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Friday, December 6, 2019

Zambo readies ‘BOSS’

THE LOCAL government has begun preparations for the Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) in an effort to streamline the application and renewal of business permits in Zamboanga.

The operations of the BOSS will be at the Centro Latino beginning at 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the first working day of January and shall run until January 20, according to the Business Permit and Licensing Division.

Mayor Beng Climaco urged business owners and those planning to up business in Zamboanga to come early at the BOSS and bring their complete requirements to facilitate the release of their permits.

The ease of doing business in Zamboanga is expected to further improve after the local government developed an action plan to strengthen more the implementation of building permits and certificate occupancy systems (BPOS).

Climaco said while the local government has already streamlined the processing of necessary permits it will continue to improve the BPOS for the benefit of the business sector and to attract more investors to Zamboanga.

Just this year, a workshop dubbed “Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project,” facilitated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) also provided a venue for local government officials to assess its current procedures and identify necessary steps to ensure the implementation of the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2018-01 and Republic Act 2018 No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business Act of 2018.

The workshop was attended by 36 representatives of various department of the local government. It identified strategies that will reduce the lag time in the issuance of building and occupancy permits and guarantee the smooth operations of the BPOS one-stop shop.

As next steps, the local government with the assistance of USAID-SURGE will draft the amended executive order for the creation of a BPOS technical working group, co-location of various offices, and revisiting the checklist and relocation of the BPOS office. (Zamboanga Post)

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