City hall donor can deduct gift from gross income – BIR

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

 DAGUPAN CITY – The donor of the property for the planned city hall can deduct his donation from his taxable gross income, according to a high official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

CPA-Lawyer Maria Isabel B. Utit, chief of the BIR in Eastern Pangasinan, said the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) provides that contribution to the government political subdivision is deductible in full.

“Contributions or gifts actually paid or made within the taxable year to, or for the use of the government of the Philippines or any of its agencies or any political subdivision thereof exclusively for public purposes,” she quoted parts of  Paragraph H Section 34 of the Nantional Internal Revenue Code (NIRC).

This means that the property price can be deducted from gross income of donors like Kerwin Fernandez.

 This law, according to Utit, was hammered by Congress to encourage citizens to donate to the government.

Nurses hold medical mission as part of alumni homecoming

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

 DAGUPAN CITY – Members of the Nursing Batch 1992 of  the Lyceum Northwestern University conducted a medical mission at the barangay hall of Tapuac here as part of their 25th Alumni Homecoming.

Enter a captionMEDICAL MISSION. Filipino-American nurses man the medicines given to the marginalized residents of Barangay Tapuac in Dagupan City. The medical mission held last Thursday was part of the two-day 25th alumni homecoming programs of the graduates of Bachelor of Science in Nursing of Lyceum Northwestern University. Second from left is Chief Nurse Buenafe Viray- Redoble, Dialysis Technician Nolito Soriano, Dialysis   Performance Improvement Nurse Jose Saguibal, Robotic Surgery Coordinator Marites Aquino- De Guzman and Specialist Teacher Evelina Pasca. MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA

According to Jose Saguibal, the medical mission participated by local physicians catered to the marginalized residents of the village who live at the back of Lyceum Northwestern University.

“Our mission was to give back to our community. We did not want a reunion just to have fun. It is a cause with a mission serving back the our community where we all came from,” said Christine delos Reyes – Batalla,  a case manager at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, California..

The event was held in the morning of July 21, according to the Saguibal who is a nurse at a veteran hospital in Bronx, New York.

 He said the alumni homecoming would be celebrated up to July 22 where other programs like dinner party await them at the Stadia.

According to Marites Aquino-de Guzman, a robotic surgery coordinator in Charlotte, South Carolina, there were 60 alumnus and alumnae where some came from different countries who attended the get-together

CORTEZ: Correct. Tama ka diyan, 100 percent

 

GOVERNMENT FAILED THE GARLIC INDUSTRY. Palpak ang gobyerno sa pangangalaga nito sa garlic industry.

 

Dapat na magresign na lahat ng nasa gobyerno na involved sa industry… lahat, as in mula sa mga director hanggang security guard at janitor dapat magresign na.

 

Ayon sa pag-aaral ng SINAG, ten years ago ay 30 percent locally produced ang garlic sa palengke at 70 percent ang imported.

 

Ten years ago, may mga importer ng garlic na malaki ang kinikita dahil sila ang nagsusuplay ng mas malaking bulto ng garlic.

 

At dahil sila ang may hawak ng mas malaking bulto ng garlic ay kaya nilang idikta ang presyo ng garlic.

 

Kahit presyong langit ang presyo ng garlic dahil kayang nilang idikta ang presyo nito.

 

Dahil presyong langit ang garlic, hanggang langit din ang dambuhalang kita ng mga importers.

 

Nagkaroon ng senate investigation. May mga natukoy na responsible sa garlic cartel. Nagdemanda ang NBI… ayun wala nang nangyari!

 

Ngayon naman, makalipas ng 10 years, ay bumagsak ang local production ng garlic.

 

 Ayon kay Boss Rosendo ng SINAG ay 7.5 percent na lang ang local production ng garlic at 92.5 percent naman ang imported na garlic.

 

Siyempre, mas nadagdagan na naman ang imported garlic na hawak ng importers.

 

At ang lumang importers ay siya pa ring importers ngayon.

 

Dapat tutukan ang kaso laban sa mga importers ng garlic.

 

PEACE PROCESS. STOP OR GO? Nagsabi na si Mayor Rody na hinto ang Peace Talks. Stop na rin ang CPP.

 

Stop na rin ang NDFP. Wala pang statement ang OPPAP. Wala pang statement ang third party negotiator ng Norway.

 

“Winning the peace for the people is harder than ending the war that victimizes people”-Nani Braganza, Member GRP Peace Panel

 

Sa tinagal-tagal na ni Bok Nani sa Peace Talks sa CPP-NPA ay hindi pa rin siya nawawalan ng pag-asa na magkakaroon ng kapayapaan.

 

Hindi ito simpleng usapin lang ng ceasefire…unilateral ceasefire man o bilateral ceasefire man.

 

May mga kapwa Pilipino na magsusundalo o kaya ay magpupulis.

 

May mga kapwa Pilipino na magiging NPA.

 

Magpapatayan ang sundalo at NPA.

 

Magpapatayan ang pulis at NPA.

 

Ang Pilipino ang biktima ng giyera ng gobyerno at ng NPA.

 

“Spoilers are as passionate as the peacemakers!!!” sabi Government Peace Panel Member Hernani Braganza.

 

Ang mga nasa magkabilang panig ng Peace Talks ay nanalig na magkakasundo sa mga isyung inilatag sa peace process.

  

Pero may mga kapwa Pilipino na nasa gobyerno ang gumagawa ng paraan para hindi magkaroon ng peace agreement.

 

Pero mayroon din  mga kapwa Pilipino na nasa NPA ang gumagawa ng paraan para hindi magkaroon ng peace agreement.

 

Nakipag-usap si Mayor Rody Duterte sa mga opisyal ng mga nagsusulong ng National Democracy sa Malakanyang bago ang State of the Nation Address.

 

Kakaiba daw po ang feeling sa pag-uusap na nasabi ayon kay Nato Reyes ng Makabayan Bloc.

 

“Kaiba sa mga nagdaang pag-uusap, mabigat at seryoso ang pakiramdam ng mga lumahok. Naganap ang pulong na ito sa gitna ng tangkang palawigin ang Martial Law sa Mindanao at sa panahong nasa alanganin ang katayuan ng peace talks,” sabi ni Nato.

 

Ibig sabihin ay hindi sila nagkasundo sa isyu ng Martial Law.

 

Malinaw sa naging usapan na itutuloy ni Mayor Rody ang Martial Law.

Malinaw din na itutuloy ng Makabayan Bloc ang pagtutol sa Martial Law.

 

Ang positive na pinag-usapan ay hindi haharangan ni Mayor Rod yang protest rally ng Makabayan Bloc.

 

Napag-usapan din positively ang end to contractualization of workers, free tuition in state colleges and universities at land reform.

 

SAGOT NI MAYOR RODY SA CPP. Sinagot ni Mayor Rody yang paratang na nambu-bully daw si Mayor sa NDFP.

 

Share ko muna sa inyo itong sinabi ng Communist Party of the Philippines sa isang pahayag nito noong July 20, “It is a strongman’s act of bad faith aimed at bullying the NDFP to bow to his terms of surrender.”

 

Share ko naman sa inyo ang sagot ni Mayor Rody, “Correct. Tama ka dyan, 100 percent. I bully people who try to topple government. That is my job to bully you and to kill you because there is war going on between us and you. When the time comes, maybe I will kill you if I have the chance.”

 

Ituloy na lang daw ang giyera! Kahit na 50 years na bakbakan!

 

“Let us renew the fighting for another 50 years, it’s what you want,” sabi ni Mayor Rody.

 

“Who are you threatening? You want to destroy this country? We will join you. Bully? I am a bully,” sabi ni Mayor Rody.

 

EXTENDED MARTIAL LAW. Parang pelikula ano po? Extended run ang Martial Law sa Mindanao.

 

Dahil legal ang imposition ng Martial Law ay siguradong marami ang bumota sa extension nito.

 

Legal ang imposition ng Martial Law ayon sa Korte Suprema.

 

“The result of the voting in Congress show that 261 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative. The motion to extend proclamation of martial law and the suspension of the privilege of writ of habeas corpus is hereby approved by the Congress,” sabi ni Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez sa joint session ng Congress.

 

Ang joint Session po ay magkasama ang Senado at House of Representatives na nag usap at nagbotohan.

 

Sa total na benteng senador ay 16 ang present na bumoto para sa extension. Sa total na 259 na members ng House ay 245 ang present na bumoto sa extension.

 

Kahit na 59 ang district congressmen sa Minadano at seven na congressmen mula sa party-list ay tatlong Mindanao congressmen lang ang bumoto ng NO sa extension ng martial law.

 

 

 

ASEAN forums to roll in Pangasinan schools, barangays

By: VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO

DAGUPAN CITY – In pursuit of  informing more Pangasinenses about the goals and benefits of being a member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) , the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the information arm of the government, is embarking on a nation-wide forum for various sectors of the community.

In Pangasinan, a youth forum toke on July 21 at the Pangasinan State University for the university students and senior high school students of the Pangasinan National High School in Lingayen town.

On the other hand, a barangay forum for farmers, fisherfolks and barangay officials is scheduled on the same day at the Farmers Pavilion of the Provincial Nursery in Sta. Barbara town.

Undersecretary Harold E. Clavite, director-general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) under the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), said the agency  has been tapped to be one of the offices to help advocate the importance of the ASEAN.