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                    [Summary] => Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Rene Bañez resigned yesterday, accusing subordinates of "sabotaging his reforms" within the tax collection system and "holding the country hostage" by not collecting taxes properly to protect their personal interests.
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                    [Title] => GMA orders closure of 300 firms with P4-B undeclared VAT
                    [Summary] => Let the tax crackdown begin.


President Arroyo gave yesterday Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Rene Bañez the green light to shut down and prosecute about 300 tax-evading and cheating firms. 


She gave the go-signal for Bañez to begin reorganizing the BIR and increase the bureau’s ability to meet its annual revenue targets. 


Mrs. Arroyo ordered Bañez to close down and garnish the assets of firms that violated the Value Added Tax (VAT) Law.


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                    [Title] => ISAFP Col.Victor Corpus, Sir
                    [Summary] => ANG nagpahirap pala sa ekomiya ng Pilipinas at nagpabagsak sa local industries ng lahat ng uri ng paninda ay itong si Edward Tiyopak. Si Tiyopak ay bigtime importer ng mga textile, raisin/plastic, bigas, asukal, hardware at spare parts. Nasa likod ng kanyang operasyon ang isang Sammy Li Bog na umaaktong broker. Si Tiyopak, ang may-ari ng Pregogo products samantalang si Sammy Li Bog, ang kanyang sulsultant.


Sa warehousing sa Port of Manila, Clark at Subic duty free shop nagbagsak si Tiyopak ng mga trabaho para iligaw at bukulan ang gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng pagbabayad ng buwis.

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                    [Summary] => ANG nagpahirap pala sa ekomiya ng Pilipinas at nagpabagsak sa local industries ng lahat ng uri ng paninda ay itong si Edward Tiyopak. Si Tiyopak ay bigtime importer ng mga textile, raisin/plastic, bigas, asukal, hardware at spare parts. Nasa likod ng kanyang operasyon ang isang Sammy Li Bog na umaaktong broker. Si Tiyopak, ang may-ari ng Pregogo products samantalang si Sammy Li Bog, ang kanyang sulsultant.


Sa warehousing sa Port of Manila, Clark at Subic duty free shop nagbagsak si Tiyopak ng mga trabaho para iligaw at bukulan ang gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng pagbabayad ng buwis.

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                    [Title] => Pulido: Mr. Blackmailer sa Bureau of Customs
                    [Summary] => SUMUGOD at sisinghap-singhap na parang aatakihin sa puso si Pulido, ang tsuwawang damatang asset ng mga kamote sa Bureau of Customs nang magpunta ito sa aming tanggapan noong isang linggo at kinausap ang Editor-in-Chief ng PSN na si Al Pedroche. Bakit daw siya inupakan sa kolum ng Chief Kuwago.


Sayang di ka pa bumigay. Sumalangit nawa ang iyong kaluluwa. Amen!


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                    [Title] => Boracay’s power problem isn’t new
                    [Summary] => As I write this column a week ahead of deadline, the lights are back at Boracay. Government has taken over management of the offending Aklan Electric Cooperative. We are told the senior officers of the coop had been fired. But it is a mistake to believe that the problem had been solved.


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                    [Title] => GMA cites BIR gains
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In her speech at the oath taking ceremonies of newly appointed presidential anti-graft chairman, Dario Rama and Bureau of Customs head, Antonio Bernardo, President Arroyo praised the BIR for having achieved its collection target for 2001 and the impact of the on-going transformation program initiated by Commissioner Rene G. Bañez.


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She gave the go-signal for Bañez to begin reorganizing the BIR and increase the bureau’s ability to meet its annual revenue targets. 


Mrs. Arroyo ordered Bañez to close down and garnish the assets of firms that violated the Value Added Tax (VAT) Law.


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Sa warehousing sa Port of Manila, Clark at Subic duty free shop nagbagsak si Tiyopak ng mga trabaho para iligaw at bukulan ang gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng pagbabayad ng buwis.

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BIR chief quits, cries foul

By Ted P. Torres | August 20, 2002 - 12:00am

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Rene Bañez resigned yesterday, accusing subordinates of "sabotaging his reforms" within the tax collection system and "holding the country hostage"...

Headlines

GMA orders closure of 300 firms with P4-B undeclared VAT

By Marichu A. Villanueva | August 1, 2002 - 12:00am

Let the tax crackdown begin. President Arroyo gave yesterday Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Rene Bañez the green light to shut down and prosecute about 300 tax-evading and cheating firms. She...

Headlines

ISAFP Col.Victor Corpus, Sir

By Butch M. Quejada | July 3, 2002 - 12:00am

ANG nagpahirap pala sa ekomiya ng Pilipinas at nagpabagsak sa local industries ng lahat ng uri ng paninda ay itong si Edward Tiyopak. Si Tiyopak ay bigtime importer ng mga textile, raisin/plastic, bigas, asukal,...

PSN Opinyon

ISAFP Col.Victor Corpus, Sir

By Butch M. Quejada | July 3, 2002 - 12:00am

ANG nagpahirap pala sa ekomiya ng Pilipinas at nagpabagsak sa local industries ng lahat ng uri ng paninda ay itong si Edward Tiyopak. Si Tiyopak ay bigtime importer ng mga textile, raisin/plastic, bigas, asukal,...

PSN Opinyon

Pulido: Mr. Blackmailer sa Bureau of Customs

By Butch M. Quejada | April 16, 2002 - 12:00am

SUMUGOD at sisinghap-singhap na parang aatakihin sa puso si Pulido, ang tsuwawang damatang asset ng mga kamote sa Bureau of Customs nang magpunta ito sa aming tanggapan noong isang linggo at kinausap ang Editor-in-Chief...

PSN Opinyon

Boracay’s power problem isn’t new

By Boo Chanco | March 27, 2002 - 12:00am

As I write this column a week ahead of deadline, the lights are back at Boracay. Government has taken over management of the offending Aklan Electric Cooperative. We are told the senior officers of the coop had been...

Business

GMA cites BIR gains

March 26, 2002 - 12:00am

President Arroyo lauded the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)’s performance in pump-priming the country’s economy, which recently gained a positive feedback from local and international ratings firm. In...

Banking