BACOLOD City – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) started the registration process for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in six local government units in Negros Occidental, including this city.
This is part of the small-scale and gradual rollout of the Step 2 PhilSys registration for individuals who have already taken the first step, or the pre-registration last year.
According to Luis Gonzales, chief statistical specialist of PSA-Negros Occidental, they opened the registration centers on Feb. 23 in the cities of Bacolod and Silay while those in Bago City and Murcia town were opened on Feb. 24.
The first two LGUs, Valladolid and San Enrique towns, started the enlistment process on Feb. 3, he added.
Gonzales said the PSA-Negros Occidental deployed 72 registration kits to the said LGUs.
“Those who have been pre-registered since October last year will receive a text message, informing them of their schedule for Step 2 and instructing them to proceed to their respective registration centers,” he added.
Step 2 registration process involves the validation of supporting documents and capturing the registrants’ biometric information, such as fingerprints, iris scans, and front-facing photographs.
Gonzales said it is possible that the initial Step 2 registrants in Negros Occidental will be among those who will receive the first batch of national ID cards.
In Negros Occidental, 808,387 low-income household heads and members have been pre-registered for the PhilSys, based on the data of PSA-Western Visayas.(With a report from PNA/PN)
