Transport groups and members of affiliate organizations under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Negros staged a rally yesterday in front of the Bacolod Government Center pushing for the deferment of City Ordinance No. 565, or the Revised Revenue Code.

Several drivers and operators of public utility jeepneys, tricycles and pedicabs in Bacolod City led by Bayan-Negros also asked the city government to review the new Tax Code which it implemented last month.

Christian Tuayon, Bayan-Negros secretary general yesterday said they are pushing for the deferment of the implementation of the new Tax Code, claiming that the increase in regulatory fees under the new Code is exorbitant and violates the 10 percent hike ceiling.

5,800 sheep
arrive in Negros

The 5,800 sheep purchased from a supplier in Perth, Australia, arrived yesterday at the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. with one of them giving birth to two lambs while being unloaded from the cargo vessel, Dr. Renente Decena said yesterday.

Decena said the sheep will be quarantined at the Negros First Ranch in Sta. Rose Mucia that was identified by the Bureau of Animal Industry. By Feb. 27, the sheep will be ready for marketing, he added.

While being quarantined, the Provincial Veterinary Office will feed them with napier and stylo santhes grasses mixed with concentrates to help them regain their health and strengthen their immune system, Decena said.

‘P150 bills non-existent ’

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