Dateline Kamuning:   The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) welcomes President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to tap the private sector in the digitalization of the national ID system, particularly its use cases, for seamless transactions across government agencies and private entities. “Given the 75.8 million Filipinos who have already registered to PhilSys, we are eager to collaborate with the private sector to further accelerate our progress in expanding our use cases. We want our registrants to immediately reap and enjoy the benefits of PhilSys, as a digital ID system,” said PSA Undersecretary Dennis S. Mapa, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General. As of 13 January 2023, around 29 million PhilIDs were printed and more than 15.5 million ePhilIDs were issued.     As part of the PSA’s efforts to fast-track the issuance of ePhilIDs, the agency initiated a house-to-house and plaza-type distribution strategy and pilot implemented a website allowi...