DID YOU KNOW: February is Civil Registration Month

Civil Registration Month is observed every February by virtue of Proclamation No. 682 signed on Jan. 28, 1991, by then President Corazon Aquino.

The system of civil registration was established in the Philippines on Feb. 27, 1931, through Act. No. 3753 which required the continuous and compulsory recording of births, deaths, marriages, and other acts and events concerning the civil status of a person. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research