PSA Cordillera set to register residents for national ID

January 24, 2021 Community Billboard

PSA regional and provincial office employees undergo a four-day training in preparation for the registration of Filipino citizens and resident aliens in the Cordillera region for the Philippine Identification System or PhilSys.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Regional Statistics Services Office of the Cordillera Administrative Region and its six Provincial Statistics Offices prepares for the roll-out of implementation of the Philippine Identification System or PhilSys in the region this January 2021.
Republic Act No. 11055 otherwise known as the Philippine Identification System Act which was signed into law by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in August 2018 mandates the PSA to implement the PhilSys. The PSA will be the agency primarily responsible in the overall planning, management and administration of the PhilSys with technical assistance from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
The national ID or the PhilSys aims to provide a single national identification system for all citizens and resident aliens in the country as valid proof of identity. The PhilSys is expected to simplify public and private transactions, promotes ease of doing business and enhances integrity of services by eliminating identity fraud, enhances transparency in governance thereby reducing corruption, streamlines delivery of social services especially for the vulnerable groups of the population, and strengthens financial inclusion for both public and private services.