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Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

ISSN 0022-3603

Journal of Philippine Statistics A Quarterly Issue

Volume 59 Number 1 First Quarter 2008

0022-3603

JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS VOLUME 59 NUMBER 1 FIRST QUARTER 2008

Feature Article

Statistics on Filipino Women

Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

Manila

A Quarterly Issue

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PREFACE

The Journal of Philippine Statistics (JPS) is a quarterly publication of the National Statistics Office (NSO). It furnishes data users with statistical information on the socioeconomic development of the country in accordance with the NSO’s mission of providing timely, accurate, and reliable information as bases for plans, policies and decisions, and as inputs to academic pursuits, researches, and development projects.

The statistical series contained in this publication are updated for continuity and for comparative analysis whenever possible. Tabular data usually cover two or more periods for maximum comparability.

This issue presents the latest available statistics on population and housing; labor and employment; travel and tourism; social welfare, and community development; education and culture; health, nutrition and vital statistics; and defense, crime and delinquency.

Featured in this issue are updates on selected statistics on Filipino women, in observance of the Women’s Month every March of each year. This year’s celebration focuses on the economic empowerment of women in support of the theme: CEDAW ng Bayan – Yaman ng Kababaihan. The advocacy speaks of initiatives that encourage and improve microenterprises and translated into better income and better lives for women.

Most of the statistics shown here were taken from surveys and censuses conducted by the NSO and other offices, as well as from administrative forms or records compiled by various agencies. Acknowledgment, therefore, is extended to all secondary data sources without whose cooperation and support, the consolidation of information and the publication of this journal would not have been possible.

Manila, Philippines March 2008

C O N T E N T S

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Preface…...…………………………………………………………… iii Contents…...…………………………………………………………… v Statistical Tables…...………………………………………………… vii

Feature Article Statistics on Filipino Women …………………………... ….. 1

Section I - POPULATION AND HOUSING …………………………….. 15Overseas Filipinos : 2006 ………………………………….. 15

Private Building Construction StatisticsThird Quarter 2007 ……………………………………………… 17

Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ……………………………… 29Labor Force Survey: October 2007 …………………………… 29

Labor Relations and Concerns …………………………….. 34

Section III - TRAVEL AND TOURISM …………………………………… 54Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines: First Quarter 2008 ……… 54

Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT ……………………………………………. 62

Social Security and Welfare Benefits: 2006………………… 62

Section V - EDUCATION AND CULTURE …………………………….. 68

Education Indicators: 2003-2007……………………………… 68

Promotion of Culture and Arts …………………………….. 70

Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS ……….. 77

Health and Vital Indicators: 2004 and 2005…………………… 77

Government and Private Hospitals, Number and Bed Capacity: 2005 ………………………………...…… 77

Maternal Deaths: 2004……………………………............... 78

Reported Foreign Births: 2004 ………………………………… 80

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Section VII -DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY ……………….. 88

Crime Indicators: Fourth Quarter 2007 ……………………… 88

Fire Incidence: 2007 …………………………………………. 91

CONTENTS - Concluded

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1 Distribution of employed persons by sex, and labor force participation, employment, and underemployment rates by sex: 2007 ……………………………………………………… 7

2 Number of household heads by average annual incomeaverage annual expenditure, and average saving and by sex: 2000 and 2003 …………………………………… 8

3 Number of employed persons in business and industry by sex: 2003 and 2005 ………………………………………… 8

4 Number of overseas Filipino workers, ten years old and over by highest grade completed, by ageby place of work by occupation and by sex: 2000 2005

S T A T I S T I C A L T A B L E S

by place of work, by occupation, and by sex: 2000, 2005 and 2006………………………………………………………… 12

5 Number of government personnel by major subdivision and by sex: 1997-1999 and 2004……………………………… 14

6 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament1990-2004 ……………………………………………………… 14

Section I - POPULATION AND HOUSING

1.1 Number of registered Filipino emigrants by country of destination: 2000-2006……………………………………… 22

1.2 Number of registered Filipino emigrants by sex2000-2006………………………………………………………… 22

1.3 Number of registered Filipino emigrants by age group2000-2006………………………………………………………… 23

1.4 Number of registered Filipino emigrants by major occupation group: 2000-2006………………………………… 23

1.5 Number, floor area, and value of building constructionsby type of building, and region: third quarter 2007 ….... 24

1.6 Number of residential building constructions startedfloor area, and value of construction by type of buildingand region: third quarter 2007 …………………………… 25

7 Number of nonresidential building constructions startedfloor area, and value of constructions by type of buildingand region: third quarter 2007 …………………………… 26

1.8 Number of commercial building constructions started floor area, and value of constructions by type of buildingand region: third quarter 2007 …………………………… 27

1.9 Number of industrial building constructions startedfloor area, and value of construction by type of buildingand region: third quarter 2007 …………………………… 28

Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

2.1 Labor force participation, employment, unemployment and underemployment rates by region: October 2007 ……… 37

2.2 Employment status of household population 15 years old and over, and total underemployed persons by regionOctober 2007 38

STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued

October 2007 …………………………………………………… 38

2.3 Household population 15 years old and overby employment status, age group, and sex: October 2007.. 39

2.4 Employed persons by major industry groupOctober 2006 and 2007 ………………………………………… 40

2.5 Employed persons by major occupation groupOctober 2006 and July 2007 …………………………………… 41

2.6 Employed persons by class of workerOctober 2006 and 2007 ………………………………………… 42

2.7 Employed persons by number of hours worked duringthe past week: July 2006 and July 2007 ……………………… 42

2.8 Employed persons by class of worker, and broad industry group: October 2006 and October 2007 …………… 43

2.8A Employed persons by class of worker, and major industry group: October 2006 and October 2007 ……………………… 44

2.9 Employed persons wanting more hours of work by broadindustry group, and hours of work: October 2006and October 2007 …………………………………………. 46

2.9A Employed persons wanting more hours of work by broad industry group, and hours of work: October 2006and October 2007 …………………………………………. 46

10 Unemployed persons by highest grade completedOctober 2006 and October 2007 ……………………………… 48

2.11 Strike and lockout notices, and actual strikes and lockoutsfirst quarter 2007 and 2008 …………………………………… 49

2.12 Strike and lockout notices, actual strikes and lockoutsand preventive mediation cases by regionfirst quarter 2008 ………………………………………………… 50

2.13 Preventive mediation cases, and voluntary arbitration casesfirst quarter 2007 and 2008 …………………………………… 52

2.14 Original and appealed mediation-arbitration cases and money claims: first quarter 2007 and 2008 ……………… 53

Section III - TRAVEL AND TOURISM

3.1 Visitor arrivals by country of residenceJanuary-March 2007 and 2008 57


January-March 2007 and 2008……………………..………… 57

3.2 Visitor arrivals by country of residence: March 2007 and 2008…. ……………………………………………………. 59

3.3 Top ten travel markets: January-March 2007 and 2008…… 61

Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

4.1 Coverage and contributions received by the Government Service Insurance System: 2000-2006 ……………………… 65

4.2 Number and amount of claims paid by the Government Service Insurance System by type: 2000-2006..……………… 65

4.3 Coverage and amount of contributions collected by the Social Security System: 2000-2006…………………… 66

4.4 Number and amount of benefits paid by the Social Security System: 2000-2006…………………..……………………….. 66

4.5 Number of contributors and amount of contributions received by the Home Development Mutual Fund2000-2006……………………….. ……………………………… 67

4.6 Number of beneficiaries and amount of provident benefits paid by the Home Development Mutual Fund by type of benefit: 2000-2006……………………….. ………………… 67

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Section V - EDUCATION AND CULTURE

5.1 Number of public elementary schools school years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007……………………… 73

5.2 Teacher-pupil ratio in public elementary schools school years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007…………………. … 73

5.3 Higher education graduates by region and discipline group: academic year 2002-2003 and academic year 2003-2004…………... …………………………………………… 74

5.4 Number of bar examinees and bar passers: 2005-2006…… 76

Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS

6.1 Number of government and private hospitals and bed capacity: 2004-2005……………………………………….. 83

6.2 Number of maternal deaths by place of occurrence


y pand by usual residence of mother, and maternal mortality ratio by region: 2004 …………………………………………… 83

6.3 Number of maternal deaths by age group and cause of death: 2004………... ………………………………………… 84

6.4 Number, daily average, and daily index of maternal deaths by month of occurrence: 2004 ……………………… 85

6.5 Number of maternal deaths by type of attendant by region: 2004….. ……………………………………………… 85

6.6 Number, percent distribution, and daily average of reported foreign births by sex and by month of occurrence: 2004 …………………………………………… 86

6.7 Number and percent distribution of reported foreign births by age group of father and mother: 2004 ……………… 86

6.8 Reported foreign births by nationality of motherand father: 2004………………………... ……………………… 87

6.9 Reported foreign births by age group of mother and by live birth order: 2004……………. ……………………… 87

Section VII -DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY

7.1 Total crime volume and efficiency rate by regionfourth quarter 2006 and 2007 …………………………….... 93

2 Index and non-index crimes by regionfourth quarter 2006 and 2007 …………………………….... 93

7.3 Crime against persons by regionfourth quarter 2006 and 2007 ………………………………. 94

7.4 Crime against property by regionfourth quarter 2006 and 2007 …………………………….... 95

7.5 Causes of fire incidents: 2006-2007…………………………… 96

7.6 Consolidated classification of fire cases and number of casualties: January-December 2006 and 2007 …………… 99

7.7 Amount of damages based on submitted affidavit of loss2006 and 2007……………………...…………………………… 101

STATISTICAL TABLES - Concluded

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Feature Article


Introduction

International Women's Day emerged from consolidated efforts of women in the 20th century. Between 1909 and 1911, working women in the United States organized strike activities for the Trade Union League of Women (TULW) and other similar organizations. They were then espousing ideas against low wages, lack of protective legislation, and the poor working condition of workers. In the Philippines, Proclamation No. 224 declares the first week of March as Women's Week and March 8 as Women's Rights and International Peace Day. Republic Act 6949 declares the same day as National Women's Day and March as National Women's Month.

Moreover, Proclamation No. 227 mandates the observance of the Month of Women’s Role in History every March. Since 1987, the Philippines has embarked on mainstreaming gender and

development (GAD) in response to pressing women issues. In the 1987- 1992 Medium Term Development Plan (MTPDP), GAD was incorporated in recognition of the imperatives of effectively mobilizing women in the overall thrust of harnessing human resources to reduce poverty, generate employment, promote social equity and justice, and attain sustainable economic growth. This became the basis for the Philippine Development Plan for Women (PDPW) as an annex to the MTPDP and the adoption of the Philippine Plan for Gender and Responsive Development (PPGD), 1995-2025 which is a strategic plan to translate and effect policies, thrusts, programs, and projects for the Filipino women.

At the helm of all

collaborative efforts toward the upliftment of women cause and advocacies are government agencies like the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women (NCRFW), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). To this end, the government together with its partners in nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and the academe crafted in 2001 the Framework Plan for Women (FPW). The FPW is geared toward the following:

• Promoting women's empowerment • Upholding women's human rights • Promoting and strengthening

gender-responsive governance.

One framework plan for the advancement of women and women's

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cause is the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.

The United Nations (UN) General

Assembly adopted the first and only international treaty that comprehensively addresses women's rights, not only within civil and political spheres, but also within economic, social, cultural, and family life. This is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), otherwise known as "The Women's Convention" or the "UN Treaty for the Rights of Women".

CEDAW was adopted by the UN

General Assembly on December 18, 1979 during the UN Decade for Women. The Philippines signed CEDAW on July 15, 1980 and ratified it on August 5, 1981. It came into force on September 3, 1981.

Discrimination against women

may be defined as any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex, which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, cultural, civil or any other field, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women.

CEDAW guarantees women's

right to : • Good quality education • Comprehensive health

services, including that on family planning

• Access loans and other forms of financial credits

• Join leisure, sports, and cultural activities

• Decide on the number of children and on the number of years between pregnancies

• Shared parenting responsibilities

• Have equal access to jobs, benefits, and social security

• Be paid equally based on the work they do

• Be free from all forms of violence, whether physical, sexual, emotional, mental or economic

• Be free from all forms of slavery and prostitution

• Vote, run for election, and hold public office

• Represent the country internationally

• Acquire, change or retain nationality and citizenship.

Moreover, advocacy for

women’s advancement and gender equality at the national level find strength in the passage of significant laws which promote and protect women’s rights, such as the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (Republic Act 7877), the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 (Republic Act 8353), the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Republic Act 9208), and the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 (Republic Act 9262).

This year's celebration of

International Women's Day focused on economic empowerment of women with the theme: CEDAW ng Bayan - Yaman ng Kababaihan. Supporting the achievement of poverty reduction and the specific goal of bringing about the economic development and empowerment of women, the NCRFW through the Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women (GREAT Women) Project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) underscores the interplay between good governance and the creation of an enabling environment for the economic empowerment of women. This five-year

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initiative aims to encourage and improve women’s microenterprises especially in the countryside, which, over the long term, is expected to translate into better incomes and a better quality of life.

Moreover, the government is

determined in creating a more-gender responsive enabling business environment for our women micro entrepreneurs by bringing them closer to such services and facilities as skills training, microfinance, market linkaging, business development and management, social protection, and other forms of support.

Analysis of Tables Women labor force participants comprise almost half of the total labor force Results of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) in October 2007 conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) revealed there were 35.9 million persons in the labor force out of the 58.8 million population 15 years old and over. Women labor force participants comprised 48.2 percent. More than one-third of women are employed

Of those employed, women were reported to be 12.92 million (38.4%) providing an employment rate of 94.0 percent (Table 1). Female household heads outnumber their male counterpart The 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) conducted by NSO reported a general sweep of households by female heads. In the period under review, a total of 313 thousand household heads, by average annual income, were comprised of by 54.1 percent females and 45.9 percent males. By average annual expenditure, 259 thousand household heads were broken down into females (53.6%) and males (46.4%). Some 53 thousand household heads reporting on average savings annually, consisted of 30,542 (57.1%) females and males 22,925 (42.9%) (Table 2). Female workers dominate health and social work sector Data provided by the 2005 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) spoke of women workers dominating the sector on health and social work with reports in total employment from 86.9 percent in 2003 to 89.0 percent in 2005. Also, women paid employees in the same sector comprised 66.9 percent while the unpaid ones 67.1 percent. Next biggest group of women workers were reported in the private education sector comprising a total employment of 63.7 percent in 2005 from 63.9 percent in 2003. This was complemented by 63.8 percent of paid employees and 58.9 percent unpaid employees.

FIGURE I Distribution of Employed Persons by Sex: October 2007

61.6%

38.4%

Male

Female

(38.4%)

(61.6%)

FIGURE 1 Distribution of Employed Persons by Sex: October 2007

20,754

12,918


Women workers also showed strength in the financial intermediation sector, where a composite 60.4 percent in 2005 was reported broken down into paid employees (60.4%) and unpaid employees (65.5%) (Table 3).

Women workers are the least in mining and quarrying sector Mining and quarrying, said to be a predominantly male sector, was reported to have a miniscule 7.1 percent female

FIGURE 2 Distribution of Female Workers by Sector: 2003

Source: 2003 Annual Survey on Philippine Business and Industry

FIGURE 3 Distribution of Female Workers by Sector: 2005



workers in 2005 from only 7.0 percent in 2003. . Female paid employees in the sector comprised 7.1 percent and unpaid employees 13.6 percent. Construction was another area where female workers were reported to be minimal as only 10.8 percent employment was reported in 2005 from only 7.1 percent in 2003 or a corresponding increase of 3.7 percentage points. This figure was complemented by 9,791 (10.7%) paid female employees and 139 (35.6%) unpaid female employees (Table 3). Female overseas workers increase 33.0 percent The 2000 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) included data on overseas Filipino workers (OFW) numbering some 992 thousand. Of this, 49.7 percent (493,564) were women. In 2005, the Survey on Overseas Filipinos (SOF) placed the overall count at 1.33 million OFWs with women at 657,

000 (49.4%). The overall increase in OFWs manifested 33.6 percent in five years while that for women was 33.1 percent. Again, in the 2006 survey, total OFWS rose to 1.52 million (or an increase of 14.3 percent past 2005’s) with 764 thousand female OFWS beefing the increment (Table 4). Majority of female overseas workers finish elementary By highest grade completed, 59.7 percent of the women finished elementary, and 56.6 percent finished high school. There were also those who were academic degree holders (42.3%) (Table 4). One-fourth of women OFWs are in the 25-29 years age group The 2006 Survey on Overseas Filipinos cited 1.52 million Filipinos working overseas, of which 764 thousand (50.4%) were women.

FIGURE 3. Distribution of Male Workers by Sector: 2003

Health andSocial Work

1.33%

Education2.90%

Other, Community Social and Personal

Service Activities3.59%

Real Estate, Renting and Business

Activities8.02%

Financial Intermediation

2.85%

Transport, Storage and

Communications5.19%

Hotels and Restaurants

7.06%

Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles

and Personal and Household Goods,

31.66%

Agricultureand Forestry

3.20%Fisheries

0.85%

Mining and Quarrying0.37%

Electricity, Gasand Water

1.81%

Construction3.66%

Manufacturing27.52%

FIGURE 4 Distribution of Male Workers by Sector: 2003



One-fourth (28.8%) of the female OFWs were in the 25-29 years age group. Those in age group 30-34 comprised 20.0 percent, 18-24 (14.7%), 35-39 (13.5%). The least were in age group 40-44 years (12.0%) and those in ages 45 and over (12.0%) (Table 4). Big number of female OFWs grouped in Asia Female OFWs grouped themselves together and bigger in Asia as 83.6 percent of them were reported by the survey in 2006 and which was also true in 2005 (83.7%). Other places of work revealed lesser number as trickles in number of female workers were reported in the survey (Table 4). Majority of female OFWs work as laborers and unskilled workers In 2006, majority of female OFWS were found to be working as laborers and unskilled workers, 451 thousand (59.0%) of them while the males were distributed almost evenly in all sectors (Table 4). Women workers in government increase 8.6 percent

In 2004, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) reported a total of 610,272 female workers in the government. Its male counterpart comprised 644,178, making the females 187 thousand more than the males. An increase of 8.6 percent was observed in the number of female workers from 1999 to 2004. Female workers who served the national government (NG) in 2004 numbered 610,272 or 74.0 percent of the total female workforce. Those in the local government units (LGUs) were 180,403 or 21.7 percent. While those in government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) comprised about 40,846 or a little less than 5.0 percent (Table 5). Women hold more seats in Congress Women were consistently able to obtain seats in the Congress of the Philippines (Table 6). In the House of Representatives 17.7 percent of the seats were held by women compared to the 16.7 percent seats in the Senate in the 2004 period. Results in the 2004 period was obviously a much improved number compared to the figures in the 1990s.

FIGURE 4. Distribution of Male Workers by Sector: 2005

Education3.26%

Health andSocial Work

1.41%Real Estate,Renting and

Business Activities9.73%Financial

Intermediation2.83%Transport

Storage and Communications,

5.17%

Hotels and Restaurants

7.68%

Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles and

Personal and Household Goods,

30.02%

Other, Community Social and Personal

Service Activities, 3.66%

Agricultureand Forestry

3.33%

Fisheries0.90%

Mining and Quarrying0.35%

Electricity, Gasand Water

1.92%

Construction3.21%

Manufacturing26.54%

FIGURE 5 Distribution of Male Workers by Sector: 2005



Reference Both Sexes Male FemalePeriod Number Number Number Percent

(In thousand) (In thousand) (In thousand)

Employed October 2007 33,672 20,754 61.6 12,918 38.4July 2007 33,318 20,347 61.1 12,971 38.9April 2007 33,704 20,754 60.6 12,950 38.4

Unemployed October 2007 2,246 1,424 63.4 821 36.6July 2007 2,824 1,752 62.0 1,072 38.0April 2007 2,692 1,730 64.3 962 35.7

Labor Force October 2007 63.2 - 78.3 - 48.2Participation Rate July 2007 63.6 - 78.0 - 49.2

April 2007 64.5 - 80.0 - 49.2

Employment Rate October 2007 93.7 - 93.6 - 94.0July 2007 92.2 - 92.1 - 92.4April 2007 92.6 - 92.3 - 93.1

Indicator

TABLE 1 Distribution of Employed Persons by Sex and Labor Force Participation Employment, and Underemployment Rates by Sex: 2007

Percent

Unemployment Rate October 2007 6.3 - 6.4 - 6.0July 2007 7.8 - 7.9 - 7.6April 2007 7.4 - 7.7 - 6.9

Notes: Employed - persons who, during the reference period are 15 years and over as of their last birthday and are reported either at work or with a job but not at work Unemployed - persons who, during the reference period are 15 years and over as of their last birthday and who have no job or business and are actively looking for work Labor force paticipation rate - the ratio of the total number of persons in the labor force to the total population 15 years old and over Employment rate - the ratio of the total number of employed persons to the total number of persons in the labor force Unemployement rate - the ratio of the total number of unemployed persons and the number of persons who are visibly underemployed in full time employment standard to the number of persons in the labor force Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Labor Force Survey


Household HeadReference Both Sexes Male Female

Period

Average annual income 2003 313,035 143,556 45.9 169,479 54.4Average annual expenditure 259,298 120,361 46.4 138,937 53.6Average annual saving 53,467 22,925 42.9 30,542 57.1

Average annual income 2000 171,847 85,144 49.5 86,703 50.5Average annual expenditure 144,578 73,228 50.6 71,350 49.4Average annual saving 27,269 11,916 43.7 15,353 56.3

Source: National Staitistics Office, Family Income and Expenditure Survey

Indicator

2000 and 2003

TABLE 2 Number of Household Heads by Average Annual Income Average Annual Expenditure, and Average Saving and by Sex

PercentNumber Number Percent Number

Reference Both Sexes Male FemalePeriod

Agriculture and forestry 2005a 104,603 83,151 79.5 21,452 20.5 Total employment 104,343 82,968 79.5 21,375 20.5 Paid employees 259 182 70.3 77 29.7 Unpaid employees

2003b

Total employment 98,408 80,354 81.7 18,053 18.3 Paid employees 96,694 78,962 81.7 17,732 18.3 Unpaid employees 1,714 1,393 81.3 322 18.8

Continued

Number Percent

TABLE 3 Number of Employed Persons in Business and Industry by Sex: 2003 and 2005 (Average total employment of 20 or more)

Employed PersonsBusiness and Industry

Number Number Percent


Table 3 -- Continued


Fishing 2005a

Total employment 20,382 18,851 92.5 1,531 7.5 Paid employees 20,133 18,654 92.7 1,479 7.3 Unpaid employees 249 197 79.1 52 20.9

2003b


Manufacturing 2005a

Total employment 1,025,814 513,101 50.0 512,713 50.0 Paid employees 1,022,113 511,014 50.0 511,099 50.0 Unpaid employees 3,701 2,087 56.4 1,614 43.6

2003b

Total employment 986,921 496,377 50.3 490,544 49.7 Paid employees 983,888 494,667 50.3 489,221 48.7 Unpaid employees 3,033 1,710 56.4 1,323 43.6

Electricity, gas, and water 2005a

Total employment 65,944 53,913 81.8 12,031 18.2

Business and IndustryEmployed Persons

NumberNumber Percent Number Percent

Paid employees 65,944 53,913 81.8 12,031 18.2 Unpaid employees - - - - -

2003b

Total employment 61,997 50,540 81.5 11,457 18.5 Paid employees 61,997 50,540 81.5 11,457 18.5 Unpaid employees - - - - -

Construction 2005a


2003b


Mining and quarrying 2005a

Total employment 10,281 9,546 92.9 735 7.1 Paid employees 10,127 9,413 92.9 714 7.1 Unpaid employees 154 133 86.4 21 13.6

2003b

Total employment 10,802 10,047 93.0 755 7.0 Paid employees 10,757 10,009 93.0 748 7.0 Unpaid employees 45 38 84.4 7 15.6

Continued


Table 3 -- Continued


Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods

2005a

Total employment 318,416 178,750 56.1 139,666 43.9 Paid employees 316,363 177,604 56.1 138,759 43.9 Unpaid employees 2,052 1,146 55.8 906 44.2

2003b

Total employment 256,912 139,022 54.1 117,890 45.9 Paid employees 254,475 137,688 54.1 116,787 45.9 Unpaid employees 2,436 1,334 54.8 1,102 45.2

Transportation,storage, 2005a

and communications Total employment 153,419 115,458 75.3 37,961 24.7 Paid employees 152,577 114,851 75.3 37,726 24.7 Unpaid employees 842 607 72.1 235 29.7

Percent Number PercentNumberBusiness and Industry

Employed Persons

Number

2003b


Financial intermediation 2005a


2003b


Hotels and restaurants 2005a

Total employment 159,174 96,497 60.6 62,677 39.4 Paid employees 157,227 95,507 60.7 61,720 39.3 Unpaid employees 1,947 990 50.8 957 49.2

2003b


Continued


Table 3 -- Concluded


Real estate, renting, 2005a

and business activities Total employment 325,829 216,568 66.5 109,261 33.5 Paid employees 324,776 216,044 66.5 108,732 33.5

Unpaid employees 1,053 524 49.8 529 60.2

2003b


Private education 2005a

Total employment 206,721 75,010 36.3 131,711 62.7 Paid employees 204,649 74,159 36.2 130,490 63.8 Unpaid employees 2,071 851 41.1 1,220 58.9

2003b

Total employment 186,406 67,364 36.1 119,042 63.9 Paid employees 184,861 66,742 36.2 118,119 63.9

U id l 1 545 622 41 1 923 59 7

Number Number PercentBusiness and Industry

Employed Persons

Number Percent

Unpaid employees 1,545 622 41.1 923 59.7

Health and social work 2005a


2003b


2005a

Other community, social and personal services Total employment 54,278 34,090 62.8 20,188 37.2 Paid employees 52,859 33,058 62.5 19,801 37.5 Unpaid employees 1,419 1,032 72.7 387 27.3

2003b


Notes: a2005 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry b2003 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry

Source: National Statistics Office

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Reference Both SexesPeriod

Overseas Filipino worker by highest grade completed 2000 992,397 498,843 50.3 493,554 49.7 No grade completed 16,521 6,739 40.6 9,782 59.2 Preschoool 1,295 416 32.1 879 67.9 Elementary 190,530 76,701 40.3 113,829 59.7 High school 290,171 126,000 43.4 164,171 56.6 Post secondary 145,608 95,929 65.9 49,679 34.1 College undergraduate 187,878 103,090 54.9 84,788 45.1 Academic degree holder 121,836 70,408 57.8 51,428 42.2 Post baccalaureate 8,692 5,018 67.7 3,674 42.3 Not slated 29,866 14,542 48.7 15,324 51

Overseas Filipino Workers by Age (in thousands) 2006 1,515 751 100.0 764 100 15 - 24 25 - 29 162 50 6.6 112 14.7 30 - 34. 373 153 20.3 220 28.835 39 300 148 19 7 153 20 0

FemaleNumber

Indicator

TABLE 4 Number of Overseas Filipino Workers, Ten Years Old and Over by Highest Grade

Number Percent Number

Completed, by Age, by Place of Work, by Occupation, and by Sex: 2000, 2005 and 2006

verseas Filipino WorkersMale

Percent

35 - 39 300 148 19.7 153 20.0 40 - 44 227 124 16.5 103 13.5 45 years old and over 194 110 14.7 84 11.0

259 168 22.3 92 12.0

15 - 24 2005 1,326 668 100.0 657 100.0 25 - 29 156 51 7.6 106 16.1 30 - 34. 308 122 18.3 185 28.1 35 - 39 253 127 19.0 126 19.2 40 - 44 210 111 16.6 199 15.0 45 years old and over 174 110 16.5 64 9.7

225 148 22.1 78 11.8Overseas Filipino workersby place of work (in thousand) 2006

Africa 25 23 3.0 2 0.3 Asia 1,186 538 17.6 649 83.0 Australia 18 13 1.7 5 0.6 Europe 144 95 12.7 49 6.4 North and South America 139 80 10.6 59 7.7 Other countries - - - - - Country not reported 3 3 0.4 - -

2005 1,326 668 100.0 657 100

Africa 23 20 3.0 2 0.3 Asia 1,017 466 69.7 550 83.7 Australia 25 17 2.6 7 1.1 Europe 127 84 12.6 44 6.7 North and South America 129 75 11.2 54 8.2

Continued


Table 4 -- Concluded

Overseas Filipino WorkersReference Both Sexes Male Female

Period

Other countries 1 1 0.2 - -Country not reported 4 5 0.7 1 -

Overseas Filipino workers by occupation 2006 1,515 751 100.0 764 100.0 (in thousands)

Officials of government and special-interest organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors and supervisors 41 36 4.8 5 0.7Professionals 130 61 8.1 69 9.0Technicians and associate professionals 103 63 8.4 40 5.2Clerks 65 28 3.7 37 4.9Service workers and shop and market 209 81 10.8 128 16.8 sales workersFarmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 6 6 0.8 - -Trade and related workers 223 206 27.4 17.0 2.2Plant and machine operators and assemblers 205 188 25.0 17.0 2.2

Indicator

PercentNumber Number Percent Number

Laborers and unskilled workers 532 81 10.8 451 59.0Special occupations 2 1 0.1 - -

2005Officials of government and special-interest 1,326 668 100 657 100.0 organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors, and supervisors 32 26 3.9 5 0.8Professionals 117 53 8.0 63 9.6Technicians and associate professionals 106 47 7.1 59 9.0Clerks 60 26 3.9 34 5.1Service workers and shop and market sales workers 180 77 11.6 102.0 15.6Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 3 3 0.4 - -Trade and related workers 195 179 26.8 16.0 2.4Plant and machine operators and assemblers 192 178 26.8 14.0 2.2Laborers and unskilled workers 439 77 11.5 363 55.2Special occupations 3 1 0.2 1 0.1

Source: National Statistics Office


Female Male1997 1998 1 1999 2004 1997 1998 1999 2004

Total 741,808 758,985 765,609 610,272 636,836 - 679,889 644,178

National government 537,378 - 568,263 40,846 376,573 - 391,703 391,223Government owned/ controlled corporations 36,013 - 31,559 61,129 - 63,412 63,131Local government 168,417 - 165,787 180,403 199,134 - 224,774 189,824

Note: 1 Projected

Source: Civil Service Commission

Senate Total

1990 - 8.7 -

1991 - -1992 10.7 8.7 11.31993 - 16.7 -1994 - 17.4 -1995 10.0 17.4 10.7

1995 - 16.7 -1996 - 16.7 -1997 12.3 16.7 12.31998 - 13.0 -1999 - 13.6 -2000 - 13.6 -

2001 17.8 12.5 17.32002 17.8 13.0 17.42003 17.8 13.6 17.42004 17.7 16.7 17.6

Source: Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines

Year

TABLE 6 Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliament: 1990-2004 (In Percent)

House of Representatives

TABLE 5 Number of Government Personnel by Major Subdivision and by Sex1997-1999 and 2004

Major Subdivision

15

Overseas Filipinos : 2006

Introduction The population in an area changes in consequence, as people are born, people die, and that people move from one place to place. Hence, there are three components in population change: births, deaths, and migration. Migration, the movement of people from one place to another to settle either permanently or just for a certain period of time will have to say a lot about the population. Knowledge of the number of people who move to change their residence provides inputs to the area’s population structure and labor force. It also helps in understanding the nature and extent of the problem in social and cultural assimilation that often results in areas with heavy immigration or in-migration.

The imposition, however, of quotas and establishment of qualifications that potential immigrants

must possess have made international migration insignificant as a component of population growth. In the Philippines, movements toward permanent migration can be traced in the early 1900s when Hawaii experienced a severe shortage in plantation workforce. The Philippines, then an American colony, was a source of cheap labor. The United States of America (USA) became the primary market for overseas Filipinos.

Data presented by the

Commission on Filipino Overseas (COF) showed that the number of Filipino immigrants consistently gained through the years, until it took a dip in 1983 when a sharp decrease of more than 21.0 percent was registered. It further slid by 2.2 percent in 1984, but increased in 1985, posting a total of 45 thousand and more. Since 1985, there has been a generally increasing trend inthe number of Filipinos permanently settling in foreign countries.

Analysis of Tables

Number of Filipino emigrants up 20.2 percent Filipino emigrants registered in 2006 by the COF numbered 82,967. This was 20.2 percent higher than the 2005 figure of 69,028. The country of destination most preferred was the USA where 49,522 (59.7%) emigrated. The second most preferred country, though several away, was Canada which accommodated some 13 thousand (15.9%) Filipinos.

Section I – POPULATION AND HOUSING

Source: poea.gov.ph


The least number of Filipino emigrants was seen in Germany, where 457 (0.6%) of them were reported (Table 1.1)

Females comprise 61.0 percent of Filipino emigrants Of the 82 thousand plus Filipino emigrants in 2006, 61.0 percent or 50,708 were females. The males numbered 32,259 or 38.9 percent (Table 1.2).

One-forth of Filipino emigrants are in age group 25-34 In 2006, one-fourth (25.0%) of Filipino emigrants or 20,907 were found to be in ages 25-34. This was the same observation in 2005 where 16,817 (24.4%) of them were reported in the same age category. The least in number were those in age group 65 and above, some 4,390 or 5.3 percent of the total (Table 1.3). Students comprise the bigger group of Filipino emigrants

The COF revealed in 2006 that students totaling 20,465 (24.7%) comprised the biggest group of Filipinos abroad. Second biggest group were the housewives, 17,701 (21.3). The same distribution was observed in 2005, students (24.7%), housewives (19.5%) and professionals (13,270) in that order. However, among professionals and technical workers, a surge was seen as number increased to 12 thousand in 2006 from only 9 thousand in 2005 accounting for an increase of 38.0 percent (Table 1.4).

FIGURE 1 Registered Filipino Emigrants: 2006

USA60%

Canada16%

Japan12%

Others1%

United Kingdom

1%New Zealand

2%

Australia5%

Germany1%

FIGURE 2 Registetred Filipino Emigrants By Sex: 2000-2006

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FIGURE 2 Registered Filipino Emigrants by Sex: 2000-2006

FIGURE 3 Registered Filipino Emigrants by Major Occupation Group: 2006

Agri, animal husbandry, forestry, fishermen

1% Service 1%

Managerial, executive and administrative

2%

Clerical 2%

Production, transportation and laborers

2%

Sales 4%

Professional and related

15%

Unemployed 72%

Members of the AFP

0%

POPULATION AND HOUSING 17

Private Building Construction Statistics Third Quarter 2007 Scope and Coverage

Private construction statistics from approved building permits relate to data on new constructions and additions, alterations and repairs of existing residential and nonresidential buildings and other structures undertaken in all regions or provinces of the country.

For this publication, data for the

provinces of Ifugao, and Zamboanga Sibugay, Cotabato City, and the Provinces in ARMM are not included in the tabulation as the documents were not received during the deadline. However, if any, these are to be included in the annual tabulation. Source of Information

Data are taken from the original application forms of approved building permits collected by NSO field personnel from local building officials nationwide. Limitations

Data on private building constructions refer to those proposed to be constructed during the reference period and not to construction work completed during the reference period.

The completeness of the number of building permits collected relies on the approval of applications filed with the Offices of Local Building Officials (LBOs). Hence, private building constructions without approved building permits are excluded in the tabulation of data.

Definition of Terms Building permit - a written authorization granted by the LBO to an applicant allowing him to proceed with the construction of a specific project after plans, specifications, and other pertinent documents have been found to be in conformity with the National Building Code (PD 1096) Building - any independent, freestanding structure comprised of one or more rooms or other spaces, covered by a roof and enclosed with external walls or dividing walls, which extend the foundation to the roof Residential building - a building for which its major parts or more than half of its gross floor area is built for dwelling purposes; can be of the single type, duplex, an apartment and/or accessoria and residential condominium Single House - a complete structure intended for a single family Duplex - a structure intended for two households, with complete living facilities for each; is a single structure divided into two dwelling units by a wall extending from the floor to the ceiling Apartment - a structure, usually of two storeys, made up of independent living quarters, with independent entrances from internal walls and courts Accesoria - a one or two-floor structure divided into several dwelling units, each dwelling unit having its own separate entrance from the outside Residential condominium - a structure, usually of several storeys, consisting of multiple dwelling units


Other residential constructions - consist of school or company staff houses, living quarters for drivers and maids and guardhouses Nonresidential building - includes commercial, industrial, agricultural, and institutional buildings Additions or alterations and repairs - construction works by which the utility of building or structure is raised or at least renewed or which materially extends the normal life of the building or structure Demolitions - the systematic dismantling or destruction of a building or structure or in part Street furniture - street structures consisting of monuments, waiting sheds, benches, plant boxes, lampposts, electric poles, and telephone poles Floor area of building - the sum of the area of each floor of the building measured to the outer surface of the outer walls including the area of lobbies, cellars, elevator shafts, and all communal spaces in multi-dwellings; areas of balconies are excluded Total value of construction - the sum of the cost of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and others; value is derived from the approved building permit and separates the estimated value of the building structure when completed.

Analysis of Tables

Building permit applications nationwide grow by 12.0 percent

Approved building permits nationwide summed up to 21,774 during the third quarter of 2007, representing a

12.1 percent growth compared with 19,431 recorded during the same quarter of the previous year.

Increases in building permit

applications were observed for both residential and nonresidential building constructions. Approved building permits for residential building construction grew by 15.4 percent to 15,145 from 13,121 while non-residential building construction increased by a modest 3.6 percent to 2,539 from 2,450 during the same period of 2006.

On the other hand, combined approved building permits for additions, alterations and repairs decreased by 0.8 percent to 3,829 from 3,860 approved building permits. Across the country, Calabarzon recorded the highest number of approved building permits with 3,415 applications or 15.8 percent of the total. This number is 23.0 percent lower compared with 4,425 applications reported during the third quarter of the previous year. Central Visayas followed closely with 16.0 percent of the total or 3,399 applications. This figure, however, is significantly lower by 66.0 percent

Figure 4 Number of Building Construction by Type

Third Quarter 2007 and 2006

13,121

3,860

15,145

2,539

3,829

2,450

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compared with 2,046 applications reported during the same quarter of the previous year (Table 1.5).

Three (3) provinces registered

approved building permits exceeding a thousand marks. These were Cebu (2,257), Cavite (1,481) and Bulacan (1,353).

Value of building construction decreases by 11.1 percent

Total value of construction

amounted to P24.9 billion during the third quarter of 2007. This figure is 11.1 percent lower compared with P28.0 billion registered during the same quarter of the previous year.

Value of construction for

residential buildings increased by 7.9 percent to P13.1 billion from P12.2 billion recorded during third quarter of the previous year.

On the other hand, value of construction for nonresidential building amounting to P9.7 billion was lower by 27.6 percent from P13.4 billion recorded during the same quarter of the previous

year. Combined value for additions, alterations and repairs, estimated at P2.0 billion, slid by 15.4 percent from P2.4 billion registered during the same quarter of the previous year.

Across the country, value of

construction in the National Capital Region (NCR) consistently remained highest at P9.4 billion accounting for 37.9 percent share of the total value. Calabarzon and Central Visayas ranked second and third with shares of 14.9 percent (P3.7 billion) and 10.5 percent (P2.6 billion), respectively (Table 1.5).

Average cost per square meter of residential building construction is P7,292

During the third quarter of 2007,

aggregate value of construction for residential buildings reached P13.1 billion and with a total floor area of 1.80 million square meters, translating to an average cost of P7,292 per square meter. This figure represents an increase of 4.8 percent compared with

FIGURE 6 Value of Building Construction by Type of Building

Third Quarter 2007 and 2006

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FIGURE 5 Approved Building Permits by Region: Third Quarter 2007


the average cost of P6,961 per square meter during the same quarter of the previous year.

Single type residential units, comprising 85.3 percent of total approved permits for residential building construction, recorded the highest number of residential construction. This type of construction with 12,926 approved building permits had a total floor area of 1.53 million square meters, and an aggregate value of P11.0 billion

or an average cost of P7,205 per square meter . Approved building permits for apartment or accessoria ranked a far second with 1,615 applications representing 10.7 percent of total residential constructions. It had a total floor area of 0.18 million square meters and an estimated construction value of P1.4 billion or an average cost of P7,754 per square meter.

Residential condominium, with

74 applications (0.5%), recorded the least number of applications among the residential type of building construction. This type of residential building had a total floor area of 0.03 million square meters, valued at P0.03 billion or an average cost of P6,537 per square meter (Table 1.6).

Average cost per square meter of nonresidential building construction is P8,150

Aggregate value of construction for nonresidential building during the third quarter of 2007 was estimated at P9.7 billion with a total floor area of 1.20 million square meters, translating to an average cost of P8,150 per square meter.

More than half or 60.4 percent of nonresidential building construction was for commercial type of building with 1,535 applications. Value of construction for this type of nonresidential building construction was P5.4 billion and a total floor area of 0.68 million square meters or an average cost of P7,868 per square meter.

Institutional buildings which ranked second recorded 449 approved building permit applications (17.7%) with a total floor area of 0.28 million square meters and construction value of P2.5 billion or an average cost of P8,782 per square meter.

Single (85.3%)

Apartment / Accessoria

(10.7%)

TOTAL 15,145

Duplex (1.9%)

Others (1.6%)

Number

Residential Condo (0.5%)

Apartment / Accessoria

(10.6%)

Others (3.6%)

Single (84.1%)

Duplex (1.5%) Residential

Condo (0.2%)

Value

TOTAL P13.1B

Figure 7 Number and Value of Residential Building Construction by Type

Third Quarter 2007


Agricultural type of building had

the least number of approved building permits at 61 or 2.4 percent of the total. Value of construction for this type reached P0.08 billion with a total floor area of 0.03 million square meters or an average cost of P2,875 per square meter. (Figure 5)

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Figure 8 Number and Value of Nonresidential Building Construction by Type: Third Quarter 2007

In thousand In billion

Number Value


United NewKindom Zealand

2000 51,031 31,324 8,245 2,298 6,468 174 552 261 1,7092001 52,054 31,287 9,737 1,965 6,021 176 507 284 2,0772002 57,720 36,557 8,795 2,603 5,734 271 518 624 2,6182003 55,137 33,916 9,521 2,223 5,929 225 445 382 2,4962004 64,924 42,350 10,108 2,647 5,993 309 393 131 2,9932005 69,028 40,280 13,598 3,027 7,062 478 367 394 3,8222006 82,967 49,522 13,230 3,735 9,742 556 457 1,973 3,752

Note: For the United States of America data include American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau

Source: Commission on Filipino Ovearseas

2000 51,031 31,124 19,9072001 52,054 31,741 20,3132002 57,720 35,391 22,3292003 55,137 32,904 22,2332004 64,924 38,783 26,1412005 69,028 41,695 27,3332006 82,967 50,708 32,259

Source: Commission on Filipino Ovearseas

Year Total Female Male

Australia Japan Germany OthersTotal

TABLE 1.2 Number of Registered Filipino Emigrants by Sex: 2000-2006

TABLE 1.1 Number of Registered Filipino Emigrants by Country of Destination2000-2006

Year USA Canada


Noresponse

2000 51,031 9,132 10,317 13,490 7,498 4,253 3,715 2,614 12

2001 52,054 10,091 10,502 13,542 7,107 3,683 4,064 3,065 -2002 57,720 11,970 11,071 15,044 7,786 4,454 3,924 3,466 52003 55,137 12,017 10,590 13,845 7,475 4,603 3,795 2,812 -2004 64,924 13,793 12,547 16,046 8,967 5,353 4,626 3,592 -2005 69,028 15,057 13,526 16,817 10,209 5,581 4,466 3,372 -

2007 82,967 17,917 16,436 20,907 12,255 6,091 4,969 4,390 -

Source: Commission on Filipino Overseas

OccupationalGrouping

Total 51,031 52,054 57,720 55,137 64,924 69,028 82,967

Employed Professional, technical and related workers 6,154 6,932 8,294 7,574 9,540 9,095 12,526 Managerial, executive, and administrative workers 791 932 890 928 770 1,025 1,449 Clerical workers 1,625 1,480 1,377 1,333 1,450 1,454 1,945 Sales workers 2,324 2,291 2,830 2,886 3,426 3,358 3,564 Service workers 964 992 1,046 1,139 1,338 1,850 1,192 Agri, animal husbandry, Forestry workers and fisherman 899 965 979 920 1,098 888 1,086 Production process, transport Equipment operatiors and laborers 2,025 1,695 1,762 1,759 2,198 1,821 2,260 Member of the armed forces 73 139 358 217 57 116 310

Unemployed Housewives 11,000 11,561 12,138 11,418 12,014 13,477 17,701 Retirees 1,898 2,288 2,207 1,936 2,378 2,325 3,152 Students 12,908 12,731 13,656 13,098 14,990 16,931 20,465 Minor (below 7 years old) 3,286 4,060 4,796 4,688 5,880 5,672 6,692 Out of school youth 163 371 655 376 677 550 178 Refugees - - - - - - No occupation reported 6,921 5,617 6,732 6,865 9,108 10,466 10,447

Source: Commission on Filipino Overseas

2006

TABLE 1.4 Number of Registered Filipino Emigrants by Major Occupation Group2000-2006

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

35-44 45-4414-Below 15-24 25-34

TABLE 1.3 Number of Registered Filipino Emigrants by Age Group:2000-2006

55-64 65-AboveTotalYear


Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floorber Area ber Area ber Area

21,774 3,160,101 24,892,422 15,145 1,800,791 13,131,978 2,539 1,194,438 9,734,988

NCR 3,342 906,880 9,443,743 1,804 430,266 4,362,921 537 381,739 3,822,234CAR 175 54,800 512,583 134 22,186 183,538 22 29,532 312,474I - Ilocos Region 1,425 142,367 894,778 1,106 109,788 660,011 137 29,149 176,959II - Cagayan Valley 373 44,421 277,877 243 28,589 160,608 63 15,714 114,302III - Central Luzon 2,755 359,851 2,419,132 2,063 207,840 1,350,090 360 139,776 975,707IVA - Calabarzon 3,415 419,378 3,712,267 2,726 306,354 2,457,773 326 102,522 1,109,076IVB - Mimaropa 179 28,123 205,924 110 14,150 89,579 55 12,871 111,303V - Bicol Region 537 74,139 417,294 386 46,785 233,754 63 27,154 146,487VI - Western Visayas 901 151,729 1,150,933 616 86,672 601,650 145 62,860 490,764VII - Central Visayas 3,399 436,590 2,620,022 2,690 258,108 1,460,046 287 168,039 1,074,658VIII - Eastern Visayas 493 55,954 289,224 354 36,549 187,063 82 18,417 90,814IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 148 24,325 127,954 77 8,696 53,374 21 15,408 71,871X - Northern Mindanao 1,454 168,164 907,311 874 100,547 530,347 71 59,157 347,348XI - Davao Region 2,101 171,070 1,122,630 1,434 93,639 526,699 192 71,910 504,648XII - Soccsksargen 457 82,568 573,191 282 23,280 132,473 115 48,484 326,153XIII - Caraga 516 39,212 215,859 242 26,812 140,352 63 11,706 60,190ARMM 4 530 1,700 4 530 1,700 - - -

Residential

Value Value

Nonresidential

Value

TABLE 1.5 Number, Floor Area, and Value of Building Constructionby Type of Building, and Region: Third Quarter 2007

(Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

Philippines

RegionTotal

Num- Floor Num- Num- Num-ber Area ber ber ber

Philippines 982 164,872 933,255 2,847 1,092,179 65 7,084 195 58,154

NCR 349 94,875 606,281 650 652,306 53 2,637 49 8,215CAR 11 3,082 12,037 8 4,533 - - - -I - Ilocos Region 20 3,430 21,370 121 36,436 2 3,450 39 8,246II - Cagayan Valley 3 118 498 63 2,466 1 20 - -III - Central Luzon 208 12,235 58,805 103 34,530 2 385 19 3,917IVA - Calabarzon 127 10,502 60,582 212 84,835 1 25 23 9,707IVB - Mimaropa 3 1,102 2,144 6 2,897 - - 5 289V - Bicol Region 2 200 580 86 36,472 - - - 1,091VI - Western Visayas 19 2,197 13,930 90 44,588 3 - 28 9,629VII - Central Visayas 50 10,443 52,893 362 32,422 - - 10 11,979VIII - Eastern Visayas 22 988 6,863 34 4,482 - - 1 36IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 6 221 1,073 44 1,636 - - - 2,142X - Northern Mindanao 11 8,460 6,369 496 23,245 - - 2 150XI - Davao Region 126 5,521 30,708 339 60,574 1 20 9 2,753XII - Soccsksargen 14 10,804 57,239 33 57,324 3 547 10 -XIII - Caraga 11 694 1,883 200 13,433 - - - -ARMM - - - - - - - - -

Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics

AlterationsAdditions or Repairs Demolitions Street Furniture

Value ValueValue Value



15,145 1,800,791 13,131,986 12,926 1,532,059 11,038,052 284 31,524 196,698

NCR 1,804 430,266 4,362,921 1,253 342,866 3,500,345 66 7,310 48,927CAR 134 22,186 183,538 95 12,456 94,772 1 25 299I - Ilocos Region 1,106 109,788 660,011 1,072 104,470 626,781 14 2,291 14,605II - Cagayan Valley 243 28,589 160,608 237 26,656 154,384 - 3,646 -III - Central Luzon 2,063 207,840 1,350,090 1,742 177,523 1,177,104 30 3,790 25,554IVA - Calabarzon 2,726 306,354 2,457,773 2,216 240,240 1,907,972 35 185 29,562IVB - Mimaropa 110 14,150 89,579 93 12,169 77,185 2 220 1,187V - Bicol Region 386 46,785 233,754 272 37,478 184,258 4 1,737 1,343VI - Western Visayas 616 86,672 601,650 584 78,630 554,460 9 8,901 9,951VII - Central Visayas 2,690 258,108 1,460,046 2,187 217,413 1,233,242 79 2,221 45,518VIII - Eastern Visayas 354 36,549 187,063 319 33,667 174,010 33 194 11,591IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 77 8,696 53,374 77 8,696 53,374 - 574 -X - Northern Mindanao 874 100,547 530,347 836 98,065 513,071 3 313 1,403XI - Davao Region 1,434 93,639 526,699 1,426 92,594 520,369 4 135 4,413XII - Soccsksargen 282 23,280 132,473 276 22,451 127,901 3 - 1,462XIII - Caraga 242 26,812 140,352 237 26,155 137,117 1 - 875ARMM 4 530 1,700 4 530 1,700 - - -


1,615 179,915 1,395,085 74 3,980 26,016 246 53,295 476,134

NCR 398 74,396 771,929 74 3,980 26,016 13 1,714 15,703CAR 8 1,963 30,601 - - - 30 7,742 57,863I - Ilocos Region 11 1,342 9,262 - - - 9 1,685 9,362II - Cagayan Valley 6 1,933 6,223 - - - - - -III - Central Luzon 288 26,469 144,884 - - - 3 202 2,546IVA - Calabarzon 431 33,150 199,444 - - - 44 29,174 320,794IVB - Mimaropa 1 98 685 - - - 14 1,698 10,520V - Bicol Region 1 99 1,094 - - - 109 8,988 47,057VI - Western Visayas 8 5,215 28,951 - - - 15 1,090 8,287VII - Central Visayas 424 31,794 181,286 - - - - - -VIII - Eastern Visayas 1 396 400 - - - 1 265 1,061IX - Zamboanga Peninsula - 2,223 - - - - - - -X - Northern Mindanao 33 365 15,718 - - - 2 65 154XI - Davao Region 2 400 1,705 - - - 2 106 210XII - Soccsksargen 2 72 2,219 - - - 1 116 890XIII - Caraga 1 - 678 - - - 3 450 1,681ARMM - - - - - - - - -


Residential Condominium Others

TABLE 1.6 Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area, and Valueof Construction by Type of Building and Region: Third Quarter 2007


Total Single Duplex or Quadruplex

Value Value Value

Philippines

Region ValueValue Value

Philippines

Apartment or Accessoria



2,539 1,194,438 9,734,995 1,535 683,679 5,379,312 233 201,938 1,411,537

NCR 537 381,739 3,822,234 368 270,703 2,458,876 33 39,732 324,220CAR 22 29,532 312,474 18 20,819 206,969 - - -I - Ilocos Region 137 29,149 176,959 79 12,448 74,286 7 2,763 16,363II - Cagayan Valley 63 15,714 114,302 36 9,565 72,184 5 1,277 7,012III - Central Luzon 360 139,776 975,707 209 46,431 307,495 27 25,650 117,185IVA - Calabarzon 326 102,522 1,109,076 196 40,261 430,879 39 39,983 498,150IVB - Mimaropa 55 12,871 111,303 27 7,885 48,095 6 1,727 35,891V - Bicol Region 63 27,154 146,487 45 14,621 86,739 1 1,680 7,661VI - Western Visayas 145 62,860 490,764 94 47,474 344,099 15 7,767 59,242VII - Central Visayas 287 168,039 1,074,658 183 132,445 863,505 33 13,599 67,923VIII - Eastern Visayas 82 18,417 90,814 43 9,674 45,412 5 3,119 13,314IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 21 15,408 71,871 12 2,483 11,730 4 10,836 52,046X - Northern Mindanao 71 59,157 347,348 31 7,089 37,153 9 25,738 100,992XI - Davao Region 192 71,910 504,648 107 34,647 233,980 29 18,745 87,229XII - Soccsksargen 115 48,484 326,153 61 21,886 134,093 12 5,518 17,510XIII - Caraga 63 11,706 60,190 26 5,248 23,808 8 3,804 6,793ARMM - - - - - - - - -

Institutional AgriculturalNum- Floor Num- Floor

ber Area ber Area

449 282,170 2,477,924 61 26,651 76,612 389,609

NCR 45 71,304 805,061 - - - 234,075CAR 4 8,713 105,504 - - - -I - Ilocos Region 21 9,559 55,237 11 4,379 13,887 17,185II - Cagayan Valley 17 4,640 33,292 1 232 466 1,347III - Central Luzon 74 60,697 514,326 10 6,998 12,929 23,770IVA - Calabarzon 58 15,933 121,164 14 6,345 24,424 19 34,456IVB - Mimaropa 18 2,785 23,662 2 474 1,700 1,954V - Bicol Region 15 10,769 51,466 1 84 470 150VI - Western Visayas 24 7,619 53,607 - - - 33,814VII - Central Visayas 45 21,613 130,346 4 382 2,243 10,639VIII - Eastern Visayas 27 5,515 30,993 2 109 814 278IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2 349 2,435 3 1,740 5,660 - -X - Northern Mindanao 14 25,320 198,027 3 1,010 1,158 10,016XI - Davao Region 33 17,795 173,338 5 723 3,260 6,839XII - Soccsksargen 32 16,978 157,534 4 4,102 9,271 7,744XIII - Caraga 20 2,581 21,925 1 73 324 7,337ARMM - - - - - - -


TABLE 1.7 Number of New Nonresidential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Valueof Construction by Type of Building and Region: Third Quarter 2007


RegionTotal Commercial Industrial

Value ValueValue

Philippines

Others

Value Value Number Value

194

40

2

Philippines 261

91-

-

141868

112225



1,535 683,679 5,379,312 48 21,102 117,313 185 108,504 916,422

NCR 368 270,703 2,458,876 15 2,715 16,307 22 7,228 47,696CAR 18 20,819 206,969 1 254 949 5 15,856 170,824I - Ilocos Region 79 12,448 74,286 3 1,926 10,027 10 4,107 27,061II - Cagayan Valley 36 9,565 72,184 - - - 4 1,292 5,769III - Central Luzon 209 46,431 307,495 9 1,362 10,629 30 11,862 77,601IVA - Calabarzon 196 40,261 430,879 3 301 2,594 18 3,440 25,059IVB - Mimaropa 27 7,885 48,095 - - - 5 976 6,293V - Bicol Region 45 14,621 86,739 1 1,554 5,371 3 4,287 39,952VI - Western Visayas 94 47,474 344,099 4 1,096 9,918 24 27,492 243,375VII - Central Visayas 183 132,445 863,505 8 11,092 56,017 30 23,182 195,415VIII - Eastern Visayas 43 9,674 45,412 - - - 7 1,382 11,906IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 12 2,483 11,730 1 276 500 - - -X - Northern Mindanao 31 7,089 37,153 - - - 4 262 1,182XI - Davao Region 107 34,647 233,980 1 112 161 12 4,931 44,395XII - Soccsksargen 61 21,886 134,093 1 250 3,336 7 1,721 15,564XIII - Caraga 26 5,248 23,808 1 164 1,500 4 486 4,324ARMM - - - - - - - - -


299 358,694 3,048,147 541 98,831 558,641 462 96,548 738,788

NCR 88 220,997 2,153,877 153 23,109 131,369 90 16,654 109,625CAR 8 4,268 33,492 1 30 157 3 411 1,545I - Ilocos Region 3 560 1,462 19 1,314 5,345 44 4,541 30,389II - Cagayan Valley 5 1,958 6,324 18 4,950 51,302 9 1,365 8,787III - Central Luzon 37 10,758 60,560 74 12,359 84,684 59 10,090 74,020IVA - Calabarzon 17 4,459 40,306 43 5,055 35,080 115 27,006 327,839IVB - Mimaropa 5 4,617 25,331 9 903 6,870 8 1,389 9,600V - Bicol Region 16 5,048 23,112 12 1,556 6,563 13 2,176 11,740VI - Western Visayas 12 6,272 21,729 33 8,594 44,633 21 4,020 24,443VII - Central Visayas 43 73,405 508,359 79 15,268 59,341 23 9,498 44,372VIII - Eastern Visayas 11 4,051 17,483 20 3,897 14,663 5 344 1,359IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2 295 900 7 1,477 7,925 2 435 2,405X - Northern Mindanao 4 2,735 12,528 13 2,458 17,830 10 1,634 5,612XI - Davao Region 37 15,522 123,492 33 7,778 24,841 24 6,304 41,090XII - Soccsksargen 9 3,527 18,207 21 9,165 65,354 23 7,223 31,631XIII - Caraga 2 222 979 6 918 2,678 13 3,458 14,326ARMM - - - - - - - - -


Philippines

Value Value

Others

Value Value Value

Philippines

Condominium or Office Building Store

TABLE 1.8 Number of Commercial Building Construction Started, Floor Area, and Valueof Construction by Type of Building and Region: Third Quarter 2007


Region Total Banks Hotel, Motel, and the Like

Value


Repair ShopRegion


233 201,938 1,411,537 69 80,478 680,074 4 1,536 3,915

NCR 33 39,732 324,220 2 285 2,714 1 1,370 2,977CAR - - - - - - - - -I - Ilocos Region 7 2,763 16,363 - - - - - -II - Cagayan Valley 5 1,277 7,012 10 - - 1 15 51III - Central Luzon 27 25,650 117,185 15 9,188 43,493 1 103 806IVA - Calabarzon 39 39,983 498,150 3 21,732 361,894 - - -IVB - Mimaropa 6 1,727 35,891 - 1,291 32,138 - - -V - Bicol Region 1 1,680 7,661 2 - - - - -VI - Western Visayas 15 7,767 59,242 16 1,474 38,360 - - -VII - Central Visayas 33 13,599 67,923 1 8,698 52,927 1 48 80VIII - Eastern Visayas 5 3,119 13,314 2 140 1,824 - - -IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 4 10,836 52,046 5 10,396 41,500 - - -X - Northern Mindanao 9 25,738 100,992 8 15,772 65,836 - - -XI - Davao Region 29 18,745 87,229 3 7,352 32,248 - - -XII - Soccsksargen 12 5,518 17,510 2 1,670 3,865 - - -XIII - Caraga 8 3,804 6,793 - 2,480 3,270 - - -ARMM - - - - - - - - -


3 223 1,241 2 688 3,457 155 119,013 722,8471NCR - - - 1 30 97 29 38,047 318,431CAR - - - - - - - - -I - Ilocos Region - - - - - - 7 2,763 16,363II - Cagayan Valley - - - - - - 4 1,262 6,960III - Central Luzon 1 82 604 - - - 15 16,277 72,281IVA - Calabarzon - - - 1 658 3,360 23 17,593 132,896IVB - Mimaropa - - - - - - 3 436 3,752V - Bicol Region - - - - - - 1 1,680 7,661VI - Western Visayas - - - - - - 13 6,293 20,881VII - Central Visayas - - - - - - 16 4,853 14,916VIII - Eastern Visayas - - - - - - 4 2,979 11,489IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1 80 546 - - - 1 360 10,000X - Northern Mindanao - - - - - - 4 9,966 35,155XI - Davao Region 1 61 91 - - - 20 11,332 54,888XII - Soccsksargen - - - - - - 9 3,848 13,644XIII - Caraga - - - - - - 6 1,324 3,523ARMM - - - - - - - - -


Philippines

Value ValueValue

Refinery Printing Press Others

Value Value Value

TABLE 1.9 Number of Industrial Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Construction by Type of Building and Region: Third Quarter 2007


Philippines

Total Factory or Machine Shop

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Labor Force Survey October 2007

Concepts and Definitions

The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is a nationwide survey of households conducted quarterly by the National Statistics Office (NSO) to gather data on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the population. Data presented are based on the preliminary results of the October 2007 round of the LFS.

For comparative purposes, aside

from the October 2007 results, the textual tables presented herein contain final estimates of the survey conducted in October 2006.

The reference period used in the

survey is the past seven days preceding the date of visit of the enumerator.

The concepts and definitions

used in the survey can be found in the regular NSO-Integrated Survey of Households (ISH) Bulletin. Some are given below:

Labor force – the population 15

years old and over which contributes to the production of goods and services in the country; comprises the employed and unemployed

Employed – persons in the labor

force who are reported as either at work or with a job or business although not at work; persons at work are those who did some work, even for an hour during the reference period

Unemployed – persons in the labor force who have no job or business during the reference period and are reportedly looking for work; their desire to work is sincere and they are, therefore, serious about working; also included are persons without a job or business who are reportedly not looking for work because of the belief that no work was available or because of temporary illness, bad weather, or other valid reasons

Underemployed – employed

persons who express the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or an additional job, or have a new job with longer working hours

Labor force participation rate (LFPR) – ratio of total labor force to the total household population 15 years old and over

Employment rate – proportion of employed persons to the total labor force

Unemployment rate – proportion

of unemployed persons to the total labor force

Underemployment rate – proportion

of underemployed persons to total employed persons.

Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT


Analysis of Tables Six in ten of the population 15 years old and over are in the labor force

There were 35.9 million persons in the labor force in October 2007 out of the estimated 56.8 million population 15 years old and over. This translated to a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 63.2 percent, lower than last year’s figure of 63.8 percent (Table 2.2).

The LFPR was highest in

Northern Mindanao at 71.2 percent while lowest in the Autonomous Region

in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) at 56.7 percent (Table 2.1).

Employment rate is recorded at 93.7 percent

The employment rate in October

2007 was registered at 93.7 percent, higher than last year’s rate of 92.6 percent.

Across regions, employment rate was highest in Cagayan Valley (97.7%). Other regions with relatively high employment rates were: Zamboanga Peninsula (97.2%), ARMM (96.9%), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (96.9%), Eastern Visayas (96.8%) and Mimaropa (96.3%). The National Capital Region (NCR) had the lowest at 89.4 percent (Table 2.1). Employed males outnumber employed females

The proportion of males to total

employed (61.6%) in October 2007 was greater than that of females (38.4%).

The largest number of employed

persons was in the age group 25 to 34 years, representing more than one-fourth (26.6%) of the total employed.

Region

Perc

ent

FIGURE 1 Labor Force Participation Rate by Region October 2007

FIGURE 2 Employment Rate by Region: October 2007

Region

Perc

ent

NCR CAR I II III IV-A IV-B V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII ARMM

97 95 93 91 89 87 85

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT 31

The 35-44 age group comprised the second largest employed population with a share of 23.4 percent, followed by the 15-24 age group with a share of 19.4 percent (Table 2.3)

Almost half of the employed population are in the services sector

Around 48.8 percent of the total

employed population were in the services sector, almost the same as the percentage recorded in October 2006 at 48.5 percent.

More than one third (37.6% or 6.2 million) of the total persons employed in the services sector came mostly from wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and personal and household goods sub-sector. Transport, storage, and communication came next registering an employment of 2.6 million or 15.8 percent

of total employed in the services sector.

The agriculture sector came next

to the services sector in terms of share to total employed (36.1%). Agriculture, hunting and forestry sub-sector posted the biggest share (88.6%) to total employed in the agriculture sector.

The industry sector had the least share in employment (15.1%) with workers in the manufacturing sub-sector contributing the biggest share (60.3%) to total employed in the industry sector (Table 2.4). One in three employed persons are laborers and unskilled workers

Of the various occupation groups in October 2007, the laborers and unskilled workers constituted the largest group with 32.0 percent of the total

Number (In millions)

Age

gro

up

FIGURE 3 Employed Persons by Sex and Age Group: October 2007

FIGURE 5 Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: October 2007


Special occupation

Technicians

Professionals

Clerks

Plant and machine operators

Traders

Services

Officials/managers in government

Agricultural workers Laborers

0 2 4 6 8 10 Number (in millions)

FIGURE 4 Employed Persons by Major Industry Group: October 2006 and 2007

Num

ber (

In m

illio

ns)

Agriculture Industry Services


employed. Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen registered the next largest group of workers, comprising 18.8 percent of the total employed persons.

Officials of government and

special interest organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors and supervisors recorded the third largest group of workers with a share of 11.3 percent of total employed (Table 2.5)

Number of own account workers increases

Employed persons fall into any of these three categories: wage and salary workers, own account workers, and

unpaid family workers. Wage and salary workers are those who work for private households, private establishments, government or government corporations and those who work with pay in own-family operated farms or businesses. More than half (51.1%) of the total employed persons in October 2007 were wage and salary workers mostly working for private establishments (37.7% of the total employed). Those working for the government or government corporations accounted for 7.8 percent of the total employed. More than one-third (36.5%) of the total employed population in October 2007 were own-account workers with self-employed workers registering the largest share at 32.3 percent of the total employed.

The bulk of increase among wage and salary workers (542 thousand) came mostly from the services sector (360 thousand) and industry sector (178 thousand).

The increase in the number of

own-account workers (368 thousand) was largely contributed by the services sector (224 thousand) and agriculture sector (115 thousand) while the number of unpaid family workers decreased (124 thousand) in October 2007 (Table 2.8A).

More workers work full-time

Employed persons are classified as either full-time workers or part-time workers. Full-time workers are those who work for 40 hours or more while part-time workers work for less than 40 hours. In October 2007, six out of ten employed persons were full-time workers, most of them (41.9% of total employed) working for 40 to 48 hours while part-time workers comprised 35.1 percent of the total employed (Table 2.7)

FIGURE 6 Employed Persons by Class of Worker and Major Industry Group

October 2007

Num

ber

(In m

illio

ns)

Class of worker

Wage and salary Own account Unpaid family workers workers workers

Num

ber

(In m

illio

ns)

Class of worker

FIGURE 7 Underemployed Persons by Major Industry Group October 2006 and 2007

Agriculture Industry Services


Underemployment rate declines to 18.1 percent from 20.3 percent in October 2006

Employed persons who

expressed the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or to have additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours are considered under-employed. Around 6.1 million employed persons were underemployed in October 2007. This placed the under-employment rate at 18.1 percent, lower than last year’s estimate of 20.3 percent. More than half (58.4%) of the underemployed were reported as visibly underemployed, or had been working for less than 40 hours a week. About 40.1 percent were underemployed working full-time. Underemployed persons working in the agriculture sector accounted for 48.6 percent of the total underemployed in October 2007. Those in the services sector accounted for 37.0 percent, while those in the industry sector, 14.3 percent (Tables 2.9 and 2.9A).

Unemployment rate is down to 6.3 percent from 7.4 percent

The unemployment rate of 6.3

percent in October 2007 was lower than last year’s estimate of 7.4 percent. Among the regions, the NCR, which is

the only region with a double-digit unemployment rate, recorded the highest unemployment rate of 10.6 percent (Table 2.1) Six in every ten unemployed persons are males

The proportion of males to total

unemployed (63.5%) in October 2007 was greater than that of females (36.5%) (Table 2.3).

Unemployed persons who had

attained high school level comprised 46.2 percent of the total unemployed, of which 33.2 percent were high school graduates. About 39.4 percent of the total unemployed had reached college level, and 13.7 percent attained elementary level (Table 2.10).


FIGURE 9 Persons Who Are Not in the Labor Force by Sex and Age Group October 2007

Age

gro

up

Region

FIGURE 8 Unemployment Rate by Region: October 2007N

umbe

r (In

mill

ions

)

NCR CAR I II III IV-A IV-B V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII ARMM Region


Majority of the population who are not in the labor force are women

More than one-third (36.8%) of the population 15 years old and over in October 2007 were not in the labor force, like housewives, students, persons with disability, and retirees.

Majority of persons who were not in the labor force belonged to younger age group, that is, 9.7 million or 46.3 percent were 15 to 24 years old and 3.5 million or 16.6 percent were 25 to 34 years old.

More females (70.7%) than males

were not in the labor force (Table 2.3).

Labor Relations and Concerns

The labor sector faces a lot of legitimate concerns that need to be addressed. Displaced workers left and right, retrenchment, strikes and lockouts, and even closures of establishments are just some of the bleak features in the labor scenario. However, with the determination of the current dispensation to provide the push and the help, a more encouraging atmosphere might be in stead.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) takes the lead in formulating and directing the nation’s labor policies and programs. Its mission includes the promotion of social justice and protection of human rights and respect for human dignity in labor by ensuring workers’ protection and welfare. The department also aims to promote full employment and manpower development as well as to maintain industrial peace through enhancement of workers’ participation in policymaking.

Source of Information

This section presents an overview of the current labor condition in the

country. Data presented were derived from the DOLE. Analyses were based on 2007 and preliminary 2008 figures culled by DOLE’s Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES). Definition of Terms

Strike notice - the notification filed by a duly registered labor union with respective National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) regional branches about its intention to go on strike because of alleged commission by the employer of unfair labor practice acts or because of deadlock in collective bargaining negotiations

Actual strike - any temporary

stoppage of work by the concerted action of employees as a result of an industrial or labor dispute; may include slowdown, mass leave, attempts to damage, destroy or sabotage plant equipment and facilities and similar activities

Lockout - the temporary refusal

of an employer to furnish work for his employees as a result of an industrial or labor dispute; it comprises shutdown, mass retrenchment and dismissal without previous written clearance from the Secretary of Labor and Employment or his duly authorized representatives

Mandays lost - computed by

multiplying the number of workers involved in the strike or lockout by the total number of working days lost or idled due to strike or lockout

Disposition rate - the ratio of

the total cases disposed to the total number of cases handled

Settlement rate - the ratio of the

total cases settled to the total number of cases handled

Preventive mediation case -

subject of a formal or informal request


for conciliation and mediation assistance sought by either or both parties to avoid the occurrence of actual labor dispute

Voluntary arbitration - the mode

of settling labor-management disputes by which the parties select a competent, trained, and impartial person who shall decide on the merits of the case and whose decision is final, executory, and unappealable

Conciliation case - an actual or

existing labor dispute, which is subject of a notice of strike or lockout or actual strike or lockout case, filed with the appropriate NCMB regional branches

Conciliation or mediation -

mode of settlement bringing together the two parties in a dispute to come to negotiations and settlement of the dispute.

Analysis of Tables New strike and lockout notices increase by 9.7 percent

Preliminary figures for the first quarter of 2008 showed an increase in new strike and lockout notices filed compared to first quarter 2007’s tally. From 93 notices filed, the number rose to 102 for a 9.7 percent-increase.

Cases handled, including pending notices, reached 147, an increase of 7.3 percent from 137 cases in the first quarter of 2007. The settlement rate stood at 54.4 percent, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than that in the first quarter of 2007. Workers involved in newly filed notices increased by 30.8 percent (13,000 to 17,000 workers) in the period under review (Table 2.11). Mandays lost from actual strikes and lockouts almost triple

There were only three handled cases of actual strikes and lockouts in

the first quarter of 2008. However, mandays lost due to these strikes reached 15,000. This was 275.0 percent or almost triple of mandays lost in first quarter of 2007 recorded at 4,000.

Involved workers in new strikes declared rose from 54 in the first quarter of 2007 to 810 in the first quarter of 2008. The disposition rate of these cases was down by 66.7 percentage points (100.0% to 33.3 (Table 2.11).

NCR accounts for more than half of total strike and lockout notices

Preliminary data from the NCMB showed that in the first quarter of 2008, NCR accounted for 55 (53.9 %) of all new strike and lockout notices filed. Calabarzon was second with 14 notices (13.7%) while Central Visayas had 6 notices (5.9%) to place third. Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), Ilocos Region, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, and Caraga did not register any (Table 2.12). Davao Region accounts for bulk of mandays lost from on-going strikes

In the first quarter of 2008, mandays lost from on-going strikes reached 14,860. Of this figure, Davao Region accounted for 12,000 (80.8%) while Central Visayas and Calabarzon share the remaining 19.2 percent at 1,173 and 1,687 mandays, respectively (Table 2.12). NCR has the most number of pending and beginning preventive mediation cases

Table 2.13 shows that the total number of pending and beginning preventive mediation cases was down by 19.5 percent from 41 to 33 cases in the period under review.


By region, NCR had the most pending and beginning preventive mediation cases with 12 (36.4%) while Calabarzon was second with seven cases (21.2%). Six regions did not register any pending or beginning case namely: Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, and Zamboanga Peninsula (Table 2.12). Original preventive mediation cases filed increase by 1.5 percent

Original preventive mediation

cases filed stood at 137 cases in the first quarter of 2008 from 135 cases for the same period of 2007 to register a 1.5 percent decline. A huge chunk of these cases (43.1%) was filed in NCR while no case was recorded in Mimaropa.

Cases handled dropped by 4.0 percent and workers involved consequently decreased to 27,000 from 39,000 in the period under review (Refer to Table 2.12 for the regional breakdown and Table 2.13 for the comparative figures).

A total of 161 voluntary arbitration cases were facilitated and monitored in the first quarter of 2008. This was a 2.5 percent increase from the 157 cases registered in the first quarter of 2007. Of these cases, 25 (15.5%) were disposed either by decision, amicable settlement or withdrawal (Table 2.13).

Original mediation-arbitration cases handled rise by 3.3 percent

There were 219 original mediation-arbitration cases handled by the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) in the first quarter of 2008. This figure was a 3.3 percent rise from first quarter 2007’s 212 cases. The disposition rate of these cases also decreased by 3.4 percentage points, from 36.3 to 32.9 percent (Table 2.14). Pending and beginning appealed mediation-arbitration cases decline by 26.1 percent In the first quarter of 2008, there were 51 pending and beginning appealed mediation-arbitration cases. This was a 26.1 percent-decline from the 69 cases recorded in the first quarter of 2007. The disposition rate for these cases likewise decreased to 37.5 percent from 54.1 percent or a drop of 16.6 percentage points (Table 2.14). BLR grants P9.0 million worth of benefits to more workers

Handled cases of money claims increased by 2.9 percent from 2,099 in the first quarter of 2007 to 2,160 in the first quarter of 2008. The BLR granted PhP9.0 million worth of benefits to 1,445 workers. The number of workers benefited was down by 8.5 percent from 1,579 workers, while the disposition rate was up 0.3 percentage points (Table 2.14).


Total Population Labor Force Under-15 Years Old and Over Participation Employment Unemployment employment

(in thousands) Rate Rate Rate Rate

56,845 63.2 93.7 6.3 18.1

NCR 7,539 61.3 89.4 10.6 11.6CAR 1,034 65.7 96.9 3.1 18.0I - Ilocos Region 3,183 60.5 93.2 6.8 13.8II - Cagayan Valley 2,058 67.3 97.7 2.3 14.0III - Central Luzon 6,212 59.8 91.4 8.6 7.5IVA - Calabarzon 7,282 62.7 92.0 8 15.8IVB - Mimaropa 1,672 66.3 96.3 3.7 25.1V - Bicol Region 3,182 64.2 95.8 4.2 34.8VI - Western Visayas 4,649 63.5 94.0 6 22.0VII - Central Visayas 4,355 63.1 94.2 5.8 11.4VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,534 64.6 96.8 3.2 27.3IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1/ 2,043 62.7 97.2 2.8 19.8X - Northern Mindanao 2,622 71.2 94.9 5.1 34.0XI - Davao Region 2,702 65.6 95.1 4.9 15.5XII - Soccsksargen 2,382 65.1 95.2 4.8 19.6XIII - Caraga 1,504 65.8 95.9 4.1 21.4ARMM2/ 1,891 56.7 96.9 3.1 25.8

Notes: Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census of Population Projections. 1/ - Starting July 2003, Isabela City (Basilan) is part of Region IX 2/ - Starting July 2003, Basilan province, which was formerly part of Region IX, is now under ARMM by EO 36.

Source: National Statistics Office, October 2007 Labor Force Survey

Philippines

Region

TABLE 2.1 Labor Force Participation, Employment, Unemploymentand Underemployment Rates by Region: October 2007

(In Percent)

38

Employment Status Total

Total Persons Total Employed Total Unemployed Underemployedin the Labor Force Persons Persons Persons

35,918 33,672 2,246 6,109

NCR 4,619 4,128 491 477CAR 679 658 21 118I - Ilocos Region 1,927 1,796 132 248II - Cagayan Valley 1,386 1,353 32 190III - Central Luzon 3,717 3,396 321 255IVA - Calabarzon 4,565 4,199 365 662IVB - Mimaropa 1,109 1,067 41 268V - Bicol Region 2,044 1,958 85 682VI - Western Visayas 2,953 2,776 177 611VII - Central Visayas 2,749 2,588 161 294VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,638 1,586 52 432IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1/ 1,280 1,244 36 246X - Northern Mindanao 1,867 1,772 96 603XI - Davao Region 1,773 1,686 87 262XII - Soccsksargen 1,551 1,477 74 290XIII - Caraga 990 949 41 203ARMM2/ 1,072 1,040 33 268

Notes: Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census of Population Projections. 1/ - Starting July 2003, Isabela City (Basilan) is part of Region IX 2/ - Starting July 2003, Basilan province, which was formerly part of Region IX, is now under ARMM by EO 36.


JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

Philippines

TABLE 2.2 Employment Status of Household Population 15 Years Old and Over and Total Underemployed Persons by Region: October 2007

(Values in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

Region

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Total Population Not in the15 Years Old Total Labor Labor Force

and Over Force

Philippines

Both sexes 56,845 35,918 33,672 2,246 20,92815 - 24 17,366 7,680 6,535 1,145 9,68625 - 34 13,074 9,597 8,946 651 3,47735 - 44 10,384 8,090 7,871 219 2,29445 - 54 7,634 5,989 5,848 141 1,64655 - 64 4,648 3,137 3,062 75 1,51265 and over 3,733 1,423 1,409 14 2,310Not reported 5 1 1 - 4

Male 28,330 22,178 20,754 1,424 6,15115 - 24 8,807 4,766 4,103 663 4,04125 - 34 6,549 6,148 5,721 427 40135 - 44 5,216 5,012 4,856 156 20445 - 54 3,814 3,573 3,464 108 24155 - 64 2,281 1,847 1,787 60 43465 and over 1,661 832 822 10 829Not reported 1 * * - 1

Female 28,515 13,739 12,918 821 14,77615 - 24 8,559 2,914 2,432 482 5,64525 - 34 6,525 3,450 3,225 224 3,07535 - 44 5,168 3,078 3,015 64 2,09045 - 54 3,820 2,416 2,383 32 1,40555 - 64 2,367 1,290 1,274 15 1,07865 and over 2,072 591 587 4 1,481Not reported 4 1 1 - 3

Note: Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census of Population Projections. * Less than 500


Age Group and Sex Employed Unemployed

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TABLE 2.3 Household Population 15 Years Old and Over by Employment StatusAge Group and Sex: October 2007

(Values are in thousand. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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Number Number(in thousands) (in thousands)

Philippines 33,672 100.0 32,886 100.0

Agriculture 12,160 36.1 12,043 36.6 Agriculture, hunting, and forestry 10,768 32.0 10,619 32.3 Fishing 1,393 4.1 1,423 4.3

15.0Industry 5,076 0.4 4,892 14.9 Mining and quarrying 135 9.1 134 0.4 Manufacturing 3,060 0.4 3,010 9.2 Electricity, gas, and water 141 5.2 122 0.4 Construction 1,740 5.5 1,626 4.9

Services 16,436 48.8 15,951 48.5 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and personal and household goods 6,176 18.3 6,152 18.7 Hotels and restaurants 907 2.7 907 2.8 Transport, storage, and communication 2,600 7.7 2,460 7.5 Financial intermediation 384 1.1 366 1.1 Real estate, renting, and business activities 881 2.6 799 2.4


TABLE 2.4 Employed Persons by Major Industry Group: October 2006 and October 2007(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

PercentMajor Industry Group

Percent

October 2007 October 2006

Public administration and defense, and compulsory social security 1,569 4.7 1,518 4.6 Education 1,043 3.1 997 3.0 Health and social work 396 1.2 370 1.1 Other community, social, and personal service activities 779 2.3 761 2.3 Private households with employed persons 1,699 5.0 1,619 4.9 Extra-territorial organizations and bodies 3 0.0 2 0.0

Note: Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source: National Statistics Office, October 2006 and October 2007 Labor Force Survey



Philippines 33,672 100.0 32,886 100.0

Officials of government and special interest organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors, and supervisors 3,817 11.3 3,797 11.5Professionals 1,503 4.5 1,416 4.3Technicians and associate professionals 887 2.6 899 2.7Clerks 1,691 5.0 1,544 4.7Service workers and shop and market sales workers 3,141 9.3 3,167 9.6Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 6,314 18.8 6,191 18.8Trades and related workers 2,812 8.4 2,682 8.2Plant and machine operators and assemblers 2,603 7.7 2,538 7.7Laborers and unskilled workers 10,768 32.0 10,507 31.9Special occupations 134 0.4 144 0.4


TABLE 2.5 Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group: October 2006 and October 2007(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

Percent PercentMajor Industry Group

October 2006 October 2007

Source: National Statistics Office, October 2006 and October 2007 Labor Force Survey

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Philippines 33,672 100.0 32,886 100.0

Wage and salary workers 17,198 51.1 16,656 50.6 Private household 1,745 5.2 1,645 5.0 Private establishment 12,689 37.7 12,404 37.7 Government and government corporation 2,636 7.8 2,498 7.6 With pay (family-owned business) 128 0.4 108 0.3

Own-account workers 12,292 36.5 11,923 36.3 Self employed 10,873 32.3 10,451 31.8 Employer 1,419 4.2 1,473 4.5

Unpaid family workers 4,182 12.4 4,306 13.1

Note: Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census of Population Projections.Source: National Statistics Office, July 2006 and October 2007 Labor Force Survey


Philippines 33,672 100.0 32,886 100.0

At work 33,392 99.2 32,423 98.6 Worked less than 40 hours 11,821 35.1 11,706 36.6 Less than 20 hours 4,018 11.9 12,043 13.3 20-29 hours 3,754 11.1 4,365 11.6 30-39 hours 4,049 12.0 3,804 11.8

3,875 Worked 40 hours and over 21,571 64.1 20,380 62.0 40-48 hours 14,123 41.9 13,079 39.8 49 and over 7,448 22.1 7,300 22.2

With a job, not at work 280 0.8 463 1.4

Mean hours worked 41.7 - 41.2 -


Source: National Statistics Office, October 2006 and July 2007 Labor Force Survey


TABLE 2.6 Employed Persons by Class of Worker: October 2006 and October 2007(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

Class of Worker October 2007 October 2006

Percent Percent

TABLE 2.7 Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past WeekOctober 2006 and October 2007

(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

Class of Worker October 2007 October 2006

Percent Percent


Philippines 33,672 32,886 786 17,198 16,656 542

Agriculture 12,160 12,043 117 2,857 2,853 4 Industry 5,076 4,892 184 4,111 3,933 178 Services 16,436 15,951 485 10,230 9,870 360

Philippines 12,292 11,923 368 4,182 4,306 (124)

Agriculture 6,129 6,014 115 3,174 3,176 (2)Industry 802 773 29 162 186 (24)Services 5,360 5,136 224 846 945 (99)



2006 Difference

2006 Difference

Unpaid Family WorkersTotal Own-Account Workers Total

2007 2006 Difference 2007

TABLE 2.8 Employed Persons by Class of Worker and Broad Industry GroupOctober 2006 and October 2007

(Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

Broad Industry Group Total Wage and Salary Workers

2007 2006 Difference 2007

, y

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Philippines 33,672 32,886 786 17,198 16,656 542

Agriculture 12,160 12,043 117 2,857 2,853 4 Agriculture, hunting, and forestry 10,768 10,619 148 2,553 2,521 32 Fishing 1,393 1,423 -31 305 332 -27

Industry 5,076 4,892 184 4,111 3,933 178 Mining and quarrying 135 134 - 80 75 5 Manufacturing 3,060 3,010 50 2,282 2,227 55 Electricity, gas, and water 141 122 19 136 118 18 Construction 1,740 1,626 114 1,614 1,513 101

Services 16,436 15,951 485 10,230 9,870 360 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and personal and household goods 6,176 6,152 24 1,957 1,962 -5 Hotels and restaurants 907 907 - 629 608 21 Transport, storage, and communication 2,600 2,460 140 1,421 1,358 63 Financial intermediation 384 366 18 362 349 13 Real estate, renting, and business

Total

Difference


TABLE 2.8A Employed Persons by Class of Worker and Major Industry Group

(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

2007 2006

October 2006 and October 2007

Major Industry Group Difference 2007 2006

Wage and Salary Workers

activities 881 799 82 723 661 62 Public administration and defense, and compulsory social security 1,569 1,518 50 1,569 1,518 50 Education 1,043 997 45 1,028 984 44 Health and social work 396 370 26 341 315 26 Other community, social, and personal service activities 779 761 18 498 494 4 Private households with employed persons 1,699 1,619 79 1,699 79 - Extra-territorial organizations and bodies 3 2 1 3 1 -

Philippines 12,292 11,923 368 4,182 4,306 (124)

Agriculture 6,129 6,014 115 3,174 3,174 -2 Agriculture, hunting, and forestry 5,249 5,128 121 2,966 29,741 -4 Fishing 880 886 -6 208 205 3

Industry 802 773 29 162 186 -24 Mining and quarrying 45 45 1 11 15 -4 Manufacturing 633 617 16 146 166 -20 Electricity, gas, and water 4 3 1 - - - Construction 120 109 2 6 4 2

Continued

2006 Difference 2007 2006 Difference

Unpaid Family WorkersOwn-Account Workers

2007


Table 2.8A -- Concluded

Services 5,360 5,136 224 846 946 -99 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and personal and household goods 3,514 3,395 119 705 796 -91 Hotels and restaurants 192 199 -7 86 99 -14 Transport, storage, and communication 1,148 1,073 75 31 29 2 Financial intermediation 21 16 5 1 1 - Real estate, renting, and business activities 146 127 19 12 11 1 Public administration and defense, and compulsory social security - - - - - - Education 13 11 2 1 2 -1 Health and social work 52 53 -1 2 1 1 Other community, social, and personal service activities 274 261 13 8 6 2 Private households with employed persons - - - - - - Extra-territorial organizations and bodies - - - - - -

Note: Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census of Population Projections. * Less than 500

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Major Industry Group Difference2007 2006 Difference 2007 2006

Unpaid Family WorkersOwn-Account Workers



Major Industry Group

Philippines 6,109 6,681 (572) 3,569 4,123 (554) 2,449 2,390 59 90 169 (79)

Agriculture 2,971 3,222 (251) 2,182 2,427 (245) 752 712 40 36 83 (47)Industry 876 1,023 (147) 345 453 (108) 506 534 (27) 25 36 (11)Services 2,263 2,436 (174) 1,043 1,243 (200) 1,191 1,144 47 29 49 (20)



TABLE 2.9 Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Broad Industry Group and Hours of Work: October 2006 and October 2007


Total Part-time Employment Full-time Employment With a Job, not at Work(Worked less than 40 hours) (Worked 40 hours or more)

2006 Difference 2007 20062007 2006 Difference 2007 Difference 2007 2006 Difference


Philippines 6,109 6,681 (572) 3,569 4,123 (554)

Agriculture 2,971 3,222 (251) 2,182 2,427 (245) Agriculture, hunting, and forestry 2,631 2,836 (205) 1,936 2,143 (206) Fishing 340 386 (46) 246 284 (38)

Industry 876 1,023 (147) 345 453 (108) Mining and quarrying 21 45 (24) 12 22 (10) Manufacturing 457 552 (95) 177 244 (67) Electricity, gas, and water 21 13 8 4 2 2 Construction 377 413 (36) 152 185 (33)

Services 2,263 2,436 (174) 1,043 1,243 (200) Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 874 960 (86) 408 511 (102) Hotels and restaurants 109 99 9 46 44 3 Transport, storage, and communication 405 432 (27) 166 194 (28) Financial intermediation 32 33 (1) 9 8 2 Real estate, renting, and business activities 101 105 (4) 31 43 (12)

Public administration and defense

TABLE 2.9A Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Broad Industry Group and Hours of Work: October 2006 and October 2007


Total Part-time Employment

Difference(Worked less than 40 hours)

20062007 2006 Difference 2007

Public administration and defense, and compulsory social security 220 245 (25) 81 91 (9)

Continued


Table 2.9A -- Concluded


Education 91 99 (8) 22 26 (4)Health and social work 46 48 ('2) 12 21 (9)Other community, social, and personal service activities 209 216 (7) 153 162 (9)Private households with employed persons 176 200 (24) 114 144 (30)

Extra-territorial organizations and bodies - - - - - -

2007 2006 Difference

Philippines 2449 2390 59 90 169 (79)

Agriculture 752 712 40 36 83 (47) Agriculture, hunting, and forestry 667 631 37 28 63 (35) Fishing 85 82 3 9 20 (11)

Industry 506 534 (27) 25 36 (11) Mining and quarrying 8 20 (12) - 2 (2) Manufacturing 270 296 (25) 10 12 (3) Electricity, gas, and water 17 11 6 - - *


2007Total (Worked less than 40 hours)

2006 Difference

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Full-time Employment(Worked less than 40 hours)

With a Job, not at Work

Part-time Employment


Construction 210 207 4 15 22 (6)

Services 1191 1144 47 29 49 (20) Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motorvehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 456 430 26 9 19 (10) Hotels and restaurants 62 55 7 1 1 - Transport, storage, and communication 235 225 10 4 13 (9) Financial intermediation 22 24 (30) 1 1 - Real estate, renting, and business activities 68 58 11 2 4 (2) Public administration and defense, and compulsory social security 135 151 (16) 4 3 - Education 68 73 (4) 1 * * Health and social work 33 25 7 1 1 - Other community, social, and personal service activities 52 50 2 4 4 - Private households with employed persons 61 54 7 2 2 - Extra-territorial organizations and bodies - - - - - -



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Philippines 2,246 100.0 2,625 100.0

No grade completed 15 0.7 14 0.5Elementary 307 13.7 368 14.0 Undergraduate 136 6.1 155 5.9 Graduate 170 7.6 213 8.1High school 1,038 46.2 11,198 45.6 Undergraduate 292 13.0 317 12.1 Graduate 746 33.2 880 33.5College 886 39.4 1,045 39.8 Undergraduate 486 21.6 549 20.9 Graduate 400 17.8 496 18.9




TABLE 2.10 Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: October 2006 and October 2007(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

Number of Hours Worked October 2007 October 2006

Percent Percent

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Section III – TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines First Quarter 2008

For the past years, the government’s stance in developing a more sustainable tourism industry has certainly paid off. Not only has the Philippines become one of the most frequently visited tourist spots in Asia, today’s revitalized industry also provides additional jobs for Filipinos without compromising the integrity of local diversity and culture.

The Department of Tourism (DOT)

takes the lead in furthering the position of the country as a favored travel destination. Along with other agencies and organizations, it aims to break down fundamental barriers to tourism growth and works to minimize the impediments to realizing a better tourism scenario.

Recently, the World Economic

Forum (WEF) has brought up the Philippine tourism industry's global ranking from 86th to 81st in its 2008 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report.

The World Economic Forum is a

Geneva (Switzerland)-based nonprofit organization that advocates global development through partnership with industry and policy leaders in addressing international and regional issues. WEF’s yearly Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report measures the viability and attractiveness of the travel and tourism industry in 103 countries around the world. The 2008 survey puts particular focus on balancing economic

One of the famous landmarks of the province of Leyte is the Leyte Landing Memorial in Red Beach, Palo. Found here are the life-size statues of Gen. McArthur and his fleet to commemorate the arrival of the American liberation forces during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.

development with environmental sustainability.

The WEF ranking is based on

data from public records, international tourism institutions, industry experts, as well as results from an executive opinion survey. The gathered information is analyzed and applied to a scoring system, where seven ranks the highest. The competitive index highlights a country’s tourism industry in factors such as regulatory framework, business environment and infrastructure, and available human, cultural, and natural resources. Source of Information

Statistics presented in this section

deal on the travel of visitors to the Philippines taken from arrival and

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departure cards and shipping manifests of the DOT.

Definition of Terms Visitor – any person visiting the Philippines for any reason other than following an occupation renumerated from within the country and whose residence is not the Philippines (World Tourism Organization)

There are two types of visitors under this definition, namely tourist and excursionist, defined as follows:

Tourist – temporary visitor staying at least 24 hours in the country for a purpose classified as either holiday (recreation, leisure, sport, and visit to family, friends or relatives), business, official mission, convention, or health reasons

Excursionist – temporary visitor staying less than 24 hours in the country

Based on the above definitions, the following are included in the visitor headcount:

♦ Aliens entering the country for a

temporary stay not exceeding one year and for purposes other than immigration, permanent residence or employment for renumeration in the country, and

♦ Filipino nationals or overseas Filipinos residing permanently abroad who are on temporary stay in the Philippines not exceeding one year. These exclude overseas contract workers.

However, the following are

excluded in the visitor headcount:

♦ Transit visitors and change-plane passengers who remain in the premises of the port of entry terminal

♦ Aliens with prearranged employment for renumeration in the Philippines,

and aliens studying in the country regardless of length of stay

♦ Filipinos living abroad, regardless of length of stay overseas who are not permanent residents abroad

♦ Immigrants or aliens (expatriates) who are permanently residing in the Philippines

♦ Filipino overseas contract workers on home visits, and

♦ Returning residents of the Philippines.

Analysis of Tables Visitor arrivals increase by 8.5 percent

For the first quarter (January to

March) of 2008, aggregate visitor arrivals reached 858,224. This was an 8.5 percent increase from the 790,888 arrivals recorded in the first quarter of 2007. (Table 3.1) Asian visitors comprise more than half of total visitor arrivals

DOT’s arrival statistics showed

Asia leading other continents as it accounted for 465,339 or 54.2 percent of the aggregate arrivals in the first quarter of 2008. This was a 5.7 percent increase

Figure 1 Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines by Region: First Quarter 2007 and 2008

874 825

465,339

196,048

93,403

42,470

681 646

440,414

180,631

80,278

38,181

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from first quarter 2007’s 440,414 arrivals. All four Asian regions recorded increased arrival figures led by the Middle East with 22.0 percent. It was followed by South Asia, ASEAN and East Asia with growth rates of 18.7 percent, 9.2 percent, and 4.5 percent, respectively.

Arrivals from North America totaled 196,048 or 22.8 percent of the aggregate figure to register in second. This was a growth of 8.5 percent from first quarter 2007’s 180,631 arrivals. Among its countries, the United States of America accounted for the bulk or 19.4 percent (166,128) of the total inbound traffic.

Europe with 93,403 arrivals,

registered third with 10.9 percent share of total arrivals. It marked a 16.3 percent growth rate from 80,278 arrivals in the first quarter of 2007.

Africa registered the least number

of arrivals among the continents. Its share to the aggregate arrival figure was a measly 0.1 percent. (Figure 1) Overseas Filipino arrivals post 17.8 percent growth

Overseas Filipinos, who comprise 5.7 percent of the total arrivals, had a 17.8 percent growth in the period under review. From 41,787 arrivals in the first quarter of 2007 it rose to 49,217 arrivals in the same period of 2008 (Table 3.1).

Month-on-month growth rate posts 6.3 percent increase

The month-on-month growth rate

for March 2007 and March 2008 posted a 6.3 percent increase. There were increases in the total volume of visitors from all regions, as well as in the numbers of returning overseas Filipinos that pulled the overall growth rate up. Notable increases were recorded by Africa and Europe with 31.5 percent and 26.8 percent increases, respectively. (Table 3.2.)

Top ten travel markets account for almost 80.0 percent of total arrivals

Nine of the top ten travel markets reported increases in arrival volume. The 660,217 arrivals from these ten countries accounted for 77.0 percent of the total arrival figure.

Korea stayed put as the biggest

travel market as it accounted for 175,147 arrivals for a 20.4-percent share. The United States of America (USA), with its 166,128 arrivals (19.4%) was a close second, while Japan was third with 99,453 arrivals or an 11.6 percent share.

China, which placed fourth, registered the highest growth among the top ten travel markets at 33.0 percent. From 36,568 arrivals in the first quarter of 2007 it rose to 48,619 arrivals for the same period in 2008.

Singapore, though registering last

among the travel markets managed to post a 6.7 percent growth in arrivals. Only Japan marked a decline in arrival volume 4 percentage points over its recorded 103,589 arrivals in the first quarter of 2007 to 99,453 arrivals in the first quarter of 2008. (Table 3.3 and Figure 2.)

Figure 2 Top Ten Travel Markets First Quarter 2007 and 2008

0 50 100 150 200

Singapore

United Kingdom

Canada

Australia

Hong Kong

Taiwan

China

Japan

USA

Korea

Cou

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Volume (In Thousand)

1st Quarter 20081st Quarter 2007

FIGURE 2 Top Ten Travel Markets First Quarter 2007 and 2008

Volume (in thousand)


Number of Arrivals

Country of Residence January-March January-March Increase/2008 2007 (Decrease)

GRAND TOTAL 858,224 790,888 8.5

Overseas Filipinos* 49,217 41,787 17.8

Asia 465,339 440,414 5.7

ASEAN 60,408 55,315 9.2Brunei 663 775 (14.5)Cambodia 325 315 3.2Indonesia 6,604 5,791 14.0Laos 160 162 (1.2)Malaysia 16,975 15,997 6.1Myanmar 1,056 995 6.1Singapore 23,761 22,271 6.7Thailand 8,189 7,130 14.9Vietnam 2,675 1,879 42.4

East Asia 386,004 369,353 4.5China 48,619 36,568 33.0Hong Kong 31,344 27,065 15.8Japan 99,453 103,589 (4.0)Korea 175,147 171,716 2.0Taiwan 31,441 30,415 3.4

South Asia 10,079 8,491 18.7Bangladesh 404 413 (2.2)India 7,771 6,345 22.5Iran 470 326 44.2Nepal 205 213 (3.8)Pakistan 490 408 20.1Sri Lanka 739 786 (6.0)

Middle East 8,848 7,255 22.0Bahrain 586 583 0.5Egypt 157 166 (5.4)Israel 1,202 958 25.5Jordan 106 93 14.0Kuwait 808 616 31.2Saudi Arabia 3,939 3,177 24.0United Arab Emirates 2,050 1,662 23.3

North America 196,048 180,631 8.5Canada 29,525 24,119 22.4Mexico 395 286 38.1United States of America 166,128 156,226 6.3

Continued

TABLE 3.1 Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence

Percent

January-March 2007 and 2008


Table 3.1 -- Continued

Number of Arrivals

Country of Residence January-March January-March Increase/(Decrease)

South America 874 681 28.3Argentina 155 129 20.2Brazil 406 344 18.0Colombia 124 98 26.5Peru 129 59 118.6Venezuela 60 51 17.6

Europe 93,403 80,278 16.3

Western Europe 39,386 36,360 8.3Austria 3,163 3,008 5.2Belgium 2,575 1,796 43.4France 6,857 5,270 30.1Germany 16,800 17,095 (1.7)Luxembourg 150 79 89.9Netherlands 4,613 4,245 8.7Switzerland 5,228 4,867 7.4

Northern Europe 39,934 32,173 24.1Denmark 4,240 4,025 5.3Finland 967 646 49.7Ireland 1,362 1,116 22.0Norway 4,471 3,353 33.3Sweden 5,031 4,110 22.4United Kingdom 23,863 18,923 26.1

Southern Europe 8,701 6,750 28.9Greece 444 371 19.7Italy 4,467 3,453 29.4Portugal 314 320 (1.9)Spain 3,416 2,536 34.7Union of Serbia and Montenegro** 60 70 (14.3)

Eastern Europe 5,382 4,995 7.7Commonwealth of Independent States 966 1,678 (42.4)Russian Federation*** 3,730 2,851 30.8 Total (CIS and Russia) 4,696 4,529 3.7Poland 686 466 47.2

Australasia/Pacific 42,470 38,181 11.2Australia 30,936 27,211 13.7Guam 8,858 8,600 3.0Nauru - - -New Zealand 2,393 2,131 12.3Papua New Guinea 283 239 18.4

Continued

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2008 2007

Percent


Table 3.1 -- Concluded

Number of Arrivals

Country of Residence January-March January-March Increase/(Decrease)

Africa 825 646 27.7

Nigeria 188 149 26.2South Africa 637 497 28.2

Others and unspecifiedresidences 10,068 8,270 21.7

Notes: * - Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers. ** - Prior to April 2003, statistics from this country includes, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia. *** - Prior to July 2006, Russia arrivals were lumped under "CIS" and prior to August 2006, Estonia, Latvia and Turkmenistan ariivals were lumped under "CIS"

Source : Department of Tourism

2008 2007

Percent

March 2008 March 2007 PercentCountry of Residence Percent Percent Increase/

Volume to Total Volume to Total (Decrease)

GRAND TOTAL 287,632 100.0 270,632 100.0 6.3

Overseas Filipinos* 23,770 8.3 19,787 7.3 20.1

Asia 142,607 49.6 141,110 52.1 1.1 ASEAN 21,238 7.4 20,590 7.6 3.1

Brunei 311 0.1 334 0.1 (6.9)Cambodia 129 0.0 155 0.1 (16.8)Indonesia 2,326 0.8 2,183 0.8 6.6 Laos 70 - 70 - 0.0 Malaysia 5,824 2.0 6,053 2.2 (3.8)Myanmar 415 0.1 316 0.1 31.3 Singapore 8,179 2.8 8,160 3.0 0.2 Thailand 3,016 1.0 2,685 1.0 12.3 Vietnam 968 0.3 634 0.2 52.7

East Asia 114,807 39.9 114,957 42.5 (0.1)China 12,482 4.3 11,206 4.1 11.4 Hong Kong 11,305 3.9 8,304 3.1 36.1 Japan 33,552 11.7 35,589 13.2 (5.7)Korea 48,793 17.0 51,404 19.0 (5.1)Taiwan 8,675 3.0 8,454 3.1 2.6

South Asia 3,625 1.3 3,005 1.1 20.6 Bangladesh 162 0.1 161 0.1 0.6 India 2,796 1.0 2,163 0.8 29.3 Iran 159 0.1 161 0.1 (1.2)

Continued

TABLE 3.2 Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence: March 2007 and 2008





Nepal 75 - 88 - (14.8)Pakistan 187 0.1 148 0.1 26.4 Sri Lanka 246 0.1 284 0.1 (13.4)

Middle East 2,937 1.0 2,558 0.9 14.8 Bahrain 200 0.1 191 0.1 4.7 Egypt 51 - 60 0.0 (15.0)Israel 325 0.1 338 0.1 (3.8)Jordan 39 - 28 - 39.3 Kuwait 263 0.1 192 0.1 37.0 Saudi Arabia 1,342 0.5 1,145 0.4 17.2 United Arab Emirates 717 0.2 604 0.2 18.7

North America 67,975 23.6 62,782 23.2 8.3 Canada 10,545 3.7 8,128 3.0 29.7 Mexico 160 0.1 96 - 66.7 United States of America 57,270 19.9 54,558 20.2 5.0

South America 337 0.1 203 0.1 66.0

Argentina 54 - 48 - 12.5 Brazil 140 0.0 97 0.1 44.3 Colombia 57 - 26 - 119.2 Peru 60 - 22 - 172.7 Venezuela 26 - 10 - 160.0

Europe 33,847 11.8 28,789 10.6 26.8

Western Europe 14,044 4.9 13,018 4.8 7.9Austria 990 0.3 925 0.3 7.0Belgium 1,222 0.4 727 0.3 68.1France 2,241 0.8 1,548 0.6 44.8Germany 6,244 2.2 6,711 2.5 (7.0)Luxembourg 65 - 34 - 91.2Netherlands 1,496 0.5 1,402 0.5 6.7Switzerland 1,786 0.6 1,671 0.6 6.9

Northern Europe 15,050 5.2 11,745 4.3 28.1Denmark 1,231 0.4 1,172 0.4 5.0Finland 290 0.1 190 0.1 52.6Ireland 471 0.2 419 0.2 12.4Norway 1,432 0.5 1,202 0.4 19.1Sweden 1,303 0.5 1,279 0.5 1.9United Kingdom 10,323 3.6 7,483 2.8 38.0

Southern Europe 3,331 1.2 2,401 0.9 38.7Greece 163 0.1 131 - 24.4Italy 1,523 0.5 1,131 0.4 34.7Portugal 145 - 130 - 11.5 Spain 1,485 0.5 990 0.4 50.0 Union of Serbia and Montenegro** 15 - 19 - (21.1)

Continued

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Eastern Europe 1,422 0.5 1,625 0.6 (12.5)Commonwealth of Independent States 332 0.1 655 0.2 (49.3)Russian Federation*** 908 0.2 862 0.2 (7.7) Total (CIS and Russia) 1,240 0.3 1,517 0.4 (18.3)Poland 182 0.1 108 0.0 68.5

Australasia/Pacific 15,202 5.3 14,672 5.4 3.6

Australia 10,857 3.8 10,370 3.8 4.7 Guam 3,443 1.2 3,429 1.3 0.4 Nauru - - - - 100.0 New Zealand 811 0.3 789 0.3 2.8 Papua New Guinea 91 0.1 84 - 8.3

Africa 259 0.1 197 0.1 31.5

Nigeria 50 - 46 - 8.7 South Africa 209 0.1 151 0.1 38.4

Others and unspecifiedresidences 3,635 1.3 3,092 1.1 17.6

Notes: * - Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers.

*** - Prior to July 2006, Russia arrivals were lumped under "CIS" and prior to August 2006, Estonia, Latvia and Turkmenistan ariivals were lumped under "CIS"


** - Prior to April 2003, statistics from this country includes, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia.

January-March January-March2008 2007

Percentto Total Rank Volume

Total 858,244 100.0 790,888 8.5

Korea 175,147 20.4 1 171,716 2.0United States of America 166,128 19.4 2 156,226 6.3Japan 99,453 11.6 3 103,589 (4.0)China 48,619 5.7 4 36,568 33.0Taiwan 31,441 3.7 5 30,415 3.4Hong Kong 31,344 3.7 6 27,065 15.8Australia 30,936 3.6 7 27,211 13.7Canada 29,525 3.4 8 24,119 22.4United Kingdom 23,863 2.8 9 18,923 26.1Singapore 23,761 2.8 10 22,271 6.7Other Countries 198,027 22.9 172,785 14.6


TABLE 3.3 Top Ten Travel Markets: January to March 2007 and 2008

Volume

Percent Increase/ Decrease

62

Social Security and Welfare Benefits 2006

Introduction

In keeping with the Arroyo administration’s various mass-based health and welfare programs, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) continue to lead and provide security protection for workers in the public and private sectors.

Both the GSIS and the SSS provide insurance and social security benefits to members and their dependents and extend financial support to a wider range of economic development projects. They have the same primary objective of promoting the welfare and security of employees and

their dependents through social security and insurance program benefits. The GSIS covers government employees while the SSS that of the private sector, as well as employers and self-employed persons and their dependents. These two social insurance institutions are the prime movers of the Government’s Social Insurance Program (SIP). The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), more popularly known as the Pag-IBIG Fund, established on June 11, 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1530 was an answer to the need for a national savings program and an affordable shelter financing for the Filipino worker. Pag-IBIG is an acronym which stands for Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industria at Gobyerno. To this day, the Pag-IBIG Fund continues to harness these four sectors of the society to work together towards providing fund members with adequate housing program through an effective savings scheme.

Analysis of Tables

GSIS membership up 4.3 percent

In the year 2006, membership of

the GSIS reached 1.36 million government employees, an increase of about 56 thousand (4.3%) as compared to that of 2005’s level. The year’s total contribution from social insurance fund, optional life insurance fund, general insurance fund, and employees insurance fund registered PhP45.57 billion (Table 4.1).

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Payment for claims slows down Amount of claims paid by the

GSIS reached a total of PhP32.80 billion in 2006 from PhP33.10 billion reported in 2005 posting a decrease of 1.0 percent. Some PhP30.57 billion (93.2%) of these payments were paid out of social insurance, PhP1.42 billion (4.3%) from general insurance while PhP637 million (1.9%) came out of optional life insurance. The least claims paid (PhP174 million or 0.5%) came from employees compensation (Table 4.2).

SSS covers more workers and employers

Combined contributions collected by the SSS from the private workers (26.74 million) and employers (782 thousand) summed to PhP52.54 million (Table 4.3). SSS beneficiary gets an average of PhP25,900

The amount of benefits

distributed to 2,012,410 claimants in 2006 reached PhP52.12 billion from the previous year’s PhP46.27 billion or an increase of 13.0 percent. This translated

to each claimant receiving an average of PhP25,900 (Table 4. 4).

Total payment made to 1.9 million claimants for social security benefits amounted to PhP51.05 billion (98%) while the rest 63,141 claimants were paid PhP1.07 billion from employees compensation benefits (Table 4.4). HDMF membership grows 7.5 percent

HDMF-Pag-ibig membership grew

a decent growth of 7.5 percent in 2006 to 6,480,158 from 6,036,145 in 2005. Total contribution also improved by 5.4 percent, from PhP12.98 billion to PhP13.93 billion (Table 4.5). Payment of claims drops Coming from 63.3 percent growth in 2005 (PhP8.08 billion), total amount of provident benefit paid by the HDMF-Pag-ibig dropped to only 18.8 percent growth in 2006 (PhP6.51 billion).

Big drops in 2006 were recorded by the optional withdrawal which declined

FIGURE 1 Beneficiaries Paid by the Government Service Insurance

System: 2006

Social Insurance 93%

Optional Life 2%

General Insurance 4%

Employees Compensation

1%

Social Employees All Security Compensation Types

51.05

1.07

52.12 60.00 50.00 40.00

30.00

20.00

10.00

0

Num

ber (

In m

illio

n)

FIGURE 2 Amount of Benefits Paid by the Social Security System: 2006


by 54.5 percent, followed by membership maturity which declined by 7.7 percent.

FIGURE 3 Total Amount of Provident Benefits Paid by HDMF: 2005-2006

3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0

Retirement Optional Membership Death Permanent Disability/ Separation withdrawal maturity departure insanity due to

health

2005

2006

Am

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(in

mill

ions

)


Social Optional Employees1 BarangayMembership1 All Insurance Life General Medicare Compensation Officials(in thousand) Funds Fund Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance

Fund Fund 2 Fund Fund Fund

2000 1440 38,464.7 34,682.0 1,711.0 1,463.9 a 571.4 36.42001 1425 42,772.0 36,698.0 1,827.0 3,579.0 a 632.0 36.02002 1383 45,247.9 39,871.5 1,567.7 3,210.2 a 562.1 36.42003 1325 46,774.0 40,405.0 1,231.0 4,071.0 a 1,031.0 36.02004 1306 45,905.0 39,213.0 1,576.0 3,808.0 a 1,031.0 -2005 1310 48,793.0 42,951.0 1,064.0 3,447.0 a 1,331.0 -2006 1366 45,574.0 39,074.0 1,018.0 4,578.0 a 904.0 -

Notes: a Transferred to Philippine Health Insurance Corporation 1 Refers to social security coverage as of June 30 or December 31 2 Refers to gross premium written

Source: Government Service Insurance System

TABLE 4.1 Coverage and Contributions Received by the Government Service Insurance System: 2000-2006

Year

(Funds in million pesos)

All Types

2000 18,192 154,238 16,903 38,999 299 4,341 261 a a 76,133 7292001 22,847 167,749 21,292 48,299 371 4,421 415 a a 76,500 76920021 25,981 185,209 24,451 57494 489 4,284 278 a a 55,588 7632003 164,442 127,143 15,883 20,585 222 3,214 312 a a 3,286 252004 32,265 149,019 30,854 55,440 505 5,496 355 a a 7,961 5512005 33,099 135,633 31,110 - 835 - 625 a a - 5292006 32,799 135,633 30,574 - 637 - 1,415 a a - 174

Note: a Transferred to Philippine Health Insurance Corporation 1 Unaudited

Source: Government Service Insurance System

TABLE 4.2 Number and Amount of Claims Paid by the Government Service Insurance System by Type: 2000-2006

(Amount in million pesos)

MedicareSocial Insurance Optional Life General InsuranceYearAmount Number Amount Amount

Employees1

CompensationAmount Amount AmountNumber Number Number Number


Social Employees1

Compensation3

2000 22,621 600 30,321 29,886 4352001 23,523 633 31,372 30,912 4602002 24,309 668 34,188 33,702 4862003 25,051 703 39,420 38,635 7862004 25,666 735 43,936 43,084 8522005 26,228 758 47,483 46,596 8872006 26,739 782 52,544 51,633 910

Notes: 1 As of December 31 2 Contributions from both workers and employers 3 Contributions from employers only

Source: Social Security System

TABLE 4.3 Coverage and Amount of Contributions Collected by the Social Security System: 2000-2006

Coverage (in thousands) Amount (in million pesos)

TotalWorkers EmployersYearSecurity2

2000 1,762,405 33,889 1,686,686 32,735 75,719 1,1542001 1,866,351 39,016 1,775,995 37,814 90,356 1,2022002 1,908,481 40,872 1,823,822 39,566 84,659 1,3052003 1,938,998 42,806 1,858,917 41,623 80,081 1,1832004 1,974,232 44,883 1,901,848 43,743 72,384 1,1392005 2,094,193 46,270 2,022,110 45,181 72,083 1,0892006 2,012,410 52,122 1,949,269 51,052 63,141 1,070

Source: Social Security System

Number

TABLE 4.4 Number and Amount of Benefits Paid by the Social Security System: 2000-2006

AmountEmployees CompensationAll TypesYearNumber

(Amount in million pesos)

AmountSocial Security

Number Amount


2000 4,844,570 a 10,6042001 4,880,382 a 10,8522002 5,072,849 a 9,9682003 5,339,698 11,1272004 5,700,020 11,9772005 6,036,145 12,9782006 6,480,158 13,931

Note: a Adjusted figures

Source: Home Development Mutual Fund

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

All TypesNumber 74,147 227,320 172,231 119,066 113,041 178,141 124,662Amount 1,915 7,844 6,448 4,781 4,928 8,081 6,514

RetirementNumber 50,449 59,863 40,700 35,775 37,603 36,334 37,575Amount 1,556 1,283 10,300 926 1,889 1,571 1,938

Optional withdrawalNumber - - - - - 77,981 32,286Amount - - - - - 3,302 1,498

Membership maturityNumber 4,329 133,413 107,815 60,002 51,374 41,200 32,895Amount 138 6,292 5,091 3,528 2,384 2,626 2,394

DeathNumber 14,129 27,473 16,352 16,346 17,106 15,129 14,219Amount 154 179 206 209 423 346 400

Permanent departureNumber 1,586 2,176 3,611 3,336 2,951 3,527 4,182Amount 26 38 46 45 118 129 170

Disability or insanityNumber 2,721 3,402 1,046 1,142 2,620 2,575 2,368Amount 27 34 19 20 71 65 71

Separation due to healthNumber 933 993 1,142 1,387 1,395 1,137Amount 14 18 20 43 42 43

Source: Home Development Mutual Fund

TABLE 4.6 Number of Beneficiaries and Amount of Provident Benefits Paid by the Home Development Mutual Fund by Type of Benefit: 2000-2006

(Amount in millions)

TABLE 4.5 Number of Contributors and Amount of Contributions Receivedby the Home Development Mutual Fund: 2000-2006

Total Contributions(In million pesos)

Numberof Contributions

Year

68

Education Indicators 2003-2007

Introduction

Education is a vital component of

national advancement. It serves as an indicator to deliver the population from poverty as it empowers the people to fully use their skills or abilities and enable them to contribute competently to the economic and social development of a country.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, addressing a UNESCO conference, stated that her government has adopted a comprehensive approach in the battle against poverty, composed of a market environment to create jobs, strong institutions of governance, social safety nets, and agricultural modernization founded on social equity. She emphasized that education is key to all these components of the war against poverty.

The 1987 Philippine Constitution

sets forth that “The State shall protect and promote the rights of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.” To help achieve the goals of human development and people empowerment, the government has continuously pursued the improvement and provision needed by the Philippine educational system. Steering the management and coordination of the country’s educational system are the Department of Education (DepEd) for elementary and secondary levels, likewise in the nonformal education; the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for tertiary level; and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for technical and vocational education and skills training.

Analysis of Tables

Number of public elementary schools grows by 6.0 percent The DepEd tallied the total number of public elementary schools at 37,671 in School Year (SY) 2006-2007. This was a 6.0 percent increase from the 35,526 public schools recorded the previous SY. Eastern Visayas posts bulk of public elementary schools Of the 37,671 public elementary schools in SY 2006-2007, Eastern Visayas had the most number at 3,585 or 9.5 percent of the total. Western Visayas followed with 3,378 schools for a share of 9.0 percent. On third place was Bicol Region with 3,124 schools or 8.3 percent.

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EDUCATION AND CULTURE 69

Compared with the previous SY, ranking of regions in terms of the number of public elementary schools was unchanged as Eastern Visayas led (3,575), Western Visayas (3,372) on second, and Bicol Region (3,117) on third. The region with the least number of public schools was the National Capital Region (NCR) with 512 or 1.4 percent (Table 5.1). Public elementary schools report a teacher-pupil ratio of 1:35 There were 12.08 million enrollees in public elementary schools in SY 2006-2007 registering a 0.9 percent increase from the 11.98 million enrollees recorded the previous SY. Teachers, on the other hand, numbered 343,646 in the same SY, a 0.5 percent increase from the 341,784 teaching staff the previous SY. The gross teacher-to-pupil ratio (TPR) in public elementary schools in this particular SY is 1:35, the same ratio recorded the previous SY (Table 5.2). Number of graduates in higher education declines by 4.6 percent

For the academic year (AY) 2003-2004, higher education institutions in the Philippines observed a diminishing number of graduates from 405,716 the previous AY to 386,920 graduates in

current AY or a decline of 4.6 percent (Table 5.3). NCR posts bulk of graduates in higher education

By regional distribution, NCR had the biggest number of graduates in higher education with 98,352 (25.4%). This was 3.1 percent lower than the 101,474 recorded the previous AY. Calabarzon came second with 36,038 graduates (9.3%), a decrease of 4.8 percent from the previous AY’s 37,865. Western Visayas was on third spot with 33,647 graduates (8.7%) or 1.6 percent less than the 34,211 recorded previously. In both AYs 2003-2004 and 2002-2003, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) recorded the least number of graduates with 5,253 (1.4%) and 4,794 (1.2%), respectively (Table 5.2). Business administration turns out the most number of graduates According to the latest available data from CHED in AY 2003-2004, discipline groups with the most number of graduates in higher education include: Business administration and related with 101,119 graduates (26.1%), Education and teacher training with 71,851graduates (19.0%), Engineering and technology with 50,679 graduates (13.1%). On fourth spot was Medical and allied graduates at 41,688 (10.8 %).

Compared with the previous AY, the top three mentioned discipline groups reported similar ranking as to number of graduates. Business administration and related with 111,480 graduates (27.5%), Education and teacher training with 80,749 (20.0%), and Engineering and technology with 55,569 (13.7%). Mathematics and computer science placed fourth with 36,579 graduates (9.0 %) (Table 5.3).

FIGURE I Number of Public Elementary Schools: School Years 2005-2006 and

2006-2007

34,50035,00035,50036,00036,50037,00037,50038,000

2006-2007 2005-2006

School Year

Num

ber

FIGURE I Number of Public Elementary

Schools: School Years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007


Passing rate in bar exams increase by 4.0 percentage points Out of the 6,187 bar examinees in 2006, the Supreme Court of the Philippines reported 1,893 (31.0%) passing barristers. This was 24.0 percent more than the 1,526 passing barristers out of 5,607 examinees recorded the previous year 927.0%). The passing rate for 2006 increased by 4.0 percentage points from that of the previous year (Table 5.4). Promotion of Culture and Arts

The promotion of arts and culture brings to the awareness of the masses the symbolic and expressive powers in appreciation. The National Art Gallery of the Philippines A museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates, and exhibits for the appreciation of the public the material evidence of people and their environment.

Art is part of this evidence that is mingled or mixed with other pieces of evidence. The National Art Gallery belongs to the larger institution of the National Museum and art is part of a wider world of the practice of creation and expression.

The National Art Gallery sustains

the efforts of the National Museum to present to the Filipino people the wide array of expressive endeavors and artists that have come and continue to form the vibrant tradition of art and culture in the country. It instills pride of place, a lineage of achievement, and an inspiration towards a creative future.

The gallery is the art collection of

the National Museum of the Philippines. It is situated at the second and third floors of the former Legislative Building.

It has seven galleries, namely:

Hall of masters, Holding room, Arellano room, Beloved land, Vessels of faith, Hall of national artists for the visual arts, and Freedom yearned for.

The Gallery relates paintings and sculptures that are considered art by society with other things that are produced within the same society. This is done to place art in the context of an extensive material culture. Hall of masters

This room is dedicated to the 19th- century Filipino painters Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo who achieved prominence at the 1884 Madrid Exposition. Luna’s Spoliarium received one of the three gold medals and Hidalgo’s Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho received one of the fourteen silver medals.

The Spoliarium is particularly important because Filipino expatriates in Europe who were involved in the reform

Business administration

and related courses 101,119 (26.1%)

Education and teacher

training 71,851 (19.0%)

Engineering and

technology 50,679 (13.1%)

Medical and allied courses

41,688 (10.8%)

FIGURE 2 Top Five Discipline Group by Number of Graduates

Academic Year 2003-2004

Mathematics and computer

science 35,367 (9.14%)


movement interpreted the image as a comparison of the condition of the Philippines at the time of colonialism.

The main text of the room is the tribute of the national hero Dr. Jose Rizal to the success of the two artists. Holding room

This multi-purpose hall is a place where large group of visitors are instructed before they are led through the rooms. Symposia, film viewing, concerts, and other events can also be held here.

The main piece in the room is a

mural of inkjet on tarpaulin titled Malliarium (2000). It is an interpretation of the Spoliarium in the context of the mall culture of our time. The relationship between a 19th century national treasure and a collaborative work using digital technology of the 21st century is interesting and challenging. It makes people know that art in the National Gallery comes forth from the past and looks toward the future in the presence of a current audience.

Around the room are texts about the history of the building, which used to house the Philippine Legislature, and the relationship between Philippine art and the National Museum. Arellano room

This is dedicated to the prolific painter-architect Juan Arellano, who is one of the architects of the old Legislative Building. He was a pioneering modern artist and an exponent of Philippine neo-classical and art deco styles. He was also an urban planner, involved in the zoning of Manila and design of Quezon City.

Arellano is represented in this room by an early work, a portrait of his mentor Melecio Figueroa, and archival

photographs of his architectural legacy. Complementing these are images of Manila by other artists, which include the Jones Bridge by E. Aguilar Cruz and the Old Science Building by Macario Santos. Beloved land

This introduces visitors to the scope of the history of art in the Philippines through a timeline. Together with this timeline are works that explain how the National Art Gallery was designed in terms of concepts and ideas.

Set up in the room is Roberto

Feleo’s Tau Tao (1994) that awakens the Bagobo myth of the afterlife. This piece is an example of contemporary art but at the same time influences us to the deep past of our ancestors. Vessels of faith

It displays the various expressions of Philippine spirituality. The pieces here – from coffins to images for the altar – speak of belief systems and the ways by which their believers stage rituals, think about the afterlife, invoke the spirits, and so on.

At the center of the room is a contemporary installation by Jose Tence Ruiz that combines the structure of a cart and a cathedral. It links the sacred institution of the church and the everyday life of the faithful.

Established in this room is National Artist Vicente Manansala’s I Believe in God/Give Us This Day (1948) in which workers in a farm pause from their work to pray. Hall of national artists for the visual arts

This is dedicated to the 14 visual artists who have been named national artists by the government, the highest


honor conferred on artists working within the modern fine arts system.

Proclamation 1001 which was signed in 1972, accorded posthumously the national artist honors on the painter Fernando Amorsolo. Since then the Cultural Center of the Philippines has administered the process of granting the recognition. With the creation of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 1992, the two organizations in the field of culture maintain the custom as decreed by law to esteem artistic achievement.

In 2003, the Honors Code of the

Philippines elevated the national artist homage as a Cultural Order and henceforth distinguished as the Order of National Artist, “fourth in precedence

among the orders and decorations that comprise the Honors of the Philippines, and equal in rank to the Order of National Scientists and the National Living Treasures Award”. Freedom yearned for

This expresses the theme of struggle of Filipinos against colonialism and the forms of oppression that persist to this day. It is about heroes and heroism, sacrifice and violence, atrocity and the spirit to claim liberty and independence.

The room beside it follows through this theme, but focuses on the role of women in the struggle. It includes the work of the national hero Jose Rizal titled Mother’s Revenge (1894), made when he was exiled in Dapitan.


School YearRegion

Philippines 37,671 35,526

NCR 512 511CAR 1,456 1,444I - Ilocos Region 2,361 2,354II - Cagayan Valley 2,158 2,156III - Central Luzon 2,888 2,876IVA - Calabarzon 2,679 2,672IVB - Mimaropa 1,774 1,765V - Bicol Region 3,124 3,117VI - Western Visayas 3,378 3,372VII - Central Visayas 2,884 2,871VIII - Eastern Visayas 3,585 3,575IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,034 2,032X - Northern Mindanao 2,048 2,034XI - Davao Region 1,617 1,590XII - Soccsksargen 1,593 1,581XIII - Caraga 1,580 1,576ARMM 2,000 -

Source: Department of Education

School Years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007TABLE 5.1 Number of Public Elementary Schools

2006-2007 2005-2006

School Year

Teacher Pupil Teacher Pupil Enrolment Teacher Ratio Enrolment Teacher Ratio

Philippines 12,083,661 343,646 1:35 11,980,513 341,784 1:35

NCR 1,177,665 28,909 1:41 1,148,323 29,050 1:40CAR 210,520 7,612 1:28 209,520 7,589 1:28I - Ilocos Region 607,670 21,078 1:29 610,708 20,990 1:29II - Cagayan Valley 427,369 14,340 1:30 431,460 14,278 1:30III - Central Luzon 1,212,667 33,143 1:37 1,197,903 32,756 1:37IVA - Calabarzon 1,407,012 33,793 1:42 1,380,676 33,283 1:41IVB - Mimaropa 434,046 12,091 1:36 427,924 11,994 1:36V - Bicol Region 898,609 26,127 1:34 889,425 26,080 1:34VI - Western Visayas 980,076 32,217 1:30 982,163 32,070 1:31VII - Central Visayas 901,915 24,886 1:36 892,496 24,674 1:36VIII - Eastern Visayas 656,036 21,105 1:31 654,642 21,011 1:31IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 525,279 15,931 1:33 523,732 15,792 1:33X - Northern Mindanao 595,712 17,312 1:34 592,471 17,259 1:34XI - Davao Region 580,809 16,305 1:36 587,561 16,254 1:36XII - Soccsksargen 548,743 14,215 1:39 540,819 14,087 1:38XIII - Caraga 355,156 11,220 1:32 356,608 11,137 1:32ARMM 564,377 13,362 1:42 554,082 13,480 1:41

Source: Department of Education

2005-2006

School Years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007TABLE 5.2 Teacher-Pupil Ratio in Public Elementary Schools

2006-2007Region


Academic Year 2003-2004Grand RegionTotal

Philillpines 386,920 98,352 12,809 23,763 14,297 30,901 36,038 6,493 18,900

Agricultural, forestry, fisheries, veterinary medicine 13,154 1,107 484 577 941 1,147 544 343 844Architectural and town planning 3,462 1,567 105 137 17 309 187 12 192Business administration and related courses 101,119 31,134 2,574 4,846 3,525 7,893 10,047 2,104 4,391Education and teacher training 71,851 7,385 2,729 5,372 3,350 7,411 5,866 2,168 4,679Engineering and technology 50,679 13,020 1,357 2,526 1,063 5,533 6,546 439 2,668Fine and applied arts 1,662 1,405 1 12 - 36 22 - 18General 3,607 1,793 118 88 285 218 128 9 39Home economics 1,100 294 143 56 98 109 38 8 4Humanities 4,667 1,238 148 227 217 132 227 89 510Law and jurisprudence 2,672 990 181 59 101 70 62 7 101Mass communication and documentation 4,712 3,050 111 59 47 159 336 53 59Mathematics and computer science 35,367 9,454 779 2,559 1,237 3,956 5,353 543 1,299Medical and allied courses 41,688 11,181 2,254 4,277 1,311 1,420 3,161 104 1,268Natural science 4,209 1,689 169 165 125 155 253 87 141Religion and theology 1,427 632 49 15 1 34 223 - 75Service trades 2,413 1,085 81 153 58 405 163 37 62Social and behavioral sciences 13,284 5,820 404 426 291 534 1,282 155 693Trade, craft and industrial 3,579 93 6 176 166 236 626 78 232Other disciplines 26,268 5,415 1,116 2,033 1,464 1,144 974 257 1,625

Philillpines 33,647 31,523 14,051 9,484 17,973 14,525 12,300 6,611 5,253

Agricultural, forestry, fisheries, veterinary medicine 1,533 380 1,026 462 719 510 1,575 246 716Architectural and town planning 190 446 74 43 37 87 31 28 -Business administration and related courses 8,458 7,625 3,173 1,425 3,458 4,753 3,254 1,508 951Education and teacher training 7,204 5,998 3,918 2,456 4,565 2,688 2,462 1,860 1,740Engineering and technology 4,462 5,513 1,548 859 1,883 1,167 1,013 842 240Fine and applied arts 35 117 - - - 16 - - -General 104 87 35 237 370 36 37 23 -Home economics 50 - 121 27 20 42 49 - 41Humanities 264 248 59 216 233 243 252 179 185Law and jurisprudence 215 383 124 60 94 77 24 - 124Mass communication and documentation 233 133 57 65 48 121 74 106 1

Continued

TABLE 5.3 Higher Education Graduates by Region and Discipline GroupAcademic Year 2002-2003 and Academic Year 2003-2004

X XI XIIVI VII VIII IX

VDiscipline Group

Caraga ARMM

NCR CAR I II III IV-A IV-B



Academic Year 2003-2004Region

Mathematics and computer science 1,978 3,018 1,311 540 938 902 805 374 321Medical and allied courses 4,310 3,571 905 1,290 3,370 1,655 583 660 368Natural science 237 340 87 73 266 169 191 3 59Religion and theology 17 142 38 19 110 53 19 - -Service trades 135 145 9 15 52 13 - - -Social and behavioral sciences 525 797 256 359 692 369 384 91 206Trade, craft and industrial 1,056 229 164 240 36 - 123 65 53Other disciplines 2,641 2,351 1,146 1,098 1,082 1,624 1,424 626 248

Academic Year 2002-2003Grand RegionTotal

Philillpines 405,716 101,474 13,025 22,710 15,298 32,732 37,865 5,939 21,254

Agricultural, forestry, fisheries, veterinary medicine 15,006 1,148 559 796 570 1,205 521 229 1,202Architectural and town planning 2,651 1,310 78 163 23 285 73 12 149Business administration and related courses 111,480 32,679 3,292 5,440 4,641 9,803 11,718 1,466 4,994Education and teacher training 80,749 7,630 2,811 5,733 4,347 8,096 6,508 2,169 5,511Engineering and technology 55,569 13,857 1,726 2,511 1,036 5,491 7,712 669 3,142Fine and applied arts 1,585 1,356 - 16 - 46 11 - 15General 3,688 1,511 235 52 304 249 551 9 107Home economics 1,269 177 171 145 70 130 34 7 7Humanities 5,244 1,103 205 235 227 209 132 134 442Law and jurisprudence 2,631 783 173 87 78 76 51 7 230Mass communication and documentation 5,185 3,312 138 80 35 125 331 50 255Mathematics and computer science 36,579 10,889 808 1,996 1,094 3,464 5,635 419 1,399Medical and allied courses 33,547 11,123 1,207 2,978 1,250 1,140 1,988 96 1,167Natural science 4,866 2,084 172 183 128 169 210 82 180Religion and theology 1,213 648 16 16 17 27 164 - 22Service trades 2,647 1,464 86 218 16 208 297 40 74Social and behavioral sciences 15,485 6,158 536 574 193 640 1,022 209 698Trade, craft and industrial 407 24 8 - 17 181 - 60 91Other disciplines 25,915 4,218 804 1,487 1,252 1,188 907 281 1,569


Philillpines 34,211 32,547 13,984 12,688 17,155 15,584 15,708 8,748 4,794

Agricultural, forestry, fisheries, veterinary medicine 2,262 827 1,123 585 839 521 1,617 338 664Architectural and town planning 83 262 60 25 32 74 3 19 -

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Business administration and related courses 8,217 8,083 3,475 2,078 3,878 5,075 3,614 2,178 849Education and teacher training 7,445 7,090 4,041 3,008 4,723 3,632 3,658 2,836 1,511Engineering and technology 4,724 5,657 1,762 1,335 2,011 1,328 1,373 942 293Fine and applied arts 36 83 - - - 22 - - -General 172 93 110 133 82 11 68 1 -Home economics 53 - 204 39 53 40 98 - 41Humanities 284 365 63 418 308 382 269 302 166Law and jurisprudence 202 382 108 120 82 85 21 17 129Mass communication and documentation 136 188 63 85 119 183 77 7 1Mathematics and computer science 2,679 2,897 1,016 822 870 716 789 774 312Medical and allied courses 3,166 2,801 371 1,428 1,890 1,378 764 482 318Natural science 306 370 88 118 299 240 192 - 45Religion and theology 25 47 44 10 83 77 17 - -Service trades 109 63 2 - 47 23 - - -Social and behavioral sciences 1,252 831 291 783 988 482 514 86 228Trade, craft and industrial - - - - 26 - - - -Other disciplines 3,060 2,508 1,163 1,701 825 1,315 2,634 766 237

Source: Commission on Higher Education

Discipline GroupXI XII Caraga ARMMVI VII VIII IX X




Business administration and related courses 8,217 8,083 3,475 2,078 3,878 5,075 3,614 2,178 849Education and teacher training 7,445 7,090 4,041 3,008 4,723 3,632 3,658 2,836 1,511Engineering and technology 4,724 5,657 1,762 1,335 2,011 1,328 1,373 942 293Fine and applied arts 36 83 - - - 22 - - -General 172 93 110 133 82 11 68 1 -Home economics 53 - 204 39 53 40 98 - 41Humanities 284 365 63 418 308 382 269 302 166Law and jurisprudence 202 382 108 120 82 85 21 17 129Mass communication and documentation 136 188 63 85 119 183 77 7 1Mathematics and computer science 2,679 2,897 1,016 822 870 716 789 774 312Medical and allied courses 3,166 2,801 371 1,428 1,890 1,378 764 482 318Natural science 306 370 88 118 299 240 192 - 45Religion and theology 25 47 44 10 83 77 17 - -Service trades 109 63 2 - 47 23 - - -Social and behavioral sciences 1,252 831 291 783 988 482 514 86 228Trade, craft and industrial - - - - 26 - - - -Other disciplines 3,060 2,508 1,163 1,701 825 1,315 2,634 766 237

Source: Commission on Higher Education

Number Number Percentof Examinees of Passers of Passing

2005 5,607 1,526 27.22006 6,187 1,893 30.6

Source: Supreme Court of the Philippines

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TABLE 5.4 Number of Bar Examinees and Bar Passers: 2005-2006

Discipline Group XI XII Caraga ARMMVI VII VIII IX X

77

Health and Vital Indicators 2004 and 2005

Introduction

The Department of Health (DOH) is the principal health agency in the Philippines. It is responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services for all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care and regulation of providers of health goods and services. Given the mandate, DOH is both a stakeholder in the health sector and a policy and regulatory body for health. As a major player, DOH is a technical resource, a catalyst for health policy, and a political sponsor and advocate for health issues.

On the other hand, the production

of vital statistics comprises a system of operations in which the registration of vital events is an important component. The system begins with the registration followed by the processing and controlling of vital records and ends with the compilation and analysis of vital statistics.

Under Commonwealth Act (CA) 591, the Bureau of Census, now the National Statistics Office (NSO) is mandated to generate general purpose statistics and to carry out and administer the Civil Registration Act.

Health may refer to the

soundness and general well-being of body and mind. Securing good health for people is one way of ensuring welfare and development for the country as a whole. It is, therefore, imperative upon the government to make provisions and invest in health welfare activities. Vital statistics, on the other hand, are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in a civil register. Vital acts and events are the births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and all such events that have something to do with an individual's entrance and departure from life together with the changes in civil status that may occur to a person during his lifetime. Recording of these events in the civil register is known as vital or civil registration and the resulting documents are called vital records.

Government and Private Hospitals, Number and Bed Capacity: 2005 Government hospitals up 6.4 percent Figures from the DOH revealed a total of 1,838 hospitals all over the

Section VI – HEALTH, NUTRITION AND VITAL STATISTICS


country in the 2005 period. This was 6.6 percent more than the 1,725 reported in 2004. These hospitals had a bed capacity of 87,136 or 11.0 beds per 10,000 population. There were 702 government hospitals (38.2%) and a complement of 1,136 private ones (61.8%) in 2005 as against 657 and 1,068, respectively in 2004. Correspondingly, hospitals serving the public reported a bed capacity of 43,739 while private hospitals 43,397 bed capacity (Table 6.1) Maternal Deaths: 2004 Maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental causes. Such events which occurred in 2004 and registered from January 2004

to March 2005 are included in the following discussion.

Analysis of Tables

Maternal deaths up 1.9 percent In 2004, the number of maternal deaths reached a total of 1,833. This was an increase of 1.9 percent over that of 2003’s 1,798. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) resulted to 107.1 deaths per 100,000 live births, showing a slight decline from the 2003 record of 107.7. The National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, and Central Visayas registered the most number of maternal deaths. NCR was on top with 275 cases or 15.0 percent of the total. Calabarzon was on second with 191 maternal deaths or 10.4 percent, followed by Central Visayas with 182 or 9.9 percent. On the other hand, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) recorded the least occurrence of maternal deaths with 114 or 0.8 percent and 20 or 1.1 percent, respectively (Table 6.2).

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Older women tend to have higher risk of death in pregnancy

Mothers at age groups 30-34 and 35-39 years showed the largest number of maternal deaths with 393 (21.4%) and 361 (19.7%), respectively. Younger age groups 20-24 years and 25-29 years had relatively lower maternal deaths 338 (18.4%) and 328 (17.9%), respectively. Specifically, women in older age groups (40-44 and 45-49 years and over) had higher risk of death in pregnancy and giving birth than those women at the beginning of their reproductive years (15-19 years) Table 6.3)).

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Most maternal deaths were due to complications of labour and delivery (629 or 34.3%). Other major causes of deaths were edema, proteinuria, and

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hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium (520 or 28.4%) and complications predominantly related to the puerperium (215 or 11.7%). These caused the deaths particularly of mothers whose ages ranged from 20-39 years.

Other causes of maternal deaths were obstetric condition, not elsewhere classified (154 or 8.4%); pregnancy with abortive outcome (152 or 8.3%); and maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (145 or 7.9%). The least number was attributed to other pregnancy disorders predominantly related to pregnancy with 18 or 1.0 percent (Table 6.3). Highest mortality occurs in November The month of November recorded the most number of pregnancy-related deaths with 198 or 6.6 daily average. Second and third in rank, respectively, were those that occurred in September (180) and May (177). In contrast, February had the least number of maternal deaths with 118 cases or 4.1 daily average (Table 6.4).

Most maternal deaths are medically attended Most maternal deaths were attended to by hospital authorities (1,096 cases or 59.8%). Those which were not medically attended totaled 676 or 36.9 percent. Physicians and public health officers attended to 45 (2.5%) and 12 cases (0.7%) of maternal deaths, respectively (Table 6.5).

Reported Foreign Births 2004

Foreign births cover births of babies born abroad to parents who are either or both Filipinos. The data are obtained from reports submitted by the different Philippine Foreign Service Establishments (PFSEs) abroad to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila. The DFA, in turn, forward such documents to the Office of the Civil Registrar General of the National Statistics Office. The data presented in the following discussion comprise foreign births which occurred in 2004 and were reported from January 2004 to March 2005.

FIGURE 5 Number of Reported Foreign Births by Age Group

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FIGURE 6 Percent Distribution of Reported Foreign Births

by Nationality of Father and Mother: 2004


Analysis of Tables

Foreign births of Filipino descent number 8,837 In 2004, a total of 8,837 births of Filipino descent was registered abroad, or an average of 24 foreign births daily. The sex ratio at birth was estimated at 105 males for every 100 females. The peak month for foreign births was March with 872 babies. This comprised one-tenth of the total foreign births reported. January (882) and February (808) ranked second and third places, respectively. The months with the least number of births were in the last quarter of the year: December (532), November (592), and October (717) (Table 6.6). Median age of mothers is 33 years; 36 years for fathers In 2004, about 67.1 percent of babies born abroad were first-born. Eight babies were reported to be of birth order tenth and over. The median age of mothers who gave birth was 33 years. This was the same median age for

mothers who gave birth to their first born. The median age of fathers, on the other hand, was 36 years. Moreover, there were 64 babies born to teenage mothers. Of this total, only three (5.0%) were babies of second birth order while the remaining 61 (95.0%) were of first birth order (Table 6.9) Most babies born abroad have parents who are both Filipinos A total of 7,473 or 84.6 percent of babies born abroad had parents who were both Filipinos. Of the 870 babies born with either of the parents as foreign national, 806 (92.6%) had fathers who were foreign nationals while only 64 (7.4%) had mothers of foreign nationalities.

Babies who had Japanese fathers numbered the most at 154, followed by those of British (70) and American (65) fathers. Meanwhile, the top three registered births with mothers of foreign nationality were Japanese (15), Indonesian (10), and Chinese (8) (Table 6.8).

FIGURE 7 Percent Distribution of Reported Foreign Births by Major Occupation of Father: 2004

Gainful activities 86.6%

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Most foreign babies have fathers engaged in gainful activity Babies whose fathers were gainfully employed comprised 86.6 percent of total foreign births. Of this, 3,695 or 41.8 percent had fathers who were professional, technical, and related workers; 1,338 had fathers in the services sector; and 695 had fathers with unclassified occupation. About 13.4 percent (1,186), meanwhile, were born to fathers who were engaged in non-gainful activities (Figure 7)

Europe-born babies number the most United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded the highest number of births of Filipino descent occurring in foreign countries with 1,349 or 15.3 percent of the total. Saudi Arabia (1,333 or 15.1 percent) and Italy (1,190 or 13.5 percent) ranked second and third, respectively. These aforementioned countries, likewise, reported the highest number of births by usual residence of mother with 15.3 percent, 15.0 percent, and 13.5 percent for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Saudi Arabia, and Italy, respectively.


Number of Hospitals Bed Capacity Bed capcityper 10,000population

2001 1,708 640 1,068 79,444 40,202 39,242 10.22002 1,739 662 1,077 85,191 45,420 39,771 10.72003 1,719 662 1,057 84,861 45,405 39,456 10.92004 1,725 657 1,068 82,880 41,933 40,947 10.42005 1,838 702 1,136 87,136 43,739 43,397 11.0

Source: Department of Health

Private PrivateYear

TABLE 6.1 Number of Government and Private Hospitals and Bed Capacity: 2004-2005

Total Government Total Government

Number of Maternal Deaths Maternal MortalityRegion Ratio

Philippines 1,833 1,833 107.1

NCR 275 230 82.6CAR 20 20 61.7I - Ilocos Region 92 93 93.3II - Cagayan Valley 40 42 69.8III - Central Luzon 146 152 76.7IVA - Calabarzon 191 225 91.5IVB - Mimaropa 50 50 111.2V - Bicol Region 161 162 138.4VI - Western Visayas 174 176 161.2VII - Central Visayas 182 181 117.0VIII - Eastern Visayas 137 137 229.1IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 80 81 148.3X - Northern Mindanao 83 82 106.0XI - Davao Region 82 81 106.7XII - Soccsksargen 61 62 120.0XIII - Caraga 45 45 127.3ARMM 14 14 91.2

Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

of Mother and Maternal Mortality Ratio by Region: 2004TABLE 6.2 Number of Maternal Deaths by Place of Occurrence and by Usual Residence

Place of Occurrence Usual Residence


Age (In Years)

Under 50 Not

All Ages 1,833 7 120 338 328 393 361 213 32 40 1

Complication of labour and delivery 629 3 38 118 113 124 134 76 9 13 1Oedema, proteinuria, and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium 520 2 40 95 93 122 105 55 5 3 0Complications predominatly related to the puerperium 215 1 17 40 42 46 35 23 5 6 0Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified 154 0 11 31 33 34 32 10 0 3 0Pregnancy with abortive outcome 152 0 9 30 28 24 26 20 10 5 0Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems 145 1 3 20 18 40 27 29 3 4 0Other pregnancy disorders predominatly related to pregnancy 18 0 2 4 1 3 2 0 0 6 0


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TABLE 6.3 Number of Maternal Deaths by Age Group and Cause of Death: 2004

Cause of Death

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Phillipines 1,833 5.0 100.0

January 136 4.4 87.6February 118 4.1 81.2March 123 4.0 79.2April 123 4.1 81.9May 177 5.7 114.0June 148 4.9 98.5July 166 5.4 106.9August 144 4.6 92.8September 180 6.0 119.8October 146 4.7 94.0November 198 6.6 131.8December 174 5.6 112.1


TABLE 6.4 Number, Daily Average, and Daily Index of Maternal Deaths

Month of Occurrence Number Daily Average Daily Index

by Month of Occurrence: 2004

Type of AttendantRegion Public(Usual Residence) Health Hospital

Officer Authority

Philippines 1,833 45 12 1,096 676 4

NCR 275 12 - 202 61 -CAR 20 - - 10 10 -I - Ilocos Region 92 1 - 60 31 -II - Cagayan Valley 40 2 1 18 19 -III - Central Luzon 146 6 3 96 41 -IVA - Calabarzon 191 3 1 104 83 -IVB - Mimaropa 50 2 - 26 22 -V - Bicol Region 161 5 2 70 84 -VI - Western Visayas 174 4 - 111 59 -VII - Central Visayas 182 - - 109 71 2VIII - Eastern Visayas 137 - 4 66 66 1IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 80 2 1 43 33 1X - Northern Mindanao 83 3 - 57 23 -XI - Davao Region 82 1 - 56 25 -XII - Soccsksargen 61 3 - 34 24 -XIII - Caraga 45 - - 28 17 -ARMM 14 1 - 6 7 -


Physician None OthersTotal

TABLE 6.5 Number of Maternal Deaths by Type of Attendant by Region: 2004


Daily SexAverage Male Female

Phillipines 8,837 100.0 24.1 4,525 4,312

January 822 9.3 26.5 424 398February 808 9.1 27.9 404 404March 872 9.9 28.1 445 427April 777 8.8 25.9 371 406May 757 8.6 24.4 390 367June 722 8.2 24.1 378 344July 770 8.7 24.8 375 395August 746 8.4 24.1 401 345September 722 8.2 24.1 384 338October 717 8.1 23.1 365 352November 592 6.7 19.7 302 290December 532 6.0 17.2 286 246

Note: Figures are not adjusted for underreporting


TABLE 6.6 Number, Percent Distribution, and Daily Average of ReportedForeign Births by Sex and by Month of Occurrence: 2004

Month of Occurrence Total Percent

Father Mother

Total 8,837 8,837 100.0 100.0.

Under 20 64 28 0.7 0.320 - 24 549 304 6.2 3.425 - 29 1,827 1,286 20.7 14.630 - 34 2,891 2,393 32.7 27.135 - 39 1,430 1,539 16.2 17.440 - 44 496 872 5.6 9.945 - 49 53 297 0.6 3.450 and over 5 197 0.1 2.2Not slated 1,520 1,919 17.2 21.7Not applicable 2 2 0.0 0.0



TABLE 6.7 Number and Percent Distribution of Reported Foreign Birthsby Age Group of Father and Mother: 2004

Number Percent Number PercentAge Group


Nationality Not of Father Stated

Total 8,837 8,767 15 10 8 4 4 23 6

Filipino 7,543 7,473 15 10 8 4 4 23 6Japanese 154 154 - - - - - - -British 70 70 - - - - - - -American 65 65 - - - - - - -Chinese 52 52 - - - - - - -Others 465 465 - - - - - - -Not stated 488 488 - - - - - - -



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TABLE 6.8 Reported Foreign Births by Nationality of Mother and Father: 2004

Total Filipino Japanese Chinese Brunei OthersThai

Live Birth Order10th

Nationality and Not of Groom over Stated

Total 8,837 5,930 1,795 725 227 63 16 8 5 - 8 60

Under 20 64 61 3 - - - - - - - -20 - 24 549 466 54 22 4 - - - - - 325 - 29 1,827 1,412 299 77 29 4 1 - - - 1 430 - 34 2,891 1,676 802 302 65 20 3 3 1 - 5 1435 - 39 1,430 727 375 207 78 20 6 3 2 - 2 1040 - 44 496 215 147 70 40 14 5 1 2 - - 245 - 49 53 19 14 11 4 4 - 1 - - - -50 and over 5 4 - - - - 1 - - - - -Not slated 1,520 1,348 101 36 7 1 - - - - - 27Not applicable 2 2 - - - 1 - - - - - -



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TABLE 6.9 Reported Foreign Births by Age Group of Mother and by Live Birth Order: 2004

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Crime Indicators: Fourth Quarter 2007

Introduction

The government agency

mandated to enforce the law, prevent and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public safety and internal security with the active support of the community is the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The PNP’s collective effort to

address areas of priority namely, the campaigns against illegal drugs, illegal gambling, terrorism, street crimes, kidnapping, bank robberies, hi-jacking, carnapping, wanted persons and criminal gangs, and insurgency or communist terrorists, including accounting of firearms, find substance in the data presented in the following discussion.

The Revised Penal Code of 1990 classified crimes either as public or private. Public crimes are those that directly endanger the society and its constituents such as those committed against national security, laws of the state, public order, public interest, and public morals, including drug-related offenses and those committed by public officers in the performance of their duty as civil servants. Private crimes, on the other hand, are those that afflict individuals or persons directly but endanger society on the whole, such as crimes against persons (destruction of life, parricide, murder, homicide, infanticide and abortion, and physical injuries); personal liberty and security; and crimes against property, chastity, and honor.

In measuring crime volume, a

distinct classification is used. Crimes are classified into index and nonindex categories. Index crimes are those of serious nature which occur with marked frequency and regularity. Crimes against persons and crimes against property being normally reported to police authorities exemplify index crimes. Nonindex crimes, on the other hand, are those with no marked regularity, hence, seldom find report in police files.

Analysis of Tables

Crime volume drops by 32.0 percent

Report on crimes committed in the fourth quarter of 2007 reflected a total volume of 15,375, lower by more than seven thousand (32.0%) vis-à-vis that of the same period in 2006. This is so far the biggest decrement on crimes

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FIGURE 2 Index and Nonindex Crimes

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reported by the PNP in 2007. Solved crimes numbered more than 13 thousand translated to an efficiency of 88.7 percent (Table 7.1).

NCR most crime-prone Across regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded the bulk of crimes committed in both periods, from 4,979 (22.0%) in the 2006 period to 4,019 (26.2%) in 2007. This was a significant drop of 19.0 percent. A total of 3,674 crimes in the current period were said to have been solved by police operatives in the area, producing an efficiency rate of 91.4 percent. At the bottom was the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with a report of 174 (1.0%) crimes. Western Visayas, once again, proved its mettle in crime-busting as it reported the highest crime efficiency rate of 93.8 percent. In contrast, the lowest efficiency rate was reported in the ARMM (78.0%) (Table 7.1).

Index crimes slow down by 10.0 percent A slow-down in index crimes was observed as volume report went down to 8,463 in the fourth quarter of 2007 from 9,396 in the same period in 2006 or by 10.0 percent. In terms of efficiency, rate of 82.0 percent in 2007 was a little improvement over 81.4 percent in the third quarter of 2006 (Table 7.2).

Index crimes occur the most in NCR Index crimes in both periods were more prevalent in NCR than in other regions, as it reported 23.0 percent and 25.0 percent shares in each in the two periods respectively. On the other hand, the ARMM registered the least at 2.0 percent share in 2007, and 1.0 percent in the other period. Peace enforcers in Western Visayas sustained effective crime-busting as the region obtained an efficiency rate of more than 90.5 percent in the period under review from 89.5 in the other. The

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least in regional tally was seen in Central Visayas with a report of 71.0 percent efficiency (Table 7.2). Non-index crimes decrease by 6.0 percent By nomenclature, non-index crimes do not occur regularly, hence they number less than index crimes. A decrease of 6.0 percent in such crimes was observed in the period under review, from 7,315 in the 2006 period to 6,912 in the current period. Efficiency rates remained almost stable at 96.9 percent in 2007 from 97.0 percent in 2006 (Table 7.2). NCR registered the most number of nonindex crimes at 2,044 or 30.0 percent of the total in that period of 2007 as against 2,628 (36.0%) in the 2006 period. On the other hand, the least was seen in ARMM, 1.0 percent of the total both in 2007 and in 2006, all in the fourth quarter (Table 7.2). Crime against persons down by 10.0 percent

Crime situation against persons improved as volume went down by 10.0 percent in the period under review. Of the total 5,120 crimes reported, 49.0 percent was reported to comprise physical injury. Murder was second with 27.0 percent share, homicide 13.0 percent, while the least went to rape at 11.0 percent. By region, it was in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) where the bulk of these crimes took place, 736 or 14.0 percent of the total. On the other hand, ARMM had the least with 111 or 2.0 percent share (Table 7.3). Crime against property dips 15.0 percent Volume of crimes committed against property dipped by 15.0 percent in the 2007 period-under-review, from 3,911 in 2006 to 3,343. Bulk of crime was theft garnering 55.0 percent while robbery was at 45.0 percent.

NCR reported the biggest crime volume of this kind at 37.0 percent. At the cellar was ARMM at 0.1 percent.

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Noteworthy was the more than 41.0 percent decrease in crime volume in Zamboanga Peninsula (Table 7.4).

Fire Incidence: 2007 The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is the agency concerned with the prevention and investigation of fire-related crimes. It is primarily responsible in enforcing the fire code and other related laws such as preventing and suppressing all destructive fires on buildings, houses and other structures, forests, land transportation vehicles, equipment, ships or vessels docked or at bay, petroleum installations, plane crashes, and other similar incidents. In its task of investigating incidences of fire and their causes, the BFP is likewise mandated to file proper fire-related complaints with the city or provincial prosecutor, when necessary.

Analysis of Tables

Number of fire incidents increases by 2.0 percent The BFP reported a total of 9,042 incidents of fire in 2007 throughout the country. This was 2.0 percent more than that reported in 2006 (8,823) (Table 7.5). Electrical connections number one cause of fire By cause, it was reported that most fires were due to electrical connections, 2,195 (24.0%) cases. Open flame due to torch or sulo came on second as it caused 949 (10.0%) fire incidents. On third was open flame due to unattended cooking stove, 480 (5.0%). Bomb explosion which ignited six cases as well as lightning, five cases,

cannot be overlooked as such causes that could have led to more damaging fires (Table 7.5). NCR reports most number of fires Across regions, NCR reported the most number of fires in the year under review, 3,725 (41.0%), as it did in the year 2006, 3,665 (42.0%). On second place was Calabarzon which reported 1,212 (13.0%) incidents. On third was Western Visayas with 906 (10.0%) fires. Meanwhile, the ARMM reported the least number of fires at 48 (1.0%) (Table 7.5). Fire by accident occurs more than other classified fires The BRP reported a total of 9,042 fire cases by classification in 2007 from 2006’s only 1,652, translated to an increase of more than 400.0 percent. Of these grouping, accidental fires got the bulk at 6,393 or 71.0 occurred in NCR where 3,725 (28.0%) were reported. Fires cases under investigation ranked second, 1,622 or 18.0 percent of the total (Table 7.6)

Number of fire casualties down by 9.0 percent As to number of casualties, there were a total of 791 in 2007 as against 867 in 2006, a drop of 9.0 percent. Injured civilians, 534 (68.0%) numbered the most, followed by fatalities among civilians, 201 (25.0%), and by injured firefighters, 56 (7.0%). NCR, once again, reported the most number of casualties – 350 or 48.0 percent of the total (Table 7.6).


Amount of damage due to fires climbs 34.0 percent Based on submitted affidavits of loss, damages as a result of the fires climbed to PhP3.20 billion in 2007 from PhP2.38 billion in 2006 or by 34.0 percent.

As expected, NCR reported the biggest amount of damage – PhP962.0 million (30.0%). Caraga came next with PhP517.0 miilion (16.0%). On third was Calabarzon at PhP234.0 million (7.0%) (Table 7.6)



Efficiency EfficiencyRate Rate

Philippines 15,375 13,635 88.7 22,547 17,766 79.0

NCR 4,019 3,674 91.4 4,979 4,591 92.2CAR 510 458 89.8 331 289 87.3I - Ilocos Region 763 659 86.4 828 782 94.4II - Cagayan Valley 401 366 91.3 326 280 85.9III - Central Luzon 1,330 1,184 89.0 1,230 1,130 91.6IVA - Calabarzon 1,392 1,253 90.0 1,383 1,241 89.7IVB - Mimaropa 297 270 90.9 340 315 92.6V - Bicol Region 452 400 88.5 400 348 87.0VI - Western Visayas 744 698 93.8 766 710 92.7VII - Central Visayas 1,978 1,611 90.5 7,917 4,476 57.0VIII - Eastern Visayas 503 455 90.5 18 3 16.7IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 528 464 87.9 2,003 1,842 92.0X - Northern Mindanao 923 844 91.4 312 278 89.1XI - Davao Region 802 678 84.5 741 586 79.1XII - Soccsksargen 263 236 89.7 628 610 97.1XIII - Caraga 296 250 84.5 188 155 82.4ARMM 174 135 77.6 157 130 83.0

Source: Philippine National Police

Index Crimes



Philippines 8,463 6,937 82.0 9,396 7,647 81.4

NCR 1,975 270 88.2 2,351 2,060 87.6CAR 321 1,741 84.1 240 201 83.8I - Ilocos Region 352 254 72.2 344 304 88.4II - Cagayan Valley 167 134 80.2 186 142 76.3III - Central Luzon 567 453 79.9 554 461 83.2IVA - Calabarzon 789 661 83.8 844 707 83.8IVB - Mimaropa 182 155 85.2 235 210 89.3V - Bicol Region 294 244 83.0 290 244 84.1VI - Western Visayas 456 412 90.5 513 459 89.5VII - Central Visayas 1,215 862 71.0 1,562 1,029 65.9VIII - Eastern Visayas 335 288 86.0 342 283 82.8IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 378 317 83.9 371 339 91.4X - Northern Mindanao 464 396 85.3 474 402 84.1XI - Davao Region 436 321 73.6 438 356 81.3XII - Soccsksargen 175 152 86.9 419 407 97.1XIII - Caraga 230 186 80.9 126 -39 31.0ARMM 127 91 71.7 107 82 76.6

Continued

RegionVolume Solved Volume

TABLE 7.1 Total Crime Volume and Efficiency Rate by RegionFourth Quarter 2006 and 2007

TABLE 7.2 Index and Non-index Crimes by RegionFourth Quarter 2006 and 2007

Solved

Region

Volume Solved Volume

Solved



Nonindex Crimes



Philippines 6,912 6,698 96.90 7,315 7,113 97.0NCR 2,044 1,933 94.57 2,628 2,529 96.2CAR 189 188 99.47 91 87 96.6I - Ilocos Region 411 405 98.54 484 480 99.2II - Cagayan Valley 234 232 99.15 140 139 99.3III - Central Luzon 763 731 95.81 676 669 99.0IVA - Calabarzon 603 592 98.18 539 536 99.4IVB - Mimaropa 115 115 100.00 105 105 1.0V - Bicol Region 158 156 98.73 110 101 91.8VI - Western Visayas 288 286 99.31 249 243 97.6VII - Central Visayas 763 749 98.17 963 929 96.5VIII - Eastern Visayas 168 167 99.40 149 147 98.7IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 150 147 98.00 161 151 93.8X - Northern Mindanao 459 448 97.60 396 389 98.2XI - Davao Region 366 357 87.54 303 299 98.7XII - Soccsksargen 88 84 95.45 209 205 98.1XIII - Caraga 66 64 96.97 62 56 90.3ARMM 47 44 93.62 50 48 -1.0


Volume Solved

Region

Volume Solved

Crime Against Persons


Physical PhysicalInjury Injury

Philippines 5,120 1,361 689 2,512 558 5,695 1,665 742 2,699 589

NCR 192 23 72 482 69 1,065 355 98 540 72CAR 736 113 22 115 32 124 22 19 65 18I - Ilocos Region 264 89 28 120 27 254 64 31 130 29II - Cagayan Valley 136 40 37 53 6 142 46 34 60 2III - Central Luzon 357 95 56 168 38 329 92 57 121 59IVA - Calabarzon 503 156 123 172 52 528 142 116 221 49IVB - Mimaropa 150 46 16 64 24 210 41 45 100 24V - Bicol Region 204 70 20 61 53 208 69 29 63 47VI - Western Visayas 378 85 77 156 60 403 103 69 169 62VII - Central Visayas 610 91 39 454 26 759 141 39 526 53VIII - Eastern Visayas 276 107 37 109 23 276 106 40 103 27IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 310 83 58 152 17 256 68 30 141 17X - Northern Mindanao 242 81 28 92 41 272 76 39 118 39XI - Davao Region 325 117 29 117 62 327 158 34 111 24XII - Soccsksargen 139 18 12 100 9 338 68 42 185 43XIII - Caraga 187 77 29 64 17 101 60 17 4 20ARMM 111 70 6 33 2 103 54 3 42 4


Murder HomicideTotal Murder Rape

TABLE 7.3 Crime Against Persons by Region: Fourth Quarter 2006 and 2007

RegionHomicide Rape Total


Crime Against Property


Total

Philippines 3,343 1,493 1,850 3,911 1,694 2,217

NCR 1,239 584 655 1,496 737 759CAR 129 50 79 116 41 75I - Ilocos Region 88 39 49 90 26 64II - Cagayan Valley 31 23 8 44 29 15III - Central Luzon 210 125 85 225 108 117IVA - Calabarzon 286 139 147 316 145 171IVB - Mimaropa 32 26 6 25 10 15V - Bicol Region 90 54 36 82 39 43VI - Western Visayas 78 42 36 110 49 61VII - Central Visayas 605 172 433 803 271 532VIII - Eastern Visayas 59 27 32 66 36 30IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 68 41 27 115 38 77X - Northern Mindanao 222 79 143 202 78 124XI - Davao Region 111 46 65 111 42 69XII - Soccsksargen 36 19 17 81 28 53XIII - Caraga 43 17 26 25 14 11ARMM 16 10 6 4 3 1


Region

Robbery TheftTotal Robbery Theft

TABLE 7.4 Crime Against Property by Region: Fourth Quarter 2006 and 2007


Total 9,042 3,725 163 290 128 289 1,212 153 145 906

Electrical connection 2,195 1,230 22 34 20 58 91 19 23 232Electrical appliances 323 120 2 14 6 25 19 2 11 18Electrical machineries 93 23 1 1 7 10 3 1 7 1Spontaneous combustion 213 19 - 11 2 1 1 1 2 3Open flame due to unattented cooking stove 480 123 12 24 23 12 - 15 14 72Open flame due to torch or sulo 949 52 4 5 - 1 784 2 9 15Open flame due to unattended lighted candle or gasera 414 98 16 14 19 19 22 10 19 44LPG explosion due to direct flame contact or static electricity 113 58 - 3 1 3 19 - 1 3Lighted cigatted butt 280 177 7 7 4 12 3 5 4 22Chemicals 41 37 - 2 - - - - - -Pyrotechnics 61 10 - 15 1 11 2 3 - 4Lighted matchstick or lighter 186 19 6 16 8 5 5 48 2 24Incendiary device or mechanism or ignited flammable liquids 62 2 1 4 1 1 3 3 3 3Lightning 5 - - 1 - 2 - - - -Bomb explosion 6 4 - - - - - - - -Undetermined 1,419 506 19 39 26 115 87 19 45 266Others 2,202 1,247 73 100 10 14 173 25 5 197

TABLE 7.5 Causes of Fire Incidents: 2006-2007

2007Cause of fire incidents

II III IVA IVBTotal NCR CAR 1 V VI

Soccsk-sargen

Total 601 134 106 259 404 358 121 48

Electrical connection 144 26 37 78 78 54 35 14Electrical appliances 35 10 3 25 20 6 6 1Electrical machineries 4 2 - 3 24 6 - -Spontaneous combustion 8 3 1 5 4 147 5 -Open flame due to unattented cooking,stove 55 10 13 19 50 15 20 3Open flame due to torch or sulo 43 3 4 10 12 4 1 -Open flame due to unattended lighted candle or gasera 58 9 4 23 33 11 13 2LPG explosion due to direct flame contact or static electricity 8 2 1 6 10 1 - 1Lighted cigatted butt 26 - - 1 - 1 - 1Chemicals 1 - - 1 - - - -Pyrotechnics 11 2 1 1 10 - - -

Continued

2007

VII VIII IX X ARMMXI Caraga



Soccsk-sargen

Lighted matchstick or lighter 23 6 1 6 11 7 - -Incendiary device or mechanism or ignited flammable liquids 9 4 4 3 - 8 - 2Lightning - - - - - - - -Bomb explosion - - - - 53 1 - 1Undetermined 126 43 21 24 93 5 5 20Others 50 14 16 54 93 92 36 3

2007Cause of fire incidents

VII VIII IX X XI Caraga ARMM

Total 1,615 3,665 152 288 121 435 1238 113 184 803

Electrical connection 2,284 1353 24 31 26 61 115 15 23 226Electrical appliances 312 123 4 18 10 22 18 - 11 20Electrical machineries 118 19 3 3 - 11 12 - 3 9Spontaneous combustion 285 23 - 5 1 1 1 - 1 7Open flame due to unattented cooking stove 485 133 27 28 12 20 19 9 26 59Open flame due to torch or sulo 981 55 4 6 6 2 828 2 12 14Open flame due to unattended lighted candle or gasera 373 84 8 14 16 21 33 5 24 44LPG explosion due to direct flame contact or static electricity 84 34 5 4 3 3 5 - - 5Lighted cigatted butt 256 163 9 13 2 4 5 1 7 13Chemicals 49 40 - 1 - 2 1 - - 1Pyrotechnics 71 16 1 17 2 8 1 1 - 8Lighted matchstick or lighter - 21 24 4 3 6 5 16 11 23Incendiary device or mechanism or ignited flammable liquids 186 2 1 9 8 4 5 - 7 6Lightning 85 - - 1 - 1 - - - 2Bomb explosion 4 6 - - - 1 - - - -Undetermined 15 594 27 39 29 104 180 32 57 286Others 1,620 996 15 95 3 164 10 32 2 80

2006

IVBTotal NCR CAR 1 II III IVA V VI

Soccsk-sargen

Total 503 99 114 233 323 432 80 40

Electrical connection 124 18 18 70 83 62 9 8Electrical appliances 29 - - 11 28 9 3 -Electrical machineries 22 1 1 4 25 5 - -

Continued

2006

VII VIII IX X XI Caraga ARMM


2007Classification of Fire Cases

Intentional AccidentalFire Fire

NCR 3,725 16 2,542 617 550CAR 163 7 133 11 12I - Ilocos Region 290 5 189 3 93II - Cagayan Valley 128 1 93 3 128III - Central Luzon 289 5 152 32 100IVA - Calabarzon 1,212 2 866 50 294IVB - Mimaropa 153 11 111 6 25V - Bicol Region 145 5 90 2 48VI - Western Visayas 906 16 734 22 134VII - Central Visayas 35 440 26 100 601VIII - Eastern Visayas 134 14 25 23 134IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 106 7 76 - 23X - Northern Mindanao 259 10 201 13 35XI - Davao Region 404 12 341 32 404XII - Soccsksargen 358 15 245 1 97XIII - Caraga 121 - 81 2 38ARMM 48 1 27 20 48Total 9,042 162 6,393 865 1,622

TABLE 7.6 Consolidated Classification of Fire Cases and Number of Casualties

Total Undetermined Under Investigation

January-December 2006 and 2007

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