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BINAY TO NEDA, PSA: MONITOR SUCCESS OF GOV’T LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS

Senator Nancy Binay is urging the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to create a consolidated database to monitor success rates of livelihood programs financed by the government. “Dapat yung mga livelihood programs na binibigay sa mga tao, kooperatiba, at organisasyon dapat minomonitor ng ahensyang nagbigay,” Binay said. “Hindi […]

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HELP 7.3M FILIPINOS GET JOBS – PANGILINAN

With Philippine unemployment rate posting a record-high 17.7% in April, Senator Kiko Pangilinan called on the government to focus on helping the millions of jobless Filipinos who were displaced by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “Tulungang mabigyan ng trabaho ang mga kababayan natin. Ito ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ng gobyerno at hindi ang anti-terror […]

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NATIONAL ID SYSTEM TO HELP EXPEDITE DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL AID TO VULNERABLE SECTORS – ARAGONES

House Tourism Committee Chair Rep. Sol Aragones urged the government to expedite the roll-out of the National ID system, saying on Tuesday that its implementation would allow government to rapidly and efficiently distribute financial aid to its most vulnerable citizens.  Aragones, one of the principal authors of the Republic Act No. 11055, or the Philippine […]

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BSP-PSA MOA TO SPEED UP PRODUCTION OF NAT’L ID — ARAGONES

A Laguna solon who shepherded the law on the national identification system has lauded the move by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to shoulder the cost of producing the ID cards. This after the BSP signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday to produce blank cards for IDs under […]

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PASSPORT DATA LOSS INCIDENT SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED WITH NATIONAL ID SYSTEM – CASTELO

When did the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) discover that its official passport contractor ran off with the data of applicants? What has the DFA done to address this serious issue involving the privacy of individuals and the security of the state? Why has there been no official pronouncements from the DFA regarding this matter […]

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NATIONAL ID SYSTEM TO EMPOWER FILIPINOS – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing the Philippine Identification System Act. Republic Act 11055 was signed by the President in a ceremony in Malacañang. “I laud President Duterte for signing the law creating the national ID system in order to cut down the bureaucratic red tape that has been hampering the efficient […]