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BOI to local gov’t: Roll out ‘red carpet’ for investors Volume III, No. 123
Editor : Cheng Ordoñez
Tuesday
story on Page B1 12 October 21,See 2014
BIR-WesMin exceeds Sept. collection by P102.7M
By Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob
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ZAMIZ City – Local government units (LGUS) should roll out their red carpets to investors and spin off the economic growth to the private sector.
By Mindanews
This was emphasized by Lourdes Ellen N. Kionisala, Officer-in-Charge of the Board of Investment (BOI), region 10, during an Orientation on Investment Promotion, Investor Registration and Servicing, held at the City Hall, recently. Kionisala said part of this red carpet treatment would be the LGU’s capability to give the data that the investors need, which they do not have to come back another time for answers. A few of these data might be the population, area, number of barangays, banks, Automated Telling Machines An aerial picture of the claimed quarry operation along the Taligaman River in Butuan City taken 8 October 2014. are suspecting that there is mining operation here, because that was what authorities found out during (ATM’s), schools, establish- Residents two raids conducted last year. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas ments, and other locations, that the investors would need to look at, to arrive at an immediate decision, she said. “In other words, don’t make it hard on investors, instead make it easy for them By Grace Almedilla Cooperative Month Cel- a Cooperatives’ Business the Provincial Cooperative to do business in your place,” ebration, around 362 coop and Economic Forum on Union of Compostela ValKionisala said, adding that C OMPOSTEL A Valle y leaders and coop managers October 10, 2014 at the ley (PCU-ComVal) and the See carpet, page B3 Province - In line with the in the province gathered for Capitol as spearheaded by See furom, page B3
Hundreds of coop leaders converge for a Business and Economic Forum
DILG invites CSOs to attend assemblies in Misamis Occidental
OROQUIETA City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), here, has invited all civil society organizations (CSO’s) to attend the CSO assembly in their respective local government units (LGU’s) set from Oct. 20-31, this year. These CSO’s are needed in identifying the povertyreduction projects for the community through the participatory approach in planning for their budget and implementation in 2016, Sanivier G. Patoc, provincial director of DILGMis. Occ., said.
The assembly aims to go through the process of conducting poverty analysis and crafting of poverty-reduction strategies and targets to ensure the implementation of the projects towards the realization of achieving the inclusive growth called for in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP), Patoc said. Invited to the assembly are leaders of CSO’s accredited by the LGU’s, accredited or recognized by the national government agencies (NGA’s), women’s groups. See dilg, page B2
In line with the Cooperative Month Celebration, around 362 Coop Leaders and Coop Managers in Comval province gathered for a Cooperatives’ Business and Economic Forum on October 10, 2014 at the Capitol. This is spearheaded by the Provincial Cooperative Union of Compostela Valley (PCU-ComVal) and the Provincial Cooperative Development Council (PCDC) chaired by Governor Arturo T. Uy. (a. dayo/ids comval)
ZAMBOANGA City – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) exceeded by P102,783,255.53 its target revenue collection goal for the month of September this year in Western Mindanao. Aler t Alo ci lja, BIR reg iona l dire c tor, announced they collected a total of P406,346,255.52 in September, which was P102,783,255.53 more than the target collection goal of P303,563,000. See collection, page B3
TESDA allots P32M for tech-voc courses in C. de Oro By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat
CAGAYAN de Oro City More than P32 million is allotted to Cagayan de Oro for technical vocational (tech-voc) courses and programs this year. This was revealed by Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Joel Villanueva during his recent visit in the city for the Shoot Your Dreams advocacy with Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) legends. He said TESDA is for JOBS, for transforming lives. There are already 302,000 students enrolled in TESDA courses. Meanwhile 15 courses are free and seven courses that may be downloaded online. Sec. Villanueva emphasized that they are strengthening community based interventions and even online means to reach out and present programs of the government to alleviate poverty. He added that See tesda, page B3
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