Marcos declares July 2024 as National Census, Community-based Monitoring month

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has declared July 2024 as “National Census and Community-based Monitoring System Month.”

According to the Presidential Communications Office on Thursday, this is in support for the conduct of the 2024 census of population and CBMS (POPCEN-CBMS) from July to September 2024.

Signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Proclamation No. 627 states that the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), is tasked to lead, coordinate, and supervise the observance.

“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.

Further, all agencies and instrumentalities of the national government, including government-owned or -controlled corporations and state universities and colleges, are directed to observe the celebration.

All local government units, non-government organizations, professional associations, and the private sector, are also “encouraged to render the necessary support and assistance to NEDA and PSA, and to actively participate in the observance of the National Census and CBMS Month.”—AOL, GMA Integrated News