No Reason To Delay National ID System; Budget Now's Approved - Rep. Nograles

There is enough budget for the implementation of National ID System.

Davao City Representative Karlo Nograles, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations confirms after his committee approved the proposed funding requirement for the measure.

Nograles said, there is no reason to delay the passage of the national ID system. Because the fund is already allocated.

He believes that National ID system will help government's action eliminating terrorism and criminality.

He added through National ID system a government can identify law abiding citizen from lawless elements.

According to Nograles, the following will be the feature of National ID System

• Machine readable ID with multiple data with digital chips
• It is not just for identification but also for other government transactions
• It can be used as SSS Card, Tax information Card, Health Card, and other government-issued IDs
• Cheaper and more convenient for both the government and the people
• Streamline, integrate and simplify public and private transactions
• It can be used in all government transaction, such as an application for a passport, driver's license, etc.
• Initial application will be free but a cardholder shall pay the replacement.

Under the bill, every Filipinos who are aged 18-year old and above are mandated to register with the Filipino ID or National ID system

This will be done in every municipalities and city nationwide.

For Filipinos residing or working abroad, they can register and get their Filipino ID in embassies and consular offices.

Earlier the House Committee on Population and Family Relations unanimously approved a substitute bill to the 18 measures, all of which is to create national ID system,

Just like any IDs, the Filipino ID card will contain on its face the imprinted photograph, name, birth date, gender, and corresponding common reference number of the individual.

Under the bill, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) shall implement and oversee the registration through the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO).

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UAE and Saudi Arabia Threatens Qatar Sympathizers With Fine/Jail Term

The United Arab Emirates threatens anyone sympathizing with Qatar with up to 15 years in jail, and barring Qatari passport or resident visa holders entry.

Efforts to resolve the regional crisis showed no immediate symptoms of achieving success in the coming days.

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash threatened more curbs if necessary and said Qatar needed to make  firm commitments to change policies on funding militants. Qatar categorically denies  such allegations. 

U.S. President Donald Trump praised the actions against Qatar as he took sides on EAU Saudi Arabia and allies.However, he stressed the need for Gulf unity during a phone conversation with Saudi King Salman.

His defense secretary, James Mattis, also spoke to his Qatari counterpart to express commitment to the Gulf region's security. 

Kuwait's emir also seeks to bridge the gap as he had a meeting  with the Saudi's king on Tuesday.

UAE threatens those who will show words of sympathy with Qatar even on a social media post a 10-15-year jail term, and a fine of at least AED 500,000.
Saudi Arabia said that they will also impose SAR 3 Million and 5 years imprisonment to those who will show support to qatar in social media.

Since the diplomatic row started, tweets against and in support of Qatar have dominated Twitter in Arabic.

Newspapers and television channels in the region have also been engaged in a war of words over Qatar's role.

Qatar has said it will not retaliate against the curbs.

The diplomatic crisis pushes Qatar in leaving the Gulf Cooperation Council "in deep regret", according to a Qatari official.

Bans on Doha's fleet using regional ports and anchorages are Threats to halt some of Doha's exports and disrupt those of liquefied natural gas fleet is imminent as their GCC brothers ban them from using regional ports and anchorages.
Qatar is the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas and global market traders are worried that the Saudi Arabian allies would not accept LNG shipments from Doha. Egypt might also bar tankers carrying Qatar cargos from using the Suez Canal as they head to Europe and others.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump offers to help resolve the diplomatic crisis among GCC Trump offered to help resolve their differences, including through a meeting at the White House if necessary.
Source: Reuters

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Overseas Workers Welfare Organization (OWWA) Administrator hans leo Cacdac has disclosed that OWWA board of trustees has recently approved a resolution allotting financial aid for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), who were affected by the ongoing clash between the government forces and the Maute terror group in Marawi City. The approved financial aid amounting to P100 million will be distributed by the agency to the affected OFW families.

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US President Trump Backing Saudi Et Al Against Qatar Stand-off?

A series of tweets that came from U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be taking side with Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Gulf that unanimously severed diplomatic ties with Qatar after its alleged support to radical extremists, which, Qatar  has already denied.
Trumps tweets on Tuesday said that his visit in Saudi Arabia has paid-off. He also said that it could be the end of terrorism after Qatar has been identified to be allegedly funding radical ideology.

So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2017

...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2017

During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2017

The row has been triggered by Qatar giving in to the ransom demand of Shia extremists amounting to 
$500 million in exchange of the lives of 24 members of the royal family and two saudi Nationals.They were kidnapped while on a hunting trip in Southern Iraq.

Meanwhile, the US maintains a military base in Qatar harboring about 10,000 troops.
US Central Command said that the deepening row would not affect planned US military flights or operations. Qatar's airspace and land and sea borders were currently closed due to the tension.
Source: Independent UK

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Qatari Royals Kidnapped - is the $1B Ransom to Terrorists the Cause of Gulf Rift?

A ransom payment of up to $1 billion to Iranian and al-Qaeda-linked forces in Syria may have been the tipping point for Qatari-Gulf Arab relations, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

 According to people involved in the hostage deal, Qatar coughed up the money to release 9 members of the Gulf state’s royal family who were kidnapped in Iraq while on a falcon hunting trip.

One of the Qataris, Sheikh Nayef bin Eid Mohammed Al Thani, posted a series of photographs on the internet about a week before the kidnapping 

Local militia commanders and government officials in the region allege that Doha spent the money in a transaction that secured the release of 26 members of a Qatari falconry group in southern Iraq 9 of whom are members of the ruling Al-Thani clan. The ransom also includes about 50 militants captured by jihadis in Syria. If they are to be believed, Qatar paid off two of the most infamous groups in the region: an al-Qaeda linked group in Syria and Iranian security officials.

According to local sources, the breakdown of ransom is $120-$140 million to Tahrir al-Sham (former al-Nusra Front) and another $80 million Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of the Levant) while funneling some $700 million to Tehran.

But how did Qatar strike the deal, and how did they manage to cover the huge amount of money transferring hands? - The Four Towns Deal.

The Four Towns Deal is an agreement reached between warring factions in Syria, and sponsored by - guess who - Qatar. The deal involved four towns in Syria described by UN as "catastrophic", with more than 64,000 civilians "trapped in a cycle of daily violence and deprivation". 

Foah and Kefraya, most of whose residents are Shia Muslims, have been encircled by rebels and al-Qaeda-linked Sunni jihadists since March 2015.

Madaya and Zabadani, which are predominantly Sunni Muslims, have meanwhile been besieged since June 2015 by the Syrian army and fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah.

In the "Four Towns Agreement", the warring parties have allowed the UN and Red Cross to deliver aid on a few occasions in the past two years and to evacuate limited numbers of sick and injured people. Aid convoys last reached the towns on 14 March. Several thousand civilians were also allowed to leave Foah and Kefraya in December as part of a deal that saw the evacuation of a besieged rebel enclave in eastern Aleppo. Madaya and Zabadani residents will be taken to rebel-held areas around the city of Idlib and the town of Jarablus.

Analysts theorized that Qatar has used the deal as a cover to fund jihadists. “If you want to know how Qatar funds jihadists, look no further than the hostage deal,” said a Syrian opposition figure who has worked with an al-Qaeda mediator on hostage swaps in Syria. “And this isn’t the first — it is one of a series since the beginning of the war.”

The deal highlighted why Qatar is frequently accused of funding jihadists in Syria, usually via hostage payments. But perhaps the upsetting fact is that Doha may have paid off Saudi Arabia's main regional rival, Iran, which they accuse of fueling conflicts in the Arab world. The hostage deal, masked by the Four Towns Agreement, is the trigger to this latest and most drastic diplomatic row in the gulf region.

Is there any proof to these outlandish theory? The timeline of events seem to fit. After 16 months in captivity, the Qatari hunting party walked free, returned by their captors to Iraq’s Interior Ministry in Baghdad. They were then delivered to the embassy of Qatar, which for days had stationed a plane at the airport in anticipation of their release. The evacuation of the four villages under the "Four Towns Agreement" happened about the same time.

Iraqi Shiite official said the release of the Qatari prisoners was linked to the safe evacuation of — and delivery of humanitarian aid to — residents of two Shiite villages in Idlib Province, Fouaa and Kfarya. As part of that agreement, residents of two predominantly Sunni villages, Madaya and Zabadani, that have been held by rebels but besieged by forces loyal to the Syrian government are to be bused to safety.

Civilians being evacuated as part of the Four Towns Deal

Another interesting note, Haidar al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, said in April his government had seized hundreds of millions of dollars, which Iraqi officials said arrived on Qatari planes “illegally”. It is not clear if this money is part of the ransom money mentioned above, or an additional amount.

The Qatar News Agency "hacking" incident and the showing of a video which appears to present Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani making inciting statements about Iran and Israel worsened the regional dispute and raised tensions to its highest levels, where it ended in the current situation.

source: FT. Al Bab


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