BACOLOD City – Twenty-eight more business establishments here received their Safety Seal certificates from the city government last week.
The city’s Safety Seal Committee led the awarding, with each of the companies receiving their certificates at their respective stores.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said this scheme of the Department of Interior and Local Government will identify outright what establishments are compliant with health protocols to curb spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
“While this is voluntary, we encourage (businesses) to apply,” said Leonardia.
According to Permits and Licensing Office head Stela Rayos, who chairs the Safety Seal Committee, more business establishments are scheduled to be awarded with the same certificate soon.
As per online verification/calibration and on-site validation of the Inspection and Certification Team of the Safety Seal Committee, 52 of the 237 business establishments applying for the Safety Seal certificate have so far passed the validation.
Of the 52 passers, 28 have been awarded with the certificates on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
Rayos, however, clarified that companies which have defects/deficiencies in their documents can re-apply.
For online application, one can visit the Facebook page of the Bacolod Permits and Licensing Office via “Bacolod Permits.”
Only business establishments with valid Mayor’s permits (2021) are eligible to apply for a certificate of Safety Seal, said Rayos.
The Safety Seal Certification Program was launched to affirm and acknowledge that an establishment or public transportation unit is compliant with minimum public health standards, is using or has integrated StaySafe.ph with its contact-tracing method, and is a holder of the requisite business permits or franchise.
Those who are awarded with a Safety Seal certificate shall be allowed an additional 10 percent beyond the prescribed on-site capacity, as per Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution No. 127-A series of 2021.(with Bacolod City PIO/PN)
