Published July 14, 2021, 8:23 AM
AMADEO, Cavite – Bonafide residents who were named after the town “Amadeo” will automatically got cash incentives from the local government unit (LGU) as part of the municipality’s 149th founding anniversary celebration.
On Tuesday (June 13), four residents who were namesakes of the town were awarded certificates of recognition and cash incentives by Mayor Redel John B. Dionisio.
The annual recognition, which started in 2020, aims to boost morale and make awardees proud to be named after the town.
Amadeo Municipal Tourism Officer-In-Charge told the Manila Bulletin that the LGU checked records from the Local Civil Registrar to find the town’s official namesake residents.
LGU Marawi offers free birth registration anew
Philippine Information Agency
17 May 2021, 20:38 GMT+10
MARAWI CITY, May 17 (PIA) Residents here may now avail of free birth registration at the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) Office located inside City Hall Compound from May 17-19, 2021.
This, after the city government of Marawi, rolled out a three-day free birth registration to provide its vulnerable residents with birth certificates and avoid difficulties in natal registration in the future.
The LCR served as the frontline agency in processing the birth certificates and in making sure that each client is given appropriate assistance.
Bai Rawia Naga-Pangadapun, acting city civil registrar, said they target to cater 50 or more beneficiaries who belong to the vulnerable sector such as PWDs and those who cannot afford to pay for birth registration.
Published May 11, 2021, 11:09 AM
Acknowledging that a high number of members of indigenous communities have unrecorded civil registry, the House Committee on Ways and Means has unanimously approved a bill providing indigenous peoples (IPs) free and culture civil registration system.
Two legislative measures were consolidated by the House panel during a virtual hearing held Monday, May 10. Both bills sought to address the civil registry problems confronting IPs.
Members of the Makabayan bloc who authored House Bill 1332, noted that IPs are “discouraged to register their biological milestones” because they find the current registration system “not friendly to their unique ways, tradition and culture.”
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to inform local election offices and prevent any possible anomalies during the upcoming national elections.
In a tweet on Friday, April 23, Jimenez apologized for making the announcement in the middle of people’s grief but noted that it’s the way of ensuring that the memory of their loved ones are not used in any election fraud.
“COVID19 has taken –and is still taking– too much from us, so [I] apologize for bringing this up. Sadly, politics touches all aspects of our lives, intruding even upon our grief. Please consider helping us make sure that the memory of our loved ones [is] not sullies come elections,” Jimenez wrote.