Probe on 'proliferation' of fake birth certificates, late regstration sought in Senate

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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking an investigation into what he said is an "alarming" proliferation of fake birth certificates and late registration of birth in the country.

Apart from Guo's case, Gatchalian noted PSA data showing an average of 972,830 delayed birth registrations annually from 2023 to 2022, and out of the 111 million Filipinos in 2020, roughly 3.7 million did not have birth certificates or were not registered.Despite the existence of a Joint Memorandum Circular No.

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