ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Business
Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) sees a bustling business climate in the
city as it issued over 9,000 permits last year.
The figure, 9,232 to be exact, is higher
than 2013’s total permits issued of 8,393.
BPLO chief Benjie Barredo said more
than a third of the 9,232 business permits were renewals while the remaining
1,002 were new issued licenses.
Barredo said the increase in the
issuance of business permits was due to the implementation of their three-step
processing.
The three-step processing includes filling
up and submission of the application form; then assessment and payment at the
CTO; and last, the issuance of the temporary permit to operate (TPO).
With the TPO, business operations
can start immediately but the requirements and clearances are to be complied
within the prescribed 30-day period for the issuance of the actual business
permit.
Barredo said that most of the
businesses registered last year were under catering and retailing like the micro,
small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
For this year, Barredo said they expect
to get 10,000 business permits issuance.