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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

'News
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et
national lDs in SePtember
bout six million Filipinos
will receive their national
identifrcation cbrds when the
rst batch will be released in
September this year.
' the ptritippiqe Statistics Author-
'iW iPSA) gave this assurance during
a hearing conducted bY the House
Oversight Committee on Population
:and Family Relations in Dumaguete
City, Ne$os Occident4l.
I, Former President and now House
lspeaker Gloria Macapagal 'Arroyo
called for the holding of the oversight
broceedings as she pushed for the im-
i ediat'e imirtemei-tanon of the Philip-
pine Idenffication System (Philsys)'
PSA officials assur€d the House
panel that they are ready to conduct
the frrst batch of registration and issue
the fust IDs this coming September
2019.
"I am happy that it's all systems
go for the National ID system based
on the timeline they have presented
to us this morning," Arroyo told re-
porters after the Oversight hearing in
Dumaguete CiW.
Arroyo convened the House Over-
sight Committee hearing at the Bethel
GuestHouse in Dumaguete City since
its principal althor Rep. Arnie lleves
is.from Negros Oriental. \the September.
Philsys this are optional.
/ Also in attendance'were Deputy register After the registration, which is free
Those that aie eligible to
'Speaker Pmspero Pichay,lbves, Reps. are Filipinos and resident aliens at of charge, the registrant will be given
Lourdes Aggabao, Jocelyn Limchai- least frve years old his/her permanent Philsys Number.
kong, and Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Dela Cruz pointed outthat the frrst The corresponding card will be
Remollo. to be registered are indigents, persons issued a fe\ r days later after the infor-
She said the Oversight Committee with disabiuties (PWDsl and govern- mation is authenticated.
hearing is in furtherance of the other ment workers in several key areas all The card will serve as a single
function of the House of Representa- over the country. identification system for all Filipino
tives to determine ifthe lawspassed by The information to be gathered Citizens and resident aliens to elimi-
Congress are properly implemented. for the PhilSys will include biometrics nate the need to present other forms
During the hearing; lawyer (thumbprint, iris and face scannin9, of identification when transacting
Lourdines Delacruz, Depuf National full name, sex, date of birth, place of with the government and private
Statistician ofthe PSA, said in linewith birth, blood tlpe, address, and if one sector.
n"{ 11055 (The Philippine Identifcation is a Filipino or a resitlent alien. By 2o22,DelaCruz said theywould
System Act) , they will start the regis- Information about the marital sta- have issued 100 million cards to Filipi-
tration ofabout million individuals for tus, mobile numberand email address nos and resident iliens.
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