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DAVNOR PLGU CONDUCTS CONSULTATION MEETING ON E-BOSS, ARTA WITH DAVNOR BPLOs, ICTs

Details: Published: Thursday, 07 September 2023 08:41; Written by DNIPC (JayBanjal)

The Provincial Government of Davao del Norte, thru the Provincial Administrator’s Office – Cooperative and Investment Development Division, conducted a consultation meeting with Davao del Norte’s Business Permits and Licensing Officers (BPLOs), Information and Communications Technology Officers, as well as the Municipal and City Treasurers from various LGUs of Davao del Norte on the implementation of E-BOSS or the Electronic Business One-Stop Shop (e-BOSS) last September 01, 2023 at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Provincial Capitol, Mankilam, Tagum City.

The EBoss refers to an online portal, or a website, including the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s i-BPLS, the ARTA Platform, and other similar online business permitting systems, or platforms of local government units, which accepts and processes applications for business permits, issues tax bills, receives payments and releases permits, clearances and other related documents, or where the applicant can print the same.

E-BOSS is consistent with Republic Act 9485 or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, as amended by Republic Act 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018. The initiative is further reinforced by Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01 Series of 2021 of the DILG, DTI, DICT, and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) which is the Guidelines for Processing Business Permits, Related Clearances and Licenses in all Cities and Municipalities.

The meeting delineated the role and support functions of the concerned government agencies such as the DILG and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). Mr. Virgil Fuentes of the DICT also highlighted the DICT’s vital role and function in the implementation of the E-BOSS. The provincial government of Davao del Norte now intensifies the implementation of the Joint Memorandum Circular No.1 Series of 2021, encouraging and converging all LGUs of the province to migrate their business permitting system from the BPLS to E-BOSS.

Other officers from the national government agencies who also gave their inputs were Mr. Christian Derecho of the DILG, Engr. Octavio Guibelondo, Provincial Head Officer of the DICT – Davao del Norte, Engr. Rhuelo J. Aradanas, Chief Administrative Officer of the ARTA – Eastern Mindanao Regional Office, Atty. Lord Anthony Pusod, Attorney III of ARTA, and Ms. Marie Jay Kamille Dayhon, also of ARTA Eastern Mindanao Regional Field Office.

Meanwhile, series of follow-up meetings and group discussions were scheduled after the activity, in order to put in place the issues raised during the meeting. Mr. Fuentes of the DICT has expressed his support to the future endeavors of the group.

The meeting was presided over by Ms. Joevynar M. Miedes, Provincial LEDIPO. She was assisted by Maria Margarita Pilegro of PADO-CIDD.

DAVNOR’S INVESTMENT INCENTIVES BOARD APPROVES REVISION OF INVESTMENT INCENTIVES CODE

Details: Published: Thursday, 03 August 2023 08:15; Written by DNIPC (JayBanjal)

Through a motion by Ms. Maria Florence Valera of IGACOS, and seconded by Ms. Rebecca Mercado of Kapalong, members of the Davao del Norte Investment Incentives Board (DDNIIB) finally approved the revised Investment Incentives Code of the Province of Davao del Norte, in a meeting called for the purpose last July 20, 2023 at the Conference Room of the Provincial Governor’s Office.

The provincial government enacted the Investments and Incentives Code to lay down the provincial policies and programs on investments for a more enabling business environment. It recognizes the private sector as its primary and indispensable partner for economic growth and development, and that it shall extend fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to stimulate the establishment and assist initial operations of enterprises. Further, it will serve to provide local and foreign investors with a ready reference on various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives being made available by the provincial government, which will assist investors in deciding on which incentives option is more advantageous in starting and growing their business.

The code was successfully revised after several attempts at updating it have failed due to the Covid19 epidemic which struck the country in 2020, and the following years thereafter. Having to convene the members of the Board during the pandemic years was difficult due to restrictions imposed on face-to-face gatherings. The province’s investment incentives code was enacted in 2014 and was supposedly reviewed, updated, and revised every five (5) years thereafter.

The Davao del Norte Investment Incentives Board is composed of the Governor as the Chairperson, the Federation President of the Davao del Norte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DDNCCII) as the Vice-Chairperson, the Chairpersons of the Committee on Trade, Commerce and Industry, and the Committee on Ways and Means in the Provincial Council, the Provincial Administrator, and the respective Presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the eleven (11) local government units of the province, as Members of the Board.

Much of the focus on revision is concentrated on the fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, as this area is normally vulnerable to changes in the socio-economic and political arena. Having been approved at their level, the DDNIIB will then issue a resolution endorsing the Revised Investment Incentives Code to the honorable Governor, for the latter’s endorsement to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for ratification.

The board meeting was presided over by its Vice-Chairperson Mr. Rene Bongabong, the Federation President of the DDNCCII, and was facilitated by the office of the Provincial Administrator’s Office-Cooperative and Investment Development Division (PADO-CIDD, headed by Ms. Joevynar M. Miedes, and LIIC focal person Ms. Maria Margarita Pilegro. jb/padocidd