TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Oct. 10 (PIA) -- Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Provincial Statistician Jessamyne Anne Alcazaren said Bohol is among the first provinces to get the modern computer-based registration kits, but it may not be long before these are redistributed to other regions.
According to PSA, interested applicants can register online at the centers in Ubay, Talibon, Guindulman, Tubigon and Dauis, Mabini and Bilar.
This is in addition to the Fixed Registration Center at the 2nd floor of the Galleria Luisa, and soon to be online at Inabanga, Calape and Carmen, said Alcazaren.
Current PSA registration centers are in Bien Unido, Jagna, Loay, Loon, Panglao, Pilar, President Carlos P. Garcia, Sagbayan, San Miguel, Talibon, Tubigon, Ubay, and Valencia.
PSA, during the recent Kapihan sa PIA, reported they have completed 836,406 Step 2 registrations for the PhilSys in Bohol.
In the country, Alcazaren said the PSA had some 30M registered in the national identification system nationwide.
The Step 2 registration ends with the registrant getting the identification cards by mail.
Some Boholanos have received their cards through mail and these are part of the 1.9M cards that were already delivered after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which is PSA's partner in printing and putting up the necessary security measures, have five million more national ID cards ready for delivery, according to Alcazaren.
She said the province is among the first piloted to implement the PhilSys, and the other provinces will come next.
By 2022, much of the modern and computer-based registration kits would be sent out to other provinces, like the 119 of the 181 kits which were already pulled out.
For this, the PSA is encouraging Boholanos who have not yet registered to go to the nearest registration centers.
Step 2 registration in Bohol started on Feb. 2, and weeks later, registration centers in the towns also opened.
Currently, Bohol is using 62 registration kits and hopes to get to 1,033,082 registrants by the year ends. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)
