PSA intensifying PhilSys drive
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shows a copy of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Act after signing it during a ceremony at Malacañan Pala ...
by: Ruth Palo
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) is intensifying its information drive to ensure that all Filipinos living are registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) by July next year. Speaking to reporters during Kapehan on Friday, PSA Davao Region officer-in-charge Pepito Amoyen said the pilot testing for th ...
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) is intensifying its information drive to ensure that all Filipinos living are registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) by Ju ...
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) is intensifying its information drive to ensure that all Filipinos living are registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) by July next year. Speaking to reporters during Kapehan on Friday, PSA Davao Region officer-in-charge Pepito Amoyen said the pilot testing for the national ID program has already started with a kick-off last September 2 with a small number of individuals from National Capital Region (NCR) entered into the system. PhilSys, the foundat ...
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) is intensifying its information drive to ensure that all Filipinos living are registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) by July next year. Speaking to reporters during Kapehan on Friday, PSA Davao Region officer-in-charge Pepito Amoyen said the pilot testing for the national ID program has already started with a kick-off last September 2 with a small number of individuals from National Capital Region (NCR) entered into the system. PhilSys, the foundational identification system that aims to provide a valid proof of identity for all citizens and resident aliens as a means of simplifying public and private transactions, was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte in August 2018 in line with the government’s drive to curtail bureaucratic red tape. Amoyen said those included in the first set of Filipinos enrolled into the system were select beneficiaries of the Department of ...
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