General Santos City – Region XII’s economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2021, a reversal from the 4.4 percent contraction recorded in 2020, and surpassed the pre-pandemic level output (Php 469.9 billion in 2019) at Php 472.5 billion in 2021. SOCCSKSARGEN is among the four regions in the entire country whose output returned to pre-pandemic continue reading : SOCCSKSARGEN’s economy grew by 5.2 percent, GRDP surpassed the pre-pandemic level
Koronadal City, South Cotabato – Region XII or the SOCCSKSARGEN Region recorded a significant decline in the poverty incidence among its population at 7.4 percentage points, from from 44.7 percent in 2012 to 37.3 percent in 2015. The reduction in the region’s poverty incidence, however, was not enough to meet its Millennium Development Goal of continue reading : REGION XII’s Poverty Incidence Declines to 37.3% in 2015
Koronadal City, South Cotabato – The 8th National Nutrition Survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) in 2013 showed that the prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in the SOCCSKSARGEN region is moderately high among school children, pregnant, and lactating women due to inadequate iodine intake. This was disclosed by Dr. Francisco continue reading : Region XII Strengthens Monitoring of the Implementation of the ASIN Law
KORONADAL CITY. The founding director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Dr. Gerardo P. Sicat, spent the afternoon of May 19, 2015 with the NRO XII staffs. The stopover of Dr. Sicat is part of his travel in the whole island of Mindanao to directly observe the details of Mindanao’s economy both in continue reading : NEDA founding Director-General visits NRO XII