by Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News, May 28, 2018
MANILA (UPDATE) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed the Ease of Doing Business Act, delivering on a campaign promise to make government transactions faster.
The President said Republic Act 11032, which amends the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, “has long been overdue.”
“This addresses the failure of the Anti-Red Tape Act of [2007] to solve the perennial problem of bureaucratic red tape in our government institutions,” Duterte said in a speech in Malacañang.
“This law will introduce simplified requirements and streamlined procedures that will finally spare our people from the intolerable waiting time and long lines in frontline government agencies.”
The law requires government agencies to act on applications within 3 days for simple transactions, 7 days for complex ones and 20 days for the highly technical.
The President described this provision as one of the most important in the newly signed law.
The Ease of Doing Business Act seeks to make the environment more conducive to business by simplifying procedures on the national and local levels.
It also mandates the adoption of a unified application form for local tax and building clearances and sanitary and zoning clearances, among others.
One-stop shops will be established in every city or town and local government units will be encouraged to automate their permit and license processing systems.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology will be tasked to establish a government portal to accept applications from businesses.
The DICT will also create a Philippine Business Registry Databank.
“By automating our bureaucratic processes and integrating online mechanisms in day-to-day transactions, we do not just bring our people closer to their government. We also forge a vibrant and productive relationship that will redound to the benefit of the people,” Duterte said.
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Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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Women’s Week
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International Peace Day;
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Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 27 — Earth Hour
