In preparation for the implementation of the 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Sarangani conducted the 2nd Level training at Family Country Hotel, General Santos City, on 17 to 22 June.

The inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket for the bottom 30% income households or the low income group in General Santos City decreased to 3.8 percent in June 2024 from last month’s inflation at 5.3 percent. This was lower than the regional and national levels at 4.6 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively. This was also lower by 1.8 percentage points from a year ago of the same month at 5.6 percent. The average inflation or the year-to-date inflation of the city was recorded at 4.4 percent.

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket of South Cotabato decreased to 3.2 percent in June 2024. It was lower by 3.3 percentage points from the same month last year at 6.5 percent and 1.3 percentage points lower from May 2024 at 4.5 percent. South Cotabato’s inflation was lower by 0.5 percentage point compared to the national estimates of 3.7 percent, respectively. The province average inflation stood at 5.1 percent (Figure 1).

Philippine Statistics Authority-SARANGANI conducted the quarterly Client Satisfaction Measurement (CSM) for the second quarter (2Q) in the Civil Registry System Outlet located in General Santos City to determine clients’ perceptions regarding their satisfaction with the civil registration services that the office provides like the issuance of copies of civil registry documents and certifications. Results on the satisfaction rating is one of the key performance indicators being reported for the Agency Performance Measures and in compliance with the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA).

The headline inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket in General Santos City decreased to 2.7 percent in June 2024 from last month’s inflation at 4.3 percent. This was lower than the regional and national levels at 3.8 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively. This was also lower by 1.3 percentage points from a year ago of the same month at 4.0 percent. The average inflation or the year-to-date inflation of the city was recorded at 3.2 percent.

The headline inflation in Sarangani eased to 4.2 percent in June 2024 from 5.8 percent in May 2024. This is higher than the regional and national levels at 3.8 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively. In June 2023, the inflation rate was higher at 5.6 percent. The provincial average inflation for the first semester of the year registered at 5.0 percent.

The PSA, in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), has a proactive approach to accelerate our transition to the digital economy. The Digital National ID can be requested through the website https://national-id.gov.ph and eventually be stored in the mobile device of the person. Also this is stored in the e-Government Philippines (eGovPH) mobile application. The Digital National ID can be verify through https://everify.gov.ph/check.

Headline inflation rate or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket for all income households in SOCCSKSARGEN Region decreased to 4.5% in May 2024 from 5.0% the previous month. This is 0.6 percentage point higher than the 3.9% national headline inflation for the current month under review.

Headline inflation rate or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket for all income households in SOCCSKSARGEN Region increased to 5.0% in April 2024 from 4.4% the previous month. This is 1.2 percentage point higher than the 3.8% national headline inflation for the current month under review.

The inflation or the annual rate of change on the prices of goods and services in the market basket for the bottom 30% income households or the low-income group in Sarangani Province decreased to 6.8 percent in May 2024 from last month’s inflation at 6.9 percent. This was higher than the regional and national levels at 5.0 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively.