Edge Davao 8 Issue 218

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 218 • FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016

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FORMAL WELCOME. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte is welcomed by faculty members, students, and stakeholders at the DMMA College of Southern Philippines on Wednesday afternoon. The mayor and presidential candidate was the guest of honor of the Maritime Industry Stakeholders’ election forum. Lean Daval Jr.

POPULATION SURGE Davao City population could hit almost 2 million

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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HE population of Davao City might hit 1.9 million based on the 2015 Census conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 11. This was bared by PSA 11 senior statistical specialist Maria Leah Magracia in yesterday’s I-Speak Media Forum at the City Hall conference room. Magracia said al-

though the official result of the census is yet to be signed by President Benigno Aquino, the agency foresees that it will be higher than the 1.6 million population that was recorded in 2010. Magracia said it is also possible that the population could reach 2 million because many people from other places migrate to the city. “Let us just wait for

the result to be signed by the president to make it official,” she said. Magracia said based on the trend since 2010, the population growth rate in the city is 1.9 percent per year. She said the PSA 11 is now processing the category of the population count such as the age groups, gender and educational attainment. Meanwhile, Magra-

cia said enumerators all over the country went to temporary resettlement areas and asked about the possibility of the settlers going back in their place of origin after recovery. “If the participants will answer that they intend to go back to their place, the national office will evaluate their status as to where these people belong,” she said.

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