ITR filing remains hassle-free in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 14 (PIA) – The
income tax return (ITR) filing has been going smoothly in the entire province,
according to Amanoding Esmail, revenue district officer of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue (BIR) District Office 106 here.
The local BIR chief has bragged about the
“electronic ITR filing,” which helped paved the way for more convenience.
Esmail agreed that way back then, approaching the
deadline was indeed a misfortune due to last-minute rush.
He likewise mentioned about other means being
continually adopted that added ease like “exempting employees from ITR filing
particularly those whose income tax due is equal to their tax withheld.”
Esmail also cited the “big lift” brought about by
their stepped up drive to remind the taxpaying public of their obligation by
seeking the help of “select taxpayers” through hanging of streamers/tarpaulins.
“The ITR filing deadline remains on April 15,
2016,” he stressed, adding that late filers would be slapped with compromise
penalty of P1,000 to P25,000 apart from the 25 percent surcharge and 20 percent
interest per annum. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
CENRO Bislig, AFP plant trees at SurSur Arboretum
for Earth Month
By Johny S. Natad
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Apr. 14 (PIA) - In
line with the celebration of the Earth Month 2016, the officials and employees
of Bislig Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and the
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) detailed in the area have planted endemic
tree seedlings at the Arboretum of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources
Office (PENRO) Surigao del Sur in Sitio Sanyata, San Roque on April 7.
Surigao del Sur OIC PENR Officer Raul A. Rosales
together with Bislig CENR Officer Michael E. Montalban led the tree planting
activity with some 39 planters from CENRO Bislig and AFP 75th Infantry
Battalion personnel. A total of 135 tree seedlings of Yakal, Mahogany, Bono,
Anislag, Kalingag, Bitangol and Tabon-tabon were planted at the arboretum
during the said event.
The four-hectare arboretum is the home of giant
dipterocarp tree species like White lauan, Mayapis, Almon, Bagtikan among
others with shrubs, palms, rattan, and other endemic trees. It is located
within the Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) 35 of PICOP Resources
Industries in Bislig.
The said arboretum is co-managed by Barangay
Council of San Roque and DENR through PENRO Surigao del Sur and CENRO Bislig,
who formally signed a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of the
arboretum as a protected area for conservation of native flora and fauna and
model for environmental eco-tourism destination of the province. The arboretum
also serves as the living laboratory and demonstration site for educational and
scientific related purposes.
Meanwhile, OIC PENR Officer Rosales urged DENR
personnel to intensify, step-up and deliver green environment campaign to save
the planet Earth from all types of environmental violations against our forest
and watershed areas while calling every Surigaonons to support environmental
initiatives in celebrating the Earth Month.
“Everyone should be part in Earth month
celebration,” Rosales said. “We encourage everyone to continue support the
National Greening Program (NGP) by planting and caring more trees and
adopt-a-tree program in support to the Earth Day theme 'Trees for the Earth.'
Everyone can be part of our environmental effort in stopping illegal logging,
banning kaingin or slash and burn farming and other environmental crimes
against our forest and watershed which are some identified causes of Climate
Change. Everyone can be part also in Earth month celebration by showing and
applying best practices in solid waste management. Recycle, Reuse, Reduce,
Refuse,” he added.
The month of April is declared as the “Month of
Planet Earth in the Philippines” per Presidential Proclamation No. 1482 dated
April 10, 2008. The country also joins the world in celebrating every April 22
as the Earth Day per Proclamation No. 1276 series of 2007 and Proclamation No.
1481 series of 2008. On this year’s Earth Day with the global theme “Trees for
the Earth,” the DENR supports the said celebration by spearheading
environmental activities like tree planting, fun run, youth camp, among others
which adopts an environmental campaign slogan ‘Step Up and Deliver,
#GreenEnvironmentGawingForever.’ (PENRO-Surigao del Sur/PIA-Caraga)
OWWA orients 4 OFW family circles on financial
literacy
By Jean Pearl I. Millones
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 14 (PIA) - Four Caraganon
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Family Circles underwent a training seminar on
Financial Literacy, Values Reorientation and Migration Realities conducted by
the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga in the three
provinces of the region.
Twenty members of United OFW and Dependents of
Carmen and 25 from Lanuza OFW, Dependents and Organic Farmers Association of
Surigao del Sur attended in the two-day successive training on March 17-18,
2016.
Meanwhile, 47 members of the newly organized Bucas
Grande Socoronhon OFWs and Dependents Association of Socorro, Surigao del Norte
and 60 members of the re-organized Sulong Mt. Diwata OFW and dependents
Association of Agusan del Sur attended the same two-day training on April 5-6
and 6-7, respectively.
As part of the agency’s continuing effort to
provide OFW families with relevant trainings that would strengthen family
relationships, OWWA, through its Values Reorientation Seminar aims to
re-instill the essential Filipino values especially in maintaining stronger
family ties and social well-being.
On the one hand, a seminar on Migration Realities
tackled the circumstances faced by the member OFWs on their stint abroad. This
aims to inform the OFW beneficiaries and dependent the difficulty of life
treaded by OFWs on the jobsite.
Furthermore, Financial Literacy Campaign is geared
towards imparting to the OFW families the value of money and ways in wisely
handling their family finances to eventually attain financial freedom ease the
culture of dependency on overseas remittance.
A campaign on the programs and services of the
agency was also made to ensure that the members are well aware of their
benefits and be able to avail of them especially while they are still active.
OWWA emphasized that the agency will continuously
deliver and implement responsive programs and services such as techno-transfer
trainings to help OFW Families become independent and self-sufficient. (OWWA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
P5.3M FMR completed in AgNor town
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 14 (PIA) - A P5.3 million budget
farm-to-market road has already been completed in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of
Agriculture (DA) convergence which provide convenient transport of agricultural
products for mango planters and farmers alike.
The mango planters and farmers in Barangay Culit,
Nasipit, Agusan del Norte express gratitude to the government and to the DPWH
as their agricultural products especially mangoes for export will now arrive
fresh at the local markets and port of Nasipit, free from damages during
transport.
“This is an answered prayer for us because as you
all know the cost of producing export quality mangoes is not minimal, therefore
it would be a big loss if our mangoes are damage while transporting to the port
or market due to a very bad road,” a mango grower said when he witnessed the
road opening.
DPWH Agusan Del Norte District Engineering Office
(ADN-DEO) District Engineer Nicholas O. Alameda, the implementer of the
project, and DA-XIII Engr. Rene Morales, turned-over the newly paved road to
the local government unit headed by town mayor Enrico Corvera and punong
barangay Joel A. Pepito of Barangay Culit, Nasipit, during the opening and
turned-over ceremony held recently in the presence of other local officials and
residents in the area.
“This marks a great accomplishment not only for
Barangay Culit but also for nearby residents in Nasipit and Carmen, especially
mango planters and farmers who are frequent users of this road transporting
their produce from farm to market,” said DE Alameda. Agusan del Norte is known
to yield high quality, sweet mangoes sold for export which is mostly grown in Nasipit
and in the neighboring municipality of Carmen.
To note, the DPWH XIII has implemented a total of
12 FMR projects in Agusan del Norte in the year 2015, which consists of five
projects implemented by ADN DEO and seven by Butuan City District engineering
Office (BCDEO) for a total allotted budget of P138,000,000 million which is
expected to boost local economy through agriculture. (DPWH-Caraga/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
