“The national ID system is long overdue. The discrepancy in some data would have been minimized if we had the national ID system fully functional,” he said. President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on August 2018 Republic Act 11055, which directs the creation of the PhilSys Registry, an integrated and efficient identification system that will consolidate existing government-initiated identification systems. In April, Duterte directed National Economic and Development Authority Acting Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua to hasten the implementation of the ID system after delays in its implementation. The measure seeks to create digital portals for the delivery of public services, an information database and an internal records management information system.

Source: Manila Times August 25, 2020 16:07 UTC