Antique News

Caluya mayor dies
of cardiac arrest

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SAN JOSE, Antique – Caluya Mayor Reynante Lim Sr. died of cardiac arrest Sunday evening, Feb. 28.

Lim, 56, felt he could not breath while he was staying at the liaison office of Caluya. He was admitted to the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital and was given medication, said Vice-Mayor Diosdado Egina.

Lim, however, insisted on being discharged despite having been advised by physicians to stay at the hospital for further observation of his condition. The doctors made Lim sign a waiver before allowing him to leave the hospital.

But Lim had another heart attack around 7 p.m. and was brought back to hospital. He was, however, declared dead on arrival by attending physicians.

Lim was running for re-election this May against former Caluya mayor Nikita Frangue.

Lim, a former barangay captain of Semirara, had runfor mayor in 2007 and defeated Frangue who was the incumbent mayor at the time under LAKAS-CMD chaired by Cong. Exequiel B. Javier.

With Lim’s death Caluya vice mayor Diosdado Egina will replace him as acting mayor and No. 1 SB member Ricky Lavega will assume as acting vice-mayor.

According to Egina, Lim’s daughter, former SK municipal chairman Geniveve Lim, will be her father’s substitute in the forthcoming election.

Lim’s remains were brought to the St. Peter Funeral Homes in Brgy. Atabay, San Jose. His remains were brought to Caluya Island on March 3 and interred at Semirara Island.

BIR drums up Campaign

for filing of income tax

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Bureau of Internal Revenue District No. 73 is doubling its efforts in its advocacy of increasing revenue and tax collection through the filing of income tax return.

Ursula V. Equiña, revenue district officer of BIR Antique said there will be a tax caravan on March 4 around the major thoroughfares of San Jose, Antique’s business center to drum up campaign for filing of income tax which will be due on April 15.

The theme of the campaign is "Making the Public Know", reflecting the thrust of the Commissioner in pursuing a highly visible communication to all stakeholders of BIR tax administration activities.

This also highlights the transparency policy of BIR which will eventually help in the improvement of voluntary compliance of the taxpayers, she said.

Equiña enjoined businessmen/entrepreneurs to file their income tax early to avoid long queues in banks and BIR offices towards the deadline of the filing season.

BIR has issued a directive to all authorized agent banks and revenue district offices to facilitate without delay the receipt of Income Tax Return and its attachment for convenience of taxpayers.

All BIR authorized agent banks have also been requested to open on two consecutive Saturdays March 27 ( in lieu of April 3 which is Black Saturday) and April 10 and to extend their banking hours up to 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon, for the period April 5-15,2010, to accept tax returns and payments. (www.bir.gov.ph)

Equiña said corresponding fines and penalties will be charged to tax filers in case they cannot meet the deadline on April 15. (PS Mabaquiao/PIA)

Aklanons urged to

sell their palay to NFA

KALIBO, Aklan — The National Food Authority (NFA) here is urging Aklanons to sell their palay produce to the food agency, which is now actively going around Aklan for its palay procurement activities.

Ramon Villariza of NFA-Aklan said NFA’s current procurement result is way below target as they go around the province.

"Right now, we can only procure at least 300 bags per day. Please tell your friends and relatives to sell their palay to us. We have sufficient procurement funds," Villariza told fellow members of the local price coordinating council (LPCC) during its first quarterly meeting at the conference hall of the GRQG Memorial Building here.

The NFA is now buying palay at P17.20 per kilo if procured in the field, and P17.40 if delivered in the grains center by the farmers themselves.

If their palay stored in the warehouse gets milled and converted to rice, Villariza said there would be a total of 71,857 bags of rice at NFA-Aklan, which could last for 175 days. (PIA)

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