As a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the Novel Corona Virus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 and to protect our clients and employees from the risk of infection, please be informed that we are implementing the following: All individuals entering the premises of PSA offices and Civil Registry System (CRS) Outlets are subject to temperature screening by Security Officer/s who is/are posted at entry points and/or lobby areas.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Davao Region regularly conducts a Client Satisfaction Survey (CSS) to measure if indeed the office is performing along its vision as solid, responsive and world-class in providing efficient civil registration services. Clients at Civil Registration Service (CRS) Outlet are asked as to the satisfaction on the services they have received. Results are used as reference on initiating specific strategies to improve the services of the office on civil registration

The inflation rate in Davao region jumps at 2.2 percent in January 2020 from the 2.0 percent of the previous month. This is the highest inflation recorded since June 2019 (see figure 1). However, the reported inflation rate is lower as compared to its inflation rate in the previous year (4.7%). The purchasing power of peso (PPP) stayed at 82 centavos (see table 1).

PhP 10,797 needed to stay out of poverty:

Latest estimates released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) shows that a Davaoeño needed PhP2,159 in 2018 to meet his/her monthly basic requirements to stay out of poverty. Hence, Davaoeño families consisting of five members, the average Filipino family size, must have had a regular source of income amounting to PhP129,559 in 2018 or a monthly income of PhP10,797 to be able to meet their most basic food and non-food needs. Thus, a sole wage earner in a five-member family living in Davao region had to work hard in getting the entire family out of poverty with at most PhP355 income per day.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) – Davao Region will be conducting a Regional Data Dissemination Forum of the Full Year 2018 Official Poverty Statistics of Davao Region on 31 January 2020 at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City.

The activity aims to present the incidence of poverty and other poverty statistics in the region. Likewise, the forum serves as an avenue of discussion on understanding poverty statistics, which could be used as reference to arrive at a better economic planning, decision and policy making, developmental research, and among others.