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Tower firms with complete applications to get automatic approval after 7 days: ARTA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 10:05 AM

MANILA - The head of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Thursday said companies with complete applications for building telecommunications towers will be automatically approved if local government units or agencies of the national government fail to act on it within 7 days.  Read more »

Palace tells LGUs: Act on telcos application for permits within 3 days

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 05:13 PM

 Local government units should act on the applications for permits of telco firms to build cell towers within three days, Malacañang said Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte sought better connectivity services by the end of the year. Read more »

Duterte orders local govts to resolve telco firms' pending applications: DILG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 11:47 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered local governments to resolve within 3 days, applications of telco firms for the construction of cell sites, the interior department said Monday. Read more »

ARTA, bumuo ng task force na tututok sa pagpapatayo ng cell towers sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 04:30 PM

MAYNILA - Bumuo ng special task force ang Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) para tukuyin ang priority areas na pagtatayuan ng cell towers sa bansa at tiyaking susunod ang mga kumpanya at maging ang local government units sa pagpapatupad ng streamlined permitting processes para dito. Read more »

Red tape hampers building of telco infrastructure, LGUs 'bottleneck': ex-DICT official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 10:13 AM

Government red-tape has hampered telcos in building common towers and cell sites in the past 2 decades, a former official said Thursday after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to close telecom firms if they cannot improve their services by December. Read more »

Govt cuts red tape in permits needed to build common towers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 02:55 PM

The DICT has cited the country’s low number of telco towers or cell sites as one of the reasons for the country’s relatively slow mobile internet speeds. Read more »

'Cut red tape': Duterte wants fast delivery of medical supplies in fight vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 12:14 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday ordered concerned government agencies to "ensure the speedy delivery" of essential medical supplies and equipment to health facilities as the country battles the fast-spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

PH launches one-stop shop for businesses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 11:07 PM

The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), along with other concerned agencies, launched a new program that seeks to simplify the process of starting a business in the country. Read more »

New one-stop shop for businesses seen to cut agonizing red tape

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 06:18 PM

The new facility is housed at the Securities and Exchange Commission building at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. Read more »

Backlogs hound PH gov't agencies months into Ease of Doing Business law implementation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 04:46 PM

More than half a year since the implementation of the Ease of Doing Business law, backlogs continue to hound Philippine government agencies. But Mon Abrea, co-chair of the Ease of Doing Business Task Force on Paying Taxes, believes these are just growing pains faced by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA).   Read more »

OPINION: Just a question of coordination

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Jan 03 11:43 AM

If only government agencies really coordinate, perhaps we can avoid precipitous, even reckless reaction from our officials. Read more »

Supreme Court launches help desk

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 07:12 PM

In a bid to bring the courts and justice closer to the people, the Supreme Court launched on Monday the Judiciary Help Desk. Read more »

Duterte: Gov’t contracts must be settled by Dec. 15

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 01:23 AM

Duterte on Wednesday ordered all government offices and agencies to decide on pending transactions next month. Read more »

'Shape up,' anti-red tape body tells 3 gov't agencies

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 05:42 PM

More reforms are needed at the Food and Drug Administration, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to improve delivery of services, ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica said. Read more »

FDA grilled over backlog of renewals, permits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 10:19 PM

The Anti-Red Tape Authority questioned officials of the Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines amid mounting complaints of backlog of applications for renewals and other permits. Read more »

Science scholars dismayed over delayed monthly stipends

Angelica Y. Yang
Posted at Aug 30 10:02 PM

A number of DOST scholars from the University of the Philippines Diliman criticized the delay in the release of their monthly stipends, which play a huge part in supporting their education. Read more »

Anti red-tape agency gives towns, cities until December to set up one-stop shops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 11:46 PM

The Anti-Red Tape Authority is giving local governments just until December this year to set up one-stop shops for businesses across the country. Read more »

'One-stop-shops' being set up vs red tape: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 10:40 AM

Highly urbanized cities should have business one-stop shops by the end of the year, Anti-Red Tape Authority managing director Jeremiah Belgica says, as the agency complies with President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to make government transactions faster. Read more »

Anti-red tape agency, info department eye partnership to automate gov't services

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 08:14 PM

MANILA - The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) recently discussed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the nationwide automation of government services. Read more »

Nakabinbin na TNVS applications sa LTFRB, pinapaaprubahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 01:47 AM

Inutusan ng Anti-Red Tape Authority ang LTFRB na aprubahan na ang matagal nang nakabinbin na TNVS applications sa ahensiya. Read more »