PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday signed the SIM Card Registration Act or Republic Act No. 11934 into law, which he said is timely given the many reports of crimes using mobile phones and the proliferation of text scams and spam.
Marcos, after signing the bill into law – the first measure enacted by the 19th Congress that he signed into law as President – said this sets the “important tone that it is our national policy to ensure that technology shall only be used to improve our people’s lives.
“With the signing of this act, we will finally achieve what has long been overdue, an effective means of regulating the issuance of SIM cards to curb the spread of spam text messages and scams. We will soon be able to provide law enforcement agencies with the tools needed to resolve crimes perpetrated with the use of these SIM Cards, as well as providing a strong deterrence against the commission of wrongdoing,” the President said.
Legislators led by Sen. Grace Poe and Speaker Martin Romualdez, along with PNP chief Rodolfo Azurin Jr., welcomed the new law, saying it is a big step in stopping crimes through the use of cellphones and…