SAN REMIGIO, Antique—The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) convened the Municipal Community-Based Monitoring System Coordinating Board (MCCB) of San Remigio in preparation for the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS on 16 May 2024.

Municipal CBMS Coordinating Board of San Remigio during the 2^nd MCCB Convening

Highlighted in the second convening is the Census of Population (POPCEN) and the updated objectives of this year’s operations which include the updating of the inventory of the total population in the Philippines and aid in the efficient use of government resources among others.

Aside from updating the social registries of the national government, the CBMS will enable the LGUs to capture several factors that can be used for multi-dimensional poverty analysis, policy formulation, poverty alleviation, and economic development in cities and municipalities.

The 2024 POPCEN-CBMS will cover all barangays nationwide in every city and municipality.