MANILA - A website that uses public-private key cryptography will now be available with the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) project. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Saturday that the key cryptography called PhilSys Check features a quick response (QR) code system, which enables the relying parties to authenticate the Philippine Identification (PhilID) card and verify the data stored in its QR code. Philippine Registry Officer-in-Charge and Assistant National Statistician Fred Sollesta said the PhilSys Check is part of the government's efforts to promote "greater financial inclusion and unlocking access to basic social services" to more Filipinos. "As the PSA continues to strive for innovation, we developed a system that will enable the PhilID basic authentication to be more accessible to our relying parties and the general public," he said in a statement. The PSA said PhilSys Check is part of the project's goal "to enable a bro
Philippine Identification System registration (Photo courtesy of Fisher Mall QC Facebook) MANILA - The Philippine Postal Corporation has so far delivered 8,176,454 Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards or the national ID nationwide. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) assured it is ramping up operations for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration process "so that it can deliver PhilID cards to more holders". PSA Assistant Secretary Rosalinda Bautista said the delivered PhilID cards covered 24.2 percent of this year's set delivery target of 33.8 million. "We, at PSA, together with the Philippine Postal Corporation and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), are doing our best to accommodate millions of Filipinos who have successfully registered for PhilSys Step 1 and Step 2," she said in a statement on Tuesday. The BSP is the official printer of PhilSys. Bautista reminded PhilID holders to avoid sharing online their personal informatio
PhilSys registration at Parole and Probation Office-Tagum City (Photo courtesy ofNenes Azon Facebook) DAVAO CITY - A national identification registration was conducted at the Parole and Probation Office (PPO) in Tagum City a few days before 2021 ended. Employees, clients, and their families participated in the December 27 and 28 registration, organized by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Davao Regional Office and PPO Regional Director Benjamin Cutay and Community Resource Development team head Joyce Rendon. The PPO, under the Department of Justice, is mandated to "conserve and/or redeem convicted offenders and prisoners who are under the probation or parole system". The institutional registration strategy aims to accommodate the formal sector by ensuring that the working population from government and private institutions have a safe and convenient Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration, the PSA said previously. "In the same manner that we rea
Education Secretary Leonor Briones(Image courtesy of PhilSys) MANILA - Personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) central office in Pasig City on Monday registered with the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), a valid proof of identity that can be used in simplifying public and private transactions. DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones led 894 employees as she urged education workers in all regional and division offices nationwide to apply for the Philippine Identification (PhilID) or the national ID. The latest report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on December 11 showed 50,014,382 Filipinos have completed the Step 2 PhilSys biometrics process, which involves recording iris scans, fingerprints, and front-facing photographs, at more than 1,600 registrations centers nationwide. The Step 1 demographic registration can be done online through philsys.gov.ph by providing information such as full name, gender, date and place of birth, blood type, mobile number and posta