G.R. No. 218354 - SHEILA MARIE G. UY-BELLEZA, VS. THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TACLOBAN CITY.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Petition is hereby GRANTED. The Civil Registry of Tacloban City and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office are hereby ordered to correct the error in the Certificate of Live Birth of Sheila Marie G. Uy-Belleza changing the entry thereof in the column under the Nationality of her mother Adelaida Go from "CHINESE" to '"FILIPINO" and the supplied name "SHEILA MARIE" of the petitioner at the Local Civil Registry of Tacloban City be affirmed as her correct first name directing likewise the NSO to enter said name in her Certificate of Live Birth. SO ORDERED.