By Dhel Nazario
Electronic application forms are now available in Pasay City for those who wish to acquire a work permit, as the local chief executive bats for the computerized processing of all transactions.
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano ordered the city’s Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) and the Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) departments to develop a system that will allow a constituent to get a working permit in less than a day.
“We must deliver these services to our constituents at a lesser cost and at the fastest possible time as these are our commitments to tax payers,” Calixto-Rubiano said.
Applicants usually have to go through at least six steps before getting an occupational permit.
With the new system, City Hall minimized it just to four: application, assessment, payment, and releasing.
“This would cut down red tape as well as remove corruption,” said Edwin David, chief of Pasay City’s ICT department.
Over a hundred applicants have filed for their permits since Feb. 13. David’s team helped develop the system together with the BPLO. David also said his team is now developing an online engineering permit.
The campaign is part of President Duterte’s drive to ease doing business at the local level.
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano ordered the city’s Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) and the Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) departments to develop a system that will allow a constituent to get a working permit in less than a day.
“We must deliver these services to our constituents at a lesser cost and at the fastest possible time as these are our commitments to tax payers,” Calixto-Rubiano said.
Applicants usually have to go through at least six steps before getting an occupational permit.
With the new system, City Hall minimized it just to four: application, assessment, payment, and releasing.
“This would cut down red tape as well as remove corruption,” said Edwin David, chief of Pasay City’s ICT department.
Over a hundred applicants have filed for their permits since Feb. 13. David’s team helped develop the system together with the BPLO. David also said his team is now developing an online engineering permit.
The campaign is part of President Duterte’s drive to ease doing business at the local level.