BFP, NBI PROBE SECOND ILIGAN FIRE
ILIGAN CITY: After the fire that razed seven stores along Aguinaldo Street on February 7, a second fire destroyed a number of office complexes, including a private school on February 13 prompting an investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Senior Fire Officer 1 Ruel Lee, BFP chief investigator, said the second fire gutted a larger commercial block on Badelles Extension in Palao which started at the warehouse of Double Tap Security Agency inside U&J complex and spread towards Santo. Nino Academy de Iligan, a private school also owned by U&J. The entire school was totally burned but the U & J building was partially damaged. But the teachers said there were no classes on that day because of tropical storm “Basyang.” Also located in the area is the office of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) that is now occupied by the NBI. Acting NBI agent-in-charge Jam Dimaporo said the office of the chief and the agents’ quarters were burned but the clearance processing section was spared. The BFP estimated the initial damage at P1 million citing faulty wiring that could have caused the fire.
BIR PADLOCKS ANOTHER FIRM IN MAKATI
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) District Office 47, East Makati of Revenue Region No. 8, padlocked the office of JER Consult Corp., at 6/F Eurovilla Building, Legazpi Village, Makati City for violations of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, or the Tax Code. The closure resulted from the conduct of actual audit on JER found by the BIR to have issued Value Added Tax ( VAT) registered official receipts but did not file the VAT returns and pay corresponding taxes for 2015. The firm’s VAT liability was pegged to about P6.2 million. Section 115 of the Tax Code, authorizes the BIR to suspend or close the operations of a taxpayer of not less than five days for failure to register, issue VAT receipts or sales invoices, or file correct VAT returns and pay.
A report published on Wednesday titled “PH wants to halt intl court order to pay Maynilad over rate changes” that came out in this corner named Ayala Corp. as the owner of the water company. Maynilad Water Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) led by Manuel Pangilinan, not by Ayala. Our apologies.