In a move aimed at significantly improving public access to essential government services, Biliran’s new 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐉. 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚 today announced a new “𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞” 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 for key provincial offices, particularly the 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐆𝐎) and the 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐏𝐒𝐖𝐃) 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞.

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This policy allows for earlier opening hours, giving Biliranons more time and flexibility to seek assistance, process transactions, and access frontline services without long waits or delays.

“𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦: 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦,” 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯.

“𝘉𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 ‘𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦’—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵-𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦—𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”

Under the new directive, the operational hours for public transactions at the Governor’s Office and the PSWDO allow for services to commence earlier in the day.

The PSWDO is expected to see a significant impact from this change. As a center for important social programs, opening earlier will help more people and families who need support or counseling or want to join programs.

This new policy reflects 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 for a more streamlined and citizen-friendly administration.

Further details regarding the precise new “flexi-time” schedules for the Governor’s Office, PSWDO, and other relevant provincial departments will be released through official channels, including public advisories and the provincial government’s website.

Biliranons are encouraged to stay tuned for these updates.