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Maj. Gen. Jose Mabanta, 3rd Infantry Division commander, turns over the 62IB command flag to Lt. Col. Efren Morados, as  his predecessor Maj. Avelino Moradillo looks on in Brgy. Bato, Sagay City, yesterday.*

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Court orders BIR:
Pay Negros coop P19.9M

BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Court of Tax Appeals has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue commissioner to refund the Negros Consolidated Farmers Association Multi-Purpose Cooperative P19,978,638 representing erroneously paid advance Value-Added Tax covering Nov. 19, 2007 to Dec. 23, 2008.

In its decision promulgated Feb. 17, 2012, the CTA was acting on a petition filed by the cooperative against the BIR commissioner and former BIR Region 12 Director Jose Tan seeking a refund of P20,998,638 allegedly representing advance VAT payments on 205,869 LKG bags of refined sugar, erroneously or illegally collected by then BIR Region 12 Officer-In-Charge Director Rodita Galanto.

lt is clear from a cursory reading Article 61 of Republic Act No. 6938 or the Cooperative Code of the Philippines that as a cooperative the petitioner's sugar is exempt from the payment of advance sugar, the CTA said.moremoremore

MGB finds more
danger areas in Isabela
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau is recommending the permanentrelocation of more residents  who are also in danger of being buried by landslides in two barangays in Isabela.

Dr. Leilanie Suerte, MGB 6 geologist,   said yesterday that  they discovered that residents living at the base of  the mountains in barangays San Agustin and Limalima in Isabelaalso face  the danger of being crushed by loose boulders from the mountains, in case an earthquake or heavy rains hit.

In Barangay San Agustin, there are about 100 households affected,  and they are still determining the number in Barangay Limalima, she said.moremoremore

MGB: Relocation needed in Isabela
AMID LANDSLIDE THREAT
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau yesterday recommended the permanent relocation of about 200 households living at the foot of a mountain in Barangay Maytubig, Isabela town, Negros Occidental, who are in danger of being buried by a landslide.

Dr. Leilanie Suerte, MGB 6 geologist, who led an MGB team with local disaster workers in inspecting the area yesterday, told the DAILY STAR they found a lot of loose boulders, some as big as trucks, on the mountain above the area where about 200 households or close to 2,000 residents live.

They are verifying the exact figure of residents in the area, she said.moremoremore

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