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Duterte signs law to fast-track permits, licenses

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/05/20210104-duterte-monday-ho-7.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte skims through a document as he presides over a meeting in Matina, Davao City on Jan. 4, 2021. <em>Alberto Alcain, Presidential Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that gives him special powers to fast-track the issuance of permits, licenses and certifications in times of national emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Republic Act 11571 allows the President during national emergencies to &quot;accelerate and streamline regulatory processes,&quot; and &quot;suspend or waive the requirements&quot; for permits, licenses and certifications or authorizations.</p><blockquote class="embedly-card"><h4><a href="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/05/ra-11517.pdf">Republic Act 11571</a></h4><p>Republic Act 11571</p></blockquote><script async="" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js" charSet="UTF-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>No specific industry will be favored over others through this law, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco earlier said.</p><p>&quot;It applies to all businesses…Not a specific industry,&quot; Velasco told ANC&quot;s Headstart in October. &quot;It just gives the President power to fast track issuance of permits and licenses for businesses who are applying for them.&quot;</p><p>In the interview, Velasco was also asked about his relationship with tycoons Ramon Ang and Enrique Razon.</p><p>Ang, 8th richest tycoon according to a Forbes list this year, was Velasco&#x27;s wedding sponsor. Velasco also revealed that he recently had a &quot;friendly conversation&quot; with Razon, a shipping magnate whose fortune landed him in the 3rd spot in the same list.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/17/20/ph-tycoons-fortunes-fall-as-pandemic-disrupt-businesses-sy-siblings-richest-forbes">PH tycoons&#x27; fortunes fall as pandemic disrupts businesses, Sy siblings richest: Forbes</a></li></ul><p>Velasco said he is friends with other tycoons, as well.</p><p>Asked if these ties are important in the landscape of the House, Velasco said: &quot;Yes, definitely mainly because I would ask their guidance in terms of where we’re going to push the country economically.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VU-jGbN0FPI?enablejsapi=1"><br/></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that gives him special powers to fast-track the issuance of permits, licenses and certifications in times of national emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that gives him special powers to fast-track the issuance of permits, licenses and certifications in times of national emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic.