Tag: national ID system

Pre-registration for national ID to start in October; 32 provinces identified as priority areas

(Eagle News) — The pre-registration for the national ID will begin next month, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Tuesday, Sept. 29. According to Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, the pre-registration will initially take place in 32 provinces where there is a low incidence of COVID-19. He said these were Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Albay, Camarines Sur, […]

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DOF: Estonian digital firms interested to join bidding for PHL national ID

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Finance said that digital firms from Estonia, a country in northern Europe, have expressed their interest to participate in the bidding for the Philippine national ID contract. It was in the Baltic nation of Estonia where the electronic video communications tool Skype was developed. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said it was Estonia’s ambassador-designate to the Philippines Vaino Reinart who relayed to him their interest to help with […]

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National ID system sisimulan nang ipatupad ngayong buwan

(Eagle News) — Magiging epektibo na ang pagpapatupad ng Philippine Identification o PhilSys ID system sa Agosto 25. Ito ang inihayag ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) makaraang lagdaan na ito ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte bilang isang batas noong Agosto 9. Paliwanag ni Lisa Grace Bersales, national statistician, nakasaad sa naturang batas na magiging epektibo ang nasabing batas 15 araw matapos itong mailathala sa mga pahayagan. Nasa isang milyong ID ang unang ipalalabas ng PSA kung […]

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SWS: 73 percent of Filipinos back a nat’l ID system

(Eagle News)–Three out of five Filipinos support the national ID system, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the survey conducted from June 27  to 30, 73 percent say the system, which was enacted into law on Aug. 6, will be a big help to them. Net approval was highest in Metro Manila at an extremely strong +60 rating, followed by Balance Luzon at astrong+58, Visayas at an extremely strong+53  and Mindanao at a very […]

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National ID system to help improve gov’t delivery of basic services — DND

(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Tuesday, Aug. 7, welcomed the signing into law of the National ID system. In a statement, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said  Republic Act No. 11055 or the Philippine System Identification Act will “help government address the gaps in the identification of citizens entitled to receive government services, thereby making things more convenient for law-abiding Filipinos..” He noted that based on his experience, “armed conflicts and insurgencies are […]

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House ratifies bicameral conference panel report on national ID system

(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 30, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the Philippine Identification System. The ratification of the measure that aims to establish a national ID system came a day after the Senate ratified the same. The reconciled version will now be sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for his signature. The Palace has said the President would sign the measure as soon as it reaches his desk. […]

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Senate ratifies national ID system

(Eagle News)–The Senate on Tuesday, May 29, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the Philippine Identification System Act that seeks to establish a national ID system. Only Senator Risa Hontiveros registered a no-vote on the report. The ratification came a day before Congress was slated to adjourn sine die. Senator Ping Lacson, chair of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs, said the measure aims to reconcile government IDs into a system called PhilSys. Leftist […]

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Sotto assures safeguards once nat’l ID system is enacted into law

(Eagle News) — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III assured the public that there will be no violation of privacy and other rights even if the National Identification system is put into law. The proposed measure to be known as the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) aims to issue permanent identification cards for all Filipinos even those who are abroad. Sotto said the public should not worry if the bill is enacted into law since Congress […]

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Palace: President Duterte to sign bill seeking to establish national ID system into law

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will sign into law a proposed national ID system. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who held a press conference on Friday, May 25. “This landmark bill is part of the legislative priority agenda of the Duterte administration to improve the delivery of government services; thus, once ratified, the President will sign this into law,”  Roque said. The bicameral conference committee has approved a measure seeking for the same. […]

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Progressive solons slam bicam approval of measure seeking to put national ID system in place

(Eagle News) — Progressive lawmakers on Wednesday, May 23, slammed the approval of a measure that seeks to put a national ID system in place. In a statement, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said “the bill might be a tool to “deprive basic social services and discriminate against those who do not have the ID once the law is implemented.” He added that it empowers the government to gather information of an individual that […]

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Transaksyon sa gobyerno, mapapadali dahil sa nat’l ID system – Sen. Lacson

(Eagle News) — Sinabi ni Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Chairman ng Senate Committee on Public Order, na makakatulong ang National Identification Card System para mapadali ang transaksyon sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno. Mapapadali rin aniya ang pagresolba sa mga krimen o pagtugis sa mga kriminal. Pagtitiyak ni Lacson, may inilatag na safeguards ang Kongreso para protektahan ang mga indibidwal. Magiging tagapa- ingat ng mga impormasyon ang Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Nakasaad sa inaprubahang panukala na […]

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Bicam approves bill seeking to put in place national ID system

(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee approved on Tuesday night a bill seeking to put in place a national ID system. Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on public order, expressed hopes the reconciled version would be ratified by both the House of Representatives and the Senate before Monday, May 28. This will hopefully then be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law. According to Lacson, a national ID will […]

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