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(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology has so far generated around 56 million digital national IDs. Information and Communications Secretary Ivan John Uy said the digital IDs can be accessed via the eGovPH app while users wait for their corresponding physical IDs from the Philippine Statistics Authority and PhilSys. “So, ‘pag access niyan, lalabas iyong digital ID ninyo. Kung sinabi na hindi ma-access, then may problema sa PSA,” Uy said. He said a […]
PhlSys ID has to delivered by PhilPost directly to the recipient in his address; no pick-up points allowed (Eagle News) – Over 400,000 Philippine System IDs have already been completed — half of which have been already distributed, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA Assistant Secretary Rosalinda Bautista said that 200,000 PhlSys IDs have already been distributed by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) while another 200,000 are due for distribution door-to-door […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Assistant Secretary Rosalinda Bautista regarding the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) ID on Monday, June 14, 2021. Bautista said that the ID cards will be delivered to the applicant’s house. She said that the online registration is still ongoing, and that they have already fixed gitches in the system since they launched the system on April 30. On May 24, the PSA opened “bookings” for […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte received his national ID card on Wednesday, March 3, more than a month after he registered for it. In photos released by Malacanang, President Duterte received his national ID from National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) acting secretary Karl Kendrick Chua. He registered for the national identification system on January 21 this year. The legislation on the Philippine Identification System ID (PhilSys ID) was signed by President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a national ID system would have helped the Philippine government in identifying the poor families and other individuals in need of immediate cash assistance. The President again went on national television on Monday night, April 13, 2020, to address concerns on the current COVID-19 pandemic. Duterte said that the if the national ID had just been placed earlier, the process of giving cash amerioration to the poor […]
Nat’l ID system to start in September this year, gov’t says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government agencies to choose the “best and safest system in the implementation of the national ID system,” the Palace said on Thursday, Feb. 7. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order during the 34th Cabinet meeting in Malacanang on Wednesday, Feb. 6. During the meeting, Panelo said National Statistician Lisa Bersales […]
(Eagle News) — The National ID system is set to take effect on August 25, but its implementing rules and regulation might still be completed in September, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The law takes effect 15 days after it had been published in a newspaper of general circulation. The Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Act was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 6, and was published in newspapers on August […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government hopes to distribute national identification cards to about a million Filipinos by the end of the year, according a lawmaker who is one of the authors of the National ID law. Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones, co-author of the National Identification Law or the Philippine Identification System Act, said that they are set to conduct a meeting with different agencies that will manage the implementation and distribution of […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed the National ID Law or the Philippine Identification System Act on Monday, August 6, which will establish a single national identification card that will dispense with presentation of multiple IDs for government transactions. The signing held in Malacanang was done during the presentation and turn-over of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. Duterte said that a single national ID will help in the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Lawmakers expressed their support for the implementation of a national identification system in order to counter terrorism. Compostela Valley 2nd District Representative Roel Gonzaga said the system will facilitate the identification of individuals. He said it will also be easier to trace individuals who have committed violations of the law. https://youtu.be/ZjL5GC4FYIM
