DAGUPAN CITY, February 29 (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warned against birth simulation, a criminal offense, as a form of adoption. Iryn Cubangbang, information officer of DSWD in the Ilocos, said that birth simulation or the tampering of the civil registry birth records of a child is against the law and punishable with imprisonment, plus a fine not exceeding P50,000. “Those wanting to adopt children should go through the legal […]
