Contact biometrics back in play after Manila’s Covid alert drops to lowest level
Optimistic that the recent flare of COVID-19 cases has subsided and stabilized, the Philippines government has resumed capturing biometric, including…
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Metro Manila leverages Dermalog tech for digital governance solution
Dermalog has partnered with the Philippine Land Transportation Office (LTO) to roll out a biometric pilot for a new digital…
Philippines plans biometric enrollment of 105 million people as Manila pilots facial recognition
The Philippines is planning to register 105 million people in its biometric National ID system, and is currently acquiring the…
Philippines govt expedites digital IDs
The government of Philippines is hoping to expedite the issuance of digital identity cards to nationals with the Department of…
Dermalog addresses call for investigation, bad press in Philippines
(Around 1 million Philippine citizens already hold a biometric driver’s license. Photo credit: DERMALOG) Dermalog has faced an intense month…
Digital driver’s license getting closer in Philippines
There is no date yet, but the Philippines government says it has a mobile driver’s license “set to launch soon.”…
Biometric SIM registration soon in Mozambique, Ghana orders block of unlinked lines
The club of countries introducing biometrics for SIM card registration continues to expand with Mozambique being the latest to unveil…
Looming mass SIM deactivation in Philippines spurs brainstorm
The Philippines’ subscriber identity module (SIM) registration drive has stalled, and the government department overseeing technology is looking for ways…
Philippines digitizes booking of criminal suspects, mulls biometric border checks
The Philippines National Police (PNP) has launched a digitized booking system for arrested persons which requires the collection of their…
Philippines rejects voter registration deadline extension, upgrades IT systems
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has denied a possible extension to the biometric voter registration procedures beyond…
