Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Saturday, Feb. 26 vowed to make doing business in the Philippines even easier in a bid to expedite the country’s recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash) Although the Anti-Red Tape Act...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has given several government agencies, instrumentalities, and local government units (LGUs) until January 6 to submit their Citizen’s Charter and Certificate of Compliance after missing the previous deadline on December 17. ARTA Logo In a statement, ARTA said...
Editorial The enactment of an updated Public Service Act (PSA) in the first quarter of 2022 has become distinctly possible after the passage of the Senate bill that would be harmonized with the House of Representatives’ bill. This would complement the earlier enactment of the Retail Trade...
Two alleged fixers of professional driver’s license upgrading were arrested by the authorities in Quezon City on Friday, November 26, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) reported on Sunday morning. Joint elements of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) was set to adopt several of the Anti-Red Tape Authority's (ARTA's) recommendations in their guidelines for securing a Certificate of Foundling and Certification of Registration of Authority to Solemnize Marriage. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and...
A Bureau of Customs (BOC) employee in Biñan, Laguna was arrested in an entrapment operation around eight hours after receiving complaints against him for alleged fixing and extortion. A customs employee in Biñan, Laguna was arrested in an entrapment operation launched by the Anti-Red Tape...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it will soon press charges against the division chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Caloocan and the barangay officials in the area over their supposed inaction on the proliferation of fixers. ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica faces the alleged...
The government agency tasked to ensure ease in doing business in the country failed to make it easy for Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct an audit examination of its financial transactions last year. COA, in its 2020 annual audit report for the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), said the agency’s...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it was targeting that all 1,600 local government units (LGUs) will have their electronic Business One-Stop Shop (e-BOSS) before President Duterte's term expires on June 30 next year. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo from...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica said having public assistance desks in government offices was important because complaints of the transacting public can easily be resolved with them. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo from ARTA)...
An alleged fixer who offered his illegal services to a top Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) official at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) headquarters in Quezon City was arrested on Tuesday. Anti-Red Tape Authority Director-General Jeremiah Belgica plasters a poster at the Land Transportation...
A man providing janitorial services to a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) branch in Lipa City, Batangas was nabbed due to alleged fixing. A janitor pretending to be a member of an office at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) branch in Lipa City, Batangas is arrested for fixing in an entrapment...
