Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian (center) explains how the 3S+ Electronic Terminal works to reporters at the Valenzuela City Hall during its launch, Jan. 21, 2014. With the mayor are (from left) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Gloria Steele and City Building Permits Division head Arch. Edison Padilla.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.

Mr. Paulo Baltao of Globe G-cash greets Mayor REX Gatchalian a happy birthday and congratulates him for another milestone the city has achieved. After Smart, the Globe inked an agreement with the city government in handling mobile payments for the Valenzuelanos' real property taxes.

Mayor REX Gatchalian speaks before the crowd, explaining the development he has integrated to the former mayor and now Congressman Sherwin Gatchalian's 3S program, the banner platform of the city government in the past years that streamlines various permits application processes. Tagged as '3S+', Mayor REX ensures everybody that this time, any transaction will be more efficient, convenient and corruption-free.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.

Guests, observers and city government officials gather at the City Hall Lobby, January 21, to witness as Valenzuela City unveils the Philippines' first ever fully automated construction permit terminal.