NCSC, iminumungkahi ang pagkakaroon ng central database kapalit ng discount booklet ng mga senior...

NCSC, iminumungkahi ang pagkakaroon ng central database kapalit ng discount booklet ng mga senior citizen

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00:00 Target the National Commission of Senior Citizens to have a central database

00:05 that will replace the discount booklets that the senior citizens use.

00:10 This is the report of Rod Lagusan.

00:12 Following the continuous distribution of discounts for senior citizens,

00:18 the National Commission of Senior Citizens is now advocating

00:22 to have a database instead of discount booklets for senior citizens.

00:27 According to NCSC Chairperson Atty. Frank Linquijano,

00:31 having a central database is more practical.

00:34 Actually, if we talk about the experienced, it's better.

00:39 Because one problem, even if you are experienced,

00:42 you will forget that you cannot avail the 20% discount.

00:45 So I think, if all the seniors are experienced, they can remove the booklets.

00:50 So if you go to a boutique or a grocery or a mall,

00:56 and you don't bring a booklet for medicine or groceries,

01:01 usually, they will reject you because you don't bring a booklet.

01:06 Father Erzo is in favor of having a chance to forget the booklet

01:11 for monitoring the seniors like him.

01:14 Because you didn't bring the passbook.

01:17 I always bring it. I always bring the senior ID.

01:21 But sometimes, I forget the passbook.

01:23 In the grocery, I don't have a grocery booklet.

01:26 You won't be able to get a discount.

01:29 Likewise, in medicine, you won't be able to get a discount.

01:32 You don't have a medicine booklet.

01:34 It's better. It's convenient. You don't have to bring it.

01:38 Father Erzo's addition will greatly help

01:41 and will make their transaction easier.

01:44 But Linquijano explains that the booklet is under the law

01:47 and Congress will need help to change it.

01:50 The Department of Information and Communications Technology

01:53 is also doing the same for the mechanism.

01:55 I was looking at a centralized database

01:58 where all the merchants can share their data.

02:06 The government should be able to provide storage

02:13 so that all users can know if the medicine they bought is not enough.

02:22 Through this, monitoring of the purchases of senior citizens

02:25 is easier and this is also a sign of the President's mandate

02:30 to digitalize government funds.

02:34 Rod Laguzad for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.