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TELCOS SHOULD NOT BURDEN LGUS ON SIM CARD REGISTRATION – REP GOMEZ

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  Dateline Kamuning:    Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (2nd District) today cautioned the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for tasking local government units (LGUs) in the information dissemination campaign for the registration of SIM cards. Gomez, who was a two-term mayor of Ormoc City, reminded the DILG that the primary mover of the implementation of Republic Act   No. 11934 or the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act is the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT). "It is the responsibility of the DICT and the telecommunication companies to implement the registration of SIM cards, including informing the public the WHYs and the DOs. Why give the burden of letting the public know about the pros and cons of the measures, and the registration methods, to the LGUs when these already have so much task at hand?" Gomez asked. “The telcos should not burden the LGUs since they are the ones which earn hundreds of million...