The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is thinking of adding high-tech features to cards which verify identities of subsidized rice beneficiaries. In a radio report, DSWD secretary Esperanza Cabral said that the cards will soon contain bar codes which will trigger an alarm when scanned.
Besides discouraging the use of fake cards, it will also prevent individuals from buying government-subsidized rice and then selling them at higher rates. “We will place bar code systems so that the cards whose bar codes do not match will trigger an alarm when scanned.
That way, unscrupulous individuals will not get cheap rice," Cabral said on government-run dzRB radio.
Cabral said that this initiative is separate and independent from another program, called the “Beneficiary Identified for Government Assistance (BIGAS) numbers," which will be issued to local government units to prevent the proliferation of fake cards.
“We are taking all measures to make sure the cards will not be easily faked," she said.
source: GMANews.TV
Todays news..Anger over whale pet food claims
Japanese scientists have reacted angrily to media reports that surplus whale meat is being sold as pet food.
A UK conservation group said last week that Japan's research programme was landing so many whales, unwanted meat was being turned into dog food.
But the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) in Tokyo said less than 100kg of a species not covered by a global ban was sold to a pet food manufacturer.
A UK conservation group said last week that Japan's research programme was landing so many whales, unwanted meat was being turned into dog food.
But the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) in Tokyo said less than 100kg of a species not covered by a global ban was sold to a pet food manufacturer.
The ICR said Japan does not have a glut of whale meat.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the ICR's director general criticised claims made by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) and the media's reporting of them.
"This is an indictment on western media who do not question the information they receive on whaling and instead further reinforce falsehoods and wrong assumptions," said Dr Hiroshi Hatanaka. Read full story on this site.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the ICR's director general criticised claims made by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) and the media's reporting of them.
"This is an indictment on western media who do not question the information they receive on whaling and instead further reinforce falsehoods and wrong assumptions," said Dr Hiroshi Hatanaka. Read full story on this site.
source: bbcnews.co.uk
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