Philippines 19 Apr 2021
Two women sit idly by at the spot of the original community pantry on Maginhawa Street in Quezon City after small business owner Ana Patricia Non, who ignited the food aid movement, announced a “pause” on April 19. - SCREENSHOT FROM NTF-ELCAC FACEBOOK PAGE
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Malacañang on Tuesday (April 20) said the government’s anticommunist task force should leave the community pantries alone after the agency linked the citizens’ movement to the insurgency, forcing the young woman who started it to temporarily shut down her aid station for the safety of volunteer workers.
President Rodrigo Duterte backs these citizens’ initiatives to provide food aid to the needy who are struggling to survive the pandemic which had crippled the economy, according to his spokesperson Harry Roque.
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+ April 14, 2021 Anti-Red Tape Authority (Arta) director-general Jeremiah Belgica on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, welcomed Executive Order (EO) 129, creating the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Streamlining of Government Processes (OPASGP).
Belgica said the creation of OPASGP is not a redundancy of Arta’s function, but it will strengthen the government’s effort to cut red tape and fast-track streamlining of processes in government agencies.
On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte signed EO 129 and appointed former Cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. as the Presidential Adviser on Streamlining of Government Processes.
In a radio interview, Belgica said both Arta and the OPASGP will directly report to Duterte.
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+ February 20, 2021 THE Bayanihan Act 2 fast-tracking the issuance of permits for telco infra builds was the shot in the arm for the industry to better its services. The law also slashed the number of local and national permits needed to construct new towers across the country.
As of December 2020, Globe has built 10,395 cell towers in its portfolio.
“We commend several of our local government units (LGUs) who have followed to the letter the provisions of Bayanihan Act 2. We wish that other LGUs, which until now didn t have a one-stop shop for permitting concerns in their respective municipal or city halls, will also comply as soon as possible. By doing so, we can also extend to our customers the improvements in our call, SMS and browsing service that we have implemented in other areas of the country,” explained Atty. Froilan Castelo, Globe’s general counsel.