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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, December 12, 2005 |
| Negros Oriental |
 Towns
to lose financial help, if… BOC
collection doubles this year 'Pyros
with explosive contents banned' RDC
approves bridge projects
Sons
murder father |
Towns
to lose
financial help, if…
Poor collection efficiency of real estate tax may cause municipal treasurers in Oriental Negros to lose their monthly financial assistance from the provincial government.
Provincial Treasurer Danilo Mendez said he is now contemplating to recommend to the office of Gov. George Arnaiz that it makes collection efficiency of real estate tax as basis for extending the assistance to the municipal treasurers in the province, noting that last year and in the first three quarters of this year, collection of the tax was quite low.
The target collection this year was P90 million, and
the collection of real estate tax since January to October was only
P49 million or 66 percent. 
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BOC
collection The Bureau of Customs in Dumaguete City has doubled its target collection this year from P9-million to P17.919-million as of last month. A report from the bureau showed that in 2001, duties and taxes collected was only P4.4 million; and rose to P5.9 million the following year. In 2003, the BOC saw a decline in the collection due to the economic crisis. Last year, it increased its collection to P8.37 million and made
a drastic leap to P17,919,909.39 as of November 15, 2005. |
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'Pyros
with explosive Police Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, head of the Firearms, Explosives Section and Security Guards in Region 7, said various seminars were conducted in Oriental Negros to acquaint manufacturers and dealers of firecrackers and pyrotechnics with the law banning firecrackers with explosive contents. Aside from licenses issued to manufacturers and dealers, local retailers are also required to secure licenses to sell firecrackers, and only in designated firecracker zones, he said. Lawas stressed that firecracker zones shall be determined by the
local government units concerned. |
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