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Quezon City Hall To Take Over National ID Production And Distribution In NCR!

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Move over, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Here comes Quezon City Hall under the able leadership of Mayor Joy Belmonte.

Residents within the National Capital Region (NCR) frustrated with the long wait are applauding the transfer of the national ID production and distribution from PSA to Quezon City Hall (QCH). They include those whose IDs were waiting to be delivered when fire gutted the Manila Main Post Office.

The good news is that QCH can produce and print IDs within minutes as it does with official senior citizen, PWD and other plastic IDs. Compare that with more than two years that citizens have waited — many still waiting — for their national IDs.

As long as ID applicants have the complete requirements as stated in the application form, they only need to wait no more than 10 minutes for the high-tech machine to print their plastic IDs.

ID applicants can visit the main QCH or its district satellite offices to get their instant national IDs.

Mayor Belmonte told The Adobo Chronicles that temporary satellite offices throughout the rest of the National Capital Region (NCR) will soon be set up for this purpose.

Government, Media, Technology

PCO: From Philippine Gazette To Philippine Cassette!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – After being flooded with criticism on its release of a news tabloid, “The Philippine Gazette,” the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced that it will be coming out with an audio version of their propaganda news.

PCO told The Adobo Chronicles that beginning on June 1, 2023, it will be distributing free news cassettes at all bus terminals and LRT, MRT train stations.

“This completes our comprehensive strategy to reach each and every Filipino so that they are fully informed and updated on the goings-on in Malacañang,” a PCO spokesperson said.

Earlier, tinapa and dried fish vendors at public markets praised PCO for giving them access to free newsprint to display and sell their goods.

Business, Food, Government, The Media

Tinapa Vendors Thank Presidential Communications Office For New Tabloid!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In the age of instant, electronic communications, the Philippines’ Presidential Communications Office (PCO) wants to stick to old tradition — printing and distributing tabloids to herald the accomplishments of the administration.

Critics have said that no one reads printed newspapers anymore these days as they look to the Internet for their daily dose of up-to-date news and developments.

But the new tabloid, “The Philippine Gazette” has brought joy and relief to thousands of Filipino tinapa (smoked fish) vendors who praised the PCO for giving them access to free newsprint to use in their small businesses.

It is customary for tinapa and other dried fish vendors to use old newspapers to display and wrap their goods. They have had difficulty obtaining used newspapers because very few people still buy or read them.