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(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - The government expects around 50 million Filipinos to be included in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) by the end of the year, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Karl Kendrick Chua said on Wednesday. Speaking at a budget hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee A under Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, Chua said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has set a goal of registering an additional 22 million Filipinos and five million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the PhilSys by next year. "Our target is 50 million by the end of the year, we are confident we can achieve that despite the challenges of the pandemic," said Chua. The agency will also release 37 million PhilID cards next year, Chua said. As of October 8, Chua said the PSA has already registered 43.2 million and 35.9 million individuals for Step 1 and Step 2 of PhilSys registration and signed up 5.6 milli

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