BAGUIO CITY, April 10 -- Tabuk City, Kalinga Mayor Darwin Estranero on Wednesday bared improvements in the local government's processes, initially with the Business Permits and Licensing Office, as new systems are put in place.

"We minimize the number of days to only about three to five when the documents (submitted) are complete so that the clients will be encouraged to process their permits," he said in a phone interview.

Estranero, who returned to work last April 1 after serving a six-month preventive suspension and upon the dismissal of graft charges filed against him before the Office of the Ombudsman, said he used the six-month period to review the functions and services of the different departments of the city hall.

He said Ta...