GASAN, MARINDUQUE. PSA Marinduque PSO, in partnership with the LGU of Gasan, has successfully awarded Certificates of Live Birth in Security Paper (SECPA) to the beneficiaries of Birth Registration Assistance Project (BRAP), during the LGU’s Ugnayan sa Barangay activity. 

The awarding ceremonies were held in the five Barangays in Gasan namely Barangays Cabugao, Tapuyan, Antipolo, Banuyo and Masiga, on 16 and 17 of April 2024, respectively. BRC Shiela Mae Matining, together with Gasan Municipal Mayor Rolando Tolentino and Gasan MCR Maria Sofia R. Madronio, personally handed the PSA-issued Birth Certificates to nine beneficiaries of BRAP during the Ugnayan sa Barangay in the different barangays in Gasan.

Four beneficiaries in Barangays Cabugao and Tapuyan were awarded the  PSA-issued Certificate of Live Birth, and one of them, Orlando Gonzales Mataac, 66, a resident of Barangay Cabugao, was one of the senior citizens who finally obtained his Birth Certificate in SecPa.

On the other side, another awarding of PSA Birth Certificates took place on April 17, 2024, in Barangays Antipolo and Banuyo, Gasan, Marinduque. The awarding ceremonies were held in the respective barangays' Barangay Halls. BRC Matining and Gasan MCR Madronio were present to personally award the long-awaited documents. Gasan Municipal Mayor Tolentino was also present in the said event. Five beneficiaries have finally received their PSA-issued birth certificates. They were all pleased and thankful, and they hope that additional individuals would be registered through this program.

Started in 2022, one of the major programs of the PSA is the implementation of the PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project (now BRAP) in the country to ensure that all births of Filipinos are registered in the Local Civil Registry Offices and that they will be enrolled with the Philippine National Identification System. This undertaking is a joint project of PSA Marinduque, PSA RSSO-MIMAROPA and Gasan LGU. As of 2023, 258 target beneficiaries were allotted to be registered in the Municipality of Gasan. Hence, PSA Marinduque, together with LCRO of Gasan, conducts Mobile Registration activities in various barangays of Gasan to ensure that all unregistered births will be registered to the concerned PSO/LCRO.

For any questions or need further clarification, please reach us via email at marinduque@psa.gov.ph. Alternatively, you can also reach us via our landline numbers: (042)332-0848 or (042)754-0024.

(SGD) GEMMA N. OPIS
Chief Statistical Specialist
 

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