PSA investigates nearly 50,000 birth certificates for possible fraud
Already have Rappler+?
to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
PSA says it has already blocked 100,720 birth certificates and civil registry documents, as of October. Of this number, 1,627 were birth certificates obtained by foreigners.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), during the Senate’s final hearing on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO), said it was looking into around 50,000 certificates due to alleged fraud.
During the inquiry on Tuesday, November 26, Assistant National Statistician Marizza Grande said based on their fact-finding investigation, they found nearly 50,000 suspected fraudulent cases of birth certificates and relayed them to their field offices for further investigation.
“And this is ongoing…. right now. So we will be updating the committee once we have these reports coming from our PSA field offices,” Grande said.
The PSA official said that as of October, they have already blocked 100,720 birth certificates and civil registry do
