• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The establishment of a Professional Regulation Commission satellite office in Kabankalan City got the approval of the House committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation, 6th District of Negros Occidental Representative Mercedes Alvarez disclosed on Wednesday.
Alvarez, who authored House Bill No. 2033, which seeks to establish a PRC office in the 6th district of Negros Occidental, said it will mitigate expenses for professionals and aspiring professionals, as they will no longer travel to satellite offices, either in Bacolod or Dumaguete cities, or even to Iloilo.
Its creation will ensure that PRC clients are served daily, without interruption and, ultimately, that government service is closer to the Filipino people, she added.
Alvarez noted that there are limited slots per day being allocated in PRC satellite offices.
Pending the passage of HB 2033 into law, both Alvarez and Negros Occidental 5th district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo III are regularly conducting PRC caravans in their respective districts.
The PRC, according to Alvarez, requested that its satellite office be located at the Central Philippines State University campus in Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City.
During the PRC caravan in the cities of Kabankalan and Sipalay from February 23 to 25, a total of 2,051 professionals were served, and 2,187 documents processed, according to Alvarez.*
