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+==Over 200 public school teachers, students avail of free newsletter layout training in Gensan==
+*Source: http://cebusandman.typepad.com/philippines_travel_news/2012/03/peeved-pacquiao-wants-to-pay-taxes-elsewhere-asiaone.html
+*March 30, 2012 at 12:39 PM
+:By.  (PGFruylan/PIA-Gensan)
+Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News NetworkFriday, Mar 30, 2012
+GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines - Boxing sensation and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao now plans to transfer his tax registration to either Manila or Laguna in protest of what he perceived was harassment done by a regional director of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against him.
+In a text message, Pacquiao's chief of staff Franklin Gacal Jr. confirmed the plan, saying: "We will definitely transfer."
+When the Philippine Daily Inquirer asked where, Gacal said "Laguna or Manila."
+In 2010, Pacquiao transferred his tax registration from Pasig City to Central Mindanao.
+But BIR regional director Rozil Lozares, whom Pacquiao accused of railroading the charges against him, was unfazed by the planned transfer.
+"It's not a problem. It's his prerogative where he wants to pay his taxes. But, he can't do it right now because he has yet to settle his problem with us. If he complies with the requirements, then he can write a letter to the BIR stating the reasons for the transfer. Then, we will evaluate," Lozares said.
+Top taxpayer
+Lozares admitted that Pacquiao was one of the top individual taxpayers in the country. He, however, refused to divulge the exact amount of taxes being paid yearly by the boxing icon.
+In his 2010 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Pacquiao declared his assets at P1.13 billion (S$33 million) and no liabilities, making him the country's richest lawmaker.
+"The transfer of his tax registration to other place, if ever he can do it, will not affect our revenue collection target," Lozares said.
+But Lozares added that Pacquiao should also expect a backlash on his image and political career.
+"The local taxpayers may question why he is paying his taxes somewhere else when he is living and conducting most of his businesses here," he said.
+Lozares said Pacquiao was given three letter-requests and a subpoena before a legal action was initiated against him.
+The BIR log book showed that lawyer Francisco Gacal, a member of Pacquiao's battery of lawyers, appeared before the BIR office on February 7 but failed to submit the required books of accounts and accounting records being asked by the BIR.
+On March 1, the BIR filed a criminal case before the Prosecutor's Office of Koronadal City against Pacquiao.
+"If Mr. Pacquiao is not hiding something, then he should submit all the documents required by the BIR. He is a lawmaker and we expect him to respect the law. We are just doing our mandate under the RA 2484 or the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC)," Lozares said.
+The BIR official said Pacquiao was just wasting his millions by hiring topnotch lawyers to defend himself.
+"All he has to do is to submit his financial records and books of accounts then we will withdraw the case filed before the City Prosecutor's Office at Koronadal City," Lozares said.
+==NPAs in Mindanao up 20 percent - Minda News==
+*Source: http://cebusandman.typepad.com/philippines_travel_news/2012/03/npas-in-mindanao-up-20-percent-minda-news.html
+* March 29, 2012 at 12:08 AM
+:By. (Edwin Espejo / MindaNews contributor)
+GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 March) – The communist-led New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao has grown in numbers over the last two years, according to rebel spokesman Jorge Madlos, a.k.a. Ka Oris.
+“We have formed additional platoons and increased our armed strength by almost 20 percent,” Madlos said in a statement sent to reporters on the eve of the 43rd founding anniversary of the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
+He claimed the guerilla fronts of the NPA have increased to 42, up from 32 fronts three years ago.
+“We have maintained 42 guerrilla fronts island-wide and increased the number of company-sized fronts,” Madlos said.
+Jorge Madlos, a.k.a. Ka Oris. Mindanews File Photo by Gigi Bueno
+The communist rebels claim they have five regional party committees in mainland Mindanao.
+Each regional party committee is reportedly maintaining at least a company-sized main regional guerrilla unit (MRGU) apart from several platoons of front guerrilla units (FGUs) distributed throughout the island.
+The CPP-NPA rebellion is Asia’s longest running insurgency movement.
+The NPA was founded on March 29, 1969 in Sta. Rita, Pampanga from remnants of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (HMB), the armed wing of the old Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP).
+From an undersized platoon of poorly equipped fighters with less than 25 rifles and handguns, the NPA has expanded throughout the archipelago and became a major threat to national security during the Marcos dictatorship.
+It is believed that more than half of the total armed regulars of the NPA today are in Mindanao, also the seat of the Moro secessionist movement.
+The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has placed the total strength of the NPA nationwide at a little over 4,000 fully armed regulars.
+Early this year, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Jessie Dellosa said the military is tightening its grip “against the NPA bandits with our focused combat operations.”
+The AFP has been claiming that it has reduced the number of NPA regulars to its current strength from a high of 24,000 armed guerrillas during the height of the Marcos dictatorship.
+File photo of New Peoples Army (NPA) guerillas in the hinterlands of Davao City. Mindanews File Photo by Keith Bacongco
+Some estimates however said the armed strength of the NPAs in Mindanao has already equaled its 1980s level when the underground movement was at its peak.
+The communist rebels shocked the military and the national government when they launched simultaneous attacks against three mining companies in Surigao del Norte in October last year.
+More than 200 NPA rebels participated in the daring attacks which destroyed more than P500-million worth of equipment and facilities.
+No one was hurt during the attacks but the NPA demonstrated its capacity to strike at will in areas where they maintain strongholds.
+The northeastern side of Mindanao has long been known to host the Mindanao party leadership of the CPP-NPA.
+The rebels are also active in central as well as southern Mindanao where they have repeatedly launched tactical offensives and harassment activities. The NPA rebels in these regions have attacked several big agribusiness corporations operating in areas where they are active.
+In 2009, Madlos said they are preparing to bring their armed rebellion into a stalemate with the government in five years, a claim repeatedly downplayed and dismissed by the military.
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 The same training, he said, will also be offered to interested local journalists in the City starting April 13.
 These training workshops aim to empower residents of the Tuna Capital to be globally competitive as envisioned by Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio, he added.
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