SM malls head Olongapo’s top business taxpayers

By Butch Gunio

THE Business Permit and Licensing

Office (BPLO) in Olongapo City has cited the top 20 most outstanding business taxpayers of 2021 and 2022.

Representatives of SM City Olongapo Central and SM City Olongapo Downtown accepted the plaques of appreciation from Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino, Jr. for making it once again to the list of top business taxpayers.

Since 2013, SM Olongapo has been consistently leading the taxpayers list, making it a remarkable benefactor for sustaining, maintaining, and improving the public services provided by the government to its citizens.

Romulo served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2011.

On the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines, he contributed to the formulation of the Japan-Philippines Joint Statement, entitled “Partnership between Close Neighbors for Comprehensive Cooperation,” which forms the basis for today’s “Strategic Partnership” between the two nations.

In the information released by Captain Jefferson Mariano, chief of 8ID Public Affairs Office, four firearms were also seized during the “joint focused military operation” of the Philippine Army in coordination with the Philippine National Police.

According to Mariano, the joint operation was launched following the information given by concerned civilians that a group of armed men were seen passing through in the outskirts of the said barangay.

The Army’s 803rd Brigade encountered more or less 40 rebel members who allegedly belonged to the Sub-Regional Guerilla Unit (SRGU) and remnants of the dismantled Front Committee-2 (FC2), Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) Emporium, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC). According to Mariano, the rebel group was led by Mario Sevillano, alias Durok.