122 Manileños register children’s birth for Operation Birthright

March 8, 2024

Manileños waiting for their queue in the Civil Registry lobby on Feb. 28. (Photo by Hazel Historia/The Manila Warden) 

As of Feb. 28, 2024, there are over 122 Manileños who have registered their children's birth for this year’s Operation Birthright Program, a civil registration officer said. 

Operation Birthright is a program that welcomes applications for late registration of birth certificates. 

Under this program, parents may register the birth of their children at no cost at the City Civil Registry Office. This year, they catered to children from the six district hospitals of Manila, aged 17 and below. It is conducted annually during the month of February to commemorate “Civil Registration Month.”  

“Iba-iba ang focus namin yearly, minsan pumupunta kami sa mga school, minsan dito sa office karamihan pero ang covered namin ay zero to seven years old. Ngayon ang focus namin ay mga bata na pinanganak sa six district hospitals ng Manila,” civil registration officer Maria Adelaida Navata said.  

The six hospitals included Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center, Ospital ng Tondo, Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital, Ospital ng Sampaloc, Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, and Sta. Ana Hospital. 

The Facebook page of the City Civil Registry of Manila announced the program on Feb. 6, 2024.

- H.F.H.