Task Force SAGARR enforced Wednesday evening a closure order against the business establishment owned by a mayoralty candidate for allegedly operating without the necessary permits.
Task Force SAGARR, headed by a retired police officer, Eddie Oira, served the closure order to Dindo Generoso, a radio commentator and who is also running for mayor of Dumaguete City in the May 9 polls.
Generoso, who owns the Lamias Tapok-Kan (or simply Tapok-kan) resto-bar, did not offer any resistance but told the media in an interview that he welcomes this development as this would bring to light the hitches encountered by businesses when obtaining a business permit.
According to him, he has been paying taxes and other fees to the city but that he was not granted a mayor’s permit despite attempts to secure one.
The businessman, however, highlighted the need for the city government to show an authentic and serious campaign against establishments operating “illegally” and not be selective in its enforcement of the law.
The Task Force SAGARR commander, Eddie Oira, said the Tapok-kan was ordered closed for alleged violation of Section 68, Ordinance No. 125 Series of 1997, otherwise known as the Omnibus Tax Ordinance of Dumaguete City.
This is the second business establishment in Dumaguete City ordered shut down this month for violating the said ordinance.
Last January 14, Task Force SAGARR also served a closure order by Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria against the owners of ZanZibar Restaurant and Lounge, where an American national was mauled by at least four people outside of the said establishment.
The foreigner died last December 29, three days after he was brought to the hospital, due to multiple blunt traumas to the head.
The police filed charges in court against ZanZibar’s cook, waiter and bouncer, three of the four mauling suspects. (PNA)
