Iloilo team wins in Civil Registration Month Contests

In celebration of Civil Registration Month in February 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) VI conducted the CRVS Quiz Bee Regional Level and e-Poster Making contest on February 6, 2021 at the PSA RSSO 6 Learning and Development Center located at J Villanueva Building, Iznart Street, Iloilo City.

The day has started with Eucharistic mass and followed by the quiz bee contest for local civil registrars.

The quiz bee contest for PSA personnel was held in the afternoon with 10 participants from RSSO 6 SOCD, CRASD, CRSO and Iloilo.

The e-Poster Making Contest saw participants from Aklan, Iloilo, Antique, and Guimaras. A total of 6 entries were presented in the e-Poster Making Contest, in which three were submitted by the Guimaras contingent.

The contests’ rules and guidelines are aligned with this year’s CRM theme: “Strengthening Civil Registration and Vital Statistics’ Digital Information: The Ways to Manage the New Normal”.

The awarding was held on the same day.

The winners of the quiz bee contest for local civil registrars were Robyn Lois Gaylan of Buenavista, Guimaras (Regional Winner), Marivel Gargalicana of Iloilo City, Iloilo (first runner-up), Elery Balgos of Dao, Capiz (second runner-up), Michael Esprago of Jordan, Guimaras (third runner-up), and Maria Rosario Palomo of Sipalay City, Negros Occidental (fourth runner-up).

The quiz bee contest winners in the regional level were Shirlyn Hortillosa of Iloilo (regional champion), Rachel Cabador of CRASD (first runner-up), Rovelyn Llamas of SOCD (second runner-up), Dominador Cabrera Jr of Iloilo (third runner-up), and Eufrosina Propetiado of CRASD (fourth runner-up).

The e-poster making contest champion was the team from Iloilo followed by Aklan and Guimaras.

Every year, the Civil Registration Month is being celebrated pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 682 signed on January 28, 1991 by former President Corazon C. Aquino, declaring February as the Civil Registration Month.

This occasion also seeks to remind the citizens 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 and underscore the necessity for Congress to provide adequate funds for enforcement and administration of laws on civil registration.