July 5, 2009

Bicol NEWS Lines

Stat Watch (11 June 2009)

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

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 SOCIAL 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)

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 • A Glimpse of MDGs in Bicol Region
 • Bicol Region's Family Income Reaches 90.3B

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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)
 

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29 June 2009

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