The Anti Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is looking into fast tracking the processing and release of micro enterprises loans with the Small Business Corp. (SB Corp), the government’s micro-lending arm. This developed following a discussion spearheaded by ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica with the...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has expedited the release of 35,146 permits pending with various government agencies and acted on 1,178 complaints against government personnel for violating anti-red tape rules. According to the ARTA report, the released permits include 8,510 permits, license,...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) launched the Philippine Good Regulatory Principles (PGRP), a set of guidelines and core principles on how to promote proportionate, consistent, accountable, and targeted regulations through effective dialogue between regulators and regulated entities. ARTA...
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...
An independent investigation by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is being sought on the forced outages of power plants that caused the May 31-June 1 rotating blackouts as well as hikes in electric bills this June. The proposal was put forward by the advocacy group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI);...
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...
Only a third of more than 1,600 local government units (LGUs) have automated their licensing and permitting processes using the government system even if the software has been made available to them free of charge, the Anti Red Tape Authority (ARTA) reported. ARTA Director General Jeremiah B....
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...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has endorsed to the Office of the Ombudsman the filing of 412 counts of charges against the head of the Food and Drug Administration – Center for Drug Regulation and Research (FDA – CDRR) for sitting on hundreds of Automatic Renewal (AR) drug applications as...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it will join other government agencies in crafting uniform guidelines for the privileges for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) when shopping online. ARTA’s participation stemmed from a complaint by Atty. Victor Dimagiba, president...