ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA6) — Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Director, Atty. Romulo Aguila, Jr. said in a press conference here recently Capiz media can help a lot in educating and informing taxpayers here about their obligation in paying the exact taxes. Aguila led a caravan from Passi City to the province of Capiz as a kick-off activity of the BIR’s tax campaign in the province. Aguila led the caravan from Passi City to Capiz to advocate paying taxes which, he said, will help Government in effecting development and progress in nation-building.

Antique’s Compliance

SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA6) — Antique’s 18 towns are all compliant with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)’s guidelines for a local government to be awarded a Seal of Good Housekeeping, which is in line with the DILG’s thrust to institutionalize good governance practices such as transparency, accountability, participation and performance into an institutionalized status.

In 2010, only nine towns were able to comply with the requirements when the search was open to 4th to 6th class towns.

Detachment Inaugurated

E.B. MAGALONA, Negros Occ. (PIA6) — A military detachment in Barangay Canlusong — some 33 kilometers east of the town’s poblacion in E.B. Magalona — was blest and inaugurated recently. Located on a sprawling 0.80-hectare land area within the barangay proper, the detachment, headed by technical sergeant Celso Pamplona, is manned by two regular soldiers and 32 newly trained Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) members under the 12th Infantry Battalion.

Punong Barangay Meriam Porras said, “I hope with this military detachment now in our barangay, tension will be eased so we could have sound sleep every night.”

Eco-Tourism Lectures

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) — The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Bohol provincial information center and Batuan Colleges conducted a two-day Eco-Tourism Orientation Seminar and Bohol Eco-Tourism Situationer workshop on February 20 to 21 at the Balay sa Humay to tourism stakeholders of Batuan, Bohol.

Participants included 14 tourism officers, hotel and restaurant management students as well as local tour guides based at the Balay sa Humay rice boutique. Training coordinator Chona Digamon of Batuan Colleges said the seminar is part of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) approved action plan she proposed during a 2010 Eco-Tourism Management Training held in different venues in Japan.

Catbalogan Weddings

CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar (PIA) — The Catbalogan City LGU marks civil registry month with the holding of a “Mass Wedding” at the end of February 2012 in Barangay Palanogon, Catbalogan City. The purpose of the mass wedding is to encourage barrios and upland communities to register as most children are not registered because parents are unwed.

Once the weddings take place, birth registration follows. Local civil registrars facilitate registrations making registrations less costly for those who have a problem with their National Statistics Office (NSO) papers, like typographical errors corrected in the LCR level without resorting to costly court hearings and publications.