The Senate on Monday passed on third and final reading a measure seeking to harmonize “redundant” government identification cards (IDs) with a national identification system.

Seventeen senators voted for the bill’s passage while two others -- Senators Risa Hontiveros and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan – did not.

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