The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is a study in contradictions — some parts are up-to-date and some parts have been left to rot in hell.
For a change, this story is about a high-technology component of the airport.
“The Border Monitoring and Security Unit of the Bureau of Immigration at NAIA terminals has installed A4Tech webcams, or cameras with facial recognition software, in every immigration counter at the arrival and departure areas for quick identification of passengers,” reports Rudy Santos in The Philippine Star.
The report noted: “Immigration supervisor Mylene Mauricio revealed that the 120 webcams installed last week at NAIA’s four terminals will help them determine if passengers have a derogatory record in their list which is also linked to the Interpol, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine National Police, and the Department of Foreign Affairs.”
Mauricio further explained that the upgrade is also “in connection with the Mobile Interpol Network Database Devices (MIND) first set up last November which can identify individuals with derogatory records in 190 countries.”
“With the facial recognition camera synchronized with the MIND linked to the Interpol, it will be easy for us to arrest persons or passengers who are wanted in their countries, or even possible terrorists,” Mauricio said.
Immigration personnel are currently testing the accuracy of the camera and its connection to their server and the Interpol. More cameras with facial recognition software are expected to be installed in the coming days.
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