Filipinos needing government financial assistance may soon be required to possess a national ID to be eligible for and receive aid. In a joint meeting last Friday, June 28, the Economic Development Group (EDG) and the Inter-Agency Committee on Inflation and Market Outlook (IAC-IMO) disclosed...
Senator Raffy Tulfo urged the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to require personal appearance for all those renewing their vehicle registration and to submit their valid government IDs. Tulfo is set to file a bill to require owners to register their vehicles before LTO 10 days from the date of...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) announced that the agency has removed the five-year validity period for electronic certificate authorizing registration (eCAR). In a Facebook post on Monday, June 24, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. said that eCAR is now valid until its presentation...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) is determined to file complaints against individuals and their associates who have not properly documented their unregistered SIM cards, which are being used for fraudulent activities. In a statement, CICC Executive Director Alexander K....
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Saturday, June 22, said that it is determined to file complaints against erring entities and their free agents who failed to properly account for their thousands of unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. Photo from Pixabay...
Senator Joel Villanueva has filed a resolution seeking to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the unprecedented number of gambling-related text scams. In filing Senate Resolution No. 1057, Villanueva said that while the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) reported a decline in...
Senators on Tuesday, June 18, have asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) not to simply make excuses but to be more proactive in addressing what can be called a "text scam pandemic" that is paralyzing the country's systems. This was after the NTC said in a statement that the SIM...
Digital National IDs, like their physical counterparts, should also be accepted by public, government, and private institutions as valid and sufficient proof of identity, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) stressed. The PSA reminded, however, that institutions may also verify the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that national identification (ID) cards with clerical errors cannot be corrected at this time. In a statement, the PSA said that updating or correcting demographic information in the Philippine National Identification System (PhilID) is currently...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Tuesday, April 16, a high number of voter registrants in its inaugural two-day Special Register Anywhere Program (SRAP) and satellite registration inside the military camps of Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte and Camp...
Filipino children as young as one and up to four years old can now obtain their personal national ID cards. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced that the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) is now available to children as part of the government’s efforts to register more...
We know that the national ID serves multiple purposes beyond identification, providing easier access to various government services such as finance, healthcare, protection, and education. Unlike other forms of identification, the national ID remains valid for a lifetime. The good news is, the...
