Or else there will be regular in-person working hours four days a week, and work from home on Fridays. For another – as anti-red tape authorities have pointed out – humans design red tape into the system. If such crooks can do this for in-person transactions, they can also design red tape into e-systems. Agency heads must ensure that red tape, redundancy and inefficiency are not built into e-transactions. This effort can be boosted and opportunities for improving digital transactions explored as the nation copes with the worsening fuel crisis.

Source: Philippine Star March 09, 2026 16:41 UTC