Ilocos mayor faces suspension over tax

TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur– Mayor RoqueVersoza of this town was recommended by the Ilocos Sur provincial board’s blue ribbon committee to be suspended due to alleged anomalies on remittance of quarry taxes.

The committee, which probed the alleged mess, said Verzosa was found to have “gained” from the taxes of the quarry operations along the Amburayan River since 2004.

Questions were raised on the sharing scheme in the remittance of the yearly levies, where 30 percent goes to Tagudin, another 30 percent to the provincial government and 40 percent to the host barangays.

Verzosa said he would answer the official charge sheet, as soon as it has been filed.