Edge Davao 8 Issue 121 by Edge Davao The Business Paper

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

P 15.00 • 36 PAGES

www.edgedavao.net

DRUG-DEALING COP SHOT DEAD

EDGEDAVAO Serving a seamless society

INSIDE EDGE

Female doc in Cali case no longer cooperating P2 City Legal Office to handle cases P2 vs fish vendors

HELPING HAND. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) aspirants help one of their trainers climb up from the water onto the jetty of Sta. Ana wharf where they are undergoing safety, rescue, and survival techniques training. Lean Daval Jr.

EDGEDAVAO Sports By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

police officer allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade was killed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Catalunan Grande on Tuesday night. Talomo Police Station

identified the suspect as Police Officer (PO) 1 Diamel L. Pangcoga, previously assigned in Davao Oriental. In a telephone interview yesterday, Talomo Police Station commander Chief

Inspector Alfredo Santillana told EDGE Davao that the suspect was killed by his operatives after Pangcoga attempted to fire against the police at around 11:30 p.m. during a buy-bust op-

eration in Sitio Hubac near Elenita Heights Subdivision. Santillana said the suspect engage the officers in a gun fight after learning that the buyer was a police

FDRUG, 10

Petron spikers bow to reigning champs Japan

Page 15

2 NEWS EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

THAT’S FRESH. A fish vendor shows a freshly cut tuna belly at the wet section of Agdao Public Market yesterday. Fish dealers have assured the public that tuna sold in the city’s second biggest public market are fresh and not wiped with pork blood to make them look fresh. Lean Daval Jr.

Non-com police officers to be deployed in field

HE Davao City Police Office (DCPO) will unload police non-commissioned officers (PNCO) of administrative work because they will now be deployed in the field. In an interview, DCPO spokesperson Chief Inspector Milgrace C. Driz said this program is part of “95-5” guideline directive of Philippine National Police (PNP) director General Ricardo Marquez in which 95 percent of a PNCO’s work will be operational duty and only five percent will be administrative. She said this guideline was discussed during the Command Conference of DCPO last Saturday led

by Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 director Chief Superintendent Wendy G. Rosario. Driz said this means PNCOs ranked Police Officer (PO)1 to PO3 will focus more on foot patrol and mobile patrol. “They will now be visible in the streets and places of convergence,” she said. Driz said administrative functions will be now delegated to PNP non-uniformed personnel (NUP) and police commissioned officers (PCO). She said the DCPO has 92 commissioned officers, 1,326 PNCOs, and 86 NUPs. She said Marquez

FNON-COM, 10

Lady doc in Cali slay case not cooperating

N official from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 11 said the female doctor linked to the killing of former Mixed Martial Arts Champion Ale Cali is no longer cooperating with the authorities. NBI 11 spokesperson lawyer Archie Albao said the female doctor, who had gone to the NBI office together with Cali prior to the latter’s killing, can no longer be contacted.

The two had reported that they were getting death threats. Albao said the doctor was still cooperating with the NBI days after Cali was killed on August 16 in Ulas, Davao City. “At first nagacoordinate siya especially pagkamatay ni Ale Cali, but now she can no longer be contacted,” he said. “She won’t answer calls. In other words now she is no longer cooperating with us. I don’t know

FLADY, 10

Legal office to handle charges v tuna vendors By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

HE Davao City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) has already referred the case of four vendors who were warned for selling “adulterated” or stale tuna to the City Legal Office (CLO) for the possible filing of charges against them. “We already submitted the matter to City Legal Office for the filing of case,” assistant city veterinarian Esther Cherrie

Rayos told EDGE Davao in an interview yesterday. Rayos said the CLO will be in charge of filing the appropriate charges against the vendors. She said her office cannot reveal the identities of the vendors since the investigation is still being conducted. Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte had earlier said the city should file

charges against the vendors for misrepresenting their products since their practice was to smear the tuna with pig’s blood to make them look fresh. Rayos said the 70.5 kilograms of bad tuna confiscated last Saturday in the markets in Matina Aplaya, Puan, and Toril have already been condemned and buried in the city’s sanitary landfill in New Carmen, Tugbok

District. 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.

Matina, Davao City. Albao said during the entrapment operation, Amahan used a different name and brought along with her a friend who she asked to pick up the money. Authorities also apprehended Amahan’s companion but the latter turned into a witness since the friend was not aware of Amahan’s activities. “Ang modus niya (Amahan) kay mag post siya og mga cellphone, laptop, ug uban pag gadgets unya kung makabayad na ka walay mu-abot nga gadget sa

imoha,” Albao said. He said Amahan used several fake names in withdrawing money through remittance centers. He also said Amahan had already been apprehended by the Talomo Police Station in October last year. Albao said more than 10 have shown up at the NBI to file complaints against the suspect but he expects the number to balloon. Amahan is currently detained at the NBI detention facility.

Fake online seller nabbed By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

N online seller who allegedly duped a number of buyers was arrested in an entrapment operation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday afternoon. The suspect was identified as Danica Amahan, 21, believed to be a resident of Davao City. Amahan faces raps of estafa and using of fictitious name and concealing her true name under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. According to NBI 11

spokesperson lawyer Archie Albao, Amahan was apprehended after the NBI received a number of complaints regarding her alleged illegal activities. Albao said the modus of the suspect was to post pictures of gadgets for sale online under an assumed name. When a buyer decides to buy the item, she would ask the buyer to send her money through money remittance centers, but the buyer would never receive the item. Amahan was apprehended outside a mall in

NEWS 3

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

NCCA budgets P13M for art, culture projects in Mindanao

HE National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) has allocated P13 million to fund project proposals for art and culture in Mindanao. “We are encouraging different artist groups and local government units in Mindanao to submit their project proposal to the commission this month,” NCCA project development officer Kathleen Cruzat said during the Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo, Davao yesterday. Cruzat said Filipino individuals as well as civil society organizations, indigenous peoples organizations or groups, government agencies and

institutions, state universities and colleges, and public schools can submit project proposals before the end of the month. Under the grant program, the commission will be funding a total of 35 project proposals from Mindanao in a bid to develop and promote arts and culture here. The commission has allocated 20 slots with a funding of P200,000 each for the production of new creative works and culture studies for a total of P4 million. Five slots with P800,000 funding each will be granted for proposals that fall under the subregional festivals in

Doctor to be arraigned for estafa

HE son of the founders and owners of a prominent nursing school in Kidapawan City is scheduled for arraignment next week over allegations of estafa . Dr. Jeff Samuel Babol, one of the scions of the founders of North Valley College Foundations, Inc., was arrested early this month but was able to immediately post bail amounting to P40 , 000. Also arrested was Hazel Joy Suganob, a trusted relative of the owners who is also facing allegations of estafa . The arrest was based on the order of Judge Arvin Sadine Balagot, presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 17 in Kidapawan City. This stemmed from a case of estafa filed by the other members of the board against the two after the alleged discovery of a few millions of school-owned money under the name of the respondents. The complainants said Babol and Suganob opened a bank account under their names to allegedly siphon

FUNDS FOR ART. National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) project development officer Kathleen Cruzat says the commission has allocated P13 million

New push to restart peace talk with CPP

FNCCA, 10 for project proposals for art and culture from Mindanao. Cruzat graced yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo, Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

huge amount of foundation money. Babol was also accused of ordering the school cashier to personally remit to him collected school fees. “The monies in the checking account held in trust by the respondents were misappropriated by them as evidenced by a bank account in their names and numerous remittances to them that are until now remain unaccounted for,” the complaint said in their affidavit. The court found probable cause and ordered the two arrested. The judge also scheduled the arraignment on Sept. 21. Dr. Babol was a former president of the NVCFI, while Suganob also served as registrar. The two are members of the board of trustees of the foundation but were suspended since. NVCFI is a leading nursing school founded by Dr. Samuel Babol and his wife, Naida, in 1987. The school has been producing top-notch nursing graduates.

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

Davao City business leader and a London-based peace-building group are calling for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army. “The government, together with those sectors directly affected by the conflict, should work hand-inhand to end the communist insurgency at the soonest possible time,” International Alert country manager Francisco J. Lara Jr. said during the Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo, Davao yesterday. Lara was leading a forum yesterday which was

attended by local chief executives and officials of companies operating in the region, including agribusinesses, mining firms, and private contractors for a dialogue. He said the Aquino government had made several attempts since 2010 to restart the peace negotiation with the CPP-NDF-NPA. Informal talks were done aimed at resuming formal negotiations but these eventually collapsed after the Mamasapano incident in January. Lara said the goal to end the armed conflict “should be pursued even as the government strikes a political settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front

(MILF).” He said the communist insurgency is exacting a higher toll than the Moro rebellion. “It has run longer and is affecting more provinces in the country. In Mindanao, it is a scourge in the Caraga Region, the Davao provinces, and Compostela Valley.” Lara said companies in these provinces are forced to pay revolutionary tax while some have had their facilities and equipment destroyed by the NPA. For his part, Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) chair John Gaisano said small and large businesses operating in conflict areas like the agricultural lands of Compo-

tela Province are the ones most affected by the insurgency. Gaisano said business owners are left with no choice but to pay taxes to the group, otherwise they will receive threats from the rebel group. He said this kind of activity has been causing economic losses to operating businesses in conflict areas. Composetala Valley provincial board member Augusto June Blanco said local government units cannot attract investments and tourists that should have boosted the local economy. “Indigenous people are displaced or persecuted if they are not recruited by either side,” he added.

Group calls for peace By JESSA MARIESTELA P. PUTONG

“

PLAY BALL. Inmates spend their morning watching a basketball game being played by their fellow inmates inside the Davao City Jail in Ma-a yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

PEACE is everybody’s business.” Compostela Valley provincial board member Jun Blanco summarized the objectives of the local government and its stakeholders including International Alert, a peace-building organization, during the Club 888 Media Forum at The Marco Polo Davao on Wednesday. Blanco was joined by Francisco Lara, country manager of International Alert. Lara said that the government together with stakeholders directly affected by the conflict should work hand in hand to end the communist insurgency at the soonest

possible time. According to a statement, the Aquino government made several attempts since 2010 to restart peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its political armed wings, the National Democratic Front and the New People’s Army, respectively. Informal talks conducted last year were aimed at resuming formal negotiations, even as it pushed for a Bangsamoro Basic Law in Congress but these eventually collapsed. The International Alert really hopes that the government will exert more effort and urgency in reviving talks with the communists.

4 SUBURBIA

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

DILG announces PNP qualifying test deadline

HE Department of Interior and Local Government announced that September 25 is the deadline for the submission of the application for the Philippine National Police Academy Cadet Admission Test (PNPACAT). Passing the PNPACAT is one of the initial requirements for entering the police academy for the fouryear Bachelor of Science in Public Safety Class 2020. To be conducted in 16 regions including Davao City on October 25, 2015,

the admission test will cover communication skills, logical and reasoning ability, math and science, and general information and current events. According to the PNPA website, applicants must be a natural born citizen aging 18-22 years old on April 16, 2016, single, a high school graduate, not a former cadet of the PNPA or other similar institution, and physically and mentally fit for cadetship training.(PIA11, Michael Uy)

4 banana plantation workers killed in S. Cotabato highway mishap

OUR workers of a banana plantation in South Cotabato died while two others were injured in a highway mishap Tuesday morning in T’boli, South Cotabato. T’boli Mayor Dibu Tuan said the Isuzu Elf truck fell into a 200-foot cliff while negotiating a sharp downward portion of the highway in Sitio Kinalom, Barangay Salacafe at 7 a.m. Tuesday. “The road was very slippery due to an overnight downpour,” Tuan said.

He identified the fatalities as Aying Gaje, 27, truck driver and resident of Barangay Leconon; his helpers Marlon Gal, 21; Joemar Lambong; and Boy Bisan, all residents of Barangay Salacafe. Wounded were Mark Blaza, 21 of Surallah, South Cotabato and Leo Calonia of Barangay Poblacion, T’boli. They were rushed to separate hospitals in Koronadal City. Investigators are determining if the driver was un-

F4 BANANA, 10

GenSan dads seek appointment of judges for 3 vacant city RTCs

HE City Cuncil asked Malacañang on Tuesday to designate judges for the three vacant Regional Trial Court (RTC) salas here. In a resolution, the council requested President Benigno S. Aquino III to expedite the appointment of new judges for the city’s RTC branches 22, 23 and 36, which earlier became vacant due to retirements. City councilor Ramon Milleza, author of the resolution, said the three court vacancies need to be filled up immediately to facilitate the

proper delivery of justice and unclog local courts of pending or unresolved cases. He specifically referred to the city’s two other RTC salas and three Municipal Trial Courts in Cities. “Following the retirement of their judges, the three court branches have no appointed judges, thereby, adding to the inadequacy of judges in the city,” he said. The official said such situation affected the efficiency of the city’s trial courts in terms carrying out their mandated functions.

SAVING SOLES. Despite the proliferation of cheap ukay-ukay or secondhand footwear, some people still prefer to have their old shoes repaired by shoemakers like this man in Malaybalay City. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno

DFA, PIA tour JMC for West PH Sea issue

HE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) visited yesterday (September 15) the students of Jose Maria College for the Campus Tour of the West Philippine Sea issue. DFA Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Charles Jose presented to the students the government’s position and actions on the dispute on West Philippine Sea

(WPS) against China. “We have a legitimate right in the West Philippine Sea area as enshrined in the international laws like the 1982 United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which was signed by 166 countries,” ASec. Jose emphasized. Jose said that China has different perspective with regards to their territorial jurisdiction following the nine dash line, which cross over 80% of

the Philippine’s Exclusive Economic Zone. He emphasized that with the said encroachment of China, the Philippines took diplomatic and legal tracks to solve the issue. He urged the students to share the WPS issue to their families and friends to create more awareness and deeper appreciation about the issue. The Campus Tour in Jose Maria College is one of the legs of for a con-

Tuba-tuba berries down five minors in NorthCot

F LIMESTONE GATHERERS. Maranao residents in the upper parts of Barangay Kiwalan in Iligan City gather limestone by a mountainside. They then manually break these into smaller pieces to be sold as raw materials for a nearby cement plant. MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera

ducted by the DFA and PIA in Davao City. Yesterday morning, the team also conducted a Multi-Sectoral Forum on the same issue attended by fishermen, information officers of the local government units in the region, business sector, academe (students and teachers), and men in uniform from the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police and Philippine Army. (PIA11, Michael Uy)

IVE minors were rushed to the hospital on Tuesday night after ingesting “tuba-tuba” (Jatropha) tree berries several hours before in Barangay Macasendig, Pikit, North Cotabato. The victims were identified as Samsarin Makalimpas, 12 years old; Datu Al, 11; Alan, 8; Alia, 5; all surnamed Kadil; and Nur Ali, 3. Tahira Kalantungan, Pikit disaster risk reduction management officer, said they rushed to far-flung Sitio Leung, Barangay Macasendig after receiving a distress call from relatives of the victims who experienced nausea and excessive

vomiting. The children remain under observation at the local Cruzado infirmary where they brought by rescuers. The children reportedly plucked berries from the tree situated near their backyard while playing late in the afternoon. Herbal healers oftentimes use tuba-tuba leaves and its bark for anti-inflammation or rheumatic relief, while its berries are expended for treatment of sore throat, asthma and skin eruptions when properly prepared. The seeds, however, can be toxic if ingested. (PNA)

5 ECONOMY

EDGEDAVAO VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Seda launches communications campaign, Instagram photo tilt S

EDA, the Philippine hotel chain fully-owned and managed by AyalaLand Hotels and Resorts Corporation, has launched a communications campaign called “Best Feelings in the World.” The concept is based on the fact that travelers’ most memorable experiences come from a spark of warmth, a pleasant surprise, a little piece of happiness that turns moments into unforgettable memories. Modern, young and witty, the campaign makes use of three images to convey the message which reflects the brand’s positioning. Group General Manager Andrea Mastellone explains that the images represent Seda’s main offerings: accommodations, service, and dining which are all tied up in one message related to the guest’s experience. “After all,” he says, “what guests remember is not so much the hardware but stories of their memorable experiences during their stay.” “The best feelings in the world” come from simple things that make a big difference -- a good night’s sleep under fluffy sheets, a warm smile

from a friendly face, conversations over sweet treats -- moments represented in images used in the campaign and all based on actual feedback from Seda’s guests. Mastellone says that guests’ comments consistently show they are satisfied with their stay in Seda. “They rave about the extra-comfortable beds, the ever-smiling and accommodating staff, and the quality of the food,” he cites. Delighted guests state that Seda is at par with international luxury hotels “because of the way we combine the best of Filipino hospitality and service efficiency.” Indeed, most of the guest feedback revolves around staff going out of their way to please them. These include wait staff remembering the kind of tea the guest ordered the previous day; front desk officers offering towels to some guests who had gotten soaked in the rain, thinking out of the box to accommodate a guest request. All these make the big difference in giving them a unique and memorable experience. To emphasize these good feelings and encourage peo-

ple to share their memorable experiences, Seda is launching a photo contest on Instagram. The grand prize winner will receive a complimentary twonight accommodation in any Seda hotel of their choice, inclusive of round-trip domestic flight tickets for two. Participants simply have to “like” Seda Hotels on Facebook and follow @sedahotels on Instagram. Then on their own Instagram account, post a photo that depicts a great experience (not necessarily in Seda), with a brief caption containing the hashtags #BestFeelingsInTheWorld and #SedaHotels. Seda Hotels (@sedahotels) must be tagged in the picture. One photo is equivalent to one entry and multiple entries are allowed. On October 5, 2015, winners will be announced based on originality, composition, relevance, technique and emotion elicited. One runner-up will be chosen in each Seda location—Metro Manila, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo, and Laguna. Each runner-up with receive a complimentary overnight stay for two, in that particular destination.

THE ECONOMY

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Comval biz recover from Pablo Blanco: Ninety percent of businesses have recovered

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

LL businesses in Compostela Valley are expected to fully recover later this year from the onslaught of the Typhoon Pablo in 2012, provincial board of director Agusto Jun Blanco said. “Ninety percent of businesses operating in the province have already recovered,” Blanco told reporters at the Marco Polo Davao. Blanco said among the industries that fully recov-

ered in the past years where the rice and corn industry, small mining industry and retail and whole sale industry. What were left fully unrecovered are the banana and the coconut sectors. “Only 90 percent of affected banana plantations in the province of Compostela Valley was replanted,” he said, adding that the province had a total of 2,300 hectares of banana plantation before the destruction

of Typhoon Pablo in December 2012. Blanco also said the coconut industry of the region is also still recovering. “It would take for the coconut industry to stand on its feet back,” he said. He said some coconut farmers have already shifted to cash crops like cacao, among others. Despite the loss due to the typhoon, Blanco said the economy of the province grew even more as more businesses started to put up

after the typhoon. One of the industries that grew after the typhoon was the construction industry. The reconstruction of roads and houses for Pablo victims led to the opening of more businesses that supply and distribute construction materials. Blanco also said the retail industry of the province continue to grow with the entry of big names in the local industry like the Gaisanos.

“Businessman John Gaisano has already put up three superstores in the province which are located in Pantukan and Monkayo,” he said. Gaisano, in a separate interview, said he is planning to construct five more country-size malls in different areas in Compostela Valley. These malls will rise in the municipalities of Compostela Valley, Mawab, Maragusan, Monkayo and New Corella.

Kanegosyo Congress now goes Futurama

D PUSHING THE PEACE TALKS. International Alert country manager Francisco J. Lara Jr. (left), together with Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) chairman John Gaisano, says during the Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo, Davao yesterday that the government should reopen peace negotiations with the CPP-NDF-npa because businesses and local government units are caught in the conflict. Lean Daval Jr.

Alliance Global poised for long-term growth

LLIANCE Global Group, Inc. (AGI), through its majority-owned subsidiaries, is paving the way for continued business growth in the long run. “Underpinned by Megaworld Corp., Emperador Inc., Travellers International Hotel Group, Inc. and Golden Arches Development Corp. (GADC), AGI’s vision is to increase shareholder value via higher stock returns and consistent dividend payouts,” AGI’s president, Kingston U. Sian said in a statement. “Our steadfast focus,

being one of our greatest strengths, coupled with having dominance in township real estate, liquor, gaming, and quick service restaurant (QSR) makes us a compellingly strategic investment,” Mr. Sian added. In Dr. Andrew L. Tan’s message from the chairman taken from the newly released annual report of AGI, he said: “We look forward with utmost confidence and optimism that the years ahead will bring us to a new level of growth on a global scale. We are leveraging on a significant measure of success to pur-

sue greater goals, made more reassuring by a highly consumer-centric portfolio, contributing to the country’s economy.” Megaworld is the undisputed township developer that happens to be the fastest growing landlord this year, particularly in terms of rental income. It also recently announced the development of an almost 36-hectare property in San Fernando, Pampanga for P30 billion. And in liquor, Dr. Tan is reintroducing an iconic brand, Andy Player Whisky after 25 years of absence.

Meanwhile, Travellers International continues to expand Resorts World Manila where the Marriott Grand Ballroom – the largest ballroom in the country – just opened last April. Three of AGI’s major subsidiaries--Emperador, Megaworld, and Travellers International (operator of Resorts World Manila)--are also publicly traded on the Philippine Stock Exchange. GADC holds the exclusive right to operate restaurants in the Philippines under the “McDonald’s” brand and is the second largest QSR chain in the country.

fund called SLG MyFuture Fund. The SLG MyFuture Fund is a simple financial solution that can be used to help address various needs at different stages in one’s life (e.g., child’s education, purchase of a property, seed capital

for a business, retirement fund or eventual financial legacy for their loved ones). It also takes into account the general time frame when funds will have to be available to address these financial needs.

SLG MyFuture Fund is available as a fund option to any Sun Life Grepa Financial Peso Variable Life Insurance product. Sun Life Grepa Financial’s Peso Variable Life Insurance products provide insurance protection until

Sun Life Grepa launches SLG MyFuture Fund EOPLE want to get the most out of life. They aspire for a lot of things and choose to seize every opportunity to make sure their chances for success are optimized. Sun Life Grepa Financial, Inc. (SLGFI) is here to help with its latest

FSUN, 10

“We’re targeting to put up these malls in the next two years,” Gaisano said. Blanco, meanwhile, said the entry of these big names in the retail industry only indicate that there is a growing market in our province. He added that the operation of big banana companies which provide employment to Comvaleños became the emerging market of different consumer-led industries. CRC

AVAO’S biggest discount fair, NCCC Kanegosyo Congress, is set to hold its three-day annual affair exclusive for business partners and Rewards Club members from September 17 to 19 at Kadayawan Hall of NCCC Mall Davao. “We are expecting around 12,000 members from all over Davao region to join the congress,” said Melanie Bacala, NCCC Supermarket marketing manager. She added that most of the existing Rewards Club members are sari-sari store owners who buy in bulk. Now on its 15th year, the congress will have a futuristic vibe combining business and pleasure through the use of high-tech machines and gadgets. A total of 50 exhibitors will be joining the fair offering exclusive discounts plus great deals on product bundles. In addition, individual members

and sari-sari store owners can partake in the food samplings, hourly games and other exciting activities. To kick off the event, former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will lead the ribbon cutting on September 17, 8am. Her brother, incumbent Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte, is set to join her in the opening ceremonies. Capping off the congress is the awarding of top Kanegosyo Partners on September 19. The recognition will be hosted by Kapamilya Winner Ka’s game master Rovic Cuasito, joining him are special guests Joseph Marco and Ejay Falcon of Pasion De Amor alongside the Philippines’ Queen of RnB, Kyla. “We are inviting all NCCC Rewards Club card holders to join us in the three-day congress and avail of endless discounts, perks and other privileges,” Bacala said.

HE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) will be holding a policy discussion on the effects of climate change on the country’s agriculture sector and its relative impact on economic growth. Organized by NEDA, together with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the high-level policy form and research symposium will be held on September 18-19, 2015 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel,

Mandaluyong City. The event will serve as a venue to present the key findings and recommendations of the collaborative research project on “Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change in the Philippine Agriculture Sector”. The results of the component studies will be compiled in a book titled The Future of Philippine Agriculture: Scenarios, Policies, Investments under Climate Change. “Through these avenues, we would like to address the country’s need for careful empirical assessment on

NEDA to talk impact of climate change T

FNEDA, 10

INdulge!

VOL.8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

EDGEDAVAO

FOOD Realising the Pinoy’s love for afternoon merienda, Rekado, Davao home for Filipino comfort cuisine is now open from 10 in the morning through to 10 in the evening, seven days a week.

Tomato and Tuyo Cream Pasta.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich.

The Pinoy merienda

REIMAGINED

ASIDE FROM BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER, merienda or afternoon snack is a part of every Filipino day. Merienda can range from a simple cup of coffee and bread to some juice with a banana fritter all made extra delicious with good company and chitchat.

Realising the Pinoy’s love for afternoon merienda, Rekado, Davao home for Filipino comfort cuisine is now open from 10 in the morning through to 10 in the evening, seven days a week. “We are back to our original time frame of serving everyone’s favorite comfort foods from 10AM to 10PM,” said Chef Pauline Benedicto, “And starting this September, Rekado will open seven days a week.” With the afternoon restaurant hours, diners can now taste Rekado’s merienda fare which includes sandwiches and pasta inspired by Fresh Lumpia. Filipino favourites. Together with INdulge’s style writer Nikki GotianseTan, we dropped by Rekado to sample some of these specialties on the invite of Chef Pauline Benedicto. We started off with Rekado’s famous Fresh Lumpia. Big enough to share, crunchy heart of palm, carrots, and minced pork are wrapped in a the soft fresh crepe and finished with a silky peanut sauce. Other notable merienda dishes include the Inasal BLT which is a fusion of grilled

chicken inasal fillet with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and garlic herb mayo; and the Adobo Clubhouse, a multidecker sandwich of adobo beef flakes with tomatoes, egg, bacon and garlic herb mayo. The meaty sandwich was complex with layers of fresh vegetables, scrambled eggs and bacon and the contrasting mild tangy sweetness of the creamy garlic herb mayo. Nikki’s favourite was Rekado’s version of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich which uses a trio of cheeses and finished off with a drizzling of honey. The flavourful contrast of the three cheeses and the sweetness of honey is sure to make you craving for more. “We tweaked Pinoy and continental favorites and fused it into our version of

Longganisa and Egg Pasta. sandwiches and pasta dishes. At REKADO we love playing with different flavor profiles and you’ll taste them in our merienda servings as well.” Pasta lovers will love Rekado’s offerings which include salty and creamy Tomato and Tuyo Cream Pasta, and the spicy yet flavourful Oriental Chicken Pasta which marries the flavours of chicken, eggplant, chilies, and peanut. My personal favourite would be the Longganisa and Egg Pasta which mixes the salty sweetness of longganisa together with garlic, parme-

san cheese and a soft boiled egg. The pasta dish was rich and decadent without being overtly heavy. Rekado Filipino Comfort Food is located at 1050 Jacinto Extension, Bgy. 11-B, Davao City. It is open daily from 10am to 10pm, with Merienda Cena menu served from 2pm – 5pm. For more information, call (082) 284-2136 or 0915-722-9299. You can also find them on facebook.com/ RekadoDavao, on Twitter: @ RekadoDavao and Instagram with the handle @RekadoDavao.

EDGEDAVAO

A2 INdulge!

VOL.8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

UP AND ABOUT

The Body Shop launches Oils of Life and Spa of the World THE BODY SHOP brought together the most precious ingredients from around the world when it launched its Oils of Life and Spa of the World lines at SM Makati.

Hosted by Bianca Valerio, the event had a nature setting – mini gardens, blooms, and even wood crate boxes as if to emphasize the fact that these ingredients were sourced from the most exotic locations. There was even a mini-spa to get a revitalizing experience with The Body Shop’s new skincare collections. To create its Oils of Life, The Body Shop searched the world and selected 3 precious seed oils known for their revitalizing and repairing properties, and infused this in its recently launched skincare range. The Oils of Life’s three precious seed oils have been infused in highly sensorial textures to bring new life into your skin: Black Cumin Seed Oil from the Egyptian Nile Valley, which is known for its concentration in antioxidants; Camellia Seed Oil from the

evergreen trees from China, which is naturally rich in nu-

tritive oleic acid; and Rosehip Seed Oil from the Andes

Foothills of Chile, which is rich in Omega 3 and 6. And when you choose Oils of Life™ skincare, you help plant seeds and make a positive difference. In partnership with World Land Trust, The Body Shop aims to plant 1 million seeds of native tree species in degraded areas within seasonal dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest. The planting will be followed by monitoring and maintenance actions to pro-

mote regeneration of forest cover. The project will take place over a two-year period and will commence in August 2015. Seeds will be collected for storage and preserved for planting, and later in the year, the plantation site will be prepared for sowing. This is in line with The Body Shop’s commitment to help protect the earth’s varied biodiversity and to help preserve and enrich life on the planet. Escapism, on the other hand, starts at home with the Spa of the World collection, whose ingredients were discovered from different parts of the world, where the most treasured ancient beauty rituals, cherished for their precious effects on skin. Infused with the finest natural ingredients, Spa of the World’s refined textures and delicate fragrances will take body and mind on the ultimate sensory spa journey. Making you feel so good, inside and out. The Body Shop’s Spa of the World has three uplifting body rituals: the Relaxing Ritual, which is the perfect way to de-stress, unwind, and reconnect body and mind; the Revitalising Ritual, which invigorates and energizes mind and body; and the Blissful Ritual, a sublime ritual to indulge in. The Oils of Life and Spa of the World ranges are available at all The Body Shop stores. The Body Shop now accepts SM Advantage Card for points earning and redemption, SM and Sodexo premium pass in all The Body Shop stores nationwide. The Body Shop is located at the ground floor of SM City Davao main mall.

A call for entries to the National Digital Arts Awards 2015 ORGANIZERS of the National Digital Arts Awards (NDAA) 2015 are calling for entries from the Visayas. Globaltronics, a company specializing in digital advertising in the Philippines, is encouraging students who aspire to be part of the country’s digital arts community to join the contest. “We are calling on Bisaya youth to be part of the NDAA 2015 Visayas leg. This is your chance to highlight your talents in creating artistic works using new tools in the digital media,” said Nato Agbayani, Globaltronics Vice President for External Affairs and Partnerships. Agbayani added that this year’s theme #DigitalPinoyAko aims to highlight the works of Filipino youth and their interpretation of the Philippines as a country of daring and innovative people that continues to rise with the help of digital technology. Globaltronics is partnering with local universities and colleges to

encourage more entries from students, especially those from the Visayas. The official school partners are Benedicto College, Southwestern University, St. Theresa’s College, University of Cebu, University of San Jose-Recoletos, and the University of the Philippines Cebu. The competition is open to 16 -26 year old secondary, college or technical vocational Filipino students. Participants can submit works adhering to the theme #DigitalPinoyAko in two categories: motion graphics and print. A participant can submit an entry in both categories. Deadline for submission of entries is on October 16, 2015. Judging the entries will be top Filipino creative professionals and experts including Dan Matutina, Plus63 Design Co. Designer and Illustrator; Leeroy New, Visual Artist and Production Designer; Nicolo Nimor, Art Director and Nick Automatic Owner; Chitchat Diangson, Creative Director of David Integrated Marketing Communi-

cations PH; Brandie Tan, Jimenezbasic Advertising Executive Creative Director; Sid Maderazo, 88 Storey Films TVC Director; Dolps Fernando, PostManila Post-production Head; Andre Cui, Fluid Communications Creative Director; Benedick Bana, Chairperson of the Ateneo de Naga University Department of Digital Arts and Computer Animation; Edwin Ortega, Grupo Agatep Creative Director; and Jay Dustin Santiago, Creative Director of ABSCBN Global Marketing Service. Four awards will be given: 1st, 2nd, 3rd as major awards and a People’s Choice award that will be given to the entry that garnered the most votes online. One million in cash and prizes will be given as prizes during the Awards Night set on January 15, 2016. For entry submissions and for more information, visit the website http://ndaa.globaltronics.net or follow the NDAA at Facebook: www.facebook.com/NDAAPhilippines and Twitter: NDAAPhilippines.

HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! LWB’s Save My Bag at 30% off! Come and grab one at The SM Store Davao.

VOL.8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

EDGEDAVAO

INdulge! A3

ENTERTAINMENT

Judy Ann to sign copies of cookbook on Sept. 26 JUDY ANN SANTOSAGONCILLO, with National Book Store and Anvil Publishing, releases her first ever cookbook ‘Judy Ann’s Kitchen’ that is the perfect cooking companion for those whose happiness is to serve the best and tastiest food for their cherished ones.

‘Judy Ann’s Kitchen’ is the young superstar’s gift to her Filipino supporters. The book is divided into sections devoted to personal recipes that put another wholesome imprint on Judy Ann’s character—this time in the personality of her home table. The classifications of the recipes include her comfort food, her cuisine as a wife and a mom, for easy entertaining, and a special section on healthy cooking and discoveries. These sum up the notable features of the twenty first-century woman that she is. The first 200 guests can have their copy of Judy Ann Santos’s ‘Judy Ann’s Kitchen’ signed by the author herself on September 26, 4pm at AbreezaMall’s GF Fashion Hallway so come early.

‘Your Face Sounds Familiar’ debuts strongly in TV ratings

VIEWERS nationwide tuned in to the pilot episode of “Your Face Sounds Familiar’s” all-new season on ABSCBN as the new eight celebrity performers delivered exceptional performances as popular music icons. “Your Face” also generated buzz online as its official hastags #YFSFNewSeason and #AllNewYFSF became top trending topics on Twitter nationwide and worldwide. Comedian Eric Nicolas was named the first weekly top scorer for his impersonation of Willie Revillame that flawlessly replicated his looks, gestures, and singing voice. He received an overall score of 42 points from jurors Gary Valenciano, Jed Madela, and Sharon Cuneta and won P100,000, half of which will go to his chosen charity, the Child Haus Foundation. Trailing behind Eric were Sam Concepcion performing as Eminem (27 points), Kakai Bautista as Sia (18 points), Kean Cipriano as Harry Styles (15 points), Denise Laurel as Jennifer Lopez (12 points), Myrtle Sarrosa as Sandara

September 9-15, 2015

HENERAL LUNA/ *THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED

Park (8 points), KZ as Vina Morales (5 points), and Michael Pangilinan as George Michael (5 points). This coming weekend (Sept 19 and 20), more surprises are in store for viewers as Sam gives his best impersonation and performance as Jason Derulo, Eric as Louis Armstrong, Kean as Randy Santiago, Myrtle as Jessa Zaragoza, Denise as Christina Aguilera, Kakai as AiAi delas Alas, KZ as Pink, and Michael as Janno Gibbs.

Who will be the top scorer in the next round? Don’t miss the weekly transformations and performances in the all-new season of “Your Face Sounds Familiar,” Saturdays after “MMK” and Sundays after “Rated K” on ABS-CBN. For updates on the program, visit yourfacesoundsfamiliar.abs-cbn.com, like www.facebook.com/yourfaceph, or follow @YourFacePH on Twitter and Instagram.

John Arcilla, Epy Quizon/ Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Gabriella Wright R13/*R13

11:25 | 1:40 | 3:55 LFS/* 6:10 |8:05 | 10:00 LFS

MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Dylan O'Brien, Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Brodie-Sangster R13

11:20 | 2:00 |4:40 | 7:20 | 10:00 LFS

PIXELS/ *SINISTER 2 Adam Sandler, Kevin James/ Shannyn Sossamon

R-16

PG/*R16

11:25 | 1:40 | 3:55 LFS/* 6:10 |8:05 | 10:00 LFS

EX WITH BENEFITS Derek Ramsay, Coleen Garcia, Carmi Martin R13

12:40 | 3:00 | 5:20 | 7:40 | 10:00 LFS

EDGEDAVAO

A4 INdulge! FOOD TAKING A BREAK from fast food and foreign dishes has always been a must. It not only reunites our palate to our local and rich flavors but more so, enables us to taste beyond our usual dishes. This week, we let loose and embrace the many dishes that have formed part of who we are now. In truth, these are some of my favorites. I cook them whenever I have the chance and also whenever I want to say goodbye to stressors that surrounds me. So, of the 4, what’s your favorite? Ginataang Manok An old time favorite, I love mine hot and bursting with gata. Oftentimes, I add desiccated coconuts (from the gata) for more depth. Ingredients Chicken pieces, skin off and cut into individual

portions (you can leave the skin if you like) Vinegar, enough to cover the chicken Yellow ginger, grated White ginger, grated Freshly ground black pepper 2 pcs siling labuyo or chili peppers Gata or coconut cream

VOL.8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

MY TOP 4

Pinoy dishes

(separate unang gata and pangalawang gata) Mustasa or mustard leaves, washed and trimmed In a bowl, marinate chicken with vinegar, gingers and black pepper. Marinate for an hour or longer. Set aside. In a saucepan over meat heat, dump marinated chicken. When chicken is almost cooked, pour pangalawang gata. Let boil. Remove chicken pieces from broth. Add unang gata and cook until thickens. Add chicken pieces and cook for 10-15 minutes. Toss in mustard leaves. Pinakbet For someone who’s allergic to bagoong, I cannot say no to a bowl of hot pinakbet. My preferred partner? Crispy fish on the side. Now, this is what heaven on earth tastes like. Ingredients 2 cloves garlic, minced Ginger, grated 2 pcs tomatoes, diced and deseeded Kalabasa, sliced Eggplant, sliced Ampalaya, sliced Okra, sliced Sitaw, cut into 2-inch pieces Warm water Bagoong

In a pan over low heat, sauté ginger until fragrant. Add garlic and tomato. Once cooked, add bagoong. Add kalabasa and cook for 5 minutes. Add water. Add remaining vegetables and cook for 20 minutes or until tender. Cover pot and simmer. Serve hot over rice. Paco Salad For the salad lovers, this is purely Pinoy and very masarap. Ingredients 4 cups paco or fiddle fern ½ c kesong puti Cheddar cheese, sliced ½ singkamas, cut into strips Dressing (can use store bought) ½ c olive oil 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 clove garlic, minced Sugar Salt and pepper to taste Wash paco. Strain and place in a bowl. Top paco with crumbled kesong puti and slices of cheddar cheese and strips of singkamas. Set aside. Make the dressing: In a bowl, mix oil, lemon and garlic. Season to taste. Add sugar to balance acidity.

Serve salad chilled. Ampalaya Salad I’m such an ampalaya lover. I love the bitter and crunchy taste of the vegetable and has always paired it with dried fish and even canned fried breakfast staples. If you want to rid of the bitter taste, massage the ampalaya with salt and leave for a minute or two. Wash off with water and squeeze the juice out. Ingredients 2 pieces fresh ampalaya, washed and sliced thinly (half moons) 6 tomatoes, cubed and deseeded 1 ripe mango, cubed 3 pieces itlog na maalat, cubed Calamansi juice ½ c sugar ½ c white vinegar In a bowl, add your squeezed ampalaya slices. Add tomatoes, mango and itlog na maalat. In a separate bowl, mix calamansi juice, sugar and vinegar. Drizzle vinaigrette over ampalaya slices. Serve chilled. Make #TheRoyalChef your Thursday habit. Tag me on instagram (@herroyalheiress) for your delicious food finds!

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

ENVIRONMENT

Where have all our forests gone? TEXT and PHOTOS By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

“

TO be poor and be without trees is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy.” -- Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author of The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die *** If the Philippines will not do something now, it will be the first country in Asia to completely lose its forest cover soon. Cebu is a case in point: It has a “zero-forest cover,” environment officials have said. “Most of the country’s once rich forests are gone,” says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) study entitled, “Sustainable Forest Management.” “We have lost most of our forest of old over the past 50 years and, along with them, many of the ecological services they provide,” says Peter Walpole, executive director of the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC). In the 1920s, forest still covered 18 million hectares of 60 percent of

the country’s total land area of 30 million hectares. It went down to 50 percent (15 million hectares) in the 1950s. In 1963, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization published data that placed forest cover of the country at 40 percent (12 million hectares). By 1970s, the forest cover shrunk to 34 percent (10.2 million hectares). From 1977 to 1980, deforestation reached an all-time high -- over 300,000 hectares a year, according to a booklet published by ESSC. In 1987, the Swedish Space Corporation put forest cover in the country at 23 percent (6.9 million hectares). “At the end of the 1980s, out of the 34 major islands that had been very densely forested at the beginning of the century, 24 islands had now less than 10 percent forest cover,” the ESSC publication said. In the 1990s, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported that the country had only 800,000 hectares (2.7 percent) primary forest cover. Residual forest was placed at 4.7

Trees are being cut to be used for lumber million hectares. in population -- up from “Where have all our about 500,000 in 152 to forests gone?” asked Roy around seven million in C. Alimoane, the director 1900,” the ESSC publicaof the Davao-based Min- tion surmised. Today, the danao Baptist Rural Life Philippines is home to Center (MBRLC). “Why more than 100 million Filare we losing our trees at ipinos. a very fast rate?” “This was accompaThe ever-growing nied by the spread of population can be partly commercial crops (abaca, blamed. “The most likely tobacco and sugarcane) causes were the increase and by growth of pasture lands for cattle raising as the Philippines became part of the world economy,” the publication continued. But logging -- both legal and illegal -- is seen as the primary culprit. “An important source of deforestation has been the dramatic expansion of destructive logging,” wrote Robert Repetto in The Forest for the Trees? Government Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources. The logging boomed in the late 1960s. “Logging concession areas increased from 4.5 million hectares to 11.6 million hectares, covering more than one-third of the entire country,” the ESSC publication report-

ed. “Timber companies owned by the traditional elite, the Philippine military, and politicians cornered the logging contracts.” According to Repetto, 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 had returned to the pre-boo level of 3.8 million cubic meters. Upland migration and agricultural expansion have also contributed to the past disappearance of the country’s forest cover. “Some 80,000 to 120,000 families cleared an estimated 2.3 million hectares of forest land,” Repetto wrote. “The spread of shifting cultivation largely reflects population growth and the economy’s failure to provide employment alternatives for the country’s rural poor.” The ESSC believes that

In some parts of Mindanao, logs are transported using motorcycles.

had all these factors been carried out in a manner that contributed to the overall development of the country, “the majority of the people could have been benefited.” However, historical land classification indicates that only very few people -- less than 500 individuals or corporations -- had held access rights to most of the country’s forest resources. “This figure highlights the injustice,” the ESSC publication points out. The ESSC thinks the responsibility for the present sad state of the Philippine forest rests with past administrations. “There has been a near total failure on the part of the government to recognize the sociocultural and ecological values of the forests,” it says, adding that they failed “to recognize any value except short-term economic gain.” The ESSC also fears that this “short-term economic gain” thinking may also be “repeated in the drive to adopt min-

FWHERE, 10

EDGEDAVAO

8 VANTAGE

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

EDITORIAL Working on one’s merits

LACK propaganda is nothing new in Philippine politics. The mounting of full blast smear campaigns to destroy a candidate or candidates are indicative that election season is just around the corner. Indeed, with the 2006 presidential elections less than a year away, one could expect dirty tactics to be launched left and right – and hitting some targets. One such target or the object of attack recently was Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte who, despite not having declared his intention to join the presidential race in May, became the latest victim of mudslinging. A writer whom Duterte pointed to as a PR man for Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas went on social media to spread the word that the mayor is suffering from throat cancer. That the writer, Philip Lustre Jr., raised a serious issue about Duterte’s health is a cause of concern if this is true. But as it turned out, Mr. Lustre’s allegation that Duterte is fighting the Big C immediately got a rebuke from the mayor himself. He vehemently denied he is suffering from throat cancer and went ballistic against Lustre, saying the writer is suffering from “mental impotence.” But Duterte was not finished. He went on to challenge Lustre to

EDGEDAVAO

Providing solutions to a seamless global village. Printed by Zion Accuprint Publishing Inc. Door 14 ALCREJ Building, Quirino Avenue, 8000, Davao City, Philippines Tel: (082) 224-1413 301-6235 Telefax: (082) 221-3601 www.edgedavao.net editorial@edgedavao.net marketing@edgedavao.net

ANTONIO M. AJERO Editor in Chief

NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO Managing Editor

AGAPITO JOAQUIN JR. Associate Editor

CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY Consultant

PHILIPPINE PRESS INSTITUTE

KENNETH IRVING K. ONG ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. BAI FAUZIAH FATIMA SINSUAT AMBOLODTO CHENEEN R. CAPON MEGHANN STA. INES Reporters NIKKI GOTIANSE-TAN Lifestyle FUNNY PEARL GAJUNERA LEANDRO S. DAVAL JR. CHA MONFORTE ARLENE D. PASAJE Photography Correspondents Cartoons Columnists: MA. TERESA L. UNGSON • EDCER C. ESCUDERO • AURELIO A. PEÑA • ZHAUN ORTEGA • BERNADETTE “ADDIE” B. Columnists: CARLOS MUNDA • HENRYLITO D. TACIO • B. EDCER C. SR., ESCUDERO • ATTY. EMILY ZEN CHUA •ANGELO GREGORIO G. DELIGERO BORBON • MARY ANN “ADI” C. QUISIDO • LEANDRO DAVAL • NIKKI GOTIANSE-TAN • NICASIO AGUSTIN • EMILY • JOHN CARLO TRIA • VIDA MIAEconomic S. VALVERDE • Economic “GICO” G.• DAYANGIRANG ZEN CHUA • CARLOS MUNDA Analyst: ENRICO Analysts: “GICO” G.ENRICO DAYANGIRANG JONALLIER M. PEREZ

the national association of newspapers

OLIVIA D. VELASCO D.D. MARATAS RICHARD C. EBONA OLIVIA D. VELASCO JOCELYN S. PANES SOLANI SOLANI MARATAS General Manager Finance Advertising Specialist General Manager Director of Sales Finance RICHARD C. EBONA Marketing Supervisor

prove his allegations and accused the Roxas camp of orchestrating the smear campaign. “I hold the Mar Roxas camp responsible for the actions of this PR man. 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,” Duterte said in a statement. The local chief executive, obviously surprised but furious at the treatment he got from someone who calls him a friend, then vowed to reveal the true color of Roxas if the mudslinging against him will not stop. It was clear that Duterte has some information about Mar and that he is ready to unravel before the world the skeletons in the former interior and local government secretary’s closet. The mudslinging will not stop, but we just hope that the coming presidential election will be a race among qualified candidates who offer the best and doable platforms of government for the Filipino people. We hope deserving candidates this time will work on their own merits and solicit votes the way it should be done and not resort to smear campaign. This is the fervent hope of every well-meaning citizen of this nation.

AGUSTIN V. MIAGAN JR Circulation

GENERAL SANTOS CITY OFFICE CAGAYAN DE ORO MARKETING MARKETING OFFICE

LEIZEL A. DELOSO | Marketing Manager EDMUND D. RENDON Unit 6, SouthbankMarketing Plaza Velez-Yacapin Sts. Specialist General Santos City Cagayan de Oro City Mobile: (Smart) 0909-424-7990 Tel: (088) 852-4894

MANILA MARKETING OFFICE

ANGELICA R. GARCIA | Marketing Manager 97-1 Bayanbayanan Ave., Marikina Heights, Marikina City Tel: (02) 654-3509

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

VANTAGE POINTS

Peace reporting in Mindanao

was searching for something yesterday in my bookshelves when a 32-page booklet caught my attention. This statement was too interesting to be dismissed outright: “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men where the defenses for peace must be constructed.” I found out that those words -- which reminds us of the power of ideas and how they shape people -- were from the charter of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). “Men act as they think. They think as they are informed. They form opinions, decide and move on the basis of information at hand. If people think peace, they will act peace,” the booklet says. “People are informed, and their values are formed, through the formal educational system,” it continues. “The schools and the mass media, indeed, are powerful instruments that shape the minds and steer the actions of men.” The strife in Mindanao -- mistakenly labelled as a conflict between Muslims and Christians -- is one of the biggest threats to peace in the Philippines. “It is commonly believed that the misunderstanding in Mindanao and about Mindanao is due to biases, prejudices and misconceptions brought about by decades of mis-education and mis-information of the Filipino,” it points out. It sounds very interesting, indeed. If you are still at loss, the title of the booklet is A Manual on Peace Reporting in Mindanao. I don’t remember how I was able to get a copy of the book; maybe when I visited the office of Press Foundation of Asia some years ago. It is published by Philippine Press Institute, an association of Philippine newspapers and magazines.

T was during Martial Law that the military started using subalterns in the campaign against the communist-led New People’s Army (NPA). In areas that were heavily influenced or infiltrated by rebel forces the military would train and arm these groups, and set them loose against the guerrillas and civilians suspected to be aiding the armed movement. Those groups were not the Civilian Home Defense Force, the precursor of the Civilian Armed Force Geographical Unit; they were a mishmash of millenarian sects whose practices blend Catholicism with folk beliefs. There is good reason to believe they evolved from groups like the Colorum and Lapiang Malaya, which fought for freedom from colonialism and for peasant emancipation. As they were imbued however with high doses of anti-communism, the sects that emerged during Martial Law shed off [their] libertarian genes and mutated into petty tyrants. These quasi-religious sects went by different names. One was called Sagrado Corazon Senor (Sacred Heart of Jesus), although their ways were anything but sacred. Said to have started in Initao town in Misamis Oriental, the Tadtad, as the group was called for their practice of mutilating their victims in what would appear to be

The author THINK ON THESE! of the manual is Dr. Crispin C. Maslog, who once worked in 1987 as communication director of the Peace and Development Panel for Mindanao and Henrylito D. Tacio the Cordillehenrytacio@gmail.com ras. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, he was honored by the Philippines Jaycees as The Outstanding Filipino awardee in literature and journalism in 1995. A Fulbright scholar, he got his Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Minnesota. The manual gives 10 general guidelines -- just like God gave Moses the 10 commandments -- to be observed when reporting on Mindanao and the people of Mindanao. These are: There is no such thing as Muslim-Christian conflict. “The Philippines is a pluralist society,” it explains. “Its Constitution allows freedom of worship. In practice, Filipinos of different religious beliefs are not persecuted.” And if there are fights among them, those are not ethnic or religious in nature, “but are rooted in political, economic, land and other causes.” There has been a Muslim-Christian brotherhood since 1913. “Muslims and Christians traditionally lived as neighbors. They joined the same civic clubs, transacted business with each other, went to the same public markets, enrolled in the same schools,

rode in the same buses, and observed each other’s holiday,” it says. Although there are ethnic differences, they also have a lot of common cultural practices. And these should be projected in the best light. “Mass media must avoid mentioning anything offensive to their cultural sensibilities,” it says, “like the pork-eating habits of Christians or the polygamous practice of Muslims.” There are similarities between Muslims and Christian names. Let’s take some Biblical names: Eve (Hawa), Noah (Nuh), Abraham (Ibrahim), Moses (Musa), Solomon (Sulaiman), John (Yahya), Mary (Miriam), and Jesus (Isa). There are ethnic differences among Muslims and Christians. Ethnic group refers to Maguindanao, Tausug, Yakan, Ilongo, Ilocano, Waray, Boholano, etc. “Each ethnic group has pride in its ethnicity and even claims of superiority over the others,” it says. “Mass media should avoid reports which would tend to pit one ethnic group against each other.” Historical perceptions of Muslims and Christians differ. “The Muslims believe that historically, Mindanao is theirs. They have claimed ownership of Mindanao since pre-Hispanic times. Many Christians question this view, especially since territorial boundaries change because of conquest.” The advice: “media must be careful in reporting or discussing the conflicting historical claims.” The challenge of Moro National Liberation Front and its splinter groups against the Philippine government is not a fight between Muslims and Christians. People are sensitive about their religious beliefs. “News reports derogatory to

any religion may foment religious dissension and can only results in quarrels,” it says. Sensationalized reports on Mindanao can spawn more conflict and should be avoided. “Sensational reports often distort the real situation and create anxiety among non-Muslims in Mindanao and in other parts of the country,” the manual explains. “In their anxiety, they may start arming themselves, thus worsening the division between Muslims and Mindanao.” Balanced reporting is imperative. “The voices of the masses, and not only of the political, military and religious leaders, should be reported,” it suggests. “Mass media should also report about the civilians caught in the crossfire, and the evacuees in order to get a well-rounded view of how the people of Mindanao feel about their situation.” The manual also urges to use ethnic identities when reporting about culture, language, customs, arts and tools, among others. Instead of using the word “Muslim,” the following can be used: Maranao language, Maguindanao culture, Yakan art, Tausug legend. Migrants from Luzon and Visayas should not be referred to as Christians but ethnically as Ilocano, Cebuano, Waray, Bicolano, Pampangueno, etc. But criminals should not be identified by their ethnic origins. You don’t use “Tausug bandit” or “Tagalog gangster” because over time, it may create the wrong impression that all Tausugs are bandit and all Tagalogs are gangster. Yes, there are just some of the reminders being discussed in the manual. And there are more ideas that a tyro journalists -- even seasoned ones -- can learn from it.

ritual killings, announced their existence with the massacre of Renato Bucag, his wife Helen and son Renato Jr. in 1984. They all died with hack wounds. Bucag, a city councilor in Gingoog, belonged to a political party opposing the dictatorship. A police official was implicated in the bloodbath. But instead of being prosecuted, a politician took him in as personal bodyguard. In other provinces of Mindanao similar sects emerged in the fight against the NPA – Rock Christ, Ilaga (Rat), Rizalian, Bolo Battalion, to name some. The Ilaga, originally used against the Moro National Liberation Front, also took part in the anti-insurgency campaign. They had been accused of committing atrocities against civilians, but it was the murder of Italian missionary Fr. Tullio Favali in Tulunan, North Cotabato in 1985 that sparked international outrage

leading to the prosecution and conviction of Ilaga leaders, among them Norberto, Edilberto and Elpidio Manero. (The Manero brothers were convicted in 1987. Edilberto and Elpidio were released in 2003 and Norberto in 2008.) Aside from killing Favali, witnesses said the brothers ate bits of the priest’s brains, an account that affirmed the penchant of their kind for macabre rituals they believe would give them power. Sources interviewed by this author in 1984 claimed that the Tadtad, for instance, held rites where members hit their bodies with machetes while mumbling foreign-sounding phrases. Before going to battle, the sources added, the Tadtad would drink a concoction and utter words believed to make them invincible. After Marcos’ ouster in 1986, the military somehow discarded the use of fanatical sects. They turned to organizing and arming anti-communist vigilante groups like the Alsa Masa of Davao City and Nakasaka of Davao del Sur. The vigilantes, who did the dirty work like executing suspected rebels, gradually faded into oblivion particularly after the death of its foremost propagandist, broadcaster Jun Pala. The NPA disowned responsibility for Pala’s death. In the countryside, however, the use of para-

military groups with no formal ties to the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to this day. Groups like the Alamara in North Cotabato and Bukidnon and the Magahat/Bagani in Surigao del Sur have time and again sown terror among rural communities. In Surigao del Sur, their latest victims were three Lumad leaders who were killed for alleged links to the armed movement. Put on the defensive by the public uproar over these killings, the AFP has reportedly disowned the Bagani. Yet Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel himself declared that the group “is a creation of the military”. He also blamed the same group for killing other people including barangay leaders. “They (military) created a monster they could no longer control,” he added. On paper, it is easy for the military to disown the Bagani and other paramilitaries for that matter; unlike the Cafgu, these groups don’t officially function as part of the security sector. Yet the way they have been acting without impunity tells a different story. For one, who gave them those expensive high-powered firearms? Surely, it could not be the NPA. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. H. Marcos C. Mordeno can be reached at hmcmordeno@gmail.com)

A continuing proxy war in Mindanao

10NEWS

Drug... FROM 1

operative. Police recovered a .45 caliber pistol along with two magazines and 12 bullets, and three elongated sachets of shabu from the possession of the suspect. “Dugay na namo ni siya gina-monitor. Ang style niya ani kay nagatag-tag og shabu sa Mati... Tapos nagabaligya na pud siyag shabu sa Catalunan Grande og Isla Verde (We monitored him for a long time because we learned that he was selling shabu in Mati... He was also selling drugs in Catalunan Grande and Isla Verde),” Santillana said. He said based on their investigation, Pangcoga has a group in Mati City along with other policemen who protect drug pushers in the area. Santillana also revealed

the suspect had a pending criminal case and administrative case last year. He said prior to the operation, Pangcoga was assigned at the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11-Regional Police Holding and Accounting Office (RPHAO) due to his pending estafa case in Lupon Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Davao Oriental and grave misconduct at the Regional Internal Affairs Service (RIAS). Santillana said Pangcoga got the estafa case after he sold the M4 rifle of his colleague last year. This was also the basis for his case of grave misconduct. Santillana said the suspect has an alias warrant of arrest issued by Lupon RTC branch 32 Judge Emilio Dayanghirang III on August 19 this year for his estafa case.

wants the police to be visible to the people so that crimes will be prevented. “Like criminals themselves say, they watch out for the presence of police officers before they commit crimes. That is why we will deploy the police,” she said. Driz said aside from patrolling, the police of-

ficers should be also assisting the City Traffic and Transport Management Office (CTTMO) in manning traffic flow. She said the implementation of the guideline is also timely because it is already the “ber” and crime incidents are expected to increase. ABFJ

why,” he added. Asked to clarify if the two were in a relationship, Albao Cali and the female doctor had both denied being in a romantic relationship. “Ako ni silang na-interview before katong pag file nila og complaint and they denied having a relationship with each other,” he said. Albao said they are looking into all possible angles behind the kill-

ing of Cali and not just on the reports that a military officer was behind the crime. Albao also the NBI already holds some evidences in the case but refused to give more details. Cali was shot dead around 10:45 in the morning of August 16 in Ulas, Davao City. He was killed a week after seeking help from the NBI over death threats. FPAG

Compounding the problem is the increasing number of cases filed by residents of the city’s 26 barangays at the eight court salas. Aside from the appointment of the three trial court judges, the council also asked the Office of the President to assign six more prosecutors and two associate prosecutors for the City Prosecutor’s Office. Milleza said Republic Act 10071 or the Prosecution Service Act of 2010 provides that each trial court should have two assigned prosecu-

tors. But he said the city’s eight existing courts are currently served by only seven prosecutors. “There are no assigned associate prosecutors in the city and that added to the inadequacy as to the prompt delivery of justice and legal services to local residents,” he said. He added that the lack of prosecutors has affected the operations of city courts in the past several years. (PNA)

der the influence of drugs or liquor at the time of the incident. Tuan said the cargo truck and workers of a Davao City-based multi-purpose cooperative were hired by Sumifru Ba-

nana Plantation to transport bananas from T’boli to its processing plant. He said the local government will extend financial assistance to the victims and hospitalization of injured workers. (PNA)

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

NCCA... FROM 3 culture, heritage and arts with a total of P4 million also. The NCCA will be also giving grants worth P500,000 each to 10 projects on the establishment and enhancement of community heritage center hubs and data center totaling P5 million. “This year, the commission is also looking for implementers of projects which have been conceptualized by the agency,” Cruzat said. The NCCA has two sets of categories of proposals.

Category A includes projects that had been conceptualized during the various levels of planning workshops by its various national committees following the identified needs of the locality and where specific outputs and deliverables had been defined. “Projects in this category will have three or more component activities,” Cruzat said. “Proponents interested to implement project under this category may submit a letter of intent.”

Category B calls for projects proposal conceptualized by proponents with due consideration to the important concerns cited in the project brief and aligned to the identified priorities and outcomes of NCCA. These concerns are the establishment of culture as pillar for sustainable development, advancement of creativity and diversity of artistic expression, and promotion of a strong sense of nationhood and pride in being Filipino through

culture and arts. Cruzat said project briefs as well as the guidelines and requirements are available at NCCA website. Cruzat said Mindanao received a huge allocation because of its huge area and the large number of covered ethnic groups. Last year, the NCCA received thousands of application nationwide and only 700 were approved and given grants. These projects are now being implemented.CRC

Non-com... FROM 2

Lady... FROM 2

GENSAN... FROM 4

4 banana... FROM 4

FRESH FISH. A fish vendor displays newly-sliced tuna at the wet section of Agdao Public Market yesterday. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered the City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) to file charges against vendors selling rotten tuna wiped with pork blood to make them look fresh. Lean Daval Jr.

SUN... FROM 6

age 88 along with opportunities to invest in different funds. “Our customers have different insurance and investment needs. More often than not, these are clearly identified goals with specific timelines linked to them,” explains Richard Lim, president of SLGFI. “SLG MyFuture Fund is the ideal solution for such medium to long-term funding needs because it optimizes the earning potential of one’s money until such time the funds are needed. This is achieved by focusing on wealth accumulation in the earlier years and switching to a gains preservation strategy as the maturity date of the fund nears,” he added. Expertly managed by professional fund managers, SLG MyFuture Fund comes in four different maturity dates that a client can choose from: 2025, 2030,

2035, or 2040. The fund promotes capital appreciation at the onset, through allocation in equities, in order to maximize fund accumulation. Then, it transitions to wealth preservation as it nears the maturity date, by shifting the portfolio allocation to fixed income assets, in order to help lock in the gains that the fund has earned in the earlier years. With the right combination of a variable life insurance base product, SLG MyFuture Fund provides solution to short, medium to long-term needs. “This principle holds true whether you are working to fund your child’s college education 10-15 years down the road or preparing for retirement in 20+ years. You just need to decide on the nearest maturity period given the time frame of your needs,” Lim further added. SLG MyFuture Fund can

help one realize his goals in three easy steps: 1) Set a target date, 2) Choose the SLG MyFuture Fund nearest that target date, and 3) Pair the fund with the most suitable Sun Life Grepa Financial Peso Variable Life Insurance product, which include Sun Grepa Power Builder 1, Sun Grepa Power Builder 5 and Sun Grepa Power Builder 10. “This fund is a financial solution for clients with longer investment horizon and greater tolerance for risk. These clients are more likely to accept short-term volatility for the opportunity to optimize earning potentials over the medium-to-long term period and will eventually look to secure most of the gains made at the later stages. This fund fully supports our clients in the achievement of their financial goals on target, on time” says Lim.

For more information on SLG MyFuture Fund and Sun Grepa Power Builder, call or visit your nearest RCBC branch or contact your SLGFI Agency Sales Associate. You may also call the SLGFI Call Center at (02) 849-9633 or visit www.sunlifegrepa.com. Sun Life Grepa Financial, Inc. (SLGFI) is a joint venture between the Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC) and Sun Life Financial-Philippines (Sun Life). SLGFI has an exclusive distribution agreement with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC). SLGFI offers life protection products through its agency, bancassurance, and group account channels. YGC is one of Southeast Asia’s largest conglomerates with over 90 companies, while Sun Life has been a top player in the Philippine market for over 120 years.

the effects of climate change on the agriculture sector. In this way, we can recommend the appropriate and evidence-based policies and reforms and seek support for their proper implementation,” said Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio

M. Balisacan. The two-day event will start with a high-level policy forum on September 18, 2015. Senior officials from the Office of Presidential Adviser on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, Department of

Agriculture, Climate Change Commission, Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, will participate in the event. The forum will be followed by a research symposium that will

take place on September 19. The symposium will showcase the results of the component studies. Officials of other government agencies and development partners working on agriculture and climate change are invited to participate. (NEDA)

NEDA... FROM 6

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

EDGEDAVAO

MONTEVISTA-DSWD ACCORD. Montevista (Compostela Valley) Municipal Mayor Eutropio “Topoy” Jayectin and Regional Director Priscilla N. Rasul of the Department of the Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sign a memo-

LGUs urged to take lead in coastal area clean-up

OUNCILOR Leonardo Avila III, chair of the Davao Gulf Management Council, urged local governments within the shoreline of the Davao Gulf to take an active role in the clean-up drive. He said local government units must be first in instilling in the minds of those living near the shoreline the importance of proper solid waste management. Avila recalled that the city government of Davao hired contractual workers who advocate cleanliness of the surroundings and proper disposal of waste to residents for them to understand the importance of cleaning the shorelines. “People must be made to understand the importance of cleanliness in the surroundings,” he said. The International Coastal Clean-up Drive is set every third Saturday of September.

Commodore Efren Elbanbuena, commander of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary in Davao Region, said based on their observation from the coastal clean-up activities in the past, there were more garbage in urban areas than rural areas. He said there are more garbage along the shoreline communities in Davao City than in places like Carmen, Davao del Norte, or Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental. Elbanbuena said a costal clean-up drive is slated in the region on September 19, with the participation of line government agencies and nongovernment organizations. Commodore Joselito de la Cruz, commander of the Philippine Coast Guard Southeastern Mindanao area, said his unit will support this endeavor. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)

COMMUNITY SENSE 11

randum on the Kalahi-CIDSS project to be implemented in the municipality. Inset, Sonny A. Legario Jr., action team coordinator, explains some details of the project to Mayor Jayectin. Contributed

P174M of Kalahi-CIDSS funds for 197 barangays in Region 11

Montevista first to launch expanded program

HE expanded Kalahi-CIDSS program in the Davao Region was launched August 28 in Montevista, Compostela Valley Province. Kalahi-CIDSS, which stands for Kapit-Bisig Laban saKahirapan –Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services, is a much-vaunted program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), funded by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. The program is designed to involve grassroots leaders starting from puroks in the process of identifying, planning and managing community-driven development and poverty alleviation projects.

It is now in the towns of Montevista, Compostela Valley; Luponand Baganga, Davao Oriental; Braulio Dujali and San Isidro, Davao del Norte; and Kiblawan, Malalag, Jose Abad Santos, Sta. Maria, Don Marcelino and Sarangani, Davao del Sur. Kalahi-CIDSSwas initially implemented in 16 municipalities in Region 11. DSWD regional director Priscilla N. Razon said some 80 field workers were recently deployed in the region after a week-long orientation in the Island Garden City of Samal. Razon said each town will be under an area coordinating team (ACT) composed of an area coordinator (AC), technical facilitator

(TF), financial analyst (FA) and community empowerment facilitator (CEF). The ACT shall lead the implementation of the program in the municipality in coordination with the municipal coordinating team (MCT), the ACT counterpart installed by the municipal LGU (local government unit) in a Kalahi-CIDSS area. Razon was all praises for the ACT in Montevista for being the first of the 11 towns to launch their Kalahi-CIDSS. Sonny A. Legario Jr., area coordinator of Montevista, said his team started orientation of grassroots leaders to capacitate them in identifying projects they will propose for their communities such as roads, bridges,

potable water, health stations, post-harvest facilities and other projects to be prioritized for funding with a total grant allocation of P13,860.700 for Montevista and a municipal counterpart fund of P1.9 million. Legario said the community leaders have to understand that the grant and municipal counterpart fund will be up for grabs by 20 barangays whose project proposals have to be screened because not all of them can be funded under one cycle. The 11 municipalities covered by the expanded Kalahi-CIDSS will get a total grant of P173,980,750 intended to benefit a total of 197 barangays, Razon said. Contributed

Budget cuts for 59 SUCs in 2016 is very anti-poor – Win Gatchalian

ATIONALIST People’s Coalition Congressman Win Gatchalian has questioned the budget cuts of 59 state universities and colleges (SUCs), saying the move to reduce the funding of schools is “very anti-poor.” Gatchalian said this in reaction to reports that some SUCs will have their budgets for maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) and capital outlay (CO) slashed despite an across-theboard increase in the budget for salaries. Mindanao State University, for one, will have its funding shrunk to P274.2 million from

P418.8 million. The CO budget of the University of the Philippines for next year, meanwhile, will decrease by P2 billion. “Decreasing the budget of SUCs for MOOE and CO is very anti-poor as it will most likely force them to look for ways to supplement their meager budgets, such as increasing tuition and other fees,” said Gatchalian, a majority member of the House committees on higher and technical education and on basic education and culture. Gatchalian is the author of House Bill 5905, also known as the “Free Higher Education Act,” which will fully subsidize

tuition fee in all SUCs for all current and future enrollees provided they maintain good academic and moral standing. The measure has already been approved at the committee level. “Budget cuts will limit the access of students from indigent households to quality higher education and thus hinder them from getting opportunities that will allow them to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty,” explained Gatchalian. According to the Family and Income Expenditure Survey 2012, a household led by a college graduate earns an average family income

that is more than twice that of a family headed by one who has only finished high school. Gatchalian maintained that the purpose of SUCs is to give students from poor families access to quality education. Says the Aquino administration’s “Roadmap for Public Higher Education Reform”: “The main rationale for the creation and maintenance of state universities and colleges is to provide access to more affordable, good quality education for the poor and disadvantaged, to ensure equity of access to higher education while at the same time serving as instruments

of development in their regional and national contexts.” The said Roadmap has even identified “limited access to quality higher education” in the three “fundamental and long-running weaknesses” of higher education in the Philippines. Other weaknesses are “lack of overall vision, framework, and plan for higher education” and “deteriorating quality of higher education.” Gatchalian maintained that SUCs should focus on giving quality higher education instead of revenue generation. “SUCs should be busy with their primary task

to educate the country’s future leaders and contribute research that would aid the country in its quest for development, instead of looking for sources of revenue because of budget cuts by the government,” said Gatchalian. The Valenzuela City lawmaker added:”Ironically, while two general objectives of the government’s higher education reform is to make the quality of higher education better and to expand the access of the poor to quality higher education, the reform also seeks to rationalize higher education, which pushes for revenue generation.”

12CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

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

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

. . . Vice Mayor/Presiding Officer ... SB Member ... SB Member ... SB Member ... SB Member ... SB Member ... SB Member ... SB Member ... SB Member ... LnB President

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-

CLASSIFIED

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

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

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

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

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)

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;

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

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

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

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)

CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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. 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

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

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

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:

2. 3.

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

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

Steam baths, saunas and other similar establishments/per cubicle

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

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

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)

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

(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.

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

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

400.00

Large

On Wholesalers/Retailers/ Dealers or Distributors

100.00

Medium

400.00

200.00

Large

On Trans-loading Operating Medium

1,000.00

Cottage Small

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

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.

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.

CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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.

ARTICLE 17 PERMIT FEE FOR EXCAVATION

Particulars

For crossing street with concrete pavement:

Old Rate

New Rate

B6 CLASSIFIED b)

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

1,500.00

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

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

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

Personnel Under Recruitment Agencies

200.00

Jewelry Appraiser

200.00

Laborer

Mechanic

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

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

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

30.00

Over 100 to 500 gallons

1 to 25 gallons

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

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

ARTICLE 24 BUILDING PERMIT AND OTHER RELATED FEES

500.00

Over 3,000 to 3,500 gallons

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

CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

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

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

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

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

10.00/km 10.00/km

Subdivision:

2.00/tree

- Building permit

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

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

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

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

B. ISSUANCE OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATES/HEALTH CARDS

C.10. Terminals

a. b. c. d.

EDGEDAVAO

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

Videoke Machine RETAILER

200.00

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

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

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

CLASSIFIED

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

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

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. Any other extension/s

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

MRF

1. Delivery Vehicles:

ARTICLE 34 COVERAGE AND STATEMENT OF POLICY

Particulars

EDGEDAVAO

GRF

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.

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 Particulars

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

EDGEDAVAO

CLASSIFIED

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

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

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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

2.00/ head

70.00/ head

10.00/ head

5.00/ head

Slaughter Fee ( For Public Consumption) ( For Home Consumption)

.50/kilo .75/kilo

.50/kilo .50/kilo

Post Mortem Inspection Fee

.75/kilo

Corral Fee

Section 3. Butchers Fee.

50.00/ 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

VOL. 8 ISSUE 120 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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.

B15

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.

B16 CLASSIFIED and the procedure to be followed in conducting the same.

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

ENVIRONMENT 13

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

WHERE... FROM 7 ing as the answer to our economic development.” In the Philippines, mining operations are oftentimes located in ancestral land, forest land, and even prime agricultural land. But the destruction caused by deforestation are already written on the wall. “Deforestation has left upper watersheds unprotected, destabilizing river flows, with significant effects on fish population and agriculture,” Repetto wrote. “The implications for hydroelectric projects and irrigation facilities have already become apparent in Luzon, where anticipated lifetimes of important reservoirs have been cut in half by sedimentation.” In The World for World is Forest, Ursula K. Le Guin wrote: “A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it.” Forest is home to some of the most ecologically-fragile flora and fauna. “More than 400 plant and animal species in the Philippines are currently threatened with extinction, including the Philippine eagle and the tamaraw,” the Washington D.C.-based Population Reference Bureau reported. The Philippine Eagle

Foundation said that a pair of Philippine eagle needs at least 7,000 to 13,000 hectares of forest as nesting territory. “The Philippine eagle has become a critically endangered species because the loss of the forest had made it lose its natural habitat,” explained Dennis Salvador, PEF’s executive director. Water, one of man’s basic needs, is expected to diminish as trees disappear. A certain Diosmedes Demit, a farmer from Bukidnon, told a reporter on why he was joining the ‘Fast for the Forests’: “If the forest perishes, so will the life of people. The trees are our source of life. Without trees, there will be no water. If there is no water, there will be no life.” The environment department said that the current administration of Benigno Aquino III 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

A denuded mountain near Mount Apo. Ramon J.P. Paje. “Maybe there is an increase in the number of trees, but it is not the forest we idealize, romanticize, log or even live in,” Walpole said. “The generic response to forest degradation is to plant trees, but we don’t know what

this accomplishes or does not.” So, where have all our forests gone? “A person without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless,” American President Theodore Roosevelt reminded.

NOTICE OF LOSS

Notice is hereby given by LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED INC. that CERTIFICATE OF FULL PAYMENT No.(s) 040629 under Loyola Contract No(s). 714519-6 issued to LEONILA G. MAGLANA

21105487 under Loyola Contract No(s). 10281120-5 issued to TEOFILA L. LAHOYLAHOY were lost. Any transaction entered into shall be null and void.

9/17.24,10.1

EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH DEED OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late QUINTIN DOYOHOY has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE executed among his heirs per Doc. No.253; Page No.51; Book No. XI; Series of 2015, of the NOTARY PUBLIC ARNOLD L. BARCENILLA 9/16.23.30

14 COMPETITIVE EDGE EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Hedcor gets 4 Asian Power awards H

edcor, Inc., the Philippines’ largest developer of runof-river hydropower systems, received four major awards from Asian Power Magazine during the 11th Asian Power Awards held on the night of September 2 at Conrad Bangkok in Thailand. Hedcor received the Hydropower Project of the Year (Gold Award) for its Sabangan Hydropower Project; Innovative Power Technology of the Year (Silver Award) and Smart Grid Power Project of the Year (Gold Award) for its Talomo Hydro Plants’ automation project; and Power Utility of the Year (Philippines). Hedcor President and COO Rene Ronquillo led the acceptance of the awards on behalf of the Hedcor team. “These awards were made possible by every team member’s commitment to continuous improvement,” he said. The Asian Power Awards, which is one of Asia’s most prestigious awards for the power industry, aims to recognize ground-breaking projects and trailblazing initiatives. Over a hundred executives and key players gathered at the acclaimed “Oscars” of the power industry in Asia. “We have continuously worked to be more efficient through our quality improvement projects while adhering to our corporate values,” Ronquillo said. “These awards affirm and validate our passion for better ways,” he added. The Hydropower Proj-

ect of the Year recognized Sabangan Hydro for its completion and dedication to generate clean and renewable energy, the first in the Mountain Province. The Sabangan Hydro was inaugurated last May 6 and added 55-GWh annually to the Luzon Grid. Using a modern run-of-river system, the Sabangan hydro harnesses the natural force of the Chico River by diverting part of the water into the system. The half-century Talomo Hydropower Plants was awarded the Innovative Power Technology and Smart Grid Power Project of the Year for its automation. With a target completion by 2016, the project necessitates retrofitting the plants with state of the art technology that will put an end to the manual monitoring and operation of the plants. Nominations were judged by John Yeap from Head of Energy for Asia at Pinsent Masons; Mark Hutchinson, an energy expert from Advisors in Energy; John Gross, managing director of Ceejay International; and Tim Charlton, Asian Power publisher. “On behalf of the Asian Power team, we are grateful for all the attendees who came tonight,” Charlton said during the awards night. “We have passed a decade of recognizing the best achievements and projects in the region’s industry, and tonight we put the spotlight on 2015’s key players who bested others in a drive for efficiency and productivity in the power sector.”

Beer, music, stars, history in San Miguel Oktoberfest

HE country’s biggest beer and music festival this year will be extra special as San Miguel Pale Pilsen celebrates its 125thyear. The quintessential iconic Filipino beverage was first introduced in 1890 during the inauguration of the La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel. “This gives San Miguel Brewery Inc. good reason to bring back legendary performers past and present most enjoyed with the best beer brands in the country,” SMB Inc.’s marketing manager Menlou B. Bibonia said. Beer and music lovers are in for the ultimate treat as the event gathers an array of music legends, brand ambassadors, and popular movie, TV, and social media sensations at the MOA Concert Grounds on September 18. Now considered a national tourism event, the festival will also gather some of the top favorite bars in Metro Manila to make the event

a musical and bar-hopping experience like no other. From the ultra modern lights and sounds show, the beer pyramid and giant global artists featured in the past, this year’s edition will again feature a massive beer shower, giant inflatable displays, virtual sports game booths, and a grand fireworks display. Revelers will likewise enjoy performances of University bands and brand evangelists, including Red Horse Beer’s Ely Buendia, Pepe Smith, Slapshock, Greyhoundz, and Razorback. San Mig Light Party All-Night DJs top-billed by this year’s champion, DJ Kouta Kutsuma. The music and beerpacked party will be also be held in Laguna Central, Greenfield City in Santa Rosa City, Laugna on September 26; Cebu IT Park in Apas, Cebu City on October 2; and Limketkai Center in Cagayan de Oro City on October 3.

ASIAN POWER AWARDS. Tim Charlton (center), publisher of Asian Power Magazine hands over the four major awards to the Hedcor team. From left, Raffy Macabiog, AVP for Project Development; Rene Ronquillo, president and COO; Rolando Pacquiao, VP for Mindanao Operations; and Ramo Gavis, Supervisor of Project Development.

Fund management firm bares Mindanao’s potentials

OL Financial Group Inc., a fund management company believes that Mindanao as a potential growth area for investment firms as the industry has barely scratched the surface of the large island as a market. Col Financial president and chief executive officer Conrado Bate said that his company is confident that Mindanaoans, given proper information and education campaign, will appreciate the need to invest their money instead of depositing it in banks where earnings are eaten up by inflation. Although there is a need for people to realize that instead of making their money sleep in the bank, it would be better for them to take some risk because, without doing so, their money will not earn. At present, Bate said only a minimal of 2% of its 140,000 clients are from Mindanao. “It is still very small,” he said as the fund management company has about P47 billion in its investment portfolio. Mr. Bate and some top officials of the company were here Wednesday to launch the COL Fund Source, a mutual fund “supermarket” which provides a vehicle for

investors to diversify their investments. Marvin V. Fausto, company consultant on business development, it would be easier for investors to buy funds that signed up with the company as this can be done online. “We would like to tell the clients that, although investments are risky, we can help them manage the risks,” said Mr. Fausto, unlike in the past when savings carried as high as 10% in interests and that depositors could even live on interest. The platform would even allow the investor, even if small, can diversify among stocks, bonds that are either short or long-term as well as other funds, he added. The good thing about the product explained Bate, company consultant on business development, all the fees are removed except for the management fee, as the company has signed up with mutual fund sellers Sun Life Asset Management, ATR Kim Eng Asset Management, Philam Asset Management, Philequity, First Metro Asset Management, and ALFM Family of Funds. Launched in July, the platform has accumulated about P200 million. He said that the mass

market, which is the target of the platform, must not pay the sales fees and that the mutual fund companies agreed which could go high as 90% of clients as these people are identified as those with people with portfolio of P200,000 and below. On the stock market, April Lynn C. Lee-Tan, company vice president and head of research, said she has remained bullish despite the fluctuation on the stock market. Ms. Lee-Tan said what the market is experiencing, especially with the volatility of the Chinese economy, is a major correction, or when the market is finding its stability point because stocks were overvalued. Although she did not discount the possibility of a bear market, a longer market period when prices of commodities are falling, she said based on the data, the stock market is starting to settle down and it is the time for “bargain hunters” to invest. She also singled out property development as a good buy, while the company is veering away from mining and gaming stocks. One sector that has been affected even when it should

not be, she said, is banking. “There are concerns that the problems in China was like the problems in the US (when it experienced recession in 2007),” she explained. However, she said although there were similarities there were still differences particularly the fact that at that time the US issued investment instruments to foreign investors, including local banks and high network individuals. In China, the case is that investments in these instruments are domestic in nature and that any downturn will not affect even local banks. Another factor is that the Philippine government has continued to maintain a strong balance sheets as entry of dollars has continued especially from exports, the business process outsourcing as well as overseas Filipino workers. Even when forecasters committed a mistake because what is being experienced is a bear market, this type of market can only last about eight months and that the situation has run for about five months, she said. Contributed

The research also reveals that 76-percent of Filipinos are planning to purchase a car in the next two years compared to 65-percent in other emerging markets. In terms of consumer behavior, the Philippines has the highest level of vehicle upgrade, with 96-percent

planning to upgrade their cars when they reach a more financial and stable condition. Meanwhile, attractive consumer loan programs have boosted the strong demand for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The growth in consumer loans was driven by a 26-percent increase in

auto loans, which translated to P244.61 billion. As consumer loans continues to grow, local banks are racing to come up with different strategies such as lower interest rates, attractive product offerings, and freebies to boost their share of the industry and give them a competitive edge.

Carmudi reports growth in PH car financing sector EADING car classified Carmudi has recently unveiled its report about the growth of Car Financing in the Philippines. The report provides an outlook in the current and future state of car financing in the country and how it affects consumer attitudes towards credit.

SPORTS 15

EDGEDAVAO

VOL. 8 ISSUE 121 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

TOO MUCH POWER Petron spikers bow to reigning champs Hisamitsu-Japan

TRIPLE THREAT. Petron Spikers’Abby Maraño, Rachel Anne Daquis and Dindin Santiago-Manabat banner the Philippine club to the Asian Club Championships.

EFENDING champion Hisamitsu Seiyaku Springs of Japan made short work of Petron, 25-5, 25-16, 25-12, in the 2015 AVC Asian Club Women’s Volleyball Championship late Tuesday at the Ha Nam Competition Hall in Vietnam. Serbian reinforcement Tatjana Bokan delivered 16 points while veteran Yumi Mizuta was also impressive with eight kills for a total of 11 points. Yuki Ishii and Miyu Nagaoka complemented Bokan and Mizuta as they chipped in eight and five points, respectively for Japan, which needed only an hour and seven minutes to close o u t the

enough experience which will definitely help the Blaze Spikers in their coming title retention bid in the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix starting on October 10. “Playing against these Asian superstars was a great experience for us,” said Pascua. “We may have lost the game, but we won a lot of experience which we could use when we compete in the PSL Grand Prix n ex t

month.” Like a well-oiled machine behind a well-choreographed game plan, the Japanese zoomed to an early 8-1 advantage in the first technical timeout. Skipper Maica Morada managed to squeeze i n a kill to give Petron its s e c o n d point, but Nagaoka, Ishii, and Bokan answered back with

nine

match. D e spite the loss, P e t r o n coach George Pascua said the team gained

Moon Cake Night Run set in Davao on Sept 26

HE Filipino and Chinese communities of Davao City will come together to honor the unsung heroes of the environment: the bats, which to Chinese culture are symbols of good luck and good fortune. In celebration of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Davao City on September 26, 2015, there will be a Moon Cake Night Run for Peace, Love, and Awareness. This Davao homegrown campaign is called ELEVATED I BATtitude and is hosted by the Monfort Bat Cave and Conservation Foundation together with the Rotary Club of South Davao in coordination with the Davao City Chinatown Development Council. The events under this campaign are intended to raise the level of awareness toward the misunderstood mammals that have not been

given the credit due them. This despite the fact that they perform an invaluable service to Dabawenyos. The bountiful harvests that we continue to enjoy today are only possible through the work of bats. The durian, touted as king of fruits, will no longer be enjoyed. And without bats, the Philippine Eagle cannot fly because no amount of corporate efforts to replant millions of trees can ever match the bats’ regeneration of our forests. ELEVATED I BATtitude intends to be a nationwide initiative that also supports efforts at building the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence by calling on all baby boomers to connect with the “X” and “Y” generations through the power of music to remember who we really are, what our responsibilities are, and where we are going.

straight points to put Japan way ahead, 17-2, to completely crush the morale of the Blaze Spikers, who were coming off an impressive straight-set victory over Iran Monday night. “I told them to target the Japanese spikers from the service box to throw them out of their comfort zone,” Pascua said. “But that plan also didn’t work. The Japanese libero was everywhere. That team was so good and so disciplined to be beaten just like that.” The Blaze Spikers wrap up their pool assignments against Zhejiang of China at 7 pm (Manila time) before competing in the classification match for 5th to 12th places on Friday. But Petron faces a tough task finishing off the group stage as Zhejian is bannered by former national team members and seasoned international campaigners, who led the team to a five-set conquest of mighty Japan Monday to remain unscathed in three games. Dindin Manabat delivered all of her seven kills on spikes while Frances Molina and import Rupia Inck Furtado chipped in four points apiece for the Blaze Spikers, who were obviously starstrucked early on before somehow regaining their composure in the second set. The lone bright spot for Petron, however, was Brazilian reinforcement Erica Adachi, who tallied 47 of Petron’s 55 excellent sets.

9 Pinoys make it to Final 64

HE Philippines leads the way with nine players making the grade at the 2015 World 9-ball Championship where strange and amazing things have happened. On this day a single millimeter roll of the ball, or a funny kick can change lives and careers. You might go through to the Final 64

knockout stages--where from there its six wins to pool history-- or you could just as easily find yourself heading for the exits in a state of depression, having never made it out of the group stages. Next up is Taiwan with eight players having qualified. China brings six of its players to the knock-

out stage, while four Japanese qualified. Poland has looked very strong and has three players in the final 64. And the USA, the ancestral home of this game, has, for the first time in many years, three players in the knockout round. The surprise results kept coming throughout the day. When it was over,

the last 64 standing represented what is one of the most diverse and wide open fields pool has seen in years. New names and new countries, combined with plenty of familiar faces promises to make the run for pool’s biggest prize over the next three days not only dramatic, but fascinating as well.

HE Australian Medical Association (AMA) called for a ban on boxing on Tuesday following the death of a 28-year-old fighter after he was knocked unconscious in the ring. Davey Browne Jr died early on Tuesday from his injuries from an IBF super-featherweight regional title fight four days previously, after his

family authorised his life-support to be turned off in a Sydney hospital. The father-of-two was knocked out 30 seconds from the end of the super featherweight 12-round contest against Carlo Magali of the Philippines, and collapsed on his stool before being hospitalised in critical condition with brain injuries.

AMA vice-president Dr Stephen Parnis said it was time to ban boxing. “One punch can kill -whether you are outside a pub on a Friday night or in a boxing ring -- and this is the thing that causes young lives to be ended so traumatically,” he said, according to Australian broadcaster ABC’s website. “It’s a terrible tragedy for

a young man with a young family, but the fact that it was entirely avoidable just leaves a real sense of bitterness. “The way that boxing is designed there will be these times inevitably where someone will get bleeding or irreversible damage to the brain and they will either lose their life or end up with brain damage.

Fight ban urged as Australian boxer dies T

EDGEDAVAO Sports

RED-HOT Go torches hoops with 50 points

ANKING on its ace gunner Christopher “Bong” every bit of the way, the City Mayors Office bounced back with a 98 – 78 win over IBP Davao in their basketball friendly game on Tuesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. Go put on a dazzling display of shooting in carrying the CMO to a reprisal win over the IBP Davao that came in a dominating fashion. The sweet-shooting aide of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte finished the game with friendly series-best 50 points, including three baskets from behind the arc, in a performance that was an answer to the outstanding game of the Davao lawyers in the last outing. Beanpole forward Joel Aberilla continued his strong play by contributing 12 points for the City Hall Executives who loss to IBP Davao 82 – 77 in the previous game. Spitfire guard Adrian Paguican scored 27 points to pace the IBP Davao that missed the services of team scoring leader Arman Dioso

and reliable forward Gil Ciudadano. IBP Davao could not get their game going which is a big turnaround of its performance in the last game where they kept the CMO trailing all throughout with their balance attack. Go, who got his rhythm early that fueled the CMO offense, drilled two treys five feet beyond the arch to widen the gap that was too high for the IBP Davao to climb. IBP Davao reinforcement former PBA standout Jomer R ubi had 13 points for the IBP Davao which also got 12 from Ongkiko. CMO missed the services of spot-up shooter Glenn Escandor and versatile forward Eugene Labor. Box scores: CMO – 98 Go 50, Aberilla 12, Peloton 8, Flores 7, Cloribel 6, Casan 6, Reyes 4, Rosal 3, Poliquit 2 IBP Davao – 78 Paguican 27, Rubi 13, Ongkiko 12, Dela Victoria 7, Salcedo 6, Carpio 5, Rañon 4, Pepito 2, Casquejo 2, Galas 0

VOL. VOL. 8 ISSUE 8 ISSUE 121 119 • THURSDAY, • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 17, 2015 TOO HOT TO HANDLE. Bong Go fired 50 points to lead CMO tyo a win over Everball. Lean Daval Jr.