PSA in Eastern Visayas calls on persons with no birth records to register

TACLOBAN CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Eastern Visayas is asking individuals who have no live birth records to register themselves in preparation for the implementation of the national ID system in July next year.

While Eastern Visayas is not part of the first regions in the country where the Philippine Identification System ID (PhilSys ID) is to be tested, Wilma Perante, PSA regional director, said they are encouraging those who have no records with their office to have themselves registered as early as now.

Perante said 10 percent of the four million people in the region have no birth records at the PSA.

“We encourage those who have no live birth (record) to register under the late registration (policy) which is needed under the program,” the PSA regional head said.

She said those who would have no ID under the program, which is to be completed by 2022, are likely to be left out from programs being offered by the government where IDs are required.

“They will not benefit from the programs of the government that requires an ID,” she said.

Perante assured the public that all data contained under the ID would not be used for any sinister purpose but merely to have single identification cards for all Filipinos.

“All information contained in the ID will be strictly confidential as we adhere to the Data Privacy Act,” she said./lzb