NSCB intensifies establishment of Regional
Statistical Coordination Committee
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, May 19 (PIA) – The National
Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) has intensified establishment of Regional
Statistical Coordination Committee which includes Caraga region.
It was thru Resolution No. 1 series 1992 where the
NSCB has created the RSCC to provide direction and guidance to regional/local
statistical development activities in support to the decentralization thrust of
the government.
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Caraga
interim regional director and Regional Statistics Committee (RSC) vice chairperson
Rosalinda Celeste-Apura bared that the RSCC is chaired by the regional director
of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and co-chaired by PSA,
and its members included the regional director of the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM), regional agricultural statistical officer of the Bureau of
Agricultural Statistics (BAS), representatives from the NSCB, regional director
of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), provincial planning and
development coordinator, city/municipal planning and development coordinator
and two representatives from the private sector while the NSCB Regional
Statistical Coordination Units provided technical and secretariat services in
regions with NSCB offices, and other offices designated by the NSCB in regions
without NSCB offices.
“The RSCC was tasked, among others, to oversee the
implementation in the regions of policy decisions by the NSCB and the adoption
of prescribed statistical standard methodologies and classification systems,”
said Apura.
The vice chair also emphasized that the RSC shall
be established in the regions by the PSA Board to provide direction and
guidance to regional/local statistical development activities. “It shall serve
as the policy making body on statistical matters and shall serve as the venue
for discussion and resolution of statistical issues at the local level. The PSA
Board can create an RSC should there be a new regional groupings,” she added.
It was also learned that the RSCs shall supersede
any statistical committee/subcommittees in the regions. Existing provincial
statistical committees shall be recognized by the RSCs. Funds that may be
needed for the operations of the RSC shall be sourced from the PSA.
Also, the RSC will convene for a meeting on May
22, 2015, right after the meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Board
(NCCB) in the city. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: Palasyo nakiisa sa buong sambayanan
sa pagdiwang ng tagumpay ng El Gamma Penumbra sa ‘Asia”s Got Talent’
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Mayo 19 (PIA) - Sinabi ng
Malakanyang noong Linggo na nakiisa sila sa buong sambayanan sa pagdiriwang ng
tagumpay ng El Gamma Penumbra sa pinale ng Asia’s Got Talent na ginanap sa
Singapore.
"Kaisa kami ng buong sambayanan sa
pagdiriwang ng pagiging kampeon ng community theater group na El Gamma Penumbra
sa kagaganap na finals ng “Asia’s Got Talent” competition sa Singapore,"
sabi ni Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Hermnio Coloma,
Jr., sa isang panayam sa dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.
"Sadyang kahanga-hanga ang kanilang
presentasyon hinggil sa kahalagahan ng paggalang kay Inang Kalikasan at
pag-alaga sa mga likas na kayamanan ng daigdig," dagdag niya.
Noong Sabado, isang motorcade ang naganap sa
bahay-lunsod ng grupo sa Tanauan, Batangas kasunod ng pagpalabas ng naipanalong
ginawa ng shadow dance group na El Gamma Penumbra sa Singapore.
Ginawa rin ng grupo ang maibalik ang pagtatanghal
sa tuwing Linggong tanghaling palabas ng ASAP ng mas maaga noong Sabado kung
saan nakatanggap sila ng malugod na pagtanggap.
Ang grupo ay nanalo ng US$100,000 o katumbas ng P4
milyon at pagkakataon na makapagtanghal sa prestihiyosong tanghalan na Marina
Bay Sands sa Singapore.
Nanalo sila ng mas mataas kesa sa Mongolian
cultural performer Khusugtun. Binati rin ni Coloma ang classical singer na si
Gerphil Geraldine Flores mula sa University of the Philippines sa pagkapanalo
ng pangatlong pwesto.
"Kapuri-puri din ang 10-gulang na mang-aawit
na si Gwyneth Dorado at ang Junior New System dance crew na kabilang din sa
siyam na finalists. Mabuhay ang Filipino talent; taas-noo sa buong mundo,"
sabi ni Coloma.
Apat mula sa siyam na finalists ay talentadong
Pilipino.
Ang mga hurado sa nasabing kompetisyon ay sina
Grammy-winning composer-producer David Foster, Indonesian pop star Anggun,
dating Spice Girl Melanie C at ang actor-mang-aawit Van Ness Wu. (DMS/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
