Duterte suspends processing of admin cases during ECQ

Krissy Aguilar 04/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has suspended the filing of cases, appeals, petitions for review, and other pleadings before the Office of the President, except “urgent” ones, while the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is in place.…

Cebu City targets one day processing of business permits

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government plans to further decrease the processing of business permits for establishments from its usual 30 days to a mere one day processing. Mayor Edgardo Labella said this would be…

Labella: Cebu City moving to make permits’ processing faster

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella agrees with the request of President Rodrigo Duterte in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) for the Local Government Units (LGU) to ease the processing and releasing…

Companies can request for offsite cedula processing

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 01/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Companies and business establishments with over 500 employees may request for an offsite processing of community tax certificate (cedula) for their respective companies. This was revealed by Acting City Treasurer Arlene Retuza, who said that…

Comelec to start processing applications of exemption

Futch Anthony Inso 11/26/2018

ELECTION GUN BAN The Commisson on Elections (Comelec) will accept applications for exemption of the election gun ban starting December 1, Saturday. The election gun ban will be in effect from January 13 to June 12, 2019,…

Teacher wants NBI to probe Mabatid’s visa processing center

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/15/2018

A public school teacher from Mandaue City has asked the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) on Wednesday to investigate the visa consultancy firm managed by Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid. Levi Cortez, 40,…

Visa applicant demands refund from Mabatid’s processing center

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/15/2018

A man sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) to investigate the visa consultancy managed by Barangay Mabalo Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid. Levi Cortez, 40, and a public school teacher, wanted…

DFA OKs ePayment for passport processing

Inquirer.net 06/14/2018

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially launched on Thursday its ePayment portal for passport processing fee. Passport applicants are now required to prepay their processing fees through the DFA’s authorized payment centers. An additional P50 convenience…

LTO-7 chief assures faster processing of driver’s licenses

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/27/2018

Faster processing of the driver’s license with five-year validity is assured by the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) especially with the recent opening of a new LTO center in a mall that can print and…

Fire hits food processing factory in Mandaue

Norman Mendoza 01/12/2018

Fire gutted a canning and processing meat factory in Mandaue City, early morning on Friday. The alarm was received past 4 a.m. and was raised to third alarm at 4:39. Lami Foo Products, producers of canned beef,…

Lapeña shortens processing time of documents at BOC to 5 days

Inquirer.net 10/25/2017

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) should only take five days to act on letters, requests and permits, the new memorandum of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered. In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to shorten processing…

GSIS shortens benefit, loan processing period

Inquirer.net 09/06/2017

THE state-run pension fund Government Service Insurance System has cut short the processing periods for members and retirees’ benefits. “Retirement and life insurance claims are now being processed within 30 days from 90 days, even shorter than…

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