The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) yesterday announced that it has issued more than 50 million PhilIDs and ePhilIDs which can already be used for transactions needing proof of identity.
Of that figure, more than 25.1 million PhilIDs were delivered as of February 28, while the remaining 25 million ePhilIDs were issued as of March 3, PSA said in a statement.
“We, at the PSA, take this milestone as another step towards our goal of delivering the benefits of being Philippine Identification System (PhilSys)-registered to more Filipinos,” Dennis Mapa, national statistician, said.
The PSA said it continues to work closely with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for card production and printing, and the Philippine Postal Corp. for PhilID delivery.
PSA field offices are also on the frontlines for ePhilID issuance at registration centers, and through its house-to-house and plaza-type distribution nationwide.
The PSA said the ePhilID has allowed registered persons to access various financial services and be financially included. This is in line with PhilSys’ goal to help strengthen financial inclusion.
Over 8.4 million previously unbanked Filipinos have been onboarded to the Land Bank of the Philippines through PhilSys and became financially included, PSA added.
PhilSys-registered individuals can visit https://appt.philsys.gov.ph to check if they may already claim their ePhilIDs. Registered persons who have received an official text message from the PSA may also download a PDF copy of the ePhilID on their mobile devices.
Meanwhile, relative to the goal in transforming social protection services delivery, the PSA said it is also collaborating with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in ensuring there are no duplicates among social protection program beneficiaries in Listahanan.
An information management system that identifies poor people across the country, DSWD’s Listahanan currently includes 30.49 million individuals.
