PhilSys Registration in Davao Occidental jumps to 242 thousand in 2022  
 

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) successfully registered a cumulative total of 241,609 Filipino residents in the province of Davao Occidental as of December 31, 2022. (Table 1)  
 

PhilSys Registration of Children was highest in number in 2022

PhilSys registration of children aged 5-14 years old was highest in number with 25,605 registrations in 2022, followed by adults aged 15-59 with 9,107 and senior citizens aged 60 and above with 399. (Table 2)

Municipality of Malita still had the highest number of PhilSys registrants

Out of the five municipalities of Davao Occidental, the Municipality of Malita once again contributed the largest share in the number of registrants which was 39.1 percent of the total cumulative number of registrations in the province. This was then followed by Jose Abad Santos with 22.1 percent, Santa Maria with 19.1 percent, Don Marcelino with 13.5 percent and Sarangani with 6.2 percent. (Table 3)

The PhilSys Step 2 Registration was conducted through mobile registration approach in different barangays of the five municipalities of the province.

More than three-fourths of the Total Population of Davao Occidental had been registered in the PhilSys

Seventy-six percent of the total population of the province had been registered in the PhilSys based on the results of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing of 317,159 individuals.

Among the municipalities, Santa Maria took the lead with 80.47 percent of completion, followed by Malita with 79.84 percent, Jose Abad Santos with 72.65 percent, Don Marcelino with 71.68 percent and Sarangani with 66.63 percent. (Table 4)

Walk-in/Sequential Registration is highest in terms of Registration Mode

In terms of Mode of Registration, Walk-in/Sequential registration was the highest with the cumulative total of 131,354 registrants which was now followed by Assisted Step 1 Pre-Registration with 110,227 registrants and Online Step 1 Pre-Registration with only 28 cumulative registrants.

For the year 2022, Walk-in/Sequential Registrations were higher than Assisted Step 1 Pre-Registrations for the municipalities of Jose Abad Santos, Malita and Santa Maria. On the other hand, the municipalities of Don Marcelino and Sarangani had higher Assisted Step 1 Pre-Registrations than Walk-in/Sequential Registrations. Only the Municipality of Malita had Online Step 1 Pre-Registration services available for the PhilSys Fixed Registration Center. (Table 5)

Republic Act No. 11055, or the Philippine Identification System Act, signed into law by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on August 6, 2018, aims to establish a single national identification system for all citizens and resident aliens of the Republic of the Philippines. The valid proof of identity provided by the PhilSys shall be a means of simplifying public and private transactions, and shall be a social and economic platform that promotes seamless social service delivery and strengthens financial inclusion for both public and private services. As a foundational digital ID system, the PhilSys will transform how services are delivered in the Philippines, and accelerate our transition into a digital economy, including to enable presence-less, paperless, and cashless transactions.