The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Quezon Provincial Statistical Office proudly commended the top five (5) winners in the recently conducted 2024 Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) Quezon Provincial Elimination held on October 29, 2024 at the Activity Center of Pacific Mall, Lucena City, Quezon.

A total of sixty (60) freshmen students participated in the 2024 PSQ Provincial Elimination who came from twenty (20) participating colleges and universities in Quezon Province.

After three sequential rounds of the contest proper, Mr. Harry L. Esperanza (BS Computer Science student) of Colegio de la Ciudad de Tayabas ranked 1st among the 60 competing students.

Mr. Elison James B. Lopez (BS Civil Engineering student) of Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Lopez and Mr. James Miro R. Orte (BS Information Technology student) of Dalubhasaan ng Lungsod ng Lucena sealed the next two spots, winning 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Joining them were 4th and 5th placer Mr. Nathaniel S. Sacristia (BS Nursing student) of Maryhill College Lucena, and Ms. Kate Yshebel C. Gonzales (BS Accountancy student) of Sacred Heart College of Lucena City, Inc.

All the top five (5) winners will advance to the Regional Championship to represent the province of Quezon in the said competition scheduled on 08 November 2024 in Lipa City, Batangas.

The conduct of PSQ is a yearly competition made for college freshmen students which primarily aims to assess the competency and skills of students in statistics. It is also one of the regular activities organized by PSA in line with the celebration of the 35th National Statistics Month anchored with the theme “Advancing Data and Statistics Through Digital Transformation: A Road to an Empowered Nation”.

(SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN 
Provincial Statistics Officer

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