{"id":263905,"date":"2020-08-03T12:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263905"},"modified":"2020-08-03T12:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:18:54","slug":"prrd-reminds-lgus-to-act-on-telco-permit-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/03\/prrd-reminds-lgus-to-act-on-telco-permit-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD reminds LGUs to act on telco permit applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on July 30, 2020. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s order to local government officials to take only three days to process necessary papers stemmed from his frustration over delays in the approval of permits to put up cell towers for telecommunication companies, Malaca\u00f1ang said Monday.<\/p>\n

In a virtual Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque echoed Duterte\u2019s call to local officials, particularly municipal and city councils, to \u201cact on\u201d pending applications for permits.<\/p>\n

\u201cEto po\u2019y may kinalaman dun nga sa kaniyang reklamo na kinakailangan talagang mapabuti yung ating<\/em>\u00a0cellular service (This is related to his complaint that there is a need to improve the country\u2019s cellular service),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque noted that the sooner city and municipal officials do their part in cutting red tape in the process of approving permits, the sooner telco services would have the opportunity to upgrade their services.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo\u00a0panawagan po sa lahat ng mga konseho sa buong Pilipinas, kung kayo naman po\u2019y hindi kasama sa<\/em>\u00a0[enhanced community quarantine],\u00a0kinakailangan po aktuhan lahat ng mga<\/em>\u00a0application\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0telecoms company\u00a0at iba pang mga kumpanya<\/em>\u00a0within three days (So, the appeal to councilors in the Philippines, if your area is not under ECQ, you need to act on applications of telecom companies and other companies within three days),\u201d he said<\/p>\n

He also reminded them of Republic Act 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018 which is meant to address the tedious and unnecessary procedures in the delivery of public services.<\/p>\n

RA 11032, which supplants RA 9485 or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, provides simplified requirements and streamlines procedures in the processing of government documents.<\/p>\n

The law mandates government agencies to process simple transactions within three working days, complex transactions within seven working days, and highly-technical transactions in 20 working days.<\/p>\n

Cutting red tape in government is one of the solutions seen by Duterte to stop public servants from being involved in corrupt activities.<\/p>\n

In a public address late Sunday night, Duterte ordered local government officials to release necessary papers, such as ordinances, within three days or face charges<\/p>\n

He warned that they may face prosecution if they failed to comply immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clock is ticking except on the days we do not hold office, I will count the 72 hours weekdays.\u00a0Tapos<\/em>\u00a0(Then) for example it has been there on Monday, then two to three days, should be on Thursday. If you fail to do that, I am directing Fiscal Yang to file the case immediately with the department or sa ano,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It was unclear who he was referring to as \u201cFiscal Yang” but Duterte said he was a former fiscal from Nueva Ecija.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll see to it that you are effectively suspended preventive — suspended as a form of a punishment. But I would prefer that you would be dismissed immediately and the courts for not to interfere,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, Duterte urged his Cabinet to employ \u201cdrastic\u201d measures to shorten the process of securing permits for building telecommunication company towers.<\/p>\n

This after Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu explained the difficulties telecommunications companies face in securing permits to build towers or cell sites.<\/p>\n

In his fifth and penultimate state of the nation address (SONA) on July 27, he called on Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc., the wireless arm of PLDT Inc. to improve their services by December or risk having their assets seized.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call on our communication companies to improve their services lest we be forced to take drastic steps to address the less than ideal services that the public is getting from you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said telcos should not make the public wait for \u201c10 years\u201d to experience the kind of service being enjoyed by other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are not ready to improve, I might just as well close all of you and we revert back to the line telephone.\u00a0At kukunin ko \u2018yan i<\/em>-expopriate\u00a0ko sa gobyerno<\/em>\u00a0(And I will get that, I will expropriate it),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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