February is Civil Registration Month pursuant to Presidential Declaration of the former President Corazon C. Aquino on the 28th of January 1991. The Philippine Statistics Authority spearheads this celebration with this year’s theme: #napapanahongCRVS.

PSA promotes the importance of timely Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the lives of every Filipino in the country. This celebration reminds Filipinos to register vital events such as births, marriages and deaths as well as decrees, legal instruments and judicial orders affecting their civil status. Accurate civil registration helps facilitate the smooth processing and availing of basic services and transactions with government agencies and private institutions.

To celebrate the 2018 Civil Registration Month, PSA Bohol Provincial Statistical Office initiated various activities to our partner agencies and Local Civil Registry Offices.

Awareness of the people is vital in celebration, thus, display of streamers was done few days before the strike of February 1, to welcome with enthusiasm. A streamer was hanged at the ground floor of PSA Bohol office during the month-long celebration.

Twenty-eight (28) municipalities also put up streamers in their respective towns free of charge through the initiative of the  Local Civil Registrars.

OIC-PSO Jocelyn S. Sarmiento  and her staff attended the Mobile Services which was conducted at JAD Center-Loboc, Bohol last February 21, 2018 through the request from Mayor Helen C. Alaba of the said town. Request for copy issuance of birth, marriage and death documents including CENOMARs were likewise served. A total of 1,083 requests were received from the copy issuance of birth, marriage, death certificates and CENOMAR

Civil Registration Month is never complete without the campaign to get everyone in the picture. This Civil Registration Month, PSA Bohol team joined the Mobile Registration in various barangays across the Province of Bohol. 22 barangays from Mabini, 1 from Bien unido, 1 from Talibon & 4 barangays from Candijay has conducted the mobile registration.

A Civil Registration Symposium among the students of Grades 10 and 12 of Lila National High School was conducted on February 15, 2018. The principal of the school warmly welcome and acknowledged the effort as an important avenue to verify information with regards to Civil Registration problems. Symposia was also conducted in the municipality of Candijay, Bohol wherein parents were the audience. Topics such as importance, uses, and laws of Civil Registration were presented and discussed.

The Bohol Provincial Statistical Office conducted the “Updates for Solemnizing Officers”, a refresher course on Civil Registration laws and other updated laws for solemnizing Officers or CRASM applicants. This also aims to refresh the participants’ knowledge on the processes on applying for CRASM, as well as a venue for the participants to provide their feedback on the office’s procedures of issuing their certificates, and other questions that may arise on the matter. The event was attended by pastors of various religious sects based in the Province of Bohol. Registration Officer I Felicitas B. Aranas & Cielito O. Evangelista also conducted the Training on Registration of Authority to Solemnize Marriage on February 23, 2018 at Harvest Time Temple-Loay,Bohol with  twenty-two (22) solemnizing officers.

Hundreds of Boholano couples were wed in various Mass Weddings conducted by different Local   Government Units, coordinated by the Local/Municipal Civil Registry Offices this February 19 in   Tagbilaran City and February 28 in the municipality of Trinidad, Bohol. March 1 and March 8 was in   the municipalities of Carmen and San Miguel, respectively. PSA Bohol staff attended Mass wedding   in the different cities/municipalities in Bohol during the month of February and March. Mass   weddings were solemnized by City/Municipal Mayors in their respective jurisdictions.

Charitable activity were also conducted in the municipality of Talibon by giving grooming kit     (toothpaste, bath soap, shampoo, laundry soap) to 212 inmates of BJMP and distribution of snacks   with the participation of the OIC-PSO Jocelyn S. Sarmiento and RO I Felicitas Aranas. A total of   two hundred (200) indigents  from 4 barangays in Candijay received goods (rice, canned goods   and  noodles).