Skip to content

Philippines Today

home of the Global Filipino

Menu
  • News Stories
  • Regional News
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • International
Menu

Lim borrows treasurer of Quezon City

Posted on July 13, 2007

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MANILA Mayor Alfredo Lim has tapped one of the country’s top tax collectors, Quezon City Treasurer Victor Endriga, as officer in charge of his Treasurer’s Office to fill up his depleted collection box.

“Getting Endriga to serve as our wealth manager is a fruitful approach at infusing lifeblood into a city dying from cash flow hemorrhage… because of the harmful practices of the past administration,” Lim said in a statement.

He said Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte had granted his request that Endriga be assigned to Manila in a concurrent capacity—provided that Endriga served only for three months without extension.

Lim said he assumed his post as Manila’s new mayor saddled with problems including claims for payment on past-due accounts, P2 billion in bank loans, and a refund of taxes that the Supreme Court had recently declared illegal.

Endriga described Manila’s problems as “not new or unique,” citing the same problems that haunted Quezon City when Belmonte took over.

“The superficialities may differ but the essence remains the same,” he said.

Endriga was the same man who balanced Quezon City’s budget before Belmonte’s first year in office ended. He then transformed the country’s most economically depressed city into one of its richest.

Endriga said his priority in Manila would be scrutinizing expenditures, and in particular the so-called midnight contracts that former Mayor Lito Atienza had signed during his last days in office.

“Cost-saving measures and wise spending patterns [will be pursued], plus tax collection efficiency and public accountability that ensures that every centavo collected ends up in the city coffers,” he said.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Tumblr
  • Reddit

Related

News Categories

  • Announcement (34)
  • Business & Economy (1,567)
  • Comment and Opinion (74)
    • Random Thoughts (18)
  • Current Issues (425)
    • Charter Change (1)
    • Election (228)
    • Population (6)
  • International (389)
  • Life In Japan (66)
    • Everything Japan (41)
  • Literary (34)
  • Miscellaneous (610)
  • News Stories (5,312)
  • OFW Corner (297)
  • Others (75)
  • People (408)
  • Press Releases (163)
  • Regional News (3,362)
  • Science and Technology (502)
  • Sports & Entertainment (287)

Latest News

  • BSP keeps policy rates anew December 17, 2015
  • NEDA cuts PHL additional rice import for 2016 by 25% December 17, 2015
  • DA cites serious implications of banning genetically modified products December 17, 2015
  • BBL is not yet dead – Drilon December 17, 2015
  • Comelec recognizes Duterte’s CoC for president December 17, 2015
  • NEDA chief sees 2015 growth at 6% despite typhoons December 17, 2015
  • House of Representatives ratifies bicam report on P3.002-T national budget for 2016 December 17, 2015
  • Cebu-based developer invests PHP430M to build 709 townhouse units in north Cebu town December 17, 2015
  • City gov’t eyes P75-M income from economic enterprise December 17, 2015
  • Baguio City LGU presents traffic plan for holiday season December 17, 2015

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Science and Technology

  • DOST-ICTO targets 500,000 web-based workers from countryside by 2016
  • (Feature) STARBOOKS: A ‘makeover’ for librarians
  • Science, research reduce ‘cocolisap’ hotspot areas in PHL
  • Montejo to further improve PAGASA and empower scientists
  • 1st PPP in biomedical research produces knee replacement system fit for Asians

Press Releases

  • Microsoft to buy Nokia’s mobile devices business for 5.44-B euros
  • New World Bank climate change report should spur SEA and world leaders into action: Greenpeace
  • Save the Philippine Seas before it’s too late — Greenpeace
  • Palanca Awards’ last call for entries
  • Philippines joins the global call for Arctic protection

Comment and Opinion

  • Remembering the dead is a celebration of life
  • Killer earthquake unlikely to hit Panay Island in near future – analyst
  • It’s not just more fun to invest in the Philippines, it is also profitable, says President Aquino
  • How does one differentiate a tamaraw from a carabao?
  • Fun is not just about the place, it is also about the people, says DOT chief

OFW Corner

  • Ebola infection risk low in Croatia
  • Death toll rises to 41, over 100 still missing in landslide in India
  • Asbestos use in construction a labor hazard
  • 500,000 OFWs to benefit POEA on-line transactions — Baldoz
  • 25 distressed OFWs return home from Riyadh
©2025 Philippines Today | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme