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There probably would have been no problem with Cebu City trying to help as many sectors as its coffers can support if, in fact, its coffers are overflowing with cash and if, in fact, it has finished complying with the many basic obligations it needs to perform first.

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Between raising taxes and more efficient collection, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is opting for the latter. And it doesn't take genius to see why. You can raise taxes as often and as high as you want. But if you do not have an efficient collection system, you still will not get to where you are going.

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A draft ordinance filed in the Mandaue City council seeks an increase in the honorariums of Clean and Green Program laborers and barangay health nutrition workers.

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President Estrada said yesterday he was committed to pressing criminal charges against the heirs of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to recover their allegedly stolen wealth.

"The political will of my administration is very strong and my administration has been exerting all efforts to recover the money in the hands of the Marcos family so it can be returned to the people," Mr. Estrada said in a statement.

This included a P23-billion real estate tax bill the family owes, the Chief Executive said.

"We want more than the real estate tax. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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There probably would have been no problem with Cebu City trying to help as many sectors as its coffers can support if, in fact, its coffers are overflowing with cash and if, in fact, it has finished complying with the many basic obligations it needs to perform first.

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Between raising taxes and more efficient collection, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is opting for the latter. And it doesn't take genius to see why. You can raise taxes as often and as high as you want. But if you do not have an efficient collection system, you still will not get to where you are going.

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A draft ordinance filed in the Mandaue City council seeks an increase in the honorariums of Clean and Green Program laborers and barangay health nutrition workers.

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President Estrada said yesterday he was committed to pressing criminal charges against the heirs of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to recover their allegedly stolen wealth.

"The political will of my administration is very strong and my administration has been exerting all efforts to recover the money in the hands of the Marcos family so it can be returned to the people," Mr. Estrada said in a statement.

This included a P23-billion real estate tax bill the family owes, the Chief Executive said.

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