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Number coding suspended Apr 2 - 13

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:27 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan last week issued Administrative Order 39, s. of 2012 for the suspension of the number coding for private vehicles on April 2-13, 2012.
The AO was anchored on Ordinance 107, s. of 2008 which allows the suspension of the number coding scheme for activities sponsored and co-sponsored by the city government.

City nets 145M tax collections in 3 months

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:25 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – in a fitting ceremony Monday (March 26), City officials headed by Mayor Mauricio Domogan and Vice-Mayor Daniel Farinas expressed satisfaction over the tax collection campaign of the City Treasury Office (CTO) here.

In a report submitted by City Treasurer Thelma Manaois to the mayor, a total of P143,367,901.02 has already been collected by the said office representing gross business tax collections as of march 20.

With this, the CTO has named the top ten Business Taxpayers of the city for 2012.

Baguio preps up for Le tour de Filipinas

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:24 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – this mountain resort will once again witness the culmination of a four-day cycling race come April 17.

Mayor Mauricio Domogan said, ‘Le Tour de Filipinas’ the biggest cycling event in the country will surely highlight the city of Pines and its neighboring provinces not only locally but internationally as well.

The mayor said, the city has always supported this kind of event which is held every year and has promoted the sports of cycling to the Filipino people.

sports promo council proposed

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:23 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Councilor Peter Fianza has proposed the creation of the Baguio City Sports Promotion and Development Council to oversee the implementation of the city’s sports programs.
In a proposed ordinance, Fianza said it is high time for the city to form the sports body pursuant to Executive Order No. 63 of then President Fidel V. Ramos creating the national, regional, provincial, city, municipal and barangay Physical Fitness and Sports Development Councils (PFSDCs).

trade fairs now totally banned in parks

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:22 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The city council last Monday approved on final reading an ordinance “totally disallowing the conduct of trade fairs” in parks and government-owned facilities.
The body approved the proposed ordinance authored by Councilor Richard Carino which amended for the third time the original trade fair measure Ordinance No. 49 series of 1994.

city joins call for lifting of evat on oil products

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:21 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The city government has joined the growing call for the lifting of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) imposition on petroleum products to ease the effects of spiraling cost of fuel in the country.
The city council approved Resolution No. 51 authored by Councilor Edison Bilog requesting the House of Representatives to amend the law that imposed the EVAT on petroleum products.
“It is high time to remove EVAT since from 2005, our economy has been doing good and there is no more basis for such a high EVAT on crude oil and gasoline,” the resolution noted.

city to pursue rainwater harvest facilities

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:21 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The city government will pursue the establishment of rainwater harvesting facilities to address the city’s problem on dwindling water supply.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan last Monday said that apart from the pioneering underground water catch basin project being planned at the Baguio Convention Center grounds, the city will also look into the improvement of the existing catchment basin at the Quezon Hill-San Carlos Heights area which proved ineffective in impounding water due to rapid evaporation rate.

city gears up for holy week exodus

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:20 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – All is set for the Holy Week observance here.
influx of vacationers this Holy Week.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan the city is all geared up for the expected influx of visitors as concerned agencies have prepared contingency measures to ensure peaceful and orderly Holy Week observance.
The mayor said the working committees under the “Summer Vacation (SUMVAC) in Baguio” have mapped out plans to properly handle the various concerns that crop up during summer when tourists flock to the city for the long vacation.

City adopts non-monetary compensation for overtime work

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:19 — p_rillorta

Instead of pay, city employees rendering overtime work will now be paid with compensatory overtime credit (COC) excusing them from work for a period equal to or 1.5 times more than the hours of overtime work rendered.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan recently signed Administrative Order 37 ordering the adoption of the non-monetary remuneration for overtime services as an austerity measure in the local government.

Robredo bans pols’ faces, names in anti-poverty program

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:18 — p_rillorta

While Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s “anti-epal” bill still has to go through the legislative grind, Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has done it administratively, issuing a memorandum circular banning display of pictures and names of government officials in posters and streamers announcing the government’s anti-poverty program.

Robredo bans pols’ faces, names in anti-poverty program

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:17 — p_rillorta

While Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s “anti-epal” bill still has to go through the legislative grind, Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has done it administratively, issuing a memorandum circular banning display of pictures and names of government officials in posters and streamers announcing the government’s anti-poverty program.

Samaritans pooling for treatment of 53-year old mother

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:17 — p_rillorta

At the barest, 53-year old cancer patient Amparo Rivera was still P8,900 short last week of what she needs for her 25-day radiation therapy at the Philippine Lung Center in Quezon City.
Ricky Martes, her eldest son, had arranged just then her daily treatment set to begin on April 10, just after Lent, a day after the 70th anniversary of the “Fall of Bataan”.
Coming back from the center and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office last Thursday, Ricky figured out what was on hand, in relation to the shortfall that, he hoped, would be raised before his mother starts her treatment.

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