Tacloban City - Like any other National Statistics Office (NSO) branch that issues birth, marriage, and death certificates as well as other documents, charges for the request of these documents have increased by P15.
However, despite the higher charges, hundreds of people still flock to the NSO office every day.
NSO Tacloban Information Officer Marife Molon said they normally serve 500 people every day, but now they serve up to 700 customers a day.
"This could be because it’s enrolment time and some, if not most schools, are requiring NSO certified documents, like birth certificates. Plus, there are also offices requiring NSO certificates, so we really have a lot of people coming in," said Molon.
NSO has raised its charge for all requests for issuance of certified and/or authenticated birth, marriage, and death certificates, including endorsed documents and Certificate of No Marriage or CENOMAR in compliance with Section 173 and 188 of the Tax Code and Revenue Memorandum Order No. 13-2008.
The office started imposing additional P15 for the Documentary Stamp Tax since May 1 this year. Melanie Bingco, ABS-CBN Tacloban