Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)Gateway to the latest and official government economic and social statistics in the Philippines.NSCB Launches NSIC in Cagayan de Oro City- June 26, 2008 "To reach out to every sector in the society, for the delivery of statistical information and services produced by the Philippine Statistical System, in a manner responsive to the majority, at the earliest possible time, at the lowest possible cost and with the best quality attainable". This is the mission statement of the National Statistical Information Center (NSIC) under the auspices of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) which formally launched another regional branch in...http://www.nscb.gov.ph/pressreleases/2008/PR-200806-NS1-07_NSIC.asp NSO to conduct Annual Poverty Indicators Survey in July 2008- June 26, 2008 The National Statistics Office (NSO) will conduct household interviews for the 2008 Annual Poverty Indicator Surveys (APIS) in July 2008. The APIS aims to provide social and economic non-income indicators correlated with poverty during the years when the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), the major source of data for estimating poverty incidence, is not undertaken. Results of the survey are expected to be available by December 2008.http://www.nscb.gov.ph/pressreleases/2008/PR-200806-PP1-04_Poverty.asp Region IX: Zamboanga Peninsulas Employment Rate Placed at 96.6% in January 2008- June 26, 2008 In Zamboanga Peninsula, the number of employed persons in April 2008 was registered at 1.28 million. This placed the employment rate at 96.6 percent, a little bit lower compared to the last years rate of 96.9 percenthttp://www.nscb.gov.ph/ru9/ DOT conducts Visitor Sample Surveys every month- June 20, 2008 The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), through its Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS), granted clearance for the conduct of the Visitor Sample Survey (VSS) of the Department of Tourism (DOT). The VSS, which is undertaken monthly, aims to: (a) generate information on visitor characteristics and preferences to serve as input to tourism development planning and policy formulation; and (b) derive parameter estimates for measuring foreign exchange earnings from...http://www.nscb.gov.ph/pressreleases/2008/PR-200806-PP1-03_SSRCS_DOT.asp Region I school enrolees up by 0.8% in SY 2007-2008- June 20, 2008 Data from the Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Offices 1 show that the total number of enrollees in private and public schools increased by only 0.8 percent in School Year (SY) 2007-2008 as compared to SY 2006-2007. Only 9,029 pupilsstudents were added to the 1,150,048 enrollees in the previous school year in elementary, secondary and tertiary schools regionwide. While enrolment in government schools increased by 1.4 percent, enrollment in...http://www.nscb.gov.ph/ru1/ Metro Manila Congested at 18,650 Persons Per Square Kilometer in 2007- June 16, 2008 Based on the results of the 2007 Census of Population, the country's population density is 260 persons per square kilometer or a 15.6 percent increase from 2000. Metro Manila, the country's center of economic activity and the most densely populated region, has 26 times the density of people in CALABARZON and 41 times that of Central Luzon. With a land area of only 619.5 square kilometers and a population of 11,553,427, Metro Manila has a population density of 18,650 persons per square...http://www.nscb.gov.ph/factsheet/pdf08/FS-200806-SS1-01.asp Statistically Speaking .. SAVE OUR CHILDREN!- June 10, 2008 For many of our children, (grandchildren in case of many friends whose years even those expensive diamond peel treatments or glutathione injectables can not hide much longer), it's school opening time once again. Hopefully, many of these children looked forward to their first day of classes and will have fun. But, we should all know that there are many children out there who, instead of being in school are elsewhere, possibly working to help their parents earn their living or heaven forbid,...http://www.nscb.gov.ph/headlines/StatsSpeak/2008/061008_rav_children.asp |