G.R. No. 205218 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION (SCN), VS. WINSTON BRIAN CHIA LAO AND CHRISTOPHER TROY CHIA LAO.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the amended petition is hereby GRANTED. The Local Civil Registrar of Manila is hereby directed to correct/change the entries in the Certificate[s] of Live Birth of Winston Brian Chia Lao and Christopher Troy Chia Lao relating to the nationality of their parents, Ben Kian Lao (Kian Ben Lim Lao) and Chia Kong Liong (Kong Liong Ang Chia) from "Chinese" to "Filipino". The Local Civil Registrar of Manila is further directed to annotate this Decision in said certificates of live birth and to transmit and make known to the National Statistics Office the corrected birth records of Winston Brian Chia Lao and Christopher Troy Chia Lao. The Decision shall form part of the records of birth of Winston Brian Chia Lao and Christopher Troy Chia Lao. SO ORDERED.