Ilocos Sur mayor faces suspension over quarry tax mess

Tagudin, Ilocos Sur ,Philippines   – The Ilocos Sur provincial board’s blue ribbon committee has recommended the suspension of Mayor Roque Versoza of this town, in connection with the alleged anomaly on the 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 for his part vowed to answer the official charge sheet, as soon as it has been filed.