ILOILO CITY, Feb. 15 -- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has rolled out the registration for the national identification (ID) of children below five years old, starting with one to four years old, while the office is perfecting the system for zero-year-olds in Western Visayas.

Jared Barile, focal person for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in Western Visayas, said Thursday they enlisted 324 registrants since they started on Feb. 13.

Aklan, Capiz, Antique, and Guimaras kicked off on Feb. 13, while Iloilo and Negros Occidental started with their pilot implementation on Feb. 14.

Barile said since they have yet to announce the full-scale implementation, registration in Iloilo is limited to their centers or the office...