CBP now on soft-launch phase, to be launched nationwide in November

15 October 2020 – The Central Business Portal (CBP), an online one-stop shop for registering businesses in the Philippines, is now on its soft-launch phase. It is a joint initiative of the Anti-Red Tape Authority, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System (SSS), Pag-IBIG, and Philhealth.

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ARTA and the City Government of Navotas to sign MOU to streamline LGU’s services

09 October 2020 – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the City Government of Navotas will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) later this afternoon to signify their partnership in further streamlining the systems and procedures of eliminating bureaucratic red tape in the local government unit.

In signing said MOU, the city government also signifies its commitment to improve the ...
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ARTA directs gov’t agencies to designate Committee on Anti-Red Tape

08 October 2020 – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), in a memorandum circular issued last Tuesday, directs all government agencies including state universities, local government units, government-owned or -controlled corporations, and other government instrumentalities in the Philippines and abroad providing services covering business and nonbusiness related transactions to designate a Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART).

The designated committee shall be tasked ...
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ARTA files cases anew at the Ombudsman and CSC vs REMB and Pampanga LGU

07 October 2020 – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) filed three cases today against officials of the Renewable Energy Management Bureau (REMB) of the Department of Energy and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Angeles City in Pampanga for violating various sections of R.A. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018.

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ARTA lauds Quezon City’s QC Biz Easy, urges other LGUs to follow suit

05 October 2020 – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) lauds the Quezon City Local Government Unit (LGU) for recently launching its QC Biz Easy Online Unified Business Permit Application System (OUBPAS), the city’s electronic business one-stop shop (E-BOSS). “We could not have orchestrated this in a better way than to do it right now and make a statement: ‘COVID or ...
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ARTA and PCCI ink MOU, designate ARTA champions

01 October 2020 – Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director General Jeremiah Belgica and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) President of the Board of Directors, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico digitally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost activity in the private sector. The MOU details the responsibilities of ARTA and PCCI in strengthening their partnership through the establishment ...
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