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P15M worth of shabu seized in Cebu

Authorities seized an estimated P15-million worth of shabu from a man during


a buy-bust operation in Cebu City early Tuesday.
Operatives from the City Intelligence Branch and the Cebu City Police AntiIllegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (CAIDSOTF) nabbed Melchor
Ocarol around 2 a.m.
Ocarol, from Sitio Mahayay Uno in Barangay Pasil, is identified as a level 2
high value target of the police.
Police seized 1.2 kilos of suspected shabu from Ocarol. Authorities have yet
to identify the suspect's source of illegal drugs.
For his part, Ocarol said he accepts money from certain individuals to deliver
things to their homes and use this to pay for his monthly health maintenance.
He, however, was shocked when police found large packs of suspected shabu
wrapped in plastic around his house.
Senior Inspector Narrolf Tan of the CAIDSOTF said Ocarol has been identified
by arrested drug pushers as one of their illegal drugs sources.
Meanwhile, six other people were nabbed in separate operations in LapuLapu City and Cebu City last night.
The Gun-ob Police Station of the Lapu-Lapu Police Office caught three
suspected drug pushers identified as Edcel Nasdes, Michael Alcordo and
Gene Lapa. Confiscated from them were packs of suspected shabu worth
P100,000 and a .38 caliber revolver.
The Mabolo Police Station of the Cebu City Police Office also caught three
suspected drug pushers who operated inside a Chinese cemetery. They were
identified as Dary Fernandez, Marlon Montano and Celsa Balu

Duterte eyes removal of 'ridiculous'


tax exemptions
DAVAO CITY - President Rodrigo Duterte will remove "ridiculous" tax
exemptions as he moves to reform the system to spur economic growth while
lessening the burden of the poor, the head of his economic team said
Tuesday.
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez cited value added tax exemptions for
girl and boy scouts. He had earlier said some exemptions for seniors,
including travel and restaurant meals, will be lifted.
The economic team will "remove and rationalize all the exemptions that have
accumulated since 1997" when the VAT was imposed, Dominguez told a
consultative forum with businessmen here.
"It seems every interest group has managed to get an exemption from VAT,
including the boy scouts and the girl scouts. It got to that ridiculous extent
we're moving to have legislation change that," he said.
Duterte is seeking new taxes and the lifting of certain exemptions to offset a
planned reduction in corporate and personal income tax rates to 25 percent
from 32 percent.
The new measures include taxes petroleum and soft drinks and other
sweetened beverages. The lifting of tax exemptions on 13th month pay was
also proposed.

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