The full complement of ranking executives and regional directors of the Philippine Statistics Authority have been in place since last month, following their appointment by President Benigno Aquino III.
Appointed Deputy National Statistician of the Sectoral Statistics Office is Romeo Recide who took his oath recently before Lisa Grace Bersales, PSA National Statistician and Civil Registrar General.
Created by Republic Act No. 10625, PSA is envisioned to serve as the unified statistical organization that will empower all government agencies to better contribute to the overall countrywide imperative for equitable development, and establish a highly developed statistical system which can provide timely, accurate and relevant data to the government and the public.
RA No. 10625, entitled An Act Reorganizing the Philippine Statistical System, Repealing for the Purpose Executive Order No. 121, merged under PSA the National Statistics Office, the National Statistical Coordination Board , the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics and the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics.
President Aquino also appointed four directors under the Office of the National Statistician and 17 regional directors who will be assigned to the PSA’s field offices.
Prior to his appointment, Recide served as the interim deputy national statistician for SSO of the PSA. He was previously the director of BAS under the Department of Agriculture. Recide joined Estela de Guzman, DNS for civil registration and central support office, and Josie Perez, DNS for censuses and technical coordination office.
The four new ONS directors were Divina Gracia Del Prado, who will head the Statistical Methodology Unit; Benjamin Arsenio Navarro, who will head the International Cooperation Unit; Reynor Imperial, who will serve as the Planning and Management Service head; and lawyer Lourdines dela Cruz, who will head the legal service.
