The Marcos administration is targeting to issue most of the national IDs by year end, according to incoming Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan on Tuesday.
"Hopefully we can get most of these IDs either in physical form or in electronic form already available before the end of the year and that's the instruction of the President," Balisacan told CNN Philippines.
Citing information from the Philippine Statistics Authority , Balisacan said 92 million Filipinos are eligible to receive the national IDs, stressing that the incoming administration "intends to cover those before the end of the year." Aside from the PSA, the new administration will also coordinate with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for the release of the IDs, Balisacan said.over 10 million Philippine Identification cards have been delivered nationwideThe PSA has tapped field offices to assist in delivering PhilIDs to registrants located in remote areas nationwide.
Balisacan echoed President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s remarks that the national IDs could help in ensuring the speedy distribution of assistance to poor and vulnerable sectors amid the soaring prices of commodities. "Yes as I said earlier, we are ramping up the implementation of our National ID system and also the digitalization in the government and with respect to the ID system, we believe that we can reduce substantially the leakage so that we can reach more people, more deserving people from the limited resources," he said.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Kulang na kulang': Marcos says issuance of national IDs should be ramped upPresident-elect Bongbong Marcos underscored on Monday, June 20 the need to hasten the release of national identification cards (IDs) among Filipinos.
Read more »
Continuity as Marcos gives key posts to pro-admin people - BusinessWorld OnlineBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter Philippine President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., has named more Cabinet members, including a former defense chief who helped organize a mutiny that ousted Mr. Marcos’s father, the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, in 1986. Former senate president Juan Ponce F. Enrile, 98, will serve as Mr. Marcos’ presidential legal […]
Read more »
Drilon to Marcos admin: Do not sugarcoat PH economic woes“I hope that we do not sugarcoat the problems that we have because it is not fair. It is better that they be candid with the Filipino people and say exactly what is in store for them in order that the policies that will be issued to address these problems will be supported," Drilon said.
Read more »
Amid soaring oil prices, Marcos prefers giving 'ayuda' instead of suspending excise taxAmid the continuing increase of prices of fuel products, President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Monday he prefers to provide assistance to the affected sectors instead of suspending the excise tax on oil.
Read more »
Marcos to head agriculture departmentPresident-elect Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. on Monday announced he will temporarily head the Department of Agriculture to personally address the most pressing concerns of the...
Read more »
Incoming Finance Sec. Diokno says ‘unfair’ to put Marcos estate tax burden on him“I think... kailan ba ‘yon, 40 years ago na ‘yan or 35 years in the ano… I think it’s unfair to put the burden on me,” he said in an ambush interview with GMA News&39; Jonathan Andal.“Dapat nakolekta na ‘yun kung that is collectible, so we’ll leave it to the courts to decide on that,” he continued.
Read more »