Anti-Red Tap Authority Director General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo: ARTA/Facebook)
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement following President Duterte’s directive to set up a green lane for faster permit processing of local COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to reduce dependency on imported jabs.
In a meeting with the FDA and various pharmaceutical companies on Friday morning, Belgica said that the creation of a green lane was not a suggestion but a Presidential directive that needed to be carried out immediately.
“The President will not settle for anything less…We are in an emergency, every minute counts, so we must act like it is an emergency,” he said.
Published April 23, 2021, 9:47 AM
At least 50 priority government agencies will be pledging their commitment against burdensome and corrupt-ridden processes in the bureaucracy, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said.
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement as he administered the oath of the anti-red tape committee of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday afternoon, the first of the over 50 members of the Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) to take their oath before the agency.
According to Belgica, ARTA’s aim is to ensure the commitment and help in information dissemination of the CART among different government agencies.
The CART was formed following the issuance of ARTA of Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2020-07 on September 30, 2020, which is in adherence to Sections 5 and 8 of the Ease of Doing Business law noting the role of government agencies and accountability of agency heads to reduce bureaucratic red tape and processing, respectively.
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Published April 22, 2021, 7:25 AM
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) forged a deal on Wednesday to further bolster their partnership in suppressing red tape and corruption in the government.
Under the MOA, ARTA and PACC aim “to align and integrate their functions, coordination and cooperation in handling complaints and reports of violations.”
“This has been a much-anticipated partnership that puts PACC and ARTA at the forefront of the President’s war against corruption,” PACC Chairman Greco Belgica said.
PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“This agreement is a big step forward in developing and strengthening the anti-corruption campaign of the President and in achieving the administration’s goal of ensuring transparency and accountability in the government,” he added.