NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE 2001 ANNUAL REPORT

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE 

2001 ANNUAL REPORT

VISION 

Information energizes and catalyzes the pace of progress. It breaks down barriers for ranges of options to rise, as it 

dissolves domination. It sparks competition. 

We are the authority on general-purpose statistics. Our data is about the Filipino and the world he lives in. With our tools, 

we find the commonalties and diversities around him. 

The Filipino is enabled to make informed choices into a better quality of life. In our hands, data metamorphoses into 

knowledge. In our hands, records and registers turn into treasures of the nation. 

We are the recognized expert on civil registration. The system establishes with integrity the identity of the Filipino. The 

system secures his place and his abode in the global village. 

The system roots the Filipino to the motherland. Our staff is our key concern. We open gates of opportunity for growth. We 

gear up for higher productivity with an exemplary workplace. We stretch our quest for the knowledge beyond our limits. We 

challenge ordinary people to attain extraordinary goals. 

MISSION 

CORE VALUES 

The National Statistics Office, being the primary 

statistical arm of the government, produces and disseminates 

general purpose statistics that are timely, accurate, reliable 

and with integrity for national, subnational and international 

plans, policies and decisions and as inputs to researches and 

development projects. These statistics are generated through 

the scientific conduct of censuses and surveys and the 

processing of administrative reports and are widely 

disseminated though tri-media and state-of-the-art 

technology in information exchange. 

As the recognized expert on civil registration, the 

National Statistics Office carries out the provisions of the Civil 

Registry Law by preparing and issuing rules and regulations 

for its proper implementation. Being the central depository of 

all civil registry documents which are bases for establishing 

the civil status of individuals as well as registrations of the 

authority to solemnize marriage, it develops and utilizes 

automated systems for their retrieval and safekeeping. 

We are committed to meet the expectations of our clientele 

for prompt, reliable, and efficient services. 

We recognize the value of our human resources and 

continue to promote their general welfare and well-being. 

In harmony, we strive for higher productivity - inspiring 

creativity and innovativeness. 

We instill discipline and uphold integrity as an imperative 

in our transactions. 

We value professionalism and aim for excellence in our 

products and services. 

Humbly, we seek the guidance of the Divine Providence 

in all our undertakings. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1 Message of the Administrator 

32 

Regional Tidbits 

2 

Highlights of the Year 

38 

Other Events and Advocacy 

7 

Innovations of the Year 

42 

Organizational Chart 

10 

Department Accomplishments 

43 

Directory

Message 

From the Administrator 

T 

he year 2001 was not only memorable for the entire country, it was 

memorable for NSO as well. Her Excellency President Arroyo proclaimed 

the results of the first census for the new millennium. While the whole 

country welcomed a new president, the NSO welcomed a new Administrator. 

Administrator Africa, who served and led the NSO through a period of extreme 

growth and long strides, said goodbye after 12 years. 

Severe financial constraints facing the entire government resulted in a reenacted 

budget, leaving many activities of the NSO without funding. Some however, 

such as the activities for the 2000 Census of Philippine Business and Industry were 

still undertaken, due in large part to the imperative need for data. 

Answering the need to improve its methodologies coupled with the budget 

constraint, strategic partnering with other statistical agencies was undertaken. The Asian Development Bank 

sponsored the project seeking to improve the methodology of poverty statistics. Meanwhile the Government of 

Australia, through the Philippines-Australia Governance Facility, partnered with NSO for the improvement of the 

methodology for the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry. 

The Civil Registration System – Information Technology Project continued to be implemented with the 

scheduled roll out of the all Metro Manila outlets. Conversion of documents continues building up the database 

of converted documents which in turn will provide for faster issuances. 

Republic Act No. 9048, or the Clerical Error Law, was signed into law by President Arroyo on March 22. 

The law is a significant accomplishment for it provides the local civil registrars quasi-judicial powers and gives 

citizens a faster and cost-effective means of correcting clerical errors or their first names. The Implementing 

Rules and Regulations were accomplished within three months from the signing, and implementation began in 

September. 

The Unregistered Children's Project (UCP) of PLAN International, in cooperation with the NSO is now in 

the second phase of its implementation. 

The statistical year 2001 also marked a significant decade of my government service. A transition period 

was seen, marking my first year as Administrator and Civil Registrar-General. With all the accomplishments and 

innovations set through the years by my predecessor, Mr. Tomas P. Africa, NSO has truly evolved as a quality 

public office. 

My appreciation to all the census employees for the untiring, dedicated service they continually offer that 

has served well both government and the public. In 2002, we will work diligently to continue to hurdle challenges 

by increasing efforts aimed at building a more "quality-dependable NSO". We will do this by interminably 

investing and relying on our human resource. 

Mabuhay! 

Carmelita N. Ericta 

Administrator 

2001 NSO Annual Report 1

Highlights 

of the Year 

New NSO Administrator 

On September 3, 2001, Mrs. Carmelita N. 

Ericta was sworn into office by Director General 

Dante B. Canlas, as the 13 th head of the NSO. She 

replaced Mr. Tomas Africa, NSO’s Administrator of 

12 years. Mrs. Ericta began her career in the 

government as part of the elite group of trainees of 

the NCSO. She spent seven years with the office 

before going on to work at the National Economic 

Development Authority (NEDA). Mrs. Ericta was 

appointed as Executive Director of Statistical 

Research and Training Center in 1991 and was 

appointed, in concurrent capacity, as Assistant 

Secretary General of the National Statistical 

Coordination Board in February 1992. Administrator 

Ericta rejoined the NSO in November last year as its 

Deputy Administrator, and assumed the office upon 

the retirement of Administrator Africa. 

Proclamation of Census 2000 Results 

On April 18, 2001, President Gloria 

Macapagal Arroyo signed Proclamation No. 28 

which made official the results of the 2000 Census 

of Population and Housing (Census 2000) 

conducted by the NSO in 

May 1, 2000. The official 

proclamation of the counts 

by barangay is in fulfillment 

of the provisions of Batas 

Pambansa Blg. 72, 

mandating the conduct of the 

nationwide census of 

population and housing 

every ten years. 

Enactment of Republic Act 9048 

Another major accomplishment of NSO for 

year 2001 is the enactment of Republic Act No. 

9048 (RA 9048) or the Clerical Error Bill, signed by 

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 22, 

New Administrator Carmelita Ericta takes her oath of office before 

NEDA Director General Dante Canlas. 

2001. This law allows administrative intervention in 

the correction of clerical or typographical errors. It 

also allows for the change of first name at the 

administrative level. Under RA 9048, a duly 

appointed City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the 

Consul General is now empowered to correct a 

clerical or typographical error in an entry and/or 

change of first name or nickname in the civil 

register, without need of a judicial order. 

With the NSO as lead agency, the 

implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Act 

were formulated in consultation with the Department 

of Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the 

Office of the Supreme Court Administrator, the 

University of the Philippines Law Center and the 

Philippine Association of Civil Registrars, within six 

months from the enactment of the law. 

The ceremonial signing of NSO-OCRG 

Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2001 was held 

on July 24, 2001 at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the 

Department of Justice in the presence of Valenzuela 

Congressman Magtanggol Gunigundo III, who was 

one of the principal authors of the law, in partnership 

with Senator Renato Cayetano. Others who 

witnessed the event were civil registrars from the 

National Capital Region, presidents of the 16 

regional associations of civil registrars, officials and 

representatives from concerned government 

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2001 NSO Annual Report

Highlights 

of the Year 

agencies and the media. The implementation of IRR 

began in September 2001. 

Installation of CRS Outlets 

The NSO continued to implement its BOT 

project entitled the Civil Registration System 

Information Technology Project (CRS-ITP). The 

CRS-ITP has among its objectives, the 

computerization of the civil registration system, the 

building of databases, and better customer service 

for those who wish for copies of their certificates. 

For the year 2001, conversion of documents had 

been undertaken, and the Metro Manila Census 

Serbilis Outlets had been rolled out. 

The first outlet rolled out in September 2001 

in Quezon City. Also opened were four outlets in 

Pasig City, Makati City, Muntinlupa City and 

Caloocan City. 

NSO Agency Income 

For this year, the NSO realized an income of 

P136.5 million for the government. This marked a 27 

percent increase over the previous year. 

The bulk of the income was derived from 

civil registration applications, which generated 

10 th Philippine Statistics Quiz winners and their coaches 

P128.8 million or 94.3% of the total income. 

Revenue from sale of NSO products and data 

requests amounted to P3.9 million. 

10 th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) 

The NSO in collaboration with the Philippine 

Statistical Association conducted the 10 th PSQ. The 

2001 PSQ was conducted on a nationwide basis 

involving students enrolled in colleges and 

universities all over the country. The contest is 

aimed to assess the competency of students in 

statistics, and to promote and instill awareness and 

appreciation of the importance of statistics among 

studentry and the public. 

This year's national finals was held at the 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on December 4, 2001 

with Congressman Rodolfo Bacani of the fourth 

district of Manila and chair of the House Committee 

on Science and Technology, as keynote speaker. 

In his speech, he commended the PSQ as 

one of the "new and innovative ways needed to 

leapfrog development in the country." He also said 

Place 

First 

Second 

Third 

Fourth 

Fifth 

10th Philippine Statistics Quiz Winners 

Winner 

Nathaniel O. Hinay 

Central Visayas State College of Agriculture, 

Forestry and Technology 

(Region VII) 

Katrina A. Rosit 

Mindanao State University 

(Region XI) 

Bienvenido L. Garate Jr. 

National College of Science and Technology 

(Region IV) 

John Raymond Ang 

Computronix College 

(Region I) 

Jairon C. Mohammad Hasim 

Western Mindanao State University 

(Region IX) 


Highlights 

of the Year 

2001 Field Awards 

In recognition of the efforts and valuable 

accomplishments of the field offices, the NSO has, 

since 1991, institutionalized an annual system of 

awards for deserving performers. 

For this year, aside from the regular special 

awards bestowed to field offices every year, the 

Office introduced the "Best Publication" award. 

Regional Directors of the winning regions. 

For the tenth time, Region X has garnered 

the first place for the regional level. Region VIII, 

which ranked 10 in the last Field Awards, emerged 

that the PSQ in the past decade "has played an 

important role in encouraging students all over the 

country to recognize science, particularly statistics, 

…in national development." 

This year's contest was made possible 

through collaborative effort of partners from the 

government and the private sector. Supporters from 

government were the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, 

Statistical Research and Training Center, Bureau of 

Labor and Employment Statistics, National 

Statistical Coordination Board and Bureau of 

Agricultural Statistics. 

Others sponsors and 

donors from the private 

sector were Unisys 

Philippines, Fujitsu 

Philippines, Reader's Digest, 

APO Production Unit. Inc., 

Metrobank Foundation, LBC 

Express. Inc., Census 

Employees 

Credit 

Cooperative Inc., UP 

Statistical Center Research 

Foundation Inc., Census 

Provident Fund, China 

Banking Corporation, San 

Miguel Corporation, Globe 

Telecom, Microdata 

Systems, and Santaray 

Realty. 

Heads of offices of the winning provinces 

Field Awards' Winners 

Rank Regional Office Prize Rank Provincial Office 

First Place Region X Trophy and P15,000 First Place Misamis Oriental 

Second Place Region VIII Trophy and P12,000 Second Place Bukidnon 

Third Place Caraga Trophy and P10,000 Third Place Siquijor 

Fourth Place CAR Trophy Fourth Place Misamis Occidental 

Fifth Place Region V Trophy Fifth Place Surigao del Norte 

Sixth Place Surigao del Sur 

Special Awards 

Seventh Place Agusan del Sur 

Best in Statistical Operation - Siquijor 

Civil Registration - Surigao del Norte 

Information Dissemination - Misamis Oriental 

Agency Coordination - Surigao del Norte 

General Administration - Davao del Norte 

Best Publication - SocioStat (Caraga) 

Most Improved Province - Surigao del Sur 

Most Improved Region - Region VIII 

Eight Place Eastern Samar 

Ninth Place NCR 5 

Tenth Place Agusan del Norte 

Eleventh Place Camiguin 

Twelfth Place La Union 

Thirteenth Place Mindoro Occidental 

Fourteenth Place Leyte 

Fifteenth Place Isabela 

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Highlights 

of the Year 

as second place and obtained a special award as 

the “Most Improved Region”. Caraga, which was 

established as Regional Office only in 2000, had 

shown remarkable performance over the 13 regions. 

It garnered the third place in the regional level, with 

member provinces Surigao del Norte coming in as 

“Best in Civil Registration and Agency Coordination”, 

and Surigao del Sur as “Most Improved Province”. 

Winners received either a trophy and cash prize, or 

a certificate of commendation. 

NSO 3 rd Five-Year Development Plan 

(FYDP), 2002-2006 

At the end of NSO’s second Five-Year 

Development Plan (FYDP), the Office established 

the different working groups to tackle work for the 

third installment which will cover the period 2002- 

2006. The FYDP is intended to guide the NSO in 

addressing challenges brought about by the 

changing needs of planners, policy-makers and 

decision-makers, as well as the dynamic evolution in 

technology. 

A Management Review Committee (MRC) 

chaired by NSO Administrator Carmelita N. Ericta 

was created to provide direction to the different 

teams tasked to prepare the FYDP for 2002-2006. 

Last November 6, 2001, a memorandum 

was issued to form 10 teams along the lines of the 

Key Result Areas of the office namely: Production of 

Establishment and Administrative-Based Statistics, 

Production of Household-Based Statistics and 

Mapping, Civil Registration-Advocacy, Civil 

Registration-Archive Management and Document 

Servicing, Human Resource Management, 

Research and Development, Data Dissemination, 

Strategic Planning, Fiscal Management, and 

Infrastructure, Facilities and Other Resources. The 

first 3 rd FYDP (2002-2006) meeting was conducted 

last November 27, 2001 attended by the selected 

members of the MRC, chairpersons and cochairpersons 

of the 10 teams. The teams reviewed 

the 2 nd FYDP (1997-2001) and prepared the wish 

lists, goals and strategies for the 3 rd FYDP (2002- 

2006). 

Celebration of the Civil 

Registration Month 

As part of the month long celebration of the 

Civil Registration Month in 2001, the NSO through 

the Civil Registration Department had conducted 

several activities. 

Among the activities was a thanksgiving 

mass held at NSO-EDSA on February 2, 2001. 

Other activities included a fun-run, games and 

various contests. On the Valentine's Day, the NSO 

together with its partners Unisys Phils. (UNISYS) 

and Pilipinas Teleserv, Inc. (PTI) launched the “ecensus”, 

the first-ever government frontline service 

via the information superhighway. This means that 

requests for certified copies of birth, marriage and 

death certificate can be done through the Internet at 

anytime and from any place in the world. 

Final judging of the official entries to the logo 

design, slogan writing, and name the outlet for the 

Civil Registry System-Information Technology 

Project (CRS-ITP) was done on February 19, 2001. 

In line with the information dissemination 

activities for civil registry service, then NSO 

Administrator and Civil-Registrar-General Tomas 

Africa, Director Carlito Lalicon of the Civil 

Registration Department together with 

representatives from UNISYS, PTI and PLAN 

International guested in a TV program "Ugnayan sa 

Rembrandt" and a radio program at Veritas to 

propagate awareness on civil registration. 

The Civil Registration Quiz was held among 

the NSO employees and the NCR Regional Office 

bagged the first prize. The coronation of this year's 

Mr. and Ms. Civil Registration was also held. Other 

activities lined up for the celebration included the 

selection and awarding of outstanding LCROs for 

their exemplary performance in the delivery of civil 

registration services and their active participation in 

community and social work. Special awards were 

given to child-friendly LCROs. 


Highlights 

of the Year 

Former NSO Administrator Awarded 

For Exemplary Public Service 

In July, Ateneo de Manila University 

conferred its first GOVERNMENT SERVICE 

AWARD on outgoing Administrator Tomas P. Africa. 

He was awarded for “for inspiring creativity and 

volunteerism and for exemplifying what a civil 

servant should be-one who performs his day to day 

duties with fidelity and integrity--thus providing a 

living model of an honest public servant.” 

Tomas Africa is an outstanding exception to 

the view that the best and the brightest in the land 

often end up working in private corporations or 

opting to go abroad. An activist in his college days, 

Tomas Africa transferred the site for struggle from 

the streets of Mendiola to government offices where 

the concern and passion he displayed for the poor 

and the oppressed shaped his work as an 

Administrator, especially as the head of the National 

Statistics Office. 

Tomas Africa elected to work in government 

as a public servant and it is in this field that he spent 

most of his professional life. He joined the National 

Economic Development Authority in 1973, three 

years after graduation from U.P. At the NEDA, he 

directed the monitoring and evaluation of the 

budgets and work programs of statistical 

development projects, and coordinated the 

development and maintenance of the management 

information system in the office. 

The Government Service Award was created by Ateneo de 

Manila University on February 7, 1997 to recognize the fundamental role 

of government service as a legitimate career option. 

It is the University’s public acclamation of an individual or 

groups of individuals who serve with distinction in the executive, legislative, 

judicial branches or constituional bodies of government at the national and 

local level. 

Tomas P. Africa, Administrator of the National Statistics Office 

is the first recipient of the Ateneo Government Service Award. 

NSO staff throw a send-off party for outgoing NSO Administrator 

Tomas P. Africa, who was to assume a UN post in Tokyo, Japan. 

A few years later, he also Director of the 

Statistical Programs and Resource Management 

Office of the National Statistical Development 

Program. 

In 1989, Tomas Africa was named 

Administrator of the National Statistics Office and 

the ex-officio Civil Registrar General. When he 

became administrator in 1989, he introduced a 

series of innovations that would greatly improve the 

running of the office as well as the condition of its 

Five-Year Development Plan. It was the first time 

that the organization, with the active participation of 

middle management, visualized its role in society 

and decided how it would play that role. 

In 1998, the NSO become the first national 

agency to win the Philippine Quality Award for 

Commitment, largely because of Tomas Africa’s 

emphasis on quality management as a tool for 

improving the processing of statistical data as well 

as general operations of the organization. 

As a manager, Tomas Africa has always 

believed that the employee’s welfare must come 

first. He pushed for the regularization of over 600 

casual employees, some of whom had been with the 

office for more than 12 years. Despite opposition 

from top management, he signed a Memorandum of 

Understanding with the NSO Union of Statistics 

Employees in 1989. 

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Innovations 

of the Year 

Improving Poverty Monitoring Survey 

The FIES is a survey conducted by the NSO 

every three years since 1985. It is the major source 

of data for official poverty estimates in the country. 

In 1998, the NSO realizing the need to supplement 

poverty monitoring data and activities, initiated the 

conduct of the Annual Poverty Indicator Survey 

(APIS) with support from the World Bank and the 

United Nations Development Programme. To further 

improve on these poverty monitoring surveys, the 

Philippine Government, through NSO, solicited 

technical assistance (TA) from the Asian 

Development Bank in December 1999. The TA also 

seeks the establishment of a research and 

development unit in NSO that will be responsible for 

sustained enhancement of survey sampling and 

operations. 

As part of the project, a team of international 

consultants and NSO counterparts investigated the 

questionnaire design, field and data processing 

operations of the FIES conducted in 1994 and 1997, 

and the APIS held in 1998 and 1999 to determine 

the possibility of linking the surveys for more indepth 

poverty analysis and research. Moreover, the 

team targets to develop better survey strategies, 

improving on the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of 

conducting other household surveys, and 

recommendations to minimize non-sampling errors 

in future. 

Philippines forged partnership with 

Australia for better industry statistics 

The Philippine government, represented by 

the National Statistics Office (NSO), the primary 

statistical arm of the government, recently entered 

into an Activity Agreement with the Government of 

Australia through the Philippines-Australia 

Governance Facility (PAGF) for the improvement of 

the methodology for the Annual Survey of Philippine 

Business and Industry (ASPBI 

NSO partners with Australia for better Philippine industry statistics 

through the PAGF. 

Prior to the signing of the Activity 

Agreement, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

was also entered into between the NSO and the 

Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC), 

represented by its Executive Director Gervacio 

Selda. The MOA formalizes the commitment of both 

parties to carry out their respective responsibilities 

as stipulated in the Activity Agreement, with the 

NSO as the lead agency. The SRTC is the research 

and training arm of the Philippine Statistical System 

(PSS). 

As part of the project, an Australian 

consultant worked with the NSO counterpart team, 

initially analyzing the current survey to find areas of 

improvement. Part of the project also is to pilot the 

Decentralized Register of Establishments in a local 

government, with Pampanga as the pilot area. By 

year end, the accomplishments of the project 

included identification and evaluation of data 

requirements and needs of data users; evaluation of 

the current questionnaire design of Annual Survey of 

Establishments (ASE); and assessment of the 

current ASPBI design. 


Innovations 

of the Year 

Monthly Survey of Production 

The Monthly Survey of Production (MSP) is 

the result of the studies conducted by the JICA 

study team and NSO counterpart team for the 

development of industrial statistics. The aim is to 

provide both the government and the private sectors 

with more reliable, timely and internationally 

comparable indices for policymaking and business 

decisions in the advent of globalization. 

At present the NSO generates its production 

statistics through the conduct of the Monthly 

Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) 

which collects information on production values by 

industry. With MISSI, the production volume is 

derived indirectly using the production values. The 

MSP is a further improvement of the MISSI since it 

monitors the volume of prime commodities the 

sample establishments produce; thus, enabling the 

direct measures of volume production. 

In preparation to the actual conduct of MSP 

in April 2002, the training on the Qualification Study 

of Manufacturing Establishments was undertaken in 

December 2001, to identify those establishments 

that would qualify as samples for the MSP. 

E-Census Online Service 

This service provides clients with Internet 

access to apply for copies of civil registry documents 

through the web (http://www.e-census.com.ph). 

Similar to the NSO Helpline service, the e-census is 

another option given to the client so that he/she is 

spared the need to physically come to the NSO 

office to transact business. Like Helpline, the 

document is also delivered to any Philippine address 

specified by the client. E-census is part of the CRS- 

ITP project and is done in collaboration with Unisys. 

Online NSO eases access to documents 

With the advent of electronic commerce in the country, the 

NSO has established its web component with the e-Census application 

where people who intend to travel abroad can complete their 

requirements to get a certificate online. 

An excerpt from the Manila Standard news article 

dated March 26, 2001 

2001 AT A GLANCE 

FEBRUARY 

v 

v 

v 

Civil Registration Month 

Launching of new website 

for the Civil Registration System 

National Convention 

of Solemnizing Officers 

MARCH 

v Women’s Month Celebration 

v Formal launch of E-census 

v Signing of RA 9048 

JUNE 

v 

Participation in the trade show 

of E-Services Philippines 

JULY 

v Signing of the IRR of RA 9048 

v Ateneo de Manila conferred award 

for exemplary performance in 

government service to outgoing 

NSO Administrator Tomas P. Africa 

v Early launch of 10 th Philippine 

Statistics Quiz (PSQ) 

AUGUST 

v 

Celebration of NSO’s 61 ST 

Anniversary 

SEPTEMBER 

v 

2 nd National Convention of Building 

Officials 

v 

8 th National Convention of 

Statistics 

OCTOBER 

v 

v 

12 th National Statistics Month 

10 th PSQ Provincial Eliminations 

NOVEMBER 

v 

10 th PSQ Regional Finals 

DECEMBER 

v 

10 th PSQ National Finals 

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Innovations 

of the Year 

Census Serbilis sa Radyo 

Aside from disseminating information 

through print media, the NSO ventured on-air 

through the radio program entitled Census Serbilis 

sa Himpapawid (later renamed Census Serbilis sa 

Radyo. The program is aired over DZRB-Radyo ng 

Bayan (738kHz) 

every Saturday 

from 6:30 a.m. 

to 7:30 a.m. 

Topics vary from 

the results of 

current 

surveys to 

issues on Civil 

Registration. 

Census Serbilis live broadcast 

On-the- Dot System 

On-the-Dot is an automated tracking and 

monitoring system designed to determine most 

recent status and history of processing of requests 

of civil registry documents. It provides for a reporting 

system showing performance statistics of individual 

document verifiers as well as group performance. 

The System also generates reports on available and 

pending requests enabling management to do 

corrective actions before the release date of the 

documents. On-the-Dot was developed and is 

maintained by the Information Resources 

Department for the Civil Registration Department. 

Research and Technical Papers Completed in 2001 

Title 

Papers/Special Studies 

The Philippines as a Receiving Country 

The Demographics of Overseas Filipino Workers 

Addressing the Needs for Local Statistics in CBPIMS 

High Risk Fertility Behavior: Philippines, 1995-2000 

Determinants of Iodized Salt Non-Utilization in the Philippines 

Social Marketing for Census 2000: What Difference Did it Make? 

Study on Non-Food Basket 

Conduct of the 2000 Pilot Time Use Survey (TUS) 

Planning Considerations Before the Next CAF 

Who are the Overseas Filipino Workers? 

Commuting Patterns in Metro Manila 

Changing Technology for Census and Survey Data Processing 

Considerations for Including Question in the Census 2000 

Challenges in the Census Enumeration in NCR 

Challenges in Producing Statistics on the Informal Sector 

Expansion on the Coverage of Wholesale Price Survey 

Historical Perspective of the Annual Survey of Manufacturers 

Managing a Data System: The Case of the List of Establishments 

PUF System Approach to Disseminating Foreign Trade Statistics 

Employment and the Changing Structure of Production 

Total Factor Productivity of the Formal Sector 

Sources of Industrial Statistics in the Philippines – Methods, Problems and Solutions 

Compilation of Imports Data Broad Economic Category - Methods, Problems and Solutions, The Case of Philippines 

Census of Manufactures of the Philippines 

Private Construction Industry in the Philippines 

Infrastructure Projects of Local Government Units in the Philippines 

A Comparative Study of the Top Five Manufacturing Industries using Cobb-Douglas Production Function 

Consequences of the Introduction of Information Technology on the National Statistical Organization 

Author 

B. Yabut 

P. M. Collado 

P. M. Collado and M. Tia 

B. Yabut and G. Barcenas 

M. Tia 

P. M. Collado and L. Soneja 

M. Tia 

B. Ortiz and S. de Guzman 

M. Serquena, P. M. Collado and M. Tia 

P. M. Collado 

S. Abejo, E. Go and P. M. Collado 

V. Abuan and P. M. Collado 

P. M. Collado 

M. Esquivias, F. Varona and H. Ricarte 

Adm. C. Ericta and P. M. Collado 

E. Abitona, R. Sta. Ana and M. T. Serqueña 

L. Homecillo 

A. Lorenzo, E. Pajigal, D. Sorino and J. Soriano 

E. Nogales, Jr., A. R. Asilo and D. Sy 

M. Morada and G. Cubinar 

G. Perido and M. Morada 

G. Perido 

D. Sy 

L. Homecillo 

M. Morada and Adm. C. Ericta 

Adm. C. Ericta and D. Regala 

A. Breva 

F. Hebron 

Revalidation of SRTC Urban/Rural Definition 

Research Project 

2001 NSO Annual Report 

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Department 

Accomplishments 

Household Statistics Department 

Statistics on the Filipinos and the conditions 

that surround them are collected through household-based 

censuses and surveys. 

F 

or the year, the Household Statistics 

Department (HSD) undertook the 

following projects and activities to 

generate social, demographic and 

economic household-based data. 

2000 Census of Population and Housing 

(Further Analysis and Release of Data) 

The Census was conducted nationwide in 

May and June 2000 while this year saw the release 

of the results of the population counts based on the 

2000 Census. Results of population by barangay 

were proclaimed official by President Arroyo on 18 

April 2001 (Proclamation No. 28). 

Results of the latest census placed the 

Philippine population at 76,498,735 persons as of 

May 1, 2000. 

Population counts by barangays are 

available in CD-ROM and can also be accessed at 

the NSO website located at 

http://www.census.gov.ph. Manuscript for the 2000 

Population Enumerated in Various Censuses 

Census Report No. 1, which refers to 

population by region, province, municipality/city and 

barangay, is now final for printing. Technical 

preparations such as preparation of table formats 

and specifications, estimation procedures, 

imputation procedures, and publication plans are 

being undertaken. Regional and provincial volumes 

in print, electronic copies (CD-ROM), and Public 

Use Files (PUFs) will be made available to the NSO 

clients by next year. 

In response to the advocacy of local 

government units to be upgraded to a city or to 

create new barangays, the NSO also issued a 

certification of population counts. The certification of 

population counts is one of the required documents, 

as prescribed under the Local Government Code, 

for support in upgrading LGUs or creating new ones. 

Labor Force Survey (LFS) 

The Labor Force Survey is a nationwide 

survey of households designed to provide statistics 

on levels and trends of employment, unemployment 

and underemployment for the country, as a whole, 

and for each of the administrative regions, including 

provinces and key cities or municipalities. 

In Millions 

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RP unemployment rate improves at 9.8% 

The country's unemployment rate improved to 9.8 percent in 

October 2001 from 10.1 percent in July 2001 and 10.1 in October 2000 as 

reported by the NSO. 

However, the quarterly report said there were 3.3 million 

unemployed people in October, slightly more than the year-ago level of 3.1 

million. 

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Census Years 

1990 

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An excerpt from a news article in The Manila Times 

dated December 19, 2001 

10 2001 NSO Annual Report

Department 


Labor Force Participation, Employment and Unemployment Rates 

Philippines October July April January October 

2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 

Total 15 years old & over (in 000) 49,424 49,137 48,742 48,413 48,078 

Labor force (in 000) 33,361 32,567 33,621 31,693 30,908 

Participation rate (%) 67.5 66.3 69 65.5 64.3 

Employment (in 000) 30,090 29,281 29,160 28,096 27,775 

Rate (%) 90.2 89.9 86.7 88.7 89.9 

Unemployment (in 000) 3,271 3,286 4,461 3,597 3,133 

Rate (%) 9.8 10.1 13.3 11.3 10.1 

Underemployment (000) 4,995 5,188 5,092 4,744 5,528 

Rate (%) 16.6 17.7 17.5 16.9 19.9 

Four rounds for the LFS were conducted in 

January, April, July and October of this year, which 

covered 40,992 households nationwide. (Preliminary 

results of the four rounds LFS had been disseminated 

through press releases.) 

FPS is an annual nationwide 

survey of women of reproductive age. The 

survey gathers and provides information on 

contraceptive use in the Philippines for the 

Family Planning Service of the Department 

of Health. MCHS, on the other hand, 

provides information on the coverage and 

effectiveness of its maternal and child 

health, fertility, and other health concerns. 

Five press releases from the 

results of the 2000 FPS and MCHS were 

issued for year 2001, namely: 

• Close to Two Thirds of Children Below 32 years old 

are Fully Immunized 

• Nurses and Midwives are Top Prenatal Care 

Providers 

• Cagayan Valley Has the Highest CPR 

• Women in Poor Households are Less Likely to 

Practice Family Planning 

• Pill Remains as Most Popular Contraceptive 

Annual Poverty 

Indicators Survey (APIS) 

The APIS provides inputs to the development 

of an integrated poverty indicator and monitoring 

system which enhances timely, accurate and 

consistent production of poverty-related data for 

planning and policy-making. The APIS covers 41,000 

sample households nationwide. 

Final results of the 1999 APIS were released 

in October 2001. Preparatory activities such as 

preparation of questionnaire and revision of manuals 

for 2001 APIS were undertaken. 

Family Planning Survey (FPS) 

and Maternal and Child 

Health Survey (MCHS) 

FPS and MCHS are conducted annually as 

riders to the April LFS, and are undertaken by the 

NSO in coordination with the USAID. 

For 2001 FPS/MCHS, preliminary results 

have been released and preparation of final report 

for the two surveys is ongoing. 

Family Income and Expenditure Survey 

(FIES) 

The FIES is a nationwide survey conducted 

every three years. This survey, as rider to the LFS, 

Women in poor households 

are less likely to practice family planning 

(Results from the 2000 Family Planning Survey) 

Women in poor households (40.1%) are less likely to practice 

family planning than those in non-poor households (50.2%). This difference 

is due mainly to a higher prevalence of female sterilization among non-poor 

women than among poor women (13.2% versus 5.1%). 

The pill is the most preferred contraceptive method for both 

poor (13.3%) and non-poor women (13.8%). Female sterilization is the 

second most preferred method among the non-poor women (13.2%) while it 

is calendar/rhythm among poor women (9.4%). 

An excerpt from the Press Release 2001-20 

issued on March 7, 2001 


Department 


Household Statistics Department 

generates data on family income and expenditures 

and related information affecting income and 

expenditure levels and patterns of Filipino families. 

The data obtained will serve as input in the 

estimation of poverty threshold and incidence. 

The FIES is conducted in two survey rounds. 

For the 2000 FIES, the first round was conducted in 

July 2000 covering the period January-June 2000, 

and the second round was in January 2001 covering 

the period July-December 2000. (Press release on 

the final result was released in December 2001.) 

Family income up by 25.8% 

The National Statistics Office said that the total family income 

for the year 2000 rose by 25.8 percent at P2.2 trillion over the P1.7 trillion 

in 1997. The survey said this translated to an average annual increase of 

8.0 percent. NSO also reported that total family expenditures reached P1.8 

trillion, higher by 27.5 percent over the P1.4 trillion level in 1997. 

Meanwhile total saving (income net of expenditures) at current prices was 

measured at P397.6 billion in 2000, up by 18.5 percent from 335.4 billion 

in 1997. Average family income reached P144,039 in year 2000, 

increasing by 16.9 percent over the P123,168 in 1997. 

An excerpt from a news article in the Manila Bulletin 

on December 28, 2001 

Survey of Overseas Filipinos (SOF) 

The Survey of Overseas Filipinos (SOF) is 

conducted annually as a rider to the October Labor 

Force Survey. This survey intends to monitor the 

number and economic contribution of overseas 

workers as well as to determine the levels and 

trends of international migration as these affect the 

demographic, economic and social situation of the 

country as a whole. (Special release on the results 

of the 2000 SOF was released in October 2001.) 

The pie chart below shows the percentage of 

OFWs by place of work. As depicted in the chart, a 

large number of OFWs are in Asia, comprising more 

than three-fourths of the total OFWs. The least 

number of OFWs, however, were found in Africa. 

Preparatory Phase of the 2002 Census of 

Agriculture and Fisheries (2002 CAF) 

The Census of Agriculture and Fisheries is a 

decennial activity undertaken to determine the 

structure and characteristics of land holdings and 

obtain baseline information on the characteristics of 

the fishery sector in the country. The CAF also 

provides a sampling frame for other statistical 

undertakings, and the baseline data for national and 

sub-national development planning. 

The inter-agency Task Force on 2002 CAF 

has been organized to ensure the active 

participation and support from other government and 

Total Family Income and Expenditures: 1997 and 2000 

2.5 

Percentage of OFWs By Place of Work: April 

to September 2000 

In Trillion Pesos 

2 

1.5 

1 

Income 

Expenditure 

1.7 

1.4 

2.2 

1.8 

1.7 

1.4 

1.8 

1.5 

Europe 

9% 

N & S America 

8% 

Africa 

1% 

Other Countries 

2% 

0.5 

0 

1997 

At Current 

Prices 

2000 1997 

At 1997 Prices 

2000 

Australia 

3% 

Asia 

77% 

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non-government agencies towards the successful 

conduct of the census operations. The Task Force 

is also responsible for recommending programs for 

methodological and operational studies in the 

preparatory, enumeration and post enumeration 

phases of the 2002 CAF. 

In 2001, preparatory activities undertaken for 

the census include: consultations with the data 

users on the data items to be included in the 

questionnaires; field testing of the questions to be 

asked from the respondent; groundwork and 

improvement of questionnaires, manuals and other 

forms to be used in the nationwide activity; and 

formulation of plans for data processing of the 

census results. 

Pretests were designed and undertaken to 

assess the efficiency of the questionnaires’ design, 

to measure workload standards, to test the 

appropriateness of the manuals, to determine 

appropriate operational procedures and to 

determine problems, issues and concerns that may 

arise during the actual census operations. The fifth 

pretest on the survey instruments for the 2002 CAF 

was completed in November 2001. 

Survey of Children (SOC) 

The 2001 Survey of Children (SOC) was 

conducted simultaneously with SOF as a rider to the 

October LFS. It was the second series since 1995 

under the financial and technical support of 

International Labor Organization/International 

Program for Elimination of Child-labor Statistical 

Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor 

(ILO/IPEC SIMPOC). 

The SOC gathers information on the socioeconomic 

characteristics of household with children 

5-17 years old (using the household questionnaire) 

and characteristics of all working children 5-17 years 

old (using the child questionnaire). 

Data Dissemination and Appreciation 

In addition to the publications and press 

releases used as data dissemination media, HSD 

conducted presentations of the highlights of the 

results of the various surveys in the NSO during 

annual assembly and RD conferences. 

Presentations were also held in attendance of 

officials and representatives from different 

government agencies and international 

organizations. Presentations were made on the 

following surveys: 1999 APIS, 2000 FPS, 2000 

MCHS, 2000 FIES and 2002 CAF. 

Lecture Series 

With the varied household-based surveys 

and censuses conducted by HSD and with the 

limited involvement of personnel to other 

sectors/activities which do not relate to their 

respective Divisions' function, the personnel of the 

department could hardly know the different concepts 

and ongoings of the various activities. Given this 

gap, the HSD has conceived the conduct of a 

Lecture Series to increase the level of knowledge 

and understanding of HSD personnel on the 

concepts used in surveys and censuses it conducts, 

and to inform HSD personnel on the results of the 

undertaking. 

HSD started the Lecture Series on June 5, 

2000. A total of 668 employees attended the 

lectures, which covered the following topics: 

• Labor Force Survey 

• 2000 Census (CPH) Results 

• 2000 Family Planning Survey (FPS) 

• 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) 

• 2000 Maternal Child and Health Survey (MCHS) 

• 2002 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) Pretest 

Results 

• 5S of Good Housekeeping 

• Elderly 

• IRR on R.A. 9048 

• 2000 Survey on Overseas Filipinos (SOF) 

• High Risk 

• 1996 Study on Non-Food Basket (SNFB) 

• 2000 Time Use Survey (TUS) Pilot 


Department 


Industry and Trade Statistics Department 

The information generated by the Industry 

and Trade Statistics Department aids the growth 

of Philippine business and economy. 

2000 Census of Philippine Business 

and Industry (CPBI 1 ) 

The CPBI generates comprehensive statistics 

on the levels and structures of economic activities in 

all types of industries and businesses in the national 

and sub-national levels. The CPBI provides detailed 

information which serve as inputs and bases in the 

review and updating of the major economic indicator 

series compiled for the Philippine System of National 

Accounts. 

The data collection operation was conducted 

in August 2000 covering 60,000 establishments 

nationwide. As of June 2001, the overall collection 

rate was 92.4 percent. 

Despite the removal of its funding in the NSO 

2001 reenacted budget, training for machine 

processing was conducted in all regions in March 

2001 and machine editing was undertaken in all 

provincial offices. 

Annual Survey of Philippine 

Business and Industry (ASPBI) 

Information on the level and structure of 

economic activity in the country during the intercensal 

years is provided by the ASPBI. While 

information gathered from the ASPBI is similar to that 

of CPBI, coverage of the ASPBI is smaller, generating 

only national and regional data. 

Preparatory activities such as consultations 

with different concerned agencies and designing of 

the main questionnaire as well as rider questionnaires 

were conducted in the early part of the year. 

Sampling design was presented to the ASPBI 

Steering Committee last May 2, 2001. Due to 

budgetary constraints in the reenacted budget, its 

conduct, along with the intended rider surveys, have 

been moved to next year. 

Survey on Information and 

Communication Technology (ICT) 

The 2001 Survey on ICT is one of three rider 

surveys to the 2001 ASPBI. The modular survey on 

ICT will allow the generation of benchmark 

information to describe the state of ICT in 

businesses and industries in the country. 

Last September 2000, the Technical 

Working Group (TWG) on ICT was formed. The 

TWG first decided to develop a separate 

questionnaire for ICT but later on decided that it 

would be more practical to incorporate the data 

items to the 2001 ASPBI industry-specific 

questionnaires. The final version of the 2001 ASPBI 

questionnaires were then presented to Information 

Technology and E-Commerce Council (ITECC). 

Unfortunately, the 2001 ASPBI and the ICT surveys 

did not push through. During the last quarter of 

2001, the need for statistics on ICT became 

apparent. The NSO in close collaboration with 

ITECC, headed by Mr. Virgilio L. Pena, Presidential 

Assistant for Information and Communication 

Technology and Executive Director of ITECC of the 

Office of the President, decided to undertake the 

2002 Survey of ICT. 

1 

Formerly Census of Establishments 

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Input-Output Survey 

Another rider survey of the 2001 ASPBI is 

the 2001 Input-Output Survey. This survey is 

conducted every 5 years to gather information for 

the construction of benchmarks Input-Output Table. 

Input-Output Table is a matrix that provides detailed 

accounting of the amount of goods and services that 

individual sectors buy from and sell to each other. 

However, due to budgetary constraints, the conduct 

has been moved to next year. 

Nevertheless, for 2001, questionnaires for 

the 14 major sectors, were prepared namely: 

1. Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry; 

2. Fishing; 

3. Mining and Quarrying; 

4. Manufacturing; 

5. Electricity, Gas and Water Supply; 

6. Construction; 

7. Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair 

of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles and 

Personal Household Goods; 

8. Hotels and Restaurants; 

9. Transport, Storage and 

Communications; 

10. Financial Intermediation; 

11. Real Estate, Renting and Business 

Activities; 

12. Education; 

13. Health and Social Work and; 

14. Other Community, Social and Personal 

Service Activities have been prepared 

and procedure manuals have been 

developed. 

Survey on Subcontracting Activities 

The Survey on Subcontracting Activities 

provides information on the practices and extent of 

contracting activities entered into by the businesses 

and industries in the country. This is another rider 

survey to the 2001 ASPBI and covers all 

establishments in the country with average total 

employment of 20 or more who are engaged in 

economic activities within the scope of the 2001 

ASPBI. Originally intended to be conducted in 2001, 

its conduct has been moved to 2002. 

Quarterly Survey of Philippine 

Business and Industry (QSPBI 1 ) 

The QSPBI provides statistics on the 

structure, trends, and levels of economic activity in 

the country. In 2001, a revised design was piloted 

and covered leading industries in the regions and 

the key establishments in each of the industries. 

Due to a reduced sample size, shorter lags between 

operation and availability of results are expected. 

The 3rd quarter 2001 QSPBI results have 

been tabulated and transmitted to National 

Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) as inputs to 

the estimation of GDP. 

Distribution of 3,145 questionnaires for the 

fourth quarter QSPBI to sample establishments was 

undertaken. QSPBI reports from 1999-2001 were 

merged by sector, and national and regional chain 

index for wholesale and retail were computed. 

Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected 

Industries (MISSI) 

The MISSI aims to provide the government 

and private sectors timely flash indicators on the 

performance of growth-oriented industries in the 

manufacturing sector. The next page has the 

clipping containing the results of the October 2001 

MISSI. Monthly press releases of MISSI are also 

available at the NSO Website. 

The following other activities were 

completed during the period: 

v Rebasing of Value of Production Index (VaPI) 

from 1985 base to 1994 base year, Volume 


Department 


Industry and Trade Statistics Department 

Production Index (VoPI), and Producer’s Price 

Index (PPI) from 1992 base to 1994 base year. 

This is the 3rd rebasing activity for the MISSI 

series. Rebasing MISSI indices means (1) 

changing the base year to 1994; (2) updating the 

industry coverage to be reflective of current 

structures of the manufacturing sector; and (3) 

including the key players in the manufacturing 

industry as part of the sample. Industry 

coverage in MISSI was expanded from 16 to 20 

major sectors of manufacturing. 

‣ Starting July 2001 MISSI, highlights of the 

parallel series of the two base years were 

released. 

Price Statistics 

ADVISORY on Next Issue of MISSI Press Release 

The NSO recently released the January 1998 to May 2001 rebased 

series of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries 

(MISSI). This press release compared the results of the re-basing activity 

using 1994 as the new base year with the 1985-based Value of 

Production (VaPI) and 1992-based Volume of Production (VoPI) and 

Producer’s Price Index (PPI). For the results of the July 2001 to 

December 2001 MISSI, the National Statistics Office (NSO) will present 

the old and new series. Administrator Ericta emphasized that starting 

with the July 2001 MISSI results, such parallel series will be released for 

a period of six months to maintain continuity with the old series and at 

the same time update it using a more recently available base year. She 

said that the NSO will be releasing a parallel series for a period of 6 

months (July 2001 to December 2001). The July 2001 MISSI will be 

released on September 28, 2001. The statistical tables will show 

comparison of indices, year-on-year and month-on-month growth rates 

between the two series. 

Excerpt from NSO Press Release No. 

2001-63 dated September 26, 2001 

The conduct of price survey is done on daily, 

weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to come up with 

various price indices, such as the Consumer Price 

Index (CPI), Producers Price Index (PPI), and 

Wholesale Price Index (WPI)/Retail Price Index 

(RPI) for use as indicators to measure average price 

changes. 

Various Price Statistics Generated by NSO 

Daily Survey of Selected Food Items in Metro Manila 

and Selected Areas in Areas Outside Metro Manila 

Weekly Survey of Prices of Food, Beverages & Tobacco (FTB) in MM, (1994=100) 

Weekly Survey of Wholesale Prices of Selected 

Construction Materials in Selected Areas in AOMM 

Monthly Survey of Retail Prices of Construction 

Materials in MM, CMRPI (1978=100) 

Quarterly Survey of Retail Prices of Commodities and 

Services for Foreign Nationals Residing in MM (1985=100) 

Monthly Survey of Prices of Commodities and Services for the CPI (1994=100) 

Monthly Survey of Retail Prices of Commodities 

in MM for Retail Price Index RPI (1978=100) 

Monthly Survey of Wholesale Prices of Commodities 

in MM for Wholesale Price Index WPI ( 1985=100) 

Monthly Survey of WPI for Construction Materials in MM (1985=100 CMWPI) 

Monthly Consumer Price Index Bottom 30% Income Households (1994=100) 

Monthly Deseasonalized CPI (1994=100) 

The CPI is a major source of input for the 

inflation rate and data on the purchasing power of 

the peso. To generate the CPI, prices of selected 

commodities are collected daily then processed 

through a decentralized processing system. 

The table below shows the summary 

inflation rates for all items for December 2001 and 

November 2001. Year-on-year inflation 

further decelerated to 3.9 percent in 

December from 4.4 percent in November. 

The continued slowdown in the inflation 

rates of all the commodity groups brought 

about the downtrend. Average inflation for 

the year was 6.0 percent. 

Summary Inflation Rates for All Items, Philippines 

December 2001 and November 2001 (1994=100) 

December November Year-to-date 

Year-on-year 3.9 4.4 6 

NCR 4.9 4.6 7 

AONCR 3.5 4.3 5.7 

Month-on-month 0.3 0.2 - 

NCR 0.5 0.5 - 

AONCR 0.1 0.1 - 

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Generation of Import and Export 

Statistics 

Trade statistics are taken from 

import and export documents submitted by 

importers and exporters to the Bureau of 

Customs as required by law. The NSO 

produces the monthly, quarterly and 

annual import and export statistics. Total 

external trade in goods for January to 

December 2001 amounted to $61.701 

billion or 11.2 percent lower than $69.465 

billion in 2000. Bill for foreign-made 

merchandise declined by 5.9 percent to 

$29.550 billion from $31.387 billion. On 

the other hand, exports posted a 15.6 

percent year-on-year decrease reporting 

an aggregate dollar revenue of $32.150 

billion down from $38.078 billion a year 

earlier. Balance of trade surplus for the 

Philippines amounted to $2.600 billion or 

61.1 percent lower than last year’s $6.691 

billion. 

Generation of Construction Statistics 

Another important administrative-based data 

generated by the office are the construction 

statistics. These are derived from the approved 

building permits from the local government, and the 

Annual Survey of Construction Projects of Local 

Governments (ASCPLG). 

Construction statistics from approved 

building permits are available 90 calendar days after 

each reference quarter. 

70000 

60000 

50000 

40000 

30000 

20000 

10000 

0 

Figure 1. Philippine Trade Performance in January to December: 2000 and 2001 

(F.O.B. Value in Million US Dollar) 

2000 2001 

Total Export Import BOT 

Press release for the 2000 ASCPLG is now 

available. Construction data from approved 

building permits for the third quarter of 2001 are 

now available. 

2 

Formerly Quarterly Survey of Establishments 


Department 


Civil Registry Department 

The year 2001 saw many transitions in the manner that NSO 

carried out its civil registration function as mandated by the 

provisions of Act No. 3753 or the Civil Registry Law. 

I 

t was the year when the vision of having a 

more efficient storage and retrieval system 

and providing a fast and convenient 

issuance of civil registry documents was partially 

realized. It was also the year when the Internet 

became an option in applying for documents and 

when the new law allowing for administrative 

correction of entries and change of first name in the 

civil registry documents was implemented. Also, it 

was the year when the information system for the 

solemnizing officers was decentralized and when 

increasing the registration rates was actively pursued. 

It was also a year of legal victory for NSO 

when no less than the Supreme Court made a 

3500000 

3000000 

2500000 

2000000 

1500000 

Annual Volume of Applications: 

1990-2001 

favorable distinction between the intrinsic value of 

the documents issued by the OCRG and that issued 

by the LCROs. 

Issuance of Civil Registry Documents 

There were a total of 3.132 million 

certifications, authentication and certified copies of 

civil registry documents issued and 59,642 requests 

involving court decrees and legal instrument 

documents processed during the year. 

On the average, there were 250,000 monthly 

volume of applications received or a daily average of 

about 12,000 

applications. The 

highest monthly total 

was in August at 

292,923 and the lowest 

was in April with 

232,777. Of this 

volume, 56 percent were 

needed for passport or 

travel purposes and 17 

percent were needed for 

employment abroad. 

1000000 

500000 

0 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

Year 1990 1991 1992 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 

Volume of Applications 255,680 830,027 1,065,952 1,985,404 1,782,787 2,263,781 2,404,212 2,776,790 3,132,382 

The number of 

people that NSO used to 

service for an entire 

year in the early nineties 

was even lower than a 

month’s total volume of 

applications ten years 

later (See figure). The 

application area at East 

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Avenue was open from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. At the 

releasing area at EDSA, NSO adopted a policy of 

“servicing the clients until the last person is served”. 

The NSO Archive 

As the central repository of all civil registry 

documents, the NSO to date has a total of 

approximately 120 million documents and is 

increasing, on the average, by 3 million documents 

annually. 

For 2001, a total of 6,695,798 documents 

representing vital events were submitted through the 

provincial statistics offices by the local civil registry 

offices have been added to the archive. There were 

1.859 million documents microfilmed and 10.338 

million documents were scanned, indexed and 

loaded into the computerized database. 

The NSO’s commitment in the preservation 

and safekeeping of documents paved the way for 

reconstructing vital records for the benefit of 

different civil registry offices nationwide. However, 

for 2001, the NSO temporarily suspended accepting 

requests for reconstruction of vital records. 

Solutions 

Despite its extremely limited resources, the 

NSO took on the challenge of providing better public 

service. The following were the management’s 

responses to the situation: 

Civil Registry System-Information 

Technology Project (CRS-ITP) 

This is the civil registry computerization 

project, in cooperation with Unisys Philippines, Inc., 

launched in April 2000 under a Build-Operate- 

Transfer (BOT) scheme, primarily aimed at providing 

a more efficient storage and retrieval system and a 

“while-you-wait” service in various service points (or 

outlets) nationwide. The broad scope of work of 

Unisys includes the supply of IT equipment, 

development of application systems, scanning and 

indexing of the documents, database maintenance, 

site preparation, system integration as well as the 

information campaign, while NSO provides the 

frontline personnel during the actual operations. 

Project cooperation period between NSO and 

Unisys will last for 12 years. The first seven years are 

devoted to development and the last five years will be 

purely for operations. The development stage is 

divided into four phases with specific deliverables in 

each phase. Phase 1 covers the development of the 

various application systems, the setting up of the 

Central Facility and five Metro Manila outlets, and the 

conversion of the first batch of documents (around 55 

M). Phase 2, which is targeted for year 2002, will set 

up more service outlets to be located in the regional 

centers plus the continuing conversion of the second 

batch of documents. The third phase, scheduled for 

year 2003, will bring the service much closer to the 

citizenry by setting up outlets in the NSO provincial 

offices and continuing conversion of documents. 

Finally, the fourth phase will be devoted to conversion 

of the remaining documents and assessment of the 

system for possible upgrade. 

For 2001, the first phase was completed with 

the following major accomplishments: 

a. Application Systems Development. All the major 

systems required for the outlets operations have 

been developed, tested, and implemented. 

b. Conversion of Documents. The scanning and 

indexing of the birth documents for loading into 

the database ran full-blast. The scanned 

documents reached the 52 million mark but the 

creation of index and its quality assurance 

experienced lower production rates than 

expected. The quality of the documents had been 

the primary deterrent to the acceleration of the 

indexing process. At the end of 2001 there were 

about 14 million of the 120 million documents 

loaded in production or in the computerized 


Department 



loaded in production or in the computerized 

database. These converted documents were for 

births occurring in the years 1970 to 1980, which 

were considered as the most requested years. 

a. Site Preparation and Roll-out of Outlets. The site 

preparation for the civil registry service areas or 

outlets, called Census Serbilis Centers 

(CenSCs), include the installation of the 

computer hardware and all other material and 

equipments necessary for the operations of the 

outlet. The first outlet to be completed and now 

in full operation was the Central Facility at NSO 

East Avenue or the Transition Outlet (TO). Four 

(4) other CenSCs in Metro Manila opened during 

the last quarter of the year located in Pasig, 

Makati, Muntinlupa, and Caloocan. These outlets 

aimed at eventually decongesting the TO at East 

Avenue and bringing NSO services closer to the 

people. 

b. Training of Personnel. Included in the preparatory 

stage of the project was the conduct of on-thejob 

training for the NSO personnel for handling 

the new process of servicing the public. 

Alternative Service Channels 

To give the public more options in applying for 

their documents, the NSO entered into agreements 

with other local government and private entities to 

serve as additional channels for the acceptance of 

applications and release of documents. The following 

alternative channels were operational during the year: 

a. Extension Offices. The NSO forged agreements 

with local government units for setting up NSO 

Extension Offices where the public could also 

apply for copies of their documents. Of the 6 

extension offices, four located in Pasig, Caloocan, 

Makati, and Muntinlupa, were converted into 

CenSCs. The other two located in Tagaytay City 

and in Dasmariñas Cavite remained operational 

for the year. 

b. NSO Helpline Plus. The service, which allows the 

application for civil registry documents through 

telephone number 737-1111, in partnership with 

Blessing of NSO East Avenue Census Serbilis Center 

Pilipinas Teleserv, Inc., turned one year in 2001. 

On the average, this service catered to about 

1,500 applications daily. 

c. Online e-Census. To cater to the growing 

Internet users in the country and to provide 

another option for the public, NSO introduced e- 

Census on March 21, 2001. By logging on to 

http://www.e-Census.com.ph, the requesting 

public can make his application online. Similar 

to the telephone-based service of the NSO 

Helpline Plus, the requested documents are also 

delivered. On the average, there were about 60 

applications filed online everyday. 

Other Streamlining Activities 

Since the computerization project of NSO 

was at its early stage, it was expected that most of 

the requests would still be processed using the 

manual verification system. To support this manual 

system, NSO implemented these two (2) initiatives: 

a. Automated Tracking and Monitoring System. On 

October 2001, the NSO implemented a system 

that allows for tracking the various document 

requests and providing management with the 

status of an application request as well as useful 

information on the availability of the documents 

scheduled for release on a given date. 

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b. Number-based Queuing System. Another 

system that the NSO implemented in the last 

quarter of 2001 was the number-based queuing 

system, where the claiming public were issued 

priority numbers for their turn to be served. 

Generation of Health and Vital Statistics 

During the year, six special releases and two 

vital statistics reports on the 1997 and 1998 

marriages, births, and deaths were prepared. A 

report on the decentralized vital statistics system 

after its five years of existence was also done for 

documentation purposes and to help guide the 

future direction of handling vital records. 

Since civil registration is a continuous 

method of gathering vital statistics data, the 

processing of documents is also continuous. While 

the management of records of 1999 deaths and 

marriages had been completed, the handling of the 

1999 births and the 2000 and 2001 vital records was 

being done. 

A Special Report: Customer Satisfaction 

Queuing Time 

In 2001, people who applied for their civil registry documents at 

the Application Area had to line up for an average of 1 hour and 36 

minutes before they were served at the cashier windows. At the Releasing 

area, people had to lineup for 2 hours and 12 minutes before they could 

receive their requested documents. 

Common Complaints 

There were three common complaints from the requesting 

public, the long queuing, the extended processing period, and not being 

able to get their requested document on the release date. 

Customer Satisfaction Survey Results 

The NSO regularly conducts a 

Customer Satisfaction Survey to get feedback from 

the requesting public. In November last year, only 

5 in every 10 (47.4%) of the 1,137 sampled clients 

expressed their satisfaction with NSO’s services. 

This was an improvement from only 19 percent in 

May and 32.3 percent in February. The highest 

satisfaction level was in 1999 at 60 percent. 

Other Feedback 

The NSO kept track of and responded to 

the complaints and feedback received by email, 

direct letters, and those endorsed by the Civil 

Service Commission and the Office of the President 

through the Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Presidential Action Center (PAC), and the 

Presidential Management Staff. NSO also 

answered many newspaper articles calling its 

attention to problems encountered by the public in 

securing their documents. In the last quarter of 

2001, the NSO also started getting feedback from 

TEXTGMA through the PAC. 

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With the CRS-ITP project, the NSO-developed 

software packages CRIS2000 and DVSS2000 were 

tested and evaluated. These systems were developed 

for the enhanced management of vital records at the 

Local Civil Registry Offices and the NSO-Provincial 

Offices. Relevant databases for the proper coding 

and encoding of information from the vital records 

were also generated as requirements of the two 

systems. 

Issuance of Certificates 

of Registration of Authority 

to Solemnize Marriage (CRASM) 

Pursuant to Article 7 (2) of the Family Code, 

NSO issued a total of 10,961 certificates of 

registration of authority to solemnize marriage 

(CRASM) for 2001. Of these, 5,281 were new 

applicants while 5,680 were renewal. The National 

Capital Region had the highest number of applicants 

for CRASM at 3,439. Also for this year, all 16 NSO 

regional offices began accepting renewal of the 

CRASM, which hastened the process and brought the 

service nearer to the solemnizing officers nationwide. 

Accreditation 

of Travel Agencies 

A total of 508 travel agencies were 

accredited for the year. The accreditation of travel 

agencies was started in 1995 primarily to curb 

irregular practices of liaison officers which result to 

spurious and fraudulent documents. 

Republic Act No. 9048 

or the Clerical Error Law 

In compliance with the provisions of the law, 

the NSO prepared the Implementing Rules and 

Regulations (IRR) of the law in consultation with the 

representatives from the Department of Justice, the 

Department of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the 

Supreme Court Administrator, the University of the 

Philippines Law Center and the Philippine 

Association of Civil Registrars. The IRR was 

finalized through the issuance of Administrative 

Order No. 1 series of 2001 which was signed on 

July 24, 2001 at the Department of Justice. The IRR 

took effect 15 days after its publication on August 1, 

2001. 

For the proper and uniform implementation 

of the law, a manual of instructions was prepared by 

NSO in coordination with local civil registrars. 

Despite budgetary constraints, NSO conducted a 

nationwide series of training on RA 9048 and its IRR 

for the local civil registrars, who are the 

implementers of the law. 

Actual implementation started in September 

2001. By the end of the year, the NSO had received 

a total of 3,484 petitions. 

Civil Registration Month 

Second National Convention of Solemnizing Officers 

The year 2001 marked the decade of the Civil 

Registration Month celebration. Once again, NSO, 

together with other concerned agencies involved 

in the implementation of the Civil Registry 

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Law, joined hands to commemorate the 

occasion. Streamers carrying the theme First Right of 

a Child: To have a Name and a Nationality were 

displayed at all offices of the NSO. Local civil registry 

offices all over the country led the celebration in their 

respective city and municipality. The celebration was 

aimed at reminding the citizenry of their duty to 

register acts and events concerning status of persons, 

and enhance nationwide awareness and appreciation 

of the legal, administrative and statistical values of 

civil registry documents. 

Unregistered Children Project 

The Unregistered Children Project is a 

partnership with Plan International, whose purpose is 

to increase the level of registration of births. Pilot 

areas include selected municipalities in the Cordillera 

Administrative Region, the whole of Mindanao, and in 

Quezon City and Pasay City in Metro Manila. For the 

year 2001, actual birth registration was conducted 

through barangay assemblies, mobile registration, 

establishment of barangay registration centers, and 

house to house registration. These activities resulted 

in accomplishing 65 percent registration in the 12 pilot 

municipalities in the Cordilleras and 4,248 

registrations in Mindanao. For Quezon City and 

Pasay City, Memoranda of Agreement were prepared. 

Information Dissemination 

on Civil Registration 

On April 2-5, 2001, NSO conducted the 2 nd 

National Convention of Solemnizing Officers at Manila 

Midtown Hotel, where 780 solemnizing officers and 

civil registrars nationwide attended. The convention 

had the theme: “Solemnizing Officers and NSO 

OCRG: Strengthening the Filipino Family”. It aimed 

at providing the solemnizing officers with proper 

guidance on the exercise and delivery of their duties 

pursuant to the laws governing their functions. 

The resource persons invited in the 

convention included Sen. Rene Cayetano, Atty. 

Saadudin Alauya, Atty. Jose C. Sison, and Mr. 

Francisco Padilla, who is the National President of 

the Couples for Christ. Among the topics discussed 

were Dissolution of Marriages under the Family 

Code, Registration of Solemnizing Officers, 

Preserving the Integrity of Solemnizing Officers, 

Muslim Marriage Laws, and Legal, Social, and 

Spiritual Aspects of Marriage Counseling. 

The First Mindanao Convention of 

Solemnizing Officers was conducted on December 

11-13, 2001 at the Grand Caprice Restaurant, 

Cagayan de Oro City, participated in by 437 

delegates from five regions of Mindanao. The 

convention covered these topics: decentralization on 

the issuance of an authority to solemnize marriage, 

solemnizing officers information system, marriage 

laws and salient features of RA 9048. 

Inter-regional Conferences of Local Civil 

Registrars were held in Iloilo City, Palawan, 

Tacloban City, and Cagayan de Oro City. These 

conferences served as venues for disseminating 

civil registration related information and updates on 

the implementation of RA 9048. 


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Information Resources Department 

Fusing technology and publicity together 

to equip NSO in delivering quality service 

is the business of the Information Resources Department (IRD). 

I 

RD has three divisions that carry out the 

department's mandate of disseminating 

information to the general public, 

developing necessary technology solutions for NSO, 

and maintaining its databases and computer 

hardware. 

In 2001, IRD produced the 2001 Philippine 

Yearbook, quarter issues of the Journal Philippine 

Statistics, the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, 12 issues 

of the Quickstat for both the national and the regional 

levels, updated the Gender Quickstat and the 2000 

Philippines in Figures, in addition to the publications 

featuring the results of various censuses and 

surveys. 

Some of NSO’s publications were recently 

released in alternative medium, CD-ROM, to give 

clients another affordable choice. Among the 

publications now available in CD-ROM are the 2001 

Philippine Yearbook and the 1999 Foreign Trade 

Statistics of the Philippines. Also in CD format, the 

population counts of Census 2000 came out as a 

new product unveiled in 2001. NSO-produced paper 

and digital maps used for survey operations were 

likewise openly disseminated to the public. 

All in all, sales of publications, public-use 

files in CDs and data requests grossed P3.59 million 

locally. The year registered a total of 869 paying 

local and foreign subscribers and a volume of 3,027 

publications sold. The rise in subscription was in 

part the result of marketing strategies of direct 

mailing of order forms and use of promotional 

materials such as brochures, fact sheets and 

custom-printed product bags. 

NSO’s trade exhibit booth 

The weekly program of the Census over DZRB Radyo ng Bayan 

and DWBR-Business Radio every Saturday morning. 

Answering NSO’s social responsibility, some 

24,658 complimentary publications were distributed 

mainly to government policymakers. Eighty-eight 

press releases were issued in 2001 to keep the 

public abreast of NSO’s newsworthy activities. The 

Department had also been busy helping out in the 

production of the weekly program of the Census 

Serbilis sa Radyo heard over DZRB Radyo ng 

Bayan (738 KHz) and simulcast over DWBR- 

Business Radio (104.3 KHz on the FM band) every 

Saturday from 6:15-7:00 am. 

Reaching out to wider patronage and 

dissemination of its information, IRD joined exhibits 


Department 


at the 27 th Philippine Business Conference at EDSA 

Shangri-la Plaza Hotel, 8 th National Convention on 

Statistics at the Westin Philippine Plaza, and E- 

Services Philippines Exhibit at the Philippine Trade 

and Training Center in Roxas Blvd. Eighty-eight 

accredited data centers, which are mostly state 

colleges and libraries carrying a special collection of 

NSO publications, are now operating across the 

nation. 

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4th 

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Giving information dissemination a full go, 

the Library served 22,730 walk-in researchers, 

2,962 queries by phone and 927 data requests by 

letter, fax and email. Results of an in-house survey 

showed that the NSO Library posted a customer 

satisfaction rating of 79.4 percent during the year. 

Office signages, information billboards and event 

backdrops were updated as necessary as they form 

part of the department’s information service. 

During the same year, IRD developed 

various systems to increase efficiency in data 

generation: the 2000 Family Income and 

Expenditure System, 2000 Annual Poverty Indicator 

Survey, 2000 Survey of Overseas Filipinos, 2000 

Census Evaluation Survey, 2001 Survey of Children, 

Computer Aided Coding System for Trade, 2000 

CPBI, Decentralized Register of Establishment 

System, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 

Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey, 2000 Family Planning 

Survey and 2001 Labor Force System. To automate 

civil registry services, special systems were 

developed, such as the On-the-Dot system, which 

monitors and tracks civil registry documents; a 

number queuing system; and a special system to 

monitor applications for correction of clerical errors. 

For NSO’s special events, an innovative scoring 

system was developed to begin automating the 

scoring in regional eliminations of the PSQ, 

particularly in NCR and Southern Tagalog. 

IRD also takes credit for redesigning the 

NSO homepage and for the development of a public 

access website for Census 2000, which allows 

population counts by barangay. NSO’s IT expertise 

is becoming sought after by other agencies and 

even by foreign government bureaus. In fact, IRD 

dispatched home-bred consultants to Nepal, 

Cambodia and Tonga, and its staff participated 

actively in technical working groups for the DECS 

Information System; the Philippine Standard 

Geographic Coding; Philippine Statistical System 

Data Archiving, Science and Technology Education 

Network; Philippine Research, Education and 

Government Information Network; IAFTGI; Shared 

Government Information System on Migration and 

for the Philippine Statistics Quiz. 

Fulfilling a support service, the Department 

ensured the data entry of 4.8 million trade and 

household statistics forms, 847,430 vital statistics 

records and the reproduction of 279,038 printed 

records. In addition, the technical support staff of the 

department took charge of trouble-shooting and 

maintaining all of the computer hardware of the 

office. 

N e w s A rtic le s o n N S O 

N e w s p a p e r N u m b e r 

P h ilip p in e D a ily In q u ire r 8 8 

P h ilip p in e S ta r 7 9 

M a n ila B u lle tin 9 2 

M a n ila S ta n d a rd 4 5 

T o d a y 5 6 

M a la y a 6 1 

M a n ila T im e s 1 8 

D a ily T rib u n e 3 

P e o p le 's J o u rn a l/T o n ig h t 1 


Department 


General Administration Department 

The General Administration Department continues to provide 

support services to all offices of the NSO and strives to maintain 

fair, impartial and objective allocation of all types of resources. 

Profile of Personnel 

Complement 

The Office performed its 

mandated functions with total 

complement of 3,084 during the year. 

Service Contractors were hired to 

augment the workforce, specifically in 

the Civil Registry Department (CRD) and the Data 

Capture Centers (DCC). 

For 2001, NSO had a predominantly female 

population, however, males dominated the field 

office population. More than half (52%) of the 

regular employees occupy first level positions while 

Distribution of Regular Employees by Salary Grade 

Philippines Central Office Field Office 

Salary Grade Total Percent Male Female Male Female Male Female 

Total 2,726 100 1179 1,547 264 703 915 844 

1 - 9 1,416 52 458 958 188 486 270 472 

10 - 14 894 33 537 357 19 97 518 260 

15 - 18 281 10 109 172 47 84 62 88 

19 - 22 27 1 7 20 7 19 0 1 

23 and above 108 4 68 40 3 17 65 23 

Distribution of Regular Employees by Sex, by Area 

of Assignment, by Age Group: 2001 

Age Group 


Total Percent Male Female Male Female Male Female 

Total 2,726 100 1,179 1,547 264 703 915 844 

20-25 82 3 25 57 15 29 10 28 

26-30 217 8 91 126 32 44 59 82 

31-35 427 16 170 257 55 91 115 166 

36-40 554 20 180 374 60 153 120 221 

41-45 453 17 185 268 47 130 138 138 

46-50 326 12 133 193 17 87 116 106 

51-55 372 14 196 176 19 109 177 67 

56-60 220 8 151 69 12 40 139 29 

61 and above 75 3 48 27 7 20 41 7 

Percentage Distribution of Employees by Sex 

Area Philippines Male Female 

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

Total 3,050 100 1,316 100 1,734 100 

Central Office 1,125 37 321 24 804 46 

Field Offices 1,925 63 995 76 930 54 

only 108 or 4 percent of the workforce occupy 

positions with salary grades higher than 23. Of these 

key officials, 63 percent are males. 

Over 65 percent of all NSO employees fall 

within the 31–50 age group. Three percent of the 

regular employees are 61 years old and over, and 

48 or 64 percent of them are males, 

assigned mostly in the field offices. 

Modal age group is 36-40 for all 

employees, but among males, modal 

age group is 51-55 years old. 

Key Officials 

NSO key officials are 

predominantly male, continuing a 

trend that has existed since its 

creation. But this trend has been 

reversed at the Central office, with 

89 percent (34) of key positions 

being occupied by females, with the 

males occupying only 11 percent (4). 

This trend at Central Office is 

expected to continue since most 

next-in-rank officials are female (16 

out of 18). 

In terms of education, more 

than half (54%) of the NSO officials 


Department 


have post-graduate degrees. Of 

the male officials, 33 or 44 

percent have post-graduate 

degrees compared to 40 or 66.6 

percent of the female officials. 

Those who have masteral 

degree in the field of Statistics 

or Mathematics are all females. 

Seventy-eight percent of 

the officials are married. The 

percentage of married officials is 

higher in the field (85%) than in 

the central office (60%). 

The average length of 

service of an NSO official is 

24.3 years, although modal 

bracket is at 26-30 years. Field 

officials have longer length of 

service than their counterpart in 

the central office, with males 

having served longer than 

females. 

Recruitment and Selection 

The Human Resource Management 

Division, acting as the Secretariat to the Selection 

Years of Services of PSOs/OICs 

and Central Office Officials SG 22 and Over 

Years 


of Service Total Male Female Male Female Male Female 

Total 135 75 60 4 34 71 26 

1 - 5 2 0 2 - - - 2 

6 - 10 4 2 2 2 2 - 0 

11- 15 8 2 6 - 3 2 3 

16- 20 20 5 15 - 10 5 5 

21- 25 30 9 21 1 11 8 10 

26 - 30 49 42 7 6 42 1 

31- 35 20 13 7 1 2 12 5 

36 - 40 0 0 0 - - - - 

40 and above 2 2 0 - - 2 - 

Distribution of Key Officials by Sex: 2001 

Total Male Female 

Area Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

Philippines 135 100 75 56 60 44 

Central Office 38 100 4 11 34 89 

Field Offices 97 100 71 73 26 27 

Highest Educational Attainment of PSOs and Central Office Officials 

with Salary Grade 22 and Over 

Highest Educational 


Attainment Total Male Female Male Female Male Female 

Total 135 75 60 4 34 71 26 

Bachelor's degree 24 18 6 2 18 4 

Masteral units 36 22 14 7 22 7 

Diploma/Certificates 2 2 0 1 1 

MS in Math/ Stat 14 0 14 9 5 

MS Economics 3 0 3 3 

MBA/MBM 20 11 9 1 5 10 4 

MPA/MPM 24 15 9 1 3 14 6 

other MS/MA 9 6 3 1 3 5 

Ph D & other doctorate 3 1 2 2 1 

Board processed a total of 267 appointments for 

regular positions, 120 of which are for Central Office 

and 147 are for Field Offices. 

Training and Development 

One of the continuing activities of the office 

is to provide avenues through which employees can 

acquire greater knowledge, skills or 

capabilities in order to effectively and 

efficiently deliver the statistical, civil 

registration and administrative services, as 

well as to promote personal growth and 

development. 

During the year, there were a total 

of 89 training programs that participated in 

by 1900 participants. Of significance were 

three training programs conducted by NSO 

with attendees from Bhutan, Nepal and 

UN-ESCAP, and a USAID sponsored 

training entitled “Management of Statistical 


Department 



Operations”, with the instructor coming from the US 

Bureau of Census-International Statistical Program 

Center. This training program was attended by 

selected PSOs and division chiefs. 

There were 28 short-term courses/study 

tours held abroad participated in by 48 employees. 

Forty-nine employees availed of the various local 

scholarship program. One scholar completed his 

masteral degree from a university in Australia. 

The Office has also provided technical 

experts in the field of Statistical Operation and Data 

Processing for nine foreign projects funded by Food 

and Agricultural Organization and Asian 

Development Bank. 

Participants in an NSO Seminar-Orientation. 

Number of Regular Employees Separated from the Service, by Age and by Sex 

Age 


Male Female Total Percent Male Female Total Percent Male Female Total Percent 

Total 57 27 84 100 10 7 17 100 47 20 67 100 

65 10 2 12 14 1 1 2 12 9 1 10 15 

63 - 64 6 5 11 13 2 1 3 18 4 4 8 12 

60 - 62 18 3 21 25 0 1 1 6 18 2 20 30 

50 - 59 13 3 16 19 1 0 1 6 12 3 15 22 

40 - 49 4 6 10 12 1 2 3 18 3 4 7 10 

30 - 39 4 2 6 7 3 1 4 24 1 1 2 3 

20 - 29 2 6 8 10 2 1 3 18 0 5 5 7 

Number of Regular Employees Separated from the Service, by Salary Grade and by Sex 

Salary 

Philippines 

Central Office 

Field Office 

Grade Male Female Total Percent Male Female Total Percent Male Female Total Percent 

Total 57 27 84 100 10 7 17 100 47 20 67 100 

26 - 30 4 1 5 6 1 1 2 12 3 0 3 4 

24 4 3 7 8 1 1 2 12 3 2 5 7 

18 - 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

15 4 5 9 11 0 1 1 6 4 4 8 12 

12 - 13 17 1 18 21 1 0 1 6 16 1 17 25 

10 - 11 14 6 20 24 0 2 2 12 14 4 18 27 

9 & below 14 11 25 30 7 2 9 53 7 9 16 24 

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Legal Services 

The Department provided legal services to 

all departments and staff. In the last quarter of the 

year, the division began serving as the evaluation 

arm of the Civil Registrar General in matters relating 

to Republic Act No. 9048 (Clerical Error Bill). It 

received, recorded, reviewed, evaluated and 

processed all petitions for corrections of clerical 

errors and change of first name. As of December 28, 

2001, the Department assisted in the evaluation of 

3,484 petitions. 

The Department also spearheaded the 

conduct of investigation of 150 cases in the office. 

Of this number, 22 employees were subject to 

various penalties according to the law. It also issued 

certifications of no pending administrative case to 

448 employees. 

The Department also drafted and/or 

reviewed a total of 725 Memoranda of Agreement 

and lease contracts, and evaluated 125 proposed 

sites of field offices and lease contracts for the 

offices in preparation for the roll out of the various 

sites for the Civil Registry System Information 

Technology Project. They also issued 21 demand 

letters and filed 12 cases due to failure of various 

establishments to comply with the law requiring 

them to properly submit census forms. 

Finally, the office provided legal advice to 

approximately 1,800 persons either visiting the 

office, calling NSO up, or posing questions on the 

website; reviewed sworn statements of assets and 

liabilities of Central Office employees; and 

conducted researches on labor, civil, criminal and 

administrative cases as part of the decision-making 

process of the office. 

Administrative Services 

To facilitate the smooth-flow operation of the 

different departments, this Division continuously 

provided support for the following needs: 

¤ Attended to the procurement of supplies, 

materials, equipment and among others needed 

by the concerned departments/divisions. 

¤ Conducted training on procurement and disposal 

at NCR and Region IV – Rizal province 

¤ Implemented the Equipment Inventory System 

(EIS) for Central Office. 

¤ Maintained the computerized and consolidated 

monthly/quarterly issuance of supplies and 

materials for Central and Field Offices. 

¤ Maintained the computerized RIV tracking 

system for easy locating the status of RIVs. 

¤ Conducted periodic physical inventories of 

equipment, semi-expendables and materials. 

¤ Printed supplementary forms for the use of 

different surveys and manuals of instruction for 

RA 9048. 

¤ Shipped and/or mailed questionnaires for 

different surveys to Field Offices. 

¤ Prepared monthly payroll for the timely 

distribution of salaries and wages of employees 

as well as the monthly report of disbursements. 

Other monetary claims were also processed. 

In its objective to create a conducive working 

environment, the Department undertook the 

following improvements to the office: 

¤ Renovated various offices at the Central Office. 

¤ Repaired/repainted/replaced cabinets, chairs, 

tables and other office furniture and fixtures. 

¤ Installed water pipelines, tank fittings, faucets, 

lights among others. 

Financial Matters 

Fiscal Year 2001 spending was anchored on 

fiscal discipline. The strategic allocation of limited 

resources for key programs and projects was 

successful in large part because of the strict and 

continuous implementation of the “No Report No 

Fund Release” policy for the field offices. 


Department 



In compliance with Administrative Order No. 5, 

Adoption of Fiscal Discipline Measures, NSO 

generated savings of P25.197 million or a utilization 

rate of 96.84% out of the available allotment of 

P796.140 million. The table below shows a 

summary of the financial operations of the office, 

including the utilization rate, which is a function of 

the actual obligations incurred by the office against 

the year’s allotment. 

On collection of revenue, the total income for 

the fiscal year was P136.5M or a 27-percent 

increase over last year. Continuing a trend seen in 

the last ten years, the biggest income contribution is 

from the issuance of civil registry documents. For 

2001, income from the issuance of civil registry 

documents was P128.8 million, or a 28.47% 

increase from last year. Income from fees derived 

from Solemnizing Officers grew by 8.81%, and is the 

second largest contributor. The table below 

provides a summary of the various sources of 

income of the NSO, and their relative contribution to 

the total income. 

Out of the total PS obligations of the year 

(P537.243 million), 57.67 percent is attributed to 

field operations, while the remainder 42.33 percent 

Personal Services 

Department 

Total PS 

Requirements Percent 

General Administration 103.167 19.20 

Information Resources 26.401 4.91 

Industry & Trade Statistics 44.024 8.20 

Household Statistics 18.738 3.49 

Civil Registration 35.093 6.53 

Regional Offices 309.82 57.67 

TOTAL 537.243 100.00 

is attributed to Central Office operations. This is 

from the regional operations and from the central 

office operations. The table above shows the 

expenditure in regard to PS for the various major 

offices. 

For the MOOE, out of the P228.597 million 

expenditure, 53.88 percent, or P 123.423 million, 

went to mandatory obligations. For the operations, 

Civil registration services, including the 

implementation of the RA 9048, P27.567 million or 

about 12.06 percent, while Statistical Services, used 

9.66 percent, or P22.072 million. For the locallyfunded 

projects, processing of the CENSUS 2000 

results utilized 7.13 percent share and the conduct 

of Family Income & Expenditures Survey (FIES), 1 st 

NSO's Budget and Expenditure 

FY 2001 Actual Balances/ Savings 

ALLOTMENT Obligations Utilization Rate 

Current Appropriation 788,390,221.00 765,839,997.00 22,550,224.00 97.14% 

PS 538,512,694.00 537,242,871.04 1,269,822.96 99.76% 

MOOE 249,877,527.00 228,597,125.96 21,280,401.04 91.48% 

Continuing Appropriations 

Capital Outlay 7,749,902.00 5,223,764.41 2,526,137.59 67.40% 

TOTAL 796,140,123.00 771,063,761.41 25,076,361.59 96.85% 

visit spent 6.22 percent, or P16.309 

million and P14.222 million, 

respectively. The figure below shows 

a graphical representation of the 

sharing of expenditures among 

various offices and projects. 

Generated Income for FY 2001 

Sources of Income FY 2000 FY 2001 Increase (%) 

Certification and Authentication – Civil Registry Documents 100,261,000.00 128,813,849.31 28.47 

License Fee for Solemnizing Officers 1,999,000.00 2,175,042.00 8.81 

Sales of Publication 3,023,000.00 2,819,044.42 -6.75 

Sales of Fixed Assets-Motorcycle Amortization 602,000.00 636,983.02 5.81 

Other Income 1,474,000.00 937,188.18 38.67 

Income from Data Request 1,106,862.82 

Total Income 107,359,000.00 136,488,969.75 27.13 

ADMIN 

FIES 10.78% 

6.22% 

CENSUS 2000 

7.13% 

Civil Regn 

12.06% 

Statistical 

9.66% 

Others 

0.27% 

Mandatory 

53.88% 

MOOE 

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Department 


Planning and Management 

Over the years, the Department through the 

Planning, Management and Coordination Division 

remained steadfast in the performance of its function 

relative to the preparation, monitoring and the 

implementation of the agency’s short-term and longterm 

plans, programs and projects. 

It disseminated Gantt charts to all central 

office units and the field offices including district 

offices. 

Auditing is another tool employed by PMCD 

in the conduct of a formal and methodical 

examination of how effective the activities and 

projects are carried out, and the extent of their 

success in achieving the goals. The Performance 

Appraisal or the conduct of Management Audit is 

designed to get continuous feedback about how well 

the field officers and the Officers-in-Charge are 

doing their work for the organization in terms of 

implementing plans and programs of the agency. 

There were ten management audits 

conducted in both central and the provincial offices 

during the period. The purpose of the audit was to 

evaluate employees and identify candidates for 

promotion and in some cases, evaluate the progress 

of projects. The Audit Team acted as arbiter to 

problems and conflicts arising between subordinates 

and supervisors. For every audit conducted, a 

management audit report was being prepared, 

which narrates in detail the process done identifying 

the problem areas, and the corresponding solutions 

recommended to serve as basis for management 

decisions. The results of these audits were 

submitted to management for review. 

Reports showing the summary of 

accomplishments by organizational unit with the 

corresponding targets were prepared. The external 

reports furnished include the Agency Report, 

Agency Performance Measures, Agency Action Plan 

and the Status Report of Activities. These reports 

are submitted to NEDA, the Office of the President 

and the Department of Budget and Management. 

Planning and managing the conduct of 

regular meetings, workshops and conferences have 

been part of PMCD functions. These activities 

became vital fora for downward, upward and 

horizontal communication and consultation with the 

NSO staff. The Agency’s highest-level meeting 

called Management Committee Meeting (Mancom) 

is held twice a month in Manila. Its members are the 

Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, the 

Department Directors/OICs of the GAD, ITSD, HSD, 

IRD, and CRD and the Regional Directors as 

members. The Regional Directors (RD) are 

represented by RDs of Region I, II III and Region IV 

on rotation basis. The Mancom serves as the venue 

to discuss and enunciate policy issues and 

development matters which require high level 

decision for improving the system of operations are 

deliberated on. For 2001, 14 Mancom meetings 

were conducted. 

The Senior Staff meetings are held monthly 

to solicit ideas and comments from the Division 

Chiefs. There were six Senior Staff meetings held in 

2001. The minutes of all the meetings were 

documented and on file. 

The regular quarterly meeting continued to 

be held. It served as a venue to inform the field 

offices on the latest updates on policies, programs 

and projects of the agency. Four RD Conferences 

were held in Manila during the months of March, 

June, September and December. 

PMCD served as the coordinating unit and 

overall secretariat to all of the above meetings 

including the Field Awards and the General 

Administration Departmental Planning Workshop. 

The Division also reviewed and evaluated a 

total of 1,766 requisition and issue vouchers, 866 

purchase orders and 122 work orders. 


Regional 

Tidbits 

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 

CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION 

A citation for the 

early submission of the 

Monthly Integrated 

Survey of Selected 

Industries (MISSI) was a 

morale booster to the 

staff. Another bonus was the awarding of a plaque 

of recognition for the assistance in providing 

required data to the Population Commission 

(POPCOM). The award was given through a Gawad 

Parangal Program held at the Valle Verde Country 

Club. 

For the third straight win, the region again 

was the First Prize winner in the 3 rd Civil 

Registration Quiz during the CR Month celebration 

conducted by the Civil Registry Department. 

A program, the Population Register 

Information System (PRIS), was developed by NCR 

V to update the demographic profile of barangays. 

The database handles social indicators particularly 

data on residents and households in a barangay. 

The PRIS is primarily for the use of 

barangay secretaries and is designed as a tool to 

make their tasks easier. Section 394 d (6) of the 

Local Government Code states that “the barangay 

secretary shall keep a record of all inhabitants in the 

barangay containing the following information: 

name, address, place and date of birth, sex, civil 

status, citizenship, occupation and the retrieving of 

names by surname, street, etc.” 

The maiden issue of NCR Vital Statistics 

was released in December and copies were 

distributed to data users. 

The Civil Service 

Commission conferred 

NSO Ifugao with a special 

award. The office was 

chosen as the “cleanest 

and greenest office” during 

the 101st anniversary 

celebration of CSC. 

Before the year ended, the Region had a 

change in leadership with the retirement of RD 

Miguel Dimalnat. Incoming OIC-RD Olivia Gulla was 

honored with a turnover ceremony. 

REGION 1 

One of the regional 

staff has been serving as a 

co-anchor of the news and 

commentary program 

Damdamag 

Ken 

Kapampanunotan at the 

DWAR local radio station. 

The region received a certificate of appreciation 

from the DENR during the Environment Month 

celebration. The recognition was made for the 

contribution of NSO to ecological balance by 

planting trees such as Narra, Mahogany and Neem 

at the NSO lot. The year also marked the transfer of 

both the Regional and La Union provincial offices to 

a new office location. 

REGION 2 

The Region maintains a one-hour radio 

program every Friday from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 

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DWPE Radyo ng Bayan 

station. The airtime is 

free and was arranged 

through 

the 

representation of the 

designated information 

officer. 

NSO Batanes has also a regular radio 

program where statistical activities, civil registration 

and other related information are being 

disseminated. It is hosted by the PSO of Batanes 

and is being aired every Friday from 11:00 am to 

12:00 noon. 

A photo exhibit was set up by the Regional 

office staff at the Brickstone Mall, Tuguegarao City 

during the observance of the Population 

Development (POPDEV) week. 

REGION 3 

conduct of a Decentralized Registry of 

Establishments. The project is a joint venture of 

NSO with the Philippine-Australia Governance 

Facility and AusAid and in cooperation with the 

Statistical Research and Training Center. 

The signing ceremony was held at the Plow and 

Harrow Restaurant in Angeles City on October 9, 

2001. Selected to be pilot local government units 

were Angeles City, Arayat, Candaba and Magalang. 

Two officials at the NSO Central Luzon were 

conferred the Career Service Executive Eligibility 

(CSEE). Regional Director Estela de Guzman and 

PSO Edgardo Pare were among the 431 (14 %) of 

the total 2,927 examinees who passed the interview 

in October and November 2001. The CSEE is a 

written and oral examination required for third level 

or executive positions in government. 

NSO Region III arranged a formal turnover of an 

LGU-donated lot donated by the Regional 

Development Council. 

Moved by the 

theme NSO-III: One in 

Vision, Bold in Motion, 

the staff made notable 

accomplishments that 

gave the year meaning 

in the face of new 

challenges. 

The region organized with Region 6 the conduct 

of an inter-regional seminar-workshop on civil 

registration. It was held at Punta Villa Beach Resort, 

Iloilo City last April 17-20, 2001. The resource 

speakers included then Administrator Tomas Africa 

and then Deputy Administrator Carmelita Ericta. The 

highlight of the workshop was on the implementing 

rules and regulations of R.A. 9048. 

A memorandum of agreement was signed 

between NSO and four Pampanga Mayors for the 

REGION 4 

The region, in 

coordination with the 

Philippine Association of 

Building Officials hosted 

the Second National 

Convention of Building 

Officials held from 

September 25-27, 2001 at the Development 

Academy of the Philippines, Tagaytay City. The 

convention focused on the theme Building Code 

Awareness and Disaster Preparedness as a 

National Concern. It was participated in by 700 

Local Building Officials (LBO), composed mostly of 

engineers, architects, plumbing and electrical 

inspectors, and zoning officers. 


Regional 

Tidbits 

The regional planning workshop was 

conducted from March 12-14, 2001. There were 74 

participants as follows: the RD, the Administrative 

Officer, Statisticians II and III’s, the accountant, the 

budget officer, PSOs, DSOs, bookkeepers and 

selected regional staff. Activities undertaken during 

the workshop included the assessment of 

accomplishments, presentation of the highlights of 

statistical projects, financial performance, civil 

registration and the 2000 Field Awards Rating. 

REGION 5 

The region established 

a Public Assistance 

Counter (PAC) which has 

been operating since June 

25, 2001. A memorandum 

was also issued to all PSOs 

last June 26,2001 directing 

them to establish a similar PAC in their respective 

provinces. 

The regional office successfully negotiated for 

the awarding of a new and better location with the 

Government Center Site Committee. As a result, a 

lot with an area of 3,020 square meters was 

allocated for NSO V. 

Two new employees joined the region in 

October 2001. They came from the National 

Irrigation Administration and the DECS and joined 

NSO as Statistical Coordination Officer (SCO) in 

Catanduanes and the other for Cataingan District. 

All the provincial offices in the region 

published its own monthly Quickstat and CPI special 

releases. 

Regional staff 

participated in a training 

course on web page 

development through 

the assistance of the 

CVISNet (Central 

REGION 6 

Antique provincial 

staff coordinated the 

holding of a planning 

workshop for the MCRs 

to evaluate their performance 

and to formulate 

plans and targets for the 

coming years. 

The workshop aimed to improve the 

performance of MCRs and their staff in terms of 

quality and timely submission of reports. The threeday 

yearend evaluation and annual planning 

workshop was held at the Barrio Fiesta Resort and 

Training Center in San Jose, Antique. The activity 

coincided with the Field Awards for MCRs, 

Christmas party celebration and socialization. 

In the process, the provincial office was able 

to set the criteria for rating the MCRs in terms of 

quality, timeliness of reports, attendance in 

meetings, compliance of CRD requirements and 

other activities of the Municipal/City Registration 

Officers. A civil registration caravan passing through 

Kalibo and nearby municipalities was also launched. 

A program for the updating of prices of 

commodities under CPI Updated Market Basket was 

developed by NSO Iloilo province. The program 

allows simultaneous viewing to make the updating 

process easier. 

REGION 7 

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Visayas Information Sharing Network). The training 

proved timely for the development of the region’s 

home page following the interconnection plan to link 

with the Central Visayas Information Sharing 

network (CVISNet). The training was a joint project 

of DOST-7 and NEDA-7. 

REGION 8 

REGION 9 

A room to room 

information drive on civil 

registration was launched 

in different schools in 

Isabela City and the 

Municipality of Lamitan. 

The region’s entry to 

NEDA Region 8’s website 

contest won the best 

design. The website is 

called CYBERSTAT. 

The winning stirred 

the region’s provinces to perform better. In fact, 

Eastern Samar was awarded the most improved 

province in the Field Awards as it rose from rank 65 

to rank 18. Northern Samar and Southern Leyte 

showed remarkable improvement in their rankings 

as well. Samar was included in the top 15 provinces. 

The region conducted a Statistics Quiz-on-air 

from October 1-13 under the Bulls’ Eye Program. 

The office enjoyed free airtime as sponsored by 

DYVL from 7:00-8:00 PM. 

An innovation was initiated by the region as it 

set up an idea bank where all employees were 

encouraged to submit their suggestions to improve 

office systems and procedures. 

To date, the region comes out with two regular 

publications namely, the Quickstat, distributed every 

second week of the month and the Region 8 

Indicator, a comprehensive quarterly publication 

released within 60 days after the reference quarter. 

A no noon-break policy on the Authentication of 

CR documents and an ATM payroll system were 

adopted in the regional office. 

Last December, OIC-RD Victor Baugbog 

presented a paper at the Mindanao Convention of 

Officers hosted by NSO Regional Office last. The 

paper was titled the Social and Moral Responsibility 

of Solemnizing Officers in Strengthening the Family. 

An assessment of the 

Region’s Three-Year 

Development Plan was 

made. The Plan includes 

the conduct of seminars 

and training for barangay 

captains and secretaries 

on civil registration. 

REGION 10 

The Region successfully conducted the 1 st 

Regional Seminar on Barangay Civil Registration 

System (BCRS). It was attended by barangay 

captains and secretaries regionwide, marking the 

highest turnout of participants numbering 1,618 

among the Region’s seminars. The affair was 

sponsored by C/MCRs League of R-10 and NSO- 

10. The purpose of the seminar was to orient and 

update all barangay officials and barangay 

secretaries about civil registry laws. 

Another convention the Region coordinated was 

the Mindanao Wide Convention of Solemnizing 


Regional 

Tidbits 

Officers last December 11-13, 2001. Delegates 

came from all the municipalities of Mindanao 

composed of Municipal Mayors, Local Civil 

Registrars and Judges. 

REGION 11 

To further improve 

the delivery of service to 

the public, the region 

conceptualized a survey 

questionnaire called the 

NSO Survey of 

Authentication Clients 

(NSAC). The survey was 

designed to gather data on the basic profile of NSO 

clients and get any feedback about the service 

delivery and the attitude of the personnel attending to 

them. 

To empower its human resources, the Region 

employed a new strategy to improve the public 

speaking skills at the regional office and at Davao del 

Sur provincial office of its employees. Ten to fifteen 

minutes was allocated per employee to talk, lecture or 

report in front of all employees every Monday, after 

the flag ceremony. They were given the option to 

choose any topic of his or her interest. 

It was also during the same year that an IMPS 

program was developed for data entry editing and 

tabulation of results. 

The region marked the preparation of five 

news articles published in the Mindanao Daily Mirror 

and the Sun Star Davao. The articles focused on 

imports, exports, inflation and the labor force status in 

the region. 

REGION 12 

The year saw 

pivotal accomplishments 

and dramatic 

changes with the 

retirement of RD 

Roberto Flores and the 

full confirmation of 

NSO Lanao del Norte as part of Region 10 in view 

of Executive Order 36. 

Celebrations were held for the outgoing 

RD through a Tribute Party, a Welcome Party for 

PSO Jaime Paller of South Cotabato, who was 

appointed officer-in-charge, and a farewell party 

for Mr. Joseph Cajita, who was promoted as 

Executive Assistant IV at the Central Office. 

This regional office was awarded a 

Certificate of Recognition for the support 

extended to POPCOM XII during the 

implementation of Philippine population 

Management Program in the region. 

The regional staff founded the regional 

office’s local version of NSO Provident Fund, 

which collects monthly contributions from its 

members. The coop offered a cell card loan 

program, which provides members a 15-day term 

mode of payment. 

ARMM 

Agency coordination 

remained active at the NSO 

ARMM and the provincial 

offices with their 

participation and support to 

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Tidbits 

the activities of other government agencies in the 

region. The agencies include the Civil Service 

Commission, National Commission on the Role of 

Women and the Regional Planning & 

Development Office. 

The Regional Director was inducted as 

Board Member of the Christian and Muslim for 

Peace, Philippines on April 21 at the Mindanao 

State University. Subsequent activities of the 

organization are being participated by the 

Regional Director. CAMP is an international 

organization working for peace. He also was 

conferred the Career Executive Service Officer 

eligibility during the year. 

The regional office facilitated the 

exploratory visit of PLAN International Deputy 

Country Director MK Ali to the interior 

municipalities in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao 

in February, 2001 for future opening of PLAN 

projects in Muslim Mindanao. 

Accion Hombre, a foreign donor agency 

providing assistance to rehabilitate Mindanao war 

evacuees, was given statistical support by NSO 

ARMM. 

The Barangay Civil Registrar System 

Convention was conducted in the four provinces of 

the region. Civil registrars, punong barangays, 

barangay secretaries, some LGU officials and NSO 

employees participated in the convention. 

It also held the First Regional Convention for 

Solemnizing Officers participated by 420 participants 

composed of pastors, ministers, priests, mayors and 

civil registrars of Caraga. 

A press conference was held one day before 

the Caraga regional PSQ Elimination last November 

21, 2001 at the NSO Conference Hall. The event 

was spearheaded by the PIA and the PECBEC TV 

Cable of Butuan City 

The PSQ Regional Steering Committee, cochaired 

by the Butuan Bankers Club (represented by 

Ms. Sandra-Uy-Radaza), adopted the suggestion to 

name the major awards of the PSQ Regional Finals 

by its sponsors, as follows: 

♦ Regional champion - Gov. Barbers’ Award 

♦ Second place - Gov. Amantes’ Award 

♦ Third place - Butuan Bankers’ Club award 

♦ Fourth Place - SK Award 

♦ Fifth Place - DOLE Award 

CARAGA REGION 

The emergence of 

the Caraga Regional 

Office was perceived as 

a most welcome 

endeavor of the people 

of Caraga to establish 

the identity of its people 

in their quest to open 

the gates of opportunity for growth and 

development. 


Other Events 

& Advocacy 

Gender and Development Capability (GAD) 

Building Program 

To insure that GAD is institutionalized into 

NSO’s organizational life, and to attain the mission 

of making women visible through the statistical 

information and indicators the Office regularly 

produces, the GAD Trainer’s Training and Gender 

Sensitivity and Gender-Responsive Planning 

Workshop were conducted. 

The programs are intended to raise the level 

of consciousness and awareness of the NSO 

officials and employees on gender-related issues, 

allowing for greater gender-sensitivity and 

responsiveness in project planning and the 

formulation of the various activities of the office, 

specially during censuses and surveys. 

For the year, thirty employees have been 

prepared as GAD Trainers. Field and central office 

staff were equally divided among the participants. 

These are now tapped to echo the Gender 

Sensitivity Training to NSO employees. 

On the other hand, there were four batches 

of training on Gender Sensitivity, with a total of 121 

employees having participated. 

National Women's Month 

The NSO participated in the Women's 

day celebration on March 8, 2001, by joining in 

the alay lakad from EDSA Shrine to Philippines 

Sports Arena (formerly Ultra). 

The NSO choir sang during the mass, and 

they led the singing of the Philippine National 

Anthem and the invocation, formally opening the 

program. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was 

the guest of honor of the affair. One of the 

highlights of the program was the sewing of tapis 

where the various joining agencies' commitments 

were written. 

NSO employees compete in the Women’s Month 

Celebration Sportsfest. 

In line with the celebration, NSO employees 

brought home medals for the various sports such 

as walkathon, arm wrestling, javelin throw, sack 

race, long jump, tug-of-war and volleyball. 

Lupon Sa Filipino 

Ang Pambansang Tanggapan ng Estadistika 

ay naging punong-abala sa isinagawang buwanang 

pagpupulong ng Sanggunian ng Wika (SANGWIKA) 

na ginananap NSO Training Room noong ika-24 ng 

Setyembre, 2001. Ito ay pinangungunahan ng mga 

kasapi sa Lupon sa Wikang Filipino sa pamumuno ni 

Gng. Benny Yabut. Ang pagpupulong ay dinaluhan ng 

mga kaanib ng Sanggunian mula sa iba't ibang 

tanggapan ng pamahalaan. 

Sa nasabing pagpupulong, naiulat ni Gng. 

Vilma Malumay ang resulta ng CENSUS 2000 sa 

wikang Filipino. Si Gng. Lourdes Hufana ay nagbigay 

ng impormasyon tungkol sa RA 9048. Ang batas na 

ito na inaprobahan ni Presidente Arroyo noong Marso 

22, 2001. Ito ay nag-aamyenda sa Articles 376 at 

412 ng Civil Code. Ayon sa batas na ito, ang mga 

civil registrars ay binibigyan karapatan sa 

pagwawasto ng mga maling datos sa birth, marriage 

and death certificates at ang Civil Registrar General 

ay magrerebisa nito. Ang iba't ibang lathalain ng 

NSO ay ipinamahagi sa mga dumalo. 

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Other Events 

& Advocacy 

Tomas P. Africa 

Honoring the Retirees 

Sir TPA, as he has come to be fondly known 

and called, joined NSO in 1989 as Administrator and 

the Civil Registrar General after his stint at the 

National Economic Development Authority. He 

spent the 12 years at NSO, introducing reforms and 

innovations, greatly improving the statistical and civil 

registration operations of the office, not to mention 

huge strides in the use of information technology. 

He also showed deep concern for employees' 

welfare, and was the first Administrator to have 

signed an MOU with the Union. As expert in 

statistics and economics, he served as lecturer and 

as consultant in local or foreign agencies. 

Part of his lasting legacy to the office is the 

institutionalization of the Field Awards system as a 

major avenue of recognizing and rewarding 

employees’ efforts, evolving into a strong motivating 

factor for quality field office productivity. He is also 

credited with the conception and institutionalization 

of the Philippine Statistics Quiz which aims for better 

understanding and appreciation of statistics and 

mathematics among students and teachers. 

Administrator Africa retired at age 52 leaving 

an agency enjoying a high level of recognition from 

national and international bodies for its quality 

products and systems, and with employees making 

up a strong and committed workforce. In 1994, 

NSO was cited as Center of Excellence by the 

Senate Committee on Civil Service, and in 1998, the 

NSO became the first national agency to win the 

Philippine Quality Award for Commitment. 

Recognition for his achievements have also 

been made as follows: 

Achievement Award for Public Administration 

awarded by PhilJafa on 17 January 1992 

Pag-asa Award by the Civil Service Commission on 

15 September 1992 

Professional Awardee in Statistics by UP Alumni 

Association in June 1994 

Employee – Friendly Employer by CSC in 1998 

Government Service Award by Ateneo de Manila 

University on 25 July 2001. 

Margarita F. Guerrero 

In 1991, Ms. Margarita F. Guerrero, Ph.D 

was sworn in as Director of the Industry and Trade 

Statistics. Prior to her post at NSO, she began her 

career in the field of statistics as professor then 

became Director of the Institute of Mathematical 

Sciences and Physics, UP Los Baños. 

She served NSO for 10 years, contributing 

immensely in the areas of her expertise: sample 

survey methodologies and operations, household 

and establishment-based applications and in 

statistical analysis. She has also serve as technical 

expert by local and international organizations. She 

has done research studies and wrote numerous 

papers in the field of statistics. She retired from the 

service on July 23, 2001. 

Miguel D. Dimalnat 

Director Miguel D. Dimalnat joined NSO in 

1975 as Provincial Statistics Officer of Ifugao. In 

1994, he took charge in overseeing the operations 

of the NSO-Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). 

With the issuance of Executive Order No. 5, 

“Strengthening the National Statistics Office”, he 

was appointed as Regional Director of the in year 

2000. 

Under his term, CAR has been awarded one 

of the top five regions in the Field Awards for the 

past three years. RD Dimalnat retired on 

December 31, 2001 after 42 years of government 

service, 26 years of which was with NSO. 


Other Events 

& Advocacy 

Roosevelt A. Itum 

Director Itum retired from the office in 

February 16, 2001 after a total of 43 years in 

service. A teacher by profession in both 

elementary and college levels, he joined NSO in 

1975 as a Census Statistician. Director Itum was 

the Provincial Statistics Officer in Tawi-Tawi for 

eight years, before being promoted Regional 

Census Officer of Region 9. 

Roberto E. Flores 

Director Flores joined NSO in 1975 as Provincial 

Census Officer II assigned in Maguindanao. He spent 

five years there before being promoted to Regional 

Census Officer for Region XII. RD Flores was head of 

the regional office for 21 years, and retired as Director of 

NSO-Region XII on December 6, 2001 after serving the 

government for a total of 39 years, 26 years of which was 

with NSO. 

NSO in Action 

Search for the 2001 Mr. and Ms. Civil Registration 

Human Resources Chief accepts donation from CIU President 

Presentation of the newly drafted Five-Year Development Plan 

Employees’ happy hour 

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Other Events 

& Advocacy 

Donation to charities 

E-census launching and presentation 

Guesting in a Cable TV program 

10 th PSQ Official Launching 

Inside a Census Serbilis Center 

Reception for visitors from Nepal 


ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 

OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 

DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR 

GENERAL 

ADMINISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT 

INFORMATION 

RESOURCES 

DEPARTMENT 

ADMINISTRATIVE 

SERVICE DIVISION 

HUMAN RESOURCE 

MANAGEMENT 

DIVISION 

ACCOUNTING 

DIVISION 

BUDGET DIVISION 

DATABANK AND 

INFORMATION 

SERVICES DIVISION 

INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGY 

OPERATIONS DIV. 

IT SYSTEMS & 

RESEARCH DIVISION 

CARMELITA N. ERICTA 

ADMINISTRATOR 

VALENTINO C. ABUAN 

OIC DEP. ADMINISTRATOR 

AND CONCURRENT DIRECTOR 

(IRD) 

LEGAL SERVICES 

DIVISION 

PLANNING, 

MANAGEMENT & 

COORDINATION 

DIVISION 

INDUSTRY AND 

TRADE STATISTICS 

DEPARTMENT 

HOUSEHOLD 

STATISTICS 

DEPARTMENT 

CIVIL 

REGISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT 

ATTY. PATRICIA INEZ 

ESTANIEL 

DIRECTOR (GAD) 

PAULA MONINA 

G. COLLADO 

DIRECTOR (HSD) 

BUSINESS AND 

SERVICES 

STATISTICS DIV. 

CENSUS PLANNING 

AND OPERATIONS 

DIVISION 

CIVIL REGISTRY 

OPERATIONS 

DIVISION 

ECONOMIC INDICES 

AND INDICATORS 

DIVISION 

DEMOGRAPHICS 

AND SOCIAL 


HEALTH AND VITAL 


DIVISION 

INDUSTRY 


DIVISION 

STATISTICAL 

SAMPLING AND 

OPERATIONS DIV. 

REGIONAL 

OFFICES (15) 

PROVINCIAL 

OFFICES 

INCOME 

AND EMPLOYMENT 


CIVIL REGISTRY AND 

INFORMATION 

MANAGEMENT DIVISION 

REGIONAL OFFICE 

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 

DISTRICT 

OFFICES (6) 

STATISTICAL 

OPERATIONS 

DIVISION 

MARIETTA P. MORADA 

OIC DIRECTOR (ITSD) 

CARLITO B. LALICON 

DIRECTOR (CRD) 

Division Chiefs: 

General Administration Dept.: Fiel Pizarro (HRMD), Enrique Navarro 

(ASD), Atty. Maribeth Cacho (OIC for LSD), Nenita Montejar 

(Budget), Flor Candelaria (Accounting) and Janice Ybañez (PMCD) 

Information Resources Dept.: Vilma Malumay (DISD), Manuel Rivera 

(OIC for ITOD), and Veronica Pido (ITSRD) 

Household Statistics Dept.: Mercedita Tia (CPOD), Socorro Abejo 

(DSSD), and Josie Perez (IESD) 

Industry and Trade Statistics Dept.: Katrina Esclamad (BSSD), Rosie 

Sta. Ana (OIC for EIID), Lourdes Homecillo (ISD), and Juanita 

Soriano (OIC for SSOD), 

Civil Registry Dept.: Lourdes Hufana (CROD), and Marites Espinosa 

(HVSD) 

NCR: Belen Razo (SOD), and Lilia Nuesca (CRIMD) 

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DIRECTORY 

REGIONAL DIRECTORS 

OIC RD CRISANTO 

CEROJANO (NCR) 

RD MIGUEL 

DIMALNAT (CAR) 

RD ALFREDO 

BATOY (REG. I) 

RD EDMUNDO 

UDARBE (REG. II) 

RD ESTELA 

DE GUZMAN (REG. III) 

RD ROSALINDA 

BAUTISTA (REG. IV) 

RD MARIANO 

FONTANILLA JR. (REG. V) 

RD NORMAN 

JULAG-AY (REG. VI) 

RD LILIA TANDOC 

(REG. VII) 

OIC RD LETICIA 

CHU (REG. VIII) 

OIC RD VICTOR 

BAUGBOG (REG. IX) 

RD SALVADOR 

AVES (REG. X) 

RD VIRGILIO 

FUSILERO (REG. XI) 

RD ROBERTO FLORES 

(REG. XII) 

RD TIBURCIO PALASAN 

(CARAGA) 

RD COMMANDO 

PILIMPINAS (ARMM) 

CENTRAL OFFICE 

Solicarel Building I 

Ramon Magsaysay Blvd. 

Sta. Mesa, Manila 1008 

P.O. Box 779, Manila, Phils. 

OFFICE OF THE 

ADMINISTRATOR 

Tel. Nos. (632) 716-0807 

(632) 713-7074 

Fax No. (632) 716-7073 

Telefax (632) 716-0734 

Cable Address: NSOPHIL 

C.Ericta@mail.census.gov.ph 

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY 

ADMINISTRATOR 

Tel. Nos. (632) 716-0369 

Telefax (632) 716-0247 

V.Abuan@mail.census.gov.ph 

INFORMATION RESOURCES 

DEPARTMENT 

Tel. Nos. (632) 713-7061 

(632) 716-0440 

V.Abuan@mail.census.gov.ph 

HOUSEHOLD STATISTICS 

DEPARTMENT 

Tel. No. (632) 716-0298 

Telefax (632) 716-0404 

M.Collado@mail.census.gov.ph 

Solicarel Building II 



GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT 

Tel. No. (632) 716-9429 

P.Estaniel@mail.census.gov.ph 

INDUSTRY & TRADE STATISTICS 

DEPARTMENT 

Telefax (632) 713-7071 

(632) 715-6505 

M.Morada@mail.census.gov.ph 

CIVIL REGISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT 

Vibal Building 

Times Street cor. EDSA 

Quezon City 1100 

Tel. No. (632) 926-7281 

Fax No. (632) 926-7422 

C.Lalicon@mail.census.gov.ph 

East Avenue 

(Beside Land Registration Authority) 

Tel. No. 926-8905 

REGIONAL OFFICES 

NCR 

OIC CRISANTO S. CEROJANO 

Soledad Bldg., Ramon Magsaysay 

Blvd., Sta. Mesa, Manila 1008 

Tel. No. (02) 716-4921 

Fax No. (02) 714-1721 

Cellphone: 0919-448-54-49 

C.Cerojano@mail.census.gov.ph 

CAR 

RD MIGUEL D. DIMALNAT 

3/F Juniper Bldg. 

A. Bonifacio St. 

Baguio City 2600 

Tel. No. (074) 443-7763 

Fax No. (074) 442-7449 

Cellphone: 0919-244-27-55 

nso-car@mozcom.com 

REGION I 

RD ALFREDO D. BATOY 

3 & 4/F Virginia Bldg. (Dominion 

Terminal) Quezon Avenue. 

San Fernando City, 

La Union 2500 

Tel. No. (072) 888-2582 

Fax No. (072) 888-4804 

Cellphone: 0919-329-13-06 

nsor1@lu.csi.com.ph 

REGION II 

RD EDMUNDO R. UDARBE 

Gonzaga St., Ext., Ugac Norte 

Tuguegarao City 3500 

Tel. No. (078) 846-9171 

Telefax: (078) 844-1902 

Cellphone: 0919-348-06-40 

nsor2@cag.pworld.net.ph 

REGION III 

RD ESTELA T. DE GUZMAN 

2/F A & A Bldg., Km. 73 

MacArthur Highway 

Maimpis, San Fernando 

Pampanga 2000 

Tel. No. (045) 963-3774 

(045) 961-32-53 


DIRECTORY 

PROVINCIAL OFFICES 

Fax (045) 860-5953 

Cellphone: 0919-357-73-68 

nsoreg3@mail.irnet.net.ph 

REGION IV 

RD ROSALINDA P. BAUTISTA 

LMJ Bldg., No. 8 T. M. Kalaw St. 

Brgy. 3A, Lipa City 4217 

Tel. No. (043) 756-0412 

Fax No. (043) 757-0812 

Cellphone: 0919-582-93-92 

nso4lipa@mozcom.com 

REGION V 

RD MARIANO S. FONTANILLA JR. 

Pinpin Bldg., Rizal St. 

Cabagnan, Legazpi City 4500 

Telefax: (052) 480-1907 

(05221) 445-209 

(052) 480-1568 

nso5@mayon.cats.edu.ph 

REGION VI 

RD NORMAN R. JULAG-AY 

2/F Villanueva Bldg. 

Cor. J.M. Basa & Rizal Sts. 

Iloilo City 5000 

Tel. No. (033) 335-0907 

Fax No. (033) 335-0316 

Cellphone: 0919-352-87-92 

nso6@skyinet.net 

REGION VII 

RD LILIA TANDOC 

Capuras Bldg., Sanciangco St. 

Cebu City 6000 

Tel. Nos. (032) 256-0591 

(032) 256-0592 

Fax No. (032) 253-9494 

Cellphone: 0919-601-90-45 

nsor07@cvis.net.ph 

REGION VIII 

OIC LETICIA C. CHU 

2/F Uy Ting Koc Bldg. 

Senator Enage St. 

Tacloban City 6500 

Tel. Nos. (053) 321-4576 

(053) 321-2119 

(053) 325-5152 

Fax No. (053) 325-7026 

Cellphone: 0919-352-62-78 

nso8@mozcom.com 

REGION IX 

OIC VICTOR U. BAUGBOG 

Dr. Evangelista St., Sta. Catalina 

Zamboanga City 7000 

Tel. No. (062) 991-5066 

Fax No. (062) 991-0824 

Cellphone: 0919-354-75-11 

nso9@jetlink.com.ph 

REGION X 

RD SALVADOR A. AVES 

3/F Lantoria Bldg., 

No. 77 Julio Pacaña St. 

Cagayan de Oro City 9000 

Tel. No. (08822) 726-432 

723-270 

(088) 856-2679 

Fax No. (088) 856-4778 

Cellphone: 0918-505-89-77 

census10@cdo.weblinq.com 

REGION XI 

RD VIRGILIO N. FUSILERO 

2/F Mintrade Bldg. 

F. Bangoy cor. Monteverde Sts. 

Davao City 8000 

Tel. Nos. (082) 221-3593 

(082) 221-8338 

(082) 224-1140 

Fax No. (082) 226-4759 

Cellphone: 0919-329-05-70 

nsoxi@skyinet.net 

REGION XII 

RD ROBERTO B. FLORES 

Elena V. Co Bldg. 

2/F Magallanes St. 

Cotabato City 9600 

Tel. No. (064) 421-2380 

Fax No. (064) 421-1784 

Cellphone: 0919-339-02-48 

nsor12@ndu.fapenet.org 

CARAGA REGION 

RD TIBURCIO U. PALASAN 

1/F Acerado Bldg., Ochoa Ave. 

Butuan City 8600 

Tel. Nos. (085) 815-9423 

(085) 225-5219 

Fax: (085) 342-5764 

Cellphone: 0919-270-66-82 

nsocraga@butuan.philcom.com.ph 

ARMM 

RD COMMANDO P. PILIMPINAS 

Carumba Bldg. Jupiter St. 

Cotabato City 9600 

Tel. No. (064) 421-4064 

Fax No. (064) 421-4919 

Cellphone: 0919-362-4314 

nso-armm@microweb.com.ph 

NCR 

NCR I 

PSO FRANCIA NEPOMUCENO 

Soledad Bldg. 



Tel. Nos. (02) 716-7911 

Telefax: (02) 338-5747 

Cellphone: 0919-357-24-82 

F.Nepomuceno@mail.census.gov.ph 

NCR II 

PSO DANILO R. CUBINAR 

3/F Soledad Bldg. 



Tel. No. (02) 716-0828 

Telefax: (02) 338-5748 

Cellphone: 0919-344-10-04 

D.Cubinar@mail.census.gov.ph 

NCR III 

PSO VICTORINO B. SUAREZ 

R-204 2/F First Optima Realty Corp. 

Bldg. N. Domingo cor. F. 

Roman St. 

San Juan, Metro Manila 1500 

Tel. No. (02) 725-7589 

Telefax: (02) 722-0695 

Cellphone: 0910-334-04-53 

V.Suarez@mail.census.gov.ph 

NCR IV (CAMANAVA) 

PSO ABRAHAM C. CAMBA 

Rm 316, 3/F Sapphire Building 

Victory Liner Cmpd. Rizal Ave. Ext. 

Caloocan City 1400 

Tel. No. (02) 367-3831 

Telefax: (02) 367-3742 

Cellphone: 0919-334-04-13 

A.Camba@mail.census.gov.ph 

NCR V 

PSO AURELIO F. ROLDAN 

3/F Makati City Hall 

Makati City 1200 

Tel. Nos. (02) 895-5889 

(02) 895-5538 

Telefax: (02) 899-8912 

Cellphone: 0919-235-87-30 

A.Roldan@mail.census.gov.ph 

NCR VI 

OIC ANGEL ACA 

Unit A & B, Cyncamore Center 

Buencamino St., cor Alabang- 

Zapote Rd., Cupang, Muntinlupa 

City, Metro Manila 

Telefax: (02) 850-4525 

(02) 772-3014 

Cellphone: 0919-286-27-70 

A.Aca@mail.census.gov.ph 

CAR 

ABRA 

PSO PETER P. SAGUILOT JR. 

General Lizardo Bldg. 

McKinley St., Bangued 

Abra 2800 

Tel. No. (074) 752-8031 

Cellphone: 0919-244-2755 

nso-abra@digitelone.com 

BENGUET 

PSO MATILDE L. ALEJANDRO 

Juniper Bldg., 67 Bonifacio St. 

Baguio City 2600 

Tel. No. (074) 443-8011 

Cellphone: 0919-312-9849 

nso-beng@mozcom.com 

IFUGAO 

PSO DAVID S. LUPANTE 

Provincial Capitol 

Lagawe, Ifugao 3600 

Tel. No. (073) 382-2024 

Cellphone: 0919-354-76-04 

nsoifuga@smu.edu.ph 

KALINGA-APAYAO 

PSO BARTHOLOMEW F. DAOAS 

JR. 

Yudong Bldg. Dagupan, Tabuk 

Kalinga-Apayao 3800 

Tel. No. (078) 872-2276 

Cellphone: 0919-354-93-58 

nsocarka@cag.pworld.net.ph 

MT. PROVINCE 

PSO ESTER T. DULNUAN 

Henry Gomez Bldg. 

Jungle Town St., Bontoc 

Mountain Province 2616 

Tel. No. (074) 602-1578 

Cellphone: 0919-354-93-57 

nsomp@digitelone.com 

REGION I 

ILOCOS NORTE 

PSO LUIDA P. BLANCO 

Ilocanos Heroes Hall 

Laoag City 2900 

Tel. No. (077) 772-1254 

Telefax: (077) 770-4440 

Cellphone: 0919-586-14-77 

nsolaoag@nulaoag.com 

ILOCOS SUR 

PSO URBANA A. ROMANO 

2/F Singson Bldg. 

cor. Del Pilar & Mabini Sts. 

Vigan, Ilocos Sur 2700 

Tel. No. (077) 722-2140 

Cellphone: 0919-562-7404 

nsovigan@mozcom.com 

LA UNION 

OIC GLORIA CONCEPCION A. 

MIGUEL 

3 & 4/F Virginia Bldg., (Dominion 

Terminal) Quezon Ave. 

San Fernando City 2500 

Tel. No. (072) 888-5740 

Cellphone: 0918-910-18-29 

nsolaun@lu.csi.com.ph 

PANGASINAN 

PSO OLIVIA G. GULLA 

Barrozo Bldg. 

A.B. Fernandez East Ave. 

Dagupan City 2400 

Tel. No. (075) 522-0803 

Cellphone: 0919-605-11-33 

nsopang@mozcom.com 

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DIRECTORY 

PROVINCIAL OFFICES 

REGION II 

BATANES 

PSO WILFRIDO Q. DOMINGO 

Basco, Batanes 3900 

CAGAYAN 

PSO SEVERINO G. CAPILI 

Gonzaga St., Ext. Ugac Norte 

Tuguegarao City 3500 

Tel. No. (078) 846-9171 

Cellphone: 0919-605-32-45 

nsocagtc@cag.pworld.net.ph 

ISABELA 

PSO RODOLFO G. FLORENTINO 

Zara Bldg., Sta. Barbara St. 

Ilagan, Isabela 3300 

Tel. Nos. (078) 624-2012 

(078) 622-3727 

Cellphone: 0919-605-36-23 

nsoisa@isb.csi.com.ph 

NUEVA VIZCAYA 

PSO LAURO T. MARQUEZ 

Lumicao Bldg., Dumlao Blvd. 

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya 

Tel. No. (073) 321-2559 

Cellphone: 0919-605-32-48 

nsonviz@mail.smu.edu.ph 

QUIRINO 

PSO BIENVENIDO L. 

TAMANGAN 

Gundaway, Cabarroguis 

Quirino 3400 

Tel. No. (078) 692-5001 

Cellphone: 0919-354-84-71 

nsoqui@isb.csi.com.ph 

REGION III 

BATAAN 

PSO EDGARDO G. PARE 

Pilar Shopping Arcade 

Panilao, Pilar, Bataan 2100 

Tel. No. (047) 237-3031 

Telefax: (047) 791-3702 

Cellphone: 0919-359-38-15 

nsobat08@bataan.ph 

BULACAN 

PSO ARTURO R. REYES 

Pariancillo St., Sto. Nino 

Malolos, Bulacan 3000 

Tel. No. (044) 791-1751 

Telefax: (044) 662-3224 

Cellphone: 0917-460-86-85 

nsobulac@mozcom.com 

NUEVA ECIJA 

PSO ALBERTO N. MIRANDA 

Liwag Bldg., Burgos Avenue 

Cabanatuan City 3100 

Tel. No. (044) 600-0622 

Cellphone: 0919-333-32-14 

nso-ne@mozcom.com 

PAMPANGA 

PSO JULIE N. MAGALONG 

A & A Bldg., Km. 73 

McArthur Highway 

Maimpis, San Fernando 

Pampanga 2000 

Tel. No. (045) 961-5619 

Fax No. (045) 860-5952 

Cellphone: 0919-352-34-24 

nsopamp@digitelone.com 

TARLAC 

PSO DOLORES A. MASANGKAY 

BSQ F. Tanedo St. 

San Nicolas, Tarlac City 2300 

Tel. No. (0452) 982-2593 

Fax No. (045) 982-2936 

Cellphone: 0919-359-38-21 

nso_tar@mozcom.com 

ZAMBALES 

PSO ZOILO F. ABENOJA 

3/F Villagracia Bldg. 

2019 Rizal Avenue 

Olongapo City 2200 

Tel. Nos. (047) 222-5533 

(047) 223-4557 

nsozamb@svisp.com 

REGION IV 

AURORA 

PSO FLORENCIO A. ANGULO, 

JR. 

cor Bitong. & Zamora Sts. 

Baler, Aurora 3200 

Tel. No. (042) 209-4252 

Cellphone: 0919-363-06-00 

BATANGAS 

OIC RUDY FABON 

2/F Bernal Commercial Bldg. 

Julian Pastor Rd. (New Public 

Market), Batangas City 4200 

Tel Nos. (043) 980-24-92 to 93 

(043) 723-2207 

Cellphone: 0916-402-2347 

nsobats@mozcom.com 

CAVITE 

OIC LUCIA IRAIDA A. SONEJA 

2/F First Stone Bldg. 

Governor's Drive, Conchu 

Trece Martires City, Cavite 4109 

Tel. No. (046) 419-0281 

Cellphone: 0917-457-53-48 

nsocav@info.com.ph 

LAGUNA 

PSO MANUEL O. ALVAREZ 

Maharlika Highway 

Bgy. Bagong Bayan 

San Pablo City 4000 

Tel. No. (049) 562-9605 

Cellphone: 0919-359-86-31 

nsolaguna@msc.net.ph 

MARINDUQUE 

PSO GODOFREDO L. MARTE 

Magsaysay cor. Melendez Sts. 

Isok I, Boac, Marinduque 4900 

Tel. No. (042) 332-1511 

Cellphone: 0917-457-50-79 

nso_marinduque@digitelone.com 

OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 

PSO FLOREDELIZA J. 

MONTECLARO 

Laurena Bldg., National Rd. 

cor. San Isidro St., 

Payompon, Mamburao, 

Occidental Mindoro 5106 

Tel. No. (043) 711-1026 

nso_mamb@digitelone.com 

ORIENTAL MINDORO 

PSO RAMON O. DIZON 

Provincial Capitol Compound 

Brgy. Camilmil, Calapan 

Oriental Mindoro 5200 

Tel. No. (043) 286-7077 

nsormin@dalcan.com 

PALAWAN 

PSO PRUDANTE M. PATACSIL 

3/F Silvertown Sales Bldg. 

cor. Lacao & Rizal Avenue 

Puerto Princesa City 5300 

Tel. Nos. (048) 434-2092 

Telefax (048) 434-3388 

nsopal@mozcom.com 

QUEZON 

PSO ARTURO S. ARCE 

2 & 3/F Teresita Bldg. 

46 Quezon Ave., Brgy. I 

Lucena City 4301 

Tel. No. (043) 373-0806 

nsolucen@mozcom.com 

RIZAL 

OIC NELIA BALLESFIN 

4/F RICAL Bldg., Ortigas Ave. 

Ext., Cainta, Rizal 1900 

Tel. No. (02) 656-0996 

N.Ballesfin@mail.census.gov.ph 

ROMBLON 

PSO BENJAMIN P. QUINTERO 

Provincial Capitol Bldg. 

Capaclan, Romblon 

Romblon 5500 

Tel Nos. (02) 412-2864 to 67 

loc. 2113 

nsorombl@mozcom.com 

REGION V 

ALBAY 

PSO JOB T. ZARAGOZA 

Pinpin Bldg., Rizal St. 

Cabagnan, Legazpi City 4500 

Tel. No. (052) 480-1596 

nsoalbay@cats.edu.ph 

CAMARINES NORTE 

PSO OLIVA A. GARCILLANOSA 

2/F Recasio Bldg., Carlo II St. 

Daet, Camarines Norte 4600 

Tel. Nos. (054) 721-1435 

(054) 571-2942 

nsocn@digitelone.com 

CAMARINES SUR 

PSO JOSE G. SIBULO 

2/F MMCN Bldg. 

Panganiban Ave. 

Naga City 4400 

Tel. Nos. (054) 472-5622 

(054) 473-1138 

nsocsur@techasia.com.ph 

CATANDUANES 

PSO ELISA A. SOLARES 

2/F NRC Bldg., Dela Riva Subd. 

San Isidro Village 

Virac, Catanduanes 4800 

Tel. No. (052) 811-1623 

nsocat@digitelone.com 

MASBATE 

PSO REMESES G. CALLOS 

2/F Nunez Bldg. 

Quezon St., Masbate 4500 

Tel. Nos. (056) 333-3407 

(056) 333-2200 

SORSOGON 

OIC ALEJANDRO R. SARIO 

Youngs Bldg. Quezon St., 

Polvorista, Sorsogon 4700 

Tel. No. (056) 211-1406 

nsosor@digitelone.com 

REGION VI 

AKLAN 

PSO BLAS M. SOLIDUM 

Furtunato Quimpo St. 

Kalibo, Aklan 5600 

Tel. No. (066) 238-04 

nsoaklan@kalibo.i-next.net 

ANTIQUE 

PSO ZENAIDA S. ISRAEL 

Solana cor. Carretas Sts. 

San Jose, Antique 5700 

Tel. No. (036) 540-86-28 

Cel. No. (0917) 441-2695 

nsoant@miagao.i-next.net 

CAPIZ 

PSO ERIBERTO S. ESCLAMAD 

Arnaldo Bldg., Rizal St. 

Roxas City 5800 

Tel. No. (036) 621-0127 

Fax (036) 621-5963 

nsocapiz@capznet.mozcom.com 

ILOILO 

PSO HARRY DOLENDO 

Ground Flr. Villanueva Bldg. 

Cor. J.M. Basa & Rizal Sts. 


DIRECTORY 

Iloilo City 5000 

Tel. No. (033) 337-6445 

nsoiloilo@skyinet.net 

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 

PSO WARLITO S. AREVALO 

G&M Bldg., cor. San Juan & 

Luzuriaga Sts. 

Bacolod City 6100 

Tel. Nos. (034) 433-9133 

(034) 435-0574 

nsonegoc@wbi.ph 

REGION VII 

BOHOL 

PSO ELESIO C. ALEJANDRIA 

Manzano Building 

San Jose, Cogon District 

Tagbilaran City 6300 

Tel. Nos. (038) 411-4069 

CEBU 

PSO JAIME B. RASCO 

San Vicente Bldg. 

No. 46, Parian, cor. España Sts. 

Cebu City 6000 

Tel. Nos. (032) 255-8573 

nsocebu@gsilink.com 

NEGROS ORIENTAL 

PSO ARIEL E. FLORENDO 

220 North Road 

Dumaguete City 6200 

Tel. No. (035) 225-0960 

nso-nego@mozcom.com 

SIQUIJOR 

PSO FIRMO C. DIPUTADO 

Siquijor, Siquijor 6225 

Tel. Nos. (035) 480-9003 

(035) 344-2002 

nsosiq@mozcom.com 

REGION VIII 

EASTERN SAMAR 

PSO JOSE P. MENDIGO 

Abogado St., Borongan 

Eastern Samar 6800 

Tel. No. (055) 261-2071 

LEYTE 

PSO ROLANDO C. 

DIMAUNAHAN 

2/F Uy Ting Koc Bldg. 

Senator Enage St. 

Tacloban City 6500 

Tel. Nos. (053) 325-7026 

(053) 321-2119 

nsoleyte@mozcom.com 

NORTHERN SAMAR 

PSO RAUL F. DONES 

2/F NSDWCC Bldg. 

Roxas St., Barangay Acacia 

Catarman, Northern Samar 

6400 

Tel. No. (055) 354-1123 

(055) 354-1549 

SAMAR 

OIC ROMEO GABATBAT 

Noble Bldg., Rizal Ave. 

Catbalogan, Samar 6700 

Tel. Nos. (055) 756-1475 

(055) 451-2195 

(055) 325-5311 

nsosamar@mozcom.com 

SOUTHERN LEYTE 

PSO NESTOR O. TABASA 

3/F Joaquin Bldg. 

R. Kangleon St. 

Abgao, Maasin City 

Southern Leyte 6600 

Tel. No. (053) 381-2027 

nsosleyte@synetwork.com 

REGION IX 

BASILAN 

PSO UDASAL N. DAHANDAL 

N. Valderosa St. 

Isabela, Basilan 7300 

Tel. No. (062) 200-3529 

nsobas@jetlink.com.ph 

ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 

PSO EXPEDITO C. REBOLLOS 

Echavez cor. Burgos Sts. 

Dipolog City 7100 

Tel. Nos. (065) 212-4853 

(065) 212-3208 

nsodplzn@mozcom.com 

ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 

PSO JOSETTE A. ABDURAHIM 

National Highway 

Taguba Bldg. Urro St. 

Pagadian City 7016 

Tel. No. (062) 214-4557 

Fax No. (062) 214-1676 

nsopag@webgate.net.ph 

REGION X 

BUKIDNON 

OIC JESUS G. APELLADO 

2/F Tabios Bldg., Fortich St. 

Malaybalay City 8700 

Tel. Nos. (088) 221-2163 

(088) 221-4282 

nso-buk@mozcom.com 

CAMIGUIN 

PSO NORMA C. QUIJOTE 

A. Mabini St., Poblacion 

Mambajao, Camiguin 9100 

Tel. No. (088) 387-1019 

nsocam@cdo.weblinq.com 

MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 

PSO EXEQUIEL N. TANAEL 

2/F Casa Esperanza Bldg. 

Don Anselmo Bernard Ave. 

Ozamis City 7200 

Tel. No. (088) 521-0901 

nsomisoc@ozamis.com 

MISAMIS ORIENTAL 

PSO ROGELIO M. TAGAYLO 

2/F Lantoria Bldg. 

No. 77 Julio Pacaña St. 

Cagayan de Oro City 9000 

Tel. No. (088) 858-4755 

nsomisor@cdo.weblinq.com 

REGION XI 

DAVAO (NORTE) 

PSO GLORIOSO D. ROLDAN 

Punzalan Bldg., Bonifacio St. 

Tagum City 8100 

Tel. No. (084) 400-1233 

217-33-29 (operator assisted) 

nsodvon@cdo.philcom.com.ph 

DAVAO DEL SUR 

PSO RAUL P. GOMEZ 

3/F Mintrade Bldg. 

F. Bangoy cor. Monteverde Sts. 

Davao City 8000 

Tel. Nos. (082) 224-2975 

(082) 227-8172 

(082) 225-0172 

Telefax: (082) 222-1432 

nsodvsur@dv.weblinq.com 

DAVAO ORIENTAL 

PSO TRANQUILINO L. MAG- 

ASO 

Don Mariano Marcos Ave. 

Mati, Davao Oriental 8200 

Tel. Nos. (087) 388-3215 

(087) 811-0386 

nsodvor@panabo.philcom.com.ph 

SOUTH COTABATO 

PSO JAIME S. PALLER 

Pietros Hotel 

National Highway 

General Santos City 9500 

Tel. No. (083) 522-2502 

Fax No. (083) 522-8573 

nsosocot@gsc.weblinq.com 

REGION XII 

COTABATO 

PSO DOMINGO B. APOSTOL II 

Reyes Bldg., Quezon Blvd. 

Kidapawan City 9400 

Tel. No. (064) 288-1427 

nsokid@ndkc.edu.ph 

LANAO DEL NORTE 

PSO REY O. DIFUNTORUM 

2 &3/F Dypico Dev. Corp. Bldg. 

Quezon Ave., Iligan City 9200 

Tel. No. (063) 221-3275 

Telefax: (063) 221-6433 

nsoign@calitan.msuiit.edu.ph 

SULTAN KUDARAT 

PSO RAFAEL T. SAMBRANO 

ABE Bldg., Bonifacio St. 

cor. Quezon Ave., Tacurong 

Sultan Kudarat 9800 

Tel. No. (064) 200-3254 

nsotac@mozcom.com 

CARAGA REGION 

AGUSAN DEL NORTE 

PSO JERSON D. MISSIONA 

1/F Acerado Bldg. 

Ochoa Ave., Butuan City 8600 

Tel. Nos. (085) 225-2097 

(085) 341-2208 

nsoagnor@mozcom.com 

AGUSAN DEL SUR 

OIC JUANITO P. KILEM 

Government Center 

Patin-ay, Prosperidad 

Agusan del Sur 8500 

Tel. No. (085) 242-3796 

(085) 343-7435 

nsoads@mozcom.com 

SURIGAO DEL NORTE 

OIC NICASIO L. HUBILLA 

2/F Surigao City Integrated 

Jeepney and Bus Terminal Bldg., 

Brgy. Luna, Surigao City 8400 

Tel. No. (086) 826-5036 

nsosdn@cdo.philcom.com.ph 

SURIGAO DEL SUR 

PSO ROGELIO A. ARPILLEDA 

Bright Star Bldg. 

Donasco St., Tandag 

Surigao del Sur 8300 

Tel. No. (086) 221-3041 

nsosds@yahoo.com 

ARMM 

LANAO DEL SUR 

PSO SUOD M. BARODI 

Guro Bldg., Perez St. 

Marawi City 9700 

Tel. Nos. (063) 352-0519 

(063) 352-0520 

MAGUINDANAO 

OIC MAQTAHAR L. MANULON 

Roales St., Cotabato City 9600 

Tel. No. (064) 421-3217 

nsomagui@microweb.com.ph 

SULU 

PSO DAIHAN S. SEHABAN 

Jul Ambri Bldg. 

Tulay, Jolo, Sulu 7400 

Cel. No. 0919-356-0670 

TAWI-TAWI 

PSO BADERE M. APAS 

Barms Bldg. National Hi-way 

Bongao, Tawi-Tawi 7500 

Cel. No. 0919-355-9088 

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The 2001 NSO Annual Report Working Committee: 

Atty. P. Estaniel, V. Malumay, J. Ybañez, G. Perido, J. Cajita, C. Manaog, 

D. Adlawan, E. Ogbinar, F. Boncato and P. G. Altuna

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE 2001 ANNUAL REPORT

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