Novo Trends PH, Inc. is a Philippine corporation composed of experts and professionals well-versed in the collection and analysis of social, political, economic and business data. Novo Trends PH conducts opinion polls and surveys (commissioned and non-commissioned), political and business risk analysis and offers consultancy services in various fields. It will build maintain a data bank and librar
y in cooperation with select domestic and foreign institutions. The corporation is headed by its president, Carmelita N. Ericta, former head of the National Statistics Office (NSO) of the Republic of the Philippines, with more than 30 years experience in statistical data collection and study. Before she retired from government service recently, Ericta was also Civil Registrar General of the Philippines and Chairperson of the Committee of Statistics of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific (UN-ESCAP). The other members of the board of directors include Jorge V. Baviera, Ramon C. Casiple, Andres G. Panganiban, and Amado M. Mendoza, Jr. Ericta is responsible for, among other things, making sure that survey data are collected according to rigorous and scientifically sound methodology. Together with her, the analysis and interpretation of data as well as the public presentation of the same will be the responsibility of Mendoza, professor of political science and international studies at the University of the Philippines (Diliman) and Casiple, a well-known political analyst. Novo Trends Ph has a pool of experts that can be mobilized to provide consultancy services in various areas of concern.