Osmeña considers Kalunasan as new city jail site

Inna Mejia 11/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city government has yet to find a suitable site for a new jail facility. The mayor said this after Councilor Joel Garganera questioned his plan of converting the Inayawan landfill…

Tom to replace business permit with updated tax clearance

Inna Mejia 11/13/2016

INSTEAD of issuing business permits to business establishments, Cebu City government plans to only issue an updated tax clearance to increase the city government’s tax collection efficiency. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he believed that the…

Kaizen

Hidelito Pascual 11/08/2016

Experts in organizational change management always give the warning that “the status quo is more dangerous than the unknown.” There are only three things that are permanent in this world: taxes, death and yes, change. As you…

Unnecessary sacrifice

11/04/2016

A proposed bill by the Duterte administration to substantially raise taxes on cars can be a double-edged sword insofar as regulating the number of privately owned vehicles on the road is concerned. According to Albay Rep. Edcel…

Kasadya sa SRP seen to earn P2.6M revenue

Nestle L. Semilla 10/15/2016

The annual Kasadya will still be held at the South Road Properties (SRP) in December this year with the city government expecting to earn P2.6 million in amusement taxes for the event. Acting Cebu City Administrator Jovy…

More than words

Raymund Fernandez 07/26/2016

As it was, President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech turned out to be not so bad. For showing the human side of him, it might have been brilliant. That he affirmed: there will be no demolition (of squatters) without…

Cebu City eyes slaughterhouse closure

07/12/2016

Left with several concerns including millions in unpaid real property taxes, the Cebu City government is now looking at the possibility of closing the city slaughterhouse located in Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City. An option is to…

4 firms given 48 hours to pay taxes

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/20/2016

FOUR business establishments in the north district of Cebu City have been issued a 48-hour notice to pay their correct amount of taxes. Lilivic Gatdula, Cebu City North revenue district officer of the Bureau of Internal Revenue…

Mandaue City falls short of revenue collection goal

Nestle L. Semilla 02/04/2016

The Mandaue City government fell short of its revenue collection target last year because of deficits in the public market, city hospital and slaughterhouse. Total collections reached only P1.7 billion, about 20 percent short of the P2.1-billion…

Taxes from SRP lot sales boost revenue collections

Vanessa Claire Lucero 10/21/2015

Cebu City South revenue district makes biggest collection of P3.46B Taxes from the sale of two lots at the South Road Properties (SRP) caused a spike in revenue collections, allowing the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to…

City objects to SC ruling to remit P76.8M to film council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/12/2015

CEBU City Hall will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision ordering the city to remit P76.8 million in amusement taxes to the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). City Hall lawyer Eleodoro Diaz said…

Mandaue taxes up before yearend

Norman V. Mendoza 08/04/2014

Mandaue City Treasurer Regal Oliva has announced that City Hall will raise real property and business taxes before the end of the year. Oliva made the announcement last Thursday in a news conference. He said the city…

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