OFWs welcome no birth certificate ruling on passport renewal

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:47:22 +0000

OFWs welcome no birth certificate ruling on passport renewal

MANILA, Philippines — The department order signed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. removing the birth certificate requirement for passport renewal is a “welcome relief” for migrant workers, a recruitment consultant and migration expert said Wednesday. “The department order signed by Sec. Locsin is a welcome relief for millions of migrant workers deployed to […]

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Locsin says DFA can’t assure ‘safety’ of ‘some’ passport data

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:15:49 +0000

DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday said the agency cannot assure the “safety and security” of “some data” in Filipinos’ passports.

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Locsin scraps birth certificate requirement for renewal of passport

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:40:49 +0000

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin has removed the birth certificate requirement for renewal of passport.

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Locsin to remove birth certificate requirement for passport renewals

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 07:30:21 +0000

DFA Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. is poised to issue an order that would remove birth certificate requirement for passport renewals.

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Gabriela: Probe passport mess, stop implementation of Nat’l ID system

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:41:49 +0000

Gabriela: Probe passport mess, stop implementation of Nat'l ID system

Representatives of party-list Gabriela has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) passport mess.

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Locsin clarifies: Passport data not ‘run-away-able’ but inaccessible

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 03:35:55 +0000

Locsin clarifies: Passport data not 'run-away-able' but inaccessible

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. admitted on Tuesday that the public’s information affected by the data breach is not “run-away-able.”

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Passport data breach a threat to national security- PNP chief

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:11:40 +0000

The passport data breach could pose a threat to national security after a previously outsourced passport maker took all the passport applicants’ data, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said on Monday.

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Palace wants ‘facts’ on passport ‘data breach’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:17:34 +0000

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Monday said he would be writing the government agencies concerned as well as the outsourced contractor in the alleged passport “data breach” to know the “status” of the issue.

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Hontiveros seeks probe on passport data mess

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 05:41:17 +0000

Hontiveros seeks probe on passport data mess

Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for an inquiry into the alleged data breach caused by a previous contractor, producing passports for DFA.

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