The Philippine government has launched a new campaign promoting tobacco – not for smoking but for fish farming, Rex Teoxon of the National Tobacco Administration said yesterday.
Over six months, about 400 fish-farmers in the northern coastal province of La Union will be using "tobacco dust" to kill mollusks and other predators that prey on fish, Teoxon said.
"We are going to train the fisher folk and the whole community on sustainable aqua culture using the tobacco dust," he said.
‘6,000 sheep arriving to
boost food scheme'
The sheep purchased by the Negros Occidental provincial government from Perth, Australia will arrive on the first week of next month as cyclone-hit northern Australia recently had caused the delay of the shipment, Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Renante Decena said yesterday.
The sheep will leave Australia on Monday and will arrive in Bacolod City13 days after. They will be accompanied by veterinarians from the supplier, Decena said.
The province purchased 6,000 sheep, 300 of them male and 5,700 female, he said.
BIR urging professionals
to get ‘tax accreditation'
The Revenue Region 12 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Bacolod City is encouraging accountants, certified public accountants, lawyers, and bookkeepers, who transact businesses with the BIR, to seek accreditation as tax practitioners.
Teresita Legaspi , Taxpayer Assistance Unit head, said yesterday they will register and accredit professionals, who regularly file income tax returns on behalf of taxpayers, based on their professional competence, moral fitness, and integrity.
The BIR has provided a list of requirements to comply with, for individual practitioners, partnerships and corporations, and it has also provided additional requirements for renewal of accreditation certificate, she said.