NSO appeals for support from village officials on agri sector survey
By Jennifer C. Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) --The National Statistics Office (NSO) in Negros Oriental pleads for the support of local officials in 557 barangays for the ongoing nationwide survey for Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA).
Provincial Statistician Officer Ariel Fortuito of NSO said the survey for the basic sectors in agriculture like the farmers, farm workers or laborers and fishermen in the province need to be enlisted for the economic development planners, policy makers and project implementors.
Thus, Fortuito appeals to barangay officials to assist field interviewers by informing household-residents to make themselves available on the scheduled date of the survey.
To facilitate also the efficient conduct of the survey, Fortuito asked the households to leash their dogs and cooperate with the enumerators when they visit their homes.
Under the local government code, the barangay secretary is mandated to keep an updated record of all residents in the barangay, hence, Fortuito specifically asked the village secretary to supervise the field interviewers so that essential information collected is accurate.
Data generation for the creation of a more thorough database on the basic sectors in agriculture in the province from September 17 to November 7, said the NSO head.
Foruito said this year’s round registration and survey uses high-technology gadget such as Global Positioning System (GPS) to locate the agriculture-based localities.
With this, government planners and project implementers can spot specific areas in the country where the group of agricultural sectors situated for potential agricultural development assistance. (mbcn/JCT/PIA-Negros Oriental)
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NegOr buys bulldozers to boost pre-disaster efforts
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government recently bought new bulldozers to step up not only its disaster preparedness efforts but also boost its construction projects.
Infrastructure projects now being implemented by the provincial government have been designed with disaster risk reduction and management in mind, according to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Executive Officer and Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo.
The newly bought equipment were purchased using the calamity fund of the provincial government from 2010, 2011 and 2012.
“The Provincial Engineer’s Office crafts the infrastructure projects with the foresight on the possible damages a natural disaster can bring to facilities in an area,” said Sedillo.
He added that the bulldozers will replace the old bulldozers owned by the provincial government and used by the engineering mobile teams earlier formed for each of the three districts in the province.
Sedillo said that based on records, eight more heavy equipment are needed to fully implement the engineering mobile team projects in the districts.
Early this year, the provincial government acquired five new heavy equipment which are now being used in the rehabilitation efforts of damaged infrastructure by Typhoon Sendong and the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in February this year. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)