PSA RSSO 8 continues 
			its partnership with DSWD providing major PhilSys services to 
			beneficiaries
			
			By 
			PSA-8
			March 26, 2024
			TACLOBAN CITY – The 
			Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region VIII continues to offer 
			its services to the beneficiaries of the various programs of the 
			Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) particularly on 
			Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 Registration, 
			Authentication, Retrieval of Transaction Numbers and ePhilID 
			Issuance. 
			
			The roll-out of this 
			colocation activities in Eastern Visayas commenced on 11 March 2024 
			after all agreements between PSA and DSWD were finalized during the 
			coordination meeting held on 08 March 2024. PSA PhilSys teams were 
			deployed in various municipalities and barangays to cater populace 
			both one to four years old and 5 years old above.
			As of 26 March 2024, below 
			is the breakdown of services and total number of transactions logged 
			under the DSWD FDS colocation; 
			
			
			The endeavor is being done 
			pursuant to the memorandum issued in January 2024 by the DSWD 
			Secretary Rex Gatchalian with the goal of registering about 24 
			Million beneficiaries and their children nationwide to PhilSys while 
			those aged five (5) years and above who were registered with PhilSys 
			before 01 February 2024 must undergo the PhilSys Authentication for 
			them to be able to avail the Family Development Sessions (FDS) 
			equivalency.