01 July 2025, ROMBLON, ROMBLON. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Romblon Provincial Statistical Office was represented by Engr. Jane G. Rotoni, Statistical Analyst for the Provincial Product Accounts, at the Training-Workshop on PSA-LGU Data Sharing Business Register Project. The event was held from June 3 to 5, 2025, at Multifunction Hall 2A, 24th Floor, PSA Central Office. The workshop focused on finalizing the statistical tables and data dissemination materials in preparation for the data turnover to the Local Government Unit, aiming to ensure consistency and adherence to PSA data quality standards.

MIMAROPA participants together with Ms. Raychelle S. Embile and Redempta R. Velilla

The Services and Industry Census Division (SICD) of the National Census Service (NCS) aims to enhance the coverage of the Statistical Business Register (SBR) thru the inclusion of business unit records from different sources in order to achieve the recommended coverage.

In 2022, SICD conducted the pilot implementation of the Philippine Statistics Authority – Local Government Unit Data Sharing for Business Registers Project (PLDS-BRP) in the provinces of Central Luzon and MIMAROPA Regions.

Last year, the SICD spearheads the full implementation of the PLDS-BRP, targeting to cover the collection of business registers from all 1,642 city/municipal LGUs nationwide for the development of the Statistical Business Register (SBR).

The training – workshop that was conducted aims to build the capacity of PSA Field Offices in generating statistical tables using data extracted from the LGU Business Registers, improve knowledge of the structure, formatting, and standards required in official statistical tables, introduce effective techniques in visualizing statistical data,  and facilitate hands-on learning through guided workshops and collaborative output generation.

This project explores the strategy in building the SBR through a modular approach by using the available LGU business registers, an administrative-based data source.

The SBR not only serves as the central sampling frame for business surveys, but it also plays a central role in the integrated collection and compilation of economic statistics, from which detailed and interlinked indicators can be derived. We need SBR to address the growing demand for high quality and more granular economic statistics.

For more information, please contact PSA Romblon Provincial Statistical Office with contact numbers 0939-876-0734/0921-301-3323, and email address romblon@psa.gov.ph.

(SGD) ENGR. JOHNNY F. SOLIS 
Chief Statistical Specialist 
Romblon Provincial Statistical Office