National ID System and Sim card Registration: Will it really curb crimes?

National Identification (ID) System and Sim card Registration. Will it really help prevent crimes in the community?

This is the claims of the proponent of the two out-dated bills in the Congress but until now, fails to pass into law.

The proposal to have a nationwide mandatory registration of prepaid subscriber identification module (SIM) cards is being pushed in the Senate to address mobile-related crimes.

Senate bill number 7 or the Sim Card Registration Act of 2016 seeks to "eradicate mobile phone-aided terrorism and criminal activities" by registering all prepaid SIMs and limiting each person to own only up to three SIM cards "across all service providers."

According to Senate President Koko Pimentel, that there are people who have criminal minds and abuse the non-registration and loose SIM card registration.

One of the examples was the Davao City bombing where the bomb was allegedly detonated using a cellular phone.

Should the bill be passed into law, a registered SIM card owner should be at least 15-years old.

(WATCH:PNP-NCRPO: Sim card registration, national ID are deterrents to crime)

PNP-NCRPO director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde said, criminals often use sim card in making threats and if registered, this kind of activity will be traced.

He is also in support of the National ID system as one strategy of preventing and solving criminality in the country.

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On the other hand, House Speaker and Davao del Norte Representative Pantaleon Alvarez believes that the proposed National Identification system can be of great help in curbing criminality under the Duterte administration.

Alvares said national ID system can fast-track the solution of crimes.

Although security and privacy concerns are valid, he said: “we should not lose sight of the benefits or advantages of having a uniform computerized system of identification of Filipino citizens wherever they may be.”


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WHO CAN AVAIL FREE MEDICINES FROM THE GOVT AND WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

"Isang Bilyong Pisong Tulong na Gamot mula sa Pondo ng Pangulo" is now available for indigent patients all over the Philippines.

In the official page of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, confirmed the news on Friday, January 6, 2017.

The P1 billion for free medicines came from the P5 billion remitted by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. to President Rodrigo Duterte last month.

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Taguiwalo said under their guidelines, DSWD social workers can immediately approve the giving of medicines to indigents if they are worth P5,000 or below.

The government can also pay for medicines that cost as much as P25,000 but this would have to be subject to approval by the field office.

The DSWD chief clarified that no cash will be given to the poor patients but would provide them with guarantee or referral letters. The indigent patient will then present the letters to drug stores so they can be given free medicines.

The free medicines can be availed of every three months.



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WHO CAN AVAIL OF THE FREE MEDICINES?

• The needy, vulnerable, disadvantaged poor and from the other informal sector. Other indigents base on DSWD assessment.
• Government employees including contractuals
• Individual in crisis base on the assessment of social workers

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED?

• Clinical abstract/medical certificate with full name, signature and license number of a physician
• Doctor's prescription with a name of a patient
• Barangay Certificate of Indigency
• Valid IDs

The DSWD will implement, manage, monitor and gives report and evaluation of the program. The program will be implemented with the help of Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) of the agency.

For those who wants to avail this program, you may visit the nearest DSWD field or satellite offices in your area. Be sure you are qualified to avail and do not forget to bring the requirements mentioned above. 

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