PSA-6 to reveal Western Visayas’ Economic Performance for 2021

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region VI will host the Regional News Conference on the 2021 Economic Performance

of Western Visayas on April 28, 2022 (Thursday) at 9:30AM in Zuri Hotel, Iloilo City, simultaneous with the other 16 regions in the country.

As PSA is mandated by law to generate and disseminate the economic performance of the country, the Regional News Conference aims to present the 2020-2021 Regional Accounts of the Philippines that comprise the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and the Gross Regional Domestic Expenditure (GRDE). Event participants shall be apprised on the overall regional economic performance for 2021.

The 2021 regional economic performance as measured by GRDP and GRDE will be presented by PSA VI Officer-in-Charge Nelida C. Amolar, while the “Statement on the Policy Implications of the 2021 GRDP/GRDE Estimates to the Region’s Development” will be delivered by National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 Regional Director Meylene C. Rosales, the major resource person of this event.

Expected participants are representatives from the Regional Line Agencies, Local Government Units, members of the Regional Statistics Committee VI, stakeholders, policy makers and program planners both from government and private sectors, members of the academe, and the media.