SIM card registration to counter prank calls on emergency hotlines

QUEZON City, Philippines – Alarmed by the numerous prank calls received by the new emergency hotline 911 and 8888, Senator Dick Gordon proposed a law for SIM card registration to deter such occurrences.

The emergency hotlines received 300 prank calls in the first 7 hours of its operations. Gordon also added that the public should be made responsible for its actions so that the emergency hotlines would be effective.

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