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‘I’LL TELL YOU THE REAL MAR’ Mayor Duterte hits Roxas camp over smear campaign

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WHO’S READING WHAT? Businessman Sammy Uy (left) shows a copy of EDGE DAVAO to an amused Mayor Rodrigo Duterte during a light moment after the anniversary celebration of the Metro Davao Medical and Research Center Inc. on Monday night at The Marco Polo Davao. Armando Fenequito Jr.

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte snapped back at the camp of Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas for allegedly launching a smear campaign against him saying he will tell the world “the real Mar Roxas.”

In an interview with re-

porters past midnight yesterday, Duterte said someone told him that Philip Lustre Jr., who had written on social media that the mayor has throat cancer, is working for Roxas as a public relations (PR) officer.

“I am wondering how Roxas can allow his PR man

to tell a lie,” he said.

Duterte said if it is true that Lustre is Roxas’ propagandist, then he will reveal all that he knows about Roxas.

“I will tell the world the real identity of Roxas. Wala gyud tay mahayay ana (Do not blame me),” he said.

The mayor elaborated on the matter in a statement posted on Facebook by his close ally former North Cotabato Governor Manny Piñol and verified by his spokesperson former Davao City councilor Peter T. Laviña.

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TIME TO REST. A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) trainee takes advantage of a short break to relax and to take a nap in Sta. Ana wharf where a group of PCG aspirants is undergoing safety, rescue, and survival techniques training. Lean Daval Jr.

Coal-fired plant Charge tuna vendors: Rody of TSI now online

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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BOITIZPOWER yesterday said the first of two 150-MW units of its Therma South Energy Project in Davao City will begin full commercial operations starting Friday, September 18.

The power plant will deliver contracted power to more than 20 electric cooperatives and distribution utilities all over Mindanao, easing the power crisis that has been hounding the island for several months now.

“We have informed our customers and our stake-

holders that we are now officially in commercial operations and supplying Mindanao with reliable and cost-effective baseload power,” Therma South Inc. president and COO Benjamin A. Cariaso, Jr. said in a statement.

“We are here not only to help Mindanao solve the current power crisis. The Aboitiz group is committed to helping Mindanao sustain its economic growth and fulfill its potential,” Cariaso added.

The power plant will

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered the City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) to file charges against vendors of rotten tuna and uninspected chicken meat confiscated over the weekend in three markets in the city.

In an interview at The Marco Polo, Davao past midnight yesterday, Duterte said the vendors in Matina Aplaya, Puan, and Toril should be imprisoned because they

have been misrepresenting their products.

“These people should be charged with other forms of deceits under the Revised Penal Code,” he said.

Assistant city veterinarian Esther Cherrie Rayos had earlier reported that 70.5 kilograms of putrid tuna were wiped with pork blood just to make them look fresh to the buyers.

Rayos said the “adulterated” fish easily rot and also

compromise the religious practices of some groups that do not eat pork.

She said the CVO was able to apprehend four violators but these people were just warned that the city will file charges against them if they are caught committing the same violation.

Duterte, however, said vendors must answer for violating the sensibilities of the Muslims who ate the

fish they sold.

“Ingna sila na ipadakop ning mga namaligya.

Nganon palutson man, para mobuhat na pud? (Tell the city veterinarian to charge these vendors. Why should they be allowed to go free?

So they can do the same thing?),” he said.

“Lug-lugon nako sila, ilang dugo akong isawsaw sa isda (I will stab and dip the fish in their blood),” he added.

midnight yesterday.

The position will be left vacant next year by Rep. Isidro Ungab who is already in his third and last term.

Reportedly eying the position are councilors Bernard Al-ag, Karlo S. Bello, and Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz as well as Ungab’s brother engineer Alberto Ungab.

Even the mayor’s youngest son Sebastian’s name has been mentioned as a possible candidate but Duterte dismissed this, saying his son is not inter-

ested in entering politics.

Duterte said he still cannot choose who he will endorse for the position. He said he will call for a caucus a week before the filing of certificates of candidacy next month to finalize the lineup of the party.

Duterte said he wants his daughter, former Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, to be the standard bearer of the party because he is planning to retire from politics next year.

Sara, for her part, said her decision will depend

on what the party wants.

Her brother, Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte, had initially expressed his intention to run for mayor if his father will gun for the presidency next year.

He changed his tune a few days later, however, and said he was willing to give way to his father’s decision.

Second district councilor Louie John Bonguyan had also bared his intention to run for vice mayor next year if no member of the Duterte family runs for the position. ABFJ

Duterte may tag 3rd district Banana exporters want review on FTA a free zone for Hugpong

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HE Philippine banana export industry is urging the government for a review of the country’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with its trading partners.

“There is a need for a thorough review of our free trade agreements and assess our trading partners’ fulfillment of their commitments to ensure that we are at an outstanding edge in the trading game; in our case, the elimination or reduction of tariffs,” said Stephen Antig, executive director of the Philippine Banana

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Growers and Exporters Association Inc. (PBGEA).

Banana is still the country’s top fresh fruit export.

However, Antig said that industry players are now wary that they will eventually lose its market shares “if the government won’t be more aggressive in negotiating for reduced tariffs in countries where we export our bananas.”

He also mentioned that “production costs are increasing every year to maintain volume and qual-

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte may declare the city’s third district a free zone for members of the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod who are aspiring to run for the congressional seat in next year’s election.

“Wala pa mi magstorya pero kung dili mapugngan ilang ambisyon we might go for a free zone (We have not talked about it yet, but if they really want to run for the position we might go for a free zone,” Duterte said in an interview at The Marco Polo, Davao past

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By VANESSA KATE MADRAZO ADDU Intern

D SINGING RODY. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte belts outs several songs at the Marco Polo Davao Monday night as if to dispel rumors he has throat cancer, including his favorite “Ikaw.” Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Duterte nixes war with China

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

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F he had his way, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte would simply talk directly to the Chinese government regarding the West Philippine Sea dispute.

In an interview past midnight yesterday, Duterte said the Philippines, which has no war equipment to speak of, cannot go to war with a militarily well-equipped country like China.

He said the best approach is to talk to the Chinese government and try

to convince it not to further extend its claims on the disputed waters.

“I will talk to them, do not expand any further.

Wa naman mi mahimo naa naman ng airstrip (We cannot do anything anymore about the existing airstrip),” Duterte said, adding that he has no hand in the matter since his jurisdiction is only Davao City.

Duterte has been rumored to be eying the presidency, although he announced last week that his

final decision is not to run for the country’s top post.

“We just have to convince China. Di naman jud ni madala og gyera (This cannot be settled by war), so independently we talk to China,” he said.

Duterte said he agreed with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Charles Jose who said the only recourse of the Philippines is to rely on the international community.

Jose, who talked to Davao City reporters last

Monday, said since 1995 the Philippines has been trying to negotiate with China for a bilateral agreement over the West Philippine Sea. He said China, however, has been setting impossible conditions, including accepting that it (China) has indisputable sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea. Duterte said the Philippines cannot allow that since it would be prevented from exploring the disputed waters.

Aquino mum on probe into Mamasapano clash

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RESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Monday declined to elaborate on the government’s on-going investigation on the possible alternative version of the Mamasapano incident but stressed that this is being done to verify what has been reported.

“Ang dulo ng lahat ng ito, gusto nating malaman yung the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” President Aquino told reporters in an interview at the Iloilo Convention Center.

The Chief Executive said they are currently collating evidences and determining the persons who could testify on the validity of the report and on what really happened.

“So ang importante malaman yung totoo.

Mangyari na maski sino pang sumuri ganito lalabas, para malaman nga nating ganap yung mga leksyon

doon sa nangyari sa Mamasapano,” he said.

Over the weekend, reports claimed that Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, who was one of the two targets of the Special Action Force (SAF) operations in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in January 25, 2015, was not killed by members of the police’s elite force but by his own aides.

This was included in the report of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after the incident, the news reports quoting MILF chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said.

Forty-four SAF members along with several MILF members and civilians were killed during the said police operations, which also targeted to arrest Filipino terrorist Basit Usman, who was killed in another operation last May. (PNA)

LEARNING NEVER ENDS. EDGE Davao and Zion Accuprint Publish, Inc. represented by photographer Lean Daval Jr. turns over essay materials to Jail Officer 2 Sherwinkit Academia yesterday for the Alternative learning System (ALS) program of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)

AVAO through a concerted effort with the Philippine Coastal Guard (PCG), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and Davao City Local Government will be celebrating the 30th International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) day this Saturday, September with the municipalities near the coastal areas of Davao.

Commodore Efren Elbanbuena of the PCG Auxillary said last Monday in Kapehan sa Dabaw press conference in SM City that the ICC is a product of the Ocean Conservancy Organization where it was agreed that the third Saturday of September every year is dedicated to an ocean conservation effort for cleanliness.

RD Fatma Idris of the Bureau of Fisheries

and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region XI emphasized that the most affected stakeholder in the conservation efforts is the marine life that is constantly threatened by water pollution caused by citizens.

“Yung mga basura galling Davao at Samal nagkikita nalang sa dagat. Dapat from the top iniiwasan magtapon ng basura,” Idris said. Albeit that she had no exact data regarding the extent of marine life destruction but she described it as a lot further adding that it takes 50 years for coral reeves to recover when damaged.

Commo. Leo Avila III of the PCG Auxillary said that, “Human footprint has always been what’s causing an imbalance in the environment so kita dapat ang mutabang.”

According to Avila,

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SC asked to stop COMELEC’s lease of 71,000 OMR units for 2016 polls

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WO overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Commission on Election (COMELEC) from enforcing a resolution that allows Smartmatic TIM to lease 71,000 units of Optical Mark Reader (OMR) for use in the May national and local elections.

In their 41-page petition, Francisco Aguilar, Jr. and Guillermo Santos urged the SC to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) or writ of preliminary injunction (WPI) to stop the

COMELEC from implementing COMELEC Resolution No. 9980.

COMELEC Resolution No. 9980 provides for the award of more than Php 6-billion contract in a joint venture agreement with Smartmatic TIM for the lease of the OMR units.

The petitioners claimed the lease of the new OMR was illegal because the old Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines were still available, which could be updated in order to be used in the 2016 elections. (PNA)

together with the Department of Education (DepEd), which was launched last August 17 inside the facility of the Davao City Jail. The program aims to develop competence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing among inmate learners.

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TSI full operation lauded FULL OPEARATION. The 150 megawatt (MW) unit of the Aboitiz subsidiary 300 MW Therma South Inc. (TSI) in Barangay Binugao, Toril District, Davao City.

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USINESS leaders in Mindanao lauded the announced full commercial operation on Friday of the first 150 megawatt (MW) unit of the Aboitiz subsidiary 300 MW Therma South Inc. (TSI) in Barangay Binugao, Toril District, Davao City.

“TSI full operation will be a welcome development for the whole Mindanao Grid because it will help to stabilize the (power supply of the) whole grid,” Mind-

anao Business Council chair Vicente T. Lao told EDGE Davao yesterday.

Lao said the stabilized power supply will help entice more investors to expand their operation here.

“A lot of investors are already poised to start their expansion in Mindanao,” Lao said, adding that now that the power problem is almost solved, “the only obstacle now is the approval of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)” which is

expected to end the decades-long armed conflict in Mindanao.

For his part, Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., (DCCCII) president Antonio dela Cruz told EDGE Davao that the operation of the coal-fired power plant has long been awaited by the business sector of the city.

“This is what we are waiting for,” Dela Cruz said.

The city’s business operations have been adverse-

ly affected by scheduled rotating blackouts implemented by the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) because of the inadequate power supply coming from the National Power Corporation (NPC).

The DLPC has contracted 50 MW from the 150MW Unit 1 of TSI. It will be added to its contracted capacity to supply the increasing power demand of Davao City and some parts of Davao del Norte.

in July. Revisions will be announced next month, Furusawa disclosed.

In the case of the Philippines, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies at a rate the IMF currently expects to be more than 6 percent this year, Furusawa and his colleague IMF director Odd Per Brekk both said growth prospects remain robust.

Meanwhile, Brekk noted that long-term prospects for growth in global economies are worsening, Still, conditions in advanced economies, at least, are favorable for a near-term pickup.

“The longer-term prospects in both advanced economies and emerging markets are more subdued than they were a couple years ago,” said Brekk.

He explained that in advanced economies, that reflects a combination of lower investment, unfavorable demographics and lower productivity growth. On the other hand, emerging markets face some of those factors in addition to the economic slowdown in China, for many a key export market, as well as an “adjustment going on in credit of the investment

pools” and lower commodity prices.

Still, in the short term, Brekk said IMF sees a “slow pickup taking hold” in advanced economies due to easy financial conditions, less fiscal drag and lower energy prices.

The IMF officials pointed to healthy “fiscal and monetary space,” with a current account surplus and a reasonable level of foreign exchange reserves.

“In general we think it’s quite well-placed to manage the spillovers from global developments,” he said. (PNA/ PCOO News Release)

Allan Rellon said during the festival’s opening ceremony last September 4, 2015 at the Rotary Park.

Highlighting the festival opening was the Carroza y Pintados de Carabao, where different painted Carabaos and their Carroza full of fruits and other farm products were paraded in the city’s major thoroughfares.

22 painted Carabaos pa-

raded in this year’s competition, where Barangay Pagsabangan was awarded as the best Carroza while Mr. Robert Rasos got awarded as 1st placer in the Pintados competition.

Also dotting the threeweek festival is the AgriTrade fair at the Rotary Park which features Durian Trade Fair, Livestock and Poultry Expo, Farmers Forum, First

pointed beta show, Scrap Art Exhibit, Kublai Art Exhibit, UGMAD Quiz Bee and Poster Slogan Contest, Dog Fashion Show, Agriculture trade fair, Photography Competition, Sikad sa Kadalanan and the search for the best native lechon competition.

During the opening program, the city government turned-over 3 Knap-

Dela Cruz said with the increase in power supply, more investments will come into the city.

“We will expect more investments to come in Davao, especially in manufacturing,” he said.

Dela Cruz also said the commercial operation of the TSI “will be also good to other local government units in the Davao Region” because the plant will be able “share it extra capacity.”

AboitizPower yester-

day said the first of two 150-MW units of its Therma South Energy Project in Davao City will begin full commercial operations starting Friday, September 18.

The power plant will deliver contracted power to more than 20 electric cooperatives and distribution utilities all over Mindanao, easing the power crisis that has been hounding the island for several months now.

Asia, Phl still drivers of global growth Zambo mayor leads

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SIA, including the Philippines, would continue to be the driver of global growth, consistent with past International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections for a region of largely emerging economies.

“This region has the strength in terms of the interconnectedness,” IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa said on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) event held in Cebu City.

The IMF recently said it sees downside risk to its most recent global growth projections, made

UGMAD fest honors Tagum farmers T

HE City Government of Tagum values the farmers for the good harvest in the city through celebration of the 3rd UGMAD Festival 2015 at Rotary Park, Tagum City.

“This is a way in which we honor our farmers and a way of giving importance to the different agricultural products of our city,” Mayor

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China trade mission T HE twining agreements with two Chinese cities will not in any manner affect the stand of the country on the territorial issues with China.

Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar issued the statement as she leads Tuesday an 82-man trade mission to the 12th China-ASEAN Exposition in the northern city of Nanning, China, where this city plays the “City of Charm,” representing the Philippines.

While in China, Salazar together with other city officials in the delegation will take the opportunity of forging two sisterhood agreements with the cities of Zhoushan and Guigang in a bid to strengthen trade relations, and promote cultural and tourism exchanges between this city and the two Chinese cities.

Salazar stressed the twinning agreements, which were initiated by local Chinese group, have been sanctioned and approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in compliance with the requirements of the Bureau of Local Government Supervision of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

“Zamboanga City cannot

remain in isolation. As the city progresses, we do not close the door to trade and investment opportunities with other countries,” Salazar said.

“We must take the opportunity to grow with other countries. That’s why Zamboanga must sail across the sea and open up markets for local products on foreign lands,” she added.

She will received on Thursday, September 17, Chinese government officials and ASEAN heads of state at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center.

She will also preside over a mayor’s forum to mark 2015 as the China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Year.

This city’s delegation to China include 12 government officials and staffs, five of which are on official travel, while others are travelling either on official time or using personal expenses and 70 local investors, among them are community-based entrepreneurs hoping to find markets for their native products in the CAEXPO. The mission of the delegation is to promote this city in terms of its trade, tourism and investment potentials. (PNA)

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KOREAN film enthusiasts have more onscreen excitement to look forward to as the annual Korean Film Festival showcases seven blockbuster and critically acclaimed films at selected SM Cinemas from September 17 to October 11.

A joint partnership between the Korean Embassy’s Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines and SM Cinema, the film festival will unreel at SM Lanang Premier in Davao from Sept 17 to 20. This will be followed by screenings at SM City Iloilo from September 24 to 27, and at SM City Cebu from October 1 to 4. The film festival’s culminating event will be on October 8 to 11 at SM Megamall.

Other partners include the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Film Cultural Exchange Program, the Korea Tourism Organization – Manila (KTO), and the Korea Copyright Commission.

The featured films give us a glimpse of Korean history and culture. The Front, starring Shin Ha-Yyun and Go Soo, is about the connection of two friends despite the emergence of the Korean War in 1950. Duresori: The Voice of East the story of a group of traditional Korean music students in their last year of high school and the challenge they are face, gives us an the enriching perspective of Korean music.

Other films highlight different aspects of Korean everyday life. Hope, starring Sol Kyung-Gu, Uhm Ji-Won and Lee Re is about a family whose bond was made stronger by the ordeal that their child had to go.

On the lighter side, there is Miss Granny, a story about a woman in her 70s who magically finds herself in the body of her 20-yearold self after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio; and Marriage Blue, a blockbuster movie about the life of four couples who are about to get married but are faced with doubts about whether this will work.

There are also crime and action films such as Cold Eyes, which is about a high-technology police surveillance team’s attempt to take down a gang of ruthless bank robbers; and The Thieves– the fourth highest grossing movie in Korean film history - which is about the connection among different kinds of people who are brought together by their love for money.

For more information and queries, please contact the Korean Cultural Center at 5551711 or email events@koreanculture.ph.

The 2015 Korean Film Festival is one of the many interesting cultural events of SM Cinema.

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Samsung Happy Home upgrades Filipino families’ lifestyle

TO CREATE one’s dream home, families want to be able to comfortably lounge around at home, enjoying life’s simple pleasures such as watching TV, munching on comfort food, or listening to good music with the family and friends. These great bonding moments will be made much better with Samsung Consumer Electronics, which makes their new home a luxurious haven for entertainment, fun, and relaxation.

This family experience was showcased during Samsung Happy Home roadshow featuring Samsung’s range of new products, including Television, Home Entertainment Solutions, and Digital Appliances. The provincial roadshow kicked off last September 10 in Abreeza Mall in Davao and will continue in key cities like Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Cebu, Pampanga, Naga, and Iloilo throughout the year, letting more families experience and soon upgrade their dream home.

The Samsung Happy Home roadshow aims to show how families can enjoy the many conveniences and the possibilities made possible by Samsung products – all designed to meet the needs of families at every life stage and celebrate with them in every success. Regardless of family size, age, interest, or location, there’s always a Samsung product that is right for everyone, with every single unit designed to surpass expectations and delight users.

“With its latest innovative, smart and high quality digital products line-up, Samsung is once again offering a whole new home experience for the Filipino Family.

Through this roadshow, we hope to let more Filipinos know how Samsung Television,Home Entertainment Solutions, and Digital Appliances can fit their everyday needs and help enhance their lifestyles,” said LeiLaniMontemayor, Samsung Product Manager for Washing Machine.

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capping off the perfect life-like viewing. Meanwhile, Samsung Wireless Audio 360 produces balanced sound in all directions, filling all around the room. Adding to the convenience is the built-in Wi-Fi to control the audio system where one can listen to music all around the house or listen to a different type of music per room.

Home roadshow showcases a line-up of products that will surely be the best upgrade every Filipino’s home – dreamcome-true,smart, innovative, and happier home.

Television Upgrading one’s viewing experience at home to match watching a movie at the cinema is now possible with the Samsung SUHD, signifying a true leap forward in technology tooffer a superior viewing experience. The Samsung SUHD TV sets the standard with itsnano-crystal technology and re-mastering picture quality engine that produce 64

times more color expression than conventional TVs and 2.5 times brighter than conventional UHD TVs. Aside from the SUHD, Samsung LED, Smart, and UHD TVs are also showcased, wherein each highlighted key features, setting a higher level of advancement and functionality,as well asfitting every home.

Home Entertainment Solutions Another treat from Samsung is the TV’s Curved Soundbar, which has a multi-channel speaker and side speakers that enhance the surround sound and provide more clarity for a better TV experience –

Washing Machines The old washing machine may have produced clean clothes but it fails to prevent the washer’s back pains. Level up the washing experience with Samsung Activdualwash, which fused ergonomic design with stateof-the-art technology.

The hands-on mom can experience great cleaning power with greater convenience and lesser back pain compared to their older washing machines. Its dedicated built-in sink, washboard, and water jet built right into the washer makes everything within reach, thus making the laundry process less tedious and time-consuming.

Refrigerators Fresh food is a must for every home, but energy efficiency is an equally important concern. Recognizing this, Samsung showcases its new refrigerator lineup, the Samsung RT25, to address this concern.

The Samsung RT25 has a digital inverter technology that allows it to have 33% more space while being 46% more

energy efficient.*Truly, Samsung RT25 upgrades Filipino households to store more and achieve their maximum storage space while at the same time saving more money and keeping energy consumption at a minimum.

Smart Ovens The Samsung Smart Oven will surely meet families’ on-the-go lifestyle as well as their need for healthy food. It has features that make it the all-in-one cooking solution, veering away from the usual only “reheating” feature of microwaves. It has the SLIM FRY Technology that allows oil-free frying and fuss-free frying and grilling. Aside from upgrading the kitchen, cooking skills are about to level up with this appliance.

Airconditioners

Being a tropical country, the Philippines’ climate is characterized by relatively high temperature and high atmospheric humidity. Addressing this need, Samsung AR7000 air conditioner features a triangular design enabling quicker, further, and wider cooling. Its digital inverter system will let consumers enjoy a powerful and optimized cooling system, without increasing electricity usage and expense. It also has Virus Doctor and an easy filter to keep the air clean.

Creating one’s dream home doesn’t always mean major overhauls.

By adding perfect home pieces and products from Samsung, build the dream home that will be filled with love, togetherness, convenience, and entertainment.

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Swoon while on a ‘Road Trip’ with Andrea Torres WHAT if you were to spend a day on the road with sexy actress Andrea Torres?

The Kapuso star is releasing her first-ever coffee table book titled “Road Trip” which she and photographer Jay Tablante shot around Tagaytay.

Andrea made her mark in the industry when she posed for FHM last year and ranked second sexiest this year, but she guaranteed her newest project is far different.

“FHM times ten. Hindi lang siya masyado halata sa cover kasi gusto namin kapag hinahawakan siya sa TV, puwede ko siya [ipakita] kasi parang beauty shot lang ‘yung cover. Noong FHM, pinatatakpan eh [kasi] sobrang sexy,” the Bubble Gang actress said in the press conference.

In an interview with GMANetwork.com, Andrea expounded more on how the shoot went. She said, “Ito fun siya pero sexy. Ginawa nila parang hindi sinasadya [katulad

ng] mga moments na kumikilos ka tapos click lang siya nang click tapos gusto ka lang niya kunin in the middle of something. [It’s] very candid, although meron ibang shots din na nakatingin sa kamera.”

How did she prepare for it? “Two days kasing magkasunod eh so siyempre ‘yung diet ibang klase.

Kunwari ang call time namin [ay] 7 [a.m.], 3 [a.m.] gising na ako kasi workout ako bago mag-shoot [at] siyempre bantay na bantay din pati ‘yung pagkain,” she shared.

The Kapuso actress said it is by far the most memorable, “‘Di ko makakalimutan ang shoot na ‘to. Ito ang pinaka-challenging and pinaka-fulfilling kasi since sobra nahirapan ako sa kanya [pero] sobrang saya ko noong nakita ko na ang pictures.”

The veteran photographer explained the concept behind the GMA artist’s project. He said, “The concept I thought is a travel story. It’s a road trip so kumuha kami ng vintage

[van], and nag-drive lang kami around Tagaytay.

[Nag-shoot kami] wherever [katulad ng] sa gitna ng daan, sa may mga gardens, pathways na nakita namin [at] coffee shops.”

“Ang point-of-view ng

camera, ikaw ang significant other ni Andrea. Ito very natural, very candid ‘yung moments niya, may moments na very vulnerable [at] may moments na playful. It’s a very intimate experience,” he concluded.

‘Asap Live in London’ draws more than 10,000

MORE THAN 10,000 people flocked to the famous The SSE Arena Wembley to witness TFC’s biggest event in Europe, “ASAP Live in London.”

ABS-CBN’s biggest and brightest stars now join the ranks of international artists such as Elton John, Pink, Maroon Five, Beyonce, and U2, who were able to pull a jam-packed crowd in London’s second largest indoor arena.

Get to watch the first of “ASAP 20’s” two-part London special beginning this Sunday (Sep13).

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Sexy ladies Arci Munoz, Shaina Magdayao, Jessy Mendiola, and KC Concepcion also sizzle the dancefloor with their hot number.

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British vocal group Blake also sets foot on the “ASAP 20” and

entertains Filipino fans by singing OPM songs.

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RDL celebrates 20 years RDL Pharmaceutical Lab, Davao homegrown maker of quality beauty products, held its 20th anniversary gala last September 12 at the D’Leonor Inland Resort.

Held as a tribute of the company’s growth through twenty years of hard work, RDL’s celebration also served as a venue for the company to thank its many distributors and partners from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao who were all present to receive awards and plaques of appreciation.

RDL’s international partners were also recognised during the colorful event which featured dancing by the UM Dance Troupe as well as a presentation by RDL endorser, Coco Martin, whose crooning made the crowd swoon.

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Zoofari to open in Digos

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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OMEGROWN Zoofari Group of Companies will open its newest and tallest dedicated play center in the Philippines at the Gaisano Mall of Digos in December this year.

“It will be the tallest structure of the same kind in the Philippines,” Zoofari general manager Jay M. York told reporters in a luncheon press conference at the Outback Grill in Bacaca Road, Davao City yesterday.

As the company celebrates the restaurant’s third year anniversary, York revealed that their newest branch will have a 9-meter structure, higher than the Zoofari main branch in Bacaca which has a height of 7.5 meters.

“The structure that has a floor area of 200 square meters will occupy two floors in the mall. It will have a capacity of 150 to 200 children and parents,” York said.

Zoofari’s main branch has a floor area of 11 meters and can be a good venue for big events like birthday parties, among others.

Zoofari is the company’s first business after it expands to its restaurant business- the Outback Grill known for its animal and plane crash theme and an underground themed café.

Zoofari has now the existing branches. The two other are located in Gaisano

Mall of Tagum and SM City Davao where it was first set up..

“It all started when the SM City asked us to put up a play center,” he said, adding that the first branch of Zoofari was first established four years ago.

To date, Zoofari is not only a play center but a brand that every kid even as young as three year-old recognized, he said. Zoofari recorded an average of 15,000

50 20,000 foot traffic per month.

Known to be the tallest of the same kind of structure in the Philippines, the Zoofari has been providing a play center that promotes both socializing and independence the same time.

It provides memorable and happy experience not only to young Dabawenyos but also to the parents, who can leave their children in the play center and do their

Mitigation to impact on agriculture sector

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ANIMAL MARKET. A young trader takes his goats outside Sta. Ana wharf where a portion of the sidewalk has become a display area for livestock from the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS). Lean Daval Jr.

Search Job kiosk in Samal T

HE Department of Labor and Employment Region XI finally turned over the Search Job Kiosk to the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) at Samal Multi-purpose Gym Penaplata on September 7.

Department of Labor and Employment ( DOLE ) XI Regional Director Atty. Joeffrey M. Suyao personally un-

veiled and turned-over the Job Search Kiosk (JSK) to the local government of IGACOS and for the signing of the Memorandum of Undertaking (MOU).

The JSK is an official information portal of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to give correct information about employment and other livelihood opportunities. It is where one can search and apply jobs not

just locally but also outside the country since there are also licensed agencies posted on it under Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).

“The kiosk is not only for employees seeking for a job but also for employers and general public who seek right and accurate information for employment with the service of government through different agencies under DOLE”

said Atty. Joeffrey M. Suyao, Regional Director of DOLE XI. Through the kiosk, anyone can check as well the minimum wages within the whole country. It has also TESDA services if one wish to search for skills training wherein accredited assessment center and different courses are also posted for those who want to have skills training through TESDA. (CIO Igacos)

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Davao Region encouraged farmers and aquaculturists to venture into raising Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) because of its huge potential both in the local and export market.

“The L. vannamei is a more promising commodity than bangus or milk fish because of its higher market price,” BFAR 11 regional director Fatma Idris told reporters last Monday.

Idris said a single kilogram of L. vannamei, which is also called white leg shrimp, can sell for around

P150, higher than the P90 farm gate price of bangus.

She said the expenditure of raising the shrimp is also the same as the cost of raising milk fish, which stands at around P300,000.

“A single hectare of hatchery can produce as much as 10 tons per year,” Idris said, adding that raisers can harvest every quarter of the year. Bangus raisers can only harvest twice a year.

Shrimp farms in Davao Region are located in Toril District in Davao City, Sta, Cruz in Davao del Sur, and in some parts of Davao Oriental.

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be hosting this year’s Shrimp Congress on November 12 and 13.

Idris, however, warned interested growers to purchase their fingerling only from accredited hatcheries in the region to avoid the spread of white spot disease.

The white spot syndrome (WSS) is an infectious disease among shrimp that is caused by a viral pathogen called Whitespot Syndrome Baculovirus complex (WSSV).

“This disease is highly lethal and contagious, killing shrimps quickly. It can cause the death of all shrimp population in a single hatchery if

it is mishandled,” Idris said.

Reports have said outbreaks of WSS have wiped out within a few days entire populations of many shrimp hatcheries around the globe.

Idris said there are only eight shrimp hatcheries accredited by the BFAR in Davao Region.

“BFAR is regulating the accreditation because we would like to ensure that hatcheries are compliant with our set standards,” she added.

Most of the unaccredited hatcheries here sell each fingerling at less than P1, mostly at 50 centavos each, she said. CRC

BFAR pushes Pacific white shrimp culture

usual errands.

“We offer an unlimited hours of playing experience to our clients for only P300,” York said.

York added that Zoofari created a single venue that promotes family gathering and family bonding in the cities of Davao and Tagum and soon in Tagum.

Zoofari will be also opening its door in Gaisano Mall of Cebu two years from now.

HE Department of Agriculture (DA) 11 is exploring opportunities for mitigation as Davao faces different climate change-related challenges that will impact on the agricultural sector.

Dr. Robert Sandoval, National Project Coordinator of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), emphasized the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) to strengthen livelihood towards efficient and productive resources while being able to withstand damage and losses. ”The effective DRRM implementation would mean overall linkages across sectors and enhance links between DRR and post disaster interventions,” Sandoval stressed.

He also bared that one of the training’s intention is to provide a clear message to enable them to cope with the threats, as well as understand the opportunities, presented by ongoing climate change.

Roy Pascua, DA 11DRRM focal person, said that the training aims to increase the capacity on the risk involving the agriculture sector.

“We will cover all banner programs of DA, for now we started with the Rice Program first since rice is one of the most affected commodity when climate change occurs,” Pascua added.

The agency has already an existing disaster team coming from the different programs but Pascua said that the formula-

tion of the DDR is the newest thing in the agency.

“In terms of disaster response, DA is always ready. We have buffer stocks for crops, biologics for livestock and our logistics,” Pascua explained.

Alejandro Yadao Jr., DA 11 Rice Focal said that the training is very useful in the sense that municipalities are aware of the mitigating plans especially when climate change comes.

“This is very timely since it is forecast that we will be experiencing long drought.

With this, we can mitigate the effects of El Niño and formulate activities to counter it,” Yadao explained.

He also added: “If there will be forecasts as to the changes of climate, the farmers can now alter their cropping. They now have a choice to whether delay or advance it.”

Moreover, a Rapid Rural Appraisal was also conducted during the training wherein Carmen Davao del Norte was chosen by the DRR team since the municipality is considered as a “catch basin” of water.

The municipality relies predominantly on agriculture especially on rice. It has suffered the most because of being prone to flooding.

The training on DRRM on rice is created for the preparedness of the natural hazards in which the agriculture sector is facing.

The DRR team aims to lessen the impact of damage as well as plan the mitigating actions to be done. (PNA)

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EDITORIAL Respecting free speech

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s recent strong reactions to the articles of “a former journalist” who is “now a PR man” probably do not sit well with journalists who do not know him. In his regular television show last Sunday, Duterte lashed out at the columnist for writing about his supposed health condition, telling the journalist to “look for a lawyer.” And in an official statement posted yesterday on social media, Duterte spoke of “some members of the press and media… (who) have allowed themselves to be instruments in distorting the truth, all for the love of the scent of money.” He also lamented the existence of mainstream journalists and “pseudo-journalists” who “write and broadcast lies to advance the interests of their political patrons.”

On the surface, the mayor, widely perceived to be gunning for the Presidency even though he has “officially” said he is not going to, appears to be training his sights on the media and is even giving veiled threats of taking legal action against those who write derogatory articles about him. But to those who have lived under his administration, nothing is farther from the truth. One can cite

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many examples, but the one that truly brings this matter home is the way Duterte protected free speech in Davao City even when directed by a sitting President to suppress it. In February 2006 then-President Gloria Arroyo issued Proclamation No. 1017 placing the entire country under a state of national emergency due to an alleged coup planned by military officials. Under that proclamation, the President could control the media, and all permits to hold demonstrations and protests were revoked.

Indeed, over the next few days the government clamped down on free speech throughout the country (and it did not escape observers that Proclamation 1017 was just a digit off from PD 1081 with which Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in 1972). There was an uneasy, enforced peace — except in Davao City where Duterte allowed all groups to continue their mass actions. Even the media went on a protest march and continued to write stories critical of the Arroyo administration — all without fear of reprisal from City Hall. There are many bad things one can say about Duterte, but one thing that cannot be said is that he has ever tried to suppress freedom of speech.

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Traffic Lessons Part 2: Our complicity and participation

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N important observation in looking at Metro Manila’s traffic problem is that there is little public participation in solving it. Yes there are numerous complaints and a lot of noise, social media rants, and strong words, even street-level fisticuffs, but little proactive initiatives and solutions from citizens to deal with the problems, which by many accounts are due to citizens themselves: sidewalk vendors taking over streets, barangay governments transforming streets into basketball courts, and public transport vehicles turning street corners into terminals.

Strict enforcement of rules cannot be sustained with a general public always trying to subvert rules to further their business interests, or to give in to their desire to encroach their private properties into what should be public spaces. Inconsistent enforcement and suspicions of corruption, collusion, and fraud among enforcers add to the melee that is Metro Manila. Thankfully, Davaoeños are a more compliant people and so enforcement is not as difficult.

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LOGGING is more than an ecological problem. It is a social, political and economic dilemma as well. At the root of the malaise are stupendous profits and the ease with which they can be raked in.” -From Saving the Earth, published by Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. *** When President Benigno Aquino III came to Davao City last week, a Grade 6 pupil reportedly asked him why illegal logging continues to persist even if it is prohibited by law.

Aquino replied that previous administrations tried to curb illegal logging but despite all attempts the practice persisted.

“Talagang merong pasaway,” the president was quoted as saying.

In the website of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), it has been stated that the Aquino administration is trying to help protect the country’s remaining forest cover by launching the National Greening Program (NGP). It seeks to cover 1.5 million hectares with 1.5 billion trees for six years from 2011 to 2016.

“That is 86 percent more than the reforestation efforts of the country in the past 25 years!” exclaimed DENR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje.

The DENR is the lead agency in the implementation of the NGP. “To date, forest cover has increased from 6.8 million hectares to 7.86 million hectares after four years of intensive reforestation activities, through the active participation of various government agencies, the private sector, upland and coastal communities, and other stakeholders,” Paje said.

The environment department also

speed limits, MY TWO CENTS’ among other traffic rules, are notable. It forces many of us in the Philippines in general to answer the question: Are we partly to John Tria blame for the ecisouth@gmail.com traffic? How well have we followed traffic rules and zoning regulations?

Manila’s efforts at managing today’s traffic congestion seem pointless compared with Davao’s and Singapore’s, as though they cant seem to see the root of the problem staring them in the face: the fact that the Manila government and Manila’s politicians allowed and encouraged all of the country to live within its limited space, caring little to deliberately spread wealth and the opportunity for it to areas outside itself, and caring less about whether the

increasing multitudes it lured to live within its borders live a decent, safe, and healthful life. It is the victim of its own greed and desire to assure control over the archipelago. The Greater Manila area now accounts for the 52 percent of the population and an equal proportion of votes. He who controls Metro Manila and its immediate provinces is assured of a Senate slot, or the presidency. Concentrating power means controlling it, and wielding it.

Damn and forget the rest, leaving them to jostle for the space needed to eke a living out of limited opportunity amid ever increasing costs.

The paradox is that the same citizens causing traffic are the same people who can help ease it. With meaningful participation of citizens groups we can, together with government, reduce the pain of dealing with traffic, and monitoring governments progress in engaging the often tough long term solutions to fix the problem. We therefore call on all competent citizens groups – the Davao Chapter of the Philippine Institute of Environmen-

tal Planners, the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, and construction associations, to sit with Civil Society in a Traffic Task Force for our City, to help the local government manage the threat of increased traffic congestion, develop alternate routes, design proper mass transit systems, and help assure affected communities of a decent transition in case they need to be resettled to make way for the measures to benefit all. I am sure the well meaning professionals from these organizations are willing to help our LGU make this city as free as possible from unnecessary congestion.

Beyond all the enforcement measures, engineering solutions and technical suggestions, meaningful citizen participation is needed to help conceptualize and implement the solutions, cementing the political will of government into an amalgam of change.

If only the traffic in vehicles can be eclipsed by an increased traffic in good ideas and meaningful commitments, then solutions won’t be stuck in traffic.

gave credit to THINK ON THESE! the Aquino administration in protecting the “country’s remaining forest cover with its imposition of the total log ban on natural Henrylito D. Tacio and residual henrytacio@gmail.com forests.”

The ban resulted in significant reduction of illegal logging hotspots to 23 from 197 in 2010.

With the support of law enforcement agencies, the DENR confiscated more than 30.7 million board-feet of illegally cut and processed logs and forest products nationwide. A total of 1,549 cases were filed against the violators, with 202 persons convicted.

“Out of the confiscated logs and lumber, a total of 146,471 school armchairs and furniture were made and donated to the Department of Education,” the environment department said.

In 2011, the world has about 4 billion hectares of forests, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. This covers 31% of the land area.

“But that statistics hides the fact that only one third of these forests are in their pristine state,” notes Fr. Sean McDonagh, in an article he wrote for World Mission.

“The rest is seriously degraded; in some of these areas, there is only 10% tree cover.”

In the Philippines, logging has been cited as one of the primary culprits of

the disappearance of its forest resources. Robert Repetto, author of The Forest for the Trees? Government Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources, reported: “An important source of deforestation has been the dramatic expansion of destructive logging.”

Repetto explained: “After independence, the Philippines’ new government viewed exploitation of the country’s forest reserves as a good way to raise desperately needed revenues. Log- and wood-product exports were resumed, and timber companies were given substantial incentives.

Harvests quickly increased to more than 5 million cubic meters in the late 1950s. Driven by incentives, strength in the world log market, and mechanized harvesting, the timber boom continued during the 1960s, peaking in 1969. By then, the annual harvest exceeded 11 million cubic meters, nearly triple that of 1955.

“As the timber boom gained momentum, the government was unable to supervise concessions effectively or enforce logging regulations,” Repetto wrote. “Links between timber companies and politicians further eroded government control.”

Annual outputs averaging 10 million cubic meters were maintained until 1974, when depletion, world recession, and competition from other log-exporting countries forced a reduction. Declines continued over the next decade, and by 1984 the harvest returned to the preboom level of 3.8 million cubic meters.

Most of the country’s forest covers are located in the uplands. “Logging is most ecologically destructive in the moun-

tains,” wrote environmental journalist Alan Robles. “It is next to impossible to replant trees on rocky mountainsides once their thin skin of topsoil has been washed away.”

Logging was just one of the culprits of deforestation. The growing population can also be blamed. In the 1960s, the government encouraged settlements in virgin forests to broaden the economy’s agricultural base.

“When the population remained relatively small, no dramatic damages ensued, but as population growth increased after World War II, pressures on forest reserves became increasingly severe,” Repetto pointed out.

From 1959 to 1963, the “land for the landless” program caused the conversion of 100,000 hectares of forested land per year for farming. Most of these people who occupied forested areas practiced kaingin farming (slash-and-burn agriculture).

Mining also threatens the country’s remaining forests. Kalikasan, people’s network for the environment, wrote in its website: “Through the Mining Act of 1995, mining companies are given timber rights which allow them to cut trees inside their concessions. As of March 2011, more than one million ha of land are covered with mining permits and applications.”

According to Kalikasan, “human rights violation related to deforestation include land grabbing, militarization, violation of the Free and Prior informed Consent requirement and killings. Indigenous peoples and national minorities are the usual victims since their ancestral domains are usually located in forests.”

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camp responsible for the actions of this PR man,” Duterte said in the statement.

“Mar Roxas, should he really want to be President, must stand on what he has done, his record of government service, his competence, and his plans for the country,” he said.

“Mar cannot stand on our carcasses badly mangled by his PR men just so he could reach his Presidential ambitions,” he added.

Lustre, citing “an impeccable source,” had earlier written that Duterte is suffering from throat cancer and that this is the reason the mayor is not keen on running for president in the 2016 election.

Duterte, despite his good showing in surveys and snowballing clamor for him to seek the presidency, had announced last week that he is not interested in running for president after consulting with his family.

But Duterte made it clear that health is not the reason for his decision even as he vehemently denied he is suffering from cancer. He then

challenged Lustre to prove his allegations.

“No, I do not have throat cancer and I challenge anybody who believes otherwise based on information provided to him by ‘impeccable sources’ to set the time and date and name a medical facility where I could undergo a medical examination to prove it,” Duterte said.

He admitted he has had some health problems arising from a bad fall from a motorbike and years of cigarette smoking but said none of them are serious.

“Yes, I have spinal problems because of a bad fall from my big bike a few years ago. I suffer pain in the neck because of this injury,” Duterte said.

“Yes, I am suffering from the ill effects of years of smoking cigarettes but it is nothing serious. I have quit smoking and I take moderate amount of alcohol during social gatherings. Yes, at 70, I am starting to feel the effects of old age,” he added.

As for Lustre, Duterte said what he wrote were all unfounded and malicious.

This same former journalist, he added, was the one who earlier hit Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe is his earlier articles.

“The unfounded and malicious report written by a former journalist that I am suffering from ‘throat cancer,’ which is why he said I decided against running for the Presidency, is a glaring proof of how corrupt our nation has become,” Duterte said.

“Corruption is no longer a monopoly of politicians and those who are in government service, it has already permeated almost every fabric of the Philippine society.

Greed for material gains has corrupted religious groups, the police and military, the judiciary, the prisons, and the private sector,” he added.

Lustre, the mayor said, is being used by the Roxas camp to “paint others black so he (Roxas) could appear white.”

“The former journalist, now a PR man, who wrote about my `throat cancer,’ is one of the puppets of politi-

cal interest groups and politicians who lust for power and the money that comes along with it. One does not have to be a rocket scientist to understand that this PR man is promoting the candidacy of administration Presidential bet Mar Roxas,” Duterte said.

The mayor, in his statement, also recalled how Lustre had labeled Binay a thief and Poe an upstart.

Duterte said the writer also called him the Philippines’ version of Cambodian leader Pol Pot and made fun of his thick Visayan accent when he speaks Tagalog.

“I agree that all of us in public service are subject to intense scrutiny by the media and by our constituents, especially during the election season when political leaders must be vetted by the electorate…. Reporting about a person’s alleged serious medical condition like throat cancer, however, should be done even with just feigned sympathy rather than ridicule. We are all fair game and that is just alright,” he added.

ity, so much so that some multinational are already thinking about relocating to other countries which have investor-friendly policies.”

In fact, Antig said, some PBGEA members are already getting invitations to expand and develop banana plantations in Vietnam.

Philippine cavendish is still under the exclusion list of the country’s trading partners. “That means our buyers have to pay import duties ranging from 40 to 10 percent of the value of the goods. This poses as a stringent constraint and encourages our importers to get fresh bananas from our competitors at lower importation costs,” he noted.

The Philippines remains as the dominant supplier of fresh bananas to Japan, South Korea, China and New Zealand, but Vietnam, Indonesia, Mozambique and Costa Rica are slowly penetrating these markets.

In 2014, records from its Ministry of Finance showed that Japan imported fresh bananas from 12 countries, namely: the Philippines, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Taiwan, Mexico, Colombia, Thailand, Costa Rica, China, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic.

In a letter sent recently to the offices of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA), Antig pointed out that “it is only logical for Japanese importers to source part of their supplies from countries with zero tariffs to minimize business costs hence, reducing their demand for Philippine bananas.”

Some banana produc-

ers in Asia, particularly Vietnam, are threatening to grab the Philippines’ dominant position as the largest exporter of bananas in this region.

Vietnam produces around 30 different varieties of bananas in virtually all the regions of the country. Some of the bananas are quite unique from what a typical global consumer sees.

There has been increasing talk that Vietnam plans to industrialize its banana industry. Vietnam will soon scrap some of its traditional banana cultivars and instead grow what the “global market” demands.

Dr. Nguyen Van Khai, a well-known agricultural consultant, was quoted by Vietnam News Agency that bananas are among the 14 kinds of fruits which play an important part in the nation’s export industry.

Banana is replacing rice as a crop on 10 percent of the area currently under rice cultivation, adding to the 90,000 hectares already under banana cultivation.

The Philippines currently produces roughly 1.4 million metric tons (MT) of bananas per year and its cultivation area makes up approximately 19 percent of the total fruit farming area nationwide.

Currently, China needs to purchase around 20-30 MT per day, and Japan asks for 15-20 MT. As such, a number of provinces around Vietnam have switched to banana farming and invested heavily in banana plantations, due to increasing world demand. The business has bloomed in the area over

the past decade as the crop has become increasingly profitable for local farmers.

INCREASED IMPORTS China, Singapore and the Republic of Korea were also noted to have suddenly increased their imports of Vietnamese bananas.

Vietnam, however, admits it is actually in short supply of bananas for export. Its preservation technology has yet to meet international requirements, and only a relatively few Vietnamese products have been licensed to penetrate the high-end markets, including the Japanese market.

Philippine banana exporters are seeking help from agriculture and trade and industry officials to negotiate for preferential or

zero tariff with importing countries.

As of 2013, banana is the most imported fruit in South Korea as it accounted for 48.7 percent of the total fruit imports. The Philippines accounted for 98.7 percent of the imported bananas.

Soon, many export products of Vietnam to South Korea will be tariff-free, as it is already enjoying tariff-free status in Japan.

Observers from the agriculture sector are wary that the banana industry might be the next agricultural product to lose its dominant position in the world market following the export decline of sugar, coffee and coconut oil. All these three products used

noted that with the growing number of PhilHealth members in their municipality comes the similarly growing need to address their concerns. Hence, they are opti-

mistic of the possibility for the corporation to extend a satellite office in Malita – to which PhilHealth acknowledged as one of its long term goals in the region.

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Aboitiz... FROM 2 supply power to major cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, Butuan, Kidapawan Cotabato and Tagum. It will also serve the provinces of Davao, Caraga, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, parts of Bukidnon, parts of Misamis and parts of Zamboanga peninsula.

The company said the second 150-MW unit is scheduled for commercial operations in early 2016.

The power plant, which is the first major power plant added to the Mindanao grid since 2006, started construction in 2012. At its peak, it employed more than

4,500 workers, mostly from its host communities, the company said.

The power plant also features the first “coal dome” in Southeast Asia – a modern coal storage facility that will ensure security of the fuel and safety and wellbeing of the surrounding areas.

The company said the power plant will utilize circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology to ensure it meets government standards on health, safety, and protection of the environment while operating in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

the damage has prompted the city government to declare a closed season for fishing because of the depleting number of fishes in the seas near Davao.

The reason for this, he said, is overfishing and pollution.

“Results from last year’s closed season was very encouraging. Ni dagko ang mga moro-moro ug talambaka,” he said.

“The highest volume of garbage has always been plastic. It [comprises] 80% of the total garbage [in the ocean].

Cigarette packs [palang] daghan kayo,” he added.

The ICC is a consolidated effort with CENRO as well which already identified the pick-up points for the clean ups

and the need for cleaning materials like sacks and gloves.

Avila emphasizes that the coastal cleanup is an opportunity to inform people that the environment needs our concerns and that this effort is essentially to advocate. “Legislation is already in place. What we need is enforcement and education,” he explained.

The PCG will also be celebrating the Maritime Week from the 21st to the 25th of this month where they will conduct a series of activities that involve Maritime education and training and symposiums about Scubasusero and the status of beach resorts in Davao.

sack Sprayer and other seedlings in three different barangays, which includes Brgy. Pagsabangan Vegetables Farmers Association, Brgy. Madaum Sweetcorn Vegetables Growers Association, and Brgy. Nueva Fuerza Vegetables Growers Association.

The banner theme for this year is “Mag-uuma: Produktibo… Pang-Internasyonal.”

Throughout the festival,

farmers will be capacitated with the latest trends in farming and agriculture through the conduct of a Farmers’ forum designed in an attempt to further improve their productivity.

Nightly entertainment will also be staged in the Rotary Park where affordable durians await patrons of what can be considered the King of the Philippine fruits. (Gleiza Delgado/CIO Tagum)

The activity is a joint effort of PhilHealth and partner agencies like the Department of Health (DOH), Municipal Health Office, Municipal Links, Municipal Disaster

Management & Risk Reduction Council (MDMRRC), Local Civil Registry (LCR), Municipal Links and Local Government Units./ Kleah Gayle Dublin

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To Filipinos, rice is life TEXT and PHOTOS By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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PLANTING rice is never fun / Bent from morn till set of sun / Cannot stand and cannot sit / Cannot rest for a little bit.” -- From an old Filipino folk song *** Despite rising per capita income that had led to a more diversified diet in neighboring Asian countries, rice remains the staple food of Filipinos. Studies have shown that for every peso spent on food, 20 centavos go to rice.

“If we did not have rice, our deepest comfort food, we would probably feel less Filipino,” the late food columnist Doreen Fernandez once said.

From 1980s to 1990s, a Filipino consumed an average of 92 kilograms. The consumption went up to 111 kilograms from 2008 to 2009.

From 2009 to 2010, it even increased to 119 kilograms.

While people living in the National Capital Region consume an average of 101 kilograms of rice, those in Davao region eat 113 kilograms -- or 12 kilograms more. The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao consumes the highest: 145 kilograms. Central Visayas has the lowest: 95 kilograms.

But not all that rice is actually consumed. Dr. Flordeliza Bordey, the program leader for Impact Assessment Policy Research and Advocacy of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), said that every Filipino is wasting 14 grams of milled rice per day, which is equivalent to about 3 tablespoons per person per day.

But when did Filipinos start eating rice? “The his-

tory of rice cultivation in the country dates back at least 3,000 years,” wrote Dr. Gelia T. Castillo, an academician and national scientist. “The building of rice terraces came a bit later.”

It was in 1576 that an account of rice cultivation was recorded. By 1668, someone wrote that “rice usually does not last longer than the time it takes to harvest, since the rest they pay in tribute or sell to get the cash to pay the tribute.”

Rice is not originally from the Philippines, although it is the staple food of Filipinos.

Until now, it is being debated where rice originally comes from. D.H. Grist, in his book Rice, pointed this out: “We do not know the country of origin of rice, but the weight of evidence points out to the conclusion that the center of origin of rice is southeast Asia, particularly India and Indo-China, where the richest diversity of cultivated forms has been recorded.”

Cultivation of rice, however, dates to the earliest age of man. “Carbonized paddy grains and husks, estimated to date 1000 to 800 B.C. have been found in excavations at Hastinapur in Uttar Pradesh, India. Specimens of rice have been discovered in China dating from the third millennium B.C. and the Chinese term for rice appears in inscription dating from the second millennium B.C.” Perhaps not too many know that there are four major kinds of rice culture: rainfed paddy, upland rice, deep-water rice and irrigated lowland rice. Rainfed paddy,

Threshing rice

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Rice field most common in South and Southeast Asia, depends on monsoonal rains to soften the fields for plowing.

Upland rice is dependent on rainfall. Because the land is not diked, there is no standing water and weeds and pests are a problem, particularly weeds since standing water discourages weeds.

Deep-water rice culture (or floating rice) is practiced primarily in the heavy monsoonal areas of east Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Irrigated lowland planting is the method used in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

Although rice (known in the science world as Oryza sativa) is basically a complex carbohydrate, its protein contains all eight of the essential amino acids and complements the amino acids found in many other foods. It is low in sodium, fat, and fiber, it is easily digested.

Most of the rice available in the market is enriched, which means, besides its other assets, it is also supplemented with iron, niacin, and thiamine. But most of these added nutrients are lost if rice is washed before cooking or drained afterward.

Fortunately, rice does not only help solve hunger but also “hidden hunger,” the colloquial term for micronutrient deficiency. It happens when people get enough macronutrients (such as carbohydrates, protein, and fat), but not enough micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) for optimum health.

Enter the controversial golden rice. It is called

so because it contains beta carotene, which is converted to vitamin A when eaten.

“Because rice is so popular in the Philippines,” says the Laguna-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), “providing rice that is more nutritious and that contains beta carotene could help boost people’s vitamin A status. In turn, this could reduce the extent and impact of vitamin A deficiency among Filipinos.”

Normally, rice plants produce beta-carotene in their green parts, but not the grain that people eat. Golden rice is genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene in the edible part of the plant.

Using genetic modification techniques, respected scientists developed golden rice using genes from corn and a common soil microorganism that together produce beta carotene in the rice grain.

Rice for sale

According to IRRI, conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop golden rice because rice varieties do not contain significant amounts of beta carotene.

Rice has devotees all over the world. The Italians have made their risoffos minor masterpieces. Spain’s paella, often with seafood, sausage and chicken, is a traditional dish. Latin America’s arroz con polo, chicken with rice, is one of the best rice dishes anywhere. The

Golden rice

French fez pilafs, the Middle East’s pilaus, and India’s pulaus are classics served with all kinds of meat, poultry and seafood.

A popular Japanese rice dish is sushi, rice flavored with sweet rice vinegar and wrapped with fish, vegetables or omelets in seaweed.

Indonesians set a whole table with rice and assorted goodies that go with the grain; the feast is called rijsttafel. The Chinese make cakes, noodles, paste, and potent wine from rice.

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DAVAO CITY MAIN OFFICE JOCELYN S. PANES Director of Sales Door 14 ALCREJ Bldg., Quirino Ave., Davao City Tel: (082) 224-1413 Telefax: (082) 221-3601 GENERAL SANTOS CITY MARKETING OFFICE EDMUND D. RENDON Marketing Specialist Mobile: (Smart) 0909-424-7990 MANILA MARKETING OFFICE ANGELICA R. GARCIA Marketing Manager 97-1 Bayanbayanan Ave., Marikina Heights, Marikina City Tel: (02) 654-3509

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ARTICLE 5 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION Republic of the Philippines Region XII Province of Cotabato Municipality of Tulunan

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 67th REGULAR SESSION DATED MAY 14, 2015, 69th REGULAR SESSION DATED JUNE 04, 2015 AND 70th REGULAR SESSION DATED JUNE 11, 2015 OF THE 16th SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF TULUNAN, COTABATO HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN SESSION HALL AT 9:15 IN THE MORNING. PRESENT: Honorable Joel A. Villamor Honorable Reuel P. Limbungan Honorable Claire L. Palma Honorable Marichel R. Amar Honorable Richard E. Dado Honorable Jeofre T. Española Honorable Jose P. Paja, Jr. Honorable Fabio P. Lapating, Jr. Honorable Emiliano C. Ortizo, Jr. Honorable Joan T. Villamor

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RESOLUTION NO. 452 (s. 2015)

“RESOLUTION ENACTING AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2015 REVENUE CODE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO.” Introduced by: The Committee on Budget, Finance and Appropriation, and Ways and Means

WHEREAS, the Municipal Tax Ordinance No. 22 S. 2006 otherwise known as the Revised Revenue Code of the Municipality of Tulunan, Province of Cotabato has been approved in June 21, 2006 and Local Government Code of 1991 (R.A. 7160) authorize rate adjustment not often than once every five (5) years; WHEREAS, rates provided thereon are already long obsolete and too meager to cope up the requirement of the present financial operation of this Municipal Government in meeting the demand of the needed basic services for the local constituents of this municipality;

WHEREAS, there is an important need to revise the Municipal Revenue Code of this municipality (Tax Ordinance No. 22 S. 2006) to be adoptable, sustainable and consistent with the present situation; WHEREFORE, after a thorough study on the matter, upon motion of Honorable Claire L. Palma duly seconded by Honorable Emiliano C. Ortizo, Jr., the Body; RESOLVED TO ENACT, as it hereby enacts;

TAX ORDINANCE NO. 01-2015

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2015 REVENUE CODE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO. Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Bayan of the Municipality of Tulunan, Province of Cotabato, that; CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISION ARTICLE 1 TITLE Title. This Ordinance shall be known as “The 2015 Revenue Code of the Municipality of Tulunan, Province of Cotabato.”

ARTICLE 2 SCOPE AND APPLICATION This Code shall govern the levy, assessment, and collection of taxes, fees, charges and other impositions within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality of Tulunan, Province of Cotabato.

ARTICLE 3 LIMITATIONS

Unless otherwise provided under the Local Government Code of 1991, the exercise of the taxing powers of the municipality shall not extend to the levy of the following: a. b. c.

Income tax, except when levied on banks and other financial institutions; Documentary Stamp tax; Taxes on states, inheritance, gifts, legacies and other acquisitions mortis causa, except otherwise provided under the Local Government Code of 1991; d. Custom duties, registration fees of vessel and wharfage on wharves, tonnage dues and all other kinds of customs fees, charges and dues except wharfage on wharves constructed and maintained by the Municipal Government; e. Taxes, fees and charges and other impositions upon goods carried into or out of, or passing through the territorial jurisdictions of the municipality in disguise of in any form whatsoever upon such goods or merchandise; f. Taxes, fees or charges on agricultural and aquatic products when sold by marginal farmers or fishermen; g. Taxes on business enterprises certified to by the Board of Investments as pioneer or non-pioneer for a period of six (6) and four (4) years, respectively from the date of registration; h. Excise taxes on articles enumerated under the National Revenue Code, as amended, and taxes, fees, or charges on petroleum products; i.

Percentage of value-added tax (VAT) on sales, barters or exchanges or similar transactions on goods or services except as otherwise provide under the Local Government Code of 1991; j.

Taxes on the gross receipts of transportation contractors and persons engaged in the transportation of passengers of freight by hire and common carriers by air, land or water, except as provided under the Local Government Code of 1991; k. Taxes on premiums paid by way of reinsurance or retrocession; l.

Taxes, fees or charges for the registration of motor vehicles for the issuance of all kinds of licenses or permits for the driving thereof, excepts tricycles; m. Taxes, fees or other charges on Philippine products actually exported, except as otherwise provided under the Local government code of 1991; n. Taxes, fees or charges, on Countryside and Barangay Enterprise and Cooperative duly registered under R.A. No. 6810 and Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Nine hundred Thirty-Eight (R.A. 6938) otherwise known as the “Cooperative Code of the Philippines” respectively; o. Taxes, fees or charges of any kind on the national Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and other local government unit; and p. Taxes, fees or charges on business and other subjects where the taxing power is solely vested on the provincial governments.

ARTICLE 4 WORDS AND PHRASES NOT HEREIN EXPRESSLY DEFINED

Words and phrases embodied in this Code not herein specifically defined shall have the same definitions as found in RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

In construing the provisions of this Code, the following rules of construction shall be observed unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the provisions:

(a) General Rules. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but the technical words and phrases and such other words in this Code which may have acquired a peculiar or appropriate meaning shall be construed and understood according to such technical, peculiar or appropriate meaning. (b) Number. Every word importing the singular number shall apply to several persons or thing as well; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and shall be applied to one person or thing as well.

(c) Reasonable Time. In all cases where any act is required to be done within the reasonable time, the same shall be deemed to mean such time as may be necessary for the prompt performance of the act.

(d) Computation of Time. The time within which act is to be done as provided in this Code, or in any rule or regulation issued pursuant to the provisions thereof, when expressed in days, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, except if the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, in which case the same shall be considered the last day. (e) References. All references to chapters, articles, or sections are to the Chapters, Articles or Sections in this Code unless otherwise specified.

(f) Conflicting Provisions of Chapters. If the provisions of different chapters conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions of each chapter shall prevail as to all specific matters and questions involved therein. (g) Conflicting Provisions of Sections. If the provisions of the different sections in the same article conflict with each other, the provisions of the Section, which is the last in point of sequence, shall prevail.

ARTICLE 6 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Advertising Agency – includes all persons who are engaged in the business of advertising for others by means of billboards, posters, placards, notices, signs, directories, pamphlets, leaflets, handbills, electric or neon lights, airplanes, balloons or other media, whether in pictorial or reading form.

Agricultural Products – as defined include those that undergo not only simple but even sophisticated processes employing advanced technological means in packaging like dressed chicken or ground coffee in plastic bags or Styrofoam or other packaging materials intended to process and prepare the products for the market. Agricultural Products include the yield of the soil, such as corn, rice, wheat, rye, hay, coconut, sugarcane, tobacco, root crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers, and there by products; ordinary salt; all kinds of fish; poultry; and livestock and animal products, whether in their original form or not; The phrase “whether in their original form or not” refers to the transformation of said products by the farmer, fisherman, producer or owner through the application of processes to preserve or otherwise to prepare said products for the market; to be considered an agricultural product whether in its original form or not, its transformation must have been undertaken by the farmer, fisherman, producer or owner.

The term by-products shall mean those materials which in cultivation or processing of an article remain over, and which are still of value and marketable, like copra cake from copra or molasses from sugarcane.

Amusement – is a pleasurable diversion and entertainment. It is synonymous to relaxation, avocation, pastime, or fun; Amusement Places include theaters, cinemas, concert halls, circuses and other places of amusement where one seeks admission to entertain oneself by seeing or viewing the show or performance.

Ambulant Vendor/Transient Vendor- is any person who sells items or products in a required specific time and place. However, Regular or Transient Vendor are considered retailer and subject to business tax.

Banks and other Financial Institutions – include non-bank financial intermediaries, lending investors, finance and investment companies, pawnshops, money shops, insurance companies, stock markets, stock brokers, and dealers in securities and foreign exchange, as defined under applicable law, or rules and regulations there under.

Bet Taker or Promoter – refers to a person who alone or with another initiates a cockfight and/or calls and take care of bets from owner of both gamecocks and those of other bettors before he orders commencement of the cockfight thereafter distributes won bets to the winners after deducting a certain commission, or both.

Brewer – includes all persons who manufacture fermented liquors of any description for sale or delivery to others but does not include manufactures of tuba, basi, tapuy or similar domestic fermented liquors, whose daily production does not exceed two hundred gauge liters.

Business – means trade or commercial activity regularly in as a means of livelihood or with a view to profit.

Business Agent – includes all persons who act as agents of others in the transaction of business with any public officer, as well as those who conduct collecting, advertising, employment, or private detective agencies.

Calling – means one’s regular business, trade, profession, vocation or employment which does not require the passing of an appropriate government board or bar examination, such as professional actors and actresses, hostesses, masseurs, commercial steward and stewardess, etc.

Capital Investment – is the capital that a person employs in any undertaking, or which he contributes to a capital of a partnership, corporation, or any other juridical entity or association in a particular taxing jurisdiction.

Carenderia – refers to any public eating place where food are already cooked are served at a price. erty.

Charges – refer to pecuniary liability, as rents or fees against person or prop-

Cockfighting – is the sport of pitting or evenly matching gamecocks to engage in an actual fight where bets on either sides are laid. Cockfighting may also be formed as “cockfighting derby; pintakasi or tupada,” or its equivalent in different Philippine localities.

Cockpit – includes any place, compound, building or portion thereof, where cockfights are held, whether or not money bets are made on the results of such cockfights.

Contractor – includes persons, natural or juridical, not subject to professional tax under section 139 of the Local Government Code of 1991, whose activity consist essentially of the sale of all kinds of services for a fee, regardless of whether or not the performance of the service calls for the exercise or use of the physical or mental faculties of such contractor or their employees.

Compounder – comprises every person who, without rectifying, purifying, or refining distilled spirits, wine, or other liquor with any materials except water, manufacture any intoxicating beverage whatever.

Cooperative – is a duly registered association of persons, with a common bond of interest, who have voluntarily joined together to achieve a lawful, common, social, or economic end, making equitable contributions to the capital re-

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quired and accepting a fair share of the risk and benefits of the undertaking in accordance with universally accepted cooperative principles.

Corporations – includes partnership, no matter how created or organized, joint stock companies, joint accounts (cuentas en participation), associations or insurance companies but does not include general professional partnerships and a joint venture or consortium formed for the purpose of undertaking construction projects or engaging in petroleum, coal, geothermal, and other energy operations or consortium agreement under a service contract with the government. General professional partnerships, are partnerships formed by persons for the sole purpose of exercising their common profession, no part of the income of which is derived from engaging in any trade or business.

Countryside and Barangay Business Enterprise – refers to any business entity, association, or cooperative registered under the provisions of RA 6810, otherwise known as Magna Carta for countryside and Barangay Business Enterprise (Kalakalan 20).

Dealer – means one whose business is to buy and sell merchandise, goods and chattels as a merchant. Dealers stand immediately between the producer or manufacturer and the consumer and depends for their profit not upon the labor they bestow upon their commodities but upon the skill and foresight with which they watch the market.

Derby – is an invitational cockfight participated in by game cockers or cockfighting “aficionados” of the Philippines with “pot money” awarded to the proclaimed winning entry.

Fee – means a charge fixed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of a business or activity. It shall also include charges fixed by law or agency for the services of a public officer in the discharge of his official duties.

Forest Lands – include the public forest, the permanent forest or the forest reserves, and forest reservations.

Forest products – means timber, pulp-wood/chipwood, firewood, fuel wood and minor forest products such as bark, tree tops, resins, gum, wood, oil, honey, beeswax, nipa, rattan, or other forest growth such as grass, shrub, and flowering plants, the associated water, fish, scenic, historical, recreational, and geologic resources in the forest lands.

Gaffer (taga-tari) – refers to a person knowledgeable in the art or arming fighting cocks with gaffs on one or both legs.

Gross Sales/Receipts – include the total amount of money or its equivalent representing the contract price, compensation or service fee, including the amount charge or materials supplied with the services and deposits or advance payments actually received during the taxable quarter for the services performed or to be performed for another person excluding discounts if determinable at the time of sales, sales return, excise tax, and value added tax (VAT).

Importer – means any person who brings articles, goods, ware or merchandise of any kind or class into the Philippines from abroad for unloading therein, or which after entry are consumed herein or incorporated into the general mass of property in the Philippines. In case of tax-free articles, brought or imported into the Philippines by persons, entities or agencies exempt from tax which are subsequently sold, transferred or exchanged in the Philippines to non-exempt private persons or entities, the purchaser or recipient shall be considered the importer thereof.

Large Cattle – includes a two-year old horse, mule, ass, carabao or other domesticated members of bovine family.

Levy – means an imposition or collection of an assessment, tax, fee, charge, or fine.

License or Permit – is a right or permission granted in accordance with law or by a competent authority to engage in some business or occupation or to engage in some transactions.

Manufacturer – includes every person who, by physical or chemical process, alters the exterior texture or form or inner substance of any such raw materials or manufactured product in such manner as to prepare it for special use or uses to which it could not have been put in its original condition, or who by any such process, alters the quality of any such raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured products so as to reduce its marketable shape or prepare it for any of the use of industry, or who by any such process, combines any raw material or manufactured products with other materials or products of the same or of different kinds and in such manner that the finished products of such process or manufacture can be put to a special use or uses to which such raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured in their original condition could not have been put, and who in addition, alters such raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured products, or combines the same to produce such finished products for the purpose of their sale or distribution to others and for their own use for consumption.

Marginal Farmer or Fisherfolk – refers to individuals/groups engaged in subsistence farming or fishing which shall be limited to the sale, barter or exchange of agricultural or freshwater products produced by themselves and their immediate family and whose annual net income from such farming or fishing does not exceed Fifty thousand Pesos (P 50,000) or the poverty line established by NEDA for the particular region or locality, whichever is higher.

Market Premises – refers to any open space in the market compound; part of the market lot consisting of bare ground not covered by market buildings, usually occupied by transient vendors especially during market days.

Motor Vehicle – means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power using the public roads, but excluding road rollers, trolley cars, street sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers, graders, forklifts, amphibian trucks, and cranes if not used on public roads, vehicles that run only on rails or trucks, tractors, trailers, and traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Municipal Waters – include not only streams, lakes, and tidal waters within the municipality, not being the subject of private ownership and not comprised within the national parks, public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery reserves, but also marine waters include between two lines drawn perpendicularly to the general coastline from points where boundary lines of the municipality or city touch the sea at low tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline and fifteen (15) kilometers from it. Where two (2) municipalities are so situated on the opposite shores that there is less than fifteen (15) kilometers of marine waters between them, the third line shall be equally distant from opposite shores of the respective municipalities.

Occupation – means one’s regular business or employment, or an activity, which principally takes up one’s time, thought and energies. It includes any calling, business, trade, profession or vocation.

Operator – includes the owner, manager, administrator, or any other person who operates or is responsible for the operation of the business establishment or undertaking.

Occupancy Fee – a fee collected from the occupant of any stalls.

Peddler/s – means person who, either for themselves or on commission, travels from place to place and sell their goods or offers to sell and deliver the same. Whether a peddler is a wholesale peddler or retail peddler of a particular commodity shall be determined from the definition of wholesale dealer or retail dealer as provided in this Ordinance.

Permit – a privilege to engage in a legal activity or business operation.

Persons – mean every natural or juridical being, susceptible of rights and obligations or of being the subject of legal relations.

B2 CLASSIFIED Pit Manager – refers to a person who professionally, regularly and habitually manages a cockpit.

Private Place – includes privately-owned streets or yards, rice fields or farmlands, or lots owned by an individual other than the owner of the animal.

Privilege – means a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage or favor.

Promoter – refers to a person licensed as such who is engage in the convening, holding, and the celebration of specially programmed and arranged cockfighting like local and international derbies, or competitions, special mains or matched set or encounters, pintakasi and ordinary cockfights.

Pub House/Night club – includes beer gardens or places where dancing is permitted to the public in consideration of any admission, entrance, or any other fee paid, on or before, or after the dancing, and where Guest Relations Officers (GRO) or dancers are employed.

Public Market – refers to any place, building, or structure of any kind designated as such by the local board or council, except public streets, plazas, parks, and the like.

Public Place – includes national, provincial, municipal, or barangay streets, parks, plazas, and such other places open to the public.

Rectifier – comprises every person who rectifies, purifies, or refines distilled spirits or wines by any process other than by original or continuous distillation from mash, wort, wash, sap, or syrup through continuous closed vessels and pipes until the manufacture thereof complete. Every wholesale or retail liquor dealer who has in their possession any still or mash tub, or who keeps any other apparatus for the purpose of distilling spirits, or in any manner refining distilled spirits, shall also be regarded as a rectifier and as being engaged in the business of rectifying.

Referee (Sentenciador) – refers to a person who watches and oversees the proper gaffing of fighting cocks; determines the physical condition of game cocks and their capability to continue fighting, and decides and makes known his decision either by word or gesture the result of the cockfighting by announcing the winner or deciding a tie in a contest game.

Rental – means the value of the consideration, whether in money, or otherwise, given for the enjoyment or use of a thing.

Residents – refer to natural persons who have their habitual residence in the municipality where they exercise their civil rights and fulfill their civil obligations, and to juridical persons for which the law or any other provision creating or recognizing them fixes their residence in a particular municipality. In the absence of such laws, juridical persons are residents of municipality where they have their legal residence or principal place of business or where they conduct their principal business or occupation.

Restaurant – refers to any place which provides food to the public and accepts orders from them at a price. This term includes caterers.

Retail – means a sale where the purchaser buys the commodity for their consumption, irrespective of the quantity of the commodity sold.

Revenue – includes taxes, fees and charges that a state or its political subdivision collects and receives into the treasury for public purposes.

Situs – location; location of a concrete object, particularly land or principal office.

Services – means the duties, works or functions performed or discharge by a government officer, or by a private person contracted by the government, as the case may be.

Stall – refers to any allotted space or booth in the public market where merchandise of any kind is sold or offered sale.

Strikers – are non-business taxpayers engaging into buying and selling of agricultural products and livestocks. They are considered as “non-resident traders” of the municipality.

Tax – means an enforced contribution, usually monetary in form, levied by the law-making body on persons and property subject to its jurisdiction for the precise purpose of supporting government needs.

Warehouse – includes every building or warehouse, or portion thereof where goods, wares, merchandise, articles or other personal property are received and stored.

Wholesaler – means a person or entity that resells goods or merchandise at a profit, the goods being unaltered when resold, is as a general rule wholesale dealer only with respect to persons who buy for resale.

CHAPTER II COMMUNITY TAX

ARTICLE 7 THE COMMUNITY TAX Section 1. Imposition of Tax. There shall be imposed a community tax on persons, natural or juridical, residing in the municipality.

Section 2. Individuals Liable to Community Tax. Every inhabitant of the Philippines who is a resident of this municipality, eighteen (18) years of age or over who has been regularly employed on wage or salary basis for at least (30) consecutive working days during any calendar year, or who is engaged in business or occupation, or who owns real property with an aggregate assessed value of One Thousand (P 1,000.00) Pesos or more, or who is required by law to file an income tax return shall pay an annual community tax of Five (P 5.00) Pesos and an annual additional tax of One Peso (P 1.00) for every One Thousand Pesos (P 1,000.00) of income regardless of whether from business, exercise of profession or from property which in no case shall exceed Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00).

In case of husband and wife, the additional tax herein imposed shall be based upon the total property owned by them and the total gross receipts or earnings derived by them.

Section 3. Juridical Persons Liable to Community Tax. Every corporation no matter how created or organized, whether domestic or resident-foreign, engaged in or doing business in the Philippines whose principal office is located in this Municipality Shall pay an annual Community Tax of Five Hundred Pesos (P 500.00) and an additional tax, which in no case, shall exceed Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00) in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) For every Five Thousand (P 5,000.00) Pesos worth of real property in the Philippines owned by it during the preceding year based on the valuation used in the payment of real property tax under existing laws, found in the assessment rolls of this municipality where the real property is situated – Two (P 2.00) Pesos; and

(b) For every Five Thousand (P 5,000.00) Pesos of gross receipts or earnings derived by it from its business in the Philippines during the preceding year – Two (P 2.00) Pesos.

The dividends received by a corporation from another shall, for the purpose of the additional tax, be considered as part of the gross receipts or earnings of said corporation.

Tax:

Section 4. Exemptions. The following are exempted from the Community Diplomatic and consular representatives; and transient visitors when

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their stay in the Philippines does not exceed three (3) months.

Section 5. Place of Payment. The Community Tax shall be paid in the Office of the Municipal Treasurer or to the deputized Barangay Treasurer.

Section 6. Time of Payment; Penalties for Delinquency. (a) The community Tax shall accrue on the first (1st) day of January each year which shall paid not later than the last date of February of each year.

(b) If a person reaches the age of eighteen (18) years or otherwise loses the benefit of exemption on or before the last day of June, he shall be liable for the community tax on the day he reaches such age or upon the day the exemption ends. However, if a person reaches the age of eighteen (18) years or loses the benefit of exemption on or before the last day of March, he shall have twenty (20) days to pay Community Tax without becoming delinquent. (c) Persons who come to reside in the Philippines or reach the age of eighteen (18) years on or after the first (1st) day of July of any year, or who cease to belong to an exempt class on or after the same dare, shall not be subjected to the Community Tax for that year.

(d) Corporations established and organized on or before the last day of June shall be liable for the Community Tax for that year. But corporations established and organized on or before the last day of March shall have twenty (20) days within which to pay Community Tax without becoming delinquent. Corporations established and organized on or after the first day of July shall not be subjected to the Community Tax for that year. (e) If the tax is not paid within the time prescribed above, there shall be added to the unpaid amount an interest of twenty-four (24%) percent per annum from the due date until it is paid.

Section 7. Community Tax Certificate. A Community Tax Certificate shall be issued to every person or corporation upon payment of the Community Tax. A Community Tax Certificate may also be issued to any person or corporation not subject to the Community Tax upon payment of One Peso (P 1.00).

Section 8. Presentation of Community Tax Certificate on Certain Occasions. (a) When an individual subject to the Community Tax acknowledges any document before a notary public, takes the oath of office upon election or appointment to any position in the government service; receives any license, certificate, or permit from any public authority; pays any tax or fee, receives any money from public funds, transacts any official business; or receives any salary or wage from any person or corporation, it shall be the duty of any person, officer or corporation with whom such transaction is made or business done or from whom any salary or wage is received to require such individual to exhibit the Community Tax Certificate.

The presentation of Community Tax Certificate shall not be required in connection with the registration of a voter.

(b) When through its authorized officers, any corporation subject to the Community Tax receives any license, certificate, or permit from any public authority, pays any tax or fee, receives money from the public funds, or transacts other official business it shall be the duty of the public official with whom such transaction or business is made or done, to require such corporation to exhibit the Community Tax Certificate. (c) The Community Tax Certificate required in the two preceding paragraphs shall be the one issued for the current year, except for the period from January until the fifteenth (15) of April each year, in which case, the certificate issued for the preceding year shall suffice.

Section 9. Collection and Allocation of proceeds of the Community Tax.

(a)

The Municipal Treasurer shall deputize the Barangay Treasurers, subject to existing laws and regulations, to collect the community tax payable by individual taxpayers in their respective jurisdictions; provided, however, that said Barangay treasurer shall be bonded in accordance with existing laws.

(b) One Hundred Percent (100%) of the proceeds of the Community Tax actually and directly collected by the Municipal Treasurer shall accrue entirely to the general fund of this Municipality. (c) The proceeds of the Community Tax collected through the Barangay Treasurers shall be apportioned as follows: 1) 2)

Fifty (50%) percent shall accrue to the general fund of the Municipality; and

750,000.00 or more but less than

1,000,000.00

11,000.00

11,550.00

2,000,000.00 or more but less than

3,000,000.00

18,150.00

19,057.50

1,000,000.00 or more but less than 3,000,000.00 or more but less than

With gross sales or receipts for preceding Calendar year in the amount of: Old Rate (in Php) Less than

P 10,000.00

15,000.00 or more but less than

20,000.00

10,000.00 or more but less than 20,000.00 or more but less than

242.00

30,000.00

484.00

30,000.00 or more but less than

40,000.00

50,000.00 or more but less than

40,000.00 or more but less than

b)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

75,000.00

1,452.00

1,524.60

150,000.00

2,420.00

2,541.00

50,000.00

150,000.00 or more but less than

200,000.00

300,000.00 or more but less than

500,000.00 or more but less than

508.20

300,000.00

500,000.00

750,000.00

908.00

1,815.00

3,025.00

4,235.00

6,050.00

8,800.00

953.40

1,905.75

3,176.25

4,446.75

6,352.50

9,240.00

28,153.65

at a rate of forty five and thirty eight percent of one percent (43.58% of 1%) (Old Rate is 41.50% of 1%)

Agricultural Products Agricultural supply Appliances Auto car display/sale Auto Parts Auto Supply Avon, Natasha, Sara Lee & The likes Bagoong Bakery/Bakeshop Balloons & Flowers Beauty Products Beer General Merchandise Glassware Grocery, Mini-grocery Hardware Hollow Blocks Industrial Gases Junk Products Lechon Livestock LPG Products Lumber Lumberyard Machineries Bicycle Products Bolo Boutique Bread Vending Buko juice/ice cream/ice pop and the likes canned goods and all other kind of canned goods Buy and sell of livestock’s and other agricultural products CD/DVD Cell Phone Cell loading station Cell phone Accessories Chainsaw and chainsaw parts Charcoal Chemicals fertilizers pesticide Coco lumber Computer services/repair Concrete Products Construction Products Cosmetics Computer services Drinking Water supply/ water supply Tire and Tire recapping TV Glass Filter Used Clothing or “Ukay-Ukay” Vegetable/ Fruit bearing seeds Drugstore/pharmacy, medical dental supplies and equipment

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

With gross sales or receipts for the Preceding calendar year in the amount of:

Less than

P 1,000.00 or more but less than 2,000.00 or more but less than

3,000.00 or more but less than

P

1,000.00 2,000.00

3,000.00

4,000.00

Dry goods Egg Electrical supply Farm Machineries Farm Products Fashion Jewelries Feeds Feeds Supply Finished Carpentry Works Fire Extinguisher Firewood Fish and dried Fish Food Products Food Jewelries Food supplement Footwear Frames and Art Supply Fruit Furniture Garments Machineries and Parts Marble Meat Dealer Medicine Retailing Motor Parts Motor supplies Motor Display Motor repair shop Motorcycle Outlet Native Products News stand, Newspaper Dealing Office supplies Oil and lubricants Online business Oil repacking Photo Printing Plastic ware Plastic lamination Purified water supply Radio and Parts Ready to wear Religious items Rice Office & School Supplies Slippers/ Shoes/ Sandals Soft drinks Sporting goods Tarpaulin printing Tile Tobacco Products Veterinary and Feeds Supply Watch and Repair Shop All Other Similar Establishment Old Rate (in Php) Amount of Tax per Annum P

19.50

36.50

55.00

79.20

New Rate (in Php) Amount of Tax per Annum P

20.48

38.33

57.75

83.16

4,000.00 or more but less than

5,000.00

110.00

115.50

6,000.00 or more but less than

7,000.00

157.30

165.17

5,000.00 or more but less than

7,000.00 or more but less than

15,000.00 or more but less than

20,000.00 or more but less than

30,000.00 or more but less than

40,000.00 or more but less than

50,000.00 or more but less than 75,000.00 or more but less than

100,000.00 or more but less than

150,000.00 or more but less than

200,000.00 or more but less than

300,000.00 or more but less than

750,000.00 or more but less than

1,000,000.00 or more but less than 2,000,000.00 or more

348.60 762.30

100,000.00

200,000.00 or more but less than

332.00

190.58

254.10

26,680.50

ON WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, EXPORTERS, PRODUCERS OR DEALERS IN ANY ARTICLE OF COMMERCE OF WHATEVER KIND OR NATURE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

500,000.00 or more but less than

726.00

75,000.00 or more but less than

100,000.00 or more but less than

181.50

15,000.00

22,344.00

PROVIDED FURTHER, that the business enumerated in Section 1 (A) shall no longer be subject to tax on wholesaler, distributors, or dealers as provided under Section 1 (B) of this article.

10,000.00 or more but less than

New Rate (in Php)

26,813.00

15,923.25

Provided that the preceding rates shall apply only to the amount of domestic sales of manufacturers, assemblers, repackers, processors, brewers, distillers, rectifiers, and compounders of liquors, distilled spirits and wines or manufacturers of any articles of commerce of whatever kind or nature other than those classified as “essential commodities” under section 1 (c) of this article.

8,000.00 or more but less than

Amount of Tax Per Annum

25,410.00

6,500,000.00

6,500,000.00 or more

CHAPTER III BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX

a) ON MANUFACTURERS, ASSEMBLERS, REPACKERS, PROCESSORS, BREWERS, DISTILLERS, RECTIFIERS, AND COMPOUNDERS OF LIQUORS, DISTILLED SPIRITS, AND WINES OR MANUFACTURERS OF ANY ARTICLE OF COMMERCE OF WHATEVER KIND OR NATURE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

21,280.00

5,000,000.00

5,000,000.00 or more but less than

Section 10. Administrative Provisions. In case of loss of CTC, the Municipal Treasurer shall upon due verification shall issue a new CTC amounting to Five Pesos (P5.00) and a penalty of Forty-Five Pesos (P45.00).

Section 1. Imposition of Fees for Graduated Business Tax. There is hereby imposed in the following business in the municipality an annual graduated tax collectible quarterly, except on those for which fixed taxes are already provided for as follows:

15,165.00

4,000,000.00

4,000,000.00 or more but less than

Fifty (50%) percent shall accrue to the Barangay where the tax is collected.

ARTICLE 8 GRADUATED TAX ON BUSINESS

2,000,000.00

6,000.00 8,000.00

10,000.00

15,000.00

20,000.00

30,000.00

40,000.00

50,000.00

75,000.00

100,000.00

150,000.00

200,000.00

300,000.00

500,000.00

750,000.00

1,000,000.00 2,000,000.00

133.10 181.50

205.70

242.00

302.50

363.00

484.00

726.00

1,089.00

1,452.00

2,054.00

2,662.00

3,630.00

4,884.00

7,260.00

9,680.00

11,000.00

139.76 190.58

215.99

254.10

317.63

381.15

508.20

762.30

1,143.45

1,524.60

2,156.70

2,795.10

3,811.50

5,128.20

7,623.00

10,164.00

11,550.00

at a rate of sixty and half percent (57.75%) percent of one (1%) percent in excess of 2,000,000.00 (Old Rate is 55% of 1% in excess of 2,000,000.00)

Provided that the preceding imposition shall no longer be applied to the businesses already subject to the “tax on manufacturers, assemblers, repackers, processors, brewers, distillers, rectifiers and compounders of liquors, distilled spirits and wines or manufacturers of any article of commerce of whatever kind or nature.

PROVIDED FURTHER, that in no case shall the tax on gross sales of 2,000,000.00 or more be less than P 11,550.00. c)

1.

ON EXPORTERS, AND ON MANUFACTURERS, MILLERS, REPACKERS, OR PRODUCERS OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ENUMERATED HEREUNDER AT A RATE OF ONE-HALF (1/2) OF THE RATES PRESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTIONS (A), (B) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION: Rice, beans, corn and rootcrops;

2.

Wheat, flour, meat, milk, dairy products, locally manufactured canned goods and other preserved foodstuffs, sugar, salt and other agricultural products such as corn, palay, sorghum, mongo, coffee, cacao, bananas, rubber, ramie, peanuts, tangantangan, soybeans, copra, mangoes, pineapple, oranges and other fruits, cassava, cotton, kapok, hemp, manguey, ramie, and other fibers, spices, and vegetables; marine, fishponds, and fresh water products such as bangus, ell, lapulapu, prawns, prawn fry, bangus fry, shrimps, crabs and other crustaceans, seashells and seaweeds in large quantities whether in their original form or not; Cooking oil and cooking gas; Laundry soap, detergents, and medicine; Agricultural implements, equipment and post-harvest facilities, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and other farm inputs; Poultry feeds and other animal feeds; School supplies; Cement; Palm Oil a) a) ON RETAILERS:

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

With gross sales or receipts for the Preceding calendar year in the amount of:

2.31% (Old rate is 2.20%)

400,000.00 or less

b)

c)

Amount of Tax Per Annum (%)

More than P 400,000.00

P 9,240.00 plus 1.05% in excess of P 400,000.00

ON CONTRACTORS AND OTHER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: • Dry-cleaning or dyeing establishments, steam laundries and laundries using washing services; • Art and Sign Shops; • Barber shops; • Battery charging shops; • Beauty parlors; • Body Building shops for trucks, cars and tricycles; • Brake Bonding Shops; • Business agents such as medreps; • Carwash services; • Cinematographic film owners, Lessors and distributors; • Commercial and Immigration establishments; • Drinking water deliveries; • Spa services; • Engraving, plating and plastic lamination establishments; • Filling, demolition and salvage works contractor; • Funeral Parlors; • Furniture shops; • General engineering, general building and specially contractor as defined under applicable laws; • House and/ or sign painters; • Massage clinics/sauna, Turkish and Swedish baths; • Master Plumbers; • Milliners and hatters; • Parking lots or establishment for parking purposes; • Persons engaged in the installation of water system and gas electric light, heat or power; • Photographic studios; • Pneumatic/Manual Vulcanizing shops; • Printers, bookbinders, lithographers; • Printing Press; • Private detectives or watchman agencies; • Proprietors or operators of hotels, motel and lodging houses; • Proprietors or operators of smelting plants; • Publishers except those engaged in the publication or printing of any newspapers, magazines, review or bulletin which appears at regular intervals with fixed prices for subscription and sale which is not devoted principally to the publication of advertisements; • Radio station; • Recapping shops; • Repainting shops of motor vehicle and heavy equipment; • Repair or welding shops of motor vehicle and heavy equipment; • Repair shops for any kind of mechanical and electrical devices, instruments apparatus or furniture; • Sawmills under contract to saw or cut logs belonging to others; • Shoe repair shops; • Shops for planting or surfacing and recutting of lumber; • Slenderizing and body building saloons; • Smiths Blacksmith, silversmith, key smith, locksmith, or tinsmith; • Tailoring or dress shops, Modiste shops, haberdashery shops; • Traveling Boar; • Traveling rice and corn Mill; • Upholstery shops; • Videoke Machine Manufacturer/Operators; • Vulcanizing shops; • Warehousing or forwarding services; • Washing or greasing shops; • Other similar establishments.

Less than 5,000.00

P

5,000.00 or more but less than

10,000.00

15,000.00 or more but less than

20,000.00

10,000.00 or more but less than 20,000.00 or more but less than 30,000.00 or more but less than

40,000.00 or more but less than 50,000.00 or more but less than

75,000.00 or more but less than

100,000.00 or more but less than

150,000.00 or more but less than

200,000.00 or more but less than

250,000.00 or more but less than

Amount of Tax Per Annum Increase New Rate (in Php)

81.67

15,000.00 30,000.00

40,000.00

50,000.00

75,000.00

100,000.00

150,000.00

200,000.00

250,000.00

300,000.00

36.66

139.15 219.62 423.50 605.00

968.00

1,452.00

2,178.00

2,904.00

3,993.00

5,082.00

444.68 635.25

1,016.40

1,524.60

2,286.90

3,049.20

4,192.65

5,336.10

300,000.00 or more but less than

400,000.00

500,000.00 or more but less than

750,000.00

10,175.00

10,683.75

2,000,000.00

12,650.00

13,282.50

400,000.00 or more but less than

750,000.00 or more but less than

1,000,000.00 or more but less than 2,000,000.00 or more

500,000.00

1,000,000.00

6,776.00

366.03

9,075.00

11,275.00

ON OTHER KINDS OF CONTRACTOR/S AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR PERSON/S (NATURAL OR JURIDICAL) RENDERING OR OFFERING SERVICES FOR A FEE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING; • Accounting firms or offices rendering accounting or bookkeeping services; • Actuarial or appraising offices; • Advertising agencies; • Belt and buckle shops; • Brokering offices (real brokers, customs and similar ones); • Business management firms / offices; • Carpentry shops; • Communications or wires services (radio, telegraph, telefax, etc.); • Computer or electronic repair centers or shops; • Commission agents; • Consultancy firms/ offices; • Drafting or fine arts shops; painting or sign shops; • Employment agency; • Engineering offices rendering services on architectural, civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical, mining, sanitary, agricultural, geodetic, electronics, communications and the like; • Flower shops not engaged in wholesale or retail but rendering services upon order of customers; • Freight services, trucking services; • House painting shops/ house wiring shops; • Ice and cold storage for –a- fee; • Interior decoration offices or shops; • Judo-karate gyms for a-fee; • Landscaping contracting offices or shops; • Lathe machine shops; • Law offices rendering legal or notarial services; • Lessors, dealers, brokers of real estate; • Medical clinics, dental clinics, optical clinics and similar clinics; • Operators of dancing, driving, judo-karate schools; • On travel agencies and travel agents; • On boarding houses, pension houses, motels, apartments, apartelles, and condominiums; • Subdivision owners/ Private Cemeteries and memorial parks; • Privately-owned markets; • Hospital, Medical clinics, dental clinics, therapeutic clinics, medical laboratories; • Operators of cable network system; • Towers (smart, globe, sun cellular); • Arts and Signs/Painting shops; • Drug test Center; • Emission Testing center; • Diagnostic center and laboratory; • Furniture shops; • Ticketing office/Traveling agency; • Money Transfer; • Radio Coverage Services; • Private terminal; • Private educational institutions; • Computer ink refilling; • Internet café; • Lending services; • Perma press shops; • Private hospitals and private educational institutions except those non-profit and non stock; • Promotion offices or agencies; promoters of show, games or performances; • Recopying or duplicating, Xerox copying or mimeographing services; • Rental agencies/office/shops renting out for a – fee machines, apparatuses, equipment, contrivances, bicycles, trucks, cars, farm tractor, heavy equipment, electronic devices, tapes, furniture and similar kinds; • Repair centers/shops for home appliances; • Rental agencies/offices/shops; • Repair centers/shops for medical equipment; • Repair shops for computers and other electronic equipment; • Sculpture shops; • Service stations for motor vehicle; • Surveying offices (Private Land Surveying or geodetic); • Transportation terminals for a – fee; • Vaciador shops; • Video coverage services; • Watch repair centers or shops; • Other similar establishments rendering or offering to render services for a- fee.

The rate of tax shall be in accordance with the following schedule.

With gross receipts for the preceding Calendar Year in the amount of: Old Rate (in Php) Less than 5,000.00

11,838.75

at a rate of Sixty and half percent (57.75%) percent of one (1%) percent in excess of 2,000,000.00 (Old Rate 55% of 1% in excess of 2,000,000.00)

Should a contractor undertake to furnish the materials and labor the construction work, the cost of such materials and labor shall be deducted from his gross receipts for the purpose of determining due from him under the preceding paragraph.

15,000.00

126.00

132.30

30,000.00

333.00

349.65

20,000.00

30,000.00 or more but less than 40,000.00 or more but less than

50,000.00 or more but less than

40,000.00

50,000.00

400,000.00 or more but less than 500,000.00 or more but less than

750,000.00 or more but less than

1,000,000.00 or more but less than

2,000,000.00 or more

665.50

489.30

698.78

150,000.00

2,396.00

2,515.80

200,000.00

300,000.00 or more but less than

466.00

210.00

1,118.25

150,000.00 or more but less than 250,000.00 or more but less than

200.00

77.70

1,065.00

100,000.00

200,000.00 or more but less than

74.00

75,000.00

75,000.00 or more but less than

100,000.00 or more but less than

New Rate (in Php)

34.65

15,000.00 or more but less than

20,000.00 or more but less than

Amount of Tax Per Annum Increase

33.00

10,000.00

10,000.00 or more but less than

7,114.80

9,528.75

P

5,000.00 or more but less than

The rate of tax shall be in accordance with the following schedule; With gross receipts for the preceding Calendar Year in the amount of: Old Rate (in Php)

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250,000.00 300,000.00 400,000.00 500,000.00

750,000.00

1,000,000.00

2,000,000.00

1,597.00 3,194.00 4,392.00 5,601.00 7,454.00

13,023.15

14,610.75

At a rate of Sixty and half percent (57.75%) percent of one (1%) percent in excess of 2,000,000.00 (Old rate is 55% of 1% in excess of 2,000,000.00)

ON THE BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AT THE RATE OF FIFTY-SEVEN AND SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT (57.75%) OF ONE PERCENT (1%) (OLD RATE IS 55% OF 1%) OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS OF THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR DERIVED FROM:

1.

1. Gross receipts derived from interest commissions and discounts from lending activities.

2. Income from financial leasing, dividends and rentals on property 3. Profit from exchange or sale of property, insurance premium.

Provided that Gross Receipts of the following business shall not be less than the minimum Gross Receipts/sales herein: 1. Universal/ Commercial/ Savings

Banks and banking institutions whether these transactions are recorded in the principal office:

Interest from loans and discounts – this represents interests earned

P10, 000,000.00

2. Rural/ Cooperative Bank

4,000,000.00

3. Lending Investor

2,000,000.00

4. Pawnshop

2,000,000.00

Income from sales or exchange of assets.

e) ON OPERATORS OF PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES MAINTAINING BOOKING OFFICE, TERMINAL OR WAITING STATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING PASSENGERS FROM THIS MUNICIPALITY UNDER A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OR SIMILAR FRANCHISES: Particulars

Old rate

Air-conditioned buses

Non – air conditioned buses “Mini” buses Vans

P 50.00/day

500.00 per unit

300.00 per unit

200.00 per unit

200.00 per unit

10.00/day

200.00 per unit

20.00/day

Tricycles

5.00/day

Multi-cabs

Amount of Tax per Annum (in Php)

20.00/day

Jeepney/Fieras/Tamaraws

200.00 per unit 100.00 per unit

Section 2. Time of Payment. The annual business tax herein imposed shall be payable within the first twenty (20) days of January.

Section 3. Collection of Taxes. The tax must be paid to and collected by the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative before any business or trade activity herein specified can be lawfully begun or pursued and the tax shall be reckoned from the beginning of the calendar year. When the business is abandoned, the tax shall not be exacted for a period longer than the end of the calendar quarter. When the tax has been paid for a period longer than the current quarter and the business, or trade activity is abandoned, no refund of the tax corresponding to the unexpired quarter shall be made.

For the purpose of collecting the taxes imposed herein, the Municipal Treasurer may designate the Barangay Treasurer as his deputy provided that the latter is properly bonded.

Section 4. Presumptive Income Level. For every tax period, the Treasurer’s Office shall prepare a stratified schedule of “presumptive income level” to approximate the gross receipt of each Business classification.

Section 5. Exemption. Business engaged in the production manufacture, refining, distribution or sale of oil, gasoline, and other petroleum products shall not be subject to any local tax imposed in this article.

Section 6. Tax on Newly- started Business. In the case of a newly started business under this section the tax shall be 30.25% of 1% of the capital investment.

In the succeeding calendar year regardless of when the business started to operate, the tax shall be based on the gross receipts for the preceding calendar year or any fraction thereof, as provided in the pertinent schedules in this Article.

Section 7. Additional Line of Business. In case of application for an additional line of business, it shall be treated in the same manner as new business.

f) ON ANY OTHER BUSINESS NOT OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO THE PRECEDING GRADUATED BUSINESS TAX OR SUCCEEDING FIXED TAXES, including but not limited to Day and Night Club, Day Club, Night Club, Cocktail Lounges, Bar, Cabaret, Dancing Hall, Disco Pub, Skating Rink, Bowling Alley Theater and Cinema houses, Real Estate Lessor, Shopping Centers, Privately-owned Public markets, Lessors of Personal Properties, Cafes, Cafeterias, Ice Cream and other refreshments parlors, Restaurant, Soda Fountains, Carenderia, Food Caterers, Motels, Subdivision operators, Dealers in real estate and any other business, trade or occupation not otherwise subject to fixed tax, shall be subject to a tax at a rate of two (2) percent of the gross sales or receipts of the preceding calendar year.

7,826.70

Provided that in no case shall the tax on gross sales of 2,000,000.00 or more be less than 14,610.75. d)

OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WHETHER THESE TRANSACTIONS ARE RECORDED IN THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE:

5,881.05

12,403.00

13,915.00

Interest earned and actually collected on interbank loans Rental on property – this represents the following rental income: a) Earned portion of rental collected in advance from lessees of safety deposit boxes b) Rental earned and actually collected from lessees on bank premises and equipment.

4. Income earned and actually collected from acquired assets 5. Income from sales or exchange of assets and property 6. Cash dividends earned and received on equity investments 7. Bank commissions from lending activities 8. Income component of rentals from financial leasing 9. Interest income from unpaid amount due from delinquent cardholders and “Finance Charges” 10. Merchant’s Discounts 11. Income from Automated Teller Machine (ATM)

4,611.60

12,582.15

a) Discounts earned and actually collected in advance bills discounted b) Interest earned and actually collected on demand loan c) Interest earned and actually collected on time loans, including the earned portion of interest collected in advance d) Interest earned and actually collected on mortgage contracts receivables

2.

3.

3,353.70

10,376.63

11,983.00

and actually collected on loans and discounts. The following is the breakdown:

1,676.85

9,882.50

B3

Provided that in the case of business establishments engaged in processing of rubber and other agricultural products or in ball milling, leaching, smelting, refining, and other processes of mineral products, the rates under Section 1, sub-section a) shall apply for that portion of the business which utilizes their own raw materials, otherwise if the business establishment renders service for the persons, it shall subject to the tax rate as contractor under section 1 e).

ARTICLE 9 FIXED BUSINESS TAXES ON BUSINESS, TRADE AND OCCUPATION

Section 1. Imposition of Fees for Fixed Business Tax. There is hereby imposed an annual fixed business tax, on the following businesses:

a. On Peddlers – There is hereby imposed an annual tax on peddlers engaged in the sale of any merchandise or article of commerce within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality at the rate fixed as follows: Particulars

1.

Peddlers of any article or merchandise carried in trucks, jeeps, delivery panels, cars, or any other motor vehicles (such as kuliglig) unless otherwise provided herein

Fees (in Php)

500.00

B4 CLASSIFIED 2.

3.

4.

Peddlers of any article or merchandise carried in a motorized bicycle, tricycle or other similar motorized vehicles other than those specified in letter (a) above

Peddlers of any article or merchandise carried in bicycle or pedicab

Peddlers or any other article or merchandise carried by person

300.00

100.00 50.00

b. Tax on Amusement Devices:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Old Rate (Non )

Each Internet Computer Machine

Each machine or apparatus for Visual Entertainment, VHS, CD/DVD Player, Family Computer and other video players

Amount of Tax (in Php)

300.00

150.00

Each apparatus for weighing persons, fortune telling machine and the like

150.00

Each vending machine and other machines for amusement

200.00

Videoke Karaoke

300.00

Disco Machine a. Resident b. Non-Resident

800.00 1,000.00

The Municipal Treasurer shall provide stickers or markings to all owners as proof of payment and they are required to attach/post it on their respective device. c. On amusement places wherein the customers thereof actively participate without making bets or wagers, including but not limited to the following, unless otherwise specified: Particulars

1

Bath houses, swimming pools, Resorts, and other similar places

2

Steam baths, saunas and other similar establishments/per cubicle

4

Circuses, carnivals, and the like: For the first ten daysPer day thereafter-

3

5

6

Old Rate ( Php)

Billiard and Pool halls: Per table

Merry go-round, roller coaster, ferries, swings, shooting galleries and other similar contrivances: For the first ten daysPer day thereafter per unit of contrivanceBoxing Contest- per night

400.00

2

1,500.00 300.00 400.00 400.00 50.00

20.00/day

300.00 70.00

Particulars 1

Amount of Tax (in Php)

50.00

d. Magazines and/or Newspaper Stands:

First Class Those situated in hotels and restaurants p.a Second class Those situated in other places p.a

Section 2. Administrative Provisions:

Old Rate (None)

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(b) Sales Allocation

In addition to the above impositions, a peddler of textiles, jewelry, perfume and other luxury articles shall pay Fifty Pesos (P50.00) plus other fees as herein enumerated annually.

Particulars

EDGEDAVAO

700.00

New Rate (in Php)

500.00 150.00

1. Peddlers who sell only native vegetables, fruits, root crops or food personally carried by them are exempted from this tax.

2. The official receipt evidencing payment of the tax shall serve as license to peddle in the municipality. The same shall be carried in the person of the peddler and shall be produced whenever demanded by the Municipal Treasurer or any of his deputy treasurers.

Section 3. Place of Payment of the Tax- the tax imposed under this sub paragraphs shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer of the Municipality.

ARTICLE 10 SITUS TAX

Section 1. The Situs Tax (a) For purposes of collection of the business tax under the “situs” of the tax law, the following definition of terms and guidelines shall be strictly observed:

1. Principal Office – the head or main office of the businesses appearing in the pertinent documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Department of Trade and industry, or other appropriate agencies as the case may be.

The city or municipality specifically mentioned in the articles of the incorporation or official registration papers as being the official address or said principal office shall be considered as the situs thereof.

In case there is a transfer or relocation of the principal office to another city or municipality, it shall be the duty of the owner, operator or manger of the business to give due notice of such transfer or relocation to the local chief executives of the cities or municipalities concerned within fifteen (15) days after such transfer or relocation is affected.

2. Branch or Sales Office – A fixed place in a locality, which conducts operations of the businesses as an extension of the principal office. However, offices used only as display areas of the products where no stocks or items are stored for sale although orders for the products may be received threat, are not branch or sales offices as herein contemplated. A warehouse which accepts orders and/ or issues sales invoices independent of a branch with sales office shall be considered as a sales office.

3. Warehouse – Buildings utilized for the storage of products for sale and from which goods or merchandise are withdrawn for delivery to customers or dealers, or by persons acting on behalf of the business. A warehouse that does not accept orders and/or issue sales invoice as aforementioned shall not be considered a branch or sales office.

4. Plantation- A tract of agriculture land planted to trees or seedlings whether fruit bearing or not, uniformity spaced or seeded by broadcast methods or normally arranged to allow highest production. For purposes of this article, inland fishing ground shall be considered as plantation.

5. Experimental Farms – agricultural lands utilized by a business or corporation to conduct studies, tests, researches or experiments involving agricultural, agri-business, marine or aquatic livestock, poultry, dairy and quantity of goods and products.

However, on site sales of commercial quantity made in experimental farms shall be similarly imposed the corresponding tax under paragraph (b), Section 7 of this Ordinance.

1. All sales made in a locality where there is branch or sales office or warehouse shall be recorded in said branch or sales office or warehouse and the tax shall be payable to the city or municipality where the same is located.

2. In cases where there is no such branch, sales office, plant or plantation in the locality where the sales is made, the sale shall be recorded in the principal office along with the sale made by said principal office and the tax shall accrue to the city or municipality where said principal office is located.

3. In cases where there is factory, project office, plant or plantation in pursuit of business, thirty percent (30%) of all sales recorded in the principal office shall be taxable by the city or municipality where the principal office is located and seventy percent (70%) of all sales recorded in the principal office shall be taxable by the city or municipality where the factory, project office, plant or plantation is located.

The sales allocation in (1) and (2) above shall not apply to experimental farms. LGUs where only experimental farms are located shall not be entitled to the sales allocation herein provided for.

2.

5. In cases where there are two (2) or more factories, project offices, plants or plantations located in different localities, the seventy percent (70%) sales allocation shall be pro-rated among the localities where such factories, project offices, plants and plantations are located in proportion to their respective volumes of production during the period for which the tax is due. In the case of project offices of services and services and other independent contractors, the term production shall refer to the costs of projects actually undertaken during the tax period.

6. The foregoing sales allocation under par. (3) hereof shall be applied irrespective of whether or not sales are made in the locality where the factory, project office, plant or plantation, the sale shall be covered by paragraph (1) or (2) above.

7. In case of manufactures or producers which engage the services of an independent contractor to produce or manufacture some of their products, the rules on Situs of Taxation provided in this article as clarified in the paragraphs above shall apply except that the factory or plant and warehouse of the contractor utilized for the production or storage of the manufacturer’s products shall be considered as the factory or plant and warehouse of the manufacturer.

8. All sales made by the factory, project office, plant or plantation located in this municipality shall be recorded in the branch or sales office which is similarly located herein, and shall be taxable by this municipality.

In case there is no branch or sales office or warehouse in this municipality, but the principal office is located therein, the sales made in this factory shall be taxable by this municipality along with the sales made in the principal office.

(c) Route Sales. Sales made by route trucks, vans or vehicles in this municipality where a manufacturer, producer, wholesaler, maintains a branch or sales office or warehouse shall be recorded in the branch or sales office or warehouse and shall apply accordingly.

The municipality shall tax the sales of the products withdrawn by route trucks from the branch, sales office or warehouse located herein but sold in another locality.

ARTICLE 11 TAX ON FOREST CONCESSION

a) Forest Products means Timber, Pup-wood/chipwood, firewood, fuel wood and minor forest products such as bark, tree tops, resins, gum. Wood, oil, honey, beawax, nipa, rattan or other forest growth such as, grass, shrub, and flowering plants, the associated water, fish, scenic, historical, recreational, and geologic resources in forest lands and tiger grasses. b) Forest lands include the public forest, the permanent forest or the forest reserves, and forest reservations.

Section 2. Imposition of Tax. There is hereby imposed a tax on forest concessions and forest products at a rate of two percent (2%) of annual gross receipts of the concessionaire during the preceding year.

Section 3. Time of Payment. The tax shall be paid once within the first twenty (20) days of January or in quarterly installments within the first twenty (20) days of January, April, July and October of each year.

CHAPTER IV PERMIT FEES

ARTICLE 12 MAYOR’S BUSINESS PERMIT FEE (MBPF) Section 1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected an annual Mayors Business Permit Fee for the issuance of Mayor’s Business Permit to operate a business, pursue an occupation or calling, or undertake any activity within the municipality.

The MBPF is payable for every distinct or individual business or place where the business or trade is conducted. One line of business or trade activity is not exempted by being conducted with some other business or trade activity for which the permit fee has been paid.

For purposes of the Mayor’s Permit Fee, the following Philippine definition of business size is hereby adopted: ASSET SIZE

NUMBER OF WORKERS

Cottage

PhP 500,000 and below

1-10

Medium

Over PhP 5M to PhP 20M

100-199

Small

Over PhP 500,000 to PhP 5M

Large

Over PhP 20M

11-99

200 and above

The permit fee shall either be based on asset size or number of workers, whichever will yield the higher fee. (a)

On business subject to graduated fixed taxes.

AMOUNT OF TAX PER ANNUM 1.

On Manufacturers/Importers/Producer Cottage

100.00

Medium

1,000.00

Small

Rural, Thrift and Savings Bank

1,000.00

Universal Banks

3.

On other Financial Institutions

5,000.00

Small

1,000.00

Large

5,000.00

Medium 4.

3,000.00

On Contractors Cottage

100.00

Medium

800.00

Small

5.

400.00

Large

On Wholesalers/Retailers/ Dealers or Distributors

100.00

Medium

400.00

200.00

Large

On Trans-loading Operating Medium

7.

1,000.00

Cottage Small

6.

3,000.00

800.00 2,000.00

Large

Other Business not Specified

4,000.00

Cottage

100.00

Medium

800.00

Small

400.00

Large

1,000.00

Section 2. Special Permit Fee for Non-Business Taxpayers (Strikers).

There shall be imposed an annual Special Permit Fee of P4,000.00 to all Non-Business Taxpayers (Strikers) engaging in buying and selling of agricultural products and livestock within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality.

Proper coordination with the barangay government shall be observed by the strikers and they shall secure barangay clearance from the Punong Barangay before conducting any business transactions. All Barangay Governments are mandated to have a list of strikers conducting transaction in their area of responsibility and provide copy the Business Permit and Licensing Section (BPLS) for their reference and guidance. No transaction shall be made without securing special permit from the Municipal Mayor.

Section 3. Special Permit Fee for Ambulant Vendors, Small Sari-Sari Stores and Agricultural Buying Station.

Ambulant vendors selling barbecue, banana cue, cigarette vendors, etc. with no fixed business establishment.

Small sari-sari stores with a gross sales of less than P 30,000.00 per year.

Agricultural buying station such as rubber, banana and other agricultural products which shall buy in weekly or monthly basis shall be given a special permit by the Municipal Mayor based on the following schedules; MPF (in Php)

Characteristics Ambulant Vendors

Section 1. Definitions. When used in this Article.

CHARACTERISTICS

On Banks

2,000.00

Commercial, Industrial and Development Banks

4. In case of a plantation located in a locality other than that where the factory is located, said seventy percent (70%) sales allocation shall be divided as follows; a. Sixty percent (60%) to the city or municipality where the factory is located; and b. Forty percent (40%) to the city or municipality where the plantation is located.

Large

500.00

200.00

Sari-sari Store

500.00

Buying Station

3,000.00

Section 4. Rules and Regulations:

1. Stores or retailers with fixed business establishments in a barangay whose gross sales or receipts for the preceding year do not exceed P 30,000.00 shall be taxable exclusively by the barangay. Those whose gross sales or receipts exceeds P 30,000.00 shall be taxable by the municipality, however, the barangay government could not collect such tax without a permit issued by the Mayor.

2. The barangay shall have the power to collect this business tax on retailer only if it had levied the tax pursuant to an ordinance duly enacted by the Sangguniang Barangay.

3. Ambulant vendors such as cigarette, fruit, food and other vendors operating within the municipality shall secure special permit from the Municipal Mayor.

The business tax shall be paid to the barangay if the gross sales will not exceed P 30,000.00 per annum.

4. The Office of the Municipal Agriculture in coordination with the different Punong Barangays of this municipality is hereby mandated to come up with master list of all agricultural products such as rubber cuplumps and coagulums, banana, palm oil, cacao, coffee, coconut, sugarcane, etc. and to be updated every year. The master list shall include the authorize sellers of these agricultural products.

5. Any buyer is prohibited to buy any agricultural products from any person other than the owner or authorized seller.

Section 5. Permit Fee for Newly-Started or Transferred Business, Trade or Commercial Undertaking.

The Mayor’s Business Permit Fee on newly-started or newly-transferred business, trade or commercial shall be based on business’ initial capital. The annual permit fee is in accordance with the following schedule: Particulars

MBPF (in Php)

Below 20,000.00

20,001.0040,000.00 40,001.00 100,000.00 100,001.00 200,000.00 200,001.00 300,000.00 300,001.00 400,000.00 400,001.00 500,000.00 500,001.00 600,000.00 600,001.00 700,000.00 700,001.00 800,000.00 800,001.00 900,000.00 900,001.00 - 1,000,000.00 1,000,001.00 - 5,000,000.00 5,000,001.00 - 10,000,000.00 10,000,001.00 - 15,000,000.00 15,000,001.00 - 25,000,000.00 25,000,001.00 - 50,000,000.00 50,000,001.00 Above

200.00

300.00 700.00 1,500.00 1,750.00 2,000.00 2,500.00 3,000.00 3,250.00 3,500.00 3,750.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 6,000.00 7,000.00 9,000.00 14,000.00 20,000.00

Section 6. Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed in the abovementioned Sections shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon approval of the application. No business or trade activity can lawfully operate in the municipality

fice; they shall keep the permit in his person. The permit shall be immediately produced upon demand by the Municipal Mayor. The Municipal Treasurer or any of their duly authorized representative at any cases of inspection.

without the corresponding Mayor’s Business Permit.

In case of renewal thereof, the permit fee shall be paid within the first twenty (20) days of January of each year.

Section 7. Surcharges for Late Payment. In case of failure to pay the permit fee or renew the permit within the prescribed period, there shall be a surcharge of (25%) on the original amount due, such as surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the fee is due.

Section 9. Administrative Provisions.

(a) Supervision and control over establishments and places. The Municipal Mayor shall supervise and regulate all establishments and places within the municipality which is subject to the payment of the permit fee. The Mayor shall prescribe rules and regulations as to the mode or manner in which it shall be conducted in so far as may be necessary to maintain peaceful, healthy, and sanitary conditions in the municipality.

1. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k.

• • •

For a new-started business Application form duly filled-up Location sketch of the new business Community Tax Certificate Zoning Clearance Occupancy Permit Fire Safety Inspection Clearance Sanitary Inspection Tax Exemption (if applicable) Tax Clearance Barangay Clearance for business Paid-up capital of the business as shown in the Articles of Incorporation, if a corporation or partnership, or a sworn statement of the capital invested by the owner or operator, if a sole proprietorship l. Three (3) passport size pictures of the owner or operator or in cases of a partnership or corporation the picture of the senior managing partners and that of the President or General Manager m. ESWM Certificate n. Annual Electrical Inspection Certificate o. Other clearances depending on the nature of business applied for: as required.

BFAD CDA DENR

• • •

DTI DepEd DOE

Lease contract, if applicable 2.

• • •

DOH DOLE LTO

• • •

NFA NTC SEC

For renewal of existing business permits a. Application form duly filled-up b. Community Tax Certificate c. Tax Clearance d. Barangay Clearance for Business e. Previous years Mayor’s permit, assessment and validated Official Receipt (Photocopy) f. BIR quarterly/ annual payments as required g. Fire safety inspection certificate h. ESWM certificate i. Sanitary Permit j. Lease of contract if applicable k. Tax Exemption if applicable l. Annual Electrical Inspection Certificate

Upon submission of application, it shall be the duty of the proper authorities to verify if other municipal requirements regarding the operation of the business or activity such as sanitary requirements, as well as other safety requirements are complied with. The permit to operate shall be issued only upon compliance which such safety requirements and after the payment of the corresponding inspection fees and other impositions required by the Revenue Code and Municipal Tax Ordinances.

Any false statement deliberately made by the applicant shall constitute sufficient ground for denying or revoking the permit issued by the Mayor, and the applicant or licensee may be prosecuted in accordance with the penalties provided in this Article.

A Mayor’s Business Permit shall be refused to any person:

(1) Who previously violated any ordinance or regulations governing permits granted; (2) Whose business establishments or undertaking does not conform with the zoning regulations and safety; (3) Health, sanitation and other safety requirements are not complied with; (4) Who has an unsettled tax obligation, debt, or other liability to the Municipal government; and, (5) Who is disqualified under any provision of law or ordinance to establish, or operate the business being applied for.

(c) Issuance of permit; Contents of Permit. Upon approval of the application of Mayor’s Business Permit, two (2) copies of the application duly signed by the Municipal Mayor shall be returned to the applicant. One (1) copy shall be presented to the Municipal Treasurer as basis for the collection of the Mayor’s Business Permit fee and the corresponding business tax.

The Mayor’s Business Permit, including the Business Plate, shall be issued by the Municipal Mayor upon the presentation of the official receipt issued by the Municipal Treasurer for the payment of business tax.

Every permit issued by the Mayor shall show the name and the residence of the applicant, his nationality and marital status, nature of the organization, that is whether the business is sole proprietorship, corporation or partnership, location of the business, date of issue and expiration of the permit and such other information as may be deemed necessary. (d) Issuance of Duplicate Copy of Mayor’s Business Permit/Plate for Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Permit. The Municipal Mayor shall, upon the presentation of affidavit of loss or satisfactory proof that the original of the permit/plate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, issue the duplicate of the permit/plate upon payment of One Hundred Fifty Pesos (P150.00). (e) Posting of Permit and Business Plate. Every permittee shall keep his permit conspicuously posted at all times in his place of business or of-

(d) Only duly registered and licensed promoters, referees, cashiers, bet managers, pit referees, bet takers, or gaffers shall take part in all kinds of cockfights held in this municipality. No operator or owner of a cockpit shall employ or allow participating in a cockfight any of the above-mentioned personnel unless he has registered and paid the fee herein required.

(g) Revocation of permit. When a person doing business under the provisions of this Code violates any provision of this Article, refuses to pay an indebtedness or liability to the Municipality or abuses his privilege to do business to the injury of the public moral or peace; or when a place of such business is established is being conducted in an disorderly or unlawful manner, is a nuisance, or is permitted to be used as a resort for disorderly characters, criminal or women of ill-repute, the Municipal Mayor may, after investigation, revoke the Mayor’s Business Permit. Such revocation shall operate to forfeit all payments which may have been paid in respect of said privilege, in addition to the fine and imprisonment that maybe imposed by the Court for violation of any provision of this Ordinance governing the establishment and maintenance of business, and to prohibit the exercise thereof by the person whose privilege is revoked, until restores by the Sangguniang Bayan.

For a newly-started business or activity that starts to operate after January 20, the fee shall be paid before any business or activity can lawfully operate, and the fee shall be reckoned from the beginning of the calendar quarter. If the fee has been paid for a period longer than current quarter and the business activity is abandoned, no refund of the fee corresponding to the unexpired quarter or quarters shall be made.

(e) Holding of cockfights. Except as provided for in this Article, cockfighting shall be allowed in this municipality only in licensed cockpits during Sundays and Legal holidays and during local fiestas for not more than three (3) days. It may also be held during Municipal Agricultural, Commercial, or Industrial fairs, carnival or exposition for similar period of three (3) days upon resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan. No cockfighting on the occasion of such affair, carnival or exposition shall be allowed within the month of local fiesta or for more than two (2) occasions a year. No cockfighting shall be held on December 30 (Rizal Day), June 12 (Philippine Independence day), November 30, (Bonifacio Day), Last Sunday of August (National Heroes Day), Holy Thursday and Good Friday, Election or Referendum day and during registration days for such election or referendum.

(h) Penalty. Any violations of the provision of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Pesos (P 1,000.00) but not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 2,500.00) or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

(f) Regular cockfights, those held during Sundays, legal holidays and local fiestas and International Derby shall be excluded from the payment of fees herein imposed.

ARTICLE 13 PERMIT FEE ON BILLBOARDS, SIGNBOARDS AND ADVERTISEMENT

(g) Cockfighting for entertainment of tourists or for charitable purposes.

Subject to the preceding sub-section hereof, the holding of cockfights may also be allowed for the entertainment of foreign dignitaries or for tourists, or for returning Filipinos commonly known as “Balikbayans”, or for the support of national fund-raising campaigns for charitable purposes as may be authorized upon resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan in licensed cockpits or in playgrounds or parks. This privilege shall be extended only for a period not exceeding three (3) days within a year.

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected a Permit Fee on billboards, signboards and advertisement: Particulars

1.

Billboards or signboards for advertisement or business, per square meter or fraction thereof:………

Old Rate (None)

Amount of Tax (in Php)

Single face

200.00

Double

300.00

Section 2. Administrative Provision.

a. Signs, signboards or advertisement displayed at the places where the profession or business advertised is conducted shall be exempted from the payment of fees.

b. Any person desiring to display signs, signboards, billboards or advertisements shall file a written application on the required form and submit the necessary plans and description of the advertisement, sign, signboard or billboard to the building official within the municipality. The permit issued by the building official shall be presented to the Municipal Treasurer who shall collect the permit fee before the advertisement, sign, signboard is displayed or distributed.

ARTICLE 14 PERMIT FEE FOR COCKPIT OWNERS/OPERATORS/LICENSES/PROMOTER

AND COCKPIT PERSONNEL Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected an annual Mayor’s Business Permit Fees/ Mayor’s Special Permit per day from both owner/operator/ licenses and personnel of the cockpit, as follows: Particulars

From the Owner/ Operator/ Licensee of the Cockpit: 1. Application Filing Fee

2. Annual Cockpit Permit Fee

From cockpit personnel:

Fees (in Php)

P 3,000.00

7,000.00

1. Promoter/ Host

500.00

3. Referee

200.00

2. Pit Manager

4. Bet taker “Kristo” (Inside/Outside of the Rueda) 5. Bet Manager “Maciador/Kasador” 6. Gaffer “Mananari” 7. Cashier

8. Derby (Matchmaker)

Special permit Fee: Karambola Hack fight Derby:

1. Two-cock

2. Three-cock 3. Four-cock 4. Five-cock

Section 2. Time and Manner of Payment.

300.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 700.00/day

(h) Upon payment of the fees herein imposed, the corresponding Mayor’s Permit shall be issued.

(i) Cockpits operating without the required permit shall be subject to closure search and seizure by the PNP upon recommendation of the Treasurer with the approval of the LCE after due notice.

Section 4. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Pesos (P 1,000.00) but not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P 2,500.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

ARTICLE 15 PERMIT FEE ON CARAVAN AND OTHER PARADES Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected a Mayor’s Permit Fee of P200.00 per day on every caravan and other parade using banners, floats or musical instruments carried in this municipality.

Section 2.Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed herein shall be payable to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a permit to the Municipal Mayor at least five (5) days before the scheduled date of caravan and other parade.

Section 3. Exemption. Civic and military parades as well as religious processions shall not be required to pay the permit fee imposed in this Article.

Section 4. Administrative Provisions.

(a) Any person/group/organization who shall hold a caravan and other parade within this municipality shall first obtain a Mayor’s Permit from the Municipal Mayor before undertaking the activity. For this purpose, a written application in a prescribed form shall indicate the name, address of the applicant, the description of the activity, the place or places where the same will be conducted and such other pertinent information as may be required. (b) The Station Commander of the Philippine National Police shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to maintain an orderly and peaceful conduct of the activities.

Section 5. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than One thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) but not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P2,500.00).

ARTICLE 16 PERMIT FEE FOR THE CONDUCT OF GROUP ACTIVITIES

Section 1. Imposition of Fee. Every person who shall conduct or hold any program, or activity involving the grouping of people within the jurisdiction of this municipality shall obtain a Mayor’s Permit thereof for every occasion of not more than twenty- four (24) hours and pay the Municipal Treasurer the corresponding fee in the following schedule: Particulars

700.00/day

1. Conferences, meetings, rallies and demonstration

700.00/day

3. Coronation and ball

1,000.00/day

1,500.00/day 2,000.00/day

(a) The annual application filing fee is payable to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for the permit or license to operate and maintain cockpits.

(b) The annual cockpit permit fee is payable upon application for a permit before a cockpit shall be allowed to operate and within the first 20 days of January of each year in case of renewal thereof.

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erated within the appropriate areas as prescribe in the Zoning Law or Ordinance. In the absence of such law or ordinance, the Municipal Mayor shall see to it that no cockpits are constructed within or near existing residential or commercial areas, hospitals, school buildings, churches or other public buildings. Owners, lessees, or operators of cockpits which are now in existence and do not conform to this requirement are required to comply with these provisions within a period to be specified by the Municipal Mayor. Approval or issuance of building permits for the construction of cockpits shall be issued by the Municipal Engineer in accordance with existing ordinances, laws and practices.

(f) Duration of Permit Renewal. The Mayor’s Business Permit shall be granted for the period of not more than one (1) year and shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) of December following the date of issuance unless revoked or surrendered earlier. Every permit shall cease to be in forced upon revocation or surrender thereof. The permit issued shall be renewed within the first twenty (20) days of January. It shall have a continuing validity only upon renewal thereof and payment of the corresponding fee.

Section 8. Business Inspection Fee. Any business operation in the Municipality of Tulunan shall be charged an inspection fee of Two hundred pesos (P200.00) from the services rendered by business permit and license inspectors.

There shall be a uniform collection of inspection fee to all businesses and establishments operating in this Municipality and shall be payable per annum which shall be due with other regulatory fees.

(b) Application for Mayor’s Business Permit: Form Statement. An application for a Mayor’s Business Permit shall be filed to the Office of the Municipal Mayor. The form for the purpose shall be issued by the same Office and shall set forth the requisite information including the name and residence of the applicant, the description of business and undertaking that is to be conducted, and such other data or information as may be required.

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Fees

P 150.00

2. Benefit Dance

250.00 150.00

4. Promotional sales

400.00

5. Other Group Activities

300.00

Section 2. Time of Payment. The fee imposed in this article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon filing of application for permit with the Municipal Mayor.

Section 3. Exemption. Programs or activities conducted by educational, charitable, religious and governmental institutions free to the public shall be exempted from the payment of the fee herein imposed, provided, that corresponding Mayor’s Permit shall be secured accordingly. Programs or activities requiring admission fees for attendance shall be subject to the fees herein imposed even if they are conducted by exempt entities.

Section 3. Administrative Provisions.

Section 4. Administrative Provision. A copy of every permit issued by the Municipal Mayor shall be furnished to the Chief of Police or Station Commander of the Philippine National Police (PNP) of the municipality who shall assign police officers to the venue of the program or activity to help maintain peace and order.

(a) Ownership, operation and management of cockpit. Only Filipino citizens not otherwise inhibit by existing ordinances or laws shall be allowed to own, manage and operate cockpits. Cooperative capitalization is encouraged.

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be imposed the following fees on every persons who shall make or cause to be made any excavation on public or private streets within the municipality.

(c) The permit fees on cockpit personnel shall be paid before they participate in a cockfight and shall be paid annually upon renewal of the permit on the birth month of the permittee.

(b) Establishment of cockpit. The Sangguniang Bayan shall determine the number of cockpits to be allowed in this municipality.

(c) Cockpit-size and construction. Cockpits shall be constructed and op-

ARTICLE 17 PERMIT FEE FOR EXCAVATION

Particulars

a)

For crossing street with concrete pavement:

Old Rate

New Rate

B6 CLASSIFIED b)

c)

d)

1. For crossing concrete pavement (Minimum area of 4.00 x 6.00 meters or 24 sq. m.)

For crossing streets with asphalt pavement: 1. Minimum fee

2. Per each linear meter crossing the street (Maximum width of excavation)

100.00

400.00

200.00

400.00

For crossing streets with gravel pavement:

300.00

1. Minimum fee

150.00

For crossing existing curbs and gutters in the Damage thereof

300.00

2. Per each linear meter crossing the street (Maximum width of excavation 0.30 m.)

70.00

An additional fee of P 100.00 per day of delay in excess of excavation period as provided for in the mayor’s permit.

Section 2. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed made in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application of the permit with the Mayor before the excavation is undertaken.

Section 3. Administrative Provisions.

(a) No person shall undertake or cause to undertake any digging or excavation, of any part or portion of the municipal streets of Tulunan unless a permit shall have been secured from the office of the Municipal Mayor specifying the duration of the excavation and restoration of the excavated area. (b) The Municipal Engineer/the Municipal Building Official shall supervise the digging/ excavation and restoration and determine the necessary width and depth of the street to be dug or excavated. Said official shall likewise inform the Municipal Treasurer of any delay in the completion of the excavation work for purposes of collection of the additional fee.

(c) In order to protect the public from any danger, appropriate signs must be placed in the area where work is being done.

Section 4. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Pesos (P 1,000.00) but not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P2, 500.00) and/or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment upon discretion of the Court.

ARTICLE 18 PERMIT FEE FOR THE TEMPORARY USE OF ROADS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS, PATIOS, PLAZAS AND PLAYGROUND.

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. Any person that shall temporarily use and/or occupy a street, sidewalk, or alley or portion thereof in this municipality in connection with their construction works and other purposes, shall secure a Mayor’s Permit and pay a fee in the following schedules; Particular

1) Use of sidewalk:

a. Up to 20 sq. meters of sidewalk per week;

b. Every sq. meter or fraction thereof of frontage in excess of 20 lineal meters, per week

2) Portion of Scaffolding Occupying Public Areas:

a. Up to 10 lineal meters of frontage per week

b. Every lineal meter or fraction thereof of frontage in excess of 20 lineal meters per week.

3) Others

Old Rate

New Rate

200.00

300.00

None

15.00

None

200.00

None

15.00

20.00 sq. meters per day

150.00

Section 2. Exemption. For wake and other charitable, religious and educational purposes, use and/or occupancy is exempted from the payment of permit fee provided a corresponding permit is secured prior to such use and/or occupancy.

Section 3. Time of Payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application of the permit with the Municipal Mayor.

ARTICLE 19 PERMIT FEE ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR RENT

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected an annual permit fee at the following rates for each heavy equipment for rent from operators of the said machinery operating within the municipality: Particulars

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o.

Bulldozer Forklift

Heavy Grader Light Grader Cargo Truck

Rate (in Php) 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00

Dump Truck

1,000.00

Pay Loaders

1,000.00

Road Rollers Prime Movers/Flat Beds Backhoe

Road Crusher

Batching Plant

Transit/Mixer Trucks Crane

Other equipment not enumerated above

1,000.00

1,000.00

1,000.00

1,500.00

1,500.00

1,000.00

1,500.00 500.00

Section 2. Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed herein shall be payable upon application for a Mayor’s Permit.

Section 3. Administrative Provision. The Municipal Treasurer shall keep registry of all heavy equipment which shall include the make brand of heavy equipment and the name and address of the owner.

Section 4. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of no less than One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not exceeding six (6) months, or both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

ARTICLE 20 PERMIT FEE ON FILM-MAKING AND VIDEOTAPE COVERAGE Section1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected a permit fee per film from any person that shall go on location-filming or have video coverage on any

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program or activity within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality, in the following schedules: Particulars

Old Rate (in Php)

a) Commercial Movies

P 250.00

b) Commercial Advertisements

New Rate (in Php)

200.00

c) Documentary Films

150.00

d) Video Tape Coverage

15,000.00

15,000.00

100.00

5,000.00 300.00

Section 2. Time of Payment. The fee imposed shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for the Mayor’s permit before the location- filming is commenced.

Section 3. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five (25%) percent of the original amount of fee due, such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the fee due.

Section 4. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred (P500.00) Pesos but not exceeding One Thousand (P1,000.00) Pesos or imprisonment of no less than one (1) month but not exceeding six (6) months, or both, at the discretion of the Court.

CHAPTER V INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION FEES

ARTICLE 21 PERMIT FEE ON OCCUPATION/ CALLING NOT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT EXAMINATION Section 1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected an annual permit fee on calling, at the rate prescribed hereunder for the issuance of Mayor’s Permit to every person who shall be engaged in the practice of the occupation or calling not requiring government examination within the municipality as follows: Particulars

Fees (in Php)

Particulars

Fees (in Php)

Actuary

200.00

Lathe Machine Operator

200.00

Animal Trainer

200.00

Massage Attendant/Masseur

200.00

All Vendors

Band Saw Operator Bar Tender Budder

Bar/ Club/ Disco/ Videoke Manager Supervisor Barber/ Hairstylist/ Beautician

Basketball/ Volleyball II Boxing/ and other sports referee official Bingo Caller Butcher

Call Center Agent

Carpenter/ Mason Painter Chiropodist

Cinema Projector Operator

Commercial Steward/ Stewardess Construction Foreman Cook/Baker Couturier

Dance/ Gym/ Sports Instructor Disc Jockey

Dispatcher/Porter

Dressmaker/Tailor

Driver/ Inspector/ Conductor of Passenger and Cargo Vehicles

200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00

Driving/ Diving Swimming Instructor

200.00

Electronic Technician

200.00

Electrician (Non PRC)

GRO/Hospitality Girl/ Hostess/ Club Dancer Handyman

Hollow Block Maker Host/Hostess

200.00

250.00 200.00

200.00

Medical/ Dental Aid/ Attendant Tapper

Medical/ Dental Sales Representative

Merchandiser/ Promo Girl

Non-PRC Passer/ Teacher/ instructor Packer

Photographer Plumber

Professional Artist

Professional boxer/ Ring Announcer Radio/Telecom Operator Real Estate Broker Receptionist

Reflexologist

Salesgirl/Sales

Security Guard Watchman Shoe Shine Boy

Shoe/ Bag Repairman

Singer/ Band Member Sports Promoter Statistician

Stevedoring Worker Stock Broker

Sugar Technologist Tattooer

Waiter/Waitress

200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 100.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00

200.00

200.00 200.00

Watch/Jewelry Repairman

200.00

200.00

Personnel Under Recruitment Agencies

200.00

200.00

Jewelry Appraiser

200.00

Laborer

Mechanic

200.00

200.00

Insurance Agents and Sub Agents Janitor/Janitress

Marine Surveyor

200.00

Welder/Body Builder

Others not specified above Others

200.00

200.00 200.00

Section 2. Exemption. All professionals who are subject to the Provincial Tax imposition pursuant to Section 139 of the Local Government Code; and government employees are exempted from payment of this fee.

Section 3. Person Governed. The following workers or employees whether working on temporary or permanent basis, shall secure the individual Mayor’s Permit prescribed herewith;

(a) Employees or workers in generally considered offensive and dangerous business establishment such as but not limited to the following:

1) Employees or workers in industrial or manufacturing establishment such as: Aerated Water and Soft Drink Factories; Air Rifle and Pellets manufacturing; Battery Charging Shops. Blacksmith; Breweries; Candy and Confectionary Factories; Canning Factories; Coffee Cocoa and Tea `Factories; Cosmetics and Toiletries Factories; Cigar and Cigarette Factories; Construction and/ or Repair Shops of Motor Vehicles; Carpentry Shop; Drug Manufacturing; Distillers, Edible Oil or Lard Factories; Electric Bulbs or Neon Lights Factories; Electric Plant, Electronics Manufacturing; Oxidizing Plants Food and Flour Mills; Fish Curing and Drying Shops; Footwear Factories, Foundry Shops; Furniture Manufacturing; Garments Manufacturing, General Building and other construction jobs during the period of construction; Glass and Glassware Factories; Handicraft Manufacturing; Hollow Block and Tile Factories; Ice Plants; Milk, Ice Cream and other allied products factories; Metal Closure Manufacturing; Iron Steel Plants; Leather and Leatherette Factories; Machine Shops, Match factories, Paints and Allied Products Manufacturing; Plastic Products Factories, Perfume factories; plating establishment; pharmaceutical laboratories, Repair shops of whatever kind and Nature; Rope and Twine Factories; Sash factories; Smelting Plants; Tanneries; Textile and Knitting mills; upholstery

shops; vulcanizing Shops and Welding Shops.

2) Employees and workers in commercial establishments, cinematography film storage; cold storage’s or refrigerating plants; delivery and messengerial services; elevator and escalator services; funeral parlors; janitorial services; junk shop; hardware, pest control services; printing and publishing houses; service station; slaughter houses; textile stores; warehouses; and parking lots.

3) Employees and workers on other industrial and manufacturing firms or commercial Establishments who are normally exposed to excessive heat, light, cold, noise and other environmental factors which endanger their physical and health well-being.

(b) Employees and workers in commercial establishment who generally enter or attend to the daily needs of the general public such as but no limited to the following: Employees and workers in drugstores; department stores; groceries supermarkets, beauty saloons; tailor shop; dress shop; bank teller; receptionist, receiving clerk in paying outlets of utilities corporation, except transportation companies; and other commercial establishment whose employees and workers attend to the daily needs of the inquiring or paying public. (c) Employees and workers in food or eatery establishments such as but not limited to the following: 1. Employees and workers in canteen, carenderia, catering services, bakeries, ice-cream or ice milk factories, refreshment parlor, restaurants, sari-sari stores and soda fountain; 2. Stallholders; employees and workers in public markets; 3. Peddlers of cooked or uncooked foods; 4. All other food peddlers, including peddlers of seasonal merchandise.

(d) Employees or workers in the night or night and day establishments such as but not limited to the following:

Workers or employees in bars; boxing stadium; bowling alleys; billiards and pool halls, cabaret and dance halls; cocktail lounges; circuses; carnivals and the like; day clubs and night clubs; golf clubs; massage clinics; sauna baths or similar establishments; hotels; motels; horse racing clubs; pelota courts; polo club; private detective or watchman security agencies; supper clubs and all other business establishment whose business activities are performed and consumed during night time.

In case of a night and day clubs, night clubs, day clubs cocktail lounges, bars, cabarets , sauna bath houses and other similar places of amusements, they shall under no circumstances allow hostesses, waitress, waiters, entertainers, or hospitality girl below 18 years of age to work as such.

For those who shall secure the Individual Mayor’s Permit on their 18th birth year, they shall present their respective baptismal or birth certificate duly issued by the local civil registrar concerned.

(e) All other employees and persons who exercise their profession, occupation or calling within the jurisdiction limit of the Municipality aside from those already specifically mentioned in Section 92.

Section 4. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees prescribed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer this municipality upon filing of the application for the first time and annually thereafter within the first twenty (20) days of January. The permit fee is payable for every separate or district occupation or calling engaged in. Employer shall advance the fees to the municipality for its employees.

Section 5. Submission of List of Employees. All business establishments should submit a certified list of employees to the Business Permit and License Division on or before March 31 of each year with the following information, name and address of employee, occupation, amount of occupation permit fee paid, date and number of official receipts.

A penalty of One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) shall be imposed for every month of delay fro non-compliance of this provision.

Section 6. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time prescribed shall subject a taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of the fee due; such surcharge shall be paid at the same time and the same manner as the tax due.

Newly hired workers and/or employees shall secure their Individuals Mayor’s Permit from the moment they are actually accepted by the management of any business or industrial establishment to start working.

The Individual Mayor’s Permit issued shall be renewed during the respective birth month of the permittee next following calendar.

Section 7. Administrative Provisions.

(a) The Business Permit and Licensing Section (BPLS) shall keep a record of persons engaged in occupation and/or calling not requiring government examination and the corresponding payment of fees required under personal data or reference purpose.

(b) Persons engaged in the above mentioned occupation or calling with valid Mayor’s Permit and the corresponding Official Receipt for the payment of fees to the Municipal Treasurer and to the Municipal Mayor respectively for cancellation upon retirement cessation of the practice of the said occupation or calling. (c) The Office of the Municipal Mayor, particularly the license section shall issue a corresponding Identification Card to those persons engaged in occupation and or calling after the payment of the corresponding fees.

ARTICLE 22 PERMIT FEE ON HAULING AND TRUCKING SERVICES

Section 1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected from any person engaged in the business of hauling and trucking services operation within this municipality a permit fee of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) per truck per annum.

Section 2. Time of Payment; Surcharge for Late Payment. The fee imposed shall be due on the first day of January and payable until January 20 of every year. If paid after January 20, the license shall be subject to surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount due in which shall be collected and accounted for and at the same time and in the same manner as the original amount due.

Section 3. Administrative Provisions.

1. The Mayor’s Permit shall be issued only to applicant after payment of the required fee.

2. The weight capacity of roads and bridges shall be carefully observed by the driver of the vehicle being used in hauling of such cargoes.

3. Haulers shall also observe carefully the proper loading of logs, sugarcane, swine, fowl and other kind of cargoes, the same are securely tied or properly.

4. Mayor’s permit shall be carried by the licensee or permitee at all times while engaged in hauling activities in this municipality and shall be presented to the authorities concerned for the latter’s demand.

5. This will apply to individuals engaging only in hauling and trucking ser-

vices.

Section 4. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be penalized by a fine of not less than P 1,000.00 but not more than 2,500.00 and/or imprisonment of not less than fifteen (15) days but not more than thirty (30) days or both upon discretion of the Court.

ARTICLE 23 PERMIT FEE FOR KEEPING OR STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. Section 1. Imposition of Fees. Before a permit may be granted for the keeping or storing of combustible materials, an annual permit fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer, according to the following schedule: A. Storage of flammable, combustible or explosive substance:

Nitrate, phosphorous, bromine, sodium, picric acid, and other hazardous explosive, corrosive oxidizing and lachrymatory properties

0.10/kg

Tarresin, waxes, copra, rubber, coal, bituminous coal & similar combustible materials

0.10/kg

Shredded combustible materials such as wood shavings (kusot) waste (estopa) sisal, oakum and other similar combustible shaving and fine materials

Section 3. Administrative Provisions.

a) No person shall keep or store at his place of business any of the following flammable, combustible or explosive substance without securing a permit therefore. Gasoline or naptha not exceeding the quantity of One Hundred (100.00) gallons, kept in and used by launches or motor vehicles shall be exempt from permit fee herein required.

P 15.00 20.00

Over 50 to 100 gallons

50.00

Over 100 to 500 gallons

100.00

Over 1,000 to 1,500 gallons

250.00

Over 500 to 1,000 gallons

200.00

Over 1,500 to 2,000 gallons

300.00

Over 2,000 to 2,500 gallons

450.00

Over 2,500 to 3,000 gallons

a. The scope of this code shall cover the following disciplines; architectural, civil/structural, electrical, mechanical, sanitary, plumbing and electronics.

This shall also apply to the design, location, sitting, construction, alteration, repair, conversion, use occupancy, maintenance, moving, demolition of, and addition to public and private buildings and structures, except traditional indigenous family dwelling and those covered by Batas Pambansa Bilang 220 otherwise known as the “Economic and Socialized Housing Projects”. b. Existing building or structure without appropriate building permit/certificate of occupancy maybe legalized and issued the necessary permits and certificates, provided, they are made to conform to these rules and regulations. However, they shall be subject to the imposition of penalties, surcharges, fines and other appropriate measures. c. The applicable and consistent provision of the allied professional codes and other government agency codes as provided by the DPWH secretary shall serve as the referral codes of PD 1096.

800.00

Over 8,000 to 10,000 gallons

1000.00

Over 10,000 to 50,000 gallons

1,000.00

Over 200,000 to 500,000 gallons

3,500.00

Over 50,000 to 200,000 gallons

2,500.00

Over 500,000 to 1,500,000 gallons

4,200.00

Over 1,500.000 gallons

5,000.00

Flammable liquids with flash point at above 20 degrees Fahrenheit and below 100 degrees Fahrenheit such as alcohol, amyl acetate, toluol, ethyl acetate: Particulars

1 to 25 gallons

b.

40.00 70.00

Over 500 to 1,000 gallons

100.00

Over 1,000 to 5,000 gallons

300.00

Over 5,000 to 25,000

550.00

Over 25,000 to 50,000

1,000.00

Over 50,000 gallons

1,500.00

Combustible liquids with flash point at 100 degrees Fahrenheit to 200 degrees Fahrenheit such as turpentine, thinner, prepared paints, diesel oil, fuel oil, kerosene, varnish, cleansing solvent, polishing liquids: Fee (in Php)

P15.00

Over 25 to 50 gallons

20.00

Over 50 to 100 gallons

35.00

Over 100 to 1,000 gallons

70.00

Over 1,000 to 5,000 gallons

150.00

Over 10,000 to 50,000 gallons

400.00

Over 5,000 to 10,000 gallons

100.00

Over 50,000 to 100,000 gallons

500.00

Over 100,000 to 500,000 gallons

1,000.00

Over 900,000 gallons

3,500.00

Over 500,000 to 900,000 gallons

1 to 25 gallons

Fee (in Php)

P 10.00

Over 25 to 50 gallons

20.00

Over 50 to 100 gallons

Over 100 to 500 gallons

30.00 80.00

Over 500 to 1,000.00gallons

200.00

Over 20,000 gallons

450.00

Over 1,000 to 20,000 gallons Particulars Acetylene, hydrogen, coal gas and other flammable in gaseous form including liquefied petroleum gas and other compressed gasses Cumbustible Solids:

300.00 Fee (in Php)

0.10/gal

Calcium Carbide

0.10/kg

Matches

0.10/kg

0.10/kg

All buildings or structures as well as accessory facilities thereto conformed in all aspects to principles of safe construction and must be suited to the purpose for which they are designed.

Buildings or structures intended to be used for the manufacture and/or production of any kind of article or product shall observe adequate environmental safeguards.

Buildings or structures and all parts thereof as well as all facilities found therein shall be maintained in safe, sanitary and good condition.

Section 4. Site Requirements. The land or site upon which any building or structure be constructed, or any ancillary or auxiliary facility thereto, shall be sanitary hygienic or safe. In the case of sites or building intended for use as human habitation or abode, the same shall be at a safe distance, as determined by competent authorities, from streams or bodies of water and/or sources of air considered to be polluted: from volcano or volcanic site and/or any other building considered to be a potential source of fire or explosion.

Section 5. Administrative Provisions. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure or cause the same to be done contrary to or in violation of any provision of the Code.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of the Code and/or commit any act hereby declare to be unlawful shall, upon conviction, be punished by affine of not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5, 000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than Six months or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court without prejudice to the imposition of a higher penalty under the provision of the National Building Code. If the violator is a corporation firm, partnership and association, the penalty shall be imposed upon its officials responsible for such violations.

Section 6. Classification and General Requirements of all Buildings by Use or Occupancy as provided in National Building Code.

Section 7. Filing/Processing Fees. The fees shall be imposed on every application for permit and certification of occupancy, as follows: Particulars

Fee (in Php)

Filing fee

2,500.00

Combustible liquids with flash point of over 200 degrees Fahrenheit when subject to spontaneous ignition or is artificially heated to a temperature equal or higher than its flash point such as petroleum oil, crude oil, other: Particulars

c.

30.00

Over 100 to 500 gallons

1 to 25 gallons

a.

P20.00

Over 50 to 100 gallons

Particulars

Section 3. General Building Requirements

Fee (in Php)

Over 25 to 50 gallons

Pyrolyxin

Section 2. Scope and Application.

750.00

Over 4,000 to 8,000 gallons

d)

Section 1. General Provision. Pursuant to Section 203 of the National Building Code (PD 1096), no person, firm or corporation, including any agency or instrumentality of the government shall erect, construct, alter, repair, move, convert or demolish any building or structure or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a building permit therefore from the building official of this municipality.

600.00

Over 3,500 to 4,000 gallons

c)

ARTICLE 24 BUILDING PERMIT AND OTHER RELATED FEES

500.00

Over 3,000 to 3,500 gallons

b)

b) The mayor shall promulgate regulations for the proper storing of said substances and shall designate the proper official and shall supervise thereof.

Fee (in Php)

Over 25 to 50 gallons

0.10/kg

Section 2. Time of Payment. The fees imposed in this article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for mayor’s permit to store the aforementioned substances.

a) Flammable liquids with flash point at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below, such as gasoline and other carbon besolphide, naptha, benzon, allodin and acetone: 1 to 25 gallons

0.10/kg

Celluid

1.) Flammable liquids

Particulars

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100.00

Processing fee

200.00

Section 8. Time of Payment. The fees imposed by the Department of Public Works and Highways and its subsequent issuances pertaining to building, occupancy and other construction permits and inspection fees shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer after securing the required permit from the Municipal Mayor.

ARTICLE 25 PERMIT FEE FOR INSPECTION AND VERIFICATION OF SUBDIVISION

Section 1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected a Mayor’s Permit fee for the verification and inspection of subdivision in the municipality in accordance with existing laws and ordinances; Section 2. Schedule of Fees. The revised schedule of fees to be collected from any subdivision processing transaction as approved by HLURB Board Commission per Resolution No. 760 approved on February 18, 2004 is hereby adopted and incorporated to wit; Name of Fee

I.

Fees

Zoning / Locational Clearance A. Residential structure single or detached other than apartments/ townhouses, dormitories and Subdivision/Condominium projects, the project Cost of which is; 1. P100,000.00 and below

2. 100,001.00 to 200,000.00 2. Over P200,000.00

B. Apartments/ Town Houses 1. Project cost of P500,000.00 and below

P200.00 400.00

P500.00 + 1/10 of 1% of the cost in excess of P200,000.00 1,000.00

2. Project cost of over P500,000.00 to P2,000,000.00

B7 1,500.00

3. Over P2,000,000.00

2,500.00 + 1/10 of 1% of cost in excess of 2 million regardless of the number of doors

C. Dormitories 1. Project cost of P2,000,000.00 and below

2,500.00

2. Project cost over P2,000,000.00

2,500.00 + 1/10 of 1 % of cost in excess of 2 million regardless of the numbers of doors

D. Institutional Project Cost of which is; 1. P2,000,000.00 and below

2,000.00

2. Over 2,000,000.00

2,000.00 + 1/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P2,000,000.00

E. Commercial, Industrial, Agro Industrial, the project cost of which is: 1. P 500,000.00 and below

1,500.00

3. Over P1,000,000.00 to P2,000,000.00

3,000.00

2. Over 500,000.00 to 1,000,000.00

2,000.00

4. Over P 2,000,000.00

5,000.00 + 1/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P2,000,000.00

F. Special Uses/ special projects including Memorial parks. The project of which is 1. P100,000.00 and below

400.00

2. Over P100,000.00

G. Alteration/ Expansion (affected areas) Cost of expansion only same as original application

400.00 + 1/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P100,000.00

1. Certificate of registration and license to sell(per saleable lot) a. High Density

b. Economic subdivision

20.00

60.00

c. Open Market

120.00

d. Add’l fee on floor area of house/building sold with lot per sq. m.

8.00

II. Subdivision and Condominium Projects under PD957 A. Approval of Subdivision Plan ( Including Townhouses)

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) and Preliminary subdivision Development Plan (PSDP)

250.00/ ha. or a fraction thereof

Inspection Fee

2. Final Approval and development Permit

Additional Fee on Area of House or Building sold w/ a Lot

Inspection Fee ( Not Applicable for Project already inspected for PALC application)

3. Alteration of Plan (Affected Areas Only) 4. Extension of Time to Develop

Inspection Fee (Affected or Unfinished Areas Only)

Other Recommended Fees: A. Project Evaluation Fee b. Turn-over and Acceptance Fees -Road Lots and drainage -Parks and Playground -Community Facilities

B. Approval of condominium Project Final Approval and Development Permit 1. Processing Fee

A. Land Area

B. No. Of Floors - Inspection Fee

2. Alteration of Plan (Affected Areas Only)

3. Extension of Time to Develop Processing Fee: Inspection Fee: (Affected or Unfinished Areas Only) 4. Project evaluation Fee

III. Projects under BP 220

1,000.00/ ha. regardless of density 2,000.00/ ha. regardless of density 2.00/sq. m.

1,000.00/ ha. regardless of density

Same as Final Approval And Development Permit 350.00

1,000.00/ha regardless of density 10,000.00/ha 5,000.00/ha 20.00/sq. m.

20.00/sq. m.

5.00/ sq. m.

200.00/floor 12.00/sq. m. of GFA

Same as Final Approval and Development Permit 350.00 12.00/ sq.m. of GFA 5,000.00/floor

A. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) •

Subdivision

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance

Socialized housing Economic Housing

Inspection Fee: Socialized Housing Economic Housing 2. Final Approval and Development Permit

Processing Fee: Socialized Housing Economic Housing

Inspection fee: Socialized Housing Economic Housing (Projects already inspected for PALC application may not be charged with inspection fee) 3. Alteration of plan (affected areas only)

4. Extension of time to develop Filing Fee: Socialized Housing Economic Housing

P75.00/ha

P 150.00/ ha.

200.00/ha 500.00/ha.

P200.00/ha

500.00/ha.

1,000.00/ha.

P 200.00/ha P 500.00/ha Same as Final approval & Devt. Permit.

350.00 350.00

B8 CLASSIFIED Other Recommended Fees: Project Evaluation Fee a. turn-over and acceptance fee -Road lots -Parks and Playground -Community facilities •

5,000.00/ha 3,000.00/ha 10.00/sq. m 10.00/sq. m

Condominium

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) 2. Final Approval And Development a. Total Land Area b. Number Of Floor Inspection Fee

3.Alteration of plans (affected areas only)

4. Extension of Time to Develop Inspection Fee (FA x P2x % or remaining development cost)

5. Project Evaluation Fee

500.00 5.00/ sq. m.

100.00/floor 2.00/sq. m. of GFA

Same as Final Approval and Development Permit 350.00 2.00/ sq. m. of salable area

IV. Approval of Industrial/ Commercial Subdivision 1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) Inspection Fee

2. Final Approval and Development Permit Inspection Fee (Projects already Inspected for PALC Application may not be charged w/ Inspection Fee)

3. Alteration of plans (affected areas only) Inspection Fee

4. Extension of time to develop

2,500.00/ floor

300.00/ha.

5,000.00/ha. Regardless of location 1,000.00/ha. Regardless of location

Same as Final Approval and Development Permit 1,000.00/ha. regardless of location

Other Recommended Fees: a. Project evaluation Fee b. Turn-over and Acceptance Fee -Road Lots -Parks/ Playgrounds -Community Facilities

Approval of Farm lot Subdivision

350.00

1,000.00/ha 5,000.00/ha.

3,000.00/ha.

10.00/sq. m.

10.00/sq. m.

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance Inspection Fee

2. Final approval and Development Permit Inspection Fee (Projects already inspected for PALC application may not be charged with inspection fee) 3. Alteration of Plan (Affected Areas Only) 4. Extension Time to Develop Inspection Fee (Affected/ unfinished areas only)

5. Project Evaluation Fee

VI. Approval of Memorial Park Project

200.00/ha.

500.00/ha.

1,000.00/ha.

Same as Final approval and Development Permit 350.00

1,000.00/ha 2,500.00/ha

A. Preliminary approval and locational clearance -Memorial Projects -Cemeteries -Columbarium

For every square meter excess of twenty (20)sq.m

C. Inspection fee (per hectare)

D. Alteration of plan fee (affected areas only) Same as final approval E. Certificate of completion (per hectare)

VII. Other Certificates:

50.00 100.00 100.00

A. Application for the following 1. Advertisement approval

200.00

3. Extension of time to complete devt.

350.00

2.Cancellation/reduction of performance bond 4. Exemption from cease and desist order

350.00 50.00

5. Clearance to mortgage

350.00

7.Change of Name/Ownership

350.00

6. Lifting of cease and desist order 8. Voluntary cancellation of CRLS 9. Zoning Certification

2.50

Reinforced concrete culvert for every meter

5.00

Bridge

1,150.00

If upon verification and inspection, it is found out that subdivision is of bigger area than what was reported as its area, the applicant shall pay the fees corresponding to the area difference and the official receipt therefore shall be presented to the Mayor before final action is taken on the application.

Section 3. Time of Payment. The fees imposed on this Article shall be paid by the subdivision owner or his representative to the Municipal Treasurer before a verification or inspection is conducted.

Section 4. Administrative Provision. The Municipal Mayor shall administer the provision of this article and the other existing ordinance, executive orders, laws, relating to, and governing subdivisions and housing projects.

Section 5. Schedule of Fines. A Fine shall be imposed as follows;

1. For failure to secure Locational Clearance prior to the start of the project.

Rates (in Php)

Particulars

a) Industrial

Conforming

Non-conforming

2,500.00 4,000.00 5,500.00

4,000.00 7,000.00 10,000.00

1,500.00 3,000.00 4,500.00

3,000.00 6,000.00 9,000.00

- Minimum - Medium - Maximum

b) Agro-Industrial - Minimum - Medium - Maximum

2,000.00 3,500.00 5,000.00

c) Agricultural - Minimum - Medium - Maximum d) Commercial - Minimum - Medium - Maximum e) Institutional - Minimum - Medium - Maximum - Minimum - Medium - Maximum

350.00 350.00 75.00

10. Certification new rights/sale

75.00

11. Certificate of Locational viability

75.00

12. Other types include

a. Availability of records/public request of copies/ research works

75.00

c. Certification of with or without CLRS

75.00

b. Certificate of no records on file

75.00

13. Revalidation/renewal or permit-condominium 50% of f

g) Special Project - Minimum - Medium - Maximum

- Minimum - Medium - Maximum

200.00 120.00

In addition, subdivision owner shall pay an annual fee of ten (P10.00) verification and inspection per hectare or fraction until the construction of the roads, bridges, drainage systems, installation of electric posts and water systems, if any are completed.

-

Rates (in Php)

Conforming

Non-Conforming

2,000.00 3,000.00 5,000.00

-

3. For Violation of real estate laws, rules and regulations.

Conforming

Non-conforming

a) Failure to secure Development Permit

3,000.00

-

c) Non-Compliance with approved Development Plan

3,000.00

-

d) Incomplete Development e) Non-Development

f) Selling without DP

g) Violation of terms/conditions of Development Plan

h) Unauthorized change or amendment in the name of the project i) Violation of other Provisions of P.D. 957, BP 220 and other related laws, including their implementing rules and guidelines

-

3,000.00

-

5,000.00

-

ARTICLE 26 FEES FOR SEALING AND LICENSING OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Section 1. Administrative Provision. All instruments of weights and measures. Either for use or for sale shall be tested in accordance to the secondary standards in the Municipal Treasurer’s Office.

Section 2. Imposition of Fees. Every person, partnership or Corporation, before using or selling instruments of weights and measures except bar weighing scale “espada” which is strictly prohibited for use within the municipality, shall first have them sealed and licensed annually and pay to the municipal treasurer, the following fees: Particulars

a) For sealing linear metric measure of: Not over one (1) Meter

Over One (1) meter

b) For sealing metric measures with a capacity of: Not over ten (10) liters

c) For sealing metric instruments of weights:

Those with capacity of not more than ten (10) kgs

Those with capacity of More than ten kgs but not more than one hundred twenty (120 kgs)

Those of capacity of more than one hundred twenty kgs but not more than Five Hundred kgs

Old Rate

New Rate

50.00

70.00

100.00 50.00

150.00 70.00

100.00

150.00

60.00

120.00

100.00

150.00

(e) for any person other than the official sealer or his duly authorized representative to alter the written or printed figures, letters or symbols on any official seal, sticker, receipt, stamp, tag, certificate, or license used or issued;

(g) for any person engaged in the buying and selling of consumer products of furnishing services the value of which estimated by weight or measure to possess, use or maintain with intention to use any scale, balance, weight or measure that has not been sealed or if previously sealed, the license therefore has been expired and has not been renewed in due time;

(k) for any person to procure the commission of any such offense abovementioned by another.

-

3,000.00

(d) for any person who make or knowingly sells or uses any false or counterfeit seal, sticker, brand, stamp, tag, certificate or license or any dye for printing or making the same or any characteristic sign used to indicate that such instrument of weight or measure has been officially tested, calibrated, sealed, or inspected;

(j) for any person assuming to determine truly the weight or measure of any article brought or sold fraudulently misrepresent thereof; and,

-

5,000.00

Section 6. Inspection of Weight and Measure. The municipal treasurer or his duly authorize representative shall inspect and test balance on scale weights and measure and report upon the condition thereof to the office of the municipal treasurer. It shall be their duty to secure evidence of infringement of the law or the commission of fraud in the weights and measures or neglect of duty on the part of the officer engaged in sealing weights and measures.

(i) for any person who fraudulently give short weight or measure in the making of a scale;

-

5,000.00

Section 5. Forms and Duration of License for Weight and Measure. The receipt for the fee charged for the sealing of weight and measure shall serve as license to use such instrument for one (1) year from the date of sealing, unless deterioration or damage which renders the weight or measure inaccurate occurs within the period. When the license is removed, the same shall expire on the same day and month of the year following its original issuance. Such license shall be preserve by the owner and together with the weights and measure covered by the license, shall be exhibited on demand by the Municipal Treasurer.

(h) for any person who fraudulently alter any scale, balance, weight or measure after its officially sealed;

-

3,000.00

Section 4. Time of Payment, Surcharge for Late Payment. The above fees shall be paid when the weights or measures are sealed and the receipts for payment shall be renewed once a year and the fees therefore paid on or before the anniversary date. Failure to have the instruments tested or retested and corresponding fees therefore paid within the prescribed period shall subject the owner or user to a surcharge of one hundred per cent (100%) rates.

(f) for any person to use or reuse any restored, altered, expired, damaged, stamp, tag, certificate or license for the proposed of making it appear that the instrument of weight or measure has been tested, calibrated, sealed or inspected;

Rates (in Php)

3,000.00

Section 3. Exemptions. All instruments determining weights and measures, used in the government work or maintained for public use by the national government, or any local government unit shall be tested and sealed free of charge.

(c) for any person other than the official sealer or his duly authorized representative to alter in any way the certificate given by the sealer as an acknowledgement that the weights and measures mentioned therein have been duly sealed tested, calibrated or inspected;

2. Violation of the terms and conditions of clearance and all other non-compliance with the requirements for locational clearance.

Particulars

1,500.00

(b) for any person who imitate any seal, sticker , mark stamp, brand, tag or other characteristic design used to indicate that such instrument of weight or measure has been officially tested, calibrated, sealed or inspected;

2,000.00 3,000.00 4,000.00

3,500.00 6,500.00 10,000.00

Over ten (10) liters

VIII. Registration of dealers/brokers/salesman

2,400.00 5,000.00 7,000.00

1,000.00 1,500.00 2,000.00

Those with capacity of more than three thousand kgs

300.00

Section 8. Fraudulent Practices Relative to Weights and Measures. The following acts related to weights and measures are prohibited: (a) For any person other than the official sealer of weights and measures who places an official tag or seal upon any instrument of weight and measure or attached it thereto, or who fraudulently imitates any mark, stamp, brand, tag, or other characteristic signs used to indicate that the weights and measures have been officially tested, calibrated, sealed, or inspected;

3,000.00 6,000.00 9,000.00

1,200.00 2,400.00 3,500.00

Those of capacity of more than five hundred but not more than three thousand kgs

Section 7. Confiscation of Defective Instrument of Weight and Measure.

Any defective instrument of weight and measure may be confiscated by the duly authorize deputy of the municipal Treasurer, if its defect in such that it can readily and securely be repaired, shall be confiscated by any duly authorize representative of the Municipal Treasurer and shall be deposited in the office of the Municipal Treasurer.

4,000.00 7,000.00 10,000.00

1,500.00 3,000.00 4,500.00

b) Unauthorized alteration of approved Development Plan

B. Final approval and Development Permit 1. Every additional hectare (Projects already inspected for PALC application may not be charged with inspection fee)

50.00

Particulars

Inspection Fee - Memorial Projects - Cemeteries -Columbarium

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Fees/Annum (in Php)

For the first 20 square meters

f) Residential

A. Preliminary approval and Locational Clearance

2. Salesman

STREETS

1,000.00/ ha. Regardless of location

Inspection Fee: (Affected/ unfinished area only)

1. Dealer/Brokers

EDGEDAVAO

200.00

250.00

Instruments officially sealed at some previous time which have remained unaltered and accurate and the seal or tag officially affixed therein remains intact and in the same position or condition in which it was placed by the official sealer or his duly authorized representative shall, if presented for sealing, be sealed promptly on demand by the official sealer or his duly authorized representative without penalty except a surcharge equivalent to two (2) times the regular fee fixed by law for the sealing of an instrument of its class, this surcharge to be collected and accounted for the Municipal Treasurer in the same manner as the regular fees for sealing such instruments.

Section 9. Penalties:

(a) Unlawful Possession and Use of Unsealed Weights and Measures. Any business owner/operator who use defective/unsealed unit shall be penalized by a fine of;

For Small Scale:

For Big Scale:

First Offense

P 300.00 have it calibrated by the Municipal Treasurer and pay the calibration fee.

Third Offense

Closure of Business Establishment

Second Offense First Offense

Second Offense Third Offense

Confiscation of Weight & Measure

P 1,500.00 have it calibrated by the Municipal Treasurer and pay the calibration fee.

Confiscation of Weight & Measure Closure of Business Establishment

(b) Alteration or Fraudulent Use of Instrument of Weight and Measure.

Any person who with fraudulent intent to alter any scale or balance, weight or measure after it is officially sealed or not, or any person who fraudulent gives weight or measure in the making of sale. Or who fraudulent takes excessive weight or measure in the making of a purchase, or who assuming to determine truly the weight or measure, fraudulently misrepresents the weight or measure shall be punished by a fine of;

For Small Scale :

For Big Scale:

First Offense

P 1,000.00 have it calibrated by the Mun. Treasurer

Second Offense

Confiscation of Weight & Measure

First Offense

P 2,500.00 have it calibrated by the Mun. treasurer

Third Offense

Closure of Business Establishment

Second Offense

Confiscation of Weight & Measure

Third Offense

Closure of Business Establishment

Section 1. Definition. For purposes of this Article, “large cattle” includes a two-year old horse, mule, ass, carabao or other domesticated members of bovine family.

Section 2. Imposition of Fees. Large Cattle Registration and transfer fee shall be collected as follows; Particulars

Old rate

Certificate of ownership

P50.00

Certificate of Transfer

Section 3. Time of Payment.

50.00

100.00

100.00

b. The excess of face value of certificate of ownership and certificate of transfer shall be issued with accountable form 51.

Section 4. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of fee due such surcharge to be paid at same time manner as the fee due.

Section 5. Administrative Provisions.

a) Large cattle shall be registered with the Municipal Treasurer upon reaching age of two years.

b) The ownership of large cattle or its sale or transfer of ownership to another person shall be registered with the Municipal Treasurer. All large cattle presented to the Municipal Treasurer shall be recorded in the registry book showing the name and residence of the owner; the consideration of purchase price of the animal in cases and transfer; and class color age sex and other identifying marks of the large cattle. These data shall also be stated in the certificate of ownership issued to the owner thereof.

c) If the large cattle is sold or the ownership is transferred to another person the names and the residences of the vendor or transferee and or reference by number to the original certificate of ownership with the name of the local unit that issued it shall likewise be indicated in the transfer certificate of ownership No entries of transferee shall be issued by the Municipal Treasurer except upon the production of the original certificates transfer and such other documents that show title to the owner.

Section 6. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than five Hundred (P 500.00) Pesos but not exceeding One Thousand (P 1000.00) Pesos or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not exceeding Six (6) months or both at the discretion of the Court.

Section 7. Applicability Clause. All other matters relating to the registration of large cattle shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of the Revised Administrative Code and other applicable laws ordinances and rules and regulations.

CHAPTER VI SERVICE FEES

ARTICLE 28 DOCUMENTARY/SERVICE FEE FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE OFFICES OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO. Section 1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be fees to be collected from every person requesting for copies of official records and documents from the offices of the Municipal Government; A. Accounting:

Fees (in Php)

Certified True Copy

50.00

Verification fee

100.00

Certification: (Net take Home Pay, Loan repayment, contribution, others)

50.00

Others

20.00

B. Agriculture: Particular

Fees (in Php)

Drug Administration through Injection (vaccination/ treatment)

100.00

Drug Administration through Oral Method Castration • •

50.00

* Large Cattle * Small Animals

200.00 100.00

Minor Surgery Major Surgery

Issuance of livestock certification for slaughter/ transport Report for soil analysis/hectare

100.00 200.00

200.00/ head 50.00

Issuance of Data and Information: Crop Profile (per page) Crop and livestock Production Data/page Livestock/Poultry Population Inventory/page

5.00 5.00 5.00

Copy of Project Proposal/page

5.00

Copy of feasibility study/ page

5.00

Copy of Agricultural Development Plan (Per page)

5.00

Endorsement

50.00

Certification of eligibility for assistance Resource Speaker

50.00

500.00

Facilitation

Free service

Preparation of Project Proposal

Free Service

Outreach Program on Animal Health Services

Free Service

Coaching

Preparation of feasibility study

Extension Services (Farm Visitation, Field Inspection)

C. Assessor’s Office:

Particulars Certified True Copy

Certified Produced Copy - Tax Declaration - Map

100.00

Records Verification fee

50.00

Field Inspection Fee: • Commercial • Industrial • Residential • Agricultural Others

D. Environment and Natural Resources Office:

Fees (in Php)

a. The fees shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon registration or transfer of ownership of large cattle.

Particulars

Processing Fee (per real property unit ) Certification fee

ARTICLE 27 LARGE CATTLE REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER FEES

Free service

Free Service Free Service Fees (in Php) 50.00 50.00 50.00

CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

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Particulars Certified True Copy

Environmental Certification

Field Verification/Inspection:

Planted Species (G-melina, mahogany, etc. (1-50 hills) 51-250 hills 251 up

E. Engineering Office: Particulars Certified true copy:

50.00

300.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 50.00

Fees (in Php) 50.00 50.00 75.00

300.00

2. Indigenous Material (below 20 sq. meter area) 2.1. Monitoring Fee 2.2. Inspection Fee

1. Annual Locational Inspection Fee (Special/Industrial Establishments):

500.00

Poultry/Piggery

200.00

Cell Site

500.00

Rubber Processing Plant Rice and Corn Mill

Sawmill/bandsaw/lumber Junkshop

Home Occupation (Baking) Others (Industrial)

D. Others

Fees (in Php)

3. Preparation of Feasibility Study

2. Preparation of Project Proposal

I. Police Clearance/Service Fee: Particulars

Certificate of Damage

50.00

Certificate of use/Occupancy Electrical Permit Certificate Certificate of Operation

Issuance of the following: Certificate of Damage

Certificate of Gas Meter installation

Inspection Fee:

50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00

Commercial

200.00

Residential

100.00

Industrial

200.00

F. Human Resource Management Office: Particulars

Certified True Copy

Certificate of Employment Other Certifications Service Records

Fees (in Php) 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00

Oath of Office

Others (Loan Purposes)

G. Mayor’s Office/Division: Particulars

Mayor’s Clearance:

For Local Purposes

50.00

100.00 Fees (in Php)

50.00

For travel abroad

100.00

For firearm license

200.00

Certification:

For Local Purposes

50.00

For Travel Abroad

Retirement/Maternity/Leave clearance

License Division:

100.00 50.00

Certified true copy

50.00

Retirement of business

50.00

Certification Fee Change Address

Change of Trade/Business Request for documents

Re-issuance of ID Cards Inspection Fee

H. Planning and Development Office: Particulars

A. Certified True Copy 1. Reproduction Fee

B. Certified Reproduce Copy of 1. Zoning Ordinance 1.1. Reproduction fee 2. Map Reproduction

50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00

50.00 200.00 Fees (in Php) 50.00

5.00/page

100.00 5.00/page 100.00

2.1. Report Size

15.00/map

2.3. A3

30.00/map

2.2. 15 X 30

3. Socio Economic Profile

35.00/map 100.00

3.1 Reproduction Fee

5.00/page

4.1. Reproduction Fee

5.00/page

4. Municipal Annual Investment Plan 5. Profile Development plan 5.1. Reproduction fee

C. Field Inspection/Evaluation Report Fee: Zoning: 1. Standard Plan 1.1. Monitoring Fee 1.2. Inspection fee

100.00 100.00

5.00/page 100.00 10.00/km 10.00/km

100.00

Memorial park

1.Zoning Certification

50.00

50.00

10.00/km 10.00/km

Subdivision:

2.00/tree

- Building permit

B9

Certified True Copy

500.00 500.00 300.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 500.00/ha.

Free service Free service Fees (in Php)

- Police Blotter/ Extraction

100.00

- Fire Incident Report (For Insurance Purposes)

300.00

- Police Traffic Investigation Report Police Clearance:

- Application for Filipino Citizenship/Naturalization - Passport Application - Visa Application

- Application for Probation

- Air gun/airsoft/paintball permit application

- Employment, scholarship, study grant, and other purposes not hereunder specified: - Local

- Abroad

100.00

1,000.00 300.00 300.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 300.00

Petition:

a) Change of Name

100.00

b) Adoption

100.00

c) Others

Assistance Fee (Implementation of Writ of Demolition.

Others

J. SB Legislative and Secretariat: Particulars

Certified True Copy of Official Documents a. Resolutions and ordinances/minutes

Issuance of SB Certification

Filing Fee Administrative Case Accreditation Fee

K. Social Welfare and Development Office: Particulars

100.00

1,500.00 50.00

Fees (in Php) 50.00 50.00 50.00

200.00 200.00 Fees (in Php)

1. Certified True Copy (any service documents)

50.00

3. Minors traveling locally Issuance of Travel Permit

50.00

2. Certification (Membership): • Senior citizen membership • PWD membership • Solo Parents membership • Women organization membership 4. Issuance of Certificate of eligibility for: • Legal assistance (PAO & prosecutors office, RTCCourt social worker) • Psycho-social intervention/ psychiatric treatment/ psychological exam 5. Other Certifications:  Pre-marriage counseling and seminar  Foster-Parent Authority Certificate

6. Social Case Study Report (legal adoption case, legal separation case, annulment cases) 7. Progress Assessment Report (legal adoption case, legal separation case, annulment cases) 8. Facilitation Services: (meetings, trainings, seminars, attending court hearing)

9. Counseling Services (court related cases/ managed cases)R.A 8353, 7610, 9262, 9344)  Pre- marriage counseling and seminar a. Regular b. Special  Marriage counseling ( in 6 months to 2 years duration)  Family counseling ( in 6 months to 2 years duration)  Individual counseling ( in 6 months to 2 years duration)

50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00

50.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 300.00 300.00

No Fee/ Free service

200.00 1,000.00 500.00 500.00 500.00

10. Inspection & Monitoring services (livelihood, early recovery, rehab program)

No Fee/ Free service

12. Re-issuance of I.D

No Fee/ Free service

11. PWD discount I.D, Solo Parent I.D, Senior Citizen discount I.D, Women’s I.D 13. Case invitations/ Summons/ Case Conferences

14. Program designs/ activity designs, Food for Work - FFW/ Cash for Work - CFW proposal

15. Family Survey Forms/ Family Access Cards 16. Other Service Forms or Documents

L. Treasurer’s Office:

No Fee/ Free service 50.00

No Fee/ Free service 50.00 50.00

B10 CLASSIFIED Fees (in Php)

Particulars Certified True Copy

50.00

Certification

100.00

Others

100.00

Clearances

100.00

Section 2. Exemptions. The fees imposed in this Article shall not be collected for copies furnished to other offices or branches of the government for official business except for copies required by the court at the request of the litigants, in which case charges shall be made in accordance with schedule in Section 1.

Section 3. Time of Payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer at the time of the request, written or otherwise for the issuance of the copy of any municipal record or document is made.

ARTICLE 29 LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY FEES FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE MUNICIPAL REGISTRAR Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected the following fees for services rendered by the Local Civil Registry of the municipality.

PARTICULARS FEES 1. BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Timely Reported Birth Late Reported Birth Electronic Endorsement Fee Other Endorsement Fee 200.00 e. Out of town request and Service Fee 200.00

2. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE a. Timely Reported Marriage b. Late Reported Marriage c. Reconstruction of Marriage Certificate 250.00 d. Electronic Endorsement Fee e. Other Endorsement Fee 200.00 f. Out of town request and Service Fee 200.00

3. MARRIAGE APPLICATION a. Application Fee a.1 One party is Foreigner a.2 One party is Non Resident a.3 Both are Resident b. Marriage License Fee b.1. Posting Fee b.2. Service Fee (Solemnization) b.2.a. Both are Filipinos b.2.b. One party is Foreigner

Free Service 150.00 200.00

Free Service 200.00 200.00

70.00

350.00

4. DEATH CERTIFICATE a. Timely Reported Death b. Late Reported Death c. Electronic Endorsement Fee d. Other Endorsement Fee e. Out of town request and Service Fee

Free Service 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00

5. CERTIFICATION FEES (all types of civil registry documents) For travel abroad 350.00 For Any Legal Purpose/ local us 200.00 Endorsement For Security Paper 200.00 Authentication/ Certified Machine Copy 20.00/ page

6. REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS a. Registration of Legitimation b. Registration of Adoption c. Per registration of voluntary emancipation of minor d. Per registration of court decision recognizing or acknowledging natural children or impugning or denying such recognition e. Per registration of judicial determination of paternity affiliation f. Per registration of court decision or Order of custody of minor and guardianship g. Per registration of change of name h. Per registration of aliases i. Per registration of naturalization j. Per registration of election of Filipino Citizenship k. Per registration of repatriation or voluntary renunciation of citizenship l. Per registration of court decision or order to correct or change entry in m. Per registration of annulment n. Per registration of legal separation or divorce o. Issuance of Certificate under RA 9255

7. OTHER FEES: a. Subscription fee

Issuance of out of town marriage Consent/ Advise Change of Form/ Entry after typing Renewal of Expired Marriage License Issuance of Annotated Civil Registry Documents Issuance of Local SECPA

350.00 600.00 250.00

60.00

R. DENTAL SERVICE FEES

25.00

B.6. Health Cards

50.00

Q.1. Tooth Extraction

S. AMBULANCE SERVICE FEES

150.00

B.5. Other medical certificates (administrative purposes) C. ISSUANCE OF SANITARY PERMITS

C.3. Hotels, Lodging houses

200.00

C.2. Restaurants, Fastfoods, Beer houses C.4. Boarding house

C.5. Exporter of Foods & other products C.6. Food Processing C.7. Funeral Parlors

C.8. Beauty Parlors/Barber shops C.9. Grocery stores

C.13. Cockpits

C.14. Bakery/Bakeshop

C.15. Carenderia, Kitchenette, Cafeteria, Refreshment Parlor, Food catering C.16. Pharmacy/Drug store

C.17. Retailer & Independent Wholesaler of General Merchandise

250.00 350.00 250.00 120.00 150.00 60.00

250.00 60.00 60.00

210.00 110.00 110.00 35.00

D.3. Sputum Examination for T.B.

60.00

D.5. Platelet Count

35.00 60.00 50.00

D.6. Hemoglobin Count with Hematocrit count

100.00

D.8. Gram Staining

100.00

D.10. Blood Typing

60.00

D.7. Hemoglobin Count D.9. Pap Smear

D.11. Blood Smear for Malaria Parasite (BSMP) D.12. Pregnancy Test

60.00

300.00 60.00

100.00 100.00

E.1. BCG

20.00

E.3. Measles

20.00

E.4. Tetanus Toxoid (non-pregnant)

(Tetanus toxoid and vitamin supplementation)

50.00 50.00

120.00

G. DELIVERY SERVICES G.1. With Philhealth

G.2. Non-Philhealth

I. FAMILY PLANNING CONTRACEPTIVE FEES I.1. Ligation I.2. Condom

J.1. Oral Medicines for 6 months J.2. Streptomycin for 2 months

K. LEPROSY TREATMENT K.1. No Medication K.2. Skin Slit Examination

L. ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION L.1. Water sealed toilet bowl

L.2. Water Bacteriological Examination L.3. PHC Water Testing

L.4. Water Chlorination 1. Source

2. Household

L.5. Disinterment Permit

L.6. Transfer Permit for Cadaver

M. MINOR SURGERY 0

350.00

D.1. Routine Urinalysis

J. TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM

A. OUTPATIENT BASIC PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE & DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

250.00

120.00

I.6. IUD Removal

FEES

250.00

C.26. Lechon House

I.5. Depo (Injectable)

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. A fee shall be collected for the services rendered by the Municipal Health Office.

120.00

110.00

I.4. Pills

ARTICLE 30 FEES FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE MUNICIPAL HEALTH OFFICE

900.00

350.00

C.24. Billiard Hall

D.4. Complete Blood Count (CBC)

in excess to the number of kilometers.

R.3. 0 km to 200 kms

100.00

D.2. Fecalysis

An additional 5.00/km shall be charged to the requesting

250.00

C.22. Meat, Fish, Vegetable

C.27. Balut Maker

party

350.00

350.00

150.00

C.25. Water Refilling stations

Note: Fuel & Lubricants shall be borne by the requesting party.

R.1. 0 km to 60 kms

C.20. Gymnasium

C.23. Tuba and Fruit Vendor

25.00

Q. USE OF NEBULIZER

170.00

250.00

C.19. Agricultural supplies & Veterinary Products

I.3. IUD

Section 4. Administrative Provision. In addition to the fees a marriage license shall be issued only upon presentation of a Pre-Marriage Counseling and Tree Planting Certificate.

250.00

C.18. Rice & Corn Mill

H. NEW BORN SCREENING H.1. With PHIC H.2. Without PHIC

Section 3. Manner of Payment. The fees shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer before the release of any requested documents.

A.1. Medical/Health Consultation services

C.12. Slaughter houses

600.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 350.00

Section 2. Exemption. Copies of Birth Certificate to be used for admission to the primary grades in a public school, for copies furnished to other offices or branches of the government for official business and copies required by the court and copies for medical purposes of indigent as certified by the MSWD.

PARTICULARS

C.11. Gasoline stations

F. PRE-NATAL CHECK-UP/POST-NATAL CHECK-UP

250.00 250.00 300.00 120.00 120.00

60.00

350.00

250.00 600.00 600.00 2,500.00 1,200.00

120.00

0

C.1. Hospitals/Clinics

E.2. Pentavalent (DPT, Hepa B)

600.00

25.00

B.4. Pre-employment

B.3. Students

E. IMMUNIZATION FEES

250.00

60.00

P. WOUND DRESSING

D.13. Fasting Blood Sugar

250.00

O. REMOVAL OF STITCHES

120.00

D. LABORATORY FEES

550.00

N. INCISION & DRAINAGE (I & D) 60.00

B.2. Post-Mortem certificates

C.28. Ice Cream, Ice Drop Maker

(Add 200.00 if outside Municipal Hall)

b. c. d. e. f.

B.1. Medico-legal certificates

C.21. Sari-sari Store

2,000.00 450.00 250.00

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C.10. Terminals

a. b. c. d.

a. b. c. d.

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2,500.00 0 550.00 0

R.2. 0 km to 150 kms

600.00

T. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE T.1. Acupuncture (Full Body) * Needles will be provided by the client T.2. Acupuncture Detoxification T.3. Massage (Full Body) T.4. UBP T.5. Massage (regional extremities) T.6. Detoxification T.7. Bentusa ‘cupping’ mixed with massage or acupuncture T.8. Moxibustion with acupuncture or massage T.9. Steambath with Swedish massage

150.00

100.00/session 200.00/hour 150.00/session 150.00/hour 2.50/needle 150.00 150.00 150.00

Section 2. Manner of Payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer before the Physical examinations or services are made and the medical certificate is issued.

Section 3. Administrative Provision. The payment generated from the services of the alternative health program, 50% shall accrue to the General Fund and 50% shall be given to the attending massager/alternative health provider considered as volunteer. Issuance of receipt shall cover only 50% of the fees, while the remaining 50% shall be given outright to the alternative health provider.

ARTICLE 31 PROCESSING FEE FOR ZONING OR LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE Section 1. Imposition of Fees. The following fees zoning or locational clearance for land use within the municipality shall be collected by the Municipal Treasurer from the owners and/or contractors of land use within the municipality for: Particulars

Fees

1. Application/Filing fee for every application for locational clearance irrespective of whether approved or not, motion for reconsideration, reclassification and for filing of complaint; 1.1 Inspection fee (additional 10.00/ km.

1.2 Monitoring (additional 10.00/km.

P 150.00 50.00 50.00

2. For Locational Clearance

150.00

4. For filing complaint

600.00

3. For Motion for consideration 3.1 Inspection fee (additional 10.00/km.)

200.00 50.00

5. For petition/request for reclassification/variances

600.00

6. Processing Fee

150.00

Section 2. Manner of Payment. The fee imposed shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for Locational Clearance.

ARTICLE 32 GARBAGE FEE FOR ALL BUSINESSES, TRADE, OFFICES AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENT Section 1. Imposition of Fees. An annual Garbage Fee (GF) shall be collected for every line of business, trade, offices and other establishments operating within the territorial jurisdiction of Tulunan, Cotabato at the following rates: LINE OF BUSINESS/

GF (in Php)

AMUSEMENT Badminton/Basketball/Tennis/Volleyball/Court Bar/Disco House/Night Club Billiard Table

- 5 Tables or less

- 6 Tables or more

Bingo Game

Cockpit Arena Inland Resort Lotto Outlet

Mahjong Table (1 unit)

Music Lounge/Videoke/KTV Video Game Machine

200.00 500.00 300.00 500.00 300.00

1,000.00 1,000.00 200.00 200.00 300.00

- 5 units or less

300.00

0

Videoke Machine RETAILER

200.00

0

Agricultural Product Retailer

500.00

Bakery Supply Retailer

300.00

0 0 0

0 0

0 50.00 100.00 150.00 0

150.00 0

100.00 100.00 120.00

- 6 units or more

Agrivet Supply Retailer (Feeds/Chemicals) Balut Retailer

Banana Cue Retailer Beer Retailer

Bicycle/Spare Parts Retailer

Books/Pocketbooks Retailer Bread Retailer

Car/Auto Parts/Accessory Retailer Cellophane Retailer

Cellphone Accessory Retailer Cement Retailer

Ceramics Retailer

Cigarette/Lighter Retailer

Cosmetics/Beauty Product Retailer Dressed Chicken Retailer

400.00

500.00 100.00 100.00 300.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 200.00 200.00

1,000.00 100.00 300.00 200.00 200.00

Dried Banana Retailer

Dried/Salted Fish Retailer

Drugstore/Pharmacy-Retailer - Small Scale - Big Scale

Dry Goods Retailer Egg Retailer

Electrical Supplies Retailer

Electronics Spare Parts Retailer Eyeglasses Supply Retailer Farm Tools Retailer Feeds Retailer

Fertilizer Retailer

Firewood/Charcoal Retailer Fish Retailer

Flower Shop/Retailer

Frozen Product Retailer Fruit Retailer

Furniture Retailer Gasoline Station

General Merchandise Retailer

Glass and Aluminum Supply Retailer Hardware Retailer

Health/Food Supplement Retailer Herbal Product Retailer Ice Storage-Retailer Ink Retailer

Jewelry Retailer Lechon Retailer

Wine/Liquor Retailer Livestock Retailer

LPG Accessory Retailer LPG Retailer

Lubricant Retailer Lumber Retailer Meat Retailer

Molasses Supply Retailer Motorcycle Retailer

Motorcycle Spare Parts Retailer Native Delicacies Retailer

Native Product/Handicraft Retailer Pet Shop-Retailer

Photo Supply Retailer Plastic ware Retailer

Plumbing Supply Retailer Pot Retailer

Poultry Retailer

Processed Fish Retailer

Processed Meat Retailer

Purified/Mineral Water Retailer Rattan Retailer

Religious Article Retailer Rice/Corn Retailer Sari-Sari

Big Scale/Capital more than P50,000.00

Small Scale/Capital less than P50,000.00

School/Office Supply Retailer Soft drink/Beer Retailer

Tapes/Compact Disk Retailer Tire Retailer (Brand New) Used Clothes Retailer VCD Player Retailer

Vegetable/Spices Retailer

Veterinary Supply Retailer Video Accessory Retailer

RESTAURANT/EATERY/REFRESHMENT PARLOR, ETC. Eatery/Fast-food - Counter

- 10 or less seating capacity - 11-25 seating capacity

- 26 or more seating capacity

Meals and Snacks Dealer

Refreshment Parlor/Snack Inn/Canteen

100.00 200.00 300.00 500.00 300.00 100.00 600.00

-

Banana Chips Maker

600.00 200.00 300.00 200.00 500.00 200.00 300.00 500.00 300.00 300.00

1,000.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 300.00 300.00 200.00 300.00 500.00 300.00 300.00

Body Building

Candle Manufacturer Chicharon Maker Coffin Maker

Concrete Product Manufacturer Furniture Shop/Woodcraft

100.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 400.00 300.00

600.00 500.00

1,000.00

Ice Drop Maker

300.00

Ice Cream Maker Meat Processor

Organic Fertilizer Producer Piggery

- Big Scale

- Small Scale

Poultry

- Big Scale

- Small Scale

Subdivision Developer - Below 5 has.

- Above 5 has.

LESSOR

300.00

400.00

- Large Scale

- Medium Scale

300.00 600.00

300.00

500.00

Tinsmith

300.00

1,000.00

- Small Scale

400.00 500.00

500.00

Upholstery Shop Boarding House

- 50 or less rooms

- 51 or more rooms

Barber Shop

- 5 chairs or less

- 6 chairs or more

Battery Charging/Repair Services Beauty Parlor

700.00 300.00

1,000.00 600.00

1,000.00 500.00

1,000.00 2,000.00 500.00

1,000.00

500.00

1,000.00 300.00 500.00 300.00

- 5 helpers or less

300.00

300.00

Bicycle Repair Shop

200.00

300.00

Car Wash Services

100.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 100.00 200.00 400.00 200.00 300.00 600.00

- 6 helpers or more

Booking Office

Cellphone Repair Services/Shop

Cemetery/Memorial Park (Private) Chainsaw Repair Shop

Clutch & Brake Bonding Services Coconut/Rice Grinder Dental Clinic Dress Shop

- 5 machines or less

- 6 machines or more

500.00 300.00 300.00 300.00

1,000.00 200.00 300.00 200.00 500.00 200.00 300.00

200.00

Electrical Shop

300.00

Funeral Parlor/Service

1,000.00

- 50 beds and below

1,000.00

600.00 300.00 200.00 300.00 300.00

300.00 500.00

Electronics Repair Shop Hospital

- 51 to 100 beds

Internet Café

- Below 5 Units - 6 to 10 units

- 11 to 20 units

- 21 units and above

600.00

Internet Services Provider

300.00

Learning Institution

1,000.00

400.00

500.00

1,000.00

Lending Investor

1,000.00

1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00

Laminating Services

- 1,000 students or less

Machine Shop

- 5 machines or less

- 6 machines or more

Maternity/Midwifery Clinic - 5 beds or less - 6 to 10 beds

Meat Grinder

Medical Clinic

Money Transfer Services Motor Repair Shop Painting Shop Photo Studio

Photocopy Services

300.00 300.00

2,000.00 500.00 700.00 800.00

1,000.00 1,000.00 500.00

2,000.00 500.00 600.00 300.00 500.00 300.00 300.00 500.00 300.00 100.00 200.00 200.00

100.00

Tailoring

- 5 machines or less

100.00

- 6 machines or more

200.00 200.00

Truck Weighing Scale Services

500.00

- 5 units or less

500.00

- 6 units or more

600.00

T-shirt Printing Services

200.00

Video Coverage Services

300.00

Vulcanizing Shop

100.00

Watch Repair Shop

100.00

Welding Shop

200.00

MARKET/MALL/DEPARTMENT STORE All areas inside the establishment occupied and operated by the owner except bodega, kitchen, offices, garage/parking area and leased stalls/ spaces

1.00/sq. m.

Section 2. Residential areas that shall engaged the services of garbage collection shall pay the amount of P 200.00 per annum.

Section 3. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees prescribed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer on or before the twentieth (20th) day of January or upon application of Business Permit and License.

CHAPTER VII RENTAL FEES

1,000.00 500.00

500.00

Shoe Repair Shop

Trucking and Hauling Services

- Local

200.00

Rice/Corn Mill

500.00

Banking Institution

Financing Institution

200.00

300.00

Cakes and Pastries Maker

800.00

Pawnshop

Balut Maker

- Small Scale

300.00

200.00

Refrigeration Repair Services

300.00

300.00

26 or more seating capacity

Insurance

500.00

Ticketing Office

400.00

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

- Big Scale

Radio Broadcasting Station

Radiator Repair Services

300.00

10 or less seating capacity

11-25 seating capacity

1,000.00

Blacksmith

500.00

-

Bakery

200.00

100.00

- 26 or more seating capacity -

Agricultural Product Producer

B11

Plumbing Services

1,000.00

300.00

Restaurant

MANUFACTURER/PRODUCER

- Export

300.00

- 10 or less seating capacity - 11-25 seating capacity

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ARTICLE 33 RENTAL FEE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENTS AND MACHINERIES OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY Section 1. Imposition of Fee. No person natural or juridical shall be allowed to use the municipality’s heavy equipment without paying the corresponding fee as rental based on the following schedules; Particulars

a) For Private Contractor/ Non-government 1. Road Grader 2. Payloader 3. Backhoe 4. Backhoe Loader 5. Bulldozer 6. Road Roller/Compactor 7. Self-Loading truck 8. Dump truck 10 wheelers 6 wheelers 9. Brush Cutter 10. Tractor

b) For Barangay and Other government entity: 1. Road Grader 2. Payloader 3. Backhoe 4. Backhoe Loader 5. Bulldozer 6. Road Roller/Compactor 7. Self-Loading truck 8. Dump truck 10 wheelers 6 wheelers 9. Brush Cutter 10. Tractor

Old Rate

1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 5,000.00 500.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00

2,500.00 300.00 300.00

Rental/hour (in Php) excluding oil and fuel and manpower daily wage 2,000.00/hr 2,000.00/hr 2,000.00/hr 1,800.00/hr 2,000.00/hr 6,000.00/day 1,600.00/hr 600.00/hr 500.00/hr 600.00/day 2,000.00/ha.

F R E E S E R V I C E

Section 2. Definition of Terms:

a) Government entity – includes national and local government entities, institutions and/or controlled offices including the barangay government unit.

b) Non-government/private contractor – includes farmer associations/ cooperatives and other people’s organization with legitimate personalities and standing, and private entities.

Section 3. Time and Manner of Payment: Payment shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer in consonant with the rules and regulation governing the use of heavy equipments and machineries owned by the municipalities as provided in Section 4 hereof.

Section 4. Administrative Provisions:

1. Private contractor, individual and/or parties interested to least out Municipal equipment such shall be granted provided, that the said equipment shall only be used for projects within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality. They shall be obliged to pay in full of the rental cost.

Rental fee as provided in the approved ERF is payable in advance for the contract or payable as mutually agreed upon between the lessor and the lessee. For the provincial and nationally funded project are obliged to pay in full on the prevailing rental cost.

2. Barangay and other government entity are free of rentals provided that the equipment shall only be used for government transactions within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality.

3. Certificate of clearance is a requisite for collecting partial and final payment of contract of work. The concerned contractor should be required to secure from equipment pool division the certificate of clearance confirmed by Project Engineer issued by the Equipment Pool Engineer issuing officers shall take all back accounts if any, must be paid.

4. That only authorized Municipal hired drivers and operators shall be allowed to operate or drive the municipal equipments.

5. Any other expenses such as but not limited to fuel, lubricants, overtime pay, heavy lift, loading, unloading and transportation of equipment to and from project site and any other expenses that may be incurred in connection to the use of the municipal equipments shall be the sole responsibility of the hiring party.

6. The time in/time out of the equipments shall be the actual departure and arrival time of the said equipments in the motor pool.

7. Any damages incurred by the equipments as a result of improper handling or negligence on the part of the hiring party shall be charged to their account.

B12 CLASSIFIED 8. Any breakdown or stoppage should be reported immediately and subject for investigation by the head of office concerned in which upon receipt of such notice, the hiring time will automatically be terminated unless if such breakdown or stoppage was a result of negligence on the part of the hiring party or lack of provision or supplies, the hiring time shall continue to run.

9. The security of the equipments and all municipal personnel assigned thereat shall be the responsibility of the hiring party.

10. An advance payment of equivalent to three (3) hours for road grader, dump truck, back hoe one (1) day for grass cutter, social hall and municipal gymnasium shall be made to the Office of the Municipal Treasurer before the use be allowed.

11. Proceeds from rentals of the municipal equipments shall accrue to the general funds of the Municipality and disbursement thereof shall be subject to the approval of the SB. 12. A contract form which shall be provided by the Municipal Engineer must be accomplished and duly approved and noted by the Municipal Mayor or her/his representative prior to the release of equipments.

13. Bookings and reservations, the use of herein above heavy equipments and other facilities must be made in the Office of the Municipal Engineer.

14. Violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be dealt administratively.

CHAPTER VIII TULUNAN ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE

Section 2. Policy Statement. It is the policy of the Municipal Government of Tulunan to be self-reliant and self-sustaining through engaging in a viable and stable socio economic enterprise that provide a wide range of opportunities that will uplift the socio economic condition of its constituent, improve fiscal management and enhance good governance.

Section 3. General and Common Provision. All stall holders/vendors and other business operators doing business/operating within the Economic Enterprise of the municipality are required to secure the necessary permit and license before the actual business operation pursuant to the Local Tax Code of the Municipality of Tulunan.

ARTICLE 35 THE TULUNAN PUBLIC MARKET Section 1. Statement of Policy. The Municipality of Tulunan shall operate only one (1) public market that is situated at Barangay Poblacion, this municipality.

Section 2. Goodwill Fee (GF). For every stall in the public market as follows: Particulars

GF (in Php)

A. Government Owned Building 1. Ground Level (4x8 sq. meter) 2. Second Floor (4x8 sq. meter) 3. Vegetable Section (3x2 sq. meter) 4. Fish and Meat Section (per sq. meter)

10,000.00 5,000.00 2,500.00 250.00/sq. meter

B. Privately Owned Stall; 1. Ground Rental (4x6 sq. meter)

200.00/sq. meter

Section 3. Market Rental Fees. Market Rental Fee for every stall in the public market as follows:

B. Privately Owned Stall 1. Ground Rental (4x6 Sq. Meter) 2. Temporary Stall 4x6 Sq. Meter 3x2 sq. meter 3. Any other extension/s 4. Transient Vendors

Old Rate (in Php)

MRF (in Php)

1,000.00/mo.

600.00/mo.

15.00/day 300.00/stall/mo.

10.00/sq. meter/mo.

1,250.00/mo.

750.00/mo.

20.00/day 375.00/stall/mo.

12.50/sq. meter/mo.

500.00/mo.

500.00/mo.

300.00/mo.

10.00/sq. meter/mo.

625.00/mo.

625.00/mo.

375.00/mo.

12.50/sq. meter/mo.

20.00/sq. meter/day

Section 4. Ground Rental Fees (GRF) shall be collected during market days.

Particulars

1.

2.

3.

For display of the dry goods with permanent market shed building.

Special Market Day Regular Market Day

For display outside but within the immediate vicinity of the permanent market sheds Special Market Day Regular Market Day

For display in any other place within the market premises: Special Market Day Regular Market Day

For ambulant transient vendor in vehicles or conveyances parked or displayed at or in the vicinity of market not otherwise license as peddler.

p. Mangosteen

a)

For rice, corn, sugar, or similar commodities placed in sacks b) For mongos, beans and ginger placed in sacks c) For pigs d) For goats, sheeps, etc. e) For chicken, ducks, or fowls f) For fresh eggs g) For vegetables , placed in bucag Big Small h) For fruits placed in big (bucag) Big Small i) For one Jeepney, pick-up load of goods or merchandise, regardless of kind j) For one truckload of goods or merchandise, regardless of kind k) For every kilo of fish, sea foods and/or marine products brought into the vicinities of the public markets or in other places within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality by producers, distributors or wholesalers, there is hereby imposed a fee of:

10.00/sack 10.00/sack

20.00/head 20.00/head 5.00/head 5.00/dozen

20.00/bucag 10.00/bucag 20.00/bucag 10.00/bucag

50.00 50.00

1.00 per kilo

Section 5. Market Entrance Fee shall be imposed on all transient vendor of any commodity on merchandize brought unto the public market before sale as following: Particulars

10 wheelers and above

Section 1. Coverage. This chapter of Economic Enterprise of the Municipality of Tulunan cover the economic enterprise operated and managed by the Municipal Government such as, the Municipal Public Market and Terminal/Parking Area, Municipal Slaughterhouse, Municipal Gymnasium, Municipal Public Cemetery, and other facilities.

A. Government Owned Building 1. Ground Level (4x8 sq. meter) 2. Second Floor (4x6 sq. meter) 3. Vegetable Section (3x2 sq. meter) 4. Fish and Meat Section 5.

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1. Delivery Vehicles:

ARTICLE 34 COVERAGE AND STATEMENT OF POLICY

Particulars

4.

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25.00/sq. m.

20.00/ sq. m.

20.00/ sq. m.

15.00/sq. m.

20.00/sq. m.

15.00/sq. m.

10 wheelers below Jeepneys Vans

Trailer

Tricycle

Motorcycle Bicycle

2. Fish or Sea Food: a. Salt Water Fish

b. Fresh water fish c. Crabs

d. Shrimps

e. Fresh Water Shrimps f. Shells

g. Sea Weeds h. Clamps

i. Other marines products

3. Dried, Fish Salted or packed a. Dried Salt water fish

b. Dried Fresh Water Fish

c. Dried Salt Water shrimps

d. Dried Fresh Water Shrimps e. Bagoong

f. Smoked Fish

4. Agricultural Products: a. Rice

b. Corn

50.00/delivery 40.00/delivery 30.00/delivery 30.00/delivery 20.00/delivery 20.00/delivery 20.00/delivery 10.00/delivery 1.00/kilo 1.00/kilo 1.00/kilo 1.00/kilo

20.00/sack 6.00/can

10.00/sack 6.00/can

1.00/kilo 6.00/20 kilos 10.00/sack 10.00/kilo

10.00/sack 6.00/can

20.00/sack/big 10.00/sack/small 5.00/sack

q. Santol Bangkok) r. Santol (native)

u. Chico

10.00/kaing

t. Guava (native) v. Other Fruits

6. Vegetable:

b. Cabbage

10.00/kaing or sack (small) 20.00/kaing or sack (large)

c.Petchay

d. string beans

e. Young Corn Cobs f. Cucumber g. Squash

h. White Squash i. Ampalaya

j. Camote taps k. Malunggay l. Alugbati m. Okra

n. Eggplant o. Patola

p. Radish

q. Carrots r. Sayote

s. Patani

t. Sigarillas u. Kadyos v. Tomato

w. Other vegetables

7. Forest Products

a. Wood 2 x 2 x 2 x 8 -12 long b. Wood 2x2x2x16-12 long

c. Wood any size bigger than above

i. Shelled Corn

j. Palay (Tahop)

k. Rice Bran (Course) l. Rice Bran ( Fine)

m. Coconut (unhusked) n. Copra

o. Onion (green leafs)

p. Onion (Bombay) q. Other root crops

5. Fruits:

5.00/sack 5.00/sack 5.00/sack 5.00/sack 5.00/sack

2.00/piece

10.00/sack

5.00/bundle 20.00/sack

10.00/netbag 10.00/sack

a. Pomelo (chinese)

10.00/crate (small) 20.00/crate (big)

c. Orange (Sunkist, Citrus)

10.00/kaing (small) 20.00/kaing (big)

b. Pomelo (ordinary) d. Kalamansi e.Pineapple

f. Sineguelas

g. Jackfruit (ripe)

h. Jackfruit (green) i. Banana

20.00/sack

10.00/kaing 5.00/sack 20.00/kaing 5.00/basket 5.00/piece

20.00/sack,kaing

10.00/kaing, sack

j. Mangoes

10.00/kaing (small) 20.00/kaing (big)

l. Lanzones

10.00/kaing (small)/cartoon 20.00/kaing (big)

k. Avocado m. Papaya n. Durian

o. Marang

20.00/kaing or sack 20.00/kaing

20.00/kaing (small) 40.00/ kaing (big) 10.00/kaing (small) 20.00/kaing (big)

10.00/kaing (small) 20.00/kaing (big)

10.00/kaing or sack (small) 20.00/kaing, sack or kahon 20.00/kaing or sack 20.00/kaing or sack 20.00/kaing or sack 10.00/bundle 10.00/bundle 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 20.00/kaing 2.00/piece 2.00/piece 2.00/piece

f. Bamboo split

2.00/bundle

h. Fire wood

2.00/bundle

e. Bamboo poles

g. Rattan up to 10 diameter i. Charcoal

j. Round wood 4 x 6 – w-8 ” - 12” long

8. Plants

9. Home Industry Products

10.00/sack

h. Palay

20.00/kaing (small) 30.00/kaing ( large)

2.00/bundle

f. Beans

10.00/sack

1.00/bundle

d. Wood 2 x 6 x 8 – 10

c. Mats

g. Bettle Nuts

10.00/kaing, basket or sack 10.00/kaing, sack

10.00/sack 10.00/sack

10.00/kaing or sack

a. Kangkong

d. Mongo e. Coffee

10.00/kaing

10.00/kaing (small) 20.00/ kaing (big)

a. Sawali

5.00/sack

20.00/kaing

s. Guava

5.00/sack

c. Corn Grits

10.00/kaing or sack (small) 20.00/kaing or sack (big)

b. Salangui d. Rope 2” to 1 diameter e. Basket

f. Brooms g. Husks

h. Clay pots (large) i. Clay pots (small)

j. Aluminum cooking pots(big)

k. Aluminum cooking pots(small)

2.00/piece

2.00/bundle 10.00/sack 2.00/piece 5.00/piece 2.00/piece 2.00/piece 2.00/piece

2.00/bundle 5.00/piece 2.00/piece 1.00/piece 2.00/piece

5.00/dozen 10.00/box 5.00/box

l. Cooking stove

2.00/piece

n. Other native products

2.00/piece

m. Mats (buri) 10. Live Animals

1.00/piece

a. Pig and Piglets

20.00/head

c. Goat

20.00/head

e. Other poultry animals

5.00/head

b. Chicken d. Duck

f. Other livestock animals (cow, carabao, horse)

11. Miscellaneous Commodities

5.00/head 5.00/head

50.00/head

a. Salt

4.00/sack

c. Flour

4.00/sack

b. Sugar d. Starch

e. Laundry soap f. Toiletries g. Spices

h. Groceries items

i. Kitchen and Household utensils

4.00/sack 4.00/sack 2.00/box 2.00/box 2.00/box 2.00/box

2%/value

j. Textiles

2%/ value

l. Foot wear

2%/ value

k. Ready to wear items m. Farm implements

n. Others items not specified above

2%/ value 2%/value 2%/value

Section 6. Imposition of user Fee for Comfort Room or Toilet at the Public Market.

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Fees/Charges

1. Urinate 2. Defecate (Excluding toilet Paper & Soap) 3. Washing (excluding soap) 4. Bathing( excluding soap and shampoo)

2.00 5.00 10.00 20.00

Section 7. Imposition of Fees. A Fee shall be collected for the following documents; Particulars

Fees

Market Clearance

100.00

Certification Fee

100.00

Garbage Fee

100.00/mo.

Section 8. Market Committee. There is hereby created Market Committee to be composed of the following: The Municipal Mayor or his representative

Chairman

The Municipal Treasurer

Co- Chairman

The Municipal Engineer

Member

The SB Chairman or Committee on Market

The representative of the Market Vendors to be elected by the Federation of Market Vendors Association of the Municipality and appointed by the Municipal Mayor for a term of two (2) years without re-appointment unless revoked for cause.

Market Supervisor

The Market Committee shall have the following duties:

Member Member Member

a. Formulate policies, rules and guidelines for market operation and administration;

b. Conduct periodic review of public market operations;

c. Conduct the drawing of lots, raffle and opening of bids, for the adjudication of vacant or newly constructed stalls or booths in the Municipality - Owned Public Markets; d. Certify the results thereof, for the approval of the Municipal Mayor;

e. Adjudicate the transfer of stallholders from one section to another or from one stall to another; and

f. Recommend such measure necessary in the resolution of problems, in connection with the use and occupancy of stalls, booths, or spaces in the Municipal Public Markets;

Section 9. Adjudication of Stall A) Lease Period

The contract of lease for stall shall be for a period of one (1) year, renewable upon its expiration, unless revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

B) Notice of Vacancy

Notice of vacancy of the stalls or booths shall be posted in the Municipal Building a period of not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the actual award to qualified applicants to appraise the public of the fact that such stalls or booths are vacant and available for lease. Such notice shall be posted in the bulletin board of the market.

The Notice of Vacancy to be posted or published shall be written in the following form: NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Stall / Booth No. ____, Building No. _______ of the Public Market is vacant or will be vacated on ___________________. Any person 18 years of age above and interested to lease this stall, room, space or booth shall file an application therefore on the prescribed form copies of which can be secured from the Office of the Municipal Economic Enterprise during Office Hours. In case there are more than one (1) applicant, the award of the lease of the vacant stall, room, booth or space shall be determined through drawing of lots to be conducted on _____________, 200___ , ______________ o’clock in the __________.at the Office of the Municipal Mayor to be undertaken by the Market Committee. This stall/booth is in _________ and is intended for the sale only of_____________. ______________________ Market Inspector

An application fee of P50.00 shall be collected from each application to cover the necessary expenses and any excess thereof shall form part of the economic enterprise fund of the municipality. The application shall be substantially in the following form: APPLICATION TO LEASE MARKET STALL __________________________ Address The Market Committee Municipality of ________ Province of ___________

__________________________ Date

Thru: The Municipal Mayor Sir:

I, _______________________________ hereby apply to lease Stall No. ____ Building No. ____ of the Tulunan Public Market. I am __________ years old, a citizen of the _______________________ and residing at ________________________________________.

Should the above-mentioned stall/ booth he leased to me in accordance with the market rules and regulations, I promise to hold the same under the following conditions: 1. That while I am occupying of leasing this stall, room, booth or space, I shall at all times have my business permit/license conveniently framed and hung-up conspicuously in this stall.

2. I shall keep the stall, room, booth or space at all times in good sanitary conditions and comply strictly with all sanitary and market rules and regulations now existing or which may hereafter be promulgated.

3. I shall pay the corresponding business permit or license and taxes in the manner prescribed by the existing ordinances.

4. The business to be conducted in the stall/booth shall belong exclusively to me and I shall not abandon said stall.

5. That I shall not occupy more than one (1) stall/ booth in a particular market.

6. I shall not sell or transfer my privilege to the stall/ booth or permit another person to conduct business therein.

7. Any violation on my part of the foregoing conditions shall be sufficient cause for market authorities to cancel the contract of lease automatically.

Very truly yours,

____________________ Applicant

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I ______________________ do hereby state that I am the person who signed the foregoing application, that I have read the same, and that the contents thereof are true to the best of my knowledge. ____________________ Applicant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ____ day of _______________, 200____, at Tulunan, Cotabato, Philippines, affiant applicant exhibiting to me his/ her Community Tax Certificate No. ____, issued on __________________________ at Tulunan, Cotabato. ____________________ Administering Officer Doc. No. ____________; Page No. ____________; Book No. ____________; Series of _____________; The application should be made under oath. It shall be submitted to the Market Committee thru the Office of the Mayor by the applicant either in person or through his/her authorized representative.

It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Market Committee to keep a registry book showing the names and addresses of all applicants for vacant space or spaces, the number and description of the stall/space applied for by them, and the date and hour of receipt of each application. It shall be also the duty of the Market Committee to acknowledge receipt of the application setting forth therein the time and date of receipt thereof.

Applicants who are residents of Tulunan, Cotabato, Filipino citizens shall have preference in the lease of market stall. If in the last day set for filing applicants there is no application from a Filipino citizen, the posting of the notice of vacancy prescribed above shall be extended for another 10-day period. If after the expiration of the period there is still no Filipino applicant, the stall affected may be leased to any alien applicant, who filed his application first. If there are several alien applicants, the adjudication of the stall be made through drawing of lots to be conducted by the market committee on the date and hour specified in the Notice. The result of the drawing of lots/raffles shall be reported immediately by the committee to the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan for appropriate action.

The Successful applicant shall furnish the Market Committee two (2) copies of his/her recent picture immediately after the award of the lease. It shall be the duty of the Treasury to affix one (1) copy of the picture to the application and other copy to the record card kept for that purpose.

That after the award of any stall/stalls or booth/ booths, a Contract of Lease shall be executed by the Municipal Mayor and the awardee, after payment of the required Occupancy Fee. The said lease shall be for a period of one (1) year and shall be renewable thereafter, unless sooner cancelled or revoked for cause.

The Contract of Lease shall be substantially in the following form and maybe modified to suit the needs of a particular market: CONTRACT OF LEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Contract of Lease is made and entered into by and between:

The Municipal Government of Tulunan, Cotabato duly represented by ____________________, Municipal Mayor upon authority granted to him/her by the Sangguniang Bayan herein referred to as the LESSOR: and

Mr./Mrs/Ms___________________________ of legal age, single/ married, Filipino citizen and a resident of________________________________________________, Tulunan, Cotabato, Philippines, hereinafter called the LESSEE. WITNESSETH That LESSEE is the awardee of Stall No.___________________ Section of __________ Public Market during the________________ conducted on ______________________, 20___________ at _________________________. The Lessor hereby leases the aforesaid stall in favor of the aforementioned LESSEE, subject to the following terms and conditions; A. DURATION OF LEASE- This contract of lease shall expire on___________________ unless sooner cancelled or revoked for cause in accordance with Chapter II, Article B, Section of MEE Code.

B. RENTAL RATES- Rental rates for said commercial space shall be at Php__________ per month including additional charges for the extension of the space in accordance with this article.

C. CAUSE OF CANCELLATION- These lease of contract shall be cancelled and/ or terminated by the lessor for the following grounds, to wit; 1. Failure on the part of the lessee to pay three (3) consecutive monthly rentals will entitle the lessor to rescind this contract of lease and the latter shall have the right to padlock the stall/s occupied by the lessee without the need of court order there shall be prior notice to the lessee.

2. That the stall/both shall not used as warehouse or bodega for ordinary storage required of the business of the lessee.

3. That the lessee shall make periodic major and minor repairs on the building either upon his violation or upon the consent and recommendation of the lessor.

4. That the lessee shall at all times keep the stall in good sanitary condition provide garbage bins in compliance with the municipality’s Solid Waste Management Program. Failure to maintain the stall in good sanitary condition after two (2) warnings by the Public Economic Management shall be ground for revocation of the lease of contract.

D. IMPROVEMENT S/RENOVATIONS AND EXTENSIONS

1. That upon the termination of the contract, all improvements that may be introduced therein shall become property of the municipality without the benefit of the lessee.

2. That after the termination of the contract, the lessee shall turnover the stall in good condition and all damages as a result of occupancy shall be charged against deposit.

_____________________ Stallholder/ Lessee

By:

B13 ____________________ Municipal Mayor

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

______________________ (Print Name)

and

______________________ (Print Name)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN ) S. S. PROVINCE OF COTABATO )

BEFORE ME, a Notary Public, for and in the Municipality of Tulunan, Province of Cotabato, Philippines, this _______ day of ___________, 20____ personally appeared Municipal Mayor, represented by the Municipal Treasurer,___________________________________, with Community Tax Certificate No. ___________________issued at Tulunan, Cotabato on _____________________, 20____; both known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged that the same is their free act and voluntary deed.

This instrument consists of__________________________ ( ) pages, including this page on which this acknowledgement is written, each and every page hereof, having been signed by the parties and their instrumental witnesses.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL at the place and on the date first above – written. _____________________ Notary Public

Doc. No.___________; Page No.___________; Book No.__________; Series of __________;

CONTRACT OF LEASE FOR PRIVATELY OWNED BUILDINGS AS GROUND RENTAL

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Contract of Lease is made and entered into by and between::

The Municipal Government of Tulunan, Cotabato duly represented by __________________________, Municipal Mayor upon authority granted to him/her by the Sangguniang Bayan herein referred to as the LESSOR: and

Mr./Mrs/Ms___________________________ of legal age, single/ married, Filipino citizen and a resident of________________________________________________, Tulunan, Cotabato, Philippines, hereinafter called the LESSEE. WITNESSETH

That LESSEE is the owner of Stall No.____________________Section of _________ Public Market during the___________________________ conducted on ____________________, 20_______ at________________________. The Lessor hereby leases the aforesaid stall in favor of the aforementioned LESSEE, subject to the following terms and conditions; A. DURATION OF LEASE- This contract of lease for ground rental will be 20 years shall expire on___________________ unless sooner cancelled or revoked for cause in accordance with Chapter II, Article B, Section of MEE Code.

B. RENTAL RATES- Rental rates for said space ________ square meters shall be at Php__________ per month including additional charges for the extension of the space in accordance with this article.

C. CAUSE OF CANCELLATION- These lease of contract shall be cancelled and/ or terminated by the lessor for the following grounds, to wit;

i. Failure on the part of the lessee to pay three (3) consecutive monthly rentals will entitle the lessor to rescind this contract of lease and the latter shall have the right to padlock the stall/s occupied by the lessee without the need of court order. A prior notice shall be given to the lessee. ii. That the lessee shall at all times keep the stall in good sanitary condition provide garbage bins in compliance with RA 9003 known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

iii. That the LESSOR shall provide fire extinguisher at least 2 pounds in each stall except for fish, meat and vegetable stall.

D. That all pertinent laws, ordinances and resolutions, rules and regulations now existing or which may hereafter be promulgated covering the operations of the business in the public market of the Municipality of Tulunan shall be complied strictly by the lessee.

E. In any cases where the LESSEE will waive his rights to continue the business the stall shall be turned over to the LGU. F. That the lessee hereby agrees to all foregoing terms and conditions embodied therein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto their hands this______, day of ___________,20_______ at Tulunan, Cotabato, Philippines.

By:

_____________________ Stallholder/ Lessee

MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN Lessor ____________________ Municipal Mayor

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

________________________________ (Print Name)

and

________________________________ (Print Name)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN ) S. S. PROVINCE OF COTABATO )

E. That all pertinent laws, ordinances and resolutions, rules and regulations now existing or which may hereafter be promulgated covering the operations of the business in the public market of the Municipality of Tulunan shall be complied strictly by the lessee.

BEFORE ME, a Notary Public, for and in the Municipality of Tulunan, Province of Cotabato, Philippines, this _______ day of ___________,200___ personally appeared Municipal Mayor, represented by the Municipal Treasurer,___________________________________, with Community Tax Certificate No. ___________________issued at Tulunan, Cotabato on _____________________,200___; both known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged that the same is their free act and voluntary deed.

G. That the lessee hereby agrees to all foregoing terms and conditions embodied therein.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL at the place and on the date first above – written.

F. In any cases that the LESSEE will transfer his rights through sale to any interested individual, the LESSOR shall demand the payment of Ten Thousand Pesos /stall (P 10,000.00) as transfer fee from the LESSEE.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto their hands this_________, day of ___________, 20_______ at Tulunan, Cotabato, Philippines.

MUNICIPALITY OF TULUNAN Lessor

This instrument consists of__________________________( ) pages, including this page on which this acknowledgement is written, each and every page hereof, having been signed by the parties and their instrumental witnesses.

Doc. No.___________; Page No.___________; Book No.__________; Series of __________;

_____________________ Notary Public

B14 CLASSIFIED Section 10. Lessee shall Personally Administer his/her Stall or Booth.

Any person, who has been awarded a right to lease a market stall in accordance with the provisions of this code shall occupy, administer and be present personally at his/ her stall/booth. Helper/s to be employed by the stallholder may include his/her spouse, parents and children shall be registered with the Market Operation Officer conformably with the latter’s form.

No awardee of the Lessee of Market Stall/Booth shall sub-lease the same nor shall any privilege acquired be sold. A person other than the stallholder, his registered partner or helper found selling in the latter’s stall/booth is prima-facie evidence of sub-leasing and shall subject the stallholder to outright revocation of the lease by the Municipal Mayor.

Section 11. Partnership with Stallholder. A market stallholder who enters into business partnership with any party, after he has acquired the right to lease such stall/ booth have no authority to transfer to his partner or partners the right to occupy the stall. Provided, however, that in case of death or any legal disability of such stallholder to continue in his business, the surviving partner maybe authorized to continue occupying the stall/ booth for a period of not exceeding sixty (60) days within which to wind the business of the partnership. If the surviving partner is otherwise qualified to occupy a market stall/ booth under the provisions hereto and the spouse, parent/s, son/s, daughter/s of the deceased is not applying for the stall, he shall be given the preference to continue occupying the stall/ booth concerned if he applied thereof.

Section 12. Death of Lessee; Succession. If an adjudicated regular stallholder dies, or become physically incapacitated permanently for work, the surviving spouse, if living together, may take over an adjudicated stallholder in the occupancy of the stall/ booth thereof. Provided, however, that the stall holder leaves no spouse, or if the spouse left is physically incapacitated, the eldest legitimate son or daughter, and so on based on the order of birth, as the case may be, upon who devolves the support of the family of the deceased or incapacitated stallholder, may succeed to the stall adjudicated, provided further, that in case of succession, such spouse, son or daughter is a citizen of the Philippines or not otherwise disqualified to apply for such stall/ booth.

Section 13. Limitations: A) No stallholder, transient or ambulant vendor shall be allowed to lease or occupy more than one (1) stall/ booth/ space. However, he/she may be allowed one (1) more stall/ booth/ space in another market, but in no case, shall he/she be allowed to lease or occupy more than a maximum of two (2) stalls/ booths/ spaces in the entire public market of the Municipality of Tulunan.

It shall be the duty of the Market Supervisor and the Market Operation Officer or their authorized representatives to see to it that this limitation is strictly observed. Any act discovered or found to be in violation of this limitation shall immediately be reported to the Municipal Mayor.

B) No stallholder/ person in the Municipal Public Markets shall construct, repair, renovate or undertake any kind of construction of stall/ booth without first securing a permit thereof in writing from the Municipal Engineer duly approved by the Mayor. Stall/ booth constructed repaired or renovated in violation of this section, may summarily be removed or destroyed by the Municipal Treasurer/ Market Supervisor/ Market Operations Officer or his agent and/ or employee.

Section 14. Miscellaneous Provisions on Stalls.

A] Vacancy of Stall before the expiration of the lease. Should for any reason the stallholder or lessee discontinue his business before his lease of the stall expires, such stall is considered vacant and its occupancy thereafter shall be disposed of in the manner herein prescribed.

B] Partnership with Stallholder. A market stallholder who enters into business partnership with any part he had acquired the right to lease such stall have no authority to transfer his partner or partners the right to occupy the stall; Provided, however, that in case of death or any legal disability of such stallholder to continue his business, the supervising partner maybe authorized to continue occupying the stall for a period of not exceeding sixty (60) days within which to wind up the business of partnership. If the surviving partner is otherwise qualified to occupy the market stall under the provisions thereof, and the spouse, parent, son, daughter or relative within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity of the deceased is not applying for the stall, he shall be given the preference to continue occupying the stall or booth concerned, if he applies therefore.

C] Lessee to personally administer his stall. Any person who has been awarded the right to lease a market stall in accordance with the provisions therefore, shall occupy, administer and be present personally at his stall, or booth, provided, however, that the helpers he employs are citizens of the Philippines, including but not limited to the spouse, parent and children of the stallholder who are actually living with him and who are not disqualified under the provisions hereof and, provided further, that the persons to be employed as helpers shall under no circumstances, be persons with whom the stallholder has any commercial relation or transaction. Persons to be employed as helpers (may include his/her spouse, parent and children) shall be registered with the Market Operation Officer in the prescribed registry record book.

D] Dummies; sub-lease of stall. In any case where the person, registered to be holder or lessee of stall or booth, in the public market, is found to be in reality not for the person who is actually occupying said stall or stalls, the lease of such stalls shall be cancelled, if upon investigation such stallholder shall be found to have subleased his or her stall / stalls to another person or to have connived with such person so that the latter may, for any reason be able to occupy the said stall or booth.

In the event that the stall shall be sub leased without the knowledge of the LGU, the dummy or the sub lessee shall be disqualified in applying for lease in the adjudicated stall.

E] Appeals. Any applicant who is not satisfied with the adjudication made by the market committee of the stall applied for by him, may file to the Sangguniang Bayan an appeal therefrom. The decision of the Sangguniang Bayan in such cases shall be final without prejudice to the right of the applicant to seek other legal remedial measures before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan or a proper Court.

Section 15. General Provisions:

A. All stallholders/vendors and other business operators doing business/ operating within the Economic Enterprises of the Local Government Unit are required to secure necessary permit and licenses before his/her actual business operation pursuant to the Local Tax Code of the Municipality.

B. Market Hours- Unless a different time is fixed by the Sangguniang Bayan, the public market shall be opened for sale of articles permitted for sale therein from 3:00 o’clock in the morning until 10:00 o’clock in the evening. The use of any stall or place in the market as living quarter rooms and/ or sleeping quarter is strictly prohibited and no vendor or stallholder shall remain inside the market building after the same has been closed.

C. Official market days shall be every Wednesday.

D. This Municipal Government shall not be responsible to the occupant’s space and/ or stalls for any loss or damage by fire, theft, robbery “force majeure”, or any other cause. All articles or merchandise left in the public

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market during the closure time shall be at the risk of the stallholder or owner thereof.

E. All articles abandoned on any public market building in violation of any provisions of this Article or any regulation or rules relating to the management to the market, shall be deemed a nuisance, and shall be the duty of the Market Administrator or the Officer-in–Charge thereof to take custody of such articles. In case the articles are claimed within twenty four (24) hours thereafter, they shall be returned for their safekeeping, unless they are so deteriorated as to constitute a menace to public health, in which case, they shall be disposed of in the manner directed by the Market Administrator or the officer-in-charge thereof, who may also in his discretion, cause the criminal prosecution of the guilty party, or merely warn him against future violation, in case where the articles have not deteriorated and are not claimed within the time herein fixed, said articles shall be sold at public auction, and the proceeds thereof shall be disposed of in accordance with law.

F. No person shall be allowed to peddle, hawk, sell or offer for sale or expose for sale any article in the passage way (pasillo). Further, no person who does not have any legitimate business or transaction in the Economic Enterprises shall idly sit, lounge, walk, lie, tarry, loaf or loiter in or about the premises of the market, nor shall any person beg or solicit contributions of any kind in the public market. Gambling of any form or kind whatsoever, and the playing of “dama”, “domino”, “piat-piat”, “chiketcha”, “tong-its” or any other similar games are strictly prohibited within the economic enterprises premises.

G. No person shall be allowed to resist, obstruct, annoy or impede any market employee or personnel in the performance of his duties, nor shall parents allow their children to play in or around their stalls or in the market premises.

H. No person shall be allowed to drink, serve or dispense liquor or any intoxicating drinks within premises of the public market at any time of the day.

I. No person shall be allowed within the premises of the public market to commit any nuisance, make boisterous noise, use any profane or vulgar languages, commit disorderly conduct, or obstruct the passageway of the market premises, or any act which is calculated to lead to breach of peace.

J. No person shall be allowed to expose, hang or place any article, whether the same is for sale; or place any kind of obstruction in the market premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry in his possession deadly weapon such as knives, bolos, axes, ice picks, darts, etc., within the market premises; or in case of stallholders or their helpers, outside their respective stalls.

K. No merchandise or articles shall be sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale in the market unless the same have been legally acquired by the vendors and/ or stallholders and that taxes of any kind due thereon have been paid.

L. No lessee shall be allowed to remove, construct and alter the original structure of any stall or booth, electrical wiring or water connection, without prior permit from the Municipal Mayor.

M. It shall be the duty and obligation of any lessee of market stall or premises to provide his stall, booth or tienda with appropriate receptacle for segregated garbage and other waste matters for proper collection and disposal.

N. All sanitary rules and regulations shall be strictly observed and followed by all space and stall lessees or occupants. All economic enterprises premises, buildings, offices must be at all times be kept clean and in sanitary condition to safeguard the health and safety of the buying public and clienteles as well as the stallholders, vendors, and personnel. Stallholders/vendors shall keep and maintain their stalls in clean and sanitary condition. They are likewise responsible for the cleanliness of the passageways, alleys, and spaces immediately in front or behind or by the side of their stall, booth or spaces. All stallholders/vendors are required to have individual garbage receptacles.

O. The peddling or sale outside the public market site or premises of foodstuffs, which easily deteriorate, like fish and meat is strictly prohibited.

P. In no case shall anyone whether stallholders or outsider/s convert the stall/ booth or any portion of the market premises into temporary or permanent dwelling place where they eat, sleep and use the public toilets and baths as their own.

Section 16. Municipal Economic Enterprise Form. (MEE) The following are the MEE FORM; OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE Municipality of Tulunan MARKET STALL HOLDER PROFILE

Original Owner:

Home Address:

Contact Ref. No.:

Occupation:

Birthday:

Contact No.:

No. of Dependents:

Religion:

Phil. Health No.:

Business Name:

Type of Business:

Tin No.:

Business Address: (Block and stall no.)

No. of helpers:

Size of Stall (Area):

Extension (specify area size):

Organization/Affiliation: Membership No.:

SSS/GSIS No.:

Improvements:

Year

(2012) (2013) (2014) (2015) (2016)

Business Permit No.:

Balance

(2013) (2014) (2015) (2016) (2017)

Presence of the following: Garbage bins (type)

Fire Extinguisher (size)

Name:

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE Municipality of Tulunan INDEX OF PAYMENTS Year:______________

Business Name:

Stall/Ground Location: Monthly Rental: Month

Date

Garbage Fee: OR No.

January

Rental

Contact No.:

Total Monthly Dues:

Amount

Garbage

Surcharge

Total

Balance

February March April May

June July

August

September October

November December

ARTICLE 36 TERMINAL FEE/PARKING FEE

Section 1. Imposition of Fee. The Terminal Fee or Parking Fee shall be collected for every vehicle parking, passing, loading, unloading or entering in the Municipal Public terminal or designated streets in accordance with the following schedules; Public Utility Vehicle

Parking Fee ( in Php)

1. Buses 2. Jeepneys 3. Multi-cabs 4. Passenger Van 5. Tricycle 6. Other motorized vehicle for hire

40.00/day 20.00/day 20.00/day 20.00/day 10.00/day 10.00/day

Section 2. Time of Payment. The fees herein impose shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or to his duly authorized representative upon parking thereat.

ARTICLE 37 THE TULUNAN SLAUGHTERHOUSE

Section 1. Statement of Policy. The Municipality of Tulunan shall operate only one (1) public slaughterhouse situated at Barangay Poblacion, this municipality.

Section 2. Imposition of Fees. Shall be imposed as follows; Fees

Permit to Slaughter

Cattle (in Php)

Hog (in Php)

Goat/ Sheep (in Php)

Poultry (in Php)

70.00/ head

25.00/ head

25.00/ head

2.00/ head

70.00/ head

10.00/ head

5.00/ head

5.00/ head

Slaughter Fee ( For Public Consumption) ( For Home Consumption)

.50/kilo .75/kilo

.50/kilo .75/kilo

.50/kilo .75/kilo

.50/kilo .50/kilo

Post Mortem Inspection Fee

.75/kilo

.75/kilo

.75/kilo

.75/kilo

Corral Fee

Section 3. Butchers Fee.

50.00/ head

10.00/ head

10.00/ head

Section 4. Prohibition. Permit to slaughter shall not be granted nor the corresponding fee collected on animals condemned by the Municipal Meat Inspector.

Section 5. Time of Payment

a) Permit Fee. The fee shall be paid to the municipal treasurer or his authorized representative upon application for a permit to slaughter with the Municipal Meat Inspector.

Monthly Rental:

b) Slaughter Fee. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his authorized representative before the slaughtered animal is removed from the public slaughterhouse or before slaughtering of the animal if it takes place elsewhere outside the public slaughterhouse.

III. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION Business Tax Renewal Record

Amount Paid

2. Only licensed butchers with corresponding identification cards are allowed in the Municipal Slaughterhouse.

II. BUSINESS INFORMATION

Start of Operation:

Amount Due

1. There shall be collected annually the amount of Four Hundred Pesos (P 400.00) to every person regularly engage in butchering or “Matadero” of livestock and such permit shall be secured from the Office of the Municipal Treasurer with a corresponding Identification Card.

Remarks (records status of stall ownership (legality), amount of rental from original owner or amount of sale of rights to present occupant.

Initial Investment:

Year

(2012)

Ante Mortem Inspection Fee

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Present Occupant:

(2017)

Stall Rental Payments

Date Issued:

Amount

c) Corral Fee. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his representative before the animal is kept in the municipal corral or any place designated as such. If the animal is kept in the corral beyond the period for, the fees due on the unpaid period shall first be paid before the same is released from the corral. d) Ante Mortem Inspection Fee. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his representative before slaughtering the animal.

e) Post Mortem Inspection Fee. The fee shall be collected to the Municipal Treasurer or his representative after the animal has been slaughtered or before it

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The word producer as used in this article shall not be applied to palay and corn farmer/producer in this municipality.

will be taken outside of the slaughterhouse.

Section 6. Administrative Provision.

a) The slaughter of any kind of animal intended for sale shall be done only in the Municipal Slaughterhouse designated as such by the Sangguniang Bayan. The slaughter of animals intended for home consumption maybe done elsewhere, except large cattle which shall be slaughtered only in the public slaughterhouse. The animal slaughtered for home consumption shall not be sold.

b) Before issuing the permit for the slaughter of large cattle, the Municipal Treasurer shall require certificate/transfer of ownership. If the applicant is not the original owner, there is no certificate of transfer made in his favor, one such certificate shall be issued and the corresponding fee to be collected therefor. c) Before any animal is slaughtered for public consumption, a permit therefor shall be secured from the Municipal Meat Inspector or his duly authorized representative, through the Municipal Treasurer. The permit shall bear the date and month of issuance and the stamp of the Municipal Meat Inspector, as well as the page of the book in which said permit numbered is entered and wherein the name of permittee, the kind and sex of the animal to be slaughtered appears. d) The permit to slaughter as herein required shall be kept by the owner to be posted in a conspicuous place in his/her stall at all times.

ARTICLE 38 TULUNAN MUNICIPAL GYMNASIUM, OTHER FACILITIES AND GOVERNMENT LOT

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected fees in accordance with the following schedule; Particulars

Fees (In Php)

A. Rental of Municipal Gym:

1. For Fund Raising Activities 1.a) Hall only 1.b) Hall plus lighting Facilities 1.c) Hall plus lighting facilities and sound system

50.00/hr 100.00/hr 150.00/hr

2. Ordinary Program (Graduation, meeting, coronation, banquet, baptismal, wedding, reunions and they like; 2.a) Hall only 2.b) Hall plus lighting Facilities 2.c) Hall plus lighting facilities and sound system

50.00/hr 75.00/hr 150.00/hr

B. Rental of Social Hall.

1,000.00/day

C. Rental of Government Land: a) Located around the Municipal Plaza during fiesta

20.00/sq. m./day

D. Rental of Other Facilities a. Plastic Chair b. Tables c. Trapal d. Megaphone e. Tapangko f. Sound System

E. Use of Solar Drier a. For Drying purposes b. Other usage

5.00/day 20.00/day 10.00/day 20.00/hr 10.00/day 50.00/hr.

5.00/sack 100.00/day

F. Use of Weighing Scales a. livestock b. Fruits and Vegetables

20.00/head 10.00/bukag or kaing

Section 2. Exemption. Use of the Municipal Gym or other government lots by any government office or agency or by any non-government organization for any charitable or public purpose may be exempted from the fees and charges herein imposed upon approval by the Municipal Mayor.

Section 3. Time of Payment. The fee imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative upon issuance of the Mayor’s Permit.

Section 4. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in the article within the time required shall subject the Manager or Operator of the show to a surcharge of twenty- five (25%) percent of the original amount of fee due plus surcharge to be paid at the same manner as the fee due.

ARTICLE 39 SHIPMENT FEE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Section 1. Imposition of Fees. There shall be a collected fees on agricultural products shipped from this municipality by the shipping traders or strikers or producers: Particulars

a.)

Palay and Corn and other cereals

b.)

Sugarcane 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons

c.)

d.)

e.)

f.)

g.)

h.)

i.)

j.) k.) l.)

Oil Palm 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons Mangoes 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons

Banana  Sab-a 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons  Binangay/high value 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons Copra 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons Coconut (whole nut) 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons

Pomelo and other tropical fruits 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons

Rubber and other agricultural products 1. 12 tons and above 2. Below 12 tons Root crops Charcoal Rice

m.) Tiki-Tiki n.) o.) p.)

Rice Bran or Corn Bran Bamboo Poles Fire Wood

CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

Fees (in Php)

P 0.25/sack Except local traders on shipments of palay and corn 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load

150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 150.00/truck load 100.00/truck load 5.00/sack 5.00/sack 1.00/sack 1.00/sack 0.50/sack 2.00/pole

0.50/bundle

Those establishments with Trade Name must secure Clearance from the DTI.

Section 2. Time of Payment. The fees imposed shall be paid to the Office of the Municipal Treasurer or to her authorized representative upon departing from this municipality.

Section 3. Penalty. That a penalty of P2,500.00 be imposed to persons found violating this article or an imprisonment of not less than one (1) month or both, upon the discretion of the court.

ARTICLE 40 TULUNAN PUBLIC CEMETERY Section 1. Policy. The Tulunan Public Cemetery is located at Barangay Poblacion and in all public cemeteries and all those that may hereafter be acquired by the municipality.

Section 2. Imposition of Fees. The fees shall be imposed as follows; TYPES OF PAYMENT

Fees ( in Php)

1. Application Fee for burial permit for 2x3 sq. m. cemetery lot

2. Internment of human remains with tomb or niche a minimum standard size of 2x3 sq. m. annually.

3. Internment of human remains in a government owned niche/s annually.

500.00

500.00/year

4,500.00 first year and P500.00 for the succeeding years

4. Internment of Human remains buried in existing niches/tomb of relatives 5. Disinterment of human remains for transfer 6. Internment of permanent own niches

Burial Permit shall be paid only 1,000.00 5,000.00

Section 3. Time of Payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a burial permit prior to the construction thereon of any structure whether permanent or temporary, or to the interment of deceased. Thereafter, the fee shall be paid within twenty days before the expiration of the lease period.

The fee shall not be collected in pauper’s burial, upon recommendation of the Municipal Mayor.

Section 4. Administrative Provisions:

1. As used in this Article, Municipal Cemetery shall refer to the lot owned by this municipality located at Poblacion, Tulunan, Cotabato.

2. A standard cemetery lot shall be three (3) meters long and two (2) meters wide or Six (6) square meters.

3. Except in cases allowed under existing laws and regulations, no person may be buried or inferred permanently or temporarily, other than in properly designated cemeteries or burial grounds.

4. In addition to the burial permit, a certificate of death issued by the attending physician or Municipal Health Officer, or, if no medical officer is available by the Municipal Mayor, the Municipal Administrator, or any member of the Sangguniang Bayan shall be required.

5. Any construction of whatever kind or nature in the public cemetery whether temporary or perpetual use, shall only be allowed after the approval of a permit by the Municipal Mayor, upon recommendation by the Municipal Health Officer.

6. The lease period shall be five years renewable every five years. In case the leasee intends to renew the lease after the termination, he must inform the Municipal Treasurer within thirty days before expiration date of the lease, and shall pay the corresponding fees therefore.

7. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer to prepare and submit to the Municipal Mayor a list of the leases that are to expire five (5) days prior to the expiration date. The Municipal Treasurer shall send reminder to the lessee of the expiration of his lease, two weeks prior to the expiration date of the lease.

8. The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a register of leases of cemetery lots.

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Retirement made within the first twenty (20) days of a calendar quarter, in the case of a taxpayer who is allowed to pay his tax or fee quarterly and within the period when the annual tax or fee may be paid without any surcharge in the case of a taxpayer required to pay the tax or fee by the year, shall not subject the retiring taxpayer to any further obligation, save for any deficiency that may be found pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

Otherwise, the taxpayer shall be subjected to the next quarterly or annual tax, as the case maybe, plus twenty five (25%) percent surcharge thereon and two percent (2%) monthly interest on the unpaid amount until tax, fee or charge is fully paid.

Section 4. Tax or Fee for Fraction of a Quarter or Year. Unless otherwise provided by the ordinance, a person shall pay the full quarterly or annual tax or fee as the case may be, withstanding the fact that he started the business, the practice of the occupation, the pursuit of the calling or the exercise of the privilege at any time other than the beginning of the quarter of the year.

Section 5. Penal Provisions. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Ordinance, a fine of not exceeding One Thousand (P1,000.00) pesos, or imprisonment of not more than six (6) months or both, at the discretion of the court, is hereby imposed for violation of any of the provisions hereof.

ARTICLE 42 COLLECTION OF TAXES Section 1. Payment of Business Taxes. a.) The taxes imposed under Articles 7 and 8 of this Code shall be payable for every separate or distinct establishment or place where business subject to the tax is conducted and one line of business for which such tax has been paid. The tax on a business must be paid by the person conducting the same. b.) In case where a person conducts or operates two (2) or more of the business mentioned in Articles 7 and 8 of this Code which are subject to the same rate of tax, the tax shall be computed on the combined total gross sales or receipts of the said two (2) or more related businesses. c.) In cases where a person conducts or operates two (2) or more business mentioned in Articles 7 and 8 of this Code which are subject to different rates of tax, the gross sales or receipts of each business shall be separately reported for the purpose of computing the tax due from each business.

Section 2. Tax and Fee Fixed by the Year; Manner of Payment. except as otherwise specified in the ordinance, the taxes, fees and other impositions provided herein are fixed by the year, although the same may be paid in quarterly installments, except as otherwise provided.

Section 3. Accrual of the Tax. Unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, all taxes, fees and other charges herein imposed shall accrue on the first (1st) day of January of each year. However, new taxes, fees or charges, or changes in the rates thereof, shall accrue on the first (1st) day of the quarter next following the affectivity of the ordinance imposing such new taxes or rates.

Section 4. Time for the Payment. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this ordinance, all taxes, fees and other impositions due and accruing to the Municipal Government shall be paid within the first twenty (20) days of January or of each subsequent quarter, as the case may be. The Sangguniang Bayan may, for a justifiable reason or cause, extend the time for payment of such taxes, fees or changes without surcharge or penalties, but only for a period not exceeding six (6) months.

Section 5. Surcharges and Interest on Unpaid Tax, Fee or Other Impositions. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this ordinance, failure to pay the tax, fee or charge within the time required herein, shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five (25%) percent of the amount of tax, fee or other impositions due plus an interest of two percent (2%) per month of the unpaid taxes, fees or charges including surcharges, until such amount is fully paid but in no case shall the total interest on the unpaid amount or portion thereof exceed thirty-six (36) months.

Section 6. Interest on Other Unpaid Revenues. Where the amount of any other revenue due to the Municipality, except voluntary contributions or donations, ia not paid on the date fixed in the ordinance, or contract, expressed or implied, or upon the occurrence of the event which has given rise to its collection, there shall be collected, as part of the amount, an interest thereon, at the rate of two percent (2%) per month from the date it is due until it is paid, but in no case shall the total interest on the unpaid amount or a portion thereof exceed thirty-six (36) months.

ARTICLE 41 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 7. Collection. The collection of the municipal taxes, fees, charges, surcharges, interest and penalties accruing to the Municipality shall be the responsibility of the Municipal Treasurer or his deputies and in no case shall be delegated to any other person, provided however, that the Municipal Treasurer may designated the barangay treasurer(s) as his deputy to collect local taxes, fees, or charges.

In case a bond is required for the purpose, the Municipal Government shall pay the premiums thereon in addition to the premiums of the bond that may be required under the Local Government Code of 1991.

Section 1. Permit to Operate. Unless otherwise specifically provided for in this Ordinance, all persons natural or juridical subject to business tax under this ordinance and/or persons, agents and brokers transacting business for their principals and/or representing firms or offices of business establishments shall secure an annual permit to operate from the Office of the Municipal Mayor and pay the corresponding taxes, fees and charges for the operation of said business, occupation, trade or calling, not later than January 20th of each year. Persons engaging in business, occupation, trade of calling for the first time shall secure the necessary permit before the start of his business, occupation, trade of calling. A permit to operate a business shall be granted if:

Section 8. Issuance of Receipts. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer or his authorized representative to issue the necessary receipt to the person paying the tax, fee or charge, indicating therein the date, amount, name of the person paying and the account for which it is paid.

In acknowledging payment of local taxes, fees and charges, it shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer or his deputies to indicate on the official receipt issued for the purpose, the number of the corresponding local tax ordinance.

9. In any cases that abandonment and no payment made, the municipal government has the right to transfer the remains after proper coordination/notification with the family concerned has been made.

CHAPTER IX GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND PENAL PROVISIONS

(a) The applicant thereof has no unsettled tax obligation whatsoever to the Municipal Government; (b) The business establishment, if any, conform to the zoning regulations, safety and health requirements of the Municipality wherein the same is location. (c) The applicant is not disqualified under provisions of law to establish, maintain and operate the business; (d) Barangay clearance is obtained from the barangay where such business or activity is located or conducted, provided that in the event the application for clearance is not acted upon by the barangay concerned in (7) working days from the filing therefore, the Municipality may issue the license or permit.

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code, or under existing laws or decrees, the Municipal Treasurer is authorized, subject to the approval of the Municipal Mayor, to promulgate the rules and regulations for the proper and efficient administration and collection of taxes, fees and charges herein imposed.

Section 9. Record of Taxpayer. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer to keep records, alphabetically arranged and opened to public inspection of the names of all persons paying municipal taxes, fees and charges as far as practicable.

He shall establish and keep current the appropriate tax roll for each kind of tax, fee or charge provided in the Code.

Section 10. Accounting of the Collection. Unless otherwise provided in this Code and other existing laws and ordinance, all monies collected by virtue of this code shall be accounted for in accordance with the provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations, and credited to the general fund of this Municipality.

The Municipal Treasurer shall recommend the issuance of, and the Municipal Mayor shall issue, the permit to operate.

Section 11. Accrual to the General Fund of Fines, Costs and Forfeitures.

Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, fines, costs, forfeitures, and other pecuniary liabilities imposed by the Municipal Court for the violation of any municipal ordinance, shall accrue to the General Fund of this Municipality.

Section 3. Duty of a Person Retiring from Business, Practice of Profession, Pursuit of a Calling or Exercise of Privilege. Any person retiring from his business, practice of profession, pursuit of a calling or exercise of privileges, shall surrender to the Municipal Treasurer the official receipt evidencing his last payment of the tax or fee or other impositions. A person required by this ordinance and/or the National Internal Revenue Code to keep books of account shall also surrender the same for purposes of determining if he has still unpaid obligation.

The official receipt and the books of accounts shall be stamped Retired and forthwith returned by the Municipal Treasurer or his authorized representative to the retiring taxpayer.

In the case of examination herein authorized to be made by a duly authorized deputy of the Municipal Treasurer, the written authority of the former shall specifically state the name, address and business of the taxpayer whose books of accounts and pertinent records are to be examined the date and place of such examination,

Section 2. Display of Official Receipt Evidencing Payment of the Tax or Fee. The official receipt showing payment of the taxes, fee and other impositions and the valid permit issued by the Office of the Municipal Mayor as provided by this Ordinance shall be displayed on a conspicuous place in the establishment or office used in connection with the conduct of the business or the exercise of the privileges.

Section 12. Examination of Books of Accounts and Pertinent Records of Businessmen by the Municipal Treasurer. For the purpose of effective enforcement and collection of the taxes, fees and other impositions provided by this ordinance, the Municipal Treasurer may, by himself or thru any of his deputies duly authorized in writing, examine the books of accounts and other pertinent records of any person, partnership, corporation or association doing business within the Municipality to verify, assess and collect the true and correct amount of the tax due from the taxpayer concerned. Such examination shall be made during the regular business hours, not oftener than once every year for each business establishments.

Any examination conducted pursuant to the provision of this Section, shall be certified to by the examining official and such certificate shall be made of record in the books of accounts of the taxpayer concerned.

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The books of accounts kept by the business establishments pursuant to the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code, shall be made available to the Municipal Treasurer, his deputy or duly authorized representative and shall be sufficient for determining the correct amount of taxes and other impositions and the establishment shall no longer be required to keep other or separate books of accounts for the purpose.

Section 13. Invoice Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation engaged in the business mentioned under the provisions of this ordinance and other businesses, trades or occupation operated within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality, not to issue a duly registered and serially numbered commercial invoices, showing among other things, the name or style and address of the business, foe every sale or service rendered worth Five (P5.00) pesos or more, and it will be unlawful for anyone of them to misdeclare in their invoices or sales books or other books of account, their true and correct sales, income or receipts.

Section 14. Compromise Penalty. For violation made pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 and 14 hereof and an alternative to the penalties prescribed under the Local Tax Code P.D. 231, as amended, and in case where the taxpayer violator or violators made, there shall be imposed a graduate compromised penalty, which shall not be paid and collected outside the premises of the office of the Municipal Treasurer for every violation of Section 11 and 12 hereof, as follows: a.) If the value of goods or service misdeclared is not more than P 10.00…………………………………

b.) If the value of goods or service misdeclared is not more than P 10.00 but less than P 20.00…………..

PENALTY P

50.00 150.00

c.) If the value of goods or service misdeclared is P 20.00 or more but not exceeding P 50.00……………

250.00

d.) If the value of goods or service misdeclared is P 50.00 or more but not exceeding P200.00…………... e.) If the value of goods or services misdeclared is more than P200.00……………………………………..

350.00 1,000.00

Provided, that if the violator is an alien, in addition to the penalties prescribed in Section 7 hereof, the permit to engage in the business shall be recommended to the Municipal Mayor for revocation.

Provided, further, that any person, other than the merchant himself, who is found helping or convincing with the merchant in the commission of the violation shall also suffer the corresponding penalties prescribed under the above preceding section, provided, finally, that if a government employee of any instrumentality of the government is found abetting, helping or conniving with the merchant in then commission of the crime or violations, aside from the penalties, prescribed hereof, he shall be also administratively charged or recommended for dismissal from the government service.

ARTICLE 43 CIVIL REMEDIES FOR COLLECTION OF REVENUES

Section 1. Application of the Article. The provisions of this article and remedies provided herein shall be used, as far as their nature permits, for the collection of any delinquent tax, fee, charge, interest, penalties or other revenues.

Section 2. Municipal Government’s Lien. All the local taxes, fees, charges and other revenues or impositions provided for by this ordinance and due the Municipal Government constitute a lien in its favor, superior to all liens, charges or encumbrances in favor of any person, enforceable by appropriate administrative or judicial action, not only upon any property or rights therein which may be subject to the lien but also upon property used in business, occupation practice of profession or calling, or exercise of privilege with respect to which lien in its favor, superior to all liens, charges or encumbrances in favor of any person, enforceable by appropriate administrative or judicial action, not only upon any property or rights therein which may be subject to the lien but also upon property used in business, occupation, practice of profession or calling, or exercise of privilege with respect to which lien is imposed. The lien may only be extinguished upon full payment of the delinquent municipal taxes and charges including related surcharges and interest.

Section 3. Civil Remedies. The civil remedies for the collection of local taxes, fees, or charges, and related surcharges and interest resulting from delinquency shall be: a) By administrative action through distraint of goods, chattels, or effects, and other personal property of whatever character, including stocks and other securities, debts, credits, bank accounts, and interest in and rights to personal property, and by levy upon real property and interest in or rights to real property; and b) By judicial action.

Either of these remedies or all may be pursued concurrently or simultaneously at the discretion of the local government unit concerned.

Section 4. Distraint of Personal Property. The remedy by distraint shall proceed as follows:

a) Seizure – Upon failure of the person owing any tax or other impositions to pay the same at the time required, the municipal treasurer or his deputy may, upon written notice, seize or confiscate any personal property belonging to that person or any personal property subject to the tax lien, in sufficient quantity to satisfy the tax in question, together with any increment thereto, incident to delinquency and expenses of seizure. In this case, the municipal treasurer or his deputy shall issue a duly authenticated certificate based upon the records of his office showing the fact of delinquency and the amount of the tax and penalty due. This shall serve as sufficient warrant for the distraint of personal property aforementioned, subject to the taxpayer’s right to claim exemption under the provisions of existing laws. Distrained personal property shall be sold at public auction in the manner herein provided for.

b) Accounting of Distrained Goods - The officer executing the distraint shall make or cause to be made an inventory of the goods, chattels or effects distrained, a copy of which signed by himself shall be left either with the owner or person from whose possession the goods, chattels or effects were taken or at the dwelling or place of business of that person and with someone of suitable age and discretion, to which list shall be added a statement of the sum demanded and a note of the time and place of sale. c) Publication - The officer shall forthwith cause a notification to be exhibited in not less than three (3) public and conspicuous place in the municipality where the distraint is made, specifying the time and place of sale and the articles distrained. The time of sale shall not be less than twenty (20) days after notice to the owner or processor of the property as above specified and the publication or posting of the notice. One place for the posting of the notice shall be at the Office of the Municipal Mayor of the municipality in which the property is distrained. d) Released of Distrained Property Upon Payment Prior to Sale - If at any time prior to the consummation of the sale all proper charges are paid owner.

e) Procedure of sale – At the time and place fixed in the notice, the officer shall sell the goods or effects so distrained at public auction to the highest bidder for cash. Within five (5) days after the sale, The Municipal Treasurer shall make a report of the proceedings in writing to the Municipal Mayor.

Should the property distrained be not disposed of within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of distrained, the same shall be considered sold to the Municipality for the amount of the assessment made

EDGEDAVAO thereon by the Committee on Appraisal and to the extent of the same amount, the tax delinquencies shall be cancelled. Pursuant to the local Government Code of 1991 the Committee on Appraisal shall be composed of the Municipal Treasurer as Chairman with the representatives of the Commission of Audit and the Municipal Assessors as members.

f) Disposition of Proceeds – The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to satisfy the tax, including the surcharges, interest and other penalties incident to delinquency, and the expenses of the distraint and sale. The balance over and above what is required to pay the entire claim shall be returned to the owner of the property sold. The expenses chargeable upon the seizure and sale embrace only the actual expenses of seizure and sale embrace only the actual expenses of seizure and preservation of the property pending the sale, and no charge shall be imposed for the services of the Municipal Treasurer or his deputy. Where the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to satisfy the claim, other property may, in like manner, be distrained until the full amount due including all expenses, is collected.

Section 5. Levy on Real Property. After the expiration of the time required to pay the delinquent tax, fee, or charge, real property may be levied on before, simultaneously, or after the distraint of personal property belonging to the delinquent taxpayer. To this end, the municipal treasurer shall prepare a duly authenticated certificate showing the name of the taxpayer and the amount of tax fee, or charge, and penalty due from him. Said certificate shall operate with the force of a legal execution throughout the Philippines. Levy shall be effected by writing upon said certificate the description of the property upon which levy is made. At the same time, written notice of the levy shall be mailed to or served upon the assessor and the Register of Deeds of the province where the property is located who shall annotate the levy on the tax declaration and certificate of title of the property, respectively, and the delinquent taxpayer or, if he be absent in respect to which the liability arose, or if there be none, to the occupant of the property in question.

In case the levy on real property is not issued before or simultaneously with the warrant of distraint on personal property, and the personal property of the taxpayer is not sufficient to satisfy his delinquency, the municipal treasurer, shall within thirty (30) days after execution of the distraint, proceed with the levy on the taxpayer’s real property.

A report on the levy shall, within ten (10) days after, receipt of the warrant, be submitted by the levying officer of the Sangguniang Bayan.

Section 6. Penalty for Failure to Issue and Execute Warrant. Without prejudice to criminal prosecution under the Revised Penal Code and other applicable laws, any local treasurer who fails to issue or execute the warrant of distraint or levy after the expiration of the time prescribed or who is found guilty of abusing the exercise thereof by competent authority shall be automatically dismissed from the service after due notice and hearing.

Section 7. Advertisement and Sale. Within thirty (30) days after levy, the local treasurer proceed to publicity advertise for sale or auction the property or a usable portion thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the claim and cost of sale; and such advertisement shall cover a period of at least thirty (30) days. It shall be affected by posting

Section 8. Purchase of Property by the Local Government Units for Want of Bidder. In case there is no bidder for the real property advertised for sale as provided herein, or if the highest bid is for an amount insufficient to pay the taxes, fees, or charges, related surcharges, interests, penalties and cost, the local treasurer conducting the sale shall purchase the property in behalf of the municipality to satisfy the claim and within two (2) days thereafter shall make a report of his proceedings which shall be reflected upon the records of his office. It shall be the duty of the Register of Deeds concerned upon registration with his office of any such declaration of forfeiture to transfer the title of the forfeited property to the municipality without the necessity of an order from a competent court.

Within one (1) year from the date of such forfeiture, the taxpayer or any of his representative, may redeem the property by paying to the local treasurer the full amount of the taxes, fees, charges, and related surcharges, interests, or penalties, and the costs of sale. If the property is not redeemed as provided herein, the ownership thereof shall be fully vested on the municipality.

Section 9. Resale of Real Estate taken for Taxes, Fees, or Charges. The Sanguniang Bayan may, by ordinance duly approved, and upon notice of not less than twenty (20) days, sell and dispose of the real property acquired under the preceding Section at public auction. The proceeds of the sales shall accrue to the general fund of the municipality.

Section 10. Collection of Delinquent Taxes, Fees, Charges or Other Revenues through Judicial Action. The municipality may enforce the collection of delinquent taxes, fees, charges or other revenues by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The civil action shall be filed by the local treasurer within the period prescribed in the local government code of 1991.

Section 11. Further Distraint or Levy. The remedies by the distraint and levy may be repeated if necessary until the full amount due, including all expenses, is collected.

Section 12. Personal Property exempt from Distraint or Levy. The following property shall be exempted from distraint and the levy, attachment or execution thereof for delinquency in the payment of any local tax, fee or charges, including the related surcharge and interest: (a) Tools and the implements necessarily used by the delinquent taxpayer in his trade or employment.

CHAPTER X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ARTICLE 44 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Section 1. Administrative Provision. Within one month after the approval of this ordinance, the Municipal Mayor shall convene the oversight committee. The committee shall formulate guidelines, rules and regulations necessary for the efficient and effective implementation of any and all provisions of this ordinance. The committee shall likewise recommend to the Sangguniang Bayan any amendments thereof. Submit reports to the office of the Municipal Mayor and the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan regularly.

Section 2. Composition of the Oversight Committee. The Committee shall be composed of the following: Municipal Treasurer ………………………………...

SB Chairman Committee on Finance …………….…

SB Chairman Committee on Market ………………..

Municipal Accountant ………………………………

SB Secretary ………………………………………...

Mun. Planning and Development Coordinator……...

Municipal Assessor …………………………………

ABC President ………………………………………

Market Administrator ……………………………….

Chairman Vice Chairman Member Member Member Member Member Member Member

Section 3. Meetings. The Committee shall meet every quarter, notwithstanding a special meeting to be called upon by the Chairman or Majority of its members.

For this purpose, the office of the Municipal Treasurer shall act as the secretariat.

CHAPTER XI FINAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 45 FINAL PROVISIONS Section 1. General Penal Provision. Any person or persons who violate any provision of this ordinance not herein otherwise covered by any specific penalty

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 or who shall otherwise violate the rules or regulations promulgated under authority of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding One Thousand (P1,000.00) pesos, or imprisonment of not exceeding six (6) months, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Payment of a fine or service of imprisonment as herein provided shall not relieve the offender from the payment of the delinquency tax fee or charge imposed under this code.

If the violation is committed by any juridical entity, the President, General Manager or any person entrusted with the administration thereof at the time of the commission of the violation shall be held responsible or liable thereof and be subject to the penalties herein provided.

Section 2. Administrative Penalty. Failure to pay the tax, permit fee or other impositions, rentals and other collectible by the Municipality mentioned herein with the time specified for the payment will subject the violator to an administrative penalty or surcharge at the rate of twenty five (25%) percent of the amount of tax plus interest at the rate of two percent (2%) a month or fraction thereof until the full amount is totally paid.

Section 3. Separability Clauses. Should any provision, section or part of this ordinance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction or by the Secretary of finance, in proper cases, and/or any other competent authority, such judgment shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions, sections or parts which shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 4. Repealing Clause. a. All previous ordinances, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any provisions of this Code are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.

b. Municipal Tax Ordinance No. 22, series of 2006, of this Body and all amendatory ordinances relative thereto are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.

Section 5. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect January 1, 2016.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that copy/ies of this Resolution-Ordinance be furnished the Office of the Municipal Mayor, all Local Offices and all Punong Barangays of this municipality for their information, reference and appropriate action, and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Amas, Kidapawan City for their information, consideration and appropriate action.

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the herein quoted Resolution- Ordinance.

ROMEO M. NAVARTE Secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan ATTESTED AND CERTIFIED TO BE DULY APPROVED: APPROVED:

JOEL A. VILLAMOR Vice Mayor/Presiding

LANI S. CANDOLADA Municipal Mayor July 16, 2015 Date

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s Alaga Ka DCWD announces two sets PhilHealth’ reaches over 800 indigents of water service interruption O

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AVAO City Water District advises customers of two separate sets of water service interruption affecting some city parts.

First set is from 8:00 PM of September 17 until 4:00 AM of September 18. Areas with no water are Circumferential Road, Mineral Village, Stella Maris Homeowners Assn., Monfort Village, Fatima Village, Ledesma Subd., EMP Village Phases 1 and 2,

San Rafael Village, Diho Subd., Marfori Heights, Garden Park Village, DMSF Road, DMSF Hospital, Doña Vicenta Village, F. Torres St., Lopez Jaena St., Mabini St., Taverra St., Avancena St., Araullo St., Tionko Avenue, Mapa St., Pag-asa St., Arellano St., Jose Abad Santos St., Mt. Mayon St., Gen. Luna Extension, Oriental St., Tomas Alley, Mt. Apo St., Malvar St., Davao Doctors Hospital, Fr. Selga St., Exodus St., Brokenshire

Hospital, entire Bankerohan, Don Isidro Village, Everly Hills Subd., Lower Madapo, Madapo Hills, Gatdula Village, Napaka Village, right portion of Quirino St. (from junction of Jacinto St. to Bankerohan), portion of Jacinto Extension (from Quirino St. to Circumferential Road) and San Pedro Extension (from Quirino St. to Fr. Selga St.).

This water cut is needed to give way to these three service improvement projects that

will allow for accommodation of additional service connections once completed: tapping of the newly installed 100mm diameter Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipeline to the existing 600mm diameter Mortar Line Coated Steel Pipe (MLCSP) for the mainline improvement at Viking, Voyager and Columbia streets and Mabini Extension in Doña Vicenta Village; tapping of the newly installed 100mm diameter PVC pipeline to the existing 600mm diameter MLCSP for the mainline improvement at Iron St. in Mineral Village; and tapping of the newly installed 100mm diameter PVC pipeline to the existing 300mm diameter MLCSP for the mainline improvement at Doña Vicenta Subd., Iñigo Extension.

Second set is from 8:00 PM of September 19 until 2:00 AM of September 20 affecting these Catalunan Pequeño areas: entire Greenhills Subd., BRC Village, Maligaya Village, portion of Davao – Bukidnon National Highway (from corner Batalla Village to Ulas Public Cemetery) and immediate environs. DCWD crew will install gate valves and bypass pipe for the Pressure Regulating Valve at corner Green Hills Subd. along Davao – Bukidnon National Highway to help reduce non-revenue water. (Jamae G. Dela Cruz)

VER 800 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries took part in PhilHealth’s intensive advocacy campaign for the poor widely known as Alaga Ka Para Sa Maayos Na Buhay, last September 3.

Alaga Ka, otherwise known as Alamin at Gamitin Para sa Kalusugan, has been making the rounds nationwide since its introduction in 2014. To date, it has been launched in five key areas in Davao region.

True to its goal of providing PhilHealth members, especially those belonging in the poor sector, a clear and better understanding of their healthcare benefits, the activity highlighted a comprehensive orientation and open forum to gauge participants’ awareness level on PhilHealth programs.

According to PhilHealth 11 Regional Vice President Dennis Adre, the agency is serious in its commitment towards servicing the poor by taking out apprehensions in seeking medical care due to financial woes; he also urged them to maximize the use of their health care benefits.

“Kung dati po ay natatakot tayo magpa-ospital dahil walang pambayad, ngayon ay hindi na po dahil covered na tayo (ng PhilHealth),”

Adre told the beneficiaries during the program.

The agency also allocated a total of P2.8 million Per Family Payment (PFP) to the municipality which will fund the improvement of local health facilities, compensate health care professionals and generally, sustain the availment of indigent members to PhilHealth’s Primary Care Benefits (PCB) 1 package.

Under the PCB 1 package, poor members of PhilHealth and their families are qualified to avail of outpatient services such as free consultation, check-up, screening tests and outpatient medicines for common illnesses such as asthma, acute gastroenteritis, low risk pneumonia and urinary tract infection.

Malita’s municipal health officials widely regard the benefit package in its role on disease prevention, health management and decongestion of hospitals. They have likewise lauded PhilHealth’s efforts to reach out to the local government units.

“This is very strategic, innovative and at this day and age, we need that,” Dr. Anne Quezada, Municipal Social Welfare and Development (MSWD) Coordinator described the activity.

Dr. Quezada further

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UYING a home, whether it’s your first time or as an existing homeowner, is a little overwhelming and it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement.

“Looking for your ideal home entails a lot of thought process. You have to know what you want and you have to weigh your options,” Matina Enclaves project head Gerald Garces said in a recent interview.

The home search Understand the best location for your investment and weigh your options. Even if you have a pre-determined notion of what kind of home you would like, keep an open mind and be prepared to see a variety of housing styles -- everything from a new downtown condo to a bungalow in the heart of the city.

Keep the future in mind.

Garces said, “Buyers need to be aware of future developments in the area.

For example, if there is a large vacant lot surrounding a subdivision of homes, consider if it will this site be a future school, strip mall or gas station. Your realtor will be able to research this for you.”

What to consider be-

fore looking Before you even start to look for a home, the first thing to do is seek financial advice and qualification by checking your credit rating in a banking institution.

“Or you can come to us at Esdevco and we are more than willing to help you make assessments,” said Garces.

The Matina Enclaves, a mixed use development project located at the heart of Davao’s bustling metropolis, offers three options—The Plains, The Courtyard and The Residences.

Garces said they are particularly excited about the development with The Residences which is now constructing the first of six buildings. The second one will be commencing soon.

The Matina Enclaves boasts of a modern contemporary design and at the rate construction is swinging, it will take no time before this project becomes a prominent address in the city. It is located a few meters away from the Davao City Golf Club, SM City Davao and major educational institutions like Ateneo de Davao University, University of Mindanao and Philippine Women’s College.

OVERWEIGHT. Andray Blatche has to lose wight if the Philippines has to win the FIBA Asia Championships, says the coach of New Zealand’s Wellington Saints.

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ELLINGTON playing-coach Kevin Braswell has installed Gilas Pilipinas as one of the favorites to win the gold medal in the Fiba Asia Championship that unfolds in China in two weeks.

Braswell, whose Saints squad lost to the Filipino dribblers twice in the last two weeks, also rattled off perennial Asian powerhouses Iran and China as the teams to beat in the continental qualifier for the Rio Olympics next year.

“China, Iran, and I think you, guys (Philippines) will be right there to win it,” Braswell said after his team routed Talk ‘N Text, 101-78, to finish second in the Master Game Face MVP Cup. “It’s just who’s better on

that day.”

Gilas’ primary barometer is its rebounding, according to Braswell, whose team has also played Iran in the Jones Cup. “If they can rebound the ball well, they’ll be fine,” he said. ‘That’s going to be their biggest issue.”

Gilas collared 39 rebounds, two less than what the Saints hauled down in their MVP Cup match that the Filipinos won, 84-81.

Andray Blatche’s fitness is also an issue, according to Braswell.

“I think they’ll be fine especially when Andray gets more fit.”

After all, the Filipinos are all set with their backcourt players.

“They have great

guard play,” Braswell said. “I really love their guards.”

“Terrence (Romeo) and (Jayson) Castro really have good chemistry, so with those two, and with the knowledge and experience they have together, I think they can actually play good enough with Andray. And if Jordan (Clarkson) is able to play, I think they can actually shock Iran. I really do believe that.”

Braswell obviously has yet to hear news that Clarkson has yet to gain clearance from Fiba, yet he still is confident of Gilas’ chances.

“This team competes and they play hard every possession, so I think they have a good chance at winning the Asian Championship.”

1st Catchfire Run set Nov. 15

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OUR of the country’s prominent Christian groups will stage for the first time a Catchfire Run in Davao City on November 15.

This was announced by local leaders of Ligaya ng Panginoon (LNP), the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals (BCBP), Couples for Christ and Famila during a media brief about the run at Hotel Vicente last week.

Dr. Hansel Magno of BCBP explained the purposes and logic behind the run with Linda Gonzales of Familia, Noel Dacalso of CFC and Tom Tan, run man or race director.

Tan said the Catchfire Run will start at 5 a.m. at the Victoria Plaza Parking Area which will also be the finish line.

He said the non-competitive run will be in the 3-kilometer, 5-kilometer and 10-ki-

lometer categories.

The participants will be asked to donate P200, P250 and P300 depending upon their category.

Dacalso said that the run will have “One Team, One People, One Mission” as theme.

The run will be a prelude to Davao’s first Catchfire Prayer Rally on Nov. 22 at the Almendras Gym. This is the Davao City version of the highly successful prayer rally started in Manila five years ago. The prayer rally is timed with the Feast of Christ the King celebrated every second to the last Sunday of November.

Dr. Magno said the latest Catchfire Prayer Rally in Manila was attended by 25,000 members of the four Christian groups which have now become global in membership.

Australian boxer dies Pagara brothers: Future of Philippine boxing losing to Pinoy pug

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USTRALIAN boxer Davey Browne Jr. has died of injuries suffered in Friday’s IBF super-featherweight regional title bout against Carlo Magali of the Philippines.

Browne, a 28-yearold father of two, was knocked out 30 seconds from the end of the final round of the 12-round bout. He regained consciousness but later collapsed and was rushed to Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital in critical condition, suffering from a brain in-

jury.

Police confirmed Davey’s death on Monday and said a post-mortem would be conducted.

“It’s 30-odd years since we’ve had a fatality or a serious injury,” Australian Boxing Federation president John McDougall said. “It’s tragic, tragic news.

“We did hear that he’d recommenced breathing on his own, and we were hoping and praying that that was a good sign, but this morning’s news is shattering.”

THE FUTURE IS NRIGHT. Brothers Jason and Albert Pagara sandwich Mark Magsayo.

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ASON Pagara fights in the junior welterweight division where great boxers abound like Lucas Matthysse of Argentina, Lamont Peterson of USA, Ruslan Provodnikov of Russia, Terence Crawford of USA, Adrien Broner of USA, Jessie Vargas of USA, and Viktor Postol of Ukraine.

“Jason’s not ready for the big names in the light welterweight division, at least not yet,” said Antonio L. Aldeguer of the famed ALA Gym as quoted by Joaquin Henson of Philippine Star. “I have no

illusions. The lightwelterweight division is tough.

Some of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighters are in this division.”

The elder Pagara is not rated in the top 40 by the World Boxing Council. But he is the No. 2 contender of the World Boxing Organization. BoxRec ranked him as the No.25 in the world in the light welterweight division and No.1 in the Philippines.

Even with two stains in his professional record incurred during the fight with Rey Anton Olarte in 2007 and the first en-

counter with Rosbel Montoya in 2011, Jason surged to the WBO international superlightweight title after stopping Montoya in a rematch.

“Both Jason and Albert are on the rise and look to be the future stars of Philippine boxing if and when the moment Nietes, Donaire, and Pacquiao finally calls it quits,” Manila Standard wrote. “The older Pagara is more of the sound worker between the two while the younger has that Muhammad Ali showmanship vibe to

him.”

The Pagara Brothers fought together five times on top of the ring.

On April 9, 2011 at Bacolod City, Albert won over Robert Awitin by unanimous decision in six rounds. While Jason knocked out Deo Njiku in the second round.

On August 18, 2012 at Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, Albert won by UD over Alvin Makiling in eight rounds. Jason won over Montoya in their rematch by TKO in round six for the vacant WBO international title.

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RUNNING OVER IRAN Petron belles turn back Iran in Asian Club volley tilt

PUMPED UP. Rachel Anne Daquis leaps onto teammate Abby Maraño in this file photo.

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HE Petron Blaze Spikers, composed of some of the country’s best volleyball players, notched its first victory in the Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship on Monday in Ha Nam, Vietnam.

Led by volleyball stars Rachel Anne Daquis, Aby Marano and Dindin Manabat as well as being reinforced by Brazilian imports Erica Adachi and Rupia Inck, Petron dispatched Azad University of Iran in straight sets, 25-8, 25-16, 25-23, on Monday to barge into the winning column.

It was the first win for the Filipinas who earlier bowed to April 25 Sports Club of North Korea, 25-13, 25-18, 25-11, on Saturday.

With a 1-1 record, the Spikers are currently in fourth place in Pool B. The top three teams in each group will advance to the next stage.

The defending Philippine SuperLiga champion will next face Hisamitsu Springs of Japan on Tuesday and Zhejiang of China on Wednesday.