GRDP CY 2006 (at constant prices)
| P27.979 B | | GRDP Growth Rate | 4.9% | Inflation Rate (2000=100) (June. 2008)
| 14.4% | Poverty Incidence of Families (CY 2006) | 40.7% | Poverty Threshold
(annual per capita, 2007p) | P13,515.00 | Employment Rate
(Jan., 2008) | 94.9% | Population (Aug. 1, 2007) | 3,912,936 | Population Growth Rate (2000-2007) | 1.12% | |  |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )
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NEDA 8 Conducts KR2 Project Review and Product Display |
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 02 June 2008, NEDA-VIII- After working hard on KR2 in the past twenty (20) months, NEDA-VIII was proud to showcase its KR-2 products last May 15, 2008 at the lobby of the NEDA Building to coincide with the KR2 Project Review and the RDC VIII meeting. The Productivity Enhancement Project (PEP) or KR-2 focuses on productivity, income and employment in the countryside.
Already in its second year of implementation, the PEP has to date 13 projects being implemented
in the different provinces in the region.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 June 2008 )
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Sectoral News and Updates |
 | For the second time, NEDA VIII hosted the meeting of NEDA Regional Directors (MNRD) on May 29, 2007 at the Calicoan Surf Camp in Guiuan, Eastern, Samar. Before and after the meeting proper, the delegates from different NEDA Regional Offices and the Central Office were given a tour of a number of sites in Eastern Visayas. They were also given a taste of native delicacies and sample of native products. More photos.
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 | NEDA VIII SIGNS MOA WITH KR2 BATCH 1 RECIPIENTS
The first batch of recipients of the Japanese-funded Productivity Enhancement Project Kennedy Round 2 or NEDA-KR2 project signed a Memorandum of Agreement with NEDA Regional Office VIII last month. The first recipients were the local government of Capoocan for the project Seaweed and Oyster Culture; the Eastern Samar State University - Salcedo Campus for the project |
 | NEDA VIII RECEIVES P2 MILLION FOR FIRST FOUR NEDA-KR2 PROJECTS
NEDA Regional Office VIII Director Buenaventura C. Go-Soco, Jr. officially received from NEDA Director General Romulo Neri the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Four Pesos (P2,269,734) for the funding of the first four approved projects for Eastern Visayas under the NEDA-KR2 Program. This was in a ceremonial turn-over held last January 29, 2007 at NEDA sa Pasig |
 | NEDA CONDUCTS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
The NEDA Regional Office VIII particularly the economic development division coordinated and conducted a regional workshop on mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in sub-national development and land use planning in the Philippines last December 12, 2006 at Ritz Tower De Leyte The workshop was a preparatory activity of the project proposal with the same title to be funded by the |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 November 2007 )
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Commissioner Supports Local MT Industry The wheel is spinning to make Region VIII’s dream of becoming a Medical Transcription (MT) Hub a reality. Commissioner Dr. Nona S. Ricafort of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) promised to help organize an Educational Mission to the US and Canada for prospective Region VIII investors of MT business. She made the promise during the meeting with a group of local businessmen on June 5, 2006 at Leyte Normal University (LNU), in response to issues raised by Dr. Manuel Santamaria with regard to starting a local MT company.
Dr. Santamaria, a practicing physician and a local businessman, stated that without government support, it would be difficult for a start-up local MT company to compete with established MT companies in Manila and Cebu. With the current move of universities here to offer MT as a course, there must be a local MT company to absorb the graduates. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 November 2007 )
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