PH records of birth, marriage or death are not 100% accurate

By Crispin Aranda

Jun 19, 2023 12:15 am

MIGRANT MATTERS

A PARALLEL question is relevant: 'If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?'

If a child is born and the event is recorded with the local civil registrar — subsequently forwarded to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) previously known as the National Statistics Office (NSO) — does the record validate the facts of birth?

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