1. Labor Force
Employed – 19.25 %
Unemployed – 80.75%

2. Education and Culture (DEPED)

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 – 3,152

  Types and No. of dwelling units – Households (3, 152)

  Types of building construction and occupancy – concrete;   mixed ; light

• 4.F. Housing facilities
  1. Light – 1 PROSIELCO (electricity), kerosene lamp
  2. Cooking fuel used – Firewood, gas, LPG, charchoal
  3. Water – Level II, III, deepwell pump, jet-matic, spring, rain water
  4. Toilet – flush, cement, PVC, VIP
  5. 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