Manila, Nov. 12 -- The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) has trained personnel from about 1,350 of the country's 1,642 local government units (LGUs) for the unified digital ID system for persons with disabilities (PWDs), surpassing 80 percent of its rollout target.

"Patuloy din ang pakikipag-ugnayan natin sa NCDA at sa mga natitirang LGUs para po masiguro natin na maayos ang pagpapatupad ng ating unified system (The NCDA continues to coordinate with the remaining LGUs to ensure the unified system is implemented smoothly)," NCDA spokesperson Walter Jason Alava said in a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview on Wednesday.

Registration is currently done in person while the NCDA works on online registration.

The council will offer ...