BATANGAS: ANNUAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE
RECORDED AT 2.29 PERCENT
(Results from the 2007 Census of Population)
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Total population rose to 2,245,869 persons
As of August 1, 2007, the province of Batangas posted a total population of 2,245,869 persons. This figure represents an increase of 340,521 persons over the total population of 1,905,348 persons in 2000. The annual population growth rate (PGR) recorded for the period 2000 to 2007 was 2.29 percent, lower by 0.73 percentage point from the 3.02-percent annual PGR posted from 1995 to 2000.
The number of households also rose to 461,408, or an increase of 86,641 households over the 2000 figure of 374,767 households. The average household size in 2007 was 4.9 persons, lower than the 5.1 average household size in 2000.
Batangas City, the provincial capital, ranked first among the cities/municipalities
Among the 3 cities and 31 municipalities of Batangas, Batangas City, the provincial capital, had the biggest population, comprising 13.1 percent of the total population of the province. Lipa City and the City of Tanauan followed with 11.6 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively. The least populated was the municipality of Santa Teresita with 0.8 percent share to the total population of the province.
Sex ratio remained at 101 males per 100 females. There were more males (1,127,081) than females (1,115,565) in Batangas. These numbers resulted to a sex ratio of 101, which means that there were 101 males for every 100 females. The same sex ratio was recorded in 2000.
Median age was 23 years. Batangas had a median age of 23 years, which means that half of the household population was below 23 years old. The median age in 2000 was 22 years.
The proportion of persons under 15 years old to total household population was 34.2 percent, which was almost equally distributed to age groups 0 to 4 years (11.5 percent), 5 to 9 years (11.6 percent), and 10 to 14 years (11.1 percent).
Males outnumbered their female counterparts in age brackets 0 to 49 years, while females outnumbered the males in the remaining age brackets 50 years and over.
More than half of the population were in the voting age group . Almost 60 percent of the household population belonged to the voting-age population (18 years and over). This was higher by 1.2 percentage point than the proportion of voting-age population (58.4 percent) recorded in 2000. Of the total voting-age population in 2007, there were more females (50.6 percent) than males (49.4 percent).
Dependency ratio declined by 3 dependents for every 100 persons of working ages . The proportion of young dependents (0 to 14 years) to total household population was 34.2 percent, while old dependents (65 years and over) posted a share of 4.6 percent. On the other hand, the working-age population (15 to 64 years) accounted for 61.2 percent of the household population.
The overall dependency ratio of Batangas was 63.3. This means that there were about 63 dependents (56 young dependents and 7 old dependents) for every 100 persons of working ages. The overall dependency ratio in 2007 was lower than the overall dependency ratio of 66.5 in 2000.
There were more males among never married persons . Of the household population 10 years old and over, 43.9 percent were never married while 47.3 percent were married. The proportion of never-married persons in 2007 was lower than its corresponding proportion of 44.5 percent in 2000. Conversely, the proportion of married persons in 2007 was higher than its proportion in 2000 (46.3 percent). The remaining 8.8 percent of the household population 10 years old and over in 2007 were either widowed, divorced/separated, had a common-law/live-in marital arrangement, or had unknown marital status.
Among the never married persons, males (53.3 percent) outnumbered females (46.7 percent). Meanwhile, the proportion of females was higher than that of the males for the rest of the categories for marital status: married (50.3 percent), widowed (79.1 percent), divorced/separated (62.5 percent), common-law/live-in marital arrangement (50.7 percent), and unknown marital status (52.2 percent).
More females than males attended higher levels of education . Of the household population five years old and over, 35.9 percent had attended or completed elementary education, 34.9 percent had reached or completed high school, and 7.6 percent were college undergraduates. Academic degree holders accounted for 9.3 percent of the total household population five years old and over, which was 4.0 percentage points higher than the 2000 figure.
There were more males than females who had attended or finished preschool (53.5 percent), elementary (51.4 percent), high school (50.5 percent), and post secondary schools (53.8 percent). Females, however, outnumbered males among the college undergraduates (50.2 percent), academic degree holders (59.1 percent), and those with post baccalaureate courses (62.0 percent).
Of the total household population 5 to 24 years old, about 64.0 percent attended school anytime during School Year 2007 to 2008. There were more males (50.6 percent) than females (49.4 percent) who attended school during said school year.
Number of households per 100 occupied housing units was 101 .
In 2007, there were 454,990 occupied housing units in the province. This figure was higher by 23.4 percent from the 2000 figure of 368,584. A ratio of 101 households for every 100 occupied housing units, or 4.9 persons per occupied housing unit was noted in 2007. In 2000, the ratio was 102 households for every 100 occupied housing units, or 5.2 persons per occupied housing unit.
Nine in every ten occupied housing units had roofs made of strong materials . About nine in ten (87.8 percent) occupied housing units in Batangas had roofs made of galvanized iron/aluminum, or almost the same proportion recorded in 2000 (86.2 percent). As to the construction materials of the outer walls, 56.1 percent of the occupied housing units had outer walls made of concrete/brick/stone, up by 7.1 percentage points from 49.0 percent in 2000.
Source: Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Manila, Philippines
Page last revised: December 23, 2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Why Fuel is higher by P4-P6 per liter when Negros Occ. is close to BATANGAS ...
If anyone knows the e-mail address of Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Vice President for External Affairs Jose Maria Zayco - please, pass on... the blog below. To think Batangas enjoys cheaper fuel is the funniest thing we have ever heard.
DOE to probe higher gas prices in Bacolod
PIA Press Release 2009/10/27Bacolod City (27 October) -- Investigation in underway on the observed higher gasoline prices in Bacolod City after a resolution authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. was submitted to the Department of Energy (DOE) for appropriate action.
In his reply, DOE Undersecretary Roy Kyamco said that since the Republic Act 8479 or the "Downstream Oil Industry Defegulation Act of 1998" was imposed, the prices gasoline and crude oil products were based on supply and demand and the price of crude oil in the international market.
He said the law has liberalized the downstream oil industry that promoted market competition " wherein the prices of petroleum products are governed and influenced by several factors/indicators such as the crude oil in he international market, the foreign exchange rate, spot prices and the interplay of market forces /conditions in a particular trading area."
"It is for this reason that prices may vary across locations as these are dictated by the market," Kyamko added.
He has endorsed the issue to concerned oil companies operating in the area of Bacolod City requesting asking them to submit written explanations on the price situation of oil here.
"Also we have directed our director for the Visayas field Office, Engr. Antonio Labios, to conduct a thorough assessment and evaluation of the price situation in your area," he said.
The gas price issue was spurred when Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Vice President for External Affairs Jose Maria Zayco questioned the fuel prices in Bacolod as being higher by P4-P6 per liter when Negros Occ. is close to Batangas where most companies get their fuel supply.
Surprisingly, gas prices in some cities in Mindanao are cheaper compared to Bacolod. (PIA-LOL)
OUR BLOG in September of 2009
During the BPCCI Meeting held at the Hotel La Corona de Lipa this Sept. 17, 2009, one of the issues raised is the hiGHHH price of gasoline and fuels in the vicinity of Batangas City.
This prompted me to look at the receipts BPCCI has on file and this is what we found. In Batangas City Petron Station last Sept. 12, 2009 the price for XCS is P45.64 per liter, while on the same day at the Rico Shell Station in Lipa City, it is priced at 41.00 per liter, and in Metro Manila it is around P38.00 to P39.00 --- Php4.64 difference from Batangas to Lipa City.
On Sept. 6, 2009 at the Diversion Petron Station, it is 46.62 per liter. Oct. 8, 2009 at the Shell Station, Unleaded was 44.520 per liter. Bauan Petron on August 2, 2009 it was 43.45 per liter. On Aug. 16, 2009 at San Pascual Caltex, Silver was 46.550 per liter. August 19 at the Shell Station, Unleaded was 46.55 per liter. All these when prevailing prices in Metro Manila was way below P40.00.
It is a supply-and-demand economy anyway. What we, and we found out that so many of our friends have been doing, during the last few months is gas up just enough to get to Lipa or to Turbina / Calamba to save P5.00 per liter, gas up enough there to get to Manila or Makati to save another P2.00 or more per litter and fill her up where it is much cheaper. Maybe the Batangas City stations haven't noticed their diminishing sales yet.
Anyway, the issue has been officially raised. I am here to let you know what is happening. The action belongs, really to the people.
NEWEST Update: After raising the question, in late September - we gassed up in Batangas City and it was P41.00 . Quite an improvement from P45-46.00. We gassed up October 27, 2009 at 14:00 in Lipa City and it was P39.25 per liter for SilverTechron.
What says you? Bacolod?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Concidence? Karma? Take a Closer Look at the recent calamities
SOME Friends of ours has been discussing the recent disasters and calamities -- and we have noticed some pattern. Everytime some Congressman, or High Official get embroiled in a scandal, profited from some blown-up deals, his kababayans - locality is visited by a great calamity. Look back at the news reports and records for at least 8 years. If it's Karma... it's not the official who is affected !!! It is his constituents that suffer. Maybe it's our wake up call. Don't let our Officials do this to us.
These days... it's always the North being affected. I found some relevant items.
"While we are trying to help our country and kababayan, the hardened corrupt politicians in our country are selling what little natural resources we have to
foreigners, making it harder for our countrymen to live. Please read what is happening in many parts of the Philippines and in our beloved province, Cagayan Valley.
South Koreans illegally mining beaches
By Neal Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:27:00 05/31/2009
You have already heard what the South Koreans have done in our country, in particular at the Subic Bay Free trade Zone and on Volcano Island in Taal, Batangas. They built a high-rise residential condominium in the middle of a forest reserved and tried to raze a mini-forest long the pier area to build a hotel-casino in Subic. They succeeded in the forest but were blocked in the second by a Filipino architect trying to save our environment.
In Taal, they almost succeeded in putting up a hot springs spa at the foot of Taal volcano itself, with the approval of the mayor but without an Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). They had almost finished construction when the people woke up to what they were doing and protested. So the national government stepped in and construction was stopped.
Now listen to what the South Koreans are doing in the
northernmost tip of Cagayan, home province of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
Six coastal municipalities of Cagayan have miles and miles of beaches that attract tourists. Foreign and domestic tourists like the beaches because of their color. No, they are not white like that of Boracay but the opposite color: black.
Although the sands are not white, they are more valuable than the snow-white sands of Boracay. It is because the black sand is 70 percent composed of magnetite, a mineral used in the smelting of iron ore into steel. It is what the South Koreans are lusting after, the newly industrialized country being hungry for steel. They have been digging up the beaches and shipping away the black sand. They have already made a wasteland of the beaches of five municipalities. Without a beachfront to hold back the sea, salt water has invaded the farms and made them unproductive.
They have started mining the beach of a sixth municipality, Buguey, at Barangay Minanga Este, but the mayor, Ignacio M. Taruc, and the municipal council stopped them.
Koreans and their agents made many visits to Mayor Taruc to ask for a mining permit but the latter refused. The municipal government vigorously opposed any form of mining on its beaches as it would mar its pristine beauty and pose a danger to its farmlands. The council passed a resolution objecting to the mining of black sand and other minerals along the coastal areas of Buguey as we believe that this is destructive not only to the environment but also poses a danger to the safety and security of the people and the loss of their livelihood due to the entry of seawater into their farms.
Apparently, the governor, Alvaro T. Antonio, was not able to resist the persuasive powers of the Koreans In spite of the opposition of the people of Buguey, he issued a permit to mine its beaches of black sand, but it was in the name of a political ally, one Renato Alariao, a former member of the municipal council, although it was being used by the Korean company, Jisan
Mining Corp.
Governor Antonio did not reply even as Mayor Taruc refused to issue a mayor's permit. Instead, the governor directed the mining operation to proceed with the assistance of armed men. ........ More ........
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hotel PonteFino renewed BPCCI Membership 2009
Greetings !!!
Hotel PonteFino renewed BPCCI Membership for 2009. OR no. 0257 dated 10/08/2009.
Hotel Pontefino
Pastor Village, Gulod Labac
Batangas City, Philippines
Tel: (043) 723-3466 (FINO)
Fax: (043) 723-3488
Mobile Phone : 0917 505 4214
Email: salesbatangas@pontefino.com.ph
Manila Sales Office
11th Floor Unit B Agustin I Bldg. No. 28 F. Ortigas Jr. Ave.
Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1600
Tel: (632) 635-9364, 631-8310
Fax: (632) 636-0435
Email: manilasales@pontefino.com.ph
http://www.pontefino.com.ph/
When visiting Batangas, consider staying at the Pontefino Hotel - A popular boutique hotel in Batangas, Philippines.
BPCCI members are entitled to Special Discounted Rates for rooms and events . Get in touch with us or BPCCI Chairman Cora Gonzales when you have guests or visitors to avail of the discount. Our new Office Sun Celluar is 0923-407-1600.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Appeal for Donations
AS PART OF OUR NETWORK, we have received the Appeals for Donation for the typhoon victims from Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UNICEF, Go Negosyo Center for Entrepreneurship. In Lipa, Mary Mediatrix Medical Center and Cafe de Lipa are also accepting donations, and the Rotary Clubs of Lipa City and Sto. Tomas are also collecting among their members.
If you noticed, the UNICEF appeal below is for a minimum of P1,500.00 . You may donate through credit cards. For some people, it might not be convenient to go roaming around, or they only have a few Pesos they can spare.
If you have even a few pesos to donate, and you go to your banks -- you may deposit your few Pesos to the BPCCI Planters Bank Savings Account No. 01-24-067804 in the name of Batangas Province Chamber of Commerce (BPCCI) and we will pool them together. This account has been inactive since the project intended for it ended in March, 2009, so the deposits received hereon will ALL be for the Typhoon victims. Just please e-mail us or text us at 0923-709-1600 so we can do an internal accounting. No need to tell us who you are, if you do not wish to do so -- the deposits will be tallied on a per entry basis on the passbook.
Thank you very much.
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