Grace period but no extension for linking SIMs to digital ID in Philippines
SIMs not yet registration in the Philippines are expected to be deactivated, with Tuesday’s deadline to link mobile accounts to…
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OpenG2P, PhilSys conduct pilot for financial inclusion program using PhilID
Open-source digital public startup OpenG2P says it has successfully completed a social welfare digital payments pilot for some Filipinos using…
Philippines unveils new CCTV system command center, plans facial recognition procurement
A massive video surveillance communications and command center with more than 400 high-definition CCTV cameras has gone operational in Pasig…
PhilSys shares notes with WURI officials on digital ID best practices
Delegations form six West African countries participating in a regional identification project dubbed WURI recently had a working session with…
Philippines connects homeless to government services with biometrics, ID cards
The Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Oplan Pag-Abot Project is intended to establish a central database of…
Over 70 million PhilIDs issued as PSA, Philippines Post re-commit to delivery
It has been an eventful month for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which announced a new milestone in implementing the…
Philippines wants to add iris biometrics to tackle double voter registration
As part of efforts to reduce the rate of double registrations during voter enrollment, the Commission on Elections of 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…
Biometrics uncover voter ID fraud in Philippines
Election officials say fingerprint scans have detected 400,000 extra voter registrations in the Philippines. The ongoing count reportedly could reach…
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