Mobile birth certificate registration to be implemented in the City

• Source: http://palawan-news.com/mobile-birth-certificate-registration-implemented-city/
• Saturday, October 22, 2016

By Aira Genesa Magdayao

Following the mandates of Proclamation No. 1106 which declared the years of 2015-2024 as Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade (CRVS), the local government of Puerto Princesa, in partnership with the Office of the Civil Registrar, will initiate a mobile birth registration program in all schools in the city.

The said program will bring the services of the Civil Registry to public schools in Puerto Princesa and will allow free registration for birth certificates, as well as conduct other activities such as information dissemination and consultation.

According to Civil Registration Officer Raul Manuel Blas, the mobile registration program will help the government achieve its goal of giving everyone access to birth certification. “Maganda itong programa ng gobyerno na ito dahil ngayon tayo ang lalapit sa kanila dahil karamihan hindi nakakaparehistro dahil sa layo ng lugar nila,” he explained. Blas also said it has come to their knowledge that most of those who remain unregistered are from rural barangays in the city.

As of press time, the Office of the Civil Registrar is due to conduct a pilot test of the program in Barangay Maoyon on November 9, 2016, with around 150 estimated beneficiaries. The mobile registration for schools is expected to be fully implemented next year.