Business permit application deadline set until midnight before January 21

DAVAO CITY, January 19 (PIA) The City Business Bureau warned that business people have until today January 20 to facilitate and process their  business permits before corresponding penalties are imposed.

Atty. Dominic Lawrence Batinding, Business Bureau Chief said clients have until 12:00 am midnight to facilitate their business permit application.

He said a partial total of six thousand business permits have been issued from January 3-17.

Batinding also bared that there were more than 29,000 clients who renewed their business permits while more than 300 were new business permit applicants.

“New business applicants range from manufacturing to retailing to restaurant operation,” he said.

Batinding noted that as early as 2014, new investments came to the city like the steel manufacturing firm in Bunawan which brought in millions of investments.

He also cited the entry of new malls and condominiums to the city. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)