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…
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Philippines conducts biometric registration of vulnerable people, total hits 29M milestone
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has confirmed it carried out a Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) mobile registration initiative to issue…
Philippines on course to meet biometric voter registration target for October polls
A spokesman for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Philippines Rex Laudiangco says more than one million new voters…
Deal between Philippines and Singapore could herald more digital ID interoperability
A memorandum of understanding signed by the governments of the Philippines and Singapore that will allow each nation’s digital ID…
Philippines leader wants a digital national ID much sooner, with private sector help
It may not have been a formal edict, but the leader of The Philippines has demanded his government – and…
Pushback against SIM registration in Philippines as India adds facial recognition checks
As SIM-identity registration continues worldwide, privacy and fraud risks come to the fore. Indians are subject to an unclear privacy…
Philippines to collaborate with Belgium, China on digital ID
The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) is separately partnering with Belgium and China to share expertise on…
Philippines: almost 15M SIM cards registered in first few days, calls to link to PhilID
More than 14 million SIM cards were linked to users’ ID in the opening days of the campaign, according to…
In Asia, ambitious digital ID targets accompany digitization
Digital transformation and the adoption of digital ID frameworks continues to surge in Asia, where governments are ramping up registration…
Philippines reaches 10M digital IDs issued in first 2 months, pilots downloadable version
The Philippine Statistics Authority says it has issued the printable version of the national digital ID to 10 million people…
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