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July 5, 2009

    
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Stat Watch (11 June 2009)

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MAY INFLATION HITS RECORD LOW 
The rate of increase in consumer prices in the Bicol Region slumped to its lowest level in May as it decelerated by 1.2 percentage points. The year-on-year change was placed at 4.9 percent, the lowest in a 17-month period. This month's inflation rate is 4.0 percentage points lower than the same period last year and 1.6 percentage points faster than the national average. All regions posted single-digit inflation with the National Capital Region (NCR) registering the lowest at

 Regional Economy
 Growth Rate (2007)
7.7%
 Poverty Incidence
 (CY 2006)
41.8%
 Inflation Rate
 (May 2009)
4.9%
 Investments
 (1st Qtr. 2009)
P908.24 M
 Palay Production p
 (4th Qtr. 2008)
298,091 m.t.
 Unemployment Rate
 (January 2009 round)
6.1%

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0.8 percent and Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) recording the highest at 8.1 percent.
[Full Story] (posted 11 June 2009)

EMPLOYMENT RATE IS UP IN JANUARY
Bicol Region's employment rate inched up by a measly 1.0 percentage point in January this year compared to the same period last year. In the recent round of the Labor Force Survey of the National Statistics Office, employment rate was placed at 93.9 percent. This puts the Bicol Region in a good stead despite the reported layoff of workers due to the impact of the global economic slowdown. In Bicol Region, the Department of Labor and Employment reported that 12 establishments resorted to permanent closure/retrenchment, displacing around 350 workers in the 4th quarter of 2008.

[Full Story] (posted 7 April 2009)

SPECIAL RELEASE

 (posted 9 March 2009)

NSCB V RELEASES ITS 2008 REGIONAL SOCIAL2008 RSET AND ECONOMIC TRENDS
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Regional Division V released the 2008 Edition of the Regional Social and Economic Trends.
(Also available in CD)
[Details] (posted 26 November 2008)

MORE ARTICLES . . .
 • Poverty Incidence in the Bicol Region Worsens in 2006
 • Bicol Region's Economy Expands by 7.7% in 2007
 • A Glimpse of MDGs in Bicol Region
  Bicol Region's Family Income Reaches 90.3B

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
by Dr. Romulo A. Virola

Pinoy Middle Class Before the Crisis!

 .: More articles...

MDG WATCH
MDG Bicol Region

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GEOGRAPHIC CODES

POVERTY MAPS

POVERTY MAPPING
Province of MASBATE
(2008 Edition)
Now available in CD
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The Countryside
in Figures

ALBAY
(1st Edition 2008)

Now available in CD

2008 Regional
Social and Economic
Trends

Region V

Now available in CD

2008
Women

and
Men
in
Bicol Region


Now available in CD

The Countryside
in Figures
CATANDUANES
(1st Edition 2007)

SORSOGON
(1st Edition 2006)

 CAMARINES NORTE
(1st Edition 2005)

 

 
DEVELOPMENT UPDATES . . .
 •
Regional Economic Situationer: 2nd Quarter 2008
 • CWC: A Breakthrough in Bicol Tourism Industry

FACTSHEET
Did you know that . . .
 • In Bicol Region, only five of 10 first year entrants
   graduate from secondary schools?

    
(posted 28 May  2009)
 • Women edge men in education in Bicol Region

    
(posted 20 March  2009)
 • Per capita IRA is highest in the Province of
    Catanduanes?
 
(posted 22 December  2008)
 • Bicol population breached the 5 Million mark in 2007?
  
(posted 29 May 2008)
 

 
 CITY/MUNICIPAL PROFILE
Virac, Catanduanes  City of Ligao
Donsol, Sorsogon  Sto, Domingo, Albay
 
 UPDATES
Population Projections 2040  GRDP 2007
GRDE 2007  Poverty Statistics 2006
Human Development Index 2000
 
 FEATURE
Designated Statistics  Philippine Standard Geographic Code  Investment Opportunity Areas
Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System
Number of Provinces, Cities, Municipalities and Barangays 
Agency Statistical Calendar 2009
Advance Release Calendar 2009
 
  National Statistical Information Center, Bicol Branch
National Statistical Information Center, Bicol Branch


Last Updated:
29 June 2009

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