PSA-13 initiates 1st Caraga Secondary Students
Statistics Forum
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 21 (PIA) – The Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) here conducted recently the 1st Caraga Secondary
Students Statistics Forum with 60 participants from various divisions held at
the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Multipurpose Hall, J.C Aquino, Libertad,
this city.
The forum which highlighted on the
“Demonetization, Statistical Uses and Management and Economic Performance of
Caraga” was co-sponsored by the BSP Butuan Branch. Dr. Amelita Givertz, head of
the Planning and Project Research Division of Department of Education (DepEd) –
Caraga Region together with the teachers and students actively participated in
the said forum.
During the opening ceremony, Dir. Beta Cervantes
said that “this forum, in line with the 26th National Statistics Month
Celebration, provides a new venue for students and teachers to channel for
exchanges and cooperation in statistics and builds collaboration for future
cooperation.”
“With this forum, they (students) would
collaborate and establish a statistics cooperation platform and exchange of
statistics data thus shaping a statistics monitoring framework that will
promote economic and social development of Caraga,” she added.
Glizriel Rose Zarate, one of the speakers, on her
talk “Know Your Money” emphasized the start of the BSP’s demonetization process
for the old banknotes (New Design Series, NDS).
“It is a part of the BSP's objectives to preserve
the integrity of the Philippine currency. This move is in line with the
provisions of Section 57 of Republic Act No. 7653, otherwise known as the New
Central Bank Act, which authorizes the BSP to replace banknotes that are more
than 5 years old. The NDS banknotes have been in circulation for almost three
decades,” she said.
Zarate also added that the demonetization of the
NDS will result in the circulation of a single currency series in the country –
the New Generation Currency (NGC) Series. The NGC banknotes which were issued
on 16 December 2010 use new and enhanced security features to protect the
safety of the public against counterfeiters.
Melchor Bautista, chief of the Statistical
Operation and Coordination Division of PSA RSSO13, during his talk on
“Statistics in Good Governance,” highlighted the little or lack of appreciation
at political and policy level of the role and importance of statistics that led
to under-funding statistical production.
“Statistics in Good Governance has led to the
production of statistics which in turn has led to low priority and lack of
demand for statistics making it extremely difficult for data providers to meet
user requirements in the country,” he said.
Bautistia also reported the Gross Regional
Domestic Product (GRDP) of Caraga Region. He further stressed that Caraga’s
economic growth slowed down from 8.1 percent in 2013 to 7.8 percent in 2014.
The slowdown was attributed to downturns in Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and
Fishing (AHFF) and Services. (PSA-13/PIA-Caraga)
Team AgSur tops inter-high school statistics quiz
bowl
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 21 (PIA) – The Agusan del Sur
National High School team recently topped this year’s Statistics Quiz Bowl held
at the BSP Multipurpose Hall, J.C Aquino, Libertad, this city.
Organized by the Department of Education (DepEd)
Caraga, in cooperation with Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Regional
Statistics Services Office (RSSO) No. 13 and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
Butuan Branch, the Inter High School Statistics Quiz Bowl is designed to test
the knowledge of statistics among high school students.
A team of Grade 10 students composed of Hazel Mae
Rufilo, Carlo Jay Rivera and Samson Bernard Carpio II emerged as the regional
champion after they beat 11 teams of statistics enthusiast. The regional
participants that competed in the statistics quiz bowl were the division
champions. The eliminations were conducted from October 2 to 12 in all the
divisions of Caraga.
It was a neck-to-neck fight between Agusan del Sur
National High School and second-placer Team Tagbina National High School of
Surigao del Sur Division composed of Charaine Paulco, Cedric Cyril Polizon and
Grezel Vemb Repoylo. Placing third was Team Tandag National High School with
Myrvic Laorden, Eldridge Ace Bobiles and Ellesse Nicole Cabuga at the helm.
Winners and their coaches shared a cash, trophy
and special gift packs courtesy of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Dr. Rosalinda Celeste Apura from Philippine
Statistics Authority Regional Statistics Services Offices No. 13 chaired the
three-member board of judges for the Statistics Quiz Bowl. Other judges were
Dr. Adrilene Mae CastaΓ±os, Program Development Officer IV of Department of
Education – Caraga, and Glizriel Rose Zarate, Research Analyst II of Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas – Butuan. Ms. Bernadeth I Bonachita and Alfred Francis
Bokingo were the Quizmasters. (PSA-13/PIA-Caraga)
FDA warns against use of unregistered ProMatrix 7
Multiple Source Protein
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Oct 21 (PIA) –
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in its Advisory No. 2015-055 dated July
30, 2015 advises the public against the use of unregistered ProMatrix 7 Source
Protein with variants Triple Chocolate and Strawberry Ice Cream.
FDA warned that the use of such unregistered
health products may cause harm to the consumer’s health.
The public is advised not to purchase nor
patronize any unregistered health products found online and in the market.
All establishments and outlets are warned against
selling any unregistered health products and anyone selling shall be sanctioned
according to Republic Act No. 9711 and other pertinent laws.
Furthermore, FDA encouraged the public to visit
their website at www.fda.gov.ph to verify health products purchased in the
market by using the search bar located at the upper right corner of the
website.
If the search produces no result, then the
products might not be registered with FDA. (SDR/DTI-SdN/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
