Names of additional voters have been listed in the official registration records of the Commission on Elections in Dumaguete City as of yesterday.

The COMELEC office in Dumaguete City has added 2,224 new registrants, including transferees, from the previous number of registered voters in Dumaguete, of 56,750 as of March this year.

The registration is part of the continuous registration program of the poll body that started in July, 2005.

The COMELEC provincial office has also started the verification and validation of signatures gathered during the so-called people's initiative in Oriental Negros, recently.

COMELEC regional director, Manuel Advincula, however, reiterated that his instruction to field officers was not to conduct the verification process unless they received a formal letter request from groups that have initiated the signature campaign.

Advincula met with election field officers of the province to share with them recent developments vis-à-vis moves to amend certain provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

Meanwhile, Jose Senador of the BIR said the ITR is one of the most easy to collect form of taxation by the government, because of the withholding tax, and it has contributed a substantial amount for the lifeblood of the government.

The BIR has also implemented the so-called substituted filing for employees, where the tax due is equivalent to the withholding tax for employees with one source of income and with one employer.

A tax center is also established in front of Lee Super Plaza, in Dumaguete to accommodate the taxpaying public.

Revenue examiners are also deployed in authorized banks to collect non-payment returns and refundable returns. These are the Land Bank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines, United Coconut Planters Bank, Metro Bank, and China Bank.*

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