Licensing Chief warns
delinquent establishment to secure permit or face closure
By VALENTINO B. LOPEZ
August
16, 2007
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte
– Proprietors of delinquent establishment in the city have enough to
be wary of their illegal business operation here, after the City
Government have launched without let-up, an intensified campaign to
rid this place of unwarranted business activities.
In last Monday’s
(August 13) monitoring and inspection sortie conducted by the City
Licensing Division, personnel from the said agency were able to unmask
20 business operators who have not or had only complied partially,
with the existing Tax Code of the city.
The business
establishments rounded up earlier this week consisted of massage
parlors, fast food stalls, videoke joints and resto bars situated at
various locations in the downtown area, suburban districts and in the
outskirts of Tacloban.
Most common of the
violations committed by the errant proprietors, were their blatant
disregard to secure permit for their business activity, no working
permits for their waitresses and attendants, aside from also
understating the number of tables and videoke units available at their
places, which according to City Licensing Chief Erwin Oledan, are all
taxable under existing city ordinances.
Consequent to these
violations, guilty parties were all served delinquency notices
according to Mr. Oledan, adding that by operation of law would oblige
these operators to secure immediately the required licenses and
permits, for them not to be subjected to the harsh penalty of closure.
