VOL. 7 ISSUE 41 • TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014
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MAlnourisHeD. Raymond Aleje, a child suffering from severe malnutrition, eats noodles and steamed rice for lunch while being watched by relatives inside their shanty at Sta. Ana wharf in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
TAX collecTion surges CTO collects 88% of total 2014 real property tax in just three months By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net
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hE Davao City local government posted a huge increase in the collection of Real Property Taxes (RPT) during the first quarter this year.
Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang, chair of the city council committee on finance, ways and means and appropriations, reported that the city’s real estate tax collections amounted to a staggering P P560.45 million which is 88% of the collected RPT in the entire year of fiscal period 2014. He said the figures indicate high collection rate as compared to the 2013 entire collection of 638,743,949.36 only. Councilor Dayanghirang explained that they held an initial meeting with the City
Treasurer Rodrigo S. Riola on May 12, 2014 where the report was made. In the meeting, he said the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) submitted the latest and updated regarding Real Property Tax (RPT) collection from January to March 2014. “It means they were able to collect 88% of the total tax of 2014 in just 3 months. So I would like to commend and congratulate the City Treasurer’s Office for doing its job. The increase in collection can be
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AlArMing. Dr. Celna Tejare, head of program for nutrition of Action Against Hunger, shows a mid-upper arm circumference (muac) tape, which is used to help identify childen and infants with severe acute malnutrition, during Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao yesterday. Tejare revealed that there are 234 recorded cases of children suffering from severe malnutrition in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.