How to fix typos in your birth certificate faster: Step-by-step guide

Airam Limatog 05/19/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipinos seeking corrections in birth, marriage, and death certificates may soon avoid months-long delays after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) launched a new digital system designed to speed up civil registry petitions. The…

Civil registry typos? PSA opens digital system to fix errors

Pia Piquero 05/16/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A single misplaced letter. A wrong middle name. A typographical error buried in an official document for years. These seemingly minor mistakes in birth, marriage, or death certificates have often led to major…

How to get PSA birth, marriage, death e-certs online

Airam Limatog 03/06/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A few clicks can now replace long lines at offices as Filipinos gain a faster way to request official documents (birth, death, marriage) through the online e-certificate service of the Philippine Statistics Authority…

PSA admits birth records of 1,733 foreigners faked

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 08/19/2024

BACOLOR, Pampanga — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) admitted during the House quad-committee hearing on Friday, August 16, that birth records for 1,733 foreigners had been found to be falsified. 1-Rider party-list Rep. Bonifacio Bosita asked PSA…

Alice Guo’s birth certificate: Petition to cancel this filed

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 07/05/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A petition to cancel the birth certificate of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has been filed by the Office of the Solicitor General. They sought to cancel Guo’s birth certificate “on the ground,…

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