House OKs bill seeking permanent validity of birth, death, marriage certificates By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published June 2, 2021 5:17pm The measure seeking the permanent validity of birth, death, and marriage certificates was passed on third and final reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. House Bill 9175 or the proposed Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act obtained 199 affirmative votes. The bill mandates the permanent validity of the certificates of live birth, death, and marriage issued, signed, certified, or authenticated by the Philippine Statistics Authority and the National Statistics Office as well as those issued by local civil registries.
House bill on birth, death, marriage certificate validity hurdles 2nd reading By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News
Published May 25, 2021 7:24pm The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading the proposed measure providing a lifetime validity to live birth, death, and marriage certificates. During the House session, the chamber passed House Bill 9175 or the Permanent Validity of Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act which seeks to promote efficiency by removing duplicitous processes and requirements on the issuance and use of the documents. Certificates of live birth, death, and marriage issued, signed, certified and authenticated by PSA and its predecessor NSO, and local civil registries shall have permanent validity regardless of date of issuance and shall be recognized and accepted in all government or private transactions or services, read the measure.
Published May 15, 2021, 4:37 PM
Despite closed borders and the lack of commercial flights available, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday night brought home 155 distressed overseas Filipinos from China, bringing the total number of Filipinos the agency has brought home from around the world since the pandemic started to 400,958.
The Department of Foreign Affairs repatriates 155 overseas Filipinos from China (DFA photo)
The agency’s repatriation program is funded by its assistance-to-nationals (ATN) budget.
“Most of the recent arrivals were assisted with their overstaying fees in the country by the Philippine Embassy in Beijing and the various Philippine Consulates General in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xiamen,” DFA said in a statement Saturday, May 15.
Civil Service Commission (CSC)
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The CSC said the eligibility may be used to vie for career positions in the government.
“The CSC grants the Honor Graduate Eligibility (HGE) to graduates of private higher education institutions in the Philippines from school year 1972-1973 and thereafter, with baccalaureate/bachelor’s degree recognized by the Commission on Higher Education, or state/local college or university with baccalaureate/bachelor’s degree included in its charter, or baccalaureate/bachelor’s degree duly approved by its Board of Trustees/Board of Regents,” it said in a statement.
It noted that CSC Resolution No. 1302714 was issued on Dec. 17, 2013 to expand the grant of eligibility and include honor graduates from foreign schools.
Press Release
March 2, 2021
Bong Go welcomes dismissal of ambassador who maltreated household staff; says DOFil can ramp up protection of overseas Filipinos from various forms of abuse
Senator Christopher Bong Go welcomed the results of the investigation and recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs on the reported maltreatment and abuse of a Filipino embassy household staff member committed by then Philippine ambassador to Brazil, Marichu Mauro.
The decision, which was signed and approved by President Rodrigo Duterte as he announced last night, metes out the penalty of dismissal from the service, with the accessory penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, and perpetual disqualification from holding public office, among others.