President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has proclaimed July 2024 as “National Census and Community-based Monitoring System Month.”
Proclamation No. 627, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on July 9, instructs the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to oversee the observance.
As per the Presidential Communications Office, this declaration aims to support the 2024 census of population and CBMS (POPCEN-CBMS) taking place from July to September 2024.
“All citizens and residents of the Philippines are encouraged to cooperate with the PSA and its census enumerators in the conduct of the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS, by providing truthful and complete information in response to census questions, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations,” the proclamation read.
The proclamation also calls upon all government bodies, local government units, non-government organizations, professional associations, and the private sector to back and engage in the census activities.
