Eastern Visayas registered a Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of 60.0 percent in April 2022
Eastern Visayas posts 94.0% employment rate in April 2022
This placed the region’s labor force at 1.95 million persons who were either employed or unemployed out of the estimated 3.24 million population15 years old and over in April 2022.
The 60.0 percent LFPR was higher by 2.0 percentage points than the LFPR in January 2022 posted at 58.0 percent.
This means that the labor force in April 2022 was stronger by around 75,000 persons than the 1.87 million persons in the labor force in January 2022.
However, the number was lower by around 37,000 persons compared with the 1.98 million persons in the labor force in the same period in 2021.
The region’s Employment Rate (ER) in April 2022 was estimated at 94.0 percent. This translates to 1.83 million employed persons out of the 1.95 million persons in the labor force.
This was higher by about 90,000 employed persons than the 1.74 million employed persons reported in January 2022; but, lower by around 54,000 compared with the 1.88 million employed persons in April 2021.
Eastern Visayas’ unemployment rate has improved at 6.0 percent, lower by 1.0 percentage point compared with the 7.0 percent unemployment rate recorded in January 2022.
This was equivalent to around 116,000 persons in the labor force who were unemployed in April 2022, lower by 15,000 unemployed persons compared with the 131,000 unemployed persons in January 2022.
However, the latest unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage point higher than the unemployment rate in April 2021 at 5.0 percent.
The underemployment rate in Eastern Visayas was posted at 14.8 percent or 271,000 persons out of the 1.83 million employed persons in April 2022.
The latest underemployment rate has improved compared with the underemployment rates of 19.8 percent and 15.5 percent in January 2022 and April 2021, respectively. (PR)
The 60.0 percent LFPR was higher by 2.0 percentage points than the LFPR in January 2022 posted at 58.0 percent.
This means that the labor force in April 2022 was stronger by around 75,000 persons than the 1.87 million persons in the labor force in January 2022.
However, the number was lower by around 37,000 persons compared with the 1.98 million persons in the labor force in the same period in 2021.
The region’s Employment Rate (ER) in April 2022 was estimated at 94.0 percent. This translates to 1.83 million employed persons out of the 1.95 million persons in the labor force.
This was higher by about 90,000 employed persons than the 1.74 million employed persons reported in January 2022; but, lower by around 54,000 compared with the 1.88 million employed persons in April 2021.
Eastern Visayas’ unemployment rate has improved at 6.0 percent, lower by 1.0 percentage point compared with the 7.0 percent unemployment rate recorded in January 2022.
This was equivalent to around 116,000 persons in the labor force who were unemployed in April 2022, lower by 15,000 unemployed persons compared with the 131,000 unemployed persons in January 2022.
However, the latest unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage point higher than the unemployment rate in April 2021 at 5.0 percent.
The underemployment rate in Eastern Visayas was posted at 14.8 percent or 271,000 persons out of the 1.83 million employed persons in April 2022.
The latest underemployment rate has improved compared with the underemployment rates of 19.8 percent and 15.5 percent in January 2022 and April 2021, respectively. (PR)
69K E. Visayas cash aid recipients tagged as non-poor
TACLOBAN CITY – About 69,038 family beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer in Eastern Visayas have been identified as non-poor, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported.
DSWD 8 (Eastern Visayas) Director Grace Subong said their office initially found the economic status of these families through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) that started in 2019.
“There is an ongoing retagging and validation to ensure that these number of families are ready for delisting from the list of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) recipients,” Subong said in a text message sent to the Philippine News Agency (PNA).
The agency is also checking if included in the list are the 8,215 4Ps family recipients who already graduated from the program and 14,516 families “who have transferred residence without permission.”
Also possibly included in the list are the 51,719 families who have been removed from the record as of June 30, 2022 “due to no more eligible children.”
“The task we are doing now is also to ensure that there’s no duplication in the count,” she added.
The DSWD is upbeat about completing the validation of the list of more than 280,000 conditional cash transfer beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas by end of July.
Subong said their people have been mobilized to step up the ongoing validation process in compliance with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo.
The NHTS-PR is an information management system that identifies “who and where the poor are,” making available a database of poor families as a reference in identifying potential beneficiaries of social protection programs, such as the 4Ps.
The system, according to Subong, is a viable tool to ensure equitable distribution of resources and services to deserving poor Filipino families.
The validation will check if families can afford to buy home appliances and if they have children who finished schooling but continue receiving cash grants.
The 4Ps is the national poverty reduction strategy of the government, as stated under Republic Act 11310 or “An Act institutionalizing Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program” signed on April 17, 2019.
Patterned after the conditional cash transfer scheme implemented in other developing countries, the 4Ps provides cash grants to beneficiaries if they comply with the conditions required by the program. (PNA)
DSWD 8 (Eastern Visayas) Director Grace Subong said their office initially found the economic status of these families through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) that started in 2019.
“There is an ongoing retagging and validation to ensure that these number of families are ready for delisting from the list of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) recipients,” Subong said in a text message sent to the Philippine News Agency (PNA).
The agency is also checking if included in the list are the 8,215 4Ps family recipients who already graduated from the program and 14,516 families “who have transferred residence without permission.”
Also possibly included in the list are the 51,719 families who have been removed from the record as of June 30, 2022 “due to no more eligible children.”
“The task we are doing now is also to ensure that there’s no duplication in the count,” she added.
The DSWD is upbeat about completing the validation of the list of more than 280,000 conditional cash transfer beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas by end of July.
Subong said their people have been mobilized to step up the ongoing validation process in compliance with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo.
The NHTS-PR is an information management system that identifies “who and where the poor are,” making available a database of poor families as a reference in identifying potential beneficiaries of social protection programs, such as the 4Ps.
The system, according to Subong, is a viable tool to ensure equitable distribution of resources and services to deserving poor Filipino families.
The validation will check if families can afford to buy home appliances and if they have children who finished schooling but continue receiving cash grants.
The 4Ps is the national poverty reduction strategy of the government, as stated under Republic Act 11310 or “An Act institutionalizing Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program” signed on April 17, 2019.
Patterned after the conditional cash transfer scheme implemented in other developing countries, the 4Ps provides cash grants to beneficiaries if they comply with the conditions required by the program. (PNA)
PNP leadership renews vow to end insurgency
Rookie cop killed in an NPA-instigated ambush in Samar
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(POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 8)
TACLOBAN CITY- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has strongly condemned on the killing of a police operative by the members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Samar last Saturday(July 16). The PNP’s officer-in-charge, Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao, Jr. has vowed that justice will be served to the family of Patrolman Mark Monge, 28. The rookie cop, who belonged to the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB), was killed in an encounter with at least 10 rebels in between the villages of San Nicolas of San Jose de Buan town, and Brgy.Mabuhay of Gandara town while his group was having their humanitarian mission.
“We deeply express our condolences to the bereaved family of Patrolman Monge. His dedication to fulfill his duty to serve and protect the country will be remembered. Justice will be served. The perpetrators will be made answer for their criminal actions,” the PNP chief said in a statement. Danao also promised to extend all the assistance to the family of Monge whose remains were brought to their residence in Palo town, Leyte. It was learned that President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. has sent a wreath as a way of sending his condolences to the family of Monge. B/Gen. Bernard Banac, the police regional director, has paid his respects to the fallen junior police operative as he also vowed that they would continue to help the government crush the insurgency problem in the region. He described the act of the rebels as ‘treacherous’ adding that the police personnel were in the area to conduct their humanitarian mission. “We will not stop until those responsible will be held accountable. This communist terrorist group is one of the reasons why people living in remote areas are still languishing in poverty and we will not stop until they are quelled,” Banac said in a statement. “We will further intensify our campaign against terrorism,” the police regional director added. For the past weeks now, skirmishes between government forces and the communist armed group have engaged in gunfights in the region where insurgency problem remains to be among its major concerns. Last July 5, at least seven soldiers were wounded when they were ambushed by NPA members who used anti-personnel landmines in Mapanas, Northern Samar. Security officers in the region have vowed to quell or at least rendered the insurgents into an insignificant force as they encouraged them to return to the folds of the law and avail the benefits given to rebels who surrender to the government.
“We deeply express our condolences to the bereaved family of Patrolman Monge. His dedication to fulfill his duty to serve and protect the country will be remembered. Justice will be served. The perpetrators will be made answer for their criminal actions,” the PNP chief said in a statement. Danao also promised to extend all the assistance to the family of Monge whose remains were brought to their residence in Palo town, Leyte. It was learned that President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. has sent a wreath as a way of sending his condolences to the family of Monge. B/Gen. Bernard Banac, the police regional director, has paid his respects to the fallen junior police operative as he also vowed that they would continue to help the government crush the insurgency problem in the region. He described the act of the rebels as ‘treacherous’ adding that the police personnel were in the area to conduct their humanitarian mission. “We will not stop until those responsible will be held accountable. This communist terrorist group is one of the reasons why people living in remote areas are still languishing in poverty and we will not stop until they are quelled,” Banac said in a statement. “We will further intensify our campaign against terrorism,” the police regional director added. For the past weeks now, skirmishes between government forces and the communist armed group have engaged in gunfights in the region where insurgency problem remains to be among its major concerns. Last July 5, at least seven soldiers were wounded when they were ambushed by NPA members who used anti-personnel landmines in Mapanas, Northern Samar. Security officers in the region have vowed to quell or at least rendered the insurgents into an insignificant force as they encouraged them to return to the folds of the law and avail the benefits given to rebels who surrender to the government.