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Today, President Duterte has officially signed the Philippine Identification System Act (PhilSys) after it was approved in the Congress in May this year. [caption id="attachment_181771" align="alignnone" width="720"] Image via Concept News Central[/caption] The signing of the PhilSys took place in Malacañang at 3:30pm. According to Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) chief Adelino Sitoy, the PhilSys will simplify public and private transactions and will be of great help to prevent fraudulent transactions. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), together with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), will be campaigning PhilSys to all citizens and resident aliens within three months from the effectivity of this act. The PhilSys digital ID formats include the printed ePhilID, a downloadable, and a generated copy via their mobile app. Security and authentication The printed ePhilID can be verified through the PhilSys Check webpage (https://verify.philsys.gov.ph/QrScan/). Once the PhilSys Check authenticated the QR code of a certain ePhilID, it will display a successful verification message that should match the demographic info and the ID photo of the person. As previously reported, the digital PhilID system is part PSA's ‘proactive strategy’ allowing registrants to immediately enjoy the benefits of being PhilSys-registered while they wait for the physical copy. Read more in our articles including "President Duterte signs National ID law" and "PSA unveils printed National ID official format, reassures it as valid, sufficient proof of identify".