You can PhilSys on a boat: Philippines’ ID registration goes aquatic

In its campaign to reach and register every Filipino with a digital ID, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has launched a new initiative that will bring mobile registration to geographically remote coastal areas via traditional outrigger canoes.

A PSA release says the pragmatically named PhilSys on Boat program will allow personnel  and biometric equipment to reach the nation’s Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA), some of which can only be accessed by boat. Trips have already provided Filipinos …

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