ILOILO CITY, Jan. 9 -- Mayor Jerry Trenas said Monday he would not extend the filing of business permit renewal in the city which will end on Jan. 20.

At a press conference, Trenas said he was confident that the city government would be able to meet the expected number of business permits to be renewed this year.

The city government is expecting between 15,000 to 16,000 business permits to be renewed this year.

"We do not foresee that it will be extended. Even during the Covid-19, we extended but only for one week," he said.

This, he said, despite the local government is in the process of transitioning from manual to the integrated Business Permits and Licensing System (iBPLS) that is being done online.

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