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Volume XVII No. 3 Official Newspaper of PSA Laguna July - September 2019

Laguna Provincial Statistical Office

PSA LAGUNA CONDUCTS THE 2018 CPBI AND 2018 IOSPBI CONSULTATIVE FORUM

POPCEN 2015 Results and RA 9048 Disseminated in Four Selected Senior High Schools

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PSA Laguna Conducts Third Level Training on July 2019 LFS and 2019 APIS 2

PSA Laguna Conducts a Refresher Course for RSOs 3

Information Dissemination on RAs 9048 and 10172 at Santo. Nino Elementary School

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PSA Laguna Joins Forces with the PSA Representatives from PSA-NCR PO 3

PSO Serquena Attends Kasalang Bayan Part II 3

RO II Gomez Carries Out Training on the Preparation of Marriage Certificate of Marriage

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PSA Laguna Celebrates 6th Anniversary with Team Building 5

INS IDE THIS ISSUE:

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Laguna conducted the 2018 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) and 2018 Input-Output Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (IOSPBI) Consultative Forum and Data Dissemination on the results of the 2018 CPBI Phase 1 on August 28, 2019 at El Cielito Hotel, Pulong Sta. Cruz, City of Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

It aimed to convey the results of the 2018 CPBI Phase I results and to guide the respondents in the proper manner of accomplishing the CPBI and IOSPBI questionnaires.

The event was participated by 35 individuals

from 25 different establishments namely: Alliance Mansols Inc.; Arrem Industries, Inc.; Bag Electron-ics; Calamba Water District; Creative Printing Tech. Phils., Inc; Daiho (Phils.), Inc.; Desco Inc.; FCC (Philippines) Corp.; FEP Printing Corp.; Gebocermex Phils., Inc.; Henke Philippine, Inc.; Inoac Phil., Corp.; Katolec Philippines Corporation; Laguna Packaging Equipment Corp.; Malasaga Trading Corp.; p. 2

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The third level training on July 2019 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2019 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) was conducted on July 1-5, 2019 at PSA-Laguna Provincial Statistical Office.

The training was attended by Provincial

Statistical Officer Magdalena T. Serqueña, Provincial Focal Person Annelyn A. Condino, Field Supervisor Catherine Z. Brosas, and 6 hired statistical researchers.

There were 370 sample housing units. PSA

Laguna hired six statistical researchers to conduct an enumeration from July 8-27, 2019. Three hundred forty-four households were completely interviewed, while one additional household was added during enumeration.

PSA Conducts Third-Level Training on July 2019 LFS and 2019 APIS

PSA Laguna Conducts… from page 1 Mioka Biosystem Corp.; Murata Electronics Philip-pines, Inc.; Nippon Super Precision Phils., Corp.; Shindengen Philippines Corp.; Sinag Precision Mfg. Laguna, Inc.; Sunpack Container & Packaging Corp.; Technol Eight Philippines Corp.; Toyota Boshoku Phils.; Tsukiden Electronics Phils., Inc.; and Zakrah Ind’l. Construction and Development Corporation.

PSO Magdalena T. Serqueña welcomed all the

participants. She thanked them for supporting the PSA in all its activities and encouraged them to continuously support PSA.

SS II Romanie P. Pisano and Statistical Analyst

Janine Rachelle M. Dalayday lectured on how to accomplish all CPBI and IOSPBI questionnaires. They discussed in detail every required items found in the CPBI and IOSPBI questionnaires. Meanwhile, SS II Ulyses D. Villostas taught the participants how to accomplish the questionnaires online. Lastly, SS II Annelyn A. Condino emphasized that respondents of the PSA in censuses and surveys should respond, otherwise they will be penalized. Results of the 2018 CPBI Phase 1 was shared and discussed by SS II Catherine Z. Brosas.

Several questions were raised after the

discussion. One of the respondents requested the PSA to regularly conduct forum before conducting a census/survey to increase the respondent’s awareness. Each participant was awarded with Cer-tificate of Participation. The forum ended with a closing remark delivered by Statistical Analyst Marilou G. Sarmiento.

POPCEN 2015 Results and RA 9048 Disseminated in Four Selected Senior High Schools

In celebration of the 199th Civil Service Month, selected personnel of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Laguna conducted information dissemination on the results of the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) and Civil Registration such as Republic Act (RA) 9048 in four selected Senior High Schools in the municipalities of Nagcalan, Liliw, Rizal and Calauan.

The information dissemination was

conducted on September 6, 20, 23 and 27, 2019 in Plaridel National High School, Liliw Senior High School, Dayap National Integrated High School and Cristobal S. Conducto Integrated National High School, respectively.

At first, they discussed briefly how the PSA

was formed. They also mentioned some of the many functions of the PSA to abreast all the participants. They pointed out that the PSA is not only responsible in the issuance of PSA birth, marriage, death certificates and certificate of no record of marriage or CENOMAR as most Filipinos are aware of.

It followed the discussion of the POPCEN 2015

results particularly on socio-economic and demographic characteristics. As an added information, correction of errors on birth and marriage certificates under RA 9048 was also tackled. After each discussions, some students even teachers raised questions mostly on civil registrations.

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The BREQS Servicing Outlet in PSA-Laguna had entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with 20 Local Government Units (LGUs), 3 SM Stores and 1 CARD-MBA to serve the public in the issuance of their civil registry documents.

To better serve the people, PSA Laguna

conducted a refresher course on Updated Business Rules and Processes for the Request Service Officers (RSOs) or associates on July 13, 2019 at the PSA Provincial Statistical Office.

The purpose of the refresher course is to

minimize the wrong issuances of civil registry documents to our clients and to remind the RSOs of their duties and responsibilities. This is also to help them remember the do’s and don’ts in issuing civil registry documents.

RO II Salvacion S. Gomez who is also designated

as Outlet Supervisor conducted the training. It was attended by 17 RSOs and majority of them were newly hired. Ms. Sherelou J. Suerte, Regional Operations Lead of Unisys assigned to PSA San Pablo Outlet was also present.

PSA Laguna Conducts a Refresher Course for RSOs

PSA Laguna Joins Forces with the PSA Representatives from PSA-NCR PO

In response to the invitation of Ms. Jocelyn P. Mandocdoc, ER, Human Resources of Nestle Philippines, RO II Salvacion S. Gomez, RO I Cecile L. Mendoza and RO I Abegail V. Coronado joined forces with the PSA representatives from PSA-NCR PO III to the People Express Event (One-Stop Shop) at Nestle Cabuyao Factory, Bgy. Niugan, Cabuyao City on July 16, 2019.

Nestle Philippines specifically requested that the PSA will accept requests of civil registry documents and answered queries on the erroneous birth certificates and marriage certificates of their employees. One-hundred five clients requested for the copies of their civil registry documents. PSA Laguna also answered queries on the errors found in their birth and marriage certificates; and discussed the steps/procedures in securing documents for late registration.

Other agencies like Pag-Ibig, Philhealth, SSS and DFA were also present to provide services to the employees of Nestle Cabuyao.

Civil Registration

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PSA Laguna employees, RO I Abegail V. Coronado and Cecile L. Mendoza, conducted lecture on RAs 9048 and 10172. The main objective of this lecture is to educate the audiences about civil registration laws for the correction of clerical errors and/or change of names in their civil registry documents without the need of court rulings.

The participants for this lecture were teachers

and parents who participated in school program held at Santo Niño Elementary School on August 16, 2019 at 8:00am-12:00nn.

Since civil registry documents especially birth

certificate, is one of the requirements to enroll a student, it is helpful to be knowledgeable with this topic. Moreover, this is an opportunity for them to ask questions on matters regarding civil registry documents.

Information Dissemination on RAs 9048 and 10172 at Santo Nino Elementary School

There were one hundred eight (108) blessed couples who tied the knot on 26 July 2019 at the City Auditorium of Santa Rosa City, Laguna. This was their second Kasalang Bayan for this year.

Before the wedding ceremony, CCR Mylene S.

Gonzales gave the welcome address. Afterwards, PSO Magdalena T. Serqueña delivered her message followed by RD Charito C. Armonia. The importance of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics were discussed on the messages of PSA officials. Vice-Mayor Arnel DC. Gomez and Congressman Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez also delivered their messages. Hon. Arlene B. Arcillas, City Mayor of Santa Rosa City, Laguna officiated the wedding ceremony. There were exchange of vows and rings and the much-awaited bridal kiss. Lastly, the newlyweds were serenaded by guest performer Mr. TJ Monterde.

Through the joint efforts of the Office of the

Mayor, and the Local Civil Registry Office headed by CCR Gonzales Kasalang Bayan 2019 Part II was a success.

PSO Serquena Attends Kasalang Bayan 2019 Part II

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The Philippine Statistics Authority Laguna through Registration Officer (RO) II Salvacion S. Gomez conducted training on Preparation of Certificate of Marriage on September 19, 2019 at CIDA Confer-ence Room, 2nd Floor Retail Plaza, City of Cabuyao. This activity is in partnership with the City Civil Registry Office (CCRO) of Cabuyao headed by City Civil Registrar Marissa C. Salazar. The training aimed to address the errors encountered by the PSA personnel during manual editing, coding and during data entry of accomplished certificate of marriage. It also served as a refresher activity to all the participants. Participants of the training are solemnizing officers and their secretaries and selected CCRO personnel. RO II Gomez explained each slide of presentation with some reminders and inclusions of the most common errors they encountered during coding and data entry. She reminded the person who prepares the certificate of marriage to double check the entry and remind the informant to check carefully all the entries indicated before signing to avoid problems in the future. RO II Gomez was joined by SS II Romanie P. Pisano, RO I Abegail Coronado and Assistant Statistician Marilyn M. Magpantay. It was a successful activity.

RO II Gomez Carries Out Training on the Preparation of Marriage Certificate

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PSA Laguna Celebrates 6th Anniversary With Team Building

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Simultaneous with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) central office and all PSA field offices, PSA Laguna celebrated its 6th anniversary with the theme “Working Smarter Through Innovation” at Caliraya Lake Resort Club, Inc. last September 12-13. It was a two-day celebration which aimed not only to unwind and enjoy but also to learn.

Full of learning experiences constituted the

first day because of the interesting topics shared and discussed by the invited guest speakers.

Provincial Statistics Officer Magdalena T.

Serqueña, welcomed the guests and participants and greeted all PSA Laguna employees a “happy 6th anniversary.” She also thanked the speakers and the September Committee for organizing the events.

Ms. Maria Carmencita M. Ong-Cruz and Mr.

Ross Anthony T. Ravelas were the morning speakers from GSIS Laguna. They discussed different loan programs, benefits and other services a government employee can availed of from GSIS. From among the topics they discussed, GSIS Financial Assistance Loan or (GFAL) captured the interest of majority. GFAL is a type of loan which was offered first to DepEd workers, and until recently it was also introduced and offered to all government workers. According to them, this type of loan will benefit all government workers who are being burdened by many loans with too high interest. It is a type of loan in which the GSIS will pay all the loans as appeared in the payroll up to a maximum loanable amount of 500,000 pesos. The loan is payable for six years and with 6% interest. If the loan, as they said is less than 500,000 pesos, borrowers can still avail the remaining amount and can be used for other purpose. Sample computations were shown by the speaker that made the loan more enticing.

In the afternoon, Ms. Merell L. Sales and Ms. Lucy G. Pailan from Laguna Provincial Gender and Development

Office lectured on Gender and Development, particularly on Stress and Management and Mental Health. The discussion were composed of sit work where one can identify his or her level of stress; lectures and some sort of dancing and body stretching. Video presentations were also part of the discussion.

The second day of the celebration focused on Team Building. Since it was a rainy day, only four group games

were played. After the games, Blue Team and Green Team got same scores. The tied teams agreed not to play again and decided to distribute the prize equally. After the Team Building, some took high rides, swIm; others wandered around.

Awarding of prizes, posing for pictures and closing ceremony concluded the events. Despite the weather

condition, it was full of experience for all PSA Laguna employees.

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MAGDALENA T. SERQUEÑA Provincial Statistics Officer/Consultant

Contributors: Salvacion S. Gomez Romanie P. Pisano Annelyn A. Condino

Lay-out: Romanie P. Pisano

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http://www.psa.gov.ph

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3rd Flr., CVEA Bldg., East Avenue, Quezon City

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