The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Davao de Oro, headed by Chief Statistical Specialist (CSS) Abraham Enrico E. Gulay, Jr., successfully conducted the 33^rd Civil Registration Month Culmination and Awarding of Outstanding Local Civil Registry Offices (LCRO) last 28 February 2023 at Nabunturan. The activity was supported by the Statistical Specialist II (SS II) and Civil Registry Services (CRS) Supervisor Filomeno F. Alas, Jr. of Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) XI. Moreover, Municipal Civil Registrars (MCRs) together with their LCRO staff attended the said event.

Pursuant to Proclamation No. 682 signed by the former President Corazon C. Aquino on 28 January 1991, February of every year is declared as the Civil Registration Month. This annual celebration aims to remind the Filipinos of their duty to register acts and events concerning status of persons, enhance nationwide awareness, and appreciation of the legal, administrative, and statistical values of civil registry documents.

To conclude the month-long celebration of the Civil Registration Month, PSA Davao de Oro took time to acknowledge the efforts of its LCROs. Major highlights of the event were the Dissemination of Latest Vital Statistics in Davao Region followed by the Training on the Decentralized Copy Annotation Process (DECAP). The said activities were delivered by SS II Alas where he shared the latest statistics on vital events in Davao Region. For the training on DECAP, he shared the latest updates and reiterated the standard processes that the LCROs must comply. After the presentation, a question-and-answer portion and an open forum were facilitated to cater the issues and concerns of the participants.

On the second part of the celebration, the awarding ceremony commenced with CSS Gulay and SSII Alas spearheading the distribution of plaques and tokens to the awardees. LCRO Monkayo bagged the highest number of awards. They were hailed as the 1^st Top Performing Local Civil Registry Office and the Best LCRO with the Most Organized/Quality Workplace and for having the Most Updated Civil Registry Books. LCRO New Bataan landed as the 2^nd Top Performing Local Civil Registry Office and was the Best LCRO having the Most Quality Data. LCRO Maco was also awarded as the 3^rd Top Performing Local Civil Registry Office. LCRO Compostela received the award as the Most Improved Civil Registry Office and the Best LCRO having the Most Number of Civil Registration Activities. LCRO Montevista accepted their award for being the Best LCRO having the Highest Proportion of Births Registered in the 2022 PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project (PBRAP) Target. The event concluded with the closing remarks of Mr. Marvin Ilajas, MCR of New Bataan and President of the Council of Civil Registrars of Davao de Oro.

A correct and accurate civil registration, compulsory for every Filipino under Republic Act (RA) 37653, helps facilitate the smooth processing and availing of basic services and transactions with government agencies and private institutions such as education, healthcare, insurance benefit, employment, social security, and property ownership. The Philippine Statistics Authority with its strong partnership with the Local Civil Registry Offices of Davao de Oro remains committed to its ultimate goal of providing efficient and effective civil registration for equitable development towards improved quality of life for all.

For more information on the 33^rd Civil Registration Month Culmination and Awarding of Outstanding Local Civil Registry Offices, please contact PSA Davao de Oro with telephone numbers (084) 817 – 0172 and (084) 817-0347, and email address davaodeoro@psa.gov.ph.