The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has instructed all its offices nationwide to accept the paper-printed version of the Philippine Identification (PhilID) for all transactions, especially in the application for motor vehicle registration and driver's license.
In a memorandum, LTO chief Jose Artu
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(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang has directed all government agencies, offices, instrumentalities, as well as local government units (LGUs) to prepare for the implementation of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) and its integration into government processes, databases, systems, and services. Memorandum Circular No. 95, signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Monday, recognizes the "urgent need" to direct the whole-of-government to undertake preparatory steps to ensure that the PhilSys and its key components are properly integrated in the processes, databases, systems and services of all government agencies, to facilitate interconnectivity, make transacting with the government convenient and cost-efficient for the benefit of the general public, and ensure the effective implementation of RA No. 11055 or the "Philippine Identification System Act." "All government agencies, instrumentalities, departments, bureaus, offices, LGUs, GOCCs (gover
PSA apologizes for tech issues on Day 1 of national ID registration
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Philippine Statistics Authority’s Philippine Identification System on Friday encountered technical difficulties on the first day of online national ID registration.
In a statement on Friday, the PSA said that the influx of registrants during the pilot launched caused the technical difficulties.
“We received more than 40,000 registration requests during the first minutes of the pilot launch. This caused delays in the sending of the one-time passwords (OTPs) necessary to proceed with the registration,” the agency said.
“We are urgently looking into the issue and updating the website to resolve this technical challenge,” it added.