Cadiz unveils One-Stop-Shop

Another milestone in effective governance was marked by the blessing and cutting of the ceremonial ribbon of the Land Administration and Management Service Office building or conveniently called One –Stop-Shop on July 1. City Mayor Patrick G. Escalante unveiled the markers of the edifice together with former mayor now Board Member Salvador G. Escalante, Jr. and Ma. Lourdes T. Reyes, ISF Manager.

Cadiz City is one of the cities all over the Philippines who passed the competitive selection criteria as one of the Programmatic Grant Awardees of the Land Administration Management Project-Innovation Support Fund, to effect systematic management of real property tax and tax mapping records, to improve billing and collection of real property taxes, and establish an effective land and tax-related information system that is accessible to the public.

The goal of One-Stop-Shop is to provide Cadiz taxpayers with efficient delivery of services by merging together in a single location all government agencies involved to enhance revenue collection, such as, Register of Deeds, CENRO, BIR, City Planning and Development Office, City Assessor’s Office, City Treasurer’s Office and City Administrator’s Office.

Mayor Escalante overwhelmingly acknowledged the 4.5 million pesos Australian Aid from the Australian Government. In his message, he highly hopes the innovation will generate more revenues without increasing the taxes, it will improve the city’s tax collection, and it will increase the efficiency in tax collection. The agencies involved will see to it that the transaction will be finished in one day, he added.

Present at the ceremony were special guests: Ian David Lloyd, LAM II Australian Team Leader for Australian Aid for International Development, who gave a very inspiring message as benefactor; LAM Steering Committee; SP Member Hon. Antonio U. Lacson III, Hon. Vicente William M. Tabanao, Hon. Juan Musa, Hon. Abeizer Bacomo, Hon. Denia P. Hinolan, and Hon. Marcelo Metuda; barangay officials; local offices led by the City Assessor’s Office department head Mr. Wilson J. Tajonera who is ISF Project Manager; BIR Victorias Chief Atty. Victoria Bojos; and national agencies based in the city./*