Cities and municipalities in the Province of Davao Del Norte implemented the Business-One-Stop Shop (BOSS) for the business permit and licenses renewal.
Representatives from the City Government of Tagum and Panabo shared their innovations and practices relative to Republic Act 11032 also known as the Ease of Doing Business Act during the latest episode of Kapihan sa DavNor.
Tagum City Acting Assistant Treasurer, Nimfa Rabara, and the City Government of Panabo’s Business Permit and Licensing Section Head, Juliet Nacario explained how they are implementing the RA 11032 in their respective cities.
“Ang ease of doing business, nagalangkob kana sa BOSS or Business-One-Stop Shop. Sa una man gud kung magrenew ka sa imong license muadto paka sa matag opisina nga involved. Muadto ka sa engineering, sa health office, sa Bureau of Fire pero sa pagkakaron, base sa RA 11032, the Ease of Doing Business, gusto man gud ni President Duterte nga mastreamline ang pagpadagan sa mga transaction dili madugay dugay, mapadali so mao na sya nga gipatapok ang mga opisina involved in one area,”(The Ease of Doing Business Act includes the Business-One-Stop Shop (BOSS). Before, we visit a lot of offices just to renew our licenses. You go to engineering, health, and BFP offices but now, since President Duterte wants to ease the transactions in business licenses renewals, he ordered through this act to gather all these offices in one place), Rabara explained.
“Sa atoa pod diri sa Tagum City medyo nakabentaha pod mi kay naa mi atrium man gud sa amoang city hall, naa ra sya dinha kay 2018 paman na naimplement ba, so naa mi diri sa city hall wherein dako kaayo mig area diha sa atrium,” (Here in Tagum City, it’s favourable for us because we have this huge atrium at our new city hall), she added.
Rabara also stated that the City of Tagum is aiming towards full automation of the business permit and license renewal process.
“This year amo gyud pod untang gipaningkamutan na pwede na mapa-online especially karon na COVID time although ika-3rd year na karon pero daghan pang kaso, In fact, naa nagyud mi online nga assessment, however naa pami kulang nga data nga na upload sa system provider,”(We really exert effort in making this year’s transaction for the renewal to become online especially during this pandemic which is in its third year already, yet a lot of cases are still recorded. But there are still requirements we need to upload to the system provider to make it happen), she explained.
“Mao na nga overtimean pa nila to aron next week, hopefully, makapa-online assessment na sila ug dili man maka-online payment,” (That’s why they have to work overtime so that next week, hopefully, they will be able to do the online assessment and if we will not be able to make the online payment), she added.
Meanwhile, Nacario also discussed the process of securing a business permit and license in Panabo City.
“Ang pagkuha sa business permit sa syudad sa Panabo naka-angkla kini sa RA 11032 kung diin adunay kitay 3 ka step. Step 1 is the verification of requirements, step 2 is the payment and step 3 is ang pag-claim na sa atoang business permit. And right now Sir we are also implementing our online appointment system,” (Securing permit in the City of Panabo is anchored on RA 11032 following three steps. Step 1 is the verification of the requirements, Step 2 is the payment and Step 3 is to claim the permit and license. Right now, we also implement an online appointment system), Nacario explained.
Both of them urge their citizens to process their business permits and licenses renewal before the deadline to avoid penalties and a crowd of people on the last days of the renewal. (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda, Jr.)
