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Region 10 student emerges...continued from page 1(Left) Region 10’s Benson Dusaran receives his championship trophy, medal, and gift from NSO Administrator Carmelita N. Ericta and Mr. RaffyDavid of Pilipinas Teleserv, Inc. (Right) PSQ’s top five placers, from left: Region 1’s Jonas Paul B. Dela Cruz, NCR’s Daniel Andrew O. Tan,Dusaran, CAR’s Cesar E. Higoy, and Region 3’s Kenneth Jhim D. Infante.To settle the tie for second and third places, tiebreakingquestions were administered. Eventually,NCR’s Daniel Andrew O. Tan copped second placewhile CAR’s Cesar E. Higoy landed third. Tenquestions, however, were not enough to break the tiefor fourth and fifth places between Region 1’s JonasPaul B. Dela Cruz and Region 3’s Kenneth Jhim D.Infante. To settle the standoff, the Board of Judgesdecided to equally divide the combined cash prizesfor the two places between the two contestants anda toss coin was resorted to determine who wouldbring home the 4 th place trophy. After the toss coin,Infante got the bigger trophy while Dela Cruz settledfor the 5 th place trophy.Other regional champions who joined the contestwere: Shayne D. Ibañes (Region 2), Justin Angelo P.Alvarez (Region 4-A), Althea D. Dagumampan(Region 4-B), Michael P. Preña (Region 5), Joe AbadS. Lazaro Jr. (Region 6), Michael Angelo S. Joaquin(Region 7), Genesis G. Cuizon (Region 8), FawzieA. Dagani (Region 9), Melvin P. Baldonado Jr.(Region 11), Janaisha Bai M. Tito (Region 12),Robelen-Ann G. Callanta (Caraga), and Hannan A.Dagandar (ARMM). Coaches of the top five placerswere likewise given cash prizes equivalent to half thecash prize awarded to the winners, plaques ofrecognition, and other gift items.National Statistical Coordination Board Secretary-General and Chairperson of this year’s Board of JudgesDr. Romulo A. Virola announced the winners. NSOAdministrator Carmelita N. Ericta and Mr. Raffy Davidfrom Pilipinas Teleserv, Inc. awarded all contestantsplaque of recognition and PSQ medal. The colleges oruniversities where the finalists are currently enrolled,as well as the high schools where they graduated werealso given certificates of appreciation.Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary andDirector of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics RomeoS. Recide and Academician from the National Academyof Science and Technology Dr. Mercedes B.Concepcion joined Dr. Virola in the Board of Judges.NSO Deputy Administrator Paula Monina G. Colladointroduced the keynote speaker, former NSOAdministrator Tomas P. Africa who is also consideredas the “Father of PSQ”.Dr. Jose Ramon G. Albert, a Senior ResearchFellow from the Philippine Institute of DevelopmentStudies, served as the quizmaster while Ms. Elsie B.Solidum, Chief of NSO Statistical Sampling andOperations Division was the program host.4
Census Bureau reps introduce RUP ProgramsA Workshop on National and Subnational PopulationProjections using the census Rural-Urban Projection(RUP) programs was conducted by Dr. Peter D.Johnson and Ms. Lisa Lollock of the InternationalPrograms Center, Population Division, U.S. CensusBureau on December 3 to 14, 2007.The U.S. Census Bureau, through the InternationalPrograms Center (IPC), provides demographic trainingto population analysts in developing countries. Itfocuses on: a) the methods and techniques availablefor analyzing the base data on the demographicsituation in a country; and b) the use of microcomputerprograms to perform the calculations quickly andaccurately.RUP is a computer program that employs chortcomponent method in projecting each age and sexcohort overtime based on the components of growth,that is, births/fertility, deaths/mortality, and migration.For the past 20 years, the U.S. Census Bureauhas been making subnational estimates andprojections for ethnic and religious groups, cities, andregions of select countries.Examples of which include: the states of Nigeriaand India, provinces of China and Indonesia, emiratesof Saudi Arabia, ostans of Iran, governorates of Iraq;urban population of many Sub-Saharan Africancountries; specific large cities of Africa, Asia, and LatinAmerica; ethnic groups in the former Soviet Union andTurkey, and small area estimates for over 100 countries.Household Statistics Department and CivilRegistration Department staff who attended theworkshop got additional format information needed tocreate an input file for population projection.Rural-Urban Population Projection Workshop wasfunded by United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID).ITSD conducts ASPBI Data DisseminationThe Industry and Trade Statistics Departmentconducted data dissemination seminars focusing onthe results of the 2005 Annual Survey of PhilippineBusiness and Industry (ASPBI).The first seminar, which was conducted onNovember 29, 2007 at the Imperial Palace Suites inQuezon City was participated by NSO employees bothfrom central and field offices. ITSD Dir. Estela T. deGuzman, ISD Chief Lourdes Homecillo, BSSD ChiefKatrina Esclamad, and SSOD Chief Elsie Solidumserved as presenters for the occasion.Representatives from different government andnongovernment agencies and media organizationsattended the second seminar conducted on December5, 2007 at the Century Park Hotel in Manila. Dir. deGuzman presented the ASPBI survey background whileAdministrator Ericta presented the results of the survey.Ms. Homecillo and Ms. Esclamad presented the papersentitled “SMEs in the Manufacturing Sector” and “BPOsas Glimpsed from the 2005 ASPBI”, respectively, aspart of the special features of the seminar.After the presentations, reactions were given by Dr.Romula A. Virola, Secretary-General of NSCB and Mr.Raffy David, Director of Contact Center Association ofthe Philippines. Ms. Solidum acted as moderator duringthe open forum that ensued.5
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