CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Pampanga’s revenue from quarrying operations has reached P1,207,605,000 following the collection of P273,920,000 from January to October 14 this year.
Data obtained from the Capampangan a Lulugud at Matapat also showed that the revenue was generated from weighing-scale fees, with a total collection of P60,699,000. Records show that P57,960,000 of the amount was collected from quarry trucks doing business in Pampanga. The provincial government also collected some P2,739,000 from weighing-fee charges from quarry trucks coming from other provinces that utilize public roads in Pampanga.
Records also showed that the collections from July to December 2010 totaled P119,395,000; P238,380,000 (January to December 2011); P292,017,500 (January to December 2012); and P283, 902,500 for the whole of 2013.
The provincial government is optimistic that this trend, where the income is at the average range of P20 million to P23 million a month, or roughly P1.1 million a day, will continue within the next 20 months of the administration of Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda.
The provincial government is trying to improve operations and the collection system.
Pineda hopes that before her second term ends in 2016, the province’s revenues from Pampanga will reach more than P1.6-billion.
Under the Local Government Code, revenue from quarry collection is shared by the provincial government, cities or towns, and barangays from where the sand was hauled at a 30-30-40 percent ratio.
The administrative fee collected from the quarry truckers goes solely to the provincial government that uses the proceeds to monitor and regulate the industry.