trade and

Commerce in the province.

Aside from Tagbilaran

City, the most progressive

municipality in the province is

Panglao because of the New

International Airport and the

presence of many Beach

Resorts that attract tourists to

come to Bohol.

T h e r e w e r e

munic ipal it ies with no

issuance of Approved

Building Permits in certain

months, namely:

1. Dimiao—four months

2. Getafe—Four months

3. Inabanga - three months

4. Bilar—three months

5. Sevilla—two months

6. Balilihan—one month

7. Maribojoc—one month

8. San Miguel—one month

COLLECTION OF APPROVED BUILDING PERMITS

Month

Number of

Documents

Collected

January 503

February 479

March 490

April 570

May 515

June 508

July 587

August 563

September 470

October 760

November 459

December 454

Total 6,358

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27

CIVIL REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES

RATING PERIOD REFERENCE

MONTH

Cut-off

Date

Date of

Submission

January 2018 November

2017

1/11/18 1/3/18

February 2018 December

2017

2/12/18 1/29/18

March 2018 January 2018 3/14/18 2/26/18

April 2018 February 2018 4/11/18 4/2/18

May 2018 March 2018 5/14/18 5/3/18

June 2018 April 2018 6/11/18 5/28/18

July 2018 May 2018 7/12/18 6/30/18

August 2018 June 2018 8/13/18 7/27/18

September 2018 July 2018 9/11/18 8/28/18

October 2018 August 2018 10/12/18 10/1/18

November 2018 September

2018

11/12/18 11/11/18

December 2018 October 2018 12/12/18 11/28/18

DECENTRALIZED VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM (DVSS)

Data File Submission

With the aim of bringing

public service closer to the

people, the Provincial Statis-

tical Office of Bohol actively

and consistently participat-

ed in the Trabaho, Negosyo

at Kabuhayan (TNK) con-

ducted JOB Caravan and

Business Fairs from the De-

partment of Labor and Em-

ployment (DOLE). In 2018 It

was held at eleven (11) mu-

nicipalities province wide.

Among the municipalities

that availed of the once in

a lifetime opportunity in-

cludes the following:

There was a One-Stop-Shop

program which aims to pro-

vide single access point to

information and/or public

services for the constituents

not just in Duero but all also

other neighboring towns.

This is an activity which in-

volves multiple national

government agencies and

private sectors.

Municipality Inclusive Dates

San Isidro October 17, 2018

Valencia October 19, 2018

Tubigon October 20, 2018

Cortes October 22, 2018

Talibon October 23, 2018

Mabini October 30, 2018

Batuan October 31, 2018

Duero November 6, 2018

Balilihan November 7, 2018

Sagbayan November 8, 2018

PARTICIPATION TO THE DOLE CARAVAN & BUSINESS FAIR

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Decentralized Vital Statistics

System (DVSS) was devel-

oped to improve the

processing of civil registry

documents submitted by

the local civil registrars to

the PSA Provincial Offices.

Vital Statistics can be gener-

ated from the DVSS

system. The civil registry

documents together with

the corresponding data files

were then transmitted to

CRD-Vital Statistics Division.

For 2018, the office received

42,002 civil registry docu-

ments (Certificate of Live

Birth, Certificate of Marriage

and Certificate of Death)

from the 48 Local Civil Reg-

istry Offices in the Province

of Bohol.

In 2018 records showed that

the Month of October has

the highest number of live

births, January has the high-

est number of deaths and

month of May has the high-

est number of marriages,

respectively.

DECENTRALIZED VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM (DVSS)

29

For the year, the office ac-

cepted a total of one hun-

dred thirty-three (133) appli-

cations for CRASM and

transmitted these applica-

tions to the Regional Office

VII for processing and issu-

ance of certificates. Chart

below shows the months of

January, October and No-

vember recorded the high-

est number with 20 or more

applications received and

processed.

Table below shows the status on the date of submission DSOIS Report

MONTH Cut-off Date Date of Submission

January 1-31, 2018

Every 5th day after the

reference month

12-Feb-18

February 1-28, 2018 15-Mar-18

March 1-31, 2018 2-Apr-18

April 1-30, 2018 3-May-18

May 1-31, 2018 1-Jun-18

June 1-30, 2018 2-Jul-18

July 1-31, 2018 3-Aug-18

August 1-31, 2018 3-Sep-18

September 1-30, 2018 8-Oct-18

October 1-31, 2018 31-Oct-18

November 1-30, 2018 3-Nov-18

December 1-31, 2018 4-Jan-19

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF AUTHORITY TO SOLEMNIZE

MARRIAGE (CRASM)

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In partnership with the

Provincial Government of

Bohol through the Office of

the Governor-Bohol Employ-

ment & Placement Office

(GO_BEPO) PSA Bohol joins

the Mobile Services spon-

sored by Gov. Edgar M.

Chatto at JAD Activity Cen-

ter, Loboc, Bohol on May

18, 2018.

Acceptance of copy

issuance of birth, marriage,

death certificates and

CENOMAR were being

served. PSA employees also

helped and assisted the

public regarding inquiries

about their problems on

their vital documents specif-

ically birth certificates and

other concerns.

PSA Bohol conducted

two (2) trainings among sol-

emnizing officers. The 1st

Training was conducted on

February 23, 2018 at Harvest

Time Temple in Loay, Bohol

with 22 solemnizing officers.

The Confederation of Evan-

gelical Ministries Association

of Bohol, Inc. (CEMABI) also

initiated training among

their members. Participants

reached sixty-seven (67) sol-

emnizing officers. During the

seminar, they were in-

formed about Background

on Marriage Laws in the

Philippines, Requirements for

CRASM and instructions on

filling up the application

forms. Duties and responsi-

bilities of SOs were dis-

cussed and the grounds for

cancellation of CRASM, re-

spectively.

It was attended by Registra-

tion Officers Fel icitas

B.Aranas and Ciel ito

O.Evangelista.

PSA JOINS MOBILE REGISTRATION SERVICES

TRAININGS/SEMINARS AMONG SOLEMNIZING OFFICERS

31

The Philippine Statistics Au-

thority (PSA) lead last year’s

Civil Registration Month

(CRM) celebration with the

theme

―#napapanahongCRVS‖, in

consonance with the global

advocacy of getting every-

one registered and of pro-

moting awareness on the

importance of civil registra-

tion in the lives of every Fili-

pino.

PSA lined up activities

to highlight the month-long

celebration such as display

of streamers together with

MCRs, symposia in schools,

conduct of charitable activ-

ity and conduct of mobile

services. Twenty-nine (29)

municipalities through their

LCROs put up streamer free

of charged during the Civil

Registration Month.

Other activities relat-

ed to the CRM celebration

initiated by the different Lo-

cal Civil Registry Offices

(LCROs) in coordination with

the PSA are mass weddings,

mobile registrations, free

registration and free issu-

ance of certifications.

The CRM is celebrat-

ed in February of every year

pursuant to Proclamation

682 issued on 28 January

1991 and signed by then

President Corazon C. Aqui-

no.

Awareness of the

people is vital in celebra-

tion, thus, display of stream-

ers was done few days be-

fore the strike of February 1,

to welcome with enthusi-

asm. A streamer was dis-

played at the ground floor

of PSA Bohol office during

the month-long celebration.

Twenty-eight (28) municipal-

ities also put up streamers in

their respective towns free

of charged through the initi-

ative of the Local Civil Reg-

istrars.

OIC-PSO Jocelyn S.

Sarmiento and her staff at-

tended the Mobile Services

which was conducted at

JAD Center-Loboc, Bohol

last February 21, 2018

through the request from

Mayor Helen C. Alaba of

the said town. Request for

copy issuance of birth, mar-

riage and death docu-

ments including CENOMARs

were likewise served. A total

of 1,083 requests were re-

ceived from the copy issu-

ance of birth, marriage,

death certificates and

CENOMAR.

Civil Registration

Month is never complete

without the campaign to

get everyone in the picture.

This Civil Registration Month,

PSA Bohol team joined the

Mobile Registration in vari-

ous barangays across the

Province of Bohol. 22 baran-

gays from Mabini, 1 from

Bien unido, 1 from Talibon &

4 barangays from Candijay

has conducted the mobile

registration.

A Civil Registration

Symposium among the stu-

dents of Grades 10 and 12

of Lila National High School

was conducted on Febru-

ary 15, 2018. The principal of

the school warmly wel-

comed and acknowledged

the effort as an important

avenue to verify information

with regards to Civil Regis-

tration problems. Symposia

was also conducted in the

municipality of Candijay,

Bohol wherein parents were

the audience. Topics such

as importance, uses, and

laws of Civil Registration

were presented and dis-

cussed. (continued on next

page)

28TH CIVIL REGISTRATION MONTH CELEBRATION

Theme: “#napapanahong CRVS”

32

The Bohol Provincial

Statistical Office conducted

the ―Updates for Solemnizing

Officers‖, a refresher course

on Civil Registration laws

and other updated laws for

solemnizing Officers or

CRASM applicants. This also

aims to refresh the partici-

pants’ knowledge on the

processes on applying for

CRASM, as well as a venue

for the participants to pro-

vide their feedback on the

office’s procedures of issuing

their certificates, and other

questions that may arise on

the matter. The event was

attended by pastors of vari-

ous religious sects based in

the Province of Bohol. Regis-

tration Officer I Felicitas B.

Aranas & Cielito O. Evange-

lista also conducted the

Training on Registration of

Authority to Solemnize Mar-

riage on February 23, 2018

at Harvest Time Temple-

Loay,Bohol with twenty-two

(22) solemnizing officers.

Hundreds of Boholano

couples were wed in various

Mass Weddings conducted

by differenct Local Govern-

ment Units, coordinated by

the Local/Municipal Civil

Registry Offices this February

19 in Tagbilaran City and

February 28 in the municipal-

ity of Trinidad, Bohol. March

1 and March 8 were in the

municipalities of Carmen

and San Miguel, respective-

ly.PSA Bohol staff attended

Mass wedding in the differ-

ent cities/municipalities in

Bohol during the month of

February and March. Mass

weddings were solemnized

by City/Municipal Mayors in

their respective jurisdictions.

Charitable activity

was also conducted in the

municipality of Talibon by

g iv in g g ro o m in g k i t

(toothpaste, bath soap,

shampoo, laundry soap) to

212 inmates of BJMP and dis-

tribution of snacks with the

participation of the OIC-PSO

Jocelyn S. Sarmiento and RO

I Felicitas Aranas.

A total of two hun-

dred (200) indigents from 4

barangays in Candijay re-

ceived goods (rice, canned

goods and noodles).

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34

2018 TOTAL ALLOTMENTS RECEIVED

F or the year 2018, PSA Bohol

received financial allotment

which totalled to

P23,336,657.06. The tabular

presentation below shows that the total al-

lotments for Personnel Services (PS), Man-

datory and Other Operating Expenses

(MOOE) and Centrally Managed Items

(CMI) amounted to P10,456,843.48,

P10,178,059.58 and P2,701,754.00 respec-

tively. The biggest allocation was received

in the month of June. Bulk of it came from

the Centrally Managed Items. Among the

CMI allocations received by the province

for 2018 are Agricultural Wage Rate Survey,

2018 Family Income and Expenditure Sur-

vey, 2018 Census of Philippine Business and

Industry, Listing of Farming Households, Geo

-tagging, Annual Survey of Philippine Busi-

ness Industry, Survey Information and Com-

munication Technology, 2018 Labor Turno-

ver Survey and 2017 National Migration Sur-

vey. The Province did some cost-cutting

measures and as a result was able to pro-

cure MS Office Software, office tables and

cubicles for office improvement. The total

obligations of the province for the year

amounted to P23,153,746.01 which resulted

to a Budget Utilization Rate of 99.21%. An

unexpended balance of P70,568.88 was

remitted to the Bureau of the Treasury at

the end of the year.

Months ASA Total ASA

PS MOOE-Current CMI CO

January 668,856.28 500,103.30 1,168,959.58

February 658,916.27 407,421.30 1,066,337.57

March 668,469.13 1,034,180.60 1,702,649.73

April 823,409.13 713,400.00 1,536,809.13

May 1,319,511.13 2,226,077.30 3,545,588.43

June 758,766.46 1,434,008.34 1,788,470.00 3,981,244.80

July 603,111.82 35,736.38 (10,000.00) 628,848.20

August 982,832.68 442,921.30 923,284.00 2,349,037.98

September 671,135.41 1,178,755.34 1,849,890.75

October 647,125.79 975,131.72 1,622,257.51

November 1,194,148.19 179,500.00 1,373,648.19

December 1,460,561.19 1,050,824.00 2,511,385.19

TOTAL 10,456,843.48 10,178,059.58 2,701,754.00 -

23,336,657.06

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PSA BOHOL CELEBRATES 2018 WOMEN‟S MONTH

P SA Bohol

P r o v i n c i a l

Statistical Of-

fice had a

one day activity for the cul-

mination of this year’s 2018

women’s month celebra-

tion. Held on a Monday,

the 28th day of March at our

provincial office. All PSA Bo-

hol employees were in at-

tendance.

Our guest speaker

was from the Tagbilaran

City Police Office. Topics

that were discussed were;

Violence Against Women

and Children and Trafficking

in Persons and we did find it

appropriate that Police Of-

ficer 1 Nasiel Penales, a la-

dy police officer was sent to

discuss said topics. She

shared to us not only the le-

gal aspects but also her ex-

periences in dealing with

women victims of such

crimes. According to her

there are

t h r e e

types of

a b u s e

and one

of which is

the usual,

common-

ly seen,

easy to

spot and composed the

bulk of the reported cases

of violence which is the

physical abuse.

There is also the finan-

cial abuse, although com-

mon but few are reported

to authorities. Our culture

could be one of the reasons

for the many unreported

cases. This is when wives are

denied the right to use or

avail of the financial re-

sources of the husband or

quite commonly are denied

the use of hubby’s ATM. The

third type is emotional

abuse. It is seldom or never

reported to authorities and

most often neglected be-

cause it is hard to spot. An-

other reason is the abused

person doesn’t have a clue

that such treatment is pun-

ishable by law and worst is

that they never knew that

an abuse has been done.

The most common example

of such abuse to women is

when the wife has been re-

peatedly told that she has

become fat and therefore

not so desirable. The joke;

―coca-cola body before,

now coca-cola litro‖, would

qualify as an abuse. Yoo-

hoo, men who are guilty

raise your hands or make

some noise. Yes, the PSA

Hunks did serenade the la-

dies and were presented

with roses.

The activity continued

in the afternoon after a

sumptuous lunch. A film

showing followed and be-

fore the day ended we had

a forty minute Zumba

dance session and a bas-

ketball game to keep us up

on our toes.

Women are the very

essence of our lives without

them we can never be. It is

essential that we provide

them our respect and care

and treat them equally.

Let’s all celebrate for all the

women.

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2018 NATIONAL STATISTICS MONTH CULMINATION ACTIVITY

E xploring Philip-

pine Wonders

in Numbers:

Statistics To-

wards Sustainable Tourism

Development‖ was the

theme for this year. So it was

utterly fitting and wise to in-

vite our colleagues from the

Department of Tourism and

the Bohol Tourism Office for

our culmination program.

With us during the said activ-

ity were Mr. Jaypee Urcullo

from the Department of

Tourism he presented to us

the functions of his office.

He also gave us a virtual trip

across the varied and amaz-

ing tourism destinations of

our country. The different

tourism wonders of the world

was also part of his presen-

tation.

From the Bohol Tour-

ism Office, Ms. Joann Pinat

and Ms. Arnie Vergara

showed us latest statistical

figures with regards to the

tourism industry of the prov-

ince.

Printed on this year’s

program sheet is a quote

from Henry

C l a y ;

― S t a t i s t i c s

are no sub-

stitute for judgement‖. The

venue was at our office and

was attended by all PSA Bo-

hol employees.

After a sumptuous

lunch we did the critiquing

of the inputs of the 2020 CPH

Workload Analysis.

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2018 TREE PLANTING: A TREE FOR OUR FIFTH YEAR

O ne fine

day in the

month of

O c t o be r

we were on our way to do

an important task – to plant

trees. We believe that with

this deed, small as it is, we

could help make the world a

bit greener and a much bet-

ter place to live.

There were three spe-

cies of trees available for

planting and we get to

choose one and after the

seedling was planted we get

to paste our names on them

and took pictures for souve-

nir. Lunch time was still two

hours away and there were

those of us who felt the need

to explore the Sikatuna Tree

Park. So we decided to hike

to the park’s observation

deck, which happens to be

the park’s highest point.

Along the way we passed by

Bila-at pass. We wondered

why such a name was cho-

sen, maybe because the

pass resembled something. I

tried to ask Miss Venus but

she declined to answer.

We cl imbed and

walked for about half an

hour before we reached the

deck and truly the view was

magnificent. The surrounding

forest was now below us and

now we could see the east-

ern shores of Bohol, Pamila-

can Island and the Minda-

nao Sea. We wanted to stay

a bit longer but we had to

heed the call of our bellies.

We arrived just in time for

lunch. We rested a bit then

headed for home feeling sat-

isfied and pleased to have

fulfilled our task.

American writer and

poet Joyce Kilmer wrote the

famous poem ―Trees‖ that

we so ardently memorized in

grade school. You might

have thought that Joyce was

a female but no, in fact he

was married to Aline Murray

Kilmer.

The last line of his po-

em struck me the most, it

says; ―Poems are made by

fools like me, but only God

can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer was right

only God can make a tree

but he needs us humans to

help plant them. PSA Bohol is

looking forward to next

year’s tree planting activity

and maybe we get to unrav-

el the reason about the

name ―Bila-at pass.

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2018 Group Learning Session and Workload Analysis

P SA Bohol aims to de-

liver relevant and

reliable statistics and

civil registration ser-

vices to its clientele. For this to

be achieved, it has to have a

human resource with the right

skills in the right place at the

right time with the right atti-

tude doing the right work with

the right output. Hence, PSA

Bohol conducted a two-day

Group Learning Session and

Workload Analysis on June 28-

89, 2018.

Activities for the first

day included presentation of

accomplishments for the first

semester of 2018, presenta-

tion of 2018 OPCR, presenta-

tion of best practices, work-

shop on workload analysis

and planning of activities for

July to December 2018. Every

activity and presentations

were done by group.

During the second day,

presentation of workload

analysis output and Google

calendar were done. High-

lights on Values Orientation

Workshop, Updates on HR Pol-

icies and Accounting Matters

and Highlights on Basic Cus-

tomer Service Skills were also

discussed. In the afternoon,

team building activities and

socials were done.

The two-day activity

was a success, achieving its

goal to empower the PSA Bo-

hol personnel and bringing

them back to the right track

in properly performing their

duties and responsibilities in

order to achieve excellence.

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Research and Statistics: a Closer and a “High-Tech”

Perspective

T he fun side of the

world of statistics is

sometimes unappre-

ciated by some. This

might be because of our

seemingly ―allergic reac-

tion‖ when we encounter

numbers. Though jokingly,

numbers are always around

the corner, haunting us

wherever we go and what-

ever we do. But what’s even

worse? Doing a research. A

research involves more

complex procedures where-

in data analysis is among

the essential and more criti-

cal parts.

Luckily, there is an an-

swer to that imminent need.

Strategic Research and De-

velopment Center, Inc. or

STRAND-Asia offers a series

seminar-workshops on statis-

tics. One of which is the Re-

search Writing and Statistical

Analysis In-Depth Seminar-

Workshop held on May 22-

25, 2018 at DACS Training

Center, Davao City.

There were more than

a hundred participants to

the activity. The class was a

mixture of individuals be-

longing to different institu-

tions like the academe,

LGUs, NGAs and private en-

terprises. For PSA RSSO 7, five

attendees were sent, with

each province represented

accordingly and one staff

from the regional office.

The four-day workshop

tackled highly technical top-

ics in conducting a re-

search. The first speaker, Mr.

Rene N. Argenal of the Uni-

versity of San Carlos, had a

comprehensive discussion

on the step-by-step process

and ethical standards in re-

search writing. He also in-

cluded topics on survey de-

sign, sampling, questionnaire

construction, Chronbach’s

Alpha, and Data Analysis

preparation.

Mr. Arturo J. Patun-

gan, a professor at UST, was

the resource person for the

statistical analysis using IBM

SPSS, a software widely used

by statisticians for data com-

pilation and analysis. The

speaker presented the steps

in performing factor analysis,

cross tabulation, parametric

and non-parametric tests,

and multivariate analysis

with regression using SPSS.

At the end of the sem-

i n a r - w o r k s h o p , t h e

knowledge in statistical

analysis of the attendees

was refreshed, reinforced

and enhanced.

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Provincial Planning Workshop and Year-End Assessment

I f you fail to plan, you

plan to fail, is a famous

adage reminding us

that planning is a pre-

requisite to success, other-

wise, it leads to failure.

The Philippine Statis-

tics Authority regularly con-

ducts planning workshops

at the end of the year to

prepare for the upcoming

year. A series of these plan-

ning workshops typically

starts by the end of Novem-

ber. Afterwards, these were

cascaded to regional and

provincial offices. For PSA

Bohol, the Provincial Plan-

ning Workshop was done on

10 December 2018 at Met-

rocentre Hotel, Tagbilaran

City. The PPW also served as

a Year-End Assessment ac-

tivity of the office.

The workshop started

at around 10:00 in the morn-

ing. Chief Statistical Special-

ist Jessamyn Anne C. Al-

cazaren gave a message

stressing out that the theme

for PSA for the year is

―Working S.M.A.R.T.E.R.

through Innovation.‖ The

word SMARTER is an acro-

nym for Specific, Measura-

ble, Attainable, Realistic,

Time Bounded, Ethical, and

Record.

For the program prop-

er, the activities for the day

consisted of presentation of

the 2019 Calendar of activi-

ties for Field Offices, PW

Form 4 or the Workload by

Project/Activity, and 2019

Project Procurement Man-

agement Plan. There were

three workshops in the after-

noon. These were Action

Plan for Unmet Targets,

Gender and Development

Plan, and Risk Registry and

Action Plan.

In the evening, a short

Christmas Program culmi-

nated the whole-day affair

that included a tribute to

December birthday cele-

brants, exchange of gifts,

and a ―farewell‖ song for

one PSA Bohol staff. Of

course, the day won’t be

complete without our group

picture.

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The VOW‟s of Us

T he Civil Service Commission-NCR along-

side with the PSA-HRD conducted Val-

ues Orientation Workshop held at Quest

Hotel And Conference Center, Cebu

City, Cebu last June 6-8, 2018 and the partici-

pants were from PSA Region 6, 7 and 8. The

three day activity was attended by 30 partici-

pants and two from the Civil Service Commis-

sion namely, Thelma Pagtalunan Japzon, re-

source speaker and Joy as the secretariat. This

activity promotes values clarification and

commitment to one’s set of positive value for

setting of action plans geared towards effec-

tiveness and productivity.

On the first day, participants were

grouped into four, each group was assigned a

specific flower and the name of the group

must be an adjective that best describes the

flower. Vibrant, Colorful, Resilient and Elegant

were the names of each group. The first session

was the “Kumustahan at Lakbayan”, and the

participants were given these questions: What

do you expect from the training staff and co-

participants, what do you expect to gain/give

from this workshop, what are the hindrances

for the success of the workshop and what

changes in yourself and in your companion

would you wish to happen? All groups were

able to answer the questions and posted it to

the wall, the output of the session was re-

viewed on the last day of the workshop if all of

the expectation and answers were met and

encountered. Next session is,

“Pakikipagtulungan”, participants played a

game called Tower Building. The objective of

this game was to test the participants what are

the personal items they are willing to sacrifice

in order to raise funds to buy the materials in

building a tall and durable tower. Teamwork,

cooperation and communication were the

keys for this activity to be successful. The third

session was the “Sino ako/Hiwaga ng Buhay

ko”, all participants were asked to continue

the incomplete sentences: My personal traits

are, What I value most in life, The different

roles/functions I perform in my life and Frustra-

tions/Hurts in my life. The answers were shared

within the group and then suddenly the vibe of

the setting felt so heavy as emotions poured

into every participants’ answer. Mixed emo-

tions were felt. After the sharing, something felt

so different towards the co-participants, as if

there were some kind of a door being

opened. It felt like the participants were able

to connect, reflect, understand and knew who

they are as a person and as an employee

based on the sharing they gave. It was then

followed by the Johari Window, where it exam-

ines one’s sense of self-worth and to re-affirm

one’s self worth so as to better use of one’s

unique capacities and traits.

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The VOW‟s of Us

“Mangarap tayo/Sa totoo lang ganito

„yon” was the next session wherein

participants asked to write down the

good things about our country and

the areas that need for improve-

ments. Filipino traits, culture, corrup-

tion, beliefs, discipline, peace and

justice equality were highlighted dur-

ing this session. It was followed by a

creative presentation where each

group was assigned for a specific

topic, that is, ―Kaugalian at Tradisyon,

Kasabihan at mga Kwento, Pook at

Tao and Produkto at Industriya‖.

Groups presented it as a role playing,

dance dresentation, song number

and slide show presentaion, this was

the “Mabuhay ang Pinoy” session. The

next session was the “Tinig ng Bayan”,

the participants where grouped into

five sectors of the community: the la-

borers, professionals, politicians, fisher-

men and farmers. In this activity, the

democratic process of decision mak-

ing was the main issue and they

showed how it is done here in the

Philippines. “Public Service, Luha at

Ligaya, Professionalism and Empow-

ering the Public Servant‟s Profession-

alism thru the Eight Norms and Ethical

Standards (RA 6713)” were discussed

by Ms. Pagtalunan. She identified em-

ployees who are being assertive, pas-

sive and aggressive can affect the

productivity of the office. A govern-

ment employee must also possess

the five dimensions of professionalism

which are the specialized knowledge,

skills, standards , spirit and the sup-

portive environment in order to per-

form better and be more effective in

providing quality service to the pub-

lic. On the last day of the workshop,

all participants gave their pledge of

commitments as a government em-

ployee and as a Filipino citizen.

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Enhancing Skills of Supervisors through SDC

Supervisors in the gov-

ernment service will have a

chance to improve their

management skills with the

training on Supervisory De-

velopment Course (SDC)

offered by the Civil Service

Commission (CSC). This is in

line with the CSC’s strategic

objective of developing

competent and credible

civil servants by conducting

programs to enhance the

capabilities of public serv-

ants in their areas of work.

The HRD of the PSA invited

two representatives from

each region to participate

in the training. SuSS Jocelyn

S. Sarmiento felt lucky

enough to be recommend-

ed as participant from Re-

gion VII together with SS II

Evelyn Patriarca of the Re-

gional Office. SDC track 1

was held in Subic Bay, Zam-

bales on 9-12 October 2018

while Tracks 2 and 3 on 20-

23 November 2018 in Iloilo

City.

The SDC consists of

three tracks. Track 1 is a four

-day training which features

modules on Personnel Effec-

tiveness, Supervision and Or-

ganizational Effectiveness.

Each module has two units

each and each unit has 2 –

3 sessions. The training

course on Tracks 2 and 3 is a

follow-through of the SDC

track 1. It enhances the

quality of supervisors to en-

sure sustainability efforts to-

wards employee empower-

ment in the public service

and assesses one’s organi-

zations readiness for

change and empower-

ment. Track 2 includes

modules on how to spark

exceptional performance

and making meetings pro-

ductive. Track 3 covers

modules on making a differ-

ence through leadership

and making powerful win-

ning presentations. The lead

trainers were Ms. Lilian N.

Asprer and Ms. Presca Lee

B. Lugo for track 1 and Ms.

Claudia Abalos-Tan and Ms.

Lilian N. Asprer for tracks 2

and 3, respectively.

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Learning from the Old and New

The province of Bohol is

known for its captivating and

world class tourist spots. The fa-

mous Chocolate Hills, the Philip-

pine Tarsier, various historical

sights, white sand beaches

around the island, majestic wa-

terfalls situated away from the

city, foods and dishes that can

only be tasted in the province

and the hospitality of Boholan-

os make the place starred

across countries.

The Philippine Statistics

Authority celebrated its 29th Na-

tional Statistics Month with the

theme: “Exploring Philippine

Wonders in Number: Statistics

towards Sustainable Tourism

Development”. In line with this,

the Bohol Provincial Statistical

Office employees had a Cross

Learning Activity along historic

attractions as well as newly-

developed ones.

The first stop was Carlos

P. Garcia Heritage Museum;

this is the ancestral house of the

late former President Carlos P.

Garcia. Though the house was

built years ago, surely it can still

withstand blows. All the things

and belongings used by the

family including tables, chess

boards and other collections

were preserved and kept well

as if they’re good as new.

Then the group proceed-

ed to Edith Grand Garden and

Adventure Park, a newly estab-

lished tourist spot in Baclayon.

The place was full of radiant

colours from the different kinds

of flowers. Diverse breeds of

domestic animals were also

hopping and dashing around

the area. But what struck most

visitors was the dragon fruit

farm. Some of the PSA Bohol

employees had the chance to

experience hand picking and

harvesting. The freshly picked

fruits gathered were bought at

a low price and few insisted for

a dragon fruit shake to taste its

sweetness that can never be

compared to.

Next stop is the most an-

ticipated attraction, The Rio

Verde Floating Resto. The float-

ing resto is a must try tourist spot

and some say that your Bohol

trip will never be complete if

you haven’t experienced the

cruise. While enjoying the food

and mesmerizing view, a live

band will add up to the enter-

tainment. At the latter part of

the cruise, a group of Indige-

nous People will perform and

let visitors experience the vibes

of the tribe.

The ancestral house of

the late Senator Jose A. Clarin

was visited after the cruise. The

same setting with the CPG Mu-

seum but the only difference is

that the Clarin Ancestral house

doesn’t have renovations and

is not covered by the local gov-

ernment unit. The final drop was

at Holy Trinity Parish and Loay

Conservation Laboratory and

Museum. The Holy Trinity

Church is one of the churches

devastated by the earthquake

way back in the year 2013. With

the help and aid of the conser-

vation laboratory, they were

able to reconstruct the church

using its original materials. The

museum exhibits the history of

Bohol including during the time

of the Spanish colonization.

With the overwhelming

number of tourist arrivals in Bo-

hol, it became one of the most

visited provinces in the entire

country. Maybe because it of-

fers diverse tourist destinations

that fit everyone’s desire. As

they say, ―It’s all in Bohol, Bohol

has it all.‖

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PSA Employees Attend GST at CSC Regional Office 7

The Civil Service Com-

mission (CSC) Regional Of-

fice 7 conducted the last

batch of training for 2018 on

the Gender Sensitivity Train-

ing (GST) on November 29,

2018. It aimed for shaping

the servant-hero towards

public service excellence.

Ms. Ritzelle B. Saldino, of CSC

Human Resource Values

Specialist facilitated the

training. She encouraged

the sixty-six (66) participants

of different agencies from

both the national and local

government to reflect, focus

and have fun.

It was attended by

five (5) PSA employees, two

(2) from both the Regional

Statistical Office and Siquijor

province and one (1) from

Bohol province. SA Nicefora

L. Marimon of Bohol attend-

ed the training.

There were four activi-

ties done by group and a

video presentation entitled

―Ang Mga Babae Sa Ating

Buhay‖ made some partici-

pants realize the different

roles of women in our lives. It

was followed by processing,

sharing and synthesis. Final-

ly, a ―ritwal‖ was showcased

where every participant was

urged to give their commit-

ment towards gender issues

and a short prayer for some-

one who was a victim of vio-

lence.

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2018 PRESS RELEASES

I n 2018 PSA Bohol made three newspaper articles that were all published in the

province’s leading weekly newspaper – The Bohol Chronicle.

In February as we celebrated CRM, the news article ―February is Civil Reg-

istration Month‖ was written. Its purpose was to enhance awareness among the

public about the importance of seemingly trivial things like the birth certificate, mar-

riage certificate and other civil registry documents.

On the 29th of April when PSA was conducting the 2017 ASPBI & SICT, 2018 ULE

and the 2018 Geotagging of Building Structures. We wrote the news article titled;

―PSA-Three Nationwide Surveys this April and May.‖

The third article was published on the 28th of October, 2018 for the culmina-

tion of 2018 National Statistics Month. It was titled ―October is National Statistics

Month‖.

PSA Bohol conducts 2016 ASPBI Respondents‟ Forum

T he 2017 Annual Survey

of Philippine Business

and Industry (ASPBI)

and the 2017 Survey

on Information Technology

(SICT) were conducted start-

ing the month of April. With

this, a respondents’ forum

was held on May 31, 2019 at

the JJ’s Seafoods Village,

Tagbilaran City. The said ac-

tivity was attended by a total

of 78 participants, 49 of

which consisting of manag-

ers, bookkeepers, account-

ants and other representa-

tives of the invited sample es-

tablishments and 29 from the

provincial staff and OJTs.

PSA Region 7 Regional

Director Ariel E. Florendo

graced the activity. He en-

couraged the stakeholders to

submit the filled up question-

naires on time.

Topics discussed during

the forum included: i) 2017

ASPBI and 2017 SICT survey

background and results, ii)

Legal Authority in the con-

duct of the establishment-

based surveys, iii) Demonstra-

tion on filling-up of online

questionnaire.

The purpose of the da-

ta dissemination and re-

spondents’ forum is to elicit a

higher response rate and to

encourage sample establish-

ments for a more timely sub-

mission.

The participants appre-

ciated the conduct of the

forum and stated that doubts

and questions have been

properly addressed.

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SPECIAL RELEASES FOR CPI 2018

There were four special releases for CPI made for the province in 2018. Analy-

sis and discussions were made on items such as the trend of the consumer price in-

dex for the province. The commodity group that greatly contributed to the trend or

the increase or decrease of the index.

Together with the CPI the inflation rate or IR for the province is also featured

and so was the purchasing power of the peso.

Special Releases for CPI 2018

Month Release Date

April May 30, 2018

July August 31, 2018

March April 27, 2018

September – December 2017 February 14, 2018

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SPECIAL RELEASE FOR FISHERIES

Special Release for the Bohol Fisher-

ies Production for the third quarter 2018

with reference number 2019-SR 12-001 was

released on March 2019. It had four pages

and with photos on the front page. Fisher-

ies production is composed of three sub-

sectors namely; the Commercial, Munici-

pal and Aquaculture. The special release

summarizes the total performance on the

3rd quarter of 2018 versus same quarter of

2017 as well as the percentage contribu-

tion by subsector in a pie graph. Produc-

tion of Commercial Fisheries was represent-

ed by a bar graph showing the production

by Landing Centers Classification

(Traditional and LGU-managed landing

centers). Meanwhile, production of Mu-

nicipal Fisheries is a combined production

from Marine and Inland Fisheries which is

represented by a bar graph. Aquaculture

production which accounted for 64.01

percent of the total fisheries production

was graphed by type of culture.

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Statistics Top Guns @ 2018 PSAI Confab

―Emerging Trends in

Statistical Developments‖,

is the 2018 Philippine Sta-

tistical Association Inc.

(PSAI) theme. Philippine

Statistics Authority, Bohol

Provincial Statistical Office

(PSA-Bohol) locally co-

organized the 3-day an-

nual conference which

was slated last September

19-21, 2018 at Bohol Trop-

ics Resort.

Top honchos of the

PSA both current and past

dignifiedly attended the

wholesome gathering of

statistical and mathemati-

cal experts across the

country in order to carve

out ideas to span a life-

long journey of the associ-

ation. Significant yet une-

quivocally at close range

of the activities were short

term courses offered at

the very first day of the

event to name; 1) Spatial

Statistics 2.) Infographics

3.) Descriptive and Explor-

atory Techniques in R, and

4.) Correcting Common

Misconceptions in Statis-

tics: For K-12.

An array of data us-

ers, statistics whiz, stake-

holders, professionals and

the academe also took

part in listening, expound-

ing and sharing insights in

the sprawling Sandugo

Ballroom when the sub-

jects laid bare at this ven-

ue.

Taking a grandiose

consideration on the soft

impact as one of the tour-

ist spots of the archipela-

go --- its inescapable

scenery offered every

inch of the bounty, natu-

ral beauty existed even

pre-historic times, luscious

foods dined by undifferen-

tiated class of people, the

hustle and bustle of a new

born Tagbilaran Metropo-

lis and some other phe-

nomenal tastes one has to

leap cheerfully for longing

– these are but only a few

sorts that PSA – Bohol ac-

ceded in co-hosting the

memorable event.

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After complying all

the necessary communica-

tions cascaded from the na-

tional organizing commit-

tee, the local counterparts

of the regional working

groups spun the actions so

as to sprint-off the first leg of

the gathering. PSO Jes-

samyn Anne C. Alcazaren,

a workaholic by any stretch

of her work ethics, ponder-

ously relentless in giving out

instructions, prelim of the

huge meeting, to the PSA-

Bohol employees vis-a-vis

neighbouring provinces of

the region, reminding

though its sworn duty to

serve the public seemingly

at par with statistical and

civil registration activities.

Magnanimously mov-

ing to the podium for their

space and time of presen-

tations were no less than the

head of the PSA, Ms. Lisa

Grace S. Bersales PhD., Un-

dersecretary, National Stat-

istician and Civil Registrar-

General; Ms. Rosemarie G.

Edillon PhD., Undersecretary,

National Economic and De-

velopment Authority; Ms.

Josefina V. Almeda PhD.,

Executive Director, Philip-

pine Statistical Research

and Training Institute; Ms.

Teresita B. Devesa, Deputy

Director, Department of

Economics Statistics, Bangko

Sentral ng Pilipinas; Mr. Den-

nis S. Mapa PhD., Dean,

School of Statistics, University

of the Philippines-Diliman,

and many others in their

field of expertise. Seen also

in the confab are former

NSO heads, Mr. Tomas P. Af-

rica, now the Regional Con-

sultant, Paris 1, OECD; Ms.

Carmelita N. Ericta, Chair,

2018 PSAI Annual Confer-

ence Committee; Ms. Fran-

cisca N. Dayrit, Executive

Vice President, Geodata

Systems Technologies, Inc.

Mr. Benjamin Arsenio Y. Na-

varro, Director, International

Cooperation Unit of the PSA.

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120th Anniversary of the Philippine Independence

O n the 12th

of June

1898 our

inde-

pendence from Spanish rule

was proclaimed. Every year

thereafter on this date this

historic event is commemo-

rated. This year’s theme:

―Kalayaan 2018 – Pagbaba-

gong ipinaglaban, Alay sa

Masaganang Kinabukasan‖

this year’s Independence

Day Celebration started at

7:15 a.m. with a mass at the

St. Joseph the Worker Cathe-

dral. The commemorative

program commenced

around 9:00 in the morning

with a short program at the

Plaza Rizal where the high-

light was the raising of the

Philippine flag and singing of

the Philippine National An-

them. The crowd, mostly

employees from different

government offices of the

province was delighted at

the presentation of beauties

from the different municipali-

ties who were vying for this

year’s title of the Miss Bohol

Sandugo 2018.

Several PSA employ-

ees, mostly residents of the

city, were in attendance

and after the said activity

we had our heavy snacks

courtesy of our provincial

head and since the day was

a public holiday had quality

time for bonding.

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Tagbilaran City‟s Annual Alay Lakad for Scholars

T agbilaran City organ-

izes an Alay Lakad

every year. This event

is conducted to raise

funds to finance scholarship

programs of the city to help

financially-challenged but

deserving students.

This year, the annual

activity was set on the 9th of

September at 5:30 in the

morning with a theme

―Kabataan Para sa

Pagbabago.‖ It was attend-

ed by different national gov-

ernment agencies, state uni-

versities, employees of the

local government of Tagbil-

aran City, and selected rep-

resentatives from the 15 ba-

rangays of the city.

Employees of PSA Bo-

hol participated actively in

this walk-for-a-cause activi-

ty. There were three assem-

bly areas for three different

groups. The assigned assem-

bly area for National Gov-

ernment Agencies (NGAs)

was at Tagbilaran City Hall

Grounds. All the groups

walked towards the CPG

Sports Complex where a

short program was

held.

The event was graced

by the City Mayor, John

Geesnell Yap who gave a

short message to express his

words of gratitude. Ms. Alay

Lakad 2018 and giving of

special awards to partici-

pants were also among the

parts of the program.

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ASSOCIATION OF UNITED DEVELOPMENTAL INFORMATION

OFFICERS (AUDIO-BOHOL) MONTHLY MEETINGS

A UDIO-BOHOL is a net-

work of municipal and

government agency

information officers. It

was conceived to enhance the flow of

vital information among its members and

the government office that they repre-

sent and to the communities which we

serve. The association also serves to open

the clogged feedback mechanism that

government needs, in order to assess its

presence and impact on the community

in general. A Statistical Specialist 2 of our

province is a member of the said associa-

tion.

Members of said association, Infor-

mation Officers (IOs) from Local Govern-

ment Units, National Government Agen-

cies, Government Owned and Controlled

Corporations, meet every month in differ-

ent venues. Usually these venues are

government offices where the particular

office will act as the host and would

showcase their organization’s mandate

and their best practices. Host municipali-

ties usually will highlight the town’s pro-

gress and its tourism attractions.

NGO’s have showcased their dif-

ferent projects and campaigns. Worth

mentioning for the year 2018 are the De-

partment of Agriculture’s campaign for

rice awareness and an NGA’s campaign

to curb OSEC.

National Rice Awareness Month

(NRAM), spearhead by the Department

of Agriculture, envisions a rice secure

Philippines. The department’s mission is to

help ―improve the competitiveness of the

Filipino rice farmer and the Philippine rice

industry and transform it to be more profit-

able, resilient and sustainable through re-

sponsive, balanced, environmentally

sound and partnership-based research,

development and extension.‖ The two

pronged program is aimed at the pro-

ducers these are the farmers and the

consumers – us.

A non-government organization

stirred the interest of the information of-

ficer with their drive to stop OSEC-Online

Sexual Exploitation of Children. They were

calling for all of us to be vigilant about this

danger and be on guard and report to

authorities if we suspect someone who is

involved in the exploitation of children.

The future of an innocent child could be

in peril. Let us all lend a hand.

It is never a dull moment when we

Information Officers meet. In our monthly

meeting together we learn new things

and get to cascade the information to

our officemates.

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