1. Labor Force
Employed – 19.25 %
Unemployed – 80.75%
2. Education and Culture (DEPED)
Name of Schools | No. of classrooms | Enrollment | No. of Teacher | Ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|
Public | ||||
Elementary with Kinder | ||||
Basal Elementary School | 14 | 8 | 33.63 | |
Cabulihan Integrated School | 8 | 217 | 8 | 27.13 |
Candigum Elementary School | 4 | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
Larena Central Elementary School | 23 | 623 | 24 | 25.96 |
New Bataan Elementary School | 7 | 101 | 7 | 14.43 |
New Corregidor Elementary School | 3 | 64 | 3 | 21.33 |
Nonoc Elementary School | 8 | 111 | 7 | 15.86 |
Ponong Elementary School | 6 | 101 | 6 | 16.83 |
Secondary | ||||
Basac National High School | 9 | 272 | 14 | 19.43 |
Cabulihan Integrated School | 0 | 118 | 7 | 16.86 |
Private | ||||
Kindergarten | ||||
Tanbongco Learning Center | 3 | 57 | 4 | |
Elementary with Kindergarten | ||||
Larena UCCP Learning Center | 9 | 190 | 11 | |
St. Vincent Academy of Larena, Siquijor, Inc, | 6 | 92 | 6 | |
Secondary | ||||
St. Vincent Academy of Larena Siquijor, Inc. | 12 | 332 | 13 | |
SUC | ||||
Siquijor State College | 179 | 55 |
3. Customs and Traditions:
- Procession of Saints around the town proper during special occasions
- Fiesta Celebration (May 2-3) – Food preparation per household offered to visitors & bring home food as “bring house”
- Christmas Celebration (Dec. 25) – Family and friends reunion
- All Saints / Souls Day ( Nov. 1-2) – Offering of Mass, lighted candles & flowers
- John de Baptist day (June 24) – LGU Family Day, picnic at the beach (swimming, eating, drinking)
- New Years Eve (Dec. 31 – Midnight Mass and Public Disco)
- Mass & Repentance (Holy Thursday & Good Friday)
- Easter Sunday Dawn – Portray the meeting of Jesus & Mother Mary
- Caroling (Oct.-Jan.) – house to house singing & offering of Christmas Song
- Araw ng Siquijor – September 17
4. Health and Nutrition
- 4.A. Hospitals/Clinics/Centers
Hospitals – none
Clinics – 4 (Med. Clinic); 2 (Dental Clinic)
Centers – 1 (Mun.); 5 (Barangay Health Center) - 4.B. Health Manpower
Gov’t. Employee Private Doctors 1 4 Nurses 1 – Midwives 6 – Pharmacists – 6 Hilot – – Dieticians – – Nutritionists – – Sanitary Inspector 1 – Dentist 1 2 - 4.C. Nutrition Program
Supplemental Feeding (BHW – once a week)
Nutrition Information Campaign
Nutrition Culmination Program and Agricultural Products Fair (Month of July) - 4.D. Solid Waste Management
Municipal Collection; Compost Pit; Trash Can; Blind Drainage - 4.E. Housing
No. of Households – 3,152Types and No. of dwelling units – Households (3, 152)
Types of building construction and occupancy – concrete; mixed ; light
- 4.F. Housing facilities
- Light – 1 PROSIELCO (electricity), kerosene lamp
- Cooking fuel used – Firewood, gas, LPG, charchoal
- Water – Level II, III, deepwell pump, jet-matic, spring, rain water
- Toilet – flush, cement, PVC, VIP
- Available materials for housing – coco lumber, sand, gravel, cement, bamboo stick, nipa shingles, reinforcing bars
5. Social Services
- 5.A. Youth and Community Development
- 4H Club
- Rural Improvement Club (RIC)
- Farmer’s Association
- Fishermen’s Association
- Day Care – Parent Association
- Waterworks Association
- Senior Citizen Association
- 5.B. Agencies involved in social welfare:
- DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development)
- LGU (Local Government Unit)
- DA (Department of Agriculture)
- DTI (Department of Trade and Industry)
- TESDA ( Technical Education and Skills Development Authority)
- NIA (National Irrigation Administration)
- DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform)
- NFA (National Food Authority)
- DPWH ( Department of Public Works and Highways)
- DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources)
- DOH (Department of Health)
- 5.C. Cooperatives and Credit Unions:
- Basac Farmer’s Multipurpose Cooperative Inc.
- People’s Multi-purpose Cooperatives Inc.
- Cabulihan Upland Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative
- Bintangan Multi-Purpose Cooperatives
- Calunasan Sanitation Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CASAFAMCO)
- Taculing Multi-Purpose Cooperatives
- SIDAMCO, Helen
- LGU-Larena Multi-Purpose Cooperative
- Canlambo Women’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative
- 5.D. Charitable and civic institution
- Rotary Club of Siquijor Island
- Rotary Club of Siquijor Central
- 5.E. Public library – One (1)
- 5.F. Post Office – One (1)
- 5.G. Self Employment Assistance Project
- Mango Production
- Cutflower Production
- Tailoring
- Cassava Production
- Garment Production
- Peanut Processing
- Sari-sari
- Banana Production
- Buy & Sell
- Food Processing
- Livestock Butcher
- Cacao (Tableya) Production
- Selling of Roasted Pig
- Squash Noodles Production
- Chicharon Making
- 5.H. Manpower Development:
- Driving
- Cooking
- Dressmaking
- Masonry
- Welding
- Tailoring
- Seedling Production
- Baking
- Basic Automotive
- Electricity
- 5.I. Rehabilitation centers, orphanage, and other social institution – none
- 5.J. Disaster control and relief centers – One (1)
- 5.K. Recreational Facilities:
- Street Park/Playground (North Poblacion)
- Queengate Center (North Poblacion)
- Tennis Court (4) (North Poblacion , Helen and Basac)
- Billiard Hall (North Poblacion, Helen, Nonoc & Sabang)
- Volleyball court (22 barangays)
- Basketball Court (22 barangays)
- Sing-Along & PUB House (North & South Pob., Nonoc , Bontod, Cangmalalag, Taculing, Cang-allas, Sandugan)
- Beaches (Sandugan, Cangbagsa, Nonoc, Bagacay)
- Cockpit (Cangbagsa)
- Dive sites- Nonoc, Sandugan, Pier (Shipwreck)
- Cangmalalag Boulevard
- Palingkod Hill
6. Protective Services
- 6.A. Police Protection
- No. of Jails – 1 (Female) 1(Male); inmates – 0
- No. of Policemen – 23
- Crime Volume – 51
- Traffic accident rate – 10
- Essential police equipment – confidential
- 6.B. Fire Protection
- No. of firemen – 7
- No. of fire trucks and other equipment
- Fire Truck – 1
- Fire Hose – 17
- Nozzle – 2
- No. of Fire Station -one (1)
- No. of fire hydrants – 3
- Availability of water – generally abundant but scarce during summer
- Causes of fire & incidence of fire frequency
- Unattended lighted candles/kerosene lamp
- Short Circuits
- Grass Fires
- Incidence of Fire Frequency – Very Seldom