PSA launches Step 2 registration for PhilSys in Butuan City
SM City Butuan will last for a year, and targets to accommodate at least 540 registrants per day. Registrants may register online for ease of transaction through https://register.philsys.gov. ph/.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Caraga officially launched the second step of registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Butuan city.
identification system for every Filipino.
“With PhilSys, public and private transactions will be made seamless, safe, and efficient through a singular and formal identification system. PhilSys will also A registration center was boost and ease the established at SM City delivery of services by Butuan at the third level to improving the public’s accommodate registrants access to financial, who wish to complete social protection, health, the second step of the education, and other registration. government services,” he said. PSA Caraga Chief Statistical Analyst Reynelo According to Frank Magno said that amid Nicol Marba, Public the pandemic, the Relations Officer of SM government is striving City Butuan, the PhilSys to create a systematic Step 2 Registration at
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“Being a staunch supporter of safe community building, SM City Butuan aims to provide a convenient avenue for Butuanons to file for their ID,” said Marba. The PSA is targeting around 1.8 million Caraganons to register for the national ID system, with 415,800 from the vulnerable sectors, lowincome households, and those without access to the internet. In Butuan City, a total of 91,659 residents from 37 barangays have already completed the step 1 of the three-step registration process. (Doreen Mariel Rosales/FNMarba/SM City Butuan/PIA-Caraga) Caraga INFOCUS
