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COMELEC REACTIVATES VOTER’S REGISTRATION OF MORE THAN 5,000 BEI’S
Wednesday 1st of May 2013
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, May 1 (PIA) -- A total of 5,272 voters’ registration of members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) has been reactivated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), relative to the upcoming mid-term elections.
The voters registration of these BEI’s, who are public school teachers, were reactivated, after they were inadvertently deleted from the voters’ list, for failure to vote in two consecutive elections.
Some of the BEIs were deactivated when the data base was corrupted, when in fact they actually voted in the May 10, 2010 national and local elections.
Based on preliminary verification, the Co...
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27Feb2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Feb. 27 (PIA) - - The National Statistics Office here celebrated and concluded the celebration of the 23rd Civil Registration Month with various activities highlighted by mass weddings. The celebration is pursuant to Proclamation No. 682 issued by former President Corazon Aquino on January 28, 1991 declaring February as the Civil Registration Month. This year’s theme "Civil Registration, Bringing Public Service Closer to the People" is appropriate to the thrust of the na...
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22Feb2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb 22 (PIA) --The local government of Iligan through the City Civil Registrar’s Office (CCRO) joins the country in the month-long celebration of Civil Registration Month (CRM) in February. Activities include: pre-marriage counseling on Responsible Parenthood; Gender And Development (GAD)-Related Issues; mass wedding; and distribution of Womb–to-Tomb Newsletter publication; mass turnover of Mobile Birthright Project registration outputs to barangay beneficiar...
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19Feb2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- A law allowing for easier birth registration has been passed in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman signed into law last week the Muslim Mindanao Autonomy (MMA) Act 293 otherwise known as the “Free Birth Registration Act of ARMM.” The new law enhances the usual process of birth registration in the region, including late registrations, removing the accompanying fees that often discourage parents from securing bir...
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14Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Pinirman ni ARMM Acting Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman su “Free Registration Act” a makatabang kanu mangagan lalan kanu kabproseso ataw ka kabpadrehistru sa mga wata kanu Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Su kitaban na pembadtuwan sa Mindanao Muslim Autonomy Act (MMAA) 293 a inumbal ni Assemblywoman Rahina Datumanong-Alba nu Regional Legislative Assembly, su pangitaban nu lawas a kanu rehiyun. Su kina pirma kanu pangitaban na nau...
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12Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) -7 celebrates the month of February as Civil Registration Month with services intended to bring closer to the public. With the theme “Civil Registration: Bringing Public Service Closer to the People” civil registration month has set aside activities for the public intended for the whole of February to highlight the free registration service and free giving of affidavits and certificates. Other services include hanging of inf...
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26Jan2013MISAMIS OCC. Enero 26 -- Gihingusgan sa Department of Education (DepEd) ning probinsiya ang kampanya sa Early Registration Day nga ipahigayon karong Enero 26 alang sa tuig-tinghunga 2013-2014. Kining maong kampanya ang nasugdan na sa milabay nga Enero 7, pinaagi sa mga kalihokan sa “Child/Youth Find“ sa pagtabang sa mga opisyales sa barangay aron walay mapihig sa mga kabataan ug nga ang tanan gayod malakip sa lista sa mosulod sa tunghaan sa Hunyo, ning tuig, matud pa ni Schools Division ...
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25Jan2013BATANGAS CITY, Enero 25 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang magsagawa ng early registration para sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa buong lalawigan ang Department of Education (DepEd) bukas, Enero 26. Ang naturang programa ay nakasentro sa maagang pagpapalista ng mga batang magsisipasok sa kindergarten at Grade 1. Sinabi ni Dra. Donato Bueno, DepEd superintendent sa lalawigan ng Batangas, na magsisimula ng alas-siyete ng umaga hanggang alas-singko ng hapon ang enrolment. Aniya, lahat ng mga batang ipinanganak ...
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25Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA6) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Division of Iloilo has already taken steps to encourage parents to register their incoming learners for school year 2013 to 2014. DepEd Iloilo Asssitant Schools Division Superintendent Ferdinand Sy said that as part of their preparations, some schools have already hanged streamers to disseminate the information and reach out to parents in their areas. It will be recalled that Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro thro...
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23Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education with the theme “Makapag-aral ay Karapatan Mo, Magpalista Ngayong Enero (It's your right to learn, Enlist this June),” declares January 26 as the Early Registration Day for school year (SY) 2013-2014 in all public elementary and secondary schools throughout the country. This Early Registration Day aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on Universalization of Primary (Basic) Education and the objectives of the Educat...
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22Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- An intensified advocacy campaign on the January 26, 2013 Early Registration Day (ERD) for School Year (SY) 2013-2014 have been waged by the Department of Education (DepEd) in Misamis Occidental. The campaign actually started on January 7 with the “Child/Youth Find" activities with the help of the barangay officials and other stakeholders to ensure that no child who is supposed to be in school during the incoming SY will be left out, Supe...
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20Jan2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Jan. 20 (PIA) --- The seventh Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has approved the free birth registration bill on third and final reading last Thursday, January 17. RLA Bill No. 24, otherwise known as "An Act Establishing Free Birth Registration in the ARMM and Providing Funds thereof,” aims to ensure that every individual born in the region is registered and is issued a birth registration document. It seeks to i...
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16Jan2013BOAC, Marinduque, Jan 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education-Marinduque announces that there will be early registration of school age children by January 26 as mandated in DepEd Order #86 dated Dec. 26, 2012. Age qualification for kindergarten would be those born in Oct. 31, 2009 or earlier. Children born on October 31, 2007 with or without kindergarten education are eligible for Grade 1. Birth certificate is a requirement upon registration, however, DepEd-Marinduque will still accommodate th...
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14Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- Preparations are underway for the January 26 Early Registration Day (ERD) for School Year (SY) 2013-2014 in the Misamis Occidental Schools Division (MOSD). The early registration is conducted to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and the Education for All (EFA) campaign in the province, Schools Division Superintendent Jonathan Dela Peňa said. Pursuant to DepEd Order No. 89, s. of 2012, setting the ERD on Jan. 26, 2013, schools ...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Enero 10 (PIA) -- Iniimbita ang mga magulang ng mga mag-aaral na magpatala ng kanilang mga anak sa darating na Enero 26 na siyang itinakdang “Early Registration Day” ng Department of Education (DepEd). Sa ilalim ng DepEd Order No. 89, s. 2012 na pirmado ni DepEd Secretary Armin A. Luistro, kaniyang idineklarang “Early Registration Day” ang Enero 26, 2012 para sa mga mag-aaaral sa pampublikong elementary at sekondaryang paaralan. Dala nito ang temang “Makapag-aral ay Kara...
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09Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 9 (PIA) - - “Early Registration Day” for the School Year(SY) 2013-2014 in all public elementary and secondary schools is on January 26 as stated in the Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 89 of 2012 duly signed by DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro. Secretary Luistro stated in his order that the activity aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on Universalization of Primary (Basic) Education and the Education for All (EFA) and completion of the cycle thus th...
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21Dec2012MARIKINA CITY, Dec 21 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina is encouraging all barangay councils to register persons with disability (PWD) living in their barangays. Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman said the move is mandated by the recently passed Resolution No. 170 of 2012 otherwise known as “Resolution urging all barangay councils in Marikina city to spearhead the registration of persons with disability in their respective barangays.” “It would be easier for our City Social Welfare and...
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03Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 3 (PIA) -- Papalawigin pa ang Election Registration Board o ERB hearing sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Ito ang sinabi ni COMELEC-ARMM director Rey Sumalipao matapos ang ginawang ERB proceedings noong ika-26 hanggang 30 ng Nobyembre. Aniya, kulang pa ang itinakdang panahon sa paglilinis ng pinal na listahan ng mga botante sa rehiyon. Gayunman, higit sa 270 thousand ang natanggal na mga multiple registrants sa ARMM habang higit 29 libo nama...
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26Nov2012DAVAO CITY, Nov 26 (PIA) A local election officer revealed that cleansing of the list of voters is going on to ensure that only the qualified registered voters can exercise the right of suffrage in the 2013 midterm elections. Atty. Aimee Ampoloquio, election supervisor of the City’s First District, said those to be deleted on the list of voters will be voters who have sought to transfer registration outside Davao City, upon the confirmation of the office of the Commission on Elections (Come...
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20Nov2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), regional office 10 continues to implement the National Skills Registration System (SRS) to maintain a database of manpower supply the region. DOLE-10 Assistant Regional Director Crispin Dannug Jr said 12 local government units (LGUs) in the region are identified for the third wave of implementation of the skills registry system. These LGUs include Valencia City and Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon; Mahinog in Camigu...
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15Nov2012BATANGAS CITY, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here said that 13,000 city residents registered in their office during the registration period from April 2011 - October 22, this year. According to the local Comelec, those who registered were 18 years old, transferees, and those who validated their voter’s ID and whose with changes in their entries. Shirley Dimalaluan of Comelec, Batangas City said all Comelec offices have been strict in giving extension in the voter’s...
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09Nov2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- The new director of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Northern Mindanao vowed to continue the reform programs initiated by his predecessor. Director Hilarion E. Ulep gave this assurance during the turnover ceremony of duties and responsibilities held at the MVIS Area of the LTO Regional Office yesterday, November 8. The new director said he will carry on with the implementation of the reforms particularly on the fight against illegal registration usin...
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30Oct2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Oct 30 (PIA) -- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the conduct of a special general registration of voters in Sultan Naga Dimaporo has been generally peaceful. Provincial Election Officer Joseph Hamilton M. Cuevas, Comelec-Lanao del Norte Provincial Office, has commended the government’s law elements, in coordination with the local government unit, in its efforts to maintain peace and order during this. Voters of this coastal town having 37 bara...
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25Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 25 (PIA) -- As expected, Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices across South Cotabato are crowded by residents trying to beat the last few days of voters’ registration. Provincial election supervisor Atty. Jay Gerada said that based on their monitoring, Comelec offices here have been jampacked with first time voters and those asking for transfer since Monday. “We expected more registrants to crowd Comelec off...
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25Oct2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Oct. 25 -- Thousands of voters flock to the registration centers in the coastal town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo after Comelec started its general registration of voters in preparation for the May 2013 election. Long queue of voters were observed outside the local registration centers in Brgy. Poblacion, Bauyan, Dabliston, Dangulaan, Sigayan, Ramain, Tapocon, Dangulaan, Koreo and even in the town’s hall. The on-going registration of voters is in compliance with the Commi...
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10Oct2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Oct 10 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has resolved to adopt a number of guidelines to accommodate multi-type of applications relative to the resumption of the continuing registration. The continuing registration was suspended during the October 1 to 5 filing of the certificates of candidacies, Lawyer Renato A. Magbutay, regional elections director of Comelec-10, said. Magbutay said it was observed in the previous registration period that appl...
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06Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct 6 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Caraga will be conducting the enhancement training on civil registration on October 9 at the Prince Hotel, Montilla Blvd., this city. According to Rosalinda Celeste, NSO-Caraga regional director, the training will focus on the process flow, requirements, and priority loading of special civil registry documents affected by the court decrees and legal instruments (CDLI). It also concerns Republic Act (RA) 9048 or known as the “Cor...
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21Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The Board of Investments (BOI) is taking a step to simplify and improve the procedures in investment registration. "The BOI has taken a paradigm shift in terms of its registration process from being very strict into easy and simple," said BOI Governor Oliver B. Butalid in an investment roadshow held in the city today. He said the BOI will no longer require the applicant to submit detailed five-year financial projections. According to Butalid, the applica...
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20Sep2012COTABATO CITY, Sept 20 (PIA) -- Registration of four-wheel public and private vehicles of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has resumed after it was suspended in July this year due to administrative and operational sanctions, Pama P. Dimapanat, DOTC-ARMM head said today. Dimapanat said with the resumption of applications for drivers license and registration of four-wheel vehicles of LTO-ARMM, all collections or registration fe...
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18Sep2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Sept 18 (PIA) -- The Cauayan City election office will be conducting voters registration in jails in the city so inmates can exercise their right to vote this coming 2013 midterm elections. City election officer Efigenia Marquez said the inmates are included as voters according to resolution 9271 which mandates election offices in the country to conduct satellite registration in jails. Marquez said inmates not yet convicted are qualified to register and vote during elect...
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08Sep2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Sept 8 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections-Isabela called on Isabela residents who are unregistered and were deactivated from the voters masterlist to visit election offices in their municipalities to be part of next year’s election. Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Manuel Castillo said the voters registration will end October 31 and filing of Certificates of Candidacy is scheduled on October 1 to 5. Castillo said he has already instructed and ordered all electio...
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08Sep2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Sept 8 (PIA) -- The city election office will hold a mobile registration of voters in Barangay Lanna here today as part of its preparation for the May 2013 national and local elections. Qualified voters from the adjacent barangays of Tuga, Cabaritan, and Masablang of Tabuk are urged to register at Lanna barangay hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tabuk City Election Registrar Leman Solbita said that aside from the registration of new voters, old voters will be accommodated for cor...
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05Sep2012SAN JOSE, Antique, Sept. 5 (PIA6) -- Ang Commission on Elections nagpadumdum sa mga botante sa pag-agto sa mga opisina kang COMELEC sa pagpabalido kang anda rehistrasyon para malikawan ang paggirinutok sa katapusan nga adlaw nga amo ang Oktubre 31, 2012. Si Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Gil Barcenal sa sangka paghinun-anun nagapadumdum gid sa mga botante nga ang mga nakapabalido lang kang andang rehistrasyon ang sigurado nga makaboto sa masunod nga eleksyon sa Mayo 2013 Gani, ginapanu...
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05Sep2012DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 5 (PIA) -- The Commission of Elections (Comelec) is calling for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members who will turn 18 on or before the election day next year to register as regular voters. The deadline for the registration is on Oct. 31 while the elections will be on May 13, 2013. In a letter, Noli R. Pipo, Region 1 election director, said that, so far, only 13 percent of the total number of registered SK voters last Oct. 2010 elections have registered as regular voters. Th...
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30Aug2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Aug. 30 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will suspend the registration of voters, from October 1 until October 5, this year. Atty. Sylvan Gerald L. Sabio, Election Officer of Ozamiz City said this is because, the period has been set for the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC) for all the elective positions for the May 2013 national and local elections. In the Philippines setting, the filing of COC’s always assumes a festive atmosphere ...
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25Aug2012DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 25 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged the public, particularly Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members and persons with disabilities (PWDs), to register as voters on or before October 31 this year. Lawyer Jenifer Balarbar, acting provincial supervisor of Pangasinan, said Thursday that application for registration resumed last August 1 after being halted because of the elections in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. The application includes new registration,...
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13Aug2012MAKATI CITY, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The local government is urging residents, including parents of unregistered minors, to avail themselves of the free registration program of the city government for late birth registrants being implemented by the City Civil Registration Office (CCRO) on Saturdays in a specific barangay. In a statement, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay said the program is aimed to attain zero percent unregistered birth in the city by making civil registry services accessible to in...
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07Aug2012MANILA, August 7 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is all set for the National PWD Voter Registration Day on Saturday, August 11, 2012. COMELEC Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento called on all qualified PWDs nationwide to register or update their records at the nearest COMELEC office or at the designated registration sites to vote via accessible polling places in the May 2013 national and local elections. "The National PWD Voter Registration Day on August 11 is a special day for our ...
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02Aug2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, August 2 (PIA) --- The Pag-IBIG Fund- Cagayan de Oro Branch has announced that employers and members are required to present their membership identification (MID) numbers for all transactions with the Fund starting September 1. Likewise, employers must also indicate their employees’ names and the corresponding MID numbers on the Members Contribution Remittance Form, Short Term Loan/Multi-Purpose Loan Applications, and Monthly Remittance Schedule for Multi-Purpose Loans. ...
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31Jul2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 31 (PIA) --The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suspended the registration of voters from October 1 to 5 to give way to the filing of candidacy of those who seek elective positions in the May 2013 elections. Elective positions include those of the city/municipal mayors, city/municipal vice mayors, city/municipal councilors, governors, vice governors, provincial board members, congressmen and senators. Also included are 187 partylist candidates for ...
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16Jul2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 16 (PIA) -- A total of 214,218 individuals have filed their application for registration with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of July 13, after five days of conduct of the general voters’ registration in the province. Velasco said the biggest turnout was recorded in Binidayan town with 65 percent, from the previous figure of 8,345 to 5,461 registrants as of Friday, July 13. This was followed by Calanogas town with 60 percent turnout or about 3,770 re...
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15Jul2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 15 (PIA) -- A boarding house owner within the Mindanao State University (MSU) campus is facing charges for allegedly coercing students to register under fictitious Maranao names during the third day of the general voters’ registration, here. This was disclosed by 103rd Brigade Commander Col. Daniel Lucero in a press conference July 14, saying that they are preparing the legal documents to file appropriate charges against the boarding house owner. On Wednesday...
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10Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 10 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to ensure the participation of country’s indigenous peoples in electoral processes particularly in next year’s May 13 national and local elections. DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, Comelec chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr., and NCIP chairperson Brigida H. Pawid forged...
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10Jul2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 10 (PIA) -- The first day of the general voters' registration in the province was normal except for isolated problems on clustering and locations of the registration centers, according to Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Armando Velasco in a press conference held this morning, this city. He said a number of the parties were not satisfied with the present location of the registration centers. The reasons are mostly attributable to "rido" (family...
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10Jul2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 10 (PIA) -- The regional government conducted a general registration caravan last July 8, a day before the start of the general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Carrying the slogan "Isang Tao, Isang Rehistro, Isang Boto," the caravan kicked-off early morning in the Office of the Regional Governor in Cotabato City, passing through some towns in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur provinces, and ended at the Provincial Capitol G...
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09Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 9 (PIA) -- The 10-day general re-registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where at least a million voters are expected to be listed, began at 8 a.m. today. Data-capturing machines of the Commission on Election (Comelec) are also expected to have been put in place in various registration centers in the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. In June, Congress passed a joint resolution annulling all B...
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09Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Hulyo 9 (PIA) -- Abot sa 14 na batalyon ng sundalo at apat na infantry brigades ang itinalaga ng 6th Infantry Division (ID) sa lalawigan ng Maguindanao bilang tulong sa Commission on Election (COMELEC) sa pagsiguro ng kaayusan sa isinasagawang general re-listing of voters sa nasabing lalawigan. Ayon kay 6th Infantry Division Commander Major Gen. Rey Ardo, buong pwersang babantayan ng 603rd, 602nd, 6701st brigades at 2nd mechanized brigade ang pitong bayan sa Maguindanao si...
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06Jul2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 6 (PIA) -- Multi-sectoral stakeholders in the province joined forces yesterday in a demonstration rally pushing for the conduct of honest and free voters' registration next week. Calling themselves Alliance for Ranao Reforms Today (ALERT), the group converged in Plaza Cabili in Barangay Banggolo, this city, and rallied for the campaign “One Fingerprint, One Person, and One Vote for a Better Future.” According to the group, free and honest registration is th...
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05Jul2012COTABATO CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- It’s all systems go for the July 9-19 general voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in so far as preparations and awareness campaign is concerned, the COMELEC, military and police assured. Army’s 6th Infantry Division Chief Maj. Gen. Rey Ardo, Directorate for Integrated Police Operations for Western Mindanao Head Police Director Manuel Barcena, and Maguindanao Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Udtog Tago updated the m...
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03Jul2012CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, July 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Bataan placed third in the whole country with the most number of businesses registered despite the small population of the province. DTI-Bataan enlisted 570 businesses using the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) from July 2011 to May 2012, according to the letter commendation of DTI undersecretary Merly Cruz sent to DTI offices nationwide. Cavite topped the list with 748 registrations. Batangas followed with...
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02Jul2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 2 (PIA) -- Checkpoints will be established in strategic places in order to discourage "flying registrants" during the general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on July 9-18. These checkpoints will be manned by the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP). According to ARMM officer-in-charge Governor Mujiv Hataman, the SAF will be the one to conduct checkpoints to check if passengers entering t...
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02Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual Fund, also known as Pag-IBIG Fund, is calling all its members to comply with the Fund’s Online Membership Registration. According to a press release by the Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro branch, all Pag-IBIG Fund members must register online at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph. The member will then be assigned a Registration Tracking Number (RTN) as a reference for his/her successful online membership registration. After which, members m...
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20Jun2012KORONADAL CITY, June 20 (PIA) -- Voters’ registration in Koronadal and Tacurong cities will be temporarily suspended beginning June 25, Monday until end of July. Evangeline Basan, Koronadal City election officer, confirmed they have been directed by Comelec Central Office to temporarily halt operations for voters’ registration in favor of the scheduled voter’s re-registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. “We are going to assist in th...
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20Jun2012SAN JOSE, Antique, June 20 (PIA) -- The Commission on Election urged registered voters to revalidate their registration early as the deadline nears. Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Gil Barcenal said that Antique has so far revalidated only 40 percent of 280,544 registered voters. With this, “we appeal to all registered voters to visit COMELEC offices in their respective municipalities early to avoid the rush and overcrowding come deadline which is set on October 31, 2012,” he said. ...
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11Jun2012COTABATO CITY, June 11 (PIA) -- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) today urged the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to impose a total gun ban throughout the period of the voters’ re-registration in the five-province region. ARMM Officer-In-Charge Governor Mujiv Hataman said a COMELEC ban on firearms would prevent undue interference by partisan armed groups on the conduct of a new list-up in the region, composed of Basilan, Lanao Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. The poll b...
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11Jun2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, June 11 (PIA) -- A 49-man delegation from the City of Iligan attended the First National Convention of Civil Registrars and Partners in Civil Registration, at the summer capital of the Philippines, Baguio City. Sponsored by the Philippine Association of Civil Registrars (PACR), Inc., the convention is the first of its kind, where local civil registrars and partners nationwide converged to contribute insights, experiences, technologies, expertise, and wisdom to su...
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10Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 10 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 6 here advised jobseekers to pre-register before going to the “Kalayaan Job Fair” which will be held June 12 at Mary Mart Mall here in commemoration of the 114th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day. DOLE-6 Technical Services Support Division chief Salome Siaton said at the meeting of the job fair Regional Coordinating Council held June 8 in preparation for the event that the pre-registratio...
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05Jun2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment has advised the 82 contractors and sub-contractors in Region 2 with expired and expiring registration based on the Registry of Legitimate Sub-contractors, Contractors and Service Providers in the region to renew. The list of the contractors and sub-contractors were published by DOLE Regional Office No. 2 on its website, www.ro2.dole.gov.ph, in compliance to the Memorandum of Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz. In a let...
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05Jun2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, June 5 (PIA) -- The Commission on Election (Comelec) has set the registration of 659 detainees at the Calamba City Jail on June 29-30, 2012. City Election Officer-In-Charge Ursula R. Burgos said the listing was in response to a recent letter from City Jail Inspector Desiree M. Jumandon stating the intention of the detainees to become registered voters that would authorize them to exercise their right to vote in the coming May 2013 election. According to Comelec, detaine...
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28May2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, May 28 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Cauayan City said that voters identification cards of Cauayenos finally arrived and will soon be distributed when all are sorted out in the coming weeks. Election officer Efigenia Marquez said her office received 18,168 voters identification cards from Comelec central office intended for voters who underwent the biometrics registration in the last two elections. Marquez said the 18,168 newly arrived voters IDs ar...
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23May2012MANILA, May 23 (PIA) -- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mar Roxas said that the Land Transportation Office (LTO) component of the Road Transportation IT Infrastructure Project will lead to a permanent solution to the data access problem in vehicle registration. Roxas said in a statement that under the present automation set up of the LTO, key data such as vehicle registration are being handled by a third party provider and not by the government. He said the cur...
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21May2012MANILA, May 21 (PIA) -- Naglagda sang sini lang sang isa ka Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) kag Commission on Elections (COMELEC) tuhoy sa paglansar sang Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) Registration Center sa talatapan sang OWWA sa Intramuros, Manila. Suno sa isa ka report sang OWWA nga nabalhag sa ila website (www.gov.ph), ini bilang pagpanghanda para sa piniliay nga hiwaton sa Mayo 13 sang masunod ...
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18May2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 18 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allowed off-site or satellite registration in four municipalities in the province. These towns, namely, Balbalan, Lubuagan, Tanudan, and Tinglayan, have the same topographical conditions and have similar problem on inaccessibility. Off-site or satellite registration is a special procedure where Comelec brings the entire process on registration of votes, validation of names, and correction of entries down to the ...
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18May2012PARAÑAQUE, May 18 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) - Parañaque Office, in cooperation with the City Social Welfare and Development, will be holding a special registration for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) on May 26, Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Assessor’s Lounge of the Parañaque City Hall. Parañaque Mayor Jun Bernabe said the city government fully supports the special registration for the elderly and PWDs. “We encourage our seniors a...
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15May2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 15 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in La Union is reminding everyone that the last day of voter’s registration for this year is on October 31. COMELEC-La Union Provincial Election Supervisor Attorney Joel J. Gines reminded all listeners of the “Tugtugan at Talakayan” radio program of the Philippine Information Agency that the last day of registration of voters is on October 31, this year. Gines said that the different COMELEC municipal offi...
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12May2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 12 (PIA)-- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here is hopeful there will be a big turnout of registration coming from persons with disabilities (PWDs) sector with the establishment of a PWD lane. To facilitate the voter's registration of PWDs, Comelec-GenSan has brought its PWD lane to the barangays to make things easier for the differently-abled persons to register at their convenience. The strategy, Comelec-GenSan said will encourage PWDs to get actively involve...
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09May2012ILOILO CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Iloilo City is urging eligible voters, especially new voters, to take advantage of the series of satellite registrations that it will conduct in the different districts of this city. Iloilo City COMELEC Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno said as part of their preparations for the May 2013 elections, their pre-election activities have already started such as the registration of voters. “In the city, we have already establi...
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is encouraging fisherfolk to register with their respective local government units in order to benefit from the various projects and programs provided them. In a statement posted on the Department of Agriculture website, BFAR director Atty. Asis G. Perez also called on LGU heads to encourage the fisherfolk to register and to spare marginal and small-scale fisherfolk from any financial worries if such is the only impediment to...
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08May2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 8 (PIA6) -- About 80 percent of the registered voters in the 16 towns of Capiz have already validated their voter’s registration with the Commission on Election. Capiz Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceño said the election offices in the province is conducting validation and registration of voters at the barangay level. “This move aims to reach more people so that they will have the opportunity to exercise their right to suffrage in the coming 2013 elections,...
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03May2012QUEZON CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- More than a year to go before the 2013 local elections, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has set the registration of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). According to COMELEC Commissioner Rene Sarmiento, the COMELEC thru the Inter-Agency and NGO Network on Empowering Persons With Disabilities which is composed of various government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) continues to seek solutions to undertake measures so that PWDs can enjoy the right o...
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26Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is now implementing a new set of registration fees for business name registration (original and renewal), an advisory posted on the agency website said. The DTI said that under its new set of rules, the business name registration fee will be based as follows: Barangay PHP 200.00 City / Municipality PHP 500.00 Regional PHP 1,000.00 National PHP 2,000.00 However, the agency ...
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25Apr2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, April 25 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced recently in a press release the step-by-step process on how to pre-register for DOLE’s Job and Livelihood Fair on May 1, Labor Day as she called on interested job seekers to pre-register. "We encourage all jobseekers, new graduates, returning and displaced OFWs, and other interested Filipinos who are interested to go to the event to pre-register," she said, adding that pre-registration ...
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17Apr2012MANILA, April 17 (PIA) -- Si Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz nag-anusyo sa hinapos nga bahin sa semana sa mga ang-ang sa proseso unsaon sa pag pre-register alang sa Job and Livelihood Fair sa DOLE karong Mayo 1 diha sa iyang panawagan sa mga interesado nga mga mimiriling ug trabaho sa pag pre-register. “Kita nag-awhag sa tanang mga mamiriling ug trabaho, mga bag-ong gradwado, mibalik ug nawad-an ug trabaho nga mga OFWs ug uban pang mga intereado nga mga Pilipinhon ki...
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15Apr2012MANILA, April 15 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced over the weekend the step-by-step process on how to pre-register for the DOLE’s Job and Livelihood Fair on May 1, Labor Day, as she called on interested job seekers to pre-register. "We encourage all jobseekers, new graduates, returning and displaced OFWs, and other interested Filipinos who are interested to go to the event to pre-register," she said in a statement. “Pre-registration will make it ...
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05Apr2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, April 5 (PIA) --The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and barangay officials have set up satellite registration offices in Lucena. According to COMELEC Lucena City office headed by Atty. Joan Binoya Atienza, the creation of the 10 satellite registration offices aims to update the status of qualified voters residing in a particular barangay. Updating of records determines if the voter is active or inactive or has been transferred from one barangay or municipality to another...
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16Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 16 (PIA) - - Kalinga provincial office of the Commission on Election (Comelec) will conduct satellite registration of persons with disabilities in all municipalities of Kalinga and this city providing them an opportunity to exercise their right of suffrage. OIC Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor Rogelio Bagtang said coordination with local government units is on-going to facilitate the smooth implementation of the special project scheduled Ma...
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10Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 10 (PIA) -- Business owners need not leave their houses anymore to register their businesses. Provincial Director Peter Mangabat said the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other government agencies now offer registration of businesses through the Internet. The government, under its Philippine Business Registry System (PBRS), has launched the Sole Proprietorship New Registration (SPNR), which intends to expedite all busines...
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09Mar2012KALIBO, Aklan, March 9 (PIA6) – Aklan province had its biggest mass wedding recently as it celebrated the Civil Registration Month in February. The wedding was held in Ibajay, Aklan, facilitated by the local government unit under the National Statistics Office (NSO). From Ibajay’s 35 barangays, 247 pairs were married in civil wedding rites. The oldest bride was 74 years old “We are happy that even with her age, she recognized the importance o...
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07Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 7 (PIA6) -- About 400 voters in Barangay San Jose here benefited from the Commission on Election’s (COMELEC) satellite registration last week as part of the on-going voter’s registration and validation of records for the 2013 national and local elections. “We need to conduct the satellite registration because there are about 38,000 who have not validated their records with our office,” said COMELEC – Roxas City Election Supervisor...
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02Mar2012LAGAWE, Ifugao,Mar. 2 (PIA) --The Commission on Elections here has started validating the registration records of voters in this town. Yesterday, Comelec validated records of 150 voters in Barangay Jucbong. Jucbong is the third barangay here to undergo the said validation this week following the announcement made by the Comelec of the nationwide resumption of the continuing registration of new voters and validation of registration records. The other two barangays...
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01Mar2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 1 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office Southern Leyte Office revealed the provincial champion of the Civil Registration Quiz (CRQ) held last February 2012 at the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) Session Hall in Maasin City. NSO Provincial Statistics Officer Mae R. Almonte said that the winner Raquel G. Valles, an 18-year old senior student from Saint James College of Padre Burgos emerged the provincial winner besting other six contenders from other participating ...
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01Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- Residents of 14 towns in Pangasinan are now enjoying easier procurement of civil documents from the National Statistics Office (NSO) thru the Batch Request Entry Query System (BREQS). Provincial Statistician Edgar Norberte said BREQS makes it easier to obtain civil documents by decentralizing requests, payment and release to the local government units (LGUs). Requests are sent in batches to the NSO thru a liaison officer from the LGU for processin...
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29Feb2012KALIBO, Aklan, February 29 (PIA6) -- College students of various campuses of Aklan’s lone university and other private colleges here were recently enlightened on the importance of civil registration when the National Statistics Office (NSO) conducted a series of fora on Civil Registration in the different schools. The NSO’s conduct of fora at Aklan’s schools particularly for college students was one of the major activities here of the office in observance o...
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25Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, February 25, (PIA) -- The Catbalogan City LGU commemorates the civil registry month by holding a “Mass Wedding” at the end of February 2012 in Barangay Palanogon, Catbalogan City. Royandoyan said that the purpose of the mass wedding is to encourage the communities in the barrios and upland areas to register. She explained that most children are not registered because the parents are unwed. Once the weddings take place, birth reg...
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25Feb2012BATANGAS CITY, Peb. 25 (PIA) --Posibleng mapaaga ang filing of candidacy para sa local and national elections sa susunod na taon. Ito ang pahayag ni Atty. Grollen Mar Liwag, ang bagong election officer ng lungsod ng Batangas. Ayon kay Liwag, ito ang dahilan kung bakit wala siyang nakikitang extension na magaganap para sa registration ng mga botante na nagsimula noong Abril 2011 at matatapos ngayong Oktubre ng taong ito. Nararapat lamang aniya na agapan ng mga botante ang pagpap...
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24Feb2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Around 51 solemnizing officers consisting of municipal chief executives and church leaders in the province participated in the one-day seminar/workshop on civil registration conducted by the National Statistics Office provincial office on Feb. 17, 2012. Provincial Statistics Officer Cherry Grace D. Agustin said the activity, which is part of the Civil Registration Month celebration, aims to remind Quirinians about the importance of registering civi...
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23Feb2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The municipality of Balagtas is set to offer free processing of legal documents for barangays, in line with the observation of the Civil Registration Month this February. Balagtas mayor Romy Castro said the Municipal Local Civil Registrar Office (MLCO) has been visiting barangays in the agro-industrial town to persuade families to manage their legal documents such as birth certificates. “We ourselves proceed to barangays to encou...
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23Feb2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Feb. 23 (PIA6) -- The National Statistics Office here highlighted the celebration of the Civil Registration Month by conducting an information drive to college students on civil registration. Provincial Statistics Officer Fred Sollesta together with Deputy Statistics Officer Alma Bella Oreto conducted an informative lecture about civil registration and other statistical activities organized by the NSO to Bachelor of Science in Information Technology freshmen st...
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23Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Fifty couples will march down the isle and exchange “I dos” in a mass wedding that will be sponsored by the Sigma municipal government in Capiz today at the town’s Heritage Center. This was confirmed by National Statistics Office (NSO) – Capiz Officer-In-Charge Engr. Frankie Dordas after the meeting of all Municipal and City Civil Registrars last Feb. 16 to discuss the various activities for the Civil Registration Month (CRM) t...
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21Feb2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The new leadership of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is pushing for electoral reforms through the conduct of general voters’ registration. The move is supported by civil society organizations (CSO) and the governors of the five provinces comprising the autonomous region – Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv Hataman said this is the first time in the history of...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Regional Office X announced that all onsite membership registration and card issuance activities of its private partners are temporarily suspended. The announcement was made by Marlon Niño Arrabsaca, PhilHealth-X Membership and Marketing Section head, in a press conference held yesterday at the Pearlmont Inn, Cagayan De Oro City. The suspension will take effect immediately, he said. ...
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20Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced that it has suspended all onsite membership registration and card issuance activities of its private partners. In a press release, PhilHealth Iloilo Information Officer Lazaro Tabsing said the announcement was made by Philhealth President and CEO Dr. Educardo Banzon. Tabsing said Banzon has called for a tighter review of the terms of engagement pertaining to this agreement ...
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18Feb2012KALIBO, Aklan, Feb. 18 (PIA6) -- Aklan’s senior citizens will be treated by the National Statistics Office (NSO) here to free issuances of birth and marriage certificates this month as the agency observes Civil Registration Month this February. According to Blas Solidum, provincial statistics officer, the offer to the senior citizens is on a “first come, first serve” basis. The observance of Civil Registration Month, Solidum said, is in keeping with th...
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15Feb2012VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur, Feb 15 (PIA) – Every child has rights, including a right to a name. This is what the National Statistics Office (NSO) wants to uphold as it celebrates Civil Registration Month this February. The theme for this year is “Tamang Rehistro, Pananagutan ng Bawat Pilipino.” NSO provincial head Urbana A Romano advised parents or guardians registering a child to fill out forms accurately as mistakes made will soone...
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14Feb2012SAN FERNANDO, La Union, Feb 14 (PIA) -- As part of its implementation of K to 12 (Kindergarten and 12 years of elementary and secondary education) program which is anchored on the reform program of the Aquino administration, Superintendent Edna Leal of Department of Education, La Union Division recently announced that the early registration in public schools regionwide for school year 2012-2013 was successful. Last January 2, the number of students that were able to register according...
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14Feb2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- As a result of the resumption of the system of continuing registration of voters and validation of registration records for non-ARMM Areas, the province of La Union has about 398, 018 voters registered according to Garaiano Soriano of the Commission on Elections – Region I (COMELEC1). Soriano also added that the COMELEC have also installed satellite offices in sitios and barangays in La Union to ensure wider participation of senior cit...
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14Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- To boost the government’s health insurance program campaign of an increased membership in the country, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) opens online registration for prospective members. Philhealth Vice President for Mindanao Romeo Alberto said this new registration process is the insurance corporation’s way of reaching netezins out there who are not yet Philhealth member. Alberto said with the...
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10Feb2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Feb. 10 (PIA6) -- To celebrate Civil Registration Month, the National Statistics Office will conduct nationwide activities with the theme “Tamang Rehistro, Pananagutan ng Bawat Pilipino.” These activities include putting up of streamers in conspicuous places in different cities and municipalities, holding of civil registration quiz or information/education campaign to make the people aware about civil registration and free registration of late civil ...
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10Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- The city government is set to hold a free mass wedding for 55 couples, to be solemnized by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy, tomorrow, February 11. Dubbed as “Twogether Forever,” the mass wedding will be held at 8:00 a.m. at the Dipolog City Sports Complex at barangay Olingan this city. A free mass wedding is held every February of each year by the city government as one of the highlights of the “Civil Registration Month” celebration. &...
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07Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 7 -- Gilusad sa City Civil Registrar’s Office (CCRO) ug lokal nga sanga sa National Statistics Office (NSO) atol sa flag raising program sa city hall ang pagsa-ulog sa Civil Registration Month sa tibuok bulan sa Pebrero ning tuig 2012. Sumala ni Regina Gamolo, local NSO chief, pormal nga magsugod ang mga kalihukan sa CRM 2012 pinaagi sa usa ka motorkada libot sa siyudad, Pebrero 6. Samtang sa pikas bahin, nasayran gikan ni City Civil Reg...
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07Feb2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 7 (PIA) --- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has resolved to resume the system of continuing registration of voters and validation of registration records in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on March 5, 2012. Lawyer Nasib Yasin, Provincial Election supervisor, said the continuing registration of voters slated from March 5 to October 31, 2012 was ordered by the Comelec en banc through Resolution ...
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04Feb2012NAVAL, Biliran, February 4 (PIA) – As the entire country celebrates the month of February this year as civil registration month, the occasion is highlighted here in the province of Biliran with the conduct of free birth registration and mass weddings. The month-long celebration is pursuant to Proclamation No. 682 issued on January 28, 1991 by then President Corazon C. Aquino declaring the whole month of February in every year as Civil Registration Month. The civil registr...
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03Feb2012BATANGAS, Peb 3 (PIA) -- Sa ilalim ng Proklamasyon Blg. 682 na ipinasa ng dating Pangulong Corazon C. Aquino noong ika-19 ng Enero 1991, ang buwan ng Pebrero ay idineklarang buwan ng Pagpaparehistrong Sibil o “Civil Registration Month. Sa taong ito ang tema ng pagdiriwang ay “Tamang Rehistro, Pananagutan ng Bawat Pilipino” . Ayon kay PSO Charito C. Armonia, hepe ng National Statistics Office-Batangas Provincial Office, ang NSO Batangas sa tulong ng mga City/Municipal Ci...
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01Feb2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, February 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) schools division office of this city has yielded more than a thousand registrants from kindergarten, elementary and secondary public schools in its early registration conducted last January 28. Santiago City schools division coordinator Dr. Estelito Balatan, Jr. said per DepEd memorandum order 04, all schools are mandated to conduct early registration to prepare the Department ...
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29Jan2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- Special children with special needs were among the first registrants in the Jan. 28 Early Registration Day in Catbalogan 1 Central Elementary School, Catbalogan City, Samar. Lourdes Estrada, Principal of the Special Education (SPED) Center said they have opened the registration center as early as 6 a.m. until 6p.m. to make sure that all clients will be given ample time to visit them. Hearing impaired ‘Paul,’ (not his real nam...
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27Jan2012NAVAL, Biliran, Jan 27 (PIA) -- The district supervisorof the Naval North District said that the Early Registration Day or the Early Enrolment Day for the incoming kindergarten and grade 1 school children will be held on Saturday, January 28. Roberto G. Manuel, district supervisor, said that part of the aim of the Early Registration Day is to achieve the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and the objectives of the Education For All (EFA) of DepEd. The activity which is anchor...
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27Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) declared Jan. 28 as “Early Registration Day” for the school year 2012-2013 in all public elementary schools nationwide. The early registration seeks to reach out to all five-year-old children to enroll in kindergarten and for six year-olds to enlist for Grade 1 level. In last year's early registration, it only covered the kindergarten that started the K+12 basic education program, as well as the Grade 1...
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27Jan2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Jan 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Education reiterated its call for the early registration set on January 28 to ensure that schoolaged children are not left behind and everybody is enrolled for school year 2012-13 and to achieve universal participation in basic education. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista-Yu enjoined the cooperation and support of the local government units, barangay officials, parents-teachers associations, civil society, and the business sector to m...
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26Jan2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Jan 26 (PIA) -- Even as preparations for the successful conduct of the Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association (EVRAA) sports meet here reaches feverish pitch, the City Schools Division of the Department of Education (DepEd) is also getting ready with the registration of incoming kinder and grade 1 pupils for the school year 2012-2013. Memorandum Circular Number 4 series of 2012 issued by the Education department mandates all schools divisi...
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25Jan2012PASIG, Jan 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has declared this Saturday, January 28 as an expanded early registration day for School Year (S.Y.) 2012-2013 in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide. Last year, the early registration covered only kindergarten which jumpstarted the K to 12 basic education reform program, as well as Grade 1 pupils and first year high school students. This year, the DepEd has expanded the target of early registration to i...
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24Jan2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Jan 24 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) reiterated its call for youth and youth-serving organizations all over the country to register with the Commission’s Youth Organizations Registration Program (YORP). In a statement sent by the NYC Visayas Area Office, commissioner Erwin Chua Andaya, who heads the YORP informed that the YORP is the agency’s mechanism to establish a youth network in the country. All youth organizations, whether natio...
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24Jan2012KALIBO, Aklan, January 24 (PIA6) – Is your barong genuine? Yes, there are now fake ones in the market. A party list representative a partylist representative was told by a co-attendee in a public function that he was wearing a fake piña barong. The congressman reportedly bought the barong from a mall where he was assured that the barong was made of pure piña. Thus, the Intellectual Property Office Philippines (IPOPHL) has launched a campaign to prevent fake piña Baro...
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19Jan2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- Parents and guardians are encouraged to enroll their incoming kindergarten, Grade 1 and first year high school students for the next school year for the early registration on Jan. 28. Although the registration day is a Saturday, all public elementary and high schools will be opened to accommodate early registrants. Department of Education (DepEd) Public Information Officer Erlie Blanco explained that the DepEd will determ...
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11Jan2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan. 12 (PIA1) – To be able to set the budget for students’ needs and financial facilities, the Department of Education (DepEd) has set the nationwide enrollment of incoming Grade 1 pupils and first year students for school year 2012-2013 to start on January 28, Dr. Marcely G. Macob, Education Program Supervisor II of DepEd-Regional Office 1 said. The early enrollment started three years ago but was institutionalized only last year, in prepa...
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02Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is advising all foreigners in the country to do their annual report to the Agency starting January 3 to avoid sanctions for being improperly documented aliens. BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said, foreigners in the country should make their annual report as early as possible to avoid deadline rush. Based on the Alien Registration Act of 1950, all foreigners holding immigrant or non-immigrant visas to report to the...
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30Jun2011Zamboanga City, June 30 (PIA) -- A government university and a private broadcasting company recently forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the primary aim of assisting the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Muslims of this city in their late birth registration. Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) represented by its President Dr. Grace J. Rebollos and Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) represented by its Philippine Domestic Service Director Carlos M. Diño signed the said MOA...
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16May2011DAVAO CITY, May 16 (PIA) – As part of its thrust to uphold the child’s right to have a name and nationality, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched a free birth registration program to provide legal identity to all children of its Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program beneficiaries. The program which would run for the month of May would accommodate newborns and late registrants from the 4Ps areas covering 31 municipalities and three cities in the re...
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24Feb2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -– Home Mutual Development Fund (HMDF) or PAG-IBIG here announces its newest service catering the city’s population of employers ---“Employers Online Registration.” Pag-IBIG Fund officially launched the Member Services – Employers Online Registration recently. In a press statement, PAG-IBIG advises employers to avail of the system’s latest innovation and spare themselves the hassle of physical visit to the fund. “Employers...
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23Feb2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CTY, Misamis Oriental, Feb. 23 – The PhilExport is slated to conduct a free orientation on Registration Procedures to the electronic to mobile (e2m) for Exports of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). This is in response to the BOC’s Memorandum dated January 19, 2011 detailing the new and complete schedules of the e2m Phase 4 Customs rollout, exporters are required to be accredited with the Client Profile Registration System (CPRS). With the memorandum, exporters who are not...
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28Jan2011PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA9) - - February is declared as the National Civil Registration month. This year’s theme is “Quality Civil Registration in Support of the National Development Goals.” Regional Director Ronaldo C. Taghap of the National Statistics Office (NSO-IX) said “the significance of quality civil registration shall be emphasized and demonstrated towards the attainment of our national goals.” The Office of the Civil Registrar-General (OCRG) and ...
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27Jan2011CALAMBA CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) – The National Statistics Office (NSO) in coordination with the Local Civil Registry Offices (LCRO) will spearhead the celebration of the Civil Registration Month in February with the theme, “Quality Civil Registration in Support of the National Development Goals.” The observance of Civil Registration Month, on its 20th year, is in accordance with Proclamation No. 682 issued by then President Corazon C. Aquino on January 19, 1991. Mea...
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12Jan2011TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 12 (PIA) - The National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2 has announced that the DTI-NERBAC is now implementing new fees for business name registration system (BNRS) in the region. According to Rico Adduru, chief of the licensing division of the DTI-NERBAC, their office is now implementing the following registration fees for business name registration (original and renewal) ...
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12Feb2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (12 February) -- A total of 2,415,824 voters have been registered in Northern Mindanao for the May 10 elections, this year. This number of registered voters was arrived at after the Election Registration Board (ERB) has conducted the hearings of all pending applications and de-activation of registration of voters last Jan. 9, Atty. Renato A. Magbutay, Regional Elections Director of region 10, said. Excluded in the list of registered voters are the names of those who ...
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