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The NegOr Stat
                    A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF PSA NEGROS ORIENTAL

JANUARY-MARCH 2018// ISSUE 1 // VOLUME 1

                                                                                          IN THIS ISSUE
                                                                                     PSA NegOr introduces BCRS to     01
                                                                                     Brgy Officials

                                                                                     PSA Negros Oriental conducts
                                                                                     Financial Literacy and           02
                                                                                     Management Seminar

                                                                                     PSA Negros Oriental Uploads      02
                                                                                     Articles for Reg. VII Website

                                                                                     PSA NegOr Celebrates Women's     03
                                                                                     Month
                                                                                     PSA Negros Oriental welcomes     06
                                                                                     2018 Civil Registration Month

 PSA NEGROS ORIENTAL PERSONNEL                                                       January 2018 LFS                 10
 DURING THE 2018 PROVINCIAL
 PLANNING WORKSHOP

                                          BCRS in their respective barangays to
 PSA Negros Oriental                     help their constituents to record their
 Introduces BCRS to                      civil registry documents on time. .
 Barangay Officials                      BCRS is a system to facilitate civil
 BY MARIA CHILO DIMALALUAN               registration at the community level
                                         where the Brgy. Officials assist the
 The Philippine Statistics Authority –
                                         Local Civil Registrar relative to civil
 Negros Oriental Provincial Office
                                         registration. It is systematic process of
 conducted a lecture about the
                                         reporting and monitoring vital events
 Barangay Civil Registration System                                                  PSO FORTUITO EXPLAINS THE
                                         particularly birth, death and marriage.     IMPORTANCE AND LEGAL BASIS FOR
 (BCRS), on February 12, 2018 at
                                         He also emphasized the importance of        THE BCRS ADOPTION.
 GSSDC, Poblacion, Guihulngan City,
                                         Philippine Civil Registry Information
 Negros Oriental. This activity was
                                         System (PhilCRIS) in achieving the          participants especially thethe
 participated by the Association of
                                         objectives of BCRS especially in            brgys captains to avail the system
 Barangay Captains, Barangay
                                         dropping late registration and              – BCRS.
 Secretaries and Barangay Health
                                         accomplishing 100% in civil                 The lecture was finished by an
 Workers. Engr. Ariel T. Fortuito,
                                         registration.                               open forum wherein the
 Provincial Statistics Officer of PSA
                                         City Civil Registrar of Guihulngan City,    participants were given time to
 Negros Oriental discussed the
                                         Marietta A. Mijares was also present        ask some question regarding
 importance and legal basis of BCRS in
                                         during this event and encouraged the        BCRS, PhilCRIS and the process of
 the community and how necessary
                                                                                     civil registration.
 for the barangay officials to have
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                                                                                      PSA NEG. OR. UPLOADS
                                                                                      ARTICLES FOR REGION
                                                                                      VII WEBSITE
                                                                                     BY MARIA CHILO DIMALALUAN
                                                                                       Uploading of articles and
                                                                                       information on the website of RSSO
                                                                                       7 (Central Visayas) is one way of
                                                                                       supporting the maintenance of the
                                                                                       website for information
  CSS ARIEL T. FORTUITO GIVES THE OPENING REMARKS DURING THE FINANCIAL LITERACY
  AND MANAGEMENT SEMINAR.                                                              dissemination. The website
                                             The Supervising Statistical Specialist of administrator of rsso07.psa.gov.ph
  PSA NEGROS ORIENTAL                        PSA – Negros Oriental, Maria Felida O.    which is the PSA-RSSO VII
  CONDUCTS                                   Generoso, as one of the lecturers, asked published the articles uploaded by
  FINANCIAL LITERACY AND the participants to evaluate their                            the four provincial provinces in the
  MANAGEMENT SEMINAR current financial situation. She                                  region like Negros Oriental, Cebu,
  BY CRISLOR D. VILAS                        presented the financial attitude of       Siquijor and Bohol.
                                             people belonging in the lower class,      PSA Negros Oriental uploaded
  With growing focus on the wellness of middle class, and upper class. The             articles and other contents and
  employees and in connection with           effective ways to manage finances was were published by the site
  this year’s theme, “Healthy PSA,           also emphasized in her presentation.      administrator, the RSSO 7. These
  Happy PSA”, the Philippine Statistics PSA – Negros Oriental also invited a           articles/contents are annual report,
  Authority – Negros Oriental Provincial lecturer from the Bangko Sentral ng           press releases, special releases,
  Office has come up with their 2018         Pilipinas – Dumaguete City,               and quickstat on various surveys
  Wellness Program. One activity under represented by Dr. Gregorio E. Baccay, and activities of the province.
  this program is the conduct of a           Bank Officer II. There were two modules
  Financial Literacy Seminar which aims discussed by Dr. Baccay, (1) Financial
  to help improve the financial well-        Planning and (2) Saving and Investing.
  being of the employees. The 4-hour         The importance of financial planning
  seminar was conducted on January           was explained well by the lecturer as
  29, 2018 and was participated by all       well as the steps in creating a financial
  the employees of the said office.          plan. In addition, Retirement Planning
                                                                                        SCREENSHOTS TAKEN IN THE RSSO7
                                             was also included in the discussion for    WEBSITE
                                             the benefit of the retiring employees.
                                             As an output of this Financial Literacy
                                             and Management Seminar, employees
                                             were asked to fill up the form indicating
                                             their monthly net income and there
                                             expenses in a daily, monthly, quarterly,
                                             or annually bases. They were also
                                             encouraged to take the Peso Sense Ipon
                                                                                        Other latest articles/ newsfeed of
                                             Challenge 2018, wherein they can save
                                                                                        Negros Oriental can be browsed by
                                             Php 53,750.00 if they could complete
  SSS MARIA FELIDA O. GENEROSO TALKS                                                    its website at
  ABOUT EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MANAGE             the whole challenge.
  FINANCES.                                                                             rsso07.psa.gov.ph/NegrosOriental.
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PSA NegOr                                      OPENING OF THE 2018 WOMEN’S MONTH FEATURING
                                               SHORT VIDEOS
CELEBRATES                                     BY CRISLOR D. VILAS                          background of the National Women’s
2018 wOMEN'S                                  A short program was conducted on
                                                                                            Month Celebration. The significance
                                                                                            of the theme for the years 2017-2022,
MONTH                                         March 1, 2018 to commence the
                                              month-long celebration. During the
                                                                                            “We Make Change Work for Women”
                                                                                            was also highlighted.
BY FRANNIE G. PASTOR                          said program, Ms. Crislor D. Vilas,           After presenting the Women’s Month
                                              Administrative Assistant II, gave the         Calendar of PSA Negros Oriental, the
 Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6949 s.
 1990, declaring the month of March of                                                      employees watched short videos
 every year as the National Women’s                                                         about women. By conducting this
 Day, the Philippine Statistics Authority                                                   activity, the office aims to achieve
 issued Office Memorandum 2017-029                                                          one of the objectives of the
 which enjoins all PSA field offices in the                                                 celebration which is to inspire and
 celebration of the National Women’s                                                        empower the women employees to
 Month. The theme for this year is “We                                                      be agents of change – to contribute in
 Make Change Work for Women.”                                                               promoting gender equality and the
 In addition, following the Women’s                                                         empowerment of all women.
 Month activities suggested by the
 Philippine Commission on Women
 (PCW), the Philippine Statistics              Employees of PSA NegOr Uploads Inspirational
 Authority Negros Oriental Provincial
 Office conducted activities which
                                               Quotes
 include among others the wearing of           BY CRISLOR D. VILAS
 the Women’s Month T-Shirt, conduct of        As part of the Gender and Development
 Opening Program, hanging of streamer,        (GAD) initiatives of the provincial office,
 giving of small gifts to women clients,      it has adopted the online advocacy
 distribution of brochures, conduct of        “#JuanaSayas” which was first initiated
 lecture and seminar, and conduct             by the Philippine Commission on
 livelihood training. These were all done     Women (PCW) in 2015. This advocacy
 as part of the office’s efforts on           ran from March 1-31, 2018. Juana Says
 promoting increased awareness on the         is a daily dose of inspirational quotes
 importance of women in our society,          about women in different fields and           employees of the provincial office. The
 and empowering women.                        sectors of the society. These                 aim of this advocacy was to generate
                                              inspirational quotes and messages are         self-awareness for women in seeing
  "We Make Change                             posted in the Facebook page of the            their importance, inspire, and promote
                                              PSA Negros Oriental by the very own           women empowerment.
  Work for Women"
                                               PSA NegOr Personnel Supports Purple Thursday
                                              BY FRANNIE G. PASTOR
                                                                                          Union, the organization that led
                                               For the whole month of March, in           Britain’s women’s suffrage movement
                                              celebration of the Women’s Month, the in the early 20th century. So,
                                              PSA Negros Oriental personnel wore          internationally, purple has been used
                                              purple T-shirt with the words “We Make as the color symbolizing women.
                                              Change Work for Women” and with the The provincial office supported and
                                              hashtag “#WomenMakeChange”. The             adopted the “Purple Thursday” to join
                                              color purple is historically associated     the call to advance women’s rights and
                                              with efforts to achieve gender equality. In gender equality, to break gender
                                              this context, it was first used alongside stereotypes, to stop gender-based
                                              green and white as the colors of the        violence and discrimination against
                                              Women’s Social and Political                women.
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Infographics about Women                         1. Ratio of ever-married women in the        On the other hand, infographics on
BY CLAN SHERRI FERRANDO                          Philippines who experienced emotional        the results of the 2017 NDHS in
                                                 violence;                                    Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
                                                 2. Percentage of women in the Philippines    contains the following:
                                                 who has experienced physical violence and    1. Percentage of women aged 15 to
                                                 sexual violence;                             49 years old who want another
                                                 3. Percentage of divorced, separated, or     child within the next two years, ant
                                                 widowed women in the Philippines who         to have another child later (in two
                                                 have experienced physical, sexual, or        years or more); and do not want
                                                 emotional violence;                          another child;
                                                 4. Percentage of ever-married women in       2. Average child per women in her
                                                 Central Visayas who reported physical,       child bearing years in 1973 DHS vs.
                                                 sexual, or emotional violence;               Average child per women in her
                                                 5. A short description of Republic Act No.   child bearing years in 2017 NDHS;
                                                 9262; and                                    3. Teen pregnancy in rural and
                                                 6. Campaign to end violence against          urban teenagers in the Philippines;
                                                 women.                                       and
                                                                                              4. Percentage of teenagers in
                                                                                              Central Visayas who have begun
                                                                                              childbearing.

                                                                                              PSA NegOr Conducts
                                                                                              Gender Sensitivity
                                                                                              Seminar-Workshop
                                                                                              BY FRANNIE G. PASTOR

                                                                                               As part of its efforts in promoting
                                                                                              women empowerment, the PSA
                                                                                              Negros Oriental conducted a Gender
                                                                                              Sensitivity Seminar Workshop on
                                                                                              March 20, 2018 at the Melania’s
                                                                                              Garden Resort, Tanjay City, Negros
                                                                                              Oriental. The resource speaker and
                                                                                              overall facilitator of the activity was
                                                                                              Ms. Frannie G. Pastor, Administrative
                                                                                              Assistant III, and the participants
                                                                                              were the very own employees of
                                                                                              provincial office.
                                                                                              The activity started with a self-
                                                                                              introduction puzzle which aimed to
PSA Negros Oriental Provincial Office created                                                 assess how each participant
two (2) infographics related to women. Data of                                                perceives a woman. This was then
which are based on the statistics generated                                                   followed by an introduction to
from the surveys conducted by PSA. The focus                                                  Gender Sensitivity and another
of the respective infographics are on: 1.)                                                    activity entitled “Pitik-Palak” which
Violence against Women based on the results                                                   aimed to differentiate sex and
of the 2017 National Demographic and Health                                                   gender. Relevant to this, the next
Survey (NDHS); and 2.) Results of the 2017                                                    topic discussed was on Sex and
NDHS in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.                                                      Gender which highlighted the sex
                                                                                              and gender roles assigned to men
The infographics on Violence Against Women                                                    and women and the problems they
based on the results of the 2017 NDHS                                                         face because of gender stereotyping.
contains the following:                                                                       Next were group activities entitled
                                                                                              “MASALI” or otherwise called
                                                                                              Magulang
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 Gender Sensitivity...                      PSA NegOr Personnel Give Freebies and Magna
 – Salinlahi – Lipunan, and “Sapot ng
Gagamba” which intends to identify the      Carta OF Women Brochures
problems faced by participants as men         BY CRISLOR D. VILAS
and women. Lastly, the activity closed                                                   Aside from the freebies, PSA staff also
with a film showing of “Ang mga Babae       In support of the National Women’s
                                            Month Celebration, Philippine Statistics     distributed brochures on Magna Carta
sa Ating Lipunan”; a pledge from the                                                     of Women (R.A. 9710) which contains
participants on what they would want        Authority Negros Oriental Provincial
                                            Office conducted several activities to       basic information on MCW,
to stop, start and continue as they                                                      discrimination against women, rights of
become gender-sensitized; and a             show appreciation to all Juanas and
                                            support the full implementation of           women under MCW, and penalties of
reading of the poem, “Human                                                              violations.
Liberation”.                                Magna Carta of Women (MCW). One of
                                            the activities that was carried out in the
                                            said celebration was the giving of           Aromacology Sensi Inc.
                                            freebies to the women clients in the         Introduces New Business
                                            CRS Outlet during the International
                                            Women’s Day on March 8, 2018.                Venture
                                                                                         BY CRISLOR D. VILAS

MS. PASTOR OF PSA NEG.OR FACILITATES THE
GENDER SENSITIVITY SEMINAR

 PSA NegOr Coordinates
 with Phil. Commission on
 Women
BY FRANNIE G. PASTOR
                                                                                         MS. DIAMANO INTRODUCES THE BACKGROUND
The orientation was held on March 26,       PSA Negros Oriental staff prepared some     OF AROMACOLOGY SENSI, INC.
2018 at the 2nd Floor, Purple Building,     chocolate bars with a customized wrapper
Brgy. Bagacay, Dumaguete City. This         showing the NWMC theme and greetings         As culminating activity of the National
was a continuation of the Gender            from PSA Negros Oriental for the women       Women’s Month celebration, the
Sensitivity Seminar Workshop which          clients in the CRS Outlet. Before the gift-  Philippine Statistics Authority – Negros
was conducted on March 20, 2018.            giving, Maria Felida O. Generoso,            Oriental conducted a lecture on beauty
Among others, the topics discussed          Supervising Statistical Specialist, gave a   and wellness on March 28, 2018 where
during the orientation were the             short message highlighting the theme, “WE majority of the participants were the
Introduction to Women’s Laws; Republic      MAKE CHANGE WORK FOR WOMEN” and              women employees of the office. The
Act 9262: “Anti-Violence against Women      citing the importance of women               said lecture was a Business
and their Children Act of 2004”; Republic   empowerment. #                               Introduction of Aromacology Sensi Inc.
Act 9710: “Magna Carta of Women”;                                                        which aims to help employees earn
Republic Act 9208: “Anti-Trafficking in                                                  extra income through this small
Persons Act of 2003” and Republic Act        "It is about time that Women                business.
10364: “Expanded Anti-Trafficking in                                                     The resource person, Ms. Hannah G.
Persons Act of 2013.”                         lead like how mothers take                 Diamano, Asset Director of
The orientation aimed to inform and           good care of their children.               Aromacology Sensi Inc. Dumaguete City
bring awareness to the participants the                                                  Business Center discussed the
laws protecting the rights of women             The world will become a
                                                                                         background of their company and
which is in line with its efforts in            better place if both men                 introduced their beauty and wellness
promoting women empowerment. It                                                          products. She also talked about their
                                                  and women are being
also aimed to inform the participants on                                                 business scheme and presented a video
the different kinds of trafficking in                       heard."                      which summarizes the goals of the
persons so as to make them aware                                                         company. As a treat for the
about the modus of some agencies, how                     -Remedios Ignacio Rikken       participants, especially to the women,
trafficking could be avoided, and who to                  Chairperson, Phil Commission   Aromacology Sensi Inc. Dumaguete City
contact in case incidents of trafficking                  on Women                       gave free facial scrub service.
are observed.
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                                                                                        with some personnel and OJTs of
                                                                                        Canlaon City LCRO headed by their
                                                                                        City Civil Registrar, Mrs. Marife F.
                                                                                        Eleco.
                                                                                        Additionally, on the same day, a
                                                                                        parade hosted by the Municipality
                                                                                        of Sta. Catalina was joined by
                                                                                        Provincial Statistics Officer Ariel T.
                                                                                        Fortuito. This was then followed by
                                                                                        a programme where PSO Ariel T.
                                                                                        Fortuito gave his message for the
PSA NEGROS ORIENTAL HANGS THE OFFICIAL STREAMER OF THE 2018 CIVIL REGISTRATION
MONTH                                                                                   attendees. Further, as part of the
                                                                                        activity, he acted as a judge to a
PSA NEGROS ORIENTAL                        civil registration brochures, made
                                                                                        poster making and slogan making
WELCOMES THE 2018                         infographics on Marriage Statistics,
                                          and conducted lectures on the Civil
                                                                                        contest.
CIVIL REGISTRATION                        Registration System, seminars to
                                                                                        The motorcade/parade and poster
MONTH                                     Solemnizing Officers and Church
                                                                                        and slogan making contests,
                                                                                        including the overall programme
BY MARYLYN F. CHIONG                      Secretaries, and seminar on the
                                                                                        for the opening of the Civil
                                          Barangay Civil Registration System
Affirmed by former President Corazon (BCRS). These were all done as part of             Registration Month were conducted
C. Aquino,“Declaring the Month of                                                       with the aim of raising awareness
                                          the office’s efforts on promoting
February of Every Year as the Civil                                                     on the importance of Civil
                                          increased awareness on the
Registration Month." Philippine                                                         Registration in the Philippines.
                                          importance of Civil Registration.#
Statistics Authority led the fulfillment
                                                                                                     Mass Wedding
of the 2018 Civil Registration Month. PSa NegOr Opens 2018
PSA Issued Memorandum Circular No. Civil Registration Month                             In celebration of the Civil
 2018-06 enjoining the PSA field                                                        Registration Month and the Month
                                          BY FRANNIE G. PASTOR
offices and Local Civil Registry Offices                                                of Hearts, mass weddings which
(LCRO) to participate in the month-       The office was invited by two (2) Local       were initiated by the City of Tanjay
long celebration. This year’s theme is Civil Registry Office (LCROs) to join their      and Canlaon, and the Municipality
#napapanahongCRVS.                        Civil Registration Month Opening              of Mabinay were attended by the
Philippine Statistics Authority-Negros Ceremonies. Selected personnel were              PSA Negros Oriental on 15
Oriental prepared activities to           sent by the office to attend the activities   February, 19 February 2018 and
celebrate Civil Registration              which include, among others, the              20 February 2018. Relative to this,
Month. The office has coordinated         conduct of a Kick-Off                         the first mass wedding which was
with the Local Civil Registrars in the    Caravan/Motorcade, Parade, and Poster         held at the St. James the Greater
conduct of the activities which include Making and Slogan Making Contest.               Parish Church was attended by PSO
the conduct of mobile registration        In relation hereto, the Kick-Off              Ariel T. Fortuito. The reception of
and mass wedding, hanging of              Caravan/Motorcade organized by the            which was held at the Osmeña Park
streamers and conduct of parade,          LCRO of Canlaon City was participated by      Tanjay City where PSO Fortuito
slogan making and poster making           the PSA Negros Oriental on 05 February        gave his inspirational message to
contests. Apart from this, the office     2018, with the route covering 12              the newly-weds and shared his
has also hung the 2018 Civil              barangays of the city. To represent the       knowledge on the civil registration
Registration Month streamer at the        office, Statistical Analyst Petronilo Y.      system, putting emphasis on the
front of its office building, distributed Parcon and Administrative Assistant II        importance of civil
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 registry documents such as the
 marriage certificate and birth
 certificate, which both are very
 relevant especially for newly-weds.
 The second mass wedding was
 initiated by the City of Canlaon which
 was held at the Canlaon Pension
 House, Canlaon City. This was
 attended by Statistical Specialist II
 Harold Roy V. Infante. A short
 programme was conducted before the
 solemnization of marriage where SS II
 Infante gave a lecture on the Marriage
 Laws in the Philippines, Civil
 Registration System, Republic Act
 9048, RA 10172, RA 9255, RA 9858 and
 BREQS.                                                                                    Brochure Distribution
 Lastly, the third mas wedding was                                                   As part of the activities conducted
 organized by the City of Mabinay                                                   relative to the civil registration and
 which was held at the Municipal                                                    vital statistics decade, the office has
 Covered Court. A representative of the                                             initiated civil registration brochure
 PSA in the person of Statistical                                                   distribution within the province
 Specialist II Clyde E. Silorio gave an                                             coupled with the conduct of lectures.
 inspirational message to the newly-                                                This was done to emphasize and give
                                            MS. YMALAY OF PSA-NEGROS ORIENTAL AT
 weds in behalf of PSO Ariel T. Fortuito.   CANLAON CITY FOR MOBILE REGISTRATION    the public a better view of the
 The importance of marriages was                                                    importance of civil registration and
                                        Guihulngan City, Canlaon City,
 emphasized in the hopes of reducing                                                inform them on the actions they
                                        Bayawan City, Amlan, Mabinay,
 illegitimacy of children. #                                                        could take in case they have
                                        Manjuyod, Sta. Catalina, and
                                                                                    problems with their civil registry
                                        Valencia. These activities were highly
           Mobile Registration                                                      documents.
                                        supported by the office as this effort
 In line with the 2018 Civil                                                        The civil registration brochures
                                        not only constitutes giving back to
 Registration Month celebration, the                                                contain information on the Republic
                                        the public but also further promotes
 Philippine Statistics Authority –                                                  Act 9048 – Correction of Typographic
                                        the importance of the registration of
 Negros Oriental Provincial Office has                                              Errors in the Civil Registry
                                        all vital events of the life of a person.
 facilitated the conduct of 23 mobile                                               Documents and the Change of First
                                        Most of the clients served during
 registration activities in partnership                                             Name/Nickname; and Republic Act
                                        these activities availed of late
 with the Local Civil Registrars of                                                 10172 – Correcting Clerical Errors in
                                        registration; correction of clerical
                                                                                    the Day and Month in the Date of
                                        error and change of first name; and
                                                                                    Birth and Sex of a person.
                                        request of PSA authenticated copies
                                                                                    With this, brochure distribution
                                        of civil registry documents.
                                                                                    activities were conducted on the
                                        By conducting activities like this, PSA
                                                                                    following dates:
                                        hopes to achieve up-to-date,
                                                                                    1. 06 February 2018 - Marian Priests’
                                        accurate, and 100% Civil
                                                                                    Center, Cathedral Compound,
                                        Registration. Such is in line with this
 CLIENTS DURING THE MOBILE REGISTRATION                                             Dumaguete City
                                        year’s theme, #napapanahongCRVS
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          Brochure Dist...                                                          Solemnizing Officers' Seminar
2. 06 February 2018 - Guihulngan     7. 09 February 2018 - Masulog                With the aim of providing timely and
National High School – P. Zamora Elementary School, Canlaon City                  updated information on Civil Registration as
Extension, Guihulngan City           8. 28 February 2018 - Emmaus Center,         well as marriage laws in the Philippines and
3. 08 February 2018 - Gaboc          Brgy. Bagacay, Dumaguete City.               relevant matters concerning such, the PSA –
Elementary School, Brgy. Malaiba,                                                 Negros Oriental took the pleasure of
Canlaon City                                                                      conducting a Solemnizing Officers’ Seminar
4. 08 February 2018 - Malaiba                                                     on 06 February 2018 at the Marian Priests’
Elementary School, Brgy. Malaiba,                                                 Center, Dumaguete City which was requested
Canlaon City                                                                      by the Diocese of Dumaguete City headed by
5. 09 February 2018 - Manggapa                                                    Julito B. Cortes.
Elementary School, Brgy. Masulog,                                                 The activity duration was from 9:00 AM to
Canlaon City                                                                      5:00 PM and was attended by 85 clergies of
6. 09 February 2018 - Brgy. Masulog, MS. CHIONG OF PSA-NEGROS ORIENTAL            the Diocese of Dumaguete. Topics discussed
                                     DISTRIBUTES CIVIL REGISTRATION BROCHURES
Canlaon City                                                                      during the activity were the following:
                Lecture in Civil Registration                                     1.) Republic Act 10625,
                                                                                  2.) Civil Registration System,
PSA Negros Oriental conducted a          3. 08 February 2018 - Brgy. Bulado,
                                                                                  3.) Republic Act 9048, RA 10172 and RA 9255,
series of lectures in selected           Guihulngan City
                                                                                  4.) Marriage Statistics,
localities in the province. These        4. 08 February 2018 - Brgy. Malaiba,
                                                                                  5.) Annulment and Divorce Statistics, and
lectures were coupled with the           Canlaon City
                                                                                  6.) Marriage Laws in the Philippines. The
conduct of a mobile registration and     The lectures covered the
                                                                                  seminar was followed by an open forum
brochure distribution which aims to      introduction to the Philippine
                                                                                  which was actively participated by all the
enhance the knowledge and                Statistics Authority and the Civil
                                                                                  clergy in attendance as they raised questions
awareness of participants/attendees      Registration System, Republic Act
                                                                                  and concerns regarding the marriage laws
on the civil registration system and     9048; Republic Act 10172;
                                                                                  and ongoing issues in the Philippines.
the laws related to it. With this, the   Legitimation; Republic Act 9858 and
office was able to conduct lectures      Republic Act 9255. After each lecture,      Seminar Workshop for Parish
on the following dates:                  an open forum was held where                           Secretaries'
1. 06 February 2018 - Guihulngan         questions and concerns of the            As a continuous dissemination of
National High School – P. Zamora         attendees regarding the clerical         information about Civil Registration,
Extension, Guihulngan City               errors in their civil registry           Marriage Laws and other topics, the PSA
2. 07 February 2018 - Guihulngan         documents were entertained and           Negros Oriental in coordination with the
National High School, Guihulngan         answered.                                Diocese of Dumaguete, Diocesan Pastoral
City                                                                              Center and Chancery Office conducted a one-
                                                                                  day Seminar Workshop on 28 February 2018
                                                                                  at the Emmaus Training Center, Brgy.
                                                                                  Bagacay, Dumaguete City. The goal of the
                                                                                  activity was to inform and update the Parish
                                                                                  Secretaries with the procedures and
                                                                                  guidelines relative to the solemnization of
                                                                                  marriage. The participants were the Parish
                                                                                  Secretaries of the different cities and
                                                                                  municipalities of Negros Oriental and
                                                                                  Siquijor. During the seminar, the following
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       Hanging of Streamers
                                                                                            Marriage Statistics Infographics
In line with the Civil Registration Month
celebration with the theme                                                                   PSA Negros Oriental prepared an
“#napapanahongCRVS”, the different Local                                                     infographics on Marriage Statistics
Civil Registry Offices (LCROs) within the                                                    in Negros Oriental in the year 2015.
province hung streamers in their respective                                                  It shows the years with the highest
cities and municipalities in support to the                                                  and lowest registered marriages in a
publicity effort of PSA in the conduct of the                                                five-year series (2011-2015), the
Civil Registration Month. With this, the                                                     month of which most marriages
following LCROs participated in the said                                                     occurred is on 2015; the
undertaking:                                                                                 city/municipality which recorded
1. City Civil Registry Office of Bayawan                                                     the highest and lowest number of
2. City Civil Registry Office of Canlaon                                                     marriages in 2015; age groups of the
3. City Civil Registry Office of Dumaguete                                                   bride and groom with the largest
4. City Civil Registry Office of Guihulngan                                                  frequency of marriages in 2015; and
5. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Amlan                                                  the ratio of teenage brides to
6. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Basay                                                  teenage grooms in 2015.
7. Municipal Civil Registry Office of La Libertad
8. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Mabinay
9. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Manjuyod
10. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Sibulan
11. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Sta.
Catalina
12. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Tayasan
13. Municipal Civil Registry Office of Valencia
14. Municipal Civil Registry Office of
Zamboanguita
Additionally, the PSA Negros Oriental hung             Seminar Worksh...
the same streamer at the front of its office at were discussed: Basic Information on
2nd Floor Purple Bldg. Brgy Bagacay,            Civil Registration; Republic Act 9048, RA
Dumaguete City for the entire month of          10172, Legitimation, RA 9858, and
February.                                       Revised IRR of RA 9255; Marriage Laws
                                                (Salient Features of the Family Code);
                                                and PhilCRIS. #
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JANUARY 2018 LABOR FORCE SURVEY
BY MARYLYN F. CHIONG
Quarterly Labor Force Survey is done    Furthermore, the SRs were also given         and techniques to make the process
in order to monitor the deviations in   time to check on their list of samples       simple as possible. Hence, there is no
the employment status of persons in     to plan for their itinerary. Also, letters   time that is wasted.
the working age population during a     to the Barangay Captains of the              In this round, the rainy season which
specified period.                       enumeration areas were prepared to           had extended from December until
The 3rd Level was done in the           gain their support and increase their        during the enumeration period had
conference room of Negros Oriental      awareness about the survey.                  somehow affected data gathering in
last January 4-5, 2018. It was           Identification cards (IDs) were also        some areas. Some were not easily
participated by six (6) statistical     distributed to the SRs to boost their        penetrated due to heavy rains since
researchers (SR) since the province     credibility and to encourage                 the roads leading to the enumeration
requested for additional one (1) SR     cooperation from the respondents of          areas situated in the mountains were
considering the distance of the         the sample households.                       not passable. Two SRs had called in
enumeration areas. Though all SRs       The enumeration period for this              sick which had also contributed to
had already been trained before on      particular round was on January 8 –          some delay in the submission of data
the concepts of Labor Force Survey,     31, 2018, including Saturdays and            files. However, the province managed
the provincial office still deemed it   holidays. The enumerators were given         to upload all raw data file within the
necessary to review all concepts as     a maximum of twenty (20) mandays             timetable.
well as examine the common errors       for data gathering including                 During the training, it was emphasized
done in the previous round.             uploading of data files to complete          to the SRs that the rating of the office
Since the survey was still computer     the field operation.                         would be determined by the quality of
aided personal interview (CAPI),        Generally, as per observation, the SRs       the raw data they would upload to the
hands-on exercises on how to use        are enthusiastic to locate the samples       CO. So the cleaning of the data files
CSENTRY program using tablets was       or areas. They have their own styles         was easier since the data, somehow,
done.                                                                                had lesser error compared to previous
                                                                                     submissions.
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              The NegOr Stat                                          The NegOr Stat
                                                                      Editorial Board

  The official newsletter of PSA Negros Oriental.
  It publishes every quarter. It contains
                                                                       Eng. Ariel T. Fortuito
  information relative to the results of surveys
                                                                              Adviser
  and censuses, civil registration activities and
  other vital events in the office and the
                                                                     Maria Felida O. Generoso
  province.
                                                                          Editor-in-Chief
  The NegOr Stat aids the office in disseminating
  results of various surveys and censuses,
                                                                        Marylyn F. Chiong
  important events and information to the
                                                                           News Editor
  general public.

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