BANGUED, ABRA – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Abra Provincial Statistical Office (PSO) National ID System Registry Team (NIDRT) had registered 5,267 Abreños as of 31 March 2025. These were the registrants who are one year and over under the National ID Registration. A cumulative total of 210,669 registrants or 83.94% over the total population of 250,985 registrants were successfully registered in the province since the start of National ID Registration in 2021.

 Figure 1. Number of National ID System Registered by Year; ABRA

Source: PSA Abra National ID Unit Provincial Monitoring

Among the 27 municipalities of the province, Bangued had the highest percentage of completion with 101.33 percent, followed by Danglas with 97.55 percent, and Luba with 95.32 percent. The National ID Fixed Registration Center (FRC) is located at Bangued. It caters registrants coming from different municipalities. (Table 1)

Table 1. Number of National ID System Registered Individuals by Municipality; ABRA

Source: PSA Abra National ID Unit Provincial Monitoring

The Abra NIDRT continued the National ID Registration and exerted all possible efforts and strategies to register the remaining unregistered individuals in compliance to the Chief Executive’s directive to expedite the implementation of National ID System to achieve digital transformation of social protection systems in order to enable more efficient, effective, and just delivery of social protection programs.

The PSO-Abra Issues Over 146,000 National IDs in Paper Form Provincewide

The Abra National ID RT implemented the issuance of National ID in paper form in the province. This is a proactive strategy of the PSA that allows registrants to immediately enjoy the benefits of being National ID System-registered. The features of the ePhilID contain the registrant’s National ID Card Number (NICN) and basic demograhic information together with the QR code which is used for authentication. The issued National ID in paper form has the same functionality and validity as the physical card. Additionally, the issuance of National ID in paper form can now be done in real-time.

Figure 2. Number of ePhilID Issued by Year; ABRA

Source: PSA Abra National ID Unit Provincial Monitoring

The issuance of National ID in paper form started in October 2022. Abra NIDRT had issued 146,225 National IDs in paper form to registered individuals as of 31 October 2024. Based on the issuances per municipality, the municipality of Bangued had the highest number of issuances with 28,685, followed by Bucay with 12,519, and Tayum with 9,233 National IDs in paper form. Daguioman had the lowest issuance with only 1,098 National IDs in paper form. (Table 2)

 Table 2. Number of National ID in Paper Form Issued by Year and Municipality; ABRA

Source: PSA Abra National ID Unit Provincial Monitoring