BIR’s Top 500 list unfair to tycoons
By Ramon TulfoTycoon Andrew Tan has reason to complain that his name was excluded in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s list of the top 500 individual taxpayers in 2011.
Tycoon Andrew Tan has reason to complain that his name was excluded in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s list of the top 500 individual taxpayers in 2011.
A fleet of Hummers, Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes Benzes, a Ferrari, a Lamborghini and other used luxury cars due to arrive on Saturday at Port Irene here may end up as pieces of junk once the government imposes the ban on imported vehicles, the trade of which has become a mini-industry at the free port.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon’s order to stop the release of more than 200 imported used cars and vans at Port Irene in Sta. Ana, Cagayan, has nothing to do with politics and “everything to do with law enforcement,” Team PNoy spokesman Eastern Samar Representative Ben Evardone said on Saturday.
UNDER fire for keeping two American-made sedans given by a wealthy businessman, Rep. Tomas Osmena yesterday dared Mayor Michael Rama to show proof the two Dodge Chargers parked at home were donated to the Cebu City goverrnment.
Vehicles which Cebu City Hall promised to the city’s 80 barangays will only be issued to allies of Mayor Michael Rama. They won’t automatically go to the barangay captain. That much was made clear by Rama in recent meetings with barangay officials allied with the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK), including a meeting yesterday [...]
President Benigno Aquino III has given up his Porsche, saying it was a high security risk.
BANDAR SERI Begawan—In a country where there is roughly one car for every three persons, Porsche-loving President Benigno Aquino III got more than his usual fill of riding in high style. Mr. Aquino and his 53-member delegation literally stopped traffic as they breezed through major city roads aboard a sleek fleet of luxury cars—an assortment [...]
