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WEDNESDAY / SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
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hosts Too,ooo informal
from Metro Manila, wants to be
among the communities that
will pilot a national identifica-
tion system,
According to Bulacan Rep.
Rida Robes, she has petitioned
national government agencies
to include San tose del Monte
to help them identify new resi-
dents in government low-cost
housing projects so the city can
plan for their needs.
Robes said the number of
migrants made up about 7o
percent of this city's 1 million
population, drawing security
concerns for the local govern-
ment.
She said the ID system
would help the police screen
criminals who may have trans-
ferred here along with those
displaced from Metro Manila
urban poor communiti€s.
IDENTITY CARD The
Philippine Statistics Authority
released this sample design of
the national identification card
after President Duterte signed
the Philippine ldentification
System Act last year.
San Jose del Monte also
needs to make adjustments to
its public service infrastruc-
ture. like waste collection and
access to water and electricity,
said Robes, wife of the incum-
bent city mayor, Arthur Robes.
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cation system (RepublicAct No.
1
cial election supervisor. Many
migrants still vote in their for-
precincts San Juan,
11055) in August zor8, which Manila, Caloocan, Navotas,
gathers all national ID cards Malabon and Quezon cities.
used by citizens to transact To address information
with the government for per- gaps, Mayor Robes asked the
mits and services under a sin- city council to pass a resolution
gle data system. requiring apartment owners to
The city began taking in mi- submit profiles on their tpn-
grants in 1965 through the ants.
Sapang Palay housing commu-
nitibs cbmposed of squatters Moratorium
displaced from Tondo, Manila. The city government also
directed the 59 village councils
Increased population to enforce a moratorium on
Fifteen more relocation shelter programs for urban
sites have since been put up in poor families to give the local
San Jose del Monte that ac- government time to address its
count for the increased poputa- existing migrant population.
tion. But city services have not Mayor Robes said the city
been able to cope, beginning expected to benefit from a per-
with a police force of only 129, ceived shift in investments
Mayor Robes said. from Metro Manila to Bulacan,
. OrLly 247,567 residents are owing to ongoing efforts to de-
registered voters, aceording to congest the metropolis. -crn-
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