Philippine Statistics Office - Davao Occidental, represented by Senior Statistical Specialist Rodon Tahil, Statistical Specialist Kimberly Ocariza, and Statistical Analyst Karen Rozyll Abaro, in collaboration with representatives from the municipality of Don Marcelino, convenes for the Municipal Community-Based Monitoring (CBMS) Coordinating Board.
The Philippine Statistics Authority – Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office started the field enumeration of the January 2024 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2023 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES)-Visit 2 in the province of Davao Occidental on 10 January 2024.
The Davao Occidental headline inflation increased to 5.1 percent in December 2023 from 4.5 percent in November 2023. The provincial average inflation from January to December 2023 stood at 5.5 percent. In December 2022, the inflation rate was higher at 9.2 percent.
The total inventory of swine in the province is estimated at 34,969 heads or 34.42 percent increase as of 01 July 2023 compared to 26,015 heads as of 01 July 2022.
As of December 2023, PSA Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office successfully issued a total of 37,174 ePhilIDs to the residents of the province, composed of 690 online issuances for Mode 1 and 36,484 deliveries for Mode 2. Deliveries of ePhilID have been conducted in batches which depend on the available uploaded ePhilIDs for the province.
The PSA Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office had registered 16,258 individuals in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) for the whole year of 2023.
The total volume of palay production in the province recorded an increase of 21.56 percent estimated at 574.34 metric tons for third quarter2023 from 472.49 metric tons in the same quarter in the year 2022 as shown in Table 1. Furthermore, area harvested for palay production this quarter also recorded an increase of 20.98 percent estimated at 223.44 hectares as compared to last year’s 184.69 hectares.
On 03 to 09 January 2024, Philippine Statistics Authority – Davao Occidental Provincial Statistical Office conducted the Third Level Training of the January 2024 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2023 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES)-Visit 2 at Splash Blue Beach Resort II, Barangay San Agustin, Santa Maria, Davao Occidental.
The Davao Occidental headline inflation or overall inflation slowed down further to 4.5 percent in November 2023 from 5.2 percent in October 2023. This brings the provincial average inflation from January to November 2023 at 5.6 percent. In November 2022, the inflation rate was higher at 8.7 percent.
