SENATOR Panfilo Lacson is proposing the consolidation of all biometrics data, which some government agencies have gathered to cut the projected P3 billion cost in implementing the proposed national identification system.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the government has to “start all over again” in terms of gathering biometrics. The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, headed by Lacson, conducted a public hearing on 11 pending measures calling for the establishment of a national ID system.

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