City Council’s Sectoral Representative
to Indigenous People Takes Oath
| The 16th City Council welcomed its newest Member, Datu Berino L. Mambo-o Sr. as the first ever Sectoral Representative of Indigenous People in the 1st regular session held last January 10, 2012. Mayor Sara Z. Duterte in her welcome address thanked the various government agencies responsible in making the selection for the mandatory representation of indigenous people to the Sanggunian possible. Afterwhich, Datu Mambo-o took his oath of office before Mayor Duterte and became the City Council’s newest Member.
The 16th City Council approved and enacted Ordinance No. 0448-10, Series of 2010, providing mandatory representation for Indigenous People in the City Council of Davao and providing funds therefor. Likewise, Resolution No. 01615-11 with corresponding Ordinance No. 0212-11, was enacted and approved |
last November 29, 2011, “Enacting an Ordinance accepting and approving the rules for the selection of the mandatory representative of the Indigenous Peoples to the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City, as amended.” Corollary to the said resolution/ordinance, Resolution No. 01616-11, Series of 2011, requested the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) to schedule the election in accordance with the approved rules in coordination with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the City Government of Davao. Said legislation paved the way for the election of the newest Member of the 16th City Council, Datu Berino L. Mambo-o, Sr., as the first Sectoral Representative for Indigenous People of the City of Davao. |
| (SGD.) MA. THERESA A. REYES
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| APPROVED: (SGD.) MARGARITO C. DELA CRUZ Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Government Department Head II) |
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REYES AS THE NEW CITY COUNCILOR
| A year after Councilor Wendel E. Avisado resigned as 1st District Councilor of the City of Davao to assume the post as Assistant Secretary of the Housing & Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Jackson Velos Reyes was appointed to continue his term.
Councilor Reyes, a partymate of Atty. Avisado under the Partido Demokratiko-Pilipino/Lakas-Bayan or PDP-LABAN was appointed by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino last June 13, 2011 and took his oath last October 14, 2011 before Judge Emmanuel C. Carpio. Section 45 of the Local Government Code provides that: “the appointee shall come from the same political party as that of the Sanggunian Member who caused the vacancy and shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant office”. At present, Councilor Reyes chairs the Membership Committee of the PDP-LABAN, Davao City Chapter. Councilor Reyes is not new to politics. He served as Barangay Kagawad of Brgy. Artiaga when he was just 21 years old and as Technical Assistant of former OIC Mayor Zafiro Respicio in 1986. He likewise served as Program Officer of the City Administrator’s Office from 2004-2010. He is married to Maria Victoria Reyes with two kids. |
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MA. THERESA A. REYES SP Blogsite Member |
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| Approved:MARGARITO C. DELA CRUZ
Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Government Department Head II) |
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CITY MAYOR DELIVERS 2ND STATE OFTHE CITY ADDRESS (SOCA) 2011
| Mayor Inday Sara Z. Duterte delivered her second State of the City Address (SOCA) during the 34th Regular Session of the 16thCity Council last September 20, 2011.To a full crowd coming from the Diplomatic Corps, members of the Judiciary, heads of National offices and bureaus, heads of the different departments of the city and from businessmen and different organizations and associations as well as Barangay Captains of the City of Davao, Mayor Sara delivered her report on issues that plaque the developing landscape of our city.Mayor Duterte started her speech by giving the bad news. She stated that they were not able to do four (4) things: PhilHealth accreditation of our district health centers, construction of the public library, privatization of hauling and segregation of our garbage and the Pasalubong Center.On the other hand, she proceeded to report her achievements in developing BAROG: Barangay, Academics, Resource, Peace & Order and Governance, her government’s direction in standing firm and in moving forward and upward as Dabawenyos.
Among the achievements cited were the continuing Caravan of Government Services, the Food for Work Program, the “Magbasa Ta” Reading Enhancement Program, allowance to 66 lumad college students studying in downtown poblacion, CSSDO’s educational assistance to 1,303 children needing special protection and indigent youths, 288 of whom are already in college under the expanded Scholarship on Tertiary Education Program (STEP). The Local School Board was also able to hire 63 auxiliary-teachers to improve the teacher to student ratio in our city. Likewise, efforts are initiated on how to support the K+12 program of DepEd. Moreover, Mayor Inday identified the focus industries for our city as Agriculture, Tourism & Information and Communication Technology sectors. She stated that while export manufacturing and mining are million dollar industries, we cannot do much in competing with manufacturing countries and declared that mining is out of the question as it will bring more problems than solutions. She added that the City Agriculturist’s Office has established satellite nurseries in Marilog, Calinan and Baguio districts to produce the supply of endemic and other trees. Mayor Sara likewise reported the establishment of the Cacao Agribusiness Zone Center facility in Brgy. Talandang, Tugbok District through a Department of Agriculture — Cocoa Foundation Philippines, Inc. investment partnership which is the biggest in the Philippines. Moreover, she imparted that Davao City saw an unprecedented number of recorded visitor arrivals as a result of our four major events come-on for the city: Araw ng Dabaw, Summerfest, Kadayawan and Pasko Fiesta. As good news, she reported that Davao City won the best booth award during the Philippine Travel Mart in Manila, aside from the P1.5M sales. As an off-shoot, Davao City will be hosting the 3rd Philippine MICE Convention on 2013, besting the bid of CamSur. On our revenue collection, the City Treasurer’s Office was able to collect P552,832,436.61 from January to June for the business taxes this year, or an 18.53% increase from the collection made last year. Our total revenue collection from local sources is in the amount of P 1.09 Billion or a 17.79% increase from the same period last year.The Mayor reported that in our commitment as a business-friendly LGU, they have conducted 19 one-stop-shop in the issuance of permits, with a modified processing system in malls and other strategic areas of the city. As a result, the number of our business establishments significantly increased by 24% or 30,000 from last year to 36,000 this year. Furthermore, investments registered with the Business Bureau reached an all-time high of P183.5 billion in terms of capitalization. Employment generated by these investments increased by a staggering 66%, or from 177,175 in 2010 to 293,435 jobs for Davaoenos. With reduced registration requirements and a simplified system in place, Davao City is now the second easiest city in the country to start a business and the first in processing construction permits, both cited by no less than the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank.However, the City Mayor announced the budget cut of about13% or about P360 Million due to Local Budget Memorandum No. 65 and 65-A with two advisories: that the 2012 IRA level is 4.8% lower than that of 2011 and that the entry of judgment in the 16- cityhood case has the overall effect of a corresponding reduction in the revenue allotment of all local government units.At this point, the Mayor then turned over the proposed 2012 annual budget for the council’s consideration and favorable action. She said that it is a budget best described as sustaining socio-economic growth amidst challenging times. On Peace and Order, the City Peace and Order Council has updated and adopted our Local Government Security Plan which provided for the decrease in the total number of index crimes from 3,604 in July to December last year to 3,019 in January to June this year. From July to December 2010, we have posted 1,177 or 57.60% crime solution efficiency, while from January to June 2011, our crime solution efficiency increased to 1,226 or 57.67%, according to a report from the Davao City Police Office. Lastly, on Governance, the City Mayor expounded on the city’s campaign against drug use especially with city government employees of which several has already been terminated. In closing, Mayor Duterte acknowledged the generous support of the private sector, Chamber of Commerce, the Tourism Alliance, the Chinatown Development Council and all Chinese communities, Muslim brothers and sisters and Lumad families and all other stakeholders and described it as above and beyond the ordinary. Overall, the State of the City Address (SOCA) 2011, highlighting the Mayor’s achievements and accomplishments for the past year, was highlighted with several resounding applauses during her speech. |
