MEDIA TF CONDEMNS KILLING OF CEBU- BASED DISC JOCKEY
THE Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has coordinated with Cebu City police director and Task Force Usig of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) on the investigation on the death of Cebu-based disc jockey Marie Alexie Bolongaita as it condemned the killing. Bolongaita was killed on Thursday inside her house at Sitio Nivel Hills in Barangay Busay, Cebu City. In a statement, Usec. Joel Sy Egco said they want to find out if the victim was “really a media practitioner at the time of death and was killed due to media-related circumstances.” Egco said the PTFoMS “is deeply saddened and strongly condemns, in no uncertain terms, the killing of Marie Alexi Bolongaita.” The suspect, Reynante Mambiar, earlier convicted for theft, has been arrested while being treated of hack wounds in a hospital in Cebu also on Thursday. The PTFoMS will monitor the progress of the police investigation and provide the necessary legal assistance.
3 POLICE STATIONS BUILT IN CARAGA
CARAGA Police Director Chief Supt. Rolando Felix and local officials of Agusan Del Sur inaugurated three new police stations in Loreto and Santa Josefa. “These police stations were constructed due to the collaboration between the police and the local government units (LGUs),” Felix said. He added that the police officers should provide better services and ensure public safety, maintenance of peace and order, and enforcement of the law in respective municipalities. Mayor Ligaya Otaza of Loreto town assured to extend more financial support to the newly built Loreto Municipal Police Station. Meanwhile,Vice Mayor Richard Plaza and officials of Santa Josefa also lauded the new police stations.
CLUZON HAS MOST NUMBER OF MICRO ENTERPRISES
TARLAC: Central Luzon posted the most number of barangay (village) micro business enterprises (BMBEs) in the country from January to June this year. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Director Judith Angeles said 47 Negosyo Centers in the region have assisted 1,258 establishments in registering as BMBE from January to June. Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) placed second with 1,080 while Central Visayas is third with 762. Nueva Ecija has the most number of newly registered BMBEs with 273, Zambales – 237 and Pampanga – 196. “By registering as a BMBE, micro enterprises with assets of less than three million pesos enjoy the incentives provided by the BMBE law, including income tax exemption arising from the operation of the enterprise, exemption from the coverage of the Minimum Wage Law, priority to special credit windows for their financing requirements, technology transfer, production and management training, and marketing assistance programs,” Angeles said. Under the renewed guidelines of DTI Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2016, establishments in the BMBE category must secure a Certificate of Authority from the DTI before they are registered for exemption with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Labor and Employment.