During President Rodrigo Duterte's Talk to the Nation on Aug. 24, 2021, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez presented some of the agency's achievements, including advancements in the country's ease of doing business in partnership with the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). Among these are the establishment of the Central Business Portal (CBP), a single digital platform for registering businesses in the country.

No less than President Duterte praised the CBP, which ARTA and the Department of Information and Communications Technology launched in January 2021 and expressed hope that subsequent administrations would continue to use the platform.

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