Special release on Consumer Price Index in SOCCSKSARGEN (2012=100) based on April 2018 Results.

The collection of data for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is done on a monthly basis by the Philippine Statistics Authority to monitor changes in the average retail prices of a fixed basket of goods and services commonly purchased by the households relative to a base year.

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. Total livestock and poultry production in the SOCCSKSARGEN Region increased by 4.0 percent during the second semester of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. . . .

Safe drinking water is essential. The sources of drinking water may be improved or unimproved. An improved source includes sources that, by nature of their construction or through active intervention, are protected from outside contamination, particularly faecal matter these include piped into dwelling/yard/plot, piped to neighbor, public tap/standpipe, tube well/borehole, protected dug well, protected spring, rainwater, and bottled water/refilling station. Based on the results of the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey (2017 NDHS), 95 percent of households in the Philippines got their drinking water from improved sources. Region XII was among those regions with high distribution of households whose drinking water came from improved sources. . . .

Special Release on Housing Characteristics in South Cotabato (Excluding General Santos City) : Based on the results of the 2015 Census of Population.

Special release on Housing Characteristics in the Municipaliy of Polomolok in South Cotabato, based on the results of the 2015 Census of Population.

Special release on the Palay Production Performance of Sultan Kudarat Province (First Quarter 2017 and First Quarter 2018)

Special release on the Housing Characteristics in the Municipality of Tampakan in South Cotabato, based on the results of the 2015 Census of Population.

Special release on Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits in Sultan Kudarat Province, First Quarter 2018.

Special release on the Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits in South Cotabato, Fourth Quarter 2017 (preliminary results).