Census centers in Talisay, Bogo are doing well

The two Census Serbilis Centers in the province are now doing well, according to the National Statistics Office 7.

NSO information officer-designate Noel Rafols said the Census Serbilis Centers in Talisay City and the town of Bogo are in full swing.

The local civil registrar's office of the two government units signed a Memorandum of Agreement with NSO to avail of the Batch Request Entry System (BREQS) software to make documentation of civil registry papers accessible without going to the regional office at M.J. Cuenco.

Rafols said Talisay City has recorded an increase in the volume of requests since it started last February.

He said Talisay is having a daily pickup and transmittal of requests but the release of the documents is done after 10 days.

This is to anticipate any possible backlog that may occur once it is already transmitted at NSO7, Rafols said.

Rafols said the system usually encounters disturbances, as these are still dependent on telecommunication lines.

"An hour of offline for us at NSO7 means thousands of registration papers as backlog," Rafols said.

Once the BREQ's data reaches NSO7, these will still be further verified before being printed.

Rafols said it would be better if other local government units would also avail of the BREQ's system as this would mean convenience in the part of the person requesting and also income from the servicing local government unit. - Ferliza C. Contratista