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DTI Revving up for Project One: One Form, One Number, One Portal—Government to use for the first time the Design Sprints technology to improve business registration
The Department of Trade and Industry-Competitiveness Bureau, as temporary secretariat of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), following the enactment of Republic Act 11032 known as the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018, is set to implement its first project called Project One. Project One is designed to develop solutions to improve business registration in the Philippines. The main objective of the project is to improve ease of doing business by streamlining the business registration process in the country, one that is focused on creating a pleasant customer experience (easy, not cumbersome nor confusing), addresses bureaucratic singularity (whole of government, one door policy) and promotes governance (data sharing, data accuracy, access to data, privacy issues). New Zealand’s Creative HQ won the bid to support the country’s efforts aimed at significantly improving the EODB rankings of the Philippines and general ease of doing business for business owners, entrepreneurs and investors. New Zealand presents an attractive partner to the Philippines as NZ ranks 1st in the World Bank Doing Business survey and the Starting a Business indicator of the WB DB 2018 survey. Project One shall make use of a modern innovation format (“Design Sprints workshops”, a method developed by Google Ventures to solve specific business problems and validate potential solutions in just five days.) The three workshops shall cover the following: Design Sprint 1 (July 23 – 27, 2018): Creation of a “Wikipedia” of LGU registration process. DILG and DICT to collate and publish the most up to date processes for LGUs in one place. This will increase inter-agency collaboration, and provide highly useful information to business and investors, and increase transparency of... read moreDTI REPORTS ON EASE OF DOING BUSINESS REFORMS
Sec. Lopez calls on gov’t agencies to “Execute, execute, execute” reform initiatives The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced during the 6th Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Summit on 13 June 2018 at the PICC in Pasay City that the government has already implemented nineteen reforms that it hopes will have an impact in the 2019 World Bank Doing Business Survey Report. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez, chair of the EODB/Anti-Red Tape Advisory Council, enumerated the following reform initiatives undertaken by various agencies that will have an impact on 7 out of 10 indicators of the DB Report. These indicators include: (1) starting a business, (2) dealing with construction permits (3) getting electricity, (4) registering property, (5) protecting minority investors, (6) trading across borders, and (7) enforcing contracts. The following reforms have been implemented: Company Registration System (CRS) implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 2017. Executive Order 11 issued by Quezon City creating a One-stop Shop (OSS) for business and building permits. Barangay clearances shall no longer be held as a prior requirement for business and building permit application. Single Window Transaction initiated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Setting up of Quezon City Construction Permits One-Stop Shop for single, integrated application and approval for building permits, locational clearances, fire safety evaluation clearances, certificates of occupancy, fire safety inspection certificates, tax declarations (new warehouse), certificates of final electrical inspection, and certificates of machinery operation. Issuance of a DILG/DPWH/DTI Joint Memorandum Circular on Construction Permits. This sets uniform standards for processing building permits and certificates of occupancy, including application forms, requirements, steps,... read more
Aris assures no service vacuum for B’vista folk
By JUNE S. BLANCO REP. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) assures the Buenavistanhons that there will be no “service vacuum” in the town in the wake of the killing last Sunday of Buenavista Mayor Ronald Lowell “Sample” Tirol. Aumentado immediately met now Mayor Dave Duallo and the Sangguniang Bayan after the incident, for a closer look into the plans and direction the local officials, led by the late Tirol, had prepared and took. It is now, more than ever, that the people of Buenavista need to feel that they have the support they need – even with the murder of their former mayor, the solon said. He observed that some residents had admitted fearing for their lives when a gunman shot Tirol at close range while the latter was at the town cockpit past 3 pm last Sunday. But while Aumentado grieves over the death of a “close and intimate friend”, he said no leader is indispensable. Change is inevitable he philosophized, because of term limits and risks like death. But services will not be disrupted. After all, his is a people-based leadership, not leader-based. The interest of the people is paramount – not that of the leader, he said. He says he has confidence in Duallo, another “close and intimate friend” who is now picking up the pieces where Tirol had left off. Duallo has the determination to continue his dreams and those of his father and immediate congressional predecessor, former governor and congressman Erico Boyles Aumentado, for the development of Buenavista and the 2nd District in general, he added. On learning of Tirol’s murder, Aumentado said,...Bohol Hosts OCEAN 16 Summit
The Province of Bohol hosted the Open Collaboration of East Asia New Champions 2016 Summit (OCEAN 16) on November 24-26, 2016 at the Be Grand Resort in Panglao, Bohol. Thought leaders and movers from the Philippines, the ASEAN, the US and the UK joined the summit which tackled breakthroughs in technology that are fundamentally transforming whole systems of production, management, and governance. These transformations aid societies overcome challenges from business and energy, to transportation and climate change. The so called “Fourth Industrial Revolution” or “Industry 4.0,” was the main theme of the summit and this presents an opportunity for the Philippines not only to keep up with more advanced nations, but also solve urgent problems plaguing the country. This revolution is the fusion of electrical and digital systems with physical and biological systems and is made possible by the proliferation of the Internet and mobile devices. In various panels during the summit, the topic of the startup ecosystem in the Philippines was discussed. The issues on connectivity and access to funding was also tackled. Winston Damarillo, chief organizer of the event, said that the Philippines should not try to become the next Silicon Valley but instead tackle the unique issues in the country and create businesses that solve these issues. The event kicked off with a discussion on “Understanding the Future of Cybersecurity” and a Sunset Welcome Cocktail Event on November 24. On the second day, November 25, Damarillo delivered the opening keynote and facilitated teh opening plenary session with the moderators of the various panels. There were two tracks of the panels and the topics include “Sustainability at...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Labaw sa 500 nga nalambigit sa ilegal nga droga sa Bohol, nitahan sa kapolisan
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 5 (PIA)–Sugod sa paglingkod sa katungdanan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, nikabat na sa 579 ka mga nalambigit sa ilegal nga droga ang nitahan sa kapolisan sa unom ka mga lungsod ug syudad sa Tagbilaran. Sukad gahapon, Hulyo 4, ang lungsod sa Guindulman ang may pinakadaghang natala nga mitahan nga nikabat na sa 281 hangtod gahapon sa may alas 10 sa buntag. Kini agi og tubag sa nagpadayong pagpatuman sa Oplan Tokhang (Toktok-Hangyo).sa Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO). Sa lungsod sa Jagna, ang kapolisan nakatala na og 102 nga nalambigit sa droga nga nitahan niadtong Domingo ug Lunes. Sa lungsod sa Loay, 4 ka mga drug personalities ang nitahan sa buhatan sa mayor sa may alas 3 sa hapon kagahapon. Samtang sa lungsod sa Maribojoc, nikabat sa 20 ka drug personalities ang nitahan diin 6 kanila ang nitahan niadtong Biyernes samtang 14 kagahapon. Sa syudad sa Tagbilaran, nikabat na sa 64 ka mga drug personalities ang nitahan, diin 2 niini ang may pending warrant of arrest sa kapolisan kalabot sa comprehensive dangerous drugs act of 2002 ug gibalhog na karon sa presohan sa Kampo Dagohoy. Sa unang adlaw sa paglingkod ni Presidente Duterte, 94 ka mga nalambigit sa kalihokan sa ilegal nga droga ang nitahan sa ilang kaugalingon ngadto sa kapolisan sa lungsod sa Panglao. Niadtong adlawa usab, nikabat sa 16 ka drug users sa lungsod sa Alicia ang nisanong sa panawagan sa kapolisan sa pag-surrender. Una nang nanawagan ang BPPO sa mga tigpayohot ug tiggamitan og ilegal nga droga sa pagtahan na lamang sa ilang kaugalingon o kun dili man gani, mohawa na lamang dinhi sa...PSA embarks on Annual Poverty Indicator Survey
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4, (PIA)—Be honest in responding to the questionaires, pleaded Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Bohol Statistician Jessamyne Anne Alcazaren during the recent Kapihan sa PIA. This as the PSA embarks sometime between July 11 to August 2, the Labor Force Survey-Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (LFS-APIS) with trained enumerators extracting the data from heads of families or their spouses as respondents. “No one in the household is more knowledgeable in the family’s spending patterns,” she explained. The PSA is primarily responsible for the implementation of the provisions of R.A. 10625, especially in planning, developing, prescribing, disseminating and enforcing policies, rules and regulations and coordinate government-wide programs governing the production of official statistics, general-purpose statistics, and civil registration services, the PSA website states. At that, it is primarily responsible for all national censuses and surveys, sectoral statistics, consolidation of selected administrative recording systems and compilation of national accounts. The APIS is a nationwide sample survey designed to provide information on the different indicators related to poverty. “APIS aims to provide inputs to the development of an integrated poverty indicator and monitoring system which would enhance timely, accurate and consistent production of poverty-related data that can be used at the national levels,” the website states. APIS supplements identification of the poor families through the use of non-income indicators, providing information on the socio-economic profile of families and other information relating to their living conditions. According to the PSA, the data from the survey are demographic and economic characteristics, health status and education of the family members; awareness and use of family planning methods; housing, water and sanitation condition of the...Bohol sidelines drug-test Equipment buy proposal
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4 (PIA)—In the serious drive against drugs, is there really a need for Bohol to purchase special equipment to test illegal substances immediately after raids and busts? The purchase in question is an expensive special drug test implement that can accurately tell even the qualitative content of a drug sample. The question surfaced over the most immediate need to confirm if the bust haul was indeed drugs and not any other adulterating substance, that the quality is indeed high and that the quantity remains unquestionable in after operation reports. An incident over a huge drug haul during a raid on a suspected drug personality in Tagbilaran causes so much stir as later laboratory tests results showed the haul was nothing but alum. This raised eyebrows as accusations of reduced weight and volumes of illegal substances before these evidence get to the crime laboratory have compounded the reasons to test and helped push members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) to determine if, aside from the PNP Crime Laboratory set up, buying special equipment to test drugs is necessary. Bohol police crime laboratory operatives helping the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in enforcing anti drug operations however said the equipment present now that the PNP Crime Lab in Camp Dagohoy suffices. The equipment which police authorities propose would be used to determine the purity and degree of adulteration for confiscated methamphithamine hydrochloride otherwise called shabu. “It can cost millions,” PSupt Nicomedes Olaivar however said. Wanting to weigh the necessity of the equipment, council members asked how the current tests are done. Accusations that authorities could...Pag-alagad sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa gobyerno ubos sa Aquino admin., gi-lugwayan taman Hulyo 31
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4 (PIA)–Gipagawas niadtong Biyernes, Hulyo 1 sa Malakanyang ang labing unang memorandum circular sa administrasyon ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte nga alang sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa gobyerno nga gitudlo sa niaging administrasyon ni kanhi Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III. Ubos sa Memo¬randum Circular No. 1, tuyo niining lugwayan hangtud Hulyo 31, 2016 ang pag-alagad sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa gobyerno ubos sa administrasyong Aquino. Gihimo ni Duterte kining maong lakang aron maseguro ang hapsay nga transisyon ug turnover sa mga rekord ug dokumento sa mga departamento sa gobyerno. Apil sa mga rekord ug dokumentong nahisgotan mao ang mga “hard and e-copies” nga giingong kinahanglang ma-turn over sa ilang mga manununod o sa pinakataas nga career official/personnel nga gi-alagaran nilang ahensya sa gobyerno. Magpabilin sila sa gobyerno hangtud sa katapusan sa Hulyo, gawas lang kun bawion na ang ilang appointment, dawaton ang resignasyon, may nakita nang ihulip kanila o gihatagan sila og reappointment....Hulyo 6, gi-deklarang holiday isip pag-obserba sa Eid’l Fitr
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4 (PIA)–Pormal nang gi-deklarar sa Malakanyang isip regular holiday ang Hulyo 6, adlaw nga Miyerkoles isip pag-obserba sa pagtapos sa Eid’l Fitr o Ramadan. Kini base sa Proclamation No. 06 nga gilagdaan ni Presente Rodrigo Duterte karong adlawa. Ang Eid al-Fitr ginasaulog sa mga igsuon natong Muslim sa tibuok kalibotan sulod sa tulo ka adlaw isip pagtapos sa ilang fasting. Ubos sa Republic Act 9177, gihatagan og gahom ang Office of the President aron i-anunsyo ang pinal nga petsa alang sa maong religious holiday base usab sa rekomendasyon sa National Commission on Muslim Filipinos....National News
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