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Marcos to sign order promoting ease of doing business in PH: Palace
Marcos to sign order promoting ease of doing business in PH: Palace
Job Manahan,
ABS-CBN News
Published Nov 29, 2022 02:08 PM PHT
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with officials from the Department of Trade and Industry on Nov. 29, 2022. Office of the Press Secretary/handout
MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign an order that would promote ease of doing business in the Philippines, Malacañang said on Tuesday.
The executive order aims to make the economy "competitive with other Southeast Asian nations in terms of attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDI),” said the Palace.
“The EO will mandate concerned offices to establish a Green Lane to expedite and streamline the process and requirements for the issuance of permits and licenses, including resolutions of issues concerning strategic investments,” it added.
The proposed EO will cover all national government agencies and their regional and provincial offices, local government units, and quasi-judicial bodies involved in issuing permits and licenses necessary for establishing strategic investments in the country.
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Marcos described the move as important.
“That will address immediately ‘yung tinatawag na ease of doing business na laging nirereklamo sa atin," he said.
(That will immediately address concerns about ease of doing business that has always been the complaint about us.)
The Philippines has enjoyed an uptick in FDIs in 2022. Last May, net inflows from FDIs reached $742 million, up 64.1 percent compared to the same month in 2021.
From January to May, FDI net inflows rose by 18.8 percent to $4.2 billion from the $3.5 billion net inflows posted in the same period last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.
MANILA – Medical assistance to indigents and poor families may be accessible in eGov app, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday.
The "super app," part of the e-Gov PH system launched in December 2022, makes it convenient for the public to access government services and information online in both the local and national level.
“Ngayon, dito sa eGov app, yung ating medical assistance for indigents and financially incapacitated patients, yan ang gagawin nating madali para sa tao,” said Health Undersecretary Emmie Liza Chiong.
The official noted app users should have a Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) ID to prove they are Filipino.
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She assured the public that data shared or stored on the app would be safe, but urged the public to change their passwords often.
Other DOH services available on the app include prices of medicine – which the official said they regularly post – and licensing and regulatory options for different health facilities.
“Ito yung pagre-renew o license to operate ng iba’t ibang health facility...pwede online...Kung ikaw ay ospital, definitely you want to keep what you started. Bihira ang ospital na mag-downgrade. Ang problem now, kulang ang mga health workers natin,” she said.
“Kami sa DOH ayaw namin mag-downgrade, madali sana ang access ‘pag online lang – renewal lang eh. So wala kang binago, at ang services mo intact,” she said.
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