Ilocos Norte Provincial Office Annual Report 2018 VISION Solid responsive world-class authority on quality statistics and civil registration. MISSION Deliver relevant, reliable statistics and civil registration services for equitable development towards improved quality of life for all. About the On 12 September 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed the Republic Act No. 10625, otherwise known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, mandating the establishment of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the reorganization of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS), paving the way for the merging of four major statistical agencies (Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics, National Statistical Coordination Board, and National Statistics Office) engaged in primary data collection and compilation of secondary data. The PSA started to carry out the reorganization of the PSS in such a manner that the personnel of the agencies absorbed by the PSA continued to perform their respective duties and responsibilities in a holdover capacity so as not to unduly delay the production of statistics from ongoing censuses, surveys, and processing of administrative records. In 2015, reorganization and placement of personnel were established and in the later part, the PSA’s Vision, Mission, Core Values, Corporate Personality were also presented together with the agency’s official logo. PSA Ilocos Norte Annual Report 2018 i Table of Contents 01 Statistical Operations 13 Civil Registration 24 Partnership and Linkages 35 Social Responsibility 36 PSA 5th Anniversary 38 27th National Statistics Month 42 Information Dissemination 54 Human Resources STATISTICAL OPERATIONS PSA Ilocos Norte Annual Report 2018 01 Statistical Operation LABOR FORCE SURVEY The Labor Force Survey LFS enumeration is conducted (LFS) is a quarterly nationwide in the months of January, April, survey of household which provides up to date information on Philippine July, and October. labor force and its characteristics. The statistics generates on levels Reference Period Workload Actual Accomplishment and trends of employment and January 402 402 unemployment at the national and regional levels, and provides April 405 420 quantitative framework to guide July 1611 1,662 policymakers in the formulation of October 402 405 plans and policies affecting the labor market. The enumeration of the January 2018 Labor Force Survey (LFS) started on January 8, 2018 with 4 hired Statistical Researchers (SRs) to augment the regular personnel. The LFS raw data were transmitted immediately in staggered manner after the enumeration. On the other hand, the enumeration for the April 2018 LFS commenced on April 10, 2018 with eight hired SRs. The enumeration and reports were accomplished and transmitted before the month ended. Likewise, the enumeration for the July 2018 LFS started immediately after the third level training and successfully completed during the reference month despite of the several tropical depressions that caused heavy rains and made the sample areas impenetrable. Lastly, enumeration of the October 2018 LFS started on October 09, 2018 and was completed before the set deadline. The raw data and clean data were also submitted immediately to the subject matter/ division and at RSSO I. PSA Ilocos Norte Annual Report 2018 02 Statistical Operations FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SURVEY The Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) is a survey on family income and expenditure of households across the country undertaken by Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The FIES was conducted every five years from 1957 to The enumeration of the final phase of the 2018 FIES pilot 1975. In 1985, a new survey commenced immediately on January 08, 2018. Almost half methodology and content of of the Field interviewers were new because the experienced FIES was introduced and set to statistical researchers were already employed. Nevertheless, the conduct the survey every three enumeration was successfully finished. years using a shuttle type On the other hand, the third level training of the July 2018 questionnaire, wherein the FIES (Visit 1) was conducted on July 02-07, 2018. It was sample households are conducted at Northview Hotel, Laoag City in two separate classes. interviewed in two separate CSS Alejandro G. Rapacon, Jr. together with SSS Vicente P. operations with the same set of Vanzuela, Jr., RO II Rey B. Mendoza, SS II Editha O. Jaramilla questions. However, in 2003, and SS II Francisca D. Luis served as trainers during the duration separate questionnaire (with of the six-day training. the same set of questions) for the two visits was adopted and Also, the enumeration commenced immediately after the still applied up to 2015. training and was successfully completed during the reference month. In 2017, a pilot survey was conducted to determine the possibility in conducting FIES by quarters. The four provinces in Ilocos Region was chosen to conduct the FIES using the “past three months” reference period for four quarters along with its semestral FIES survey. PSA Ilocos Norte Annual Report 2018 03 Statistical Operations ANNUAL SURVEY OF PHILIPPINE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY The Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) is designed to collect and generate information on the levels, structure and trends of economic activities in the country. This year, the Provincial Statistical Office had a total respondent of 137 establishments. The number of respondents was increased by 13 compared to 2016 ASPBI. A Respondents’ Forum was conducted by the office on May 29, 2018 at Max’s Restaurant, Laoag Transmitted 136 out of 137 (99.3%) manually City, Ilocos Norte. It was attended by bookkeepers, accountants, and machine processed questionnaires on deadline managers of the different establishments and different media with 80% acceptable entries. Questionnaires were personalities. During the Forum, the submitted to Central Office on November 5, 2018. results of the previously conducted ASPBI and Survey of Information and Communication Technology (SICT) were presented. To clarify the purpose and confidentiality of data gathered in these surveys, the Legal Authority in the Conduct of Establishment-Based Surveys/ Censuses was also presented. The 2nd level training of the 2017 ASPBI/SICT was conducted on 20 to 22 March 2018 at Marand Resort and Spa, Bauang, La Union. The training was attended by CSS Alejandro G. Rapacon, Jr. and AO I Michael C. Gapuzan Ilocos Norte Provincial Statistical Office attained 100% collection of 2017 ASPBI at the end of the year. PSA Ilocos Norte Annual Report 2018 04 Statistical Operations QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PHILIPPINE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY The Quarterly Survey of Reference Pd. Workload Accomplishments Philippine Business and Industry has been conducted regularly by the 1st Quarter 32 32 office to provide data on revenues/ 2nd Quarter 32 32 sales, employment and compensation for each of the identified key 3rd Quarter 30 30 industries in all sectors of the 4th Quarter 30 30 economy except those in agriculture forestry and fishing sector. The data generated is used by the Sectoral Statistics Office in the generation of the Quarterly National The Ilocos Norte Provincial Statistical Office gathered Accounts (QNA) and in construction of the Quarterly Economic Indicators a total of 124 accomplished QSPBI questionnaires (QEI). Likewise, data from the quarterly total retail trade revenue will from different business establishments in the province be utilized by the Department of for the whole year of 2018 Economic Statistics of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for their monetary policy. COLLECTION OF APPROVED BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS For 2018, the Office collected a total of 3, 178 Construction statistics are approved applications gathered from 21 municipalities and 2 cities of the province. The summary of the number of compiled by PSA from copies of original collections by month and by type is shown in the table below: application forms of approved building permits, as well as from the demolition Month Collection permits that are collected every month January 247 February 234 by PSA personnel from the offices of March 272 Local Building Officials. April 296 Private construction statistics May 307 June 361 from approved building permits releases July 361 data on new constructions, alterations August 361 and repairs of existing residential and September 288 non-residential buildings and other October 168 structures undertaken in all cities/ November 265 December 265 municipalities in a specific period. TOTAL 3, 178 PSA Ilocos Norte Annual Report 2018 05 Statistical Operations CONSUMER EXPECTATION SURVEY Month Workload Actual Accomplishments The Consumer January 50 50 Expectations Survey (CES) April 50 50 captures the economic outlook of consumers as an indication for July 50 50 the current and next quarters and October 50 50 the year ahead as reflected in TOTAL 200 200 the overall confidence index, as well as in selected economic indicators. The Ilocos Norte Provincial Office attained a total of 200 household interviewed for the CES is a quarterly survey conducted in the months of Consumer expectation Survey in the year 2018 January, April, July and October. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX The average inflation rate of the The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used to calculate the inflation rate and Province of Ilocos Norte for the year the Purchasing Power of Peso (PPP). 2018 was 7.3 percent. Inflation rate indicates the change in the CPI, while the