Manila, Sept. 7 -- The likelihood that a person exists without birth, marriage or death records is "very slim," a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) official told the Senate impeachment court Monday, while stressing that delayed registration and gaps in the civil registry remain possible.

Assistant National Statistician Marizza Grande made the assessment during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte after Senate President Win Gatchalian asked whether a person with no record of any of the three major vital events could still exist.

"Very slim 'yung chance kasi kung wala kang birth certificate, mayroon namang mga tao na walang birth certificate pero nagpapakasal. Or kung namatay sila, mandatory na i-register (The chan...