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ANG SEES MORE GOLD FOR PINOYS IN PARIS OLYMPICS

Longtime sports patron Ramon S. Ang believes the country is geared to win more golds in the coming Paris Olympics as he paid tribute to all Filipino athletes, particularly those who were honored during the recent Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards. Ang, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) President and Chief Executive Officer, received his second PSA […]

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PSA OUTLET TO OPEN IN CATARMAN, NORTHERN SAMAR

Residents of Northern Samar no longer need to travel to Catbalogan City or Tacloban City to obtain copies of their civil registry documents. The Philippine Statistics Authority – Eastern Visayas is opening a Civil Registration Services (CRS) outlet in Catarman, Northern Samar to cater to the needs of the local population. This achievement is the […]

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PSA CIVIL REGISTRY SYSTEM OUTLET OPENS IN SAMAR

Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan joined the Philippine Statistics Authority in the launching of the Catbalogan CRS Outlet at PSA Samar, Brgy. Mercedes, Catbalogan City recently. The enhanced Catbalogan CRS Outlet is under the Civil Registry System-Information Technology Project Phase 2 (CRS-ITP2), a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project of the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Unisys […]

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PSA DATA ON CHILD LABOR ALARMS PARTY-LIST SOLON

“The half a million jump in the number of child laborers in the country from 2020 should be raising red flags. This is unacceptable.” This is what ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes had to say on the information made public by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which showed that there were 1.37 million working children […]

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DENR TO CREATE NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Philippine Statistics Authority, will undertake the formulation of a much-needed system for the accounting of the country’s natural resources and environmental assets. DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga said the creation of the natural capital accounting system […]

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BIRTH CERTIFICATE LIFETIME VALIDITY GETS SENATE OK

The Senate approved on third and final reading remedial legislation conferring lifetime validity on birth, death, and marriage certificates. With 21 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no abstention, Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2450, or the Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act, got plenary approval paving the way for […]

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NORTHERN MINDANAO PER CAPITA OUTPUT IS 2ND IN PH

Despite the economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the regional per capita output in Northern Mindanao remains high, according to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) 10. At an online conference for the Regional Development Council-10 (RDC-10), Mylah Faye Aurora Cariño, NEDA-10 Director, said despite an overall downtrend, Northern Mindanao’s per capita output emerged as the second-highest among all regions, […]

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USE OF ‘ONE BANK ACCOUNT’ FOR FASTER ‘AYUDA’ URGED

To ensure the efficient and prompt delivery of future government financial assistance programs, Senator Win Gatchalian broached the idea of having each Filipino owning one bank account. “Ngayon meron na tayong national ID. May isang batas akong gustong i-file na may kaugnayan sa national ID, ang tawag ko dito ay ‘One Filipino, One Bank Account’,” […]

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NO EXPIRY FOR PSA BIRTH CERTIFICATE – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva called on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to clear the air with all government agencies on the lifetime validity of birth certificates, and deal away with the unnecessary need of securing the document issued within the past six months. Villanueva said the concern weighed heavily on Filipinos, particularly jobseekers as it placed […]

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ANGARA : REGISTER 90M FILIPINOS IN NAT’L ID BY 2022

Senator Sonny Angara said he expects the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to be able to fulfill its target of registering all 90 million Filipinos for the Philippine Identification System ID (PhilSys ID) before President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term in 2022. During the hearing on the proposed P11.17 billion-budget of the National Economic and Development […]