one-stop shop installed

Cagayan de Oro Mayor Constantino Jaraula opened last June 28 the newly-installed Business One-Stop-Shop (BOSS) that will deliver efficient business permitting and licensing activities in the city.

Present to witness the simple rites were officers and members of the Promote CDO Foundation, the Oro Chamber of Commerce, the regional and provincial offices of the Department of Trade and Industry, representatives of various business sectors, and the Business Permitting and Licensing System (BPLS) Streamlining project partner, Local Implementation of National Competitiveness for Economic Growth (LINC-EG).

The project, among other things, will reduce the process steps of securing a mayor’s permit to operate a business and provide the center where all activities will be concentrated under one roof. The project shall also collaborate with other government regulatory office to ensure timely processing of permits for fire, building occupancy and sanitation.

Two days shy of handing over the seat as the city’s local chief executive, Mayor Jaraula was pleased to present the facility to the public. As a major part of the BPLS Streamlining project, it shall be turned over to mayor-elect Vice Mayor Vicente Emano within the first week of July for his support.

“I see a smooth transition and continuation of this LINC-EG-assisted project and I look forward to further strengthening it during the term of Mayor Emano. In fact, since 2006, streamlining the city hall processes of starting a business has already been in the plans between the city government and the local business stakeholders," said Mr. Ruben Vegafria, president of the Promote CDO Foundation.

"Mayor Emano has been wanting to improve the status of the city in the competitiveness surveys and this BPLS Streamlining project is the answer. I am sure he will readily support it,” he added. The private sector group is set to meet with the newly sworn-in mayor by the first working week of July.

Photo courtesy of the City Information Office