NSO R-10, PCAR to host N. M’nao registrars confab

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The National Statistics Office of Region 10 (NSO-10) under the leadership of Regional Director Salvador A. Aves, and the Philippine Association of Civil Registrars (PCAR) spearheaded by its president, MCR Dorotheo O. Lacbain, has joined forces in convening the barangay officials and local civil registrars of Northern Mindanao in one forum dubbed as the 5th Regional Convention on Barangay Civil Registration System (BCRS), at Grand Caprice Convention Center on October 11-12.

NSO Administrator and Civil Registrar General Carmelita N. Ericta will grace the convention as Keynote Speaker. The BCRS regional convention will revolve around the theme "Sa Barangay Nagsisimula Ang Pagbabago," according to Director Aves. Tomas P. Africa, Consultant of PARIS 21 and former NSO Administrator and Civil Registrar General will also elucidate the theme via discussion of the Significance of BCRS in National Development. Topics of current significance such as RA 10172 ,otherwise known as "An Act Authorizing C/MCRS to Correct Clerical Errors in the Day and Month of Birth or Sex without Judicial Order" will be tackled by Dir. Lourdes J. Hufana of the Civil Registry Department of NSO Central Office.