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Thursday, October 30, 2003
Rally called off; Lapu CH awaits MCIAA tax offer
By Rose O. Verzosa
OFFICIALS of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) met with Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Arturo Radaza yesterday afternoon and promised to submit the board’s tax payment proposal next week.
MCIAA Acting General Manager Marcelino Cordova, who came to City Hall with MCIAA lawyer Siegfred Dublin and two other airport officials, also paid P6 million to cover its payment commitment for October.
Radaza has been asking MCIAA to pay its real property taxes, which already amounted to over P230 million, computed since 1992.
City Attorney Vincent Joseph Lim said the mayor agreed to wait for the board’s payment proposal and cancelled the Nov. 5 City-initiated rally at the airport.
Even then, the City Government will still push through with the issuance of the notice of levy and warrant of levy against MCIAA, which the City Treasurer’s Office is now finalizing. Radaza has scheduled the public auction of MCIAA’s property on the first week of December.
Warning
Lim even warned that if MCIAA still fails to submit its proposal by next week, the City will push through with its rally either on Nov. 6 or Nov. 7.
City officials will be signing next week the notice and warrant of levy covering almost 200 MCIAA properties, including the lot where the international airport stands, its runways and taxiways.
The levy will then be annotated in the properties’ tax declarations and land titles at the City Assessor’s Office and Register of Deeds.
The City Government posted and published early this month the notice of delinquency covering MCIAA’s 195 lots and 15 buildings.
Cordova also wrote Radaza last week and requested him not to proceed with the notice of levy and auction sale.
Good intentions
“MCIAA does not intend to evade paying its tax obligation with Lapu-Lapu City. However, it needs more time to study and come up with better proposals for the settlement of this obligation should its financial condition improve,” said Cordova.
Cordova told the mayor yesterday that he was not aware about the proposed P30 million partial payment, which then MCIAA general manager Angelo Verdan promised to give to the City.
Verdan had assured last August that he will persuade the MCIAA board to release the partial payment of P30 million without any condition, as MCIAA and City Hall officials are still negotiating for an acceptable payment scheme.
MCIAA got the ire of the City officials when it failed to pay the P30 million for it can only afford to shell out P6 million monthly.
(October 30, 2003 issue)
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