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NAT'L ID. A resident of Eastern Samar province enlists in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in this undated photo. The Philippine Statistics Authority 8 (Eastern Visayas) is stepping up its PhilSys campaign as nearly 800,000 residents have yet to show up in registration centers (Photo courtesy of Philippine Statistics Authority) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 8 (Eastern Visayas) is stepping up its campaign for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) as about 784,142 residents of the region have failed to show up in registration centers. The PSA has been coordinating with local government officials and conducting mobile registration to encourage the remaining unregistered residents to sign up for the identification (ID) system, PSA-8 Director Wilma Perante said in a phone interview on Wednesday. Of the 784,142 unregistered, 231,681 are in Leyte province, 172,765 in Northern Samar, 122,945 in Eastern Samar, 122,478 in Samar, 96,623 in So
MANILA - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) have delivered more than 10 million Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards nationwide. As of April 30, 2022, a total of 10,548,906 PhilID cards have been delivered which is 33.7 percent of PSA's target this year. PSA National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Undersecretary Dennis Mapa, said the PhilSys milestone is an outcome of their collective efforts with partner agencies and the field offices involved in producing and delivering PhilID cards. "We are determined to continue to put forth initiatives that will accelerate PhilSys operations across all sectors," he said. At the same time, PSA announced that the authenticity of a PhilID card and the information contained in its QR code can now be verified through PhilSys Check. The recently launched website, PSA said, enables relying on parties to easily conduct identity verification among PhilID cardholder
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
(Photo courtesy of Philsys Datu Salibo, Maguindanao) MANILA - Muslim Filipinos can proceed to the Step 2 biometrics capturing process of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) without taking off their traditional head coverings. Hijab (cloth usually wrapped around the head and neck) for females and taqiyah (skull cap) for males. In a recent social media advisory, the Philippine Statistics Authority, the lead PhilSys implementing agency, clarified that registry offices will not require Muslim registrants to take off their hijab and taqiyah during photo capture. At the same time, the PSA reminded registrants nationwide that double registration and providing false information are punishable by law. So far, more than 60 million Filipinos have registered to acquire a Philippine Identification (PhilID) card or the national ID. The Step 1 online registration is via https://www.philsys.gov.ph while the final phase is the delivery of the PhilID cards by the Philippine Postal Corporation
(PNA file photo) MANILA - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has so far facilitated the Step 2 registration of 60,483,095 for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) project to date. These registrants have completed the capturing of biometric information such as fingerprints, iris, and front-facing photographs at various registration centers nationwide. PSA Undersecretary Dennis Mapa, who is also the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, hopes the less restrictive community quarantine will allow more Filipinos to be registered in the PhilSys project. "Despite the previous challenges posed by Covid-19 during the early implementation of the PhilSys program, the PSA achieved its targets successfully. We thank our partners and the millions of Filipinos for their cooperation despite the limitations brought about by the pandemic," Mapa said in a statement on Tuesday. PhilSys registration has three steps. Step 1 is registration online via https://www.phils