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Unified ID system for PWDs ready for pilot rollout in October — DSWD

Published Jul 3, 2025 06:42 pm
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will begin rolling out its unified identification (ID) system for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in selected pilot local government units (LGUs) starting in October, as part of efforts to curb the proliferation of fake PWD IDs.
Developed in partnership with the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), the system is currently undergoing internal technical testing, said DSWD Assistant Secretary for Information and Communications Technology and Chief Information Officer Johannes Paulus Acuña.
“So internal testing development na po ‘yung ginagawa namin this July, August, and September para po mapaghandaaan po namin ‘yung actual roll out sa mga [pilot] LGUs starting po October of this year (We are doing internal testing and development this July, August, and September in preparation for the actual rollout to the pilot LGUs starting this October),” Acuña said on Thursday, July 3.
Around 200,000 persons with disabilities, roughly 10 percent of the estimated 2 million PWDs in the country, are expected to participate in the pilot rollout across 35 LGUs. 
These include Parang in Maguindanao; the cities of Dagupan, San Carlos, Urdaneta, and Alaminos in Pangasinan; Solano in Nueva Vizcaya; most municipalities in Bulacan; Cainta, San Mateo, Santa Rosa, Teresa, and Antipolo City in Rizal; Carmona in Cavite; Pila in Laguna; Daet in Camarines Norte; Kalibo in Aklan; Candijay in Bohol; Malaybalay in Bukidnon; Koronadal City and Surallah in South Cotabato; and the cities of Pasay and Muntinlupa in Metro Manila.
Acuña said LGUs will be responsible for accepting applications and verifying and approving IDs through their respective Persons with Disability Affairs Offices (PDAOs), while the NCDA will oversee centralized printing and design.
He added that the DSWD is working closely with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to integrate the system with the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), which allows easier validation of a beneficiary’s identity.
“Ang pinaka-security po ng card ay yun pong QR code. Tapos po dun sa proseso po ng pag-aapply at pag aapprove, nandun po ang national ID. So, kung sakali po na mayroong national ID ‘yung beneficiary natin or yung client natin, iyon po ay ire-recognize na valid ID para po mabigyan ng person with disability ID (The main security feature of the card is the QR code. During the application and approval process, the national ID is used. If the beneficiary or client has a national ID, it will be recognized as valid to qualify for a PWD ID),” Acuña explained.
The system also includes traceability features to detect irregularities. 
Only authorized LGU personnel with verified national IDs will be allowed to approve ID applications.
“‘Yung mag-aapprove din po from the LGU side dapat po sila ay mayroon national ID din para po makikita po ng system kung mayroong pong nag-iissue na biglaang lumaki ‘yung number ng ini-issue niyang ID. Ma-tetrace namin kung bakit kaya nagkaroon ng ganung incident and also kung saang LGU po biglang nag-spike ‘yung approval ng ID. Tapos kung sakali po na may napatunayan na mayroon pong hindi po magandang nangyari kaya po nagkaroon ng maraming ID, yung QR code po dun po sa mga na-issue na ID, pwede pong i-deactivate iyon (Those who approve from the LGU must also have a national ID so the system can track if someone suddenly issues a large number of IDs. We can trace why such an incident occurred, which LGU saw a spike in approvals, and if wrongdoing is confirmed, the QR codes on those issued IDs can be deactivated),” he said.
While the LGUs will handle the front-end processing, the DSWD will maintain oversight of the unified system, with the NCDA continuing its mandate to lead in policy formulation and coordination of programs for persons with disabilities.

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