LGU-Esperanza holds BOSS in the town's Negosyo
Center
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 12 – The Local
Government Unit (LGU) of Esperanza, this province has started its Business One
Stop Shop (BOSS) on Jan. 8, with a simplified business permit and licensing
system (BPLS) at the Negosyo Center (NC) of said municipality.
BOSS aims to provide a venue for easy and fast
processing of business permits for both renewing and new business
applicants. This was also done in other
LGUs and normally ends on January 20 of every year, unless extended to accommodate
more registrants or for other reasons.
John Samson, Business Permit and Licensing Officer
(BPLO) of Esperanza led the activity and ensured fast processing of business
permits.
Incidentally, Samson is currently the provincial
and at the same time regional head of the BPLO network in Agusan del Sur and
the Caraga Region, respectively.
Other participating offices in the NC-Esperanza
BOSS are the Bureau of Fire (BFP), Municipal Health and Engineering offices and
the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
NC-Esperanza Charlz Palen is handling the business
name registration requirements.
This was the first instance that a BOSS was held at
a Negosyo Center in the province and even in the region. (DTI-Agusan del
Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
DTI addresses media queries on effects of new tax
reform law
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 12 – With the
signing into law and the effectivity of Republic Act (RA) no. 10963 or the Tax
Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), several queries have been made
regarding its effect on prices of basic and prime commodities.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan del
Sur Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Brenda Corvera, in two separate interviews with
Brigada News and Jay Solis of dxDA, together with DTI-Agusan del Sur Consumer
Protection Unit Head Cerila Cheri Inson relayed the official pronouncements of
DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez that "the TRAIN law's impact to inflation would
be minimal."
Accordingly, Lopez added during his PTV News
interview, that "this is validated by the fact that the increase brought
about by excise tax is about 7 to 8 percent and the fuel and transport cost as
a percentage of production cost is less than 5 percent.
Thus, the effect would be around 0.4 percent.
Manufacturers and retailers should not increase prices."
Corvera quoting Lopez and Secretary Alfonso Cusi of
the Department of Energy said that even for goods slapped with new or
additional excise taxes (sugar sweetened beverages and petroleum products)
increases are not expected until January 16 or the 3rd week of this month as
stores and stations are still selling their old inventories.
Meantime, DTI offices, including DTI Agusan del Sur
will be monitoring closely price changes and ensuring that they are within
suggested retail price (SRP) levels.
Corvera and Inson reported that the January 4
monitoring yielded no price increases except for a few product groups, such as
milk, noodles and canned meat, which prices where observed to be beyond SRP.
The establishments, however, were able to provide
SRPs from their distributors/suppliers, which DTI will be referencing with its
own records.
The public was enjoined to report any observations
on unreasonable pricing and profiteering. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del
Sur)
1st KBP Hour in 2018 calls on AgSur biz owners
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 12 – The opening
salvo of the weekly Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP) Hour this
2018 chose the timely discussion on the requirements for business registration
and licensing as its first topic
Every year from January 2 to January 20, local
government units (LGUs) conduct their respective business one-stop shop (BOSS)
to speed up renewal of business permits.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in
Agusan del Sur has made it a point to be part of the LGUs' BOSS activities to
respond to first time business name and renewing applicants as well.
DTI does this through its eight Negosyo Centers
(NC) or through mobile/on-site servicing in areas where there were no NCs yet.
The weekly KBP hour is now on its third year and is
a collaboration between KBP-Agusan Sur and Surigao Sur Chapter, DTI-Agusan del
Sur, Pagpakabana sa Katungod sa Konsumador sa Agusan del Sur (PAKKADS) and the
permanent venue host Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO).
The session was attended by LGU San Francisco
officials – Juancho Gumahin Vicente, Municipal Assessor; Terencio Cepe-
Business Permit & Licensing Officer; Jessie Laulita, LTOO II; and from
DTI-Agusan del Sur – Jose Baron, SupTIDS; Cheri Inson, STIDS; and Jardynne
Narvasa, TIDS. Members of the province's
consumer group PAKKADS and ASELCO also joined.
Meanwhile, the hosts were from KBP-Agusan del Sur
and Surigao del Sur Chapter in the person of Alfredo Plaza, station manager of
dxDA; Alfredo Lobog, station manager of dxAK; and Jordan Pajo Udtojan, station
manager of 1FM. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Japanese investors seek DENR policy on Bio Mass
Energy
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 12 – Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga officer-in-charge (OIC) regional director
Charlie E. Fabre met with a group of Japanese consultants from the CHODAI
Company Ltd. on January 10.
The group called on him to seek DENR policy
guidelines about a proposed project of the city government of Butuan to put up
a 2-Mega-Watt (MW) Bio Mass Energy Project.
The consultants were accompanied by Reynante B.
Desiata, Executive Assistant of city mayor Ronievic Lagnada who informed the
DENR top official that the bio mass energy project is one of the 12 major
projects of the city government lined up under the Integrated Regional Economic
Development in Caraga, approved by President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
The group headed by Masyaki Oura was composed of
Odette M. Duban; Deok Soo Lee, Yusuke Fukimura, coordinator of Busineness
Development Section; Jun Kaisuka, Social Environment Division; and Aya Asai,
Chief Engineer of the Social Environment Division. The group was particular
about pollution including noise pollution.
The details of the bio mass project shall be the
result of the feasibility study to be done by the Chodai Co. Ltd consultants
and services and its operation is expected in 2020. The City Government wants
to develop a sustainable power supply from rice husks, coconut husk and other
materials from waste to produce a two-megawatt power to augment the power
requirement in the city.
Fabre lauded Lagnada's vision to transform Butuan
into a mega city in the next five years. He said that waste management is an
important component in economic development, which the city government has
considered to prioritize.
He likewise announced the DENR is working on the
final preparation of constructing a modern sanitary landfill in Siargao in the
wake of the booming tourism industry in that area, which is considered the
Surfing Capital of the Philippines. He said DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu was able
to secure the help of a donor country which will finance the construction of
the state-of-the- art dumpsite.
The other major projects approved by President
Duterte being implemented in Butuan City are the Asiga River Hydro Power, which
is under construction and will be operational in 2018; Taguibo River Hydro
Power which is scheduled to begin operations in 2019; Wawa River Hydro Power
Plant to begin operations in 2020, Wind Power plant project to begin operation
in 2022, and the Development of an industrial park in Taguibo, Butuan City
The other on-going projects in the city and in
Nasipit, Agusan del Norte are the Bulk Water Supply project, which began
operations in 2016; Eel Farming and Processing plant, Rice farming and milling
project, Taguibo, Masao, Nasipit Industrial Project and the Masao and Nasipit
Port expansion project. (HFGallego, DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
