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2022-012

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) represented by Regional Statistical Services Office I (RSSO I) Regional Director Atty. Sheila O. De Guzman recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Sugpon, represented by Hon. Mayor  Daniel C. Laño, Jr in preparation for the PhilSys Birth  Registration Assistance Project (PBRAP) on 07 April 2022 at the Municipal Hall, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur.

The PBRAP is intended for the marginalized communities in the municipality and in line with the efforts of PSA to further intensify the campaign to improve civil registration, consistent with the goals of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade (CRVS) for 2015 to 2024. Municipal Civil Registrar (MCR) Amelyn C. Dangle and PSA-Ilocos Sur Officer-in-Charge Jeanette M. Marzan witnessed the signing of the MOA.

The Project aims to register the unregistered births of Indigenous Peoples (lPs) and the poorest sector in the municipality. This involves the provision of assistance in processing the delayed registration of births of the beneficiaries; facilitating the out-of-town registration of births and other civil registry documents; verification of the existence civil registry records from the PSA Civil Registry System database; and the implementation of the Philippine Civil Registry lnformation System (PhilCRlS) in mobile registrations. The target beneficiaries of this Project will receive copies of their registered birth certificates in security paper (SECPA) free of charge.

This initiative embarks for a more intensified campaign of the Office of the Civil Registrar General (OCRG) to improve civil registration aligned with the three goals of the 2015 to 2024 CRVS Decade. These goals are the following: (1) universal civil registration of births, deaths, and other vital events; (2) all individuals with legal documentation to claim identity, civil status, and ensuing rights; and (3) accurate, complete, and timely vital registration are produced and disseminated.

Also, this initiative will highly impact the lives of Filipino citizens whose unregistered births will be registered with the concerned Local Civil Registry Offices (LCROs). The intensified campaign for civil registration of PSA, the local government unit (LGU), and the LCROs to work together will increase our services for birth registration and other civil registry documents. This Project also aims to extend its reach to be replicated in the other areas of the country to further improve registration at the subnational level.

Along with the MOA signing on BPRAP, MOA signing on the conduct of Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS), Batch Request Query System (BREQS) launching, and Municipal CBMS Coordinating Board (MCCB) Convening were also conducted.

For more information, visit http://rsso01.psa.gov.ph/ilocossur. Like the PSA-Ilocos Sur official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/psailocossur and follow us on Twitter, @psailocossur.

 

 

(SGD) JEANETTE M. MARZAN

(Supervising Statistical Specialist)

Officer-in-Charge