BIR Central, Eastern P’sinan bag awards

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

Two top executives of the Revenue Districts Offices in Pangasinan province became recipients of awards from the regional office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Region – 1 in a month celebration of the tax agency’s 114th Anniversary.

RDO 4 and 6 Chiefs Merlyn Vicente and Lawyer Maribel B. Utit, respectively, whose offices are based in Central and Eastern Pangasinan have been beneficiaries of various awards.

EXECUTIVES – Revenue District Office -6 Chief Maribel B. Utit (left) and RDO-4 Chief Merlyn Vicente.

RDO-4 won as first in the Sanitation and Beautification Program while RDO-6 amassed the Second Topped Model Office of 2018 in the six RDOs in Region 1,  No. 1 Goal Achiever in 2017, First Runner Up Champion - Logo Making Contest where Gabriel Morris C. Tuazon was the recipient designer in poster making contest for high school level, and model employee through Noble A. Remle.

“Thank you Lord Jesus for all the talents, unending inspiration and guidance, leading us to garner the first rank in the Sanitation and Beautification Program of RR1. We praise you endlessly for everything for you always amaze us with great surprises. Thank you too for the concerted efforts of RDO-4 revenuers and our care best counterparts. Indeed, the result is awesome. Congratulation to all of us! Keep up the good work,” an elated RDO Chief Vicente stressed.

RDO-6 Chief Utit expressed her gratitude to Regional Director Clavelina S. Nacar and Assistant Regional Director Fely C. Simon for initiating the activity.

“Thanks to the RR1 family, high schools which participated in the poster-making contests and the JPIAns from different colleges offering accountancy courses who participated in the tax quiz bee. Congratulation to everyone!” she added.

Utit hailed her personnel especially Assistant RDO-6 Lolit Salayog for her utmost dedication to her job.

“Assistant RDO Lolit who is very hands on on this endeavor. I witnessed how, before employees arrived in the morning, you’d be roaming the floors of the building ensuring every nook and cranny is ready to serve the first client to arrive. And long after the last staff left, I saw you checking again to ensure that everything else was kept for the day. Thank you very much to my RDO-6 staff and personnel. Congratulaton!” she cited.

 RDO-6 collects the taxes of individuals and businesses in one city and eighteen towns in Eastern Pangasinan while RDO-4 covers the revenues of the people and enterprises of two cities and fourteen towns in central part of the huge province.