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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
City to padlock 100 erring businesses
By Barbara Carla R. Quiero
DAVAO CITY -- City Hall is all set to padlock around 100 business establishments in Davao City who continue to violate the Revenue Code.
Business Bureau Chief Jhopee Avanceña-Agustin said they will be closing down some 100 small and big business establishments this month for either operating without business permits or operating with expired business permits.
Agustin said there are 33,000 to 34,000 business establishments in the city.
Agustin said the Business Bureau has already inspected and sent several notices to each of these establishments to serve as warning that if they will not secure a business permit or renew their business permit, the office will padlock their facility.
She said the establishments did not act on the sent notices.
"After several inspections, they have not complied with the required permit. Pursuant to the Revenue Code of Davao City you cannot operate without a business permit and if you operate without a business permit, you will be closed down," Agustin said in an interview Monday.
Agustin said the list of business establishments to be closed down is only partial as they expect more to be added to the list.
Since they started the campaign last week, Agustin said they have already closed down around 10 business establishments in the downtown area.
She added that officials of the closed firms just went to City Hall to comply with the requirements and started operating again.
"We don't want to hamper your business operation. If you have secured the permit, we will open it right away," she added.
The Business Bureau padlocked last week Station 91 bar, for operating without permit; however, it reopened a day after it complied with the requirements.
The K1 KTV and Spa was also closed Friday night and the management of the firm was processing its permit as of Monday. (Sun.Star Davao/Sunnex)
(September 19, 2006 issue)
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