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(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) — 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, […]
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 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. […]
(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 […]
(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. […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
