Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. welcomed the conduct of the Grand Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Fair in Angeles City on Monday, May 19, 2025.
The activity was conducted by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) headed by Secretary and Director General Ernesto Perez, in partnership with the city government.
The event was held in line with the celebration of EODB Month, aimed to bring essential frontline services closer to the people.
Present during the opening ceremony were the city government's heads of offices who showed support for the program expected to promote accessible and citizen-friendly transactions.
Eleven national government agencies participated in the Angeles City Grand EODB Fair: the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) – Regional Field Office Central Luzon, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), Land Transportation Office (LTO), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), and the Social Security System (SSS).
Each agency offered services including ID enrollment, registration, membership verification, issuance of certificates, and access to digital platforms.
The agency said the fair serves as the "government’s continuing commitment under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Bagong Pilipinas campaign to improve bureaucracy and uphold red tape-free, people-centered governance."
Lazatin said his administration sustained earned the ISO 9001:2015 certification for excellence in quality management.
The mayor added that "this affirms the local government's commitment to efficient, transparent, and world-class public service rooted in a tradition that began in 2002 under former Mayor Carmelo 'Tarzan' Lazatin."