Deputy Director-General Augusto B. Santos of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Development Office (left) participated at the recent 19th Annual Conference of the Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC) with the theme, “Energy Statistics: Forming the Basis in Meeting the Nation’s Energy Challenges" held in Mandaluyong City. In his opening remarks, Santos highlighted the need for comprehensive, reliable and timely statistics that are crucial in monitoring the state of the energy sector. Also in photo are (from left) SRTC executive director Gervacio G. Selda Jr., Department of Energy undersecretary Guillermo R. Balce and National Statistics Coordination Board secretary-general Romulo A. Virola.