The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region VIII continues to offer its services to the beneficiaries of the various programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) particularly on Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 Registration, Authentication, Retrieval of Transaction Numbers and ePhilID Issuance.

The roll-out of this colocation activities in Eastern Visayas commenced on 11 March 2024 after all agreements between PSA and DSWD were finalized during the coordination meeting held on 08 March 2024. PSA PhilSys teams were deployed in various municipalities and barangays to cater populace both one to four years old and 5 years old above.

As of 26 March 2024, below is the breakdown of services and total number of transactions logged under the DSWD FDS colocation;

The endeavor is being done pursuant to the memorandum issued in January 2024 by the DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian with the goal of registering about 24 Million beneficiaries and their children nationwide to PhilSys while those aged five (5) years and above who were registered with PhilSys before 01 February 2024 must undergo the PhilSys Authentication for them to be able to avail the Family Development Sessions (FDS) equivalency.

For inquiries and further information, you may visit the PSA’s official website at www.psa.gov.ph or contact our office with telephone number (053) 839-1884 and email address rsso08@psa.gov.ph.

SGD. WILMA A. PERANTE
Regional Director