MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XII, No. 21
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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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BIR-10 to agencies, biz: Be responsible taxpayers C
AGAYAN DE ORO CITY -Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)-10 Regional Director Emir U. Abutazil urges partner agencies and businesses to join the crusade on being responsible taxpayers with the campaign theme, "Tulong-tulong sa Pagbangon, Kapit Kamay sa Pag-ahon, Buwis na Wasto, Alay Para sa Pilipino," held at BIR Covered Court, Bulua, here, February 23.
VALLEY VIEW TOWNSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE.. Atty. Chembelyn Balucan President of RGJ (Romeo G. Jalosjos) Realty Corp presents the soon to rise Valley View Township at Sta. Ana, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. It consists of 25 towers at 13 storeys each for a total of 10,400 condo units in a 14-hectare property. With Atty. Balucan are Richie Salloman Vice President RGJ Realty Corp. Ian Pabatao, Operations Manager and Dante Sudaria as Promotions and Publicity partner.
"This tax campaign is conducted every year to encourage individuals and businesses to comply with tax laws and regulations as well as to raise awareness about tax obligations," he said. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Cagayan de Oro, and Misamis Oriental LGUs also participated in the event by signing a pledge of support for the Bureau’s
programs and initiatives for 2023. "The business sector is very supportive of BIR, we appreciate the programs of the BIR especially on digitalization," President of CDO Chamber and Commerce Industry Foundation Inc. Raymundo Talimio Jr. stated. BIR’s utilization of online platforms such as eRegistration (eReg), the Electronic Bureau of Internal Revenue Forms (eFPS), Electronic One-Time Transaction (eONNET), and ePayment Channels (ePAY) has the goal of making transactions easier and more efficient for the public. The campaign focused on the different plans and programs that the bureau had to stop fraud and tax evasion. This included trade enforcement operations against people who sold illegal and unregistered cigarettes in the country. (GKND/PIA-10)
EMB 10 alarmed on Tribal groups in Agusan Opol beaches quality town declare Aussie firm persona non grata
By MARK FRANCISCO
THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 10 has sounded alarm on the high content of fecal matter in Macajalar bay, particularly in the beaches of Opol, Misamis Oriental. In an interview with this writer, EMB 10 director Reynaldo Digamo said that high fecal coliform content in that part of the bay has remained consistently high for the past five years and has not subsided in the latest test conducted only this year. “The allowable coliform content as determined by our health authorities is
only 50 mg/100 liters. But in the bathing beaches in Opol, the coliform is 1,000 mg/100 liters. That’s as high as before Boracay was rehabilitated in 2018,” Digamo said, referring to the famous
island resort in Luzon that was shut down by then President Rodrigo Duterte that year and totally cleaned for seven months before being allowed to reopen. See EMB, page 11
BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur--- Major tribal groups of this town have declared an Australian mining firm and its trading arm as persona non grata for failing to pay proceeds of the payment of gold and silver dore bars shipped to Hongkong that were produced and processed by its Philippine partner Philsaga Mining Corp (PMC). Rolito Peñaloga, chieftain of Bunawan Ancestral Domain Management Council, Inc. (BMADMCI), said this is the first time that the Australian firm Ten
Sixty Four Limited (ASX: X64) which they allowed to partner with PMC to betray the trust and confidence of the tribal groups. X64 used to be named Medusa Mining Limited (ASX: MML). “What they did is economic sabotage and must be held criminally liable,” Peñaloga said after he learned that the foreign mining partner and its trading arm Komo Diti owe PMC at least US $4,837,221 intended to pay the royalties of indigenous peoples groups as well as the company’s
operations cost Engr. Ferdinand A. Cortes, PMC Vice President for Operations, said the company had shipped gold and silver dore bars last February 3 to Hongkong. Under the Sales and Purchase Agreement, Komo Diti should pay the proceeds within three working days from receipt or until February 15. But Cortes disclosed the intended payment was not remitted and later discovered X64 and KomoDiti deliberately did not pay.
See TRIBAL, page 11