+ Follow COUNCILOR JOCELYN PESQUERA Tag
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[Title] => Council: Taxes for Carreta cock breeding questionable
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Carreta barangay officials have required breeders of fighting cocks operating in their barangay to pay taxes, and that the amount is based on the breeder’s annual sales, but the City Council has found this highly questionable.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera, head of the city council’s committee on budget and finance, said it will be difficult for officials of barangay Carreta to find out how much is the annual income of a breeder of fighting cocks.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => City clarifies publication, doctor's fees non-taxable
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The Cebu City government has made it clear it will not impose taxes on income derived from payment for school publications and professional fees of doctors by proprietary schools and hospitals, respectively.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera made the clarification after owners and representatives of various proprietary schools and hospitals in the city strongly objected to her proposed ordinance on imposition of taxes on their firms.
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[Title] => City accounting system still not COA-compliant
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Cebu City government is paying fines to the Commission on Audit for its failure to immediately implement the Electronic New Government Accounting System that prompted the City Council to task the new head of the City Hall's computer management services to help solve the problem.
William Artajo, the newly-appointed chief of the City Hall's Management Information and Computer Services, appeared before the City Council last Wednesday after he was summoned by the councilors for him to announce his programs.
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[Title] => City accounting system still not COA-compliant
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Cebu City government is paying fines to the Commission on Audit for its failure to immediately implement the Electronic New Government Accounting System that prompted the City Council to task the new head of the City Hall's computer management services to help solve the problem.
William Artajo, the newly-appointed chief of the City Hall's Management Information and Computer Services, appeared before the City Council last Wednesday after he was summoned by the councilors for him to announce his programs.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => 3 fire-hit sitios declared under state of calamity
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The Cebu City Council yesterday declared under state of calamity three sitios in as many barangays that were hit by fire, paving the way for the release soon of a part of the city's P20 million calamity fund needed to fund relief operations and rehabilitation of these places.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera proposed the first resolution placing under state of calamity sitio Lower Yati in barangay Quiot where a fire destroyed six houses and rendered 10 families homeless.
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[Title] => P7M CPA tax payment eyed for relocation of squatters
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The City council yesterday approved a proposed resolution authorizing Mayor Tomas Osmeña to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Cebu Port Authority for the relocation of illegal settlers and vendors from the vicinity of the CPA.
The CPA has agreed to settle in advance the P7.1 million of the taxes it owes to the city government.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Council denies tax exemption for Pacquiao match screening
[Summary] => The City Council has denied the request of MP Promotions, organizer of the special screening of the much-anticipated Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios match at movie houses in SM City Cebu on Sunday, for a full exemption of amusement taxes.
While those councilors who voted for the exemption outnumbered those who opposed, Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera pointed out that the six councilors who approved the request still did not reach the majority based on those present in last Wednesday's session.
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[Title] => No more free notebooks in public schools: Cebu City to spend P130M for buildings
[Summary] => The City of Cebu will not be giving out free notebooks to students this schoolyear, but has instead allocated P130 million to construct more school buildings.
Students of public elementary and high schools in the city used to receive free notebooks from the city.
Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that this year, the city will instead spend money on the needed infrastructure.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Ban on trading phones sans papers may not prevent phone theft
[Summary] => The proposed ordinance prohibiting any person from selling or buying cellular phones without proof of ownership or receipt of purchase might not effectively stop thefts of these cellular phones in general.
This was the common view of several councilors over the proposal of councilor Edgardo Labella who said he wanted to stop the rampant stealing of cellphones in the city.
Records of the National Telecommunications Commission showed that about 50 cellphones are reported stolen in different parts of Central Visayas every month.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Council seeks probe on minor offenders detained at BBRC
[Summary] => Just like Mayor Tomas Osmeña, the city council is calling for a probe on the presence of minor offenders inside the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center.
The council believes it should be looked into why the minors are detained at the city jail when they should have been sent to the Operation Second Chance in barangay Kalunasan.
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COUNCILOR JOCELYN PESQUERA
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[Title] => Council: Taxes for Carreta cock breeding questionable
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Carreta barangay officials have required breeders of fighting cocks operating in their barangay to pay taxes, and that the amount is based on the breeder’s annual sales, but the City Council has found this highly questionable.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera, head of the city council’s committee on budget and finance, said it will be difficult for officials of barangay Carreta to find out how much is the annual income of a breeder of fighting cocks.
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[Title] => City clarifies publication, doctor's fees non-taxable
[Summary] =>
The Cebu City government has made it clear it will not impose taxes on income derived from payment for school publications and professional fees of doctors by proprietary schools and hospitals, respectively.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera made the clarification after owners and representatives of various proprietary schools and hospitals in the city strongly objected to her proposed ordinance on imposition of taxes on their firms.
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[Title] => City accounting system still not COA-compliant
[Summary] =>
Cebu City government is paying fines to the Commission on Audit for its failure to immediately implement the Electronic New Government Accounting System that prompted the City Council to task the new head of the City Hall's computer management services to help solve the problem.
William Artajo, the newly-appointed chief of the City Hall's Management Information and Computer Services, appeared before the City Council last Wednesday after he was summoned by the councilors for him to announce his programs.
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[Title] => City accounting system still not COA-compliant
[Summary] =>
Cebu City government is paying fines to the Commission on Audit for its failure to immediately implement the Electronic New Government Accounting System that prompted the City Council to task the new head of the City Hall's computer management services to help solve the problem.
William Artajo, the newly-appointed chief of the City Hall's Management Information and Computer Services, appeared before the City Council last Wednesday after he was summoned by the councilors for him to announce his programs.
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[Title] => 3 fire-hit sitios declared under state of calamity
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The Cebu City Council yesterday declared under state of calamity three sitios in as many barangays that were hit by fire, paving the way for the release soon of a part of the city's P20 million calamity fund needed to fund relief operations and rehabilitation of these places.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera proposed the first resolution placing under state of calamity sitio Lower Yati in barangay Quiot where a fire destroyed six houses and rendered 10 families homeless.
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[Title] => P7M CPA tax payment eyed for relocation of squatters
[Summary] =>
The City council yesterday approved a proposed resolution authorizing Mayor Tomas Osmeña to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Cebu Port Authority for the relocation of illegal settlers and vendors from the vicinity of the CPA.
The CPA has agreed to settle in advance the P7.1 million of the taxes it owes to the city government.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Council denies tax exemption for Pacquiao match screening
[Summary] => The City Council has denied the request of MP Promotions, organizer of the special screening of the much-anticipated Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios match at movie houses in SM City Cebu on Sunday, for a full exemption of amusement taxes.
While those councilors who voted for the exemption outnumbered those who opposed, Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera pointed out that the six councilors who approved the request still did not reach the majority based on those present in last Wednesday's session.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => No more free notebooks in public schools: Cebu City to spend P130M for buildings
[Summary] => The City of Cebu will not be giving out free notebooks to students this schoolyear, but has instead allocated P130 million to construct more school buildings.
Students of public elementary and high schools in the city used to receive free notebooks from the city.
Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that this year, the city will instead spend money on the needed infrastructure.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-26 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[ArticleID] => 338144
[Title] => Ban on trading phones sans papers may not prevent phone theft
[Summary] => The proposed ordinance prohibiting any person from selling or buying cellular phones without proof of ownership or receipt of purchase might not effectively stop thefts of these cellular phones in general.
This was the common view of several councilors over the proposal of councilor Edgardo Labella who said he wanted to stop the rampant stealing of cellphones in the city.
Records of the National Telecommunications Commission showed that about 50 cellphones are reported stolen in different parts of Central Visayas every month.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Council seeks probe on minor offenders detained at BBRC
[Summary] => Just like Mayor Tomas Osmeña, the city council is calling for a probe on the presence of minor offenders inside the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center.
The council believes it should be looked into why the minors are detained at the city jail when they should have been sent to the Operation Second Chance in barangay Kalunasan.
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