More local government units in Western Visayas are adopting the batch request entry system (BRES) which is intended to cut short the long queue of applicants at the National Statistics Office (NSO) here requesting for documents in security paper (SECPA).
The BRES is an off line processing by batch where applications for documents such as birth, marriage and death certificates and a certificate of no marriage using SECPA are encoded at the local government level or at the local civil registrar.
Thereafter, the requests are brought at the NSO regional office for processing, which would take about one week.
With the BRES, the applicant is spared of too much expense because the same charges apply when the document is being secured right at the NSO.
The LGU, however, is allowed to put on additional charges to defray the cost of using the town's resources and manpower.
Thirteen towns in Iloilo province namely Calinog, Balasan, Barotac Nuevo, Barotac Viejo, Bingawan, Dingle, Estancia, Janiuay, Lambunao, Leon, Mina and San Joaquin have adopted the BRES.
It is also being implemented in Roxas City and President Roxas town in Capiz; Hamtic and Lauan in Antique; and cities of Kabankalan and Sipalay in Negros Occidental.
NSO regional director Norman Julag-ay said the BRES is not exclusive to residents of a particular LGU such that those from neighboring places can also apply in towns nearest them.
"Some LGUs were hesitant at first to adopt the system but later on they recognized that it is beneficial both to the town and their residents," he said.
An average of 1, 000 applications daily are being processed at the NSO regional office in Iloilo City. - Philippine News Agency
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