PREVIOUS RELEASES  

 2011

• Announcement: Schedule of Release of the 2010 Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP)

• News article: RSCC XII Conducts Tree Planting Activity (posted 27 Oct 2011)

• News article: 22nd NSM Highlights Social Protection Statistics; NHTS-PR Database Launched (posted 06 Oct 2011)

• Press Release: Motorcade kicks off 22nd National Statistics Month Celebration in Region XII (posted 28 Sept 2011)

• News article: RSCC-XII Conducts Third Quarter Meeting (posted 09 Sept 2011)

• Announcement: Schedule of Release of the 2010 Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP)

• News article: Family income in Region XII up by 35.1 percent (posted 20 July 2011)

• Press Release: Women and Men in Region XII: 2011 Edition now available for subscription (posted 30 May 2011)

• Announcement: 7th Mindanao Statistics Congress set on August 18-19, 2011 in Davao City (posted 19 Apr 2011)

• News Article: Fires in Region XII gut P106 million worth of properties (posted 15 Apr 2011)

• News Article: RSCC XII holds first regular meeting for CY 2011 (posted 14 Apr 2011)

• Announcement: SRTC to hold stat training in Region XII on May 23-27, 2011 (posted 27 April 2011)

• Fact Sheet: Poverty in Region XII worsens between the period 2006 and 2009 (posted 12 Apr 2011)

• Press Release: Women and Men in Region XII: 2011 Edition is now available in CD-ROM (posted 11 Apr 2011)

• Fact Sheet: Unmet need for family planning services in SOCCSKSARGEN went up to 21.8% (posted 09 Mar 2011)

• Press Release: The 2010 Countryside in Figures: Sultan Kudarat, Second Edition is now available for subscription (posted 28 Feb 2011)

• Press Release on Q4 National Accounts: Annual GDP Sizzled to its Highest Growth Rate in the Post Marcos Era at 7.3 Percent; Q4 2010 GDP grew by 7.1 percent

 2010

• Press Release: 2010 RSET for SOCCSKSARGEN Region CD-ROM version is now available for subscription (posted 02 Dec 2010)

• News Article: SOCCSKSARGEN Region Formally Ends 21^st NSM Celebration (posted 04 Nov 2010)

• News Article: SOCCSKSARGEN Region Celebrates 1st World Statistics Day (posted 04 Nov 2010)

• Press Release: SOCCSKSARGEN Celebrates First World Statistics Day (posted 19 Oct 2010)

• Fact Sheet: SOCCSKSARGEN: Not making sufficient progress to achieve universal primary education by 2015 (posetd 15 Oct 2010)

• Press Release: 21st NSM in Region XII opens on Oct 1 in Koronadal City (posted 24 Sept 2010)

• Press Release: SOCCSKSARGEN’s economic growth decelerates as AFF contracts (posted 09 August 2010)

• Press Release: Press Conference on the 2009 Economic Performance of SOCCSKSARGEN Region slated August 5 (posted 29 July 2010)

• News Article: Fires in Region XII destroy P44-M properties in Q1 2010 (posted 24 May 2010)

• News Article: More battered women reported in SOCCSKSARGEN Region than in other Mindanao Regions (posted 24 May 2010)

• Fact Sheet: Over 100 thousand elderly women in Region XII to benefit from the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (posted 16 Mar 2010)

• Press Release: The 2009 Countryside in Figures: South Cotabato, Second Edition is now available for subscription (posted 11 Feb 2010)

• News Article: SOCCSKSARGEN's unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in 2009 (posted 29 Jan 2010)

 2009

• Fact Sheet: Cotabato Province has lowest crime rate in Region XII (posted 16 Nov 2009)

• Fact Sheet: Attaining MDG targets, a steep climb for the education sector (posted 06 Nov 2009)

• Press Release: SOCCSKSARGEN Region starts month-long NSM celebration (posted 08 Oct 2009)

• Press Release: 2009 RSET for SOCCSKSARGEN Region is now available in CDs (posted 05 Oct 2009)

• Fact Sheet: More police needed in Region XII (posted 02 Oct 2009)

• Press Release: 20th NSM Highlights Security Statistics (posted 25 September 2009)

• Press Release: Region XII inflation moves on a downtrend (posted 24 Aug 2009)

• Municipal Spotlight: Municipality of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato (posted 24 August 2009)

• Fact Sheet: SOCCSKSARGEN’s growth slips to 4.6 percent in 2008 due to slowdown in all major sectors (posted 31 July 2009)

• Press Release: SOCCSKSARGEN's economy slows down to 4.6 percent (posted 22 July 2009)

• Announcement: Press Con on Regional Accounts slated July 22 (posted 16 July 2009)

• Fact Sheet: Pinays from rural areas avail more of birthing services of hilots (posted 30 March 2009)

• Fact Sheet: LPG retail price in General Santos City cheaper than in Cotabato City (posted 17 March 2009)

• Two companies shut down, 21 others feel the brunt of the global financial crisis (posted 06 March 2009)

• Low agriculture produce in Q4 2008 due to cropping movements and too much rains (posted 05 February 2009)

• Region XII's inflation eases to 10.0% in December 2008 (posted 15 January 2008)

 2008

• Press Release: 2008 Regional Social and Economic Trends for Region XII is now available for subscription (posted 10 November 2008)

• 19th NSM celebration formally closed; DTI XII and Sarangani bag Most Statistically Appreciative Awards (posted 10 November 2008)

• 3rd Search for Statistically Appreciative RLA/LGU is on (posted 14 October 2008)

• 19th National Statistics Month Regional Celebration Launched (posted 07 October 2008)

• Fact Sheet: Did you know that effective June 16, 2008, minimum wage workers in Region XII got P7.00 – P10.50 raise in daily basic wage to cope with rising prices? (posted 06 August 2008)

• SOCCSKSARGEN Region sustains economic growth (posted 29 July 2008)

• Unemployment rate in SOCCSKSARGEN Region drops to 4.9 percent (posted 21 July 2008)

• June inflation in Region XII surges to 18.9% (posted 21 July 2008)

• May 2008 inflation rate in Region XII jumps further to 12.2% (posted 06 June 2008)

• Region reports high agriculture produce during First Quarter of 2008 (posted 05 June 2008)

• Press Release: Women and Men in Region XII: 2008 Edition is now available for subscription (posted 20 May 2008)

• Region XII posts 10.8% inflation in April 2008 (posted 08 May 2008)

• SOCCSKSARGEN Region records over 3.8 million population in 2007 (posted 06 May 2008)

• Fact Sheet: Did you know that a family of five in SOCCSKSARGEN region needed a monthly income of P5,927 in 2006 to stay out of poverty? (posted 18 April 2008)

• Regional Economic Situationer, 4th Quarter 2007: Region XII's Q4 2007 economy upbeat - investments up by 49.26%, exports up by 25.33% (posted 14 April 2008)

• Fact Sheet: Did you know that violations of RA 9262 topped Region XII’s list of reported cases of violence against women in 2007? (posted 10 April 2008)

• MDG Provincial StatWatch as of March 30, 2008 update now available for download (posted 10 April 2008)

• Press Release: The Countryside in Figures: Sarangani, First Edition 2007 is now available (posted 10 Jan 2008)

 2007

• Fact Sheet: Did you know that one of six currently married women in the SOCCSKSARGEN Region has an unmet need for family planning?

• Tacurong City pupils are more diligent in studying

• Press Release: 2007 RSET for SOCCSKSARGEN Region now available for subscription

• Press Release: 2007 RSET for SOCCSKSARGEN Region in CD ROM Now Available

• 18th NSM regional celebration formally closed

• Fact Sheet: Did you know that in 2006, Polomolok topped all municipalities in Region XII in terms of percentage allocation of expenditures on social services?

• Press Release: Region XII Celebrates 18th National Statistics Month

• Fact Sheet: Did you know that each worker in SOCCSKSARGEN Region contributed P92.14 per day to the regional economy in 2006?

• SOCCSKSARGEN posts 3.2 percent inflation in June 2007

• SOCCSKSARGEN is country’s third fastest growing regional economy in 2006

• NSCB Disseminates 2007 Agency Statistical Calendar for Region XII

• Region XII organizes Census Coordination Board

• Region XII expects 105,400 new school entrants

• 1,530 candidates woo voters in Region XII for 565 electoral posts

• PSA-SOCCSKSARGEN slates 4th Mindanao Statistics Congress on June 21-23 in General Santos City

• RSCC XII conducts First Quarter Meeting, Approves Policy Agenda for 2007

• You are invited ... to the 10th National Convention on Statistics

 2006

• REGION XII is Mindanao's third biggest economic contributor in 2005

• Region XII population to reach 4M mark by 2010

• SOCCSKSARGEN’s economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2005

• April 2006 inflation in Region XII eases to 6.0 percent

• NEDA XII: Region XII recorded an impressive 2005 economic performance

• Did you know that fires in Region XII destroyed P64.7 million worth of properties in 2005?

• Improving Poverty Situation Seen in Region XII in 2003

• 11 of the 25 Provinces in Mindanao in 2003 Have Poverty Incidence Above 40 Percent?

• Central Mindanao investments, exports post increases in 2005

• RSCC XII conducts First Quarter meeting; lines up Work Program and Policy Agenda for CY 2006

• Did you know that women in Region XII are better-off today than their counterparts in the past?

• Sen. Ninoy Aquino, most impoverished municipality of Region XII

• 2005 RSET for Region XII now available for subscription

• Unemployment in Region XII down to 5.4 percent in October 2005

• Region XII posts 5.8 percent inflation in Jan '06

 2005

• Sarangani LGU and DepEd XII - Most Statistically Appreciative LGU and RLA in Region XII

• Mindanao's economy expanded by 6.0% in 2004

• 3rd Quarter 2005 National GDP Rose by 4.1 Percent

• Region XII posts 1.38 percent increase in number of employed persons

• Region XII is likely to achieve its Millennium Development Goals by 2015

• Region XII's Economy Accelerates at 6.3 Percent in 2004

• 16th NSM Celebration in Region XII Kicks Off in Koronadal City

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