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PSA encourages the public to get their civil documents online to avoid queue By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City –The Philippine Statistics Authority is encouraging the public to get their civil documents via online to reduce the long line up in their office in Tacloban City. According to National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of Philippine Statistics Authority Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, some office of the PSA will be open on Saturdays to accommodate the public who are getting their civil documents. But based on their assessment, the office of the PSA here in Tacloban need not be open on Saturdays, yet they open as early as 7:00 o’clock in the morning to accommodate the applicants. A regular applicant has an average of 2-3 hours of waiting in the office of the PSA before he or she gets her civil document. To reduce the pain of waiting and waste of time Bersales encourages the public to go online at e-census and pay an amount at some accredited Bayad Cent

By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City – The office of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Tacloban City is now requiring the passport applicants to go online to schedule their appointment. This initiative of DFA Manila started last July 1 to lessen the long lines of the waiting applicants outside their office. According to DFA Tacloban Consular Head Karen Terado, the online appointment system aims to have an efficient process of applicant’s passport. They just need to go to online by logging in at https://www.passport.gov.ph and follow the procedures. Terado said that Senior Citizens, infants, persons with disabilities and OFWs do not necessarily need to apply online because they are their priority. Although their office still accepts walk-in applicants because they are still in the transition period, they encouraged the public who are going to apply for a passport to apply online and follow the procedure. The Regional Consular Office accepts a maximum of 180 appoi