Five alleged scammers, believed to have milked millions of pesos from their victims, were arrested in a joint entrapment operation launched by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) in Quezon City this week....
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica said even Jesus Christ will find a hard time complying with the requirements of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to solemnize marriages as their requirements were "discriminatory." Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA)...
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 Department of Transportation (DOTr) has affirmed its support for the Anti-Red Tape Authority’s (ARTA) all-out campaign against “fixers". Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica sticks a poster at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in East Avenue, Quezon City to...
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...
Processes at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) such as the application for drivers' license or motor vehicle registration have been made easier in a bid to discourage clients from engaging with “fixers.” (MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante said the...
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...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) have committed to intensify their campaign against "fixers", especially those offering their services outside the transportation agency's headquarters in Quezon City. PARTNERS VS. FiXERS--Anti-Red Tape Authority Director...
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 official of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Licensing Center in Quezon City (QCLC) has demanded an apology from the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) for its "false accusations" against their operations. (MANILA BULLETIN) "It is not only our office that you have wronged but our organization in...
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...