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NEDA eyes completing digital national ID distribution before 2023 ends

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/12/06/20210524-philippine-id-system-registration-jc-26.jpg"/><figcaption>Government employees process their biometric information including fingerprint, iris scan, and photograph as they register for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) at the Universidad De Manila on May 24, 2021. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) on Wednesday said it wanted to speed up the production of digital national IDs and complete their distribution before the end of 2023. </p><p>NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was &quot;closely monitoring&quot; the distribution of both the ePhilID or electronic Philippine ID and the physical national IDs.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/06/22/marcos-orders-psa-to-fast-track-printing-of-digital-national-id">Marcos orders PSA to fast track printing of digital national ID: Palace</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I think, we are more than halfway in the physical ID but I said we want to speed up the digital ID so that, sana before the end of the year kumpleto na lahat, everyone will have a digital ID,&quot; Balisacan told Palace reporters. </p><p>&quot;It’s very important for us that that’s completed because it will reduce transaction costs in government as well in the private sector. It will allow us to save a lot of resources from our ayuda because many of the income transfers targeted for the poor do not end up with the poor because there are leakages,&quot; he added.<br/> <br/>The management and production of digital national IDs will be transferred to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), according to Balisacan. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/30/23/over-65-million-physical-digital-national-ids-issued-psa">Over 65 million physical, digital national IDs issued: PSA</a></li></ul><p>The ePhilID, which has security features, has served as a temporary national ID pending the issuance of the physical one. </p><p>Balisacan said that while digital IDs were not prioritized when the program was launched, they became important after the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw a boom in online and digital infrastructure. </p><p>&quot;Instead of shifting to digital ID, we left that as a second priority than a first priority,&quot; the NEDA chief said. &quot;But that now has changed; we realized that we should first make those digital IDs so that anyone who has a phone can already use the digital ID and that is now the primary responsibility of the DICT.&quot; </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/27/23/psa-over-70-m-issued-with-physical-digital-natl-id">PSA: Over 70-M issued with physical, digital national ID</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, PSA encouraged those registered in the Philippine Identification System or PhilSys to visit its website to check if they could claim their ePhilIDs.</p><p>With the ePhilID, registered persons can immediately utilize the benefits of PhilSys, such as faster and seamless transactions in accessing financial and social protection services, according to the PSA website.</p><p>Marcos in December last year ordered the PSA to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/06/22/marcos-orders-psa-to-fast-track-printing-of-digital-national-id">fast-track</a> the printing of digital national IDs. </p><p>As of June 16, 2023, a total of 33,422,502 physical IDs have been delivered, while 36,848,828 digital IDs — both printed and downloadable — have been issued, PSA said. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2774326" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><em>Video from RTVM</em></div>

At present, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) manages the distribution of both physical and digital IDs. 

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NEDA eyes completing digital national ID distribution before 2023 ends

Job Manahan,

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Published Aug 23, 2023 08:01 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 24, 2023 03:52 PM PHT

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