Tag: Checkpoints

IATF-issued ID cards still valid at checkpoints, ICT department says

(Eagle News)–The identification cards issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases are still valid in checkpoints. The Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday, April 21, that this was “notwithstanding the government’s transition from IATF-IDs to RapidPass” as there was “yet any issuance on the cancellation/revocation of IATF-IDs.” The RapidPass, which only has to be scanned, was earlier launched to decongest checkpoints. The DICT, however, encouraged all […]

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Local group of software developers creates app to help decongest checkpoints; DOST says app approved for use by IATF

(Eagle News)–Soon, the government will be using an app to help decongest checkpoints amid the enhanced community quarantine, the Department of Science and Technology said. In a statement, Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña said the Rapidpassph, a virtual identification system developed by Developers Connect (DevCon Philippines) that utilizes QR-code based technology, was approved for use by the  Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases  on Friday, March 27. On the […]

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