NSO invites colleges, universities to join 20th Philippine Statistics Quiz
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, October 7 (PIA) --- The National Statistics Office (NSO) is inviting all universities and colleges in Negros Oriental to send representatives to the provincial elimination of the 20th Philippine Statistics Quiz in November this year.
The quiz is open to all freshman college students who are enrolled in the current and next semester in any recognized tertiary school in the province.
Each school is entitled to send three participants and three coaches, said Provincial Census Officer Engr. Ariel Fortuito.
The top three winners in the provincial round will represent the province during the regional elimination on November 17. The national championship is scheduled on December 6 in Metro Manila.
NSO is conducting the annual contest to test freshman college students’ knowledge on statistics.
Negros Oriental has yet to produce a contestant who will reach the national championship.
“I hope our schools here will include more statistics subjects in their curriculum so we can prepare our students and make them understand the importance of statistics,” said Fortuito. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
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DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) in Negros Oriental on Wednesday warned barangay residents living in disaster prone areas to be on guard.
PDRRMC Executive Officer Angelo Tiongson has called on the public particularly those residents near the riverbanks to be vigilant and monitor the water level in case it overflows as well as the coastal areas.
Meantime, the PDDRMC has started conducting a series of seminars and workshops on disaster management in the municipalities of Pamplona, Vallehermoso, Zamboanguita, Siaton, Ayungon, and Mabinay.
Tiongson said the council also conducted on-site surveys and risk assessment areas susceptible to landslide at barangays Catipon, Bonawon, Apoloy, and Apoloy all in Siaton town and Pinocawan in Vallehermoso. (PIA NegOr/JCT)
NegOr PDRRMC warns flood prone barangays
by Jennifer Catan-Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) in Negros Oriental on Wednesday warned barangay residents living in disaster prone areas to be on guard.
With the onset of rainy season, Civil Defense Officer Allen Cabaron of PDRRMC disclosed that at least 220 barangays have been identified as highly susceptible to flooding based on the risk assessment by the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB).
Cabaron said of the total 557 barangays in Negros Oriental, more than 186 barangays are also found out to be highly susceptible to landslide.
As such, Cabaron advised the local government units (LGUs) especially in the barangay level to establish local early warning system so that any weather and flood forecast or advisory from PAGASA can be sent off at once to the Municipal Action Officer then to the barangay.
“This is where the information be disseminated to alert the barangay residents and monitor the rainfall and water level situation for the alert level 1,” said Cabaron.
Alert level 2, the flood is imminent, residents are asked to pack up their personal or important belongings ready for evacuation; alert level 3 for evacuation status.
PAGASA weather advisory issued today (Oct 7) stated that low pressure area and the intertropical convergence zone bring scattered to widespread rains over the southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.
PDRRMC Executive Officer Angelo Tiongson has called on the public particularly those residents near the riverbanks to be vigilant and monitor the water level in case it overflows as well as the coastal areas.
Meantime, the PDDRMC has started conducting a series of seminars and workshops on disaster management in the municipalities of Pamplona, Vallehermoso, Zamboanguita, Siaton, Ayungon, and Mabinay.
Tiongson said the council also conducted on-site surveys and risk assessment areas susceptible to landslide at barangays Catipon, Bonawon, Apoloy, and Apoloy all in Siaton town and Pinocawan in Vallehermoso. (PIA NegOr/JCT)
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Public cooperation sought for NSO survey
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, October 7 (PIA) --- The National Statistics Office (NSO) here is appealing for public support as NSO gears up for another round of quarterly surveys from this month until November.
Provincil Statistics Officer Engr. Ariel Fortuito, in an interview, urged residents whose households have been chosen for the survey to cooperate with the enumerators when they visit their homes.
“Please cooperate with our statistical researchers and entertain them and answer their questions as this is important information that they are collecting from you for our country’s development,” said Fortuito.
NSO is set to field a total of 13 statistical researchers throughout Negros Oriental next week to conduct three surveys simultaneously: the Quarterly Labor Force Survey, 2011 Survey on Children and the Survey on Overseas Filipinos.
“There are 22 towns and cities here that will be covered by the survey, “ said Fortuito.
During a meeting with information officers from government and non-government agencies recently, Fortuito revealed their difficulties with uncooperative respondents.
“Some household owners would hide and pretend that nobody is home when they see the NSO enumerator on their doorstep. Others would just refuse to entertain them at all,” he said.
NSO is mandated by Commonwealth Act No. 591 “to conduct by enumeration, sampling or other methods, for statistical purposes, studies of social and economic problems in the country. “
The data gathered by NSO will become the basis for policy planners in crafting socio-economic and political development programs for the country. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
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NegOr State University gets 100% passing rate in mechanical engineer licensure test
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, October 6 (PIA) --- The Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental garnered a 100% passing rate in the Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination held September 28 to 29, 2011.
All nine examinees from NORSU passed the board exam, according to NORSU Information Officer Joy Perez.
The national passing percentage is at 67.09% or 1,686 passers out of 2,513 examinees, she added.
The nine new mechanical engineers from NORSU are: Israel Anthony Banua, Rhea Feril Facturan, Jeffry Zerna Katada, Ireneo Tabangan Morales, Reynaldo Bhat Paraguya Jr., Ken Cohay Pioquinto, Vladimir Dean Panaligan Sanchez, Nelosn Tabilon Trujello, and Dante Anghog Tumala.
This is the sixth consecutive time that NORSU has recorded a 100% passing percentage for the Mechanical Engineering examination since 1999, according to NORSU President Dr. Henry Sojor.
The state university is currently ranked Top 2 nationwide for obtaining a 100% passing rate in the category of ten and below examinees in the said exam, said Josef Vill Villanueva, dean of NORSU’s College of Engineering and Architecture.
Ateneo de Davao University has 10 passers out of 10 examinees, NORSU has 9 out of 9 while Xavier University has 8 out of 8. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)