Applicants for business permit renewals as well as new permit applicants came in droves going into the last nine days of transactions by the Davao City Business Bureau.
As of January 19, Saturday, the Business Bureau reported that it has received 30, 568 business permit applications, with 6,899 permits already issued.
Business Bureau chief Marissa Torentera said that they are expecting most of the 39,514 businesses in the city for 2018 to renew their permits for this year.
“Hopefully, all of them will renew their permits. But we are also expecting that some of them will be retiring,” Torentera said.
Aside from the main office in the Sangguninag Panlungsod building, a satellite office for all renewals had been set up at the nearby Davao City Recreation Center (Almendras Gym). At the SP processing desks, the bureau has by far catered to 952 applicants while its satellite office processed 211 applications.
Torentera recommended the first time business applicants. She instructed establishments who were blocked for violations to go to the SP processing center.
“For those who are for purely renewal, they can go to the Almendras Gym,” she said.
Torentera said that 10,000 establishments in the city were blocked by the business bureau because the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) did not issue them with the Fire Safety Inspection (FSI) permit due to failure of complying with certain requirements.
She bared that the City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) also blocked almost all tourism certifications effective last December 31, 2018, also due to violations.
Torentera reminded the public to renew on or before January 31. She said the bureau, as in the past, will strictly implement no extensions for the business renewal and applications.
