Friday, April 11, 2008

New Philippines passports useless as an I.D.

THE PHILIPPINE MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT IS USELESS AS AN ID AT THE LAND BANK branch located in the Sugar Regulatory Commission compound in Quezon City.

It was only this morning that The Land Bank refused to recognize a passport as an ID BECAUSE IT DID NOT DISPLAY THE OWNERS SIGNATURE. True enough, when he scrutinized it, it did not display his signature.

What irony! A passport acceptable to other countries and issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs is not recognized by another branch of that same government, the Land Bank, which is under the Department of Finance, for lack of the holder's signature.

Calling the attention of the Senators who are in any of these loops! I hope the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations shall look into this and advise the Department of Foreign Affairs to re-issue and replace, at no cost to passport holders, new passports that display the passport holders' signatures.

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