Cebu City – To help the public lessen their expenses in acquiring important documents like birth certificate, marriage certificate among others, the region 7 office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) has urged local government unit (LGU) here to have Batch Request Entry System (Breqs).

Engr. Ariel Florendo, NSO 7 officer in charge said that in order to help their constituents minimize their expenses in having essential documents LGUs should adopt Breqs.

“We are encouraging local officials in the region specially those that are situated in far flung areas to adopt the Breqs system so that their constituents can save their time and effort,” said Florendo.

Florendo explained that under the Breqs implementation, a project partner is granted authority to receive requests for NSO-issued copies and certifications of civil registry documents from the public and to issue said documents to the requesting party.

BREQS is actually an offshoot of the National Computer Center’s vigorous drive to bring LGUs into the 21st century through Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by way of its eLGU Community eCenter (CeC) Project.

Florendo pointed out that instead of being in the NSO, those individuals coming from the province can now have their documents through the nearest municipal office saving their transportation money among others.

Meanwhile, he stressed that through the program fixers will be minimized as the public can now have options on where they would want to legally get their documents.

“NSO clients may now get their documents through LGU offices, while others can have it right in their doorsteps if they avail of our electronic transaction,” he said.

It can be recalled that previously bunch of people are seen outside the NSO office here to personally apply and get their documents, while the long waiting hours have resorted others from getting the services of the fixers.

However, with the current system implemented in the region, the NSO 7 official was proud to disclose that their current services are a lot better now after their soft opening last March.

Florendo further added that they have also greatly reduced number of fixers in the region due to strong campaigns and constant reminders to the public.

“After the re-opening of our regional office here, we immediately phase out a number of fixers that usually caused most of our problem,” he said.