Asian Correspondent Asia News

Philippines: SIM card listing as anti-crime tool, too good to be true

Defeated senatorial candidate Ruffy Biazon has again proposed the registration of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) cards in the Philippines, in an apparent response to their use as triggers in improvised explosive devices which police suspect to have been behind the Jan. 25, 2011 bus explosion in Makati City. At the onset, it is important to...