Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian stressed the need for the measure, highlighting that 110 million prepaid SIM cards are active in the country. “If you look at statistics, there are about 110 million active and outstanding prepaid SIM cards in the whole country,” Gatchalian said. It just goes to say that some people own two, three, four SIM cards.”The lawmaker noted that criminal groups have been using prepaid SIM cards in their illegal activities. So, it’s about time to have that registration of prepaid SIM cards. We’re the only country in Asia that does not register prepaid SIM cards,” Gatchalian said.

Source: Manila Times July 15, 2017 14:03 UTC