Bayan Bohol spearheads the drive to scrap EVAT on gas and electricity. A signature campaign seeking the removal of the 12% value added tax ( VAT) on petroleum products and power will be launched in the province of Bohol by militant groups. Bayan with its allied organizations from drivers, women, and the students sectors are strongly campaigning for the 12% value added tax to be removed on fuel products and electricity.
Prices of fuel hits over P60 per liter effective Saturday, while several bills on the suspension and removal of VAT on fuel and electricity remain pending in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Two Senate Bills are still pending, SB 1962 filed by Senator Mar Roxas suspending the imposition of the oil VAT for six months and SB 1977 of Senator Miguel Zubiri, which offers to exempt petroleum products and electricity from taxes.
The city Permits and licensing office will finallyrelease franchises to Tricycles plying in the city of Tagbilaran. Tricycle operators, bared by city hall officials, can now secure franchises next month. The delayed in issuance was caused by an amendment of a city ordinance stating an unacceptable increase for operators in acquiring tricyclefranchises. The Licensing and Permits department of the city hall said that new applicants will have to pay P12,000 while existing tricycle franchise holders will settle only p6,000 in a period of 3 years as under a new ordinance approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
The DYRD AM global broadcast through www.dyrdam.com marks its 1st year anniversary today, Tuesday. On July 8, 2007 DYRD AM was brought to the entire world through the facilities from Auza.Net on the Internet. The station’s worldwide broadcast initiated the latest webcasting-technology innovation in the province of Bohol that garnered an unprecedented listenership of 138,076 registered for the month of June 2008. More so, that it added an awesome number of listeners making DYRD AM #1 in the latest HNU Poll Survey.
The station’s global broadcast agreement was entered into a signing of contract between the General Manager of DYRD AM Peter Dejaresco and Jerome Auza the owner of Auza.net during a launching program in 2007 at the Prawn Farm of the Island City Mall. The maiden broadcast gained listenership, continuously, from Boholanos in all corners of the world particularly in the United States, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Hong Kong and in various provinces in the country. The internet broadcast agreement was renewed for another year of service to the Boholanos worldwide.
A resolution opposing oil exploration in areas considered rich marine biodiversity was brought about during the Third International Assembly of the International League of People’s Struggle. The global activists, a group of anti- oil exploration signed the resolution and was unanimously approved by the anti-imperialist alliance, according to the Pamalakaya Information Officer, Gerry Albert Corpuz. Corpuz said, those who signed called for Otto Energy, NorAsia and the Philippine government to refrain from offshore mining in the 445,000 hectare Bohol- Cebu strait.
The activists group composes 339 activist members from 35 countries. The group expressed outrage over the conduct of oil and gas exploration and vowed also to campaign against off-shore mining of ExxonMobil in the Sulu Sea.
The concern militant fisher folk group, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas, bared that the global activists group signed the resolution in Hong Kong on June 18-20, 2008 during the Third International Assembly of the International League of People’s Struggle.
The National Food Authority (NFA) deploys rolling stores in at least 10 towns in the province to better access government subsidized rice. NFA-Bohol Assistant Manager Ma. Fe Evasco said that starting this week at least 10 towns will benefit to the said cheap government rice. Evasco added that aside from the rolling store are seven new stationary outlets operated by the local government and each will give away a weekly allocation of sixty bags. The rolling store, Evasco said, will be selling rice @P18.25 per kilo while the imported variety will be distributed @P25 per kilo. The installation of rolling stores in designated towns was the food agency’s response to the request of some Barangay officials, to make rice selling accessible to consumers in the remote areas.
