DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 31 -- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported that 80 percent of Negros Oriental's population has registered for the national ID.

In an interview on Tuesday, Chief Statistical Analyst and head of PSA-Negros Oriental, Ariel Fortuito, spoke of the challenge of reaching out to the remaining 20 percent so they would sign up.

"We are doing everything we can, such as setting up satellite registration outlets and house-to-house visits, to locate and sign up the remainder of the population in Negros Oriental to the national identification system, as the campaign has slowed down a bit," Fortuito said.

As of Jan. 30, a total of 1,017,903 individuals, aged at least five years, have registered with the Philippin...