TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Philippines — Operators of rental businesses are required to issue Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)-registered receipts to payers and not sales invoices that can be bought in stores or sidewalks.

Revenue District 4-A (Cavite South) District Officer Honorata S. Aguilar said this as she reacted to a report that some operators of rental businesses are issuing fake invoices to payers, instead of the official receipts (ORs) required by the revenue office.

“Payers should be issued ORs, otherwise it is illegal,” said Aguilar. (Anthony Giron)

‘Bangus' trade back to life

DAGUPAN CITY — City Agriculturist Emma Molina reported Thursday that the “bangus” (milkfish) industry is now back to normal after the effects of fish kill incidents in the western coast of Pangasinan, particularly Anda and Bolinao.

Molina said that although milkfish being harvested are big and oversized, the prices are very low at P75 to P80 per kilo. “The important thing is the market for milkfish is alive and there have been zero reports of fish kill in recent weeks,” she said. (Liezle Basa Iñigo)

Gov. improves health, medical services

MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan — To improve the quality medical and health care services, Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy Alvarado will lead Friday’s inauguration of a two-storey building equipped with its renewed medical apparatus at the Gregorio Del Pilar District Hospital (GDPDH) in Barangay Bagumbayan in Bulakan town this province.

Alvarado assured patients that the personnel of the district hospital are competent and well-trained to perform their duties and commitment to provide the best possible medical services. Alvarado also said more district hospitals will be built soon in the municipalities of Angat, Obando, Pandi and Norzagaray. (Freddie C. Velez)

Breastfeedubg encouraged

ANTIPOLO CITY — Barangay health workers and midwives assigned in each village here are under instruction to spread information on the benefits of breastfeeding in their respective communities as part of the city government’s activity on breastfeeding week.

Dr. Antonio Reillo, Jr., City Health Office (CHO) chief, said barangay-based health workers and volunteers are encouraged to disseminate information on the gains that babies could get in breastfeeding. City Mayor Danilo Leyble said earlier that at least two lactation rooms will be set up at city hall premises in support of the CHO campaign. (Nel B. Andrade)

Dominican Hill's 'win-win solution'

BAGUIO CITY — The city government here and Malacañang agreed to come out with a “win-win solution” that will not affect the status of the Dominican Hill property which was previously titled under the Presidential Management Staff (PMS).

In a recent meeting with PMS officials, Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan insisted the need for the city government to retain ownership of the 3.2-hectare property because it had already introduced significant improvements in the area in preparation for its becoming a religious and worship area.

Earlier, the PMS wrote the previous city administration that it wants to take back the Dominican Hill property which it ceded in favor of the city in 2004 considering that the latter did not fulfill its commitment to fully develop the property. (Dexter A. See)