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Continuing transmission blamed on lack of adherence to protocols

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Continuing transmission blamed on lack of adherence to protocols

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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r. Ashley Lopez, acting head of the City Health Of�ice (CHO), disclosed that the city has noted an increase of Covid-19 cases in Davao City since the start of this month.

Lopez said most of the cases were local.

“This is partly brought about by our heightened surveillance and expanded contact tracing,” he said in a text message.

Lopez also said that Dabawenyos’ lack of

adherrence to the minimum health standard protocols adds to the surging of cases.

In its latest report published on May 19, 2021, the Octa Research Group noted a “signi�icant increase” in new cases reported in Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo City,

and Davao City over the past week.

Experts reported that the mentioned three cities were among the top 16 areas reporting the highest number of cases outside Metro Manila, the epicenter of the Philippines’ pandemic.

“I do not deny the fact that basically there are still community/workplace Covid transmission going on due to lack of adherence to MPHS,” Lopez said when asked about his reaction to

the mentioned study.

Meanwhile, based on the Regional Situation Update on Covid-19 in Davao Region as of 5 p.m of May 19, 2021, Department Of HealthDavao Center for Health Development reported 175 new cases of Covid-19 in Davao Region bringing the total number of active cases to 1,524.

Of these new cases, 110 were from Davao City, 29 from Davao del Norte,

“productive” 20-minute phone conversation with Duterte on Wednesday.

“Prime Minister Suga, meantime, expressed appreciation for the Philippines’ principled position clearly articulated by President Duterte during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on the 2016 Arbitral Ruling,” the Of�ice

of the President (OP) said in a statement.

Duterte stressed the need for nations to cooperate on promoting maritime domain awareness, maritime security, and safety, freedom of navigation and over�light, and maritime connectivity and commerce.

“At the same time, he

(Duterte) underlined the need to recognize and work for the peaceful settlement of disputes, stating that the Asia-Paci�ic region cannot afford con�licts between neighbors,” the OP statement read.

Duterte added that alliances and partnerships must redound to greater stability in the South China

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PM Suga lauds PRRD for articulating arbitral ruling during the 75th UNGA

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apanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has lauded the Philippines’ “principled position” on the 2016 arbitral ruling that President Rodrigo Duterte uttered at the High-Level General Debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September last year.

Suga conveyed his appreciation in a

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NTF-ELCAC vows to continue legal action against Bakwit School 7

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hese are the �indings that we do not agree with, and we will look for our remedies, either to �ile a motion of reconsideration or to re�ile the case,” said Legal Cooperation Cluster spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Con�lict (NTF-ELCAC) Atty.

Marlon Bosantog during the ‘Press Conference on Case Update of Rescued IP Children’ on May 18, 2021 at the Provincial Pavilion, Tagum City.

Bosantog’s statement comes after the Of�ice of the Provincial Prosecutor of Davao del Norte recently dismissed Bakwit School 7’s criminal charges for “lack of probable cause, and lack of territorial jurisdiction” as stated in the resolution dated May 5, 2021 and ordered the immediate release of the respondents on May 14, 2021.

Among the charges cleared from the respondents are kidnapping, serious illegal detention, human traf�icking, and child abuse.

The seven were arrested during what the authorities call as a “rescue operation” of 19 IP minors

from a retreat house inside the University of San Carlos (USC) Talamban campus on Feb. 15, 2021.

N T F - E L C A C Spokesperson Usec.

Lorraine Marie T. Badoy echoed Bosantog’s statement, “Huwag silang [Communist Terrorist Group] mag diwang. In fact, mag malungkot sila ngayon kase ready’ng ready ang gobyerno para panalunin ang kaso na ito (They shouldn’t celebrate yet. In fact, they should start to worry since the government is more determined to win this case).”

NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Sec. Allen Capuyan said that a case will be �iled against the Bakwit School 7 for the violation of the rights of the IPs under the Indigenous People Republic Act (IPRA), or Republic Act 8371.

“Mas sobra pa to sa kidnapping. Kase tinanggal mo sa tribo ang karapatan niya para mabuhay ayon sa kanilang kalooban (This is worse than kidnapping.

You removed the rights of the IPs to live how they want to),” he elaborated.

Bosantog echoed that this is a “separate and

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Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide expresses his appreciation to President Rodrigo Duterte in a 20-minute phone conversation for the Philippines’principled position during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on the 2016 Arbitral Ruling. Presidential Photo

1 killed, bridge collapses as floods, landslides hit SoCot

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person was con�irmed dead while a major bridge and several other structures were damaged as �loods and landslides triggered by intermittent rains since Tuesday hit parts of South Cotabato province.

Initial reports from the South Cotabato Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Of�ice (PDRRMO) said the prolonged rains spawned by the Intertropical Convergence Zone caused �loods along the critical Allah River in the province’s upper valley area.

It affected barangays traversed by the river in the municipalities of Lake Sebu, Tboli, Surallah and Sto. Niño.

Leonardo Ballon, head of the Surallah Municipal DRRMO, said a resident of Barangay Moloy identi�ied as Roger Barneso, 44, died after being swept by rushing �loodwaters in the Allah River around 8 p.m.

Tuesday.

He said the victim, along with his wife and eight-year-old daughter, were crossing the river from Barangay Dajay through a makeshift bridge made of bamboo when the motorcycle they were riding suddenly slipped, causing them to fall into the raging water. “(Roger) was carried away by strong current and eventually drowned while his wife and daughter managed to reach the riverbank,” he said in an interview over Brigada News FM in Koronadal City.

Ballon said the victim’s remains were retrieved by residents and rescuers around 10 a.m.

Wednesday at a portion of the river in Purok Pag-asa, Barangay Bai Saripinang in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat.

Due to the �loods, he said the makeshift bri dge in Barangay Dajay as well

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DOST deploys pandemic manual to private firms

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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he regional of�ice of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST 11) has deployed a pandemic manual to private establishments in Davao City to help them cope with the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

Launched on July 28, 2020, the manual entitled “Pandemic Manual: A Procedures Manual on Prevention, Mitigation and Building Resilience to Epidemics and Pandemics, “ contains procedures in the implementation of various technologies, innovations, and systems developed to provide a secured working environment in the event of health outbreaks.

“Na deploy na din

natin ito sa private sector kasi importante din na ang ating mga enterprises and establishments alam kung ano gagawin in times of epidemic. Para ang ekonomiya natin ay hindi mag stand still at kailangan magpatuloy kahit in the face of the pandemic,” said DOST 11 Regional Director Dr. Anthony C. Sales, in a virtual presser on Wednesday.

The manual, which

shall serve as guidelines for both DOST 11 personnel and its customers, will ensure the continuous delivery of quality products and services despite past, ongoing or anticipated epidemics and pandemics.

Sales also said that the manual was already deployed to the members of the Regional Development Council (RDC 11) and Of�ice of the Civil Defense (OCD).

“Na deploy na natin sa members ng RDC at OCD and we expect na susinod sila in preparing their own pandemic manual kasi sila rin kailangan din mag prepare, mag mitigate at saka maging resilient sa kanilang mga organizations in the face of pandemic,”

Sales said.

During the launch last year, DOST 11 turned over to RDC 11 and National Economic and Development Authority 11 (NEDA 11) and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 11 (RDRRMC 11).

Sales said the turnover aims to share this initiative to fellow government agencies and can be used as guide in crafting localized guidelines in their organization.

He said having this policy guide is important to ensure the continuous delivery of quality products and services despite past, ongoing or anticipated epidemic and pandemic.

“Sulti sa CTTMO, allowed ang mu-park ug mugamit sa bicycle lane as long as dili mulapas ug four minutes. Kung tanawon nato ang traf�ic code, nakabutang didto na ang bike lanes dapat dili gyud siya agian sa mga motorists and vehicles and dili pud siya dapat gamitong parking area.

Wala gibutang didto kung pila ka

director of IDIS, in a phone interview.

IDIS commended the CTTMO for its efforts to minimize the obstructions on bike lanes, however, emphasized that this act contradicts the Comprehensive Transport and Traf�ic Code of Davao City, particularly Section 23, which provides that motor vehicles are prohibited

reserved exclusively for bicycles and provided with a sign bearing a symbol of a bicycle.

The CTTMO has already installed and demarcated streets and pathways in the city exclusively or shared with bicycles.

The group is also calling on the the Committee on Transportation of the

DOH: Over 786,000 Filipinos IDIS urges CTTMO: Harmonize rules on bike lanes v i r o n m e n t a l four minutes. Beyond that, minutes or seconds, basta from being driven or fully vaccinated vs Covid-19 ngroup Interfacing violators will be issued a bawal siya,” said Lawyer parked on any lane of D e v e l o p m e n t citation ticket.

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ore than 786,000 Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the health department said.

The 786,528 individuals who already received their 2 doses account for 1.36 percent of the revised 58 million target by the end of the year.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire

earlier explained that inoculation czar Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. revised the previous 70 million target due to the “slowdown” of vaccine supplies globally.

Meanwhile, in its vaccine statistics, the Department of Health (DOH) said the government was able to administer 3,299,470 million doses as

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Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) is urging the City Transport and Traf�ic Management Of�ice (CTTMO) to harmonize rules on bike lanes to avoid confusion from the general public.

This after the CTTMO announced recently that the desired time for stopping or dropping in designated bike lanes is

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Mt. Ilong-Ilong (1,920 masl) in Cabadbaran City, the highest peak in Agusan del Norte, as photographed from Buenavista town on Tuesday (May 18, 2021). MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO

Gov’t financial inclusion bid key in bank’s IT upgrade

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he government’s �inancial inclusion bid is among the factors for a �inancial institution’s move to fully migrate its information technology (IT) system to cloud technology to further help those living in far-�lung areas.

In a virtual brie�ing Wednesday, Union Bank of the Philippines (Unionbank) chief information of�icer Dennis Omila said the bank is committed to being the leading digital bank in the country thus the shift will further hasten its digital transformation and help in the government’s �inancial inclusion goal by bringing �inancial service even to remote areas.

“It’s not so much about the competition with other banks. I think, to me, it’s about really being able to serve the Filipinos better.

The aspiration is to help the Filipinos because if we’re getting more digital transac-

tions, the way we look at it is they’re safer. They are not risking their lives going out, getting cash, going somewhere to pay their bills but they are doing it in the comfort of their homes,” he said.

Omila said they aim to register over a million digital account openings this year, banking on Filipinos’ recognition of the importance of digital transactions during the pandemic.

He said account openings before the pandemic averaged around 250 per day but it has risen to around 1,200 daily during the pandemic because of digital account openings.

Omila added they see the numbers rising further as the public experience the convenience of digital �inancial transactions.

Omila said digital �inancial transactions have risen since the start of the pan-

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Region 12 tourist arrivals reach 1.3M in Q1 of 2021

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Shahlimar Hofer Tamano, Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 12 director, said the tourist arrivals during the period comprised a total of 1,220,884 sameday and 140,861 overnight visitors.

He said this was based on data provided by local government units (LGUs) and reports from tourist destinations and accommodation establishments in the region.

South Cotabato province posted the most number

TESDA, Nestlé ink deal to upskill coffee farm workers in Mindanao

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echnical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Nestlé Philippines on Wednesday inked a partnership deal to upskill workers and trainers in coffee production.

TESDA Director General Isidro Lapeña and Nestlé Philippines chairman and CEO Kais Marzouki signed a memorandum of agreement on a joint training program for coffee farm workers.

The joint training will be done through the TESDA registered Coffee Production Level II Program and Scholarship.

The Robusta coffee production training program provides enterprise-based competency training in coffee farming to aspiring agripreneurs, particularly smallholder farmers and in-

digenous peoples.

“With this program, we will enable the farmers and our IP coffee growers to produce quality beans that are at par with the standards of Nestle Philippines. We will also be able to help them increase their yields and help them pursue a more sustainable livelihood. This partnership will scale the impact of the work we do in TESDA for the farmers and IPs. We also commit our pool of highly-skilled trainers and TESDA facilities as additional learning sites to ensure that we can accommodate as many farmer-beneficiaries as possible,” Lapeña said in his remarks during the virtual signing ceremony.

Under the program, TESDA will train trainers for effective conduct of the curriculum; and provide a scholarship fund under its

of same-day and overnight visitors with 400,467, followed by Sarangani with 340,125, North Cotabato with 216,182, Sultan Kudarat with 147,144, this city with 136,239, Koronadal with 77,893, Kidapawan with 26,967 and Tacurong with 16,728.

The of�icial said the sameday visitors included 86 foreigners while those who stayed overnight reached 125.

He said the number of

visitors who stayed at least a day in any tourist destination increased by 54 percent when compared to last year that only reached 560,135 due to the onset of the pandemic. “(This was) despite the travel restrictions due to Covid-19,” Tamano said in a report.

But he said the overnight tourist arrival, which has slowed down since last year, decreased by 59 percent from last year’s 346,275.

He said this was due to decline of inbound travels, cancellation of �lights, travel restrictions, strict border lockdowns, and imposition of curfews by LGUs because of Covid-19.

The DOT-12 report said the number of meetings, in-

centives, conventions and exhibitions or MICE activities also decreased to 468 during the �irst quarter from the 563 in the same period last year.

The average occupancy rate in accommodation establishments for stays of at least a night dropped to 20.13 percent from 29.37 last year.

To ease the impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector, DOT-12 partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment for the provision of one-time cash assistance of P5,000 each to the affected workers.

As of March this year, the agency said a total of P28.86 million in grants were already released to 7,156 workers from 238 tourism

ulti-channel payment platform Bayad, formerly known as Bayad Center, said it secured a license to operate as an electronic money issuer (EMI) from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

The EMI license authorizes the company to deliver e-wallet services through its all-in-one transaction, the Bayad said in a statement.

The accreditation allows the company to convert consumers’ cash into electronic money which they can use to transact online to pay bills, remit money, purchase mobile load, and shop for products and services in partner merchant stores, it said.

The payment firm said

that with the EMI license its customers can withdraw and add money to their Bayad wallets through online bank transfers and over-the-counter payments.

Bayad said its app users can soon expect to pay over 1,000 types of bills – such as utilities, insurance, government contributions and services, among others - a service that has long been enjoyed by payers transacting through its over 45,000 physical touchpoints nationwide.

Other valuable services such as QR payments, rewards, insurance, savings accounts, personal loans, and credit scoring will also be enabled, it said.

“We thank BSP for trust-

ing us and allowing us to elevate the financial experience of our kababayans. The Bayad App and Bayad Online, provide a seamless and convenient way of paying and managing funds. Customers will have peace of mind because our products are built with reliable security features that will protect customer data and transactions, consistent with our brand’s #TatakSigurado commitment,” said Bayad president and CEO Lawrence Y. Ferrer.

“The COVID-19 pandemic became the unexpected catalyst that catapulted digital financial services to new heights as Filipinos look for convenient, safe, and effi-

ver 1.3 million domestic and foreign tourists visited parts of Region 12 (Soccsksargen) in the �irst quarter of the year as tourist destinations gradually reopened amid the continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

Program on Accelerating Farm School Establishment (PAFSE) so that eligible farmers can enhance their knowledge and skills in planting, maintaining and harvesting coffee.

Enrollees will learn to adopt an entrepreneurial approach in managing small farm operations of one to 10 hectares, and gain the skills to effectively market their coffee beans to buyers such as Nestlé.

“We remain steadfast in our commitment to help uplift the lives of Robusta coffee farmers by improving their coffee yields and incomes. Since 1962, Nestlé Philippines has been working alongside farmers to develop the coffee growing industry through a value-chain approach that emphasizes the

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On the approval by President Duterte of the P279-million fund for building new facilities of the National Academy of Sports (NAS):

Another dream come true ito sa akin dahil pwede nang mag-aral and mag-training ang mga atleta at the same time. Noon, nasasakripisyo ang pagte-training o pagaaral. Ngayon, pwede nang pagsabayin ang dalawang ito.”

SENATOR CHRISTOPHER “BONG” GO

EDITORIAL Sports breakthrough in the pandemic Sports development scored big this week with the outpouring of support from the Duterte administration.

It began with the approval of P279-million fund for the building of new facilities of the National Academy of Sports (NAS) at the New Clark City Sports Complex in Capas, Tarlac. NAS is a government-run school for future athletes of the Philippines, and offers a secondary education program with a special sports curriculum for great young athletes who want to develop their physical and mental skills.

Next came the deed of donation for the land of the proposed Philippine Sports Taining Center (PSTC). This is in relation to the Republic Act 11214 signed by the President on February 2019 creating the PSTC which is envisioned to promote and develop sports in the country, to achieve excellence in international sports competitions, to ensure success in the country’s quest to achieve competitiveness in the Olympic Games and to promote international amity among

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These two recent developments were spurred by two Dabawenyo aports advocates close to the heart of President Duterte--Senator Christopher “Bong” Go and Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez.

Senator Go pushed for the sports development agenda in his legislative works while Chairman Ramirez paved tghe way for revolutionary changes in the institutional platforms of sports in the country through the PSC. Not only did Chairman Ramirez, who celebrated his birthday during the announcement of the land donation, made things happen even in the face of the pandemic, he also gifted himself and the Filipino people with these developments.

Truly, these are a dream come true for Pinoy athletes and sports enthusiasts.

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VOL.14 ISSUE 57 • FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Libby Road, Bago Gallera Davao City

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a TH FREIGHT TRUCK Service.

Case No. R11-NCTH-2021-5-070 ROMAR D. GAJUNERA, Petitioner x--------------------------------x

NOTICE OF HEARING In the application filed on May 10, 2021, applicant requests authority for a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a TH FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE for the transportation of freight on the route: WITHIN DAVAO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION XI accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of TWO (2) units.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on JULY 27, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

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18 from Davao del Sur, 15 from Davao de Oro, two from Davao Oriental and one from Davao Occidental.

DOH-Davao also reported 10 death cases

and among these, �ive were from Davao City, three from Davao Oriental, and two from Davao de Oro. There were also 118 recoveries reported and

among these, 46 were from Davao del Norte, 43 from Davao City, 20 from Davao de Oro, seven from Davao del Sur, and two from Davao Occidental.

Sea and uphold the broader collective interest of the Asia-Paci�ic region.

“While recognizing the importance of the Arbitral Ruling, Prime Minister Suga also expressed concern over developments in the East and South China Seas,” the OP said.

Both leaders agreed to work closely to ensure security and stability in the region under the rule of law.

To secure the area against piracy, terrorism,

and other transnational crimes, Duterte stressed the importance of continuing cooperation in the Sulu and the Celebes Sea. The two leaders then stated their intent to ramp up cooperation in these waters.

In his maiden speech before the UNGA virtual high-level meeting, Duterte af�irmed the Philippines’ commitment on the peaceful settlement of the South China Sea dispute

in accordance with the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA) ruling that rejected China’s expansive maritime claims in the disputed territory.

Duterte said the PCA ruling “is now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon.”

“We �irmly reject attempts to undermine it,” Duterte said.

as similar structures in portions of the Allah River in Barangays Buenavista and and Centrala were destroyed.

He said a concrete dike in Barangay Talahik was also damaged and remedial measures are being undertaken to prevent the swelling of �loodwaters to nearby communities.

In Lake Sebu, the MDRRMO reported that the approach and slope protection of Maculan bridge in Barangay Lower Maculan collapsed due to the the �loods.

The damage rendered the bridge, which connects Lake Sebu to the

municipalities of Surallah and Tboli, temporarily impassable, affecting residents of Barangays Halilan, Upper Maculan and Lower Maculan.

Roberto Baggong, MDDRMO head, said a landslide occurred in Sitio Lamsufo, Barangay Poblacion, affecting a portion of the area’s main road.

He said it was caused by the moderate but prolonged rains in the area from 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to 2 a.m.

Wednesday.

The affected area was already cleared by members of their Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis team and the

assessment is ongoing for possible damages in other barangays, he said.

Rolly Doane Aquino, acting PDRRMO head, said in the local government’s radio program “PDDRMO Hour” they also received reports of �looding incidents in Barangay New Panay, Sto. Niño town and landslides in other areas in Tboli and Lake Sebu.

He said they are currently validating these incidents through the concerned municipalities and barangays.

“We double checking these so we can provide immediate interventions,” he said. (MindaNews)

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This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/ or oral evidence.

Davao City, Philippines, May 14, 2021.

NONITO A LLANOS III Regional Director

Petitioner, Romar D. Gujunera, B72 L22, Zinc St., Phase 3, Emily Homes, Cabantian, Davao City Counsel, Atty. Raul C. Espina, Room 203, Villa-Abrille Bldg., R. Magsaysay St., Davao City

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Libby Road, Bago Gallera Davao City Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2021-5-465 (2016-XI-00465) LEO B. MANGUIOB, Petitioner

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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Libby Road, Bago Gallera Davao City Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. R11-EV-FC-2021-5-3070 (2001-XI-03070) ARITAS C. DAGOHOY, Petitioner

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NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Pubic Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ Ordinary Regular service on the route: MA-A AGDAO with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on May 11, 2021.

In the petition filed on April 21, 2021, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Pubic Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a FILCAB Ordinary Regular service on the route: BUHANGIN VIA JP LAUREL AVENUE with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on November 8, 2021.

In the petition filed on May 6, 2021, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on JULY 20, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/ or oral evidence.

Davao City, Philippines, May 14, 2021.

NONITO A LLANOS III Regional Director Petitioner, Leo B. Manguiob, Purok 36, Maharlika Village, Ma-a, Davao City Counsel, Atty. Marvin G. Camino, Rm. 202, New Borgaily Bldg., San Pedro St., Davao City

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NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on JUly 20, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/ or oral evidence.

Davao City, Philippines, May 10, 2021.

NONITO A LLANOS III Regional Director Petitioner, Rogelio R. Rabago, 452 C.M. Recto St., Davao City Counsel, Atty. Randolf P. Esparagoza, Rm. 202, New Borgaily Bldg., San Pedro St., Davao City

distinct offense” from the initial case that was dismissed.

Capuyan explained that one cannot simply take a child or youth away from their community without the approval of the parents.

Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Council of Elders and Leaders (MIPCEL) Chairman Joel Unad, who translated in Tagalog the account of the IP parents, said that the people from Haran took advantage of the parents’ lack of

education and made them sign an acceptance form that they were not able to read, and that they were promised the children will be returned home after 2 months of schooling; however, the children were never returned for years until the said rescue mission in Cebu, to which the parents were surprised to �ind out since they were not told in the �irst place that the children would be brought to Cebu.

The parents of the IP

minors maintained that they were deceived by the people who took their children from Talaingod to Cebu.

These accounts and statements were made during the ‘Press Conference on Case Update of Rescued IP Children’ on May 18, 2021 at the Provincial Pavilion, Tagum City with Sec. Capuyan and Usec. Badoy attending in person while Atty. Bosantog attended through Zoom.

(Jan Vincent Leuterio/PIAXI)

of May 18.

Of the �igure, 2,512,942 million Filipinos already received their �irst virus shot since the country’s inoculation rollout in March, accounting for 55 percent of the total doses administered, while those who have received their 2nd shot comprise 17 percent.

The estimated number of people vaccinated daily in

the past week is at 108,540, higher than the previous week’s 67,780, the bulletin showed.

Based on DOH data, 99 percent of the country’s 7,671,120 vaccine stockpile have already been distributed.

The country is expecting another 500,000 doses of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 jabs on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, the DOH

said it expects the country to administer 4 million doses of COVID-19 jabs by the end of May as the government continues to ramp up its vaccination drive.

Philippines has received supplies of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Sinovac, AstraZeneca, P�izer, and Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, all of which are already being rolled out.

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Republic of the Philippines City of Davao Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod

k. Ports and Harbors l. Quarrying m. Cockpit

19th City Council 39th Regular Session Series of 2020

n. Race Track, Casino, and other gambling activities o. Cellsites/Telecommunication Towers

PRESENT: Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor

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Alberto T. Ungab Ralph O. Abella Nilo D. Abellera Maria Belen S. Acosta Wilberto E. Al-ag Dante L. Apostol Sr. Conrado C. Baluran Jessica M. Bonguyan Louie John J. Bonguyan Pilar C. Braga Augusto Javier G. Campos III Danilo C. Dayanghirang Jonard C. Dayap Edgar P. Ibuyan Jr. Edgar R. Ibuyan Sr. Richlyn N. Justol-Baguilod Pamela A. Librado-Morata Diosdado Angelo Junior R. Mahipus Jaffar U. Marohomsalic Bonifacio E. Militar Myrna G. L’Dalodo-Ortiz Antoinette G. Principe-Castrodes J. Melchor. B. Quitain Jr. Mary Joselle D. Villafuerte Jesus Joseph P. Zozobrado III

- Temporary Presiding Officer

ABSENT: Vice Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte - On Special Privilege Leave Councilor Bai Hundra Cassandra Dominique N. Advincula - On Domestic Emergency Leave

ORDINANCE NO. 0394-20 Series of 2020 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XII, INNOVATIVE MODES FOR DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1(O) (REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE USE) OF ORDINANCE NO. 0546-13, SERIES OF 2013, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF DAVAO CITY” Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City in session assembled, that: SECTION 1. TITLE- This Ordinance shall be known as “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XII, - INNOVATIVE MODES FOR DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1 (O) (REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE USE) OF ORDINANCE NO. 0546-13 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF DAVAO CITY”.

p. Power Lines q. Broadcast Towers

TO: ARTICLE XII INNOVATIVE MODES FOR DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE USE- The uses enumerated in the preceding articles on general zone and all sub-zones are not exhaustive nor all inclusive.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod upon application of project proponent and upon favorable recommendation by Local Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals (LZBAA) may allow other uses not enumerated thereunder as it may deem fit and proper including but not limited to the following projects which are socio-economic and environmental significance and/or national interest by a ¾ majority vote of all members of Sangguniang Panlungsod through resolution and ordinances. a. Memorial Parks/Cemeteries b. Funeral Parlor/ Memorial Chapel/ Mortuaries c. Power Generation Plant/Station d. Columbarium e. Crematorium f. Ossuary g. Slaughterhouse h. Golf Course i. Reclamation Site j. Private and Landing Strip, Airports and Heliports and Helipads k. Ports and Harbors l. Quarrying m. Cockpit n. Race Track, Casino, and other gambling activities

SECTION 2. OBJECTIVE– This Ordinance aims:

o. Power line

1. To expedite the installation of cell site towers in Davao City in order to intensify, fasten and widen the range of mobile and internet signal.

p. Broadcast Towers

2. Seek reduce procedural delays in securing the necessary permits and clearances required by national and Local Government Units (LGU’s) in relation to all application of construction of telecommunication tower infrastructures in the country in conformity with the recently issued Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1, Series of 2020, of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and other concerned government agencies.

SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE- If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid, other sections or provisions hereof not affected by such declaration shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVITY– This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval.

ENACTED, November 03, 2020, by a unanimous vote of all the Members of the Sanggunian, there being a quorum.

SECTION 3. AMENDMENT

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

FROM: ARTICLE XII INNOVATIVES MODES FOR DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE USE- The uses enumerated in the preceding articles on general zone and all sub-zones are not exhaustive nor all-inclusive.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod, upon application of project proponent and upon favorable recommendation by Local Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals (LZBAA); may allow other uses not enumerated thereunder as it may deem fit and proper including, but not limited to, the following projects which are socioeconomic and environmental significance and/or national interest by a ¾ majority vote of all members of Sangguniang Panlungsod through resolution and ordinance.

ATTESTED:

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APPROVED :

a. Memorial Parks/Cemeteries b. Funeral Parlor/ Memorial Chapel/ Mortuaries c. Power Generation Plant/Station d. Columbarium e. Crematorium f. Ossuary g. Slaughterhouse h. Golf Course i. Reclamation Site j. Private and Landing Strip, Airports and Heliports and Helipads

An Ordinance amending Article XII, Innovative Modes for Development Section 1 (o) - (Request For Additional Allowable Use) of Ordinance No. 0546-13 otherwise known as the “Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of Davao City”

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19th City Council 30th Regular Session Series of 2020 PRESENT: Councilor Edgar P. Ibuyan Jr. - Temporary Presiding Officer Vice Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte Councilor Ralph O. Abella Councilor Nilo D. Abellera Councilor Maria Belen S. Acosta Councilor Bai Hundra Cassandra Dominique N. Advincula Councilor Wilberto E. Al-ag Councilor Dante L. Apostol Sr. Councilor Conrado C. Baluran Councilor Jessica M. Bonguyan Councilor Louie John J. Bonguyan Councilor Pilar C. Braga Councilor Augusto Javier G. Campos III Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang Councilor Jonard C. Dayap Councilor Edgar R. Ibuyan Sr. Councilor Richlyn N. Justol-Baguilod Councilor Pamela A. Librado-Morata Councilor Diosdado Angelo Junior R. Mahipus Councilor Jaffar U. Marohomsalic Councilor Myrna G. L’Dalodo-Ortiz Councilor Antoinette G. Principe-Castrodes Councilor J. Melchor B. Quitain Jr. Councilor Alberto T. Ungab Councilor Mary Joselle D. Villafuerte Councilor Jesus Joseph P. Zozobrado III ABSENT: Councilor Bonifacio E. Militar

ORDINANCE NO. 0333-20 Series of 2020 ENACTING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5004, SERIES OF 1997, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CODE TO STRENGGTHEN STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS IN ADDRESSING THE EVOLVING CONCERNS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN Be it ordained by the Honorable Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City, in session assembled, that: BOOK I – GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER I- BASIC PRINCIPLES ARTICLE I Title and General Policy SECTION 1. TITLE- This Ordinance shall be known as the “WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CODE OF DAVAO CITY, AS AMENDED”.

SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PRINCIPLES OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF DAVAO CITY The City Government of Davao adheres to the principle that human rights are universal and inalienable. In line with this, the City shall bear the duty to uphold the rights of women and the belief in their worth and dignity as human beings.

Hence, the City Government of Davao shall hereby affirm that women’s rights are human rights and shall intensify its efforts to fulfill its duties under international and domestic laws to recognize, respect, protect, fulfill and promote all human rights and fundamental freedom of women, especially marginalized women, in the economic, social, political, cultural, and other fields without distinction or discrimination on account of their class, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, language, ethnicity, religion, ideology, disability, education and status.

Women shall be recognized as full and equal partners of men in development and nation building and men shall share equally in all forms of productive and reproductive activities.

The City Government of Davao shall actively contribute to the establishment of a national and international economic order based on sustained, equitable growth and balanced ecology. And that any development efforts it undertakes should enhance women’s full potential, uplift their status and lead to the improvement of their quality of lives, their families and that of their communities.

The City Government of Davao values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect for human rights. The City also recognizes the need to protect the family and its members particularly women and children, from violence and threats to their personal safety and security.

Towards this end, the City Government of Davao shall pursue and implement vigorously gender responsive development policies, design an integrated gender and development support systems, taking into consideration women’s immediate economic survival with support for their efforts of empowerment and self-determination, and to adopt and implement measures to protect and promote their rights.

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TO ATTAIN THE FORGOING POLICY: 1. Subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations, thirty percent (30%) of the Official Development Assistance funds received from foreign governments and multilateral agencies and organizations shall be set aside and utilized in accordance with the provision of Republic Act 7192, otherwise known as “Women in Development and Nation Building Act”, by the City Government departments and agencies concerned, to support programs and activities for women.

2. All City Government departments and agencies shall ensure that women benefit equally and participate directly in the development programs and projects of said departments and agencies, specifically those funded under official foreign development assistance, to ensure the full participation and involvement of women in the development process, pursuant to RA 7192 3. All government project proposals shall ascertain the inclusion of gender responsive indicators and guidelines while not to be remiss in locating the root of women’s oppression, pursuant to the United Nations Declarations and Conventions of which the Philippine Government is a signatory, including especially the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

4. All city government departments and agencies of Davao City upon effectivity o this Code shall review and revise all their regulations, circulars, issuances and procedures to remove gender biases therein.

5. The Barangay Council of Women of Davao City, as provided for under Section 12, Article II, Chapter II, Book I of this Code, shall be actively consulted in matters dealing with official development assistance or foreign aid so as to determine gender biases and implications on women.

SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS a.) Battering – a series of physical, economic and psychological abuse. It is a repeated and habitual cyclic pattern or means of intimidations and imposition of the batterer’s will and control over the survivor’s life. Battering constitutes the following kinds of behavior but not limited to: i. Physical battering – a kind of battering that refers to acts that include bodily or physical harm; ii. Sexual battering – this includes physical attacks on women’s breast/ genitals or forced sexual activity, accompanied by either physical violence or the threat of physical violence. iii. Psychological battering – this includes threats of suicide, violence against a woman or her family, punching, breaking or defacing or otherwise destroying the house or any part thereof or the personal belongings of a woman, threatening to take the children away, threatening to deport wives with foreign citizenship, threatening to kidnap children or take them to a foreign country and forcing the victim to do degrading things controlling the victim’s lawful or usual activities, the use of foul and insulting words or statements and threats of abandonment and expulsion such as forcing the wives to leave the conjugal dwelling. This provision shall likewise apply to common-law relations but does not include adulterous ones as contemplated in the Revised Penal Code. iv. Economic battering – this includes deprivation of women of economic resources, their generation and mobilization so as to create dependency and submissiveness to men and to any established structures of domination. b.) Discrimination – refers to any act, or conduct which withholds, excludes, restricts, curtails, demeans human dignity, or otherwise impairs the recognition, enjoyment, and exercise of human rights and basic freedom in the economic, labor, social, cultural, educational and any other field of public life based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, descent, national or ethnic origin, religious affiliations or beliefs. c.) Children - refers to those who are below eighteen (18) years of age or over but are unable to fully take care of themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation, or discrimination because of physical or mental disability or condition. d.) Commodification of Women – refers to a practice which puts women in subordinate situations which results in the treatment of women as both consumer goods and objects. As consumers, women are allured to buy beauty products to enhance their physical attractiveness. As objects of consumption, women are reduced to a sexual commodity for manipulation and utilization for one’s sexual desire or interest usually in exchange of money or goods so as that women have no control or power to reject such utilization or manipulation. e.) Creation of the Integrated Gender and Development Office (IGDO) - refers to the office which shall be created by the City Government of Davao, through a separate ordinance, and is responsible for the implementation of this Ordinance. It addresses itself to the convergence of the local government efforts towards a district level coordination and cooperation in facilitating gender and development program planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. f.) Cybercrime – any acts which refer to cybersex, cyberpornography, and any unlawful acts that can be gathered online as contemplated in Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. g.) Development – refers to the improvement of the quality of life of all regardless of age, sex, gender, tribe, race, creed and religion. It is characterized by an enrichment of Filipino indigenous resources, sustainable utilization of the natural resources of the country and freedom from dependency. It is therefore, sustained, equitable growth and balanced ecology. It is therefore, sustained, equitable growth and balanced ecology.

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h. Differently-abled Women – refer to women survivors of physical impairments and have differential needs and potentials. i. Discrimination Against Women - refers to any gender-based distinction, exclusion, or restriction which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on the basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedom in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field.

It includes any act or omission, including by law, policy, administrative measure, or practice, that directly or indirectly excludes or restricts women in the recognition and promotion of their rights and their access to and enjoyment of opportunities, benefits, or privileges. j. Entertainment Industry – includes establishments identified as places of amusement as defined in the Local Tax Code of Davao City, Ordinance No. Series of 1991. k. Fund Raising Initiative – refers to any activity, whether in whole or in part, but not limited to, those integrated in any raffle, draw, entertainment shows, fiestas, car shows, benefit or disco dance, premier showing of movies, fashion shows, modeling, or any similar fund-raising undertakings where women are used as donor prize, substitute for prizes won, a companion package for an award, prize or recognition, or any manner, activity, come-on display, or exhibition which depicts a woman as central, partial, or special focus in order to raise funds. l. GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) – refers to an interacting and interdependent group of people involving the local government instrumentalities of the City of Davao tasked to catalyze and accelerate gender mainstreaming. It is a mechanism established to ensure and advocate for, guide, coordinate, and monitor the development, implementation, review and updating of their GAD plans and GAD-related programs, activities and projects as illustrated by PCW Memorandum Circular No. 2011-01, Series of 2011. m. Gender – is a socially constructed difference between men and women.

Differences are created artificially, partly through socialization and partly through positive and negative discrimination in the various institutions and structures of society. n. Gender and Development – refers to conscious effort at improving the quality of lives of women and men based on sustained, equitable growth, and balanced ecology.

It sees society as a gender system in all its aspects – economic, political and social. It views women’s oppression in both the private and public spheres. It sees women as agents of change, instead of mere recipients of development assistance. It calls for structural changes as well as reorientation of the patriarchal culture.

All schools, Offices, Establishments or Companies, Departments and Agencies of the Local Government of Davao City shall be provided with gender sensitivity orientation and training which shall equip them with theoretical and practical knowledge on gender issues and concerns. Likewise, all establishments, schools, colleges and universities shall develop assessment tools for gender biases. o. Gender Equality - refers to the principle asserting the equality of men and women and their right to enjoy equal conditions realizing their full human potentials to contribute to and benefit from the results of development, and with the State recognizing that all human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights. p. Gender Equity - refers to the policies, instruments, programs, services, and actions that address the disadvantaged position of women in society by providing preferential treatment and affirmative action. Such temporary special measures aimed at accelerating de facto equality between men and women shall not be considered discriminatory, but shall in no way entail as a consequence the maintenance of unequal or separate standards. These measures shall be discontinued when the objectives of equality of opportunity and treatment have been achieved. q. Gender Identity – refers to the personal sense of identity as characterized, among others, by manner of clothing, inclinations, and behavior in relation to masculine or feminine conventions. r. Gender Mainstreaming - refers to the strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic, and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. It is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies, or programs in all areas and at all levels. s. IGDO - is an office in the local government unit of Davao City, which shall act as the implementing, coordinative, regulatory and monitoring body of the Local Government of Davao City tasked to implement the provisions of this Ordinance relative to the gender-sensitive programs, projects and activities of all departments, bureaus and instrumentalities in the City Government of Davao. It shall complement gender-related functions of other agencies of the local government. The said office shall be created through a separate ordinance to be enacted by the City Council of Davao. t. Indigenous Peoples - refers to a group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by other, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since time immemorial, occupied, possessed customs, tradition, and other distinctive cultural traits, or who have, through resistance to political, social, and cultural inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and culture, became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos. They shall likewise include peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, at the time of conquest or colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous religions and cultures, or the establishment of present state boundaries, who retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural, and political institutions, but who may have been displaced from their traditional domains or who may have resettled outside their ancestral domains as defined under Section 3 (h), Chapter II of Republic Act No. 8371, otherwise known as “The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997”.

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u. Land-based Projects – refer to activities designed systematically in order to provide women the opportunity to have full access and control over the maximum utilization of land and other indigenous resources. v. Mail-Order Bride. It is a practice where a male-foreign national establish personal relations with a woman via mail or similar means upon recruitment by an individual or agency for the purpose of exploiting women in the guise of marriage. w. Marital Status – As referred by PSA Board Resolution No 01, Series of 2017 – 99, it is the status of an individual in relation to marriage, classified as follows: a) Single - A person who has never been married; b) Married - A couple living together as husband and wife, consensually;

legally or

c) Annulled - A person whose bond of matrimony has been dissolved legally and who therefore can remarry; d) Separated - A person separated legally or not from his/her spouse because of marital discord or misunderstanding; and e) Widowed - A person whose bond of matrimony has been dissolved by death of his/her spouse. x. Military purposes/necessity - means the necessity of employing measures which are indispensable to achieve a legitimate aim of the conflict and are not otherwise prohibited by International Humanitarian Law. y. Moro - refers to native peoples who have historically inhabited Mindanao, Palawan, and Sulu, and who are largely of the Islamic faith. z. Other Places of Amusement – include all other places of amusement not specifically enumerated or otherwise provided for in this Ordinance, including, but not limited to, nightclubs or dayclubs, cocktail lounges, super or family clubs, disco houses, minus-one or sing-along houses, bar or beer houses/gardens, fast food centers showing video cassette films/movies, beach resorts, and other places of amusement where one seeks admission to entertain himself whether by seeing or viewing or by direct participation. aa. Pedophilia – is a form of perversion where children are the preferred victims, defined under the following circumstances: a. when the offender shall have sexual intercourse with a young girl or girl child; b. when the offender shall have anal or oral intercourse with a boy child or girl child; and c. any sexual abuse, rape, cybersex, cyberpornography, or any other forms of abuse committed to minors as provided by the Revised Penal Code and Republic Act No.9208, Republic Act No. 7610, Republic Act No. 9775, and Republic Act No. 10175. bb. Persons with Disabilities - refer to those who are suffering from restriction or different abilities, as a result of mental, physical, or sensory impairment to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being; cc. Pornographic and Indecent Shows – refer to indecent shows as used in this Code which include nude or other provocative gestures which further project and exhibit women as sex objects.

Any person or agency who engages in shows depicting women as sex objects in private or in public place or under scandalous circumstances shall be deemed to have violated women’s rights. dd. Psychological Program – refers to an intervention using a system approach to conditions of women as it views women’s differentiated needs in a social context. ee. Reproductive Health – refers to the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. This implies that people are able to have a responsible, safe, consensual and satisfying sex life, that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so. This further implies that women and men attain equal relationships in matters related to sexual relations and reproduction. ff. Reproductive Health Care – refers to the access to a full range of methods, facilities, services and supplies that contribute to reproductive health and well-being by addressing reproductive health-related problems. It also includes sexual health, the purpose of which is the enhancement of life and personal relations. The elements of reproductive health care include the following: 1. Family planning information and services which shall include as a first priority making women of reproductive age fully aware of their respective cycles to make them aware of when fertilization is highly probable, as well as highly improbable; 2. Maternal, infant and child health and nutrition, including breastfeeding; 3. Proscription of abortion and management of abortion complications; 4. Adolescent and youth reproductive health guidance and counseling; 5. Prevention, treatment and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs), HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections (STIs); 6. Elimination of violence against women and children and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence;

A4 EDGEDAVAO 7. Education and counseling on sexuality and reproductive health; 8. Treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers and other gynecological conditions and disorders; 9. Male responsibility and involvement and men’s reproductive health; 10. Prevention, treatment and management of infertility and sexual dysfunction; 11. Reproductive health education for the adolescents; and 12. Mental health aspect of reproductive health care. gg. Right to Information – refers to equal access to information regarding policies on women, including programs, projects, and funding outlays that affect women, shall be ensured. hh. Rights of Women – are the rights of women that are defined and declared by the United Nations under the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and Republic Act No. 9710 which we hereby adopt as follows: a. Women have the right to the prevention of, and protection from all forms of violence and coercion against their person, their freedom, their sexuality, and their individuality; b. Women have the right to freely and fully participate individually or collectively in the political processes of their communities and nations; c. Women have the right to the means for assuring their economic welfare and security; d. Women have the right to the necessary knowledge and means for the full exercise of their reproductive choice in accordance to the Constitution and their beliefs and preferences; e. Women have the right to choose a spouse in accordance with their values and preferences, maintain equality in marriage or its dissolution, and obtain adequate support for rearing and caring of their children; f. Women have the right to an adequate, relevant and gender-fair education throughout their lives, from childhood to adulthood; g. Women have the right to adequate nutrition and proper health care; h. Women have the right to humane living conditions; i. Women have the right to nurture their personhood, collectively and individually, to secure an image of themselves as whole and valuable human beings, to build relationships based on respect, trust and mutuality;

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Sexual harassment shall be unlawful in the employment, education or training environment as prescribed in Republic Act No. 7877.

Sexual harassment shall also be unlawful in streets, public spaces, and/or online as provided by Republic Act No. 11313. mm. Survivor’s Support Group – is an organized group of women to whom a woman-survivor of violence voluntarily agrees to establish a professional helping process. nn. Trafficking in Women – is a covert recruitment of women into the sex trade industry. It includes new forms of sexual exploitation such as sex tourism, recruitment of domestic labor to work in developed countries, and organized marriages between women from third world countries, and foreign nationals, promoting or initiating a system in which women become movable properties and objects of exchange.

Trafficking in Women shall include the following, but not limited to: a. for any person, association, cult, religion or organization, or similar entities to commit the following acts: - establish or carry on a business for the purpose of matching women for marriage to foreigner either on mail-order basis or through personal introduction or cyberspace; - advertise, publish, print or distribute, or cause the advertisement, publication, printing or distribution of any brochure, flyer or propaganda material calculated to promote the above-mentioned prohibited acts for profit or advantage; - solicit, enlist, or attract/induce any woman to join any club association or organization whose objective is to match women for marriage to foreigners; - either on mail-order basis or through personal introduction or cyberspace or any other forms which facilitate the act of solicitation; - use the postal service, cyberspace or satellite TV to promote the abovementioned prohibited acts. b. to buy or sell a woman, or any of her body parts for profit; or to use her body by any pretext; to be used as experiments, research or the like without her consent. c. to act as a procurer of sex worker, d. to threaten or use violence and force a woman to become a mail-order bride. oo. Violence Against Women – refers to any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such act, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.

j. Women have the right to equality before the law in principle as well as in practice; and

pp. Women – refers to biologically assigned female at birth.

k. Other rights of women as protected by International Conventions and Domestic Laws.

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ii. Senior Citizens - refer to those sixty (60) years of age and above; jj. Sexual Abuse. Sexual abuse shall include, but is not limited to, the following: a. When a man inserts or attempts to insert his penis into the mouth or anus of a woman under any of the following situations:

ARTICLE I Violence Against Women and Their Children SECTION 1. ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN. Violence against women and their children shall be committed through any of the following acts:

b. Through force, threat or intimidation;

a. Causing physical harm to the woman or her child;

c. By means of abuse of authority or relationship;

b. Threatening to cause the woman or her child physical harm;

d. When the offended party is deprived of reason or is otherwise unconscious;

c. Attempting to cause the woman or her child physical harm;

e. When the offended party is below twelve (12) years old, even though none of the above circumstances is present.

d. Placing the woman or her child in fear of imminent physical harm;

f. When a person who inserts part of his or her body other than the sexual organ, or who introduces any object or instrument into the genital or anus of a woman under any of the situations stated in paragraph 1. g. When a person subjects another to have sexual intercourse with an animal under any of the circumstances stated in paragraph 1 or through any abnormal, unusual or ignominous sexual act. h. Any intentional contact however slight of one’s penis to the genital, mouth, breast or anus of a woman or intentional contact thereof, however slight, to any part of her body other than her sexual organ; or the use of any instrument or object which intentionally touches the genital, breast or anus of a woman. i. Sexual abuse in intimate marital relations. Forced sexual act committed under intimate or marital relations shall form part of sexual abuse such as those between man woman, woman and woman, man and man relations, married or unmarried, legally separated or separated in fact. kk. Sexual Orientation – refers to the direction of emotional, sexual attraction, or conduct towards people of the same sex or towards people of both sexes, or towards people of opposite sex, or the absence of sexual attraction. ll. Sexual Harassment. Sexual harassment is committed through any unwanted, unsolicited, unwelcomed actions of a sexual nature or remarks referring to a person’s sex, gender and/or sexuality, regardless of the motive for committing such action or remarks, provided further that, the positions, hierarchy and stature of the perpetrator and victim shall not matter in considering the act as gender-based sexual harassment.

e. Attempting to compel or compelling the woman or her child to engage in conduct which the woman or her child has the right to desist from or to desist from conduct which the woman or her child has the right to engage in, or attempting to restrict or restricting the woman’s or her child’s freedom of movement or conduct by force or threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of physical or other harm, or intimidation directed against the woman or her child. This shall include, but not limited to, the following acts committed with the purpose or effect of controlling or restricting the woman’s or her child’s movement or conduct: i. Threatening to deprive or actually depriving the woman or her child of custody or access to her/his family; ii. Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or her children of financial support legally due her or her family, or deliberately providing the woman’s children insufficient financial support; iii. Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or her child of a legal right; iv. Preventing the woman in engaging in any legitimate profession, occupation, business or activity, or controlling the victim’s own money or properties, or solely controlling the conjugal or common money, or properties; f. Inflicting or threatening to inflict physical harm on oneself for the purpose of controlling her actions or decisions; g. Causing or attempting to cause the woman or her child to engage in any sexual activity which does not constitute rape, by force or threat of force, physical harm, or through intimidation directed against the woman or her child or her/

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shall recognize the survivor’s social support group as expressly allowed or requested by the offended party;

his immediate family; h. Engaging in purposeful, knowing, or reckless conduct, personally or through another that alarms or causes substantial emotional or psychological distress to the woman or her child. This shall include, but not be limited to, the following acts: i. Stalking or following the woman or her child in public or private places; ii. Peering in the window or lingering outside the residence of the woman or her child; iii. Entering or remaining in the dwelling or on the property of the woman or her child against her/his will; iv. Destroying the property and personal belongings or inflicting harm to animals or pets of the woman or her child; and v. Engaging in any form of harassment or violence; i. Causing mental or emotional anguish, public ridicule or humiliation to the woman or her child, including, but not limited to, repeated verbal and emotional abuse, and denial of financial support or custody of minor children or denial of access to the woman’s child/ children.

SECTION 2. BARANGAY VAW DESK ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION. Pursuant to RA 9710, the barangay shall establish a Violence Against Women (VAW) Desk with operating expenses chargeable to its GAD allocation, to ensure that violence against women cases are fully addressed in a gender-responsive manner. Guidelines set for the establishment of VAW Desk under DILG, DSWD, and DOJ JMC 2010-1 and Davao City’s VAW Desk Ordinance shall be followed by the barangay.

SECTION 3. DUTIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LGUS. - Other government agencies and LGUs shall establish programs such as, but not limited to, education and information campaign and seminars or symposia on the nature, causes, incidence and consequences of such violence particularly towards educating the public on its social impacts.

SECTION 4. WOMEN’S RIGHTS DURING ARMED CONFLICT AND MILITARIZATION. Pursuant to RA 9710, women shall have the right to protection and security in situations of armed conflict and militarization. Towards this end, they shall be protected from all forms of gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, and all forms of violence in situations of armed conflict. The city shall observe international standards for the protection of civilian population in circumstances of emergency and armed conflict. It shall not force women, especially indigenous people, to abandon their lands, territories, and means of subsistence, or relocate them in special centers for military purposes under any discriminatory condition.

SECTION 5. MANDATORY HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER SENSITIVITY TRAININGS FOR OFFICIALS AND FUNCTIONARIES. All city and barangay officials and functionaries/ personnel, especially those involved in the protection and defense of women against gender-based violence shall undergo a mandatory training on human rights and gender sensitivity led by the Integrated Gender and Development Division (IGDD) and its accredited service providers and/or training institutions.

SECTION 6. WOMEN AFFECTED BY DISASTERS, CALAMITIES, AND OTHER CRISIS SITUATIONS. – Pursuant to RA 9710, women have the right to protection and security in times of disasters, calamities, and other crisis situations especially in all phases of relief, recovery, rehabilitation, and construction efforts. The city shall provide for immediate humanitarian assistance, allocation of resources, and early resettlement, if necessary. It shall also address the particular needs of women from a gender perspective to ensure their full protection from sexual exploitation and other sexual and gender-based violence committed against them. Responses to disaster situations shall include the provision of services, such as psychosocial support, livelihood support, education, psychological health, and comprehensive health services, including protection during pregnancy.

SECTION 7. PROHIBITION OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PORNOGRAPHIC SCENES ON MOVIE/TV TRAILERS/SHOW, POSTERS, BILLBOARD AND OTHER MATERIALS AND SIMILAR LITERATURE. It shall be unlawful for any person to print, publish, display or distribute pornographic scenes on movie/TV trailer/show, posters, billboard, literature, broadcast on radio stations, posting on social media or any cyber space, and other visual material which treat women as sex objects and commodities.

SECTION 8. COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO WOMEN-SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE. The City Government of Davao, through the appropriate government offices, shall provide a comprehensive support to women-survivors of violence which consist of, but not limited to, the following: a) immediately conduct an investigation within 24 hours; b) provide for counseling and medical services for the offended party; c) gather evidence for the arrest and prosecution of the offenders; d) make a report of his/her investigation and, on the basis of the offended party’s testimony and additional evidence, if any, endorse the same to the proper prosecution office within 36 hours from the time of filing, regardless of his/her evaluation of the cases; e) the investigation officer or the examining physician, if possible of the same sex as the offended party, ensures that only persons expressly authorized by the latter are allowed inside the room where the investigation or medical or physical examination is being conducted; f) women victims-survivors of all forms of violence shall be registered in a community-based psychological program that shall assist the women in holistically rebuilding and empowering themselves; g) all investigations/hearings involving rape cases and other forms of violence against women conducted in police stations, prosecutor’s office and trial courts

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h) a temporary shelter with appropriate support service for the women in crisis under the management and supervision of the City Social Services and Development Office.

Victims of Violence Against Women and Their Children including sexual abuse and/or other forms of abuse shall be provided Free Legal Services by the City Government of Davao through the Office of Special Counsel on VAWC (OSC-VAWC) of the IGDD. SECTION 9. PROSTITUTION AS A VIOLATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS. Prostitution shall be recognized as a violation of human rights and exploitation of women who have no real choices for survival. Rescue and intervention shall be made available.

The City Government of Davao shall provide socio-economic support services for the women in prostitution both establishment based and non-establishment based, consistent in its desire to concretely respond to their practical needs.

SECTION 10. LOCAL MONITORING BOARD FOR VIOLENCE IN MEDIA. A Local Monitoring Board for movie, print, broadcast, and multi-media, shall be set up to classify, censure, prohibit or regulate the exhibition of materials degrading women. The Board’s function shall also extend to video shops, electronic communication, cable television, books and other forms of audiovisual channels or instruments.

SECTION 11. Creation of Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) and Appointment of WCPD Officer. The City Government of Davao shall create the WCPD and appoint WCPD Officer in all police stations in Davao City to specifically handle concerns on women and children.

SECTION 12. ROLE OF FEMALE POLICE OFFICER. Complaints filed by women on battering and other forms of abuse and/or violence against them shall be handled by female officers in the local police force who shall undergo special course on handling cases affecting abused women.

SECTION 13. CREATION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL TEAMS. There shall be created a psychosocial teams under the supervision of the City Social Welfare Services and Development Office (CSWDO), equipped with capacities and skills to provide the appropriate psycho-social intervention for women and children-survivors of violence as well as to the perpetrators. The team shall be composed of the following at the minimum: 1. Social Workers 2. Psychologists 3. Psychiatric Nurses.

An all-male Psychosocial team shall also be created in order to address the appropriate psychosocial intervention should the perpetrator be male. The intervention may include, among others, anger management.

SECTION 14. ACTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. The act of sexual harassment may be committed by: a. Catcalling, wolf-whistling, unwanted invitations, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, and sexist slurs; b. Persistent uninvited comments or gestures on a person’s appearance; c. Relentless requests for personal details; d. Statement of sexual comments and suggestions; e. Public masturbation or flashing of private parts, groping, making offensive body gestures at someone, and other similar lewd sexual actions; f.

Any advances, whether verbal or physical, that is unwanted and has threatened one’s sense of personal space and physical safety. This may include cursing, leering and intrusive gazing, and taunting;

g. Persistent telling of sexual jokes, use of sexual names; and h. Stalking.

It may also be committed through online spaces using information and communications technology by harassing, intimidating or threatening the victim through: h.1 Physical, psychological, and emotional threats, unwanted sexual misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic and sexist remarks and comments online whether publicly or through direct and private messages; h.2 Invasion of the victim’s privacy through cyberstalking and incessant messaging; h.3 Uploading and sharing without the consent of the victim any form of media that contains photos, voice, or video with sexual content; h.4 Any unauthorized recording and sharing of any of the victim’s photos, videos or any information online; h.5 Impersonating identities of victims online or posting lies about victims to harm their reputation; or h.6 Filing false abuse reports to online platforms to silence victims.

In workplaces, educational and training institutions, gender-based sexual harassment may be committed through an act or series of acts involving any unwelcome sexual advances, requests or demands for sexual favors or any act of sexual nature, whether done verbally, physically, or through the use of technology such as text messaging

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Other Forms of Sexual Harassment. Pursuant to the definition provided by RA 7877 and RA 11313, the following constitute other forms of sexual harassment, some of which are covered by the Revised Penal Code under Acts of Lasciviousness: 1. persistent telling of offensive jokes such as green jokes or other analogous statements to someone who finds them offensiveness or humiliating: 2. taunting a person with constant talk about sex and sexual innuendos;

VOL.14 ISSUE 57 • FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2020 SECTION 10. WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS. All qualified women shall be given an opportunity to assume key law enforcement positions until 50% of the personnel from the police force shall be women in accordance with Section 9 (a) of Republic Act 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Women.

SECTION 11. Legal Candidate Quota. All political parties participating in the local elections are encouraged that at least 40% of their candidates are women.

SECTION 12. BARANGAY COUNCIL OF WOMEN. Every barangay in the City of Davao shall organize its Barangay Council of Women comprising of all the women residents of the barangay. BCW shall be the consultative body of IGDD in all matters relevant to the periodic planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the city’s programs, projects and activities of, for and by women. The federation of BCW from all barangays of Davao City shall convene every March of every year for the Women’s Summit.

3. displaying offensive or lewd pictures and publications in the workplace; 4. interrogating someone about sexual activities or private life; during interviews for employment, scholarship grant or any lawful activity applied for; 5. making offensive hand and body gestures at someone; 6. repeated asking for dates despite verbal rejection; 7. staring or leering maliciously; 8. touching, pinching or brushing up someone’s body unnecessarily or deliberately; 9. kissing or embracing someone against her will; 10. requesting sexual favors in exchange for good grade, obtaining a good job or promotion, etc.; 11. cursing, whistling or calling a woman in public with words having dirty connotations or implications which tend to ridicule, humiliate or embarrass the woman such as “puta”, “boring”, “peste”, and other similar terms; 12. any other unnecessary acts during physical examinations; 13. requiring women to wear suggestive or provocative attire during interviews such as job hiring, promotion, admission.

SECTION 15. ACTS RESULTING TO CYBERCRIME – It shall be unlawful and punishable for any person to engage with, influence or force a minor or a woman to engage into any Cybercrime acts.

ARTICLE II Political and Public Sphere of Women SECTION 1. Declaration of March 8 as International Women’s Day. March 8 shall be declared as a Special Working Holiday for the City of Davao through an Executive Order issued by the City Mayor. There shall be a barangay-level set of activities on women and the law, current issues affecting and influencing women, and assessment of women’s status in the City of Davao and other forms of critical consciousnessraising activities. On or about March 8 of every year, the Davao Women’s Summit shall be organized.

SECTION 2. International Day of Action for Women’s Health. The Local Government of Davao City shall cause the celebration of the International Day of Action for Women’s Health on May 28 where issues and concerns relative to the protection and promotion of women’s health shall be examined, deliberated, projected and government action sought.

SECTION 3. 18-DAY CAMPAIGN AGAINST VAWC - There shall be an annual 18 day campaign against VAWC to raise awareness among all stakeholders that VAWC is a public issue of national concern. Such campaign shall be conducted during November 25 to December 12 of every calendar year.

SECTION 4. BARANGAY LEVEL SELF-ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN. SelfOrganization of women shall be recognized at the barangay level which must be sectoral/sector based to include young and elderly women which shall be assisted by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).

SECTION 5. Election of Women Sectoral Representative to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Pursuant to RA No. 7160, or the Local Government Code of the Philippines, under Title II, Chapter I, Section 41 (c), there shall be one (1) sectoral representative from the women to the Sangguniang Panglunsod of Davao City as a concrete manifestation of women’s place in local governance. Such election of women’s sectoral representative shall be made during the Women’s Summit in March of the election year.

SECTION 6. QUOTA REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF DAVAO. The City Government of Davao is encouraged that at least forty percent (40%) of the members of the City Council are women.

SECTION 7. REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN BARANGAY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (BDC) STRUCTURE. The City Government of Davao City along with the Punong Barangay must be ensured that at least forty percent (40%) of members of the BDC are women to strengthen government’s recognition of women’s potentials in each barangay.

SECTION 8. WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (CDC). The City shall ensure that at least 40% of the members of CDC are women as mentioned in Section 11 (b) of Republic Act 9710, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Women.

SECTION 9. PEACE BASED ON JUSTICE. The network of women GOs and NGOs shall be formally consulted on peace and development issues on the basis of social equity and justice.

ARTICLE III Cultural Identity of Women SECTION 1. INDIGENOUS AND MORO WOMEN OF DAVAO CITY. The preservation of the cultural identity of the indigenous and Moro women shall be actively incorporated in all programs and projects of the Local Government of Davao City.

SECTION 2. CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE SCHOOLS. There shall be accessible and culturally-appropriate schools for indigenous and Moro peoples in Davao City.

SECTION 3. DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS AND MORO PEOPLES’ AREAS. A survey of indigenous and Moro peoples’ areas in Davao City shall be undertaken within two years upon effectivity of this Code which shall become the basis for the indigenous and Moro peoples’ areas.

SECTION 4. INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR INDIGENOUS AND MORO WOMEN. The City Government of Davao shall develop a program that shall facilitate empowerment of the indigenous and Moro women. Active support for the preservation of the indigenous women’s knowledge of the environment shall be incorporated in the program.

ARTICLE IV Labor and Employment SECTION 1. Orientation on Sexual Harassment. All local offices, agencies, and establishments or companies, both public and private in Davao City shall conduct orientation on sexual harassment for their personnel, provided to them by competent IGDD staff or any of the IGDD accredited service providers. Certificate of compliance shall be submitted to the Integrated Gender and Development Division.

SECTION 2. SETTING-UP OF COMMITTEE ON DECORUM AND INVESTIGATION (CODI). A Committee On Decorum and Investifation (CODI) shall be set up in all establishments and academic institutions pursuant to the provisions of RA 7877 and RA 11313 in the city to act on complaints related to work-related, education-related or training-related sexual harassment, involving not only barangay officials, functionaries as well as other employees within the local government but also employers, teachers, trainers, managers, supervisors and the like in private establishments .

SECTION 3. EQUAL ACCESS TO JOB TRAINING AND PROMOTION. No woman shall be deprived of job training and promotion on account of her sex, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, and civil status.

SECTION 4. Gender-Sensitive Physical Facilities. A physical facility appropriate for a gender-sensitive environment shall be adopted by all offices, agencies and establishments or companies which shall help prevent sexual abuse and other forms of maltreatment in the workplace.

It shall be encouraged to set up transparent doors, windows, dividers or any forms of partitions within the establishments.

SECTION 5. Tax Incentives for Business Entities. The City Government of Davao shall provide tax incentives to business entities: a. any amount used for the establishment, maintenance and operation of the child day care support system shall be tax-deductible; b. annual tax credit per child regularly served for at least one year in the Center; c. annual tax credited per woman extended with maternity leave benefits for breast feeding. d. Annual tax credited per woman extended with VAWC leave benefits; and e. Annual tax credited per woman extended with special leave benefit for women who suffered gynecological disorders.

SECTION 6. MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LABOR STANDARDS. A mechanism shall be installed in the Integrated Gender and Development Division to monitor the implementation of this Code and other relevant GAD Policies and other Labor Laws in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment, in all offices, agencies and establishments within Davao City.

SECTION 7. WOMEN PROTECTION DESK. There shall be an established Women Protection Desk with a Women Protection Desk Officer or its equivalent within the workplace, educational and training institutions in order to quickly respond to immediate complaints and reports regarding the violation of rights of the women therein.

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budget of the City Government shall be allocated for women’s health and services, especially those in difficult circumstances.

SECTION 2. UPGRADING OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. Quality health care and services that are not discriminatory on account of their gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, sex, creed, religion and ethnicity shall be implemented in Davao City.

SECTION 3. FREE MEDICAL ROUTINE CHECK-UP. Women in the entertainment industry shall be afforded with free medical routine check-up and medicines in need.

SECTION 4. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. The City of Davao shall adopt the reproductive health care approach at all levels of health care delivery. Such approach integrates many issues not previously considered central to population: sexuality, reproductive tract infection, gender power relations and domestic violence and shall not be limited to family planning and child bearing.

SECTION 5. WOMEN’S CONTROL OVER THEIR BODIES. Women’s decisions to regarding pregnancy shall be given appropriate support and guidance by all health professionals, private and public, at very minimal cost.

SECTION 6. GENDER-SENSITIVE CRISIS INTERVENTION UNIT. The City Government of Davao shall cause the establishment of a Gender-Sensitive Crisis Intervention Unit at all levels of the health care, primary, secondary and tertiary and shall provide service training to all health and other allied personnel who shall be assigned in this unit.

SECTION 7. GENDER-FAIR APPROACH TO PREMARITAL ORIENTATION AND COUNSELING PROGRAM. Without prejudice to Section. 10, Art. IV of the Davao City Children’s Welfare Code, regular reviewing and redesigning, when appropriate, of the Premarital Counseling Program of the City Government of Davao shall be jointly undertaken by the Integrated Gender and Development Division, City Health Office and the Davao City Special Office on Children’s Concerns, City Social Welfare and Development Office and other concerned agencies. Agencies involved shall adhere to the principle of gender-fair pre-marital counseling service.

SECTION 8. STRENGTHENING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. In consonance with the Department of Health’s thrust and Sec. 3, Art. IV of the Davao City Children’s Welfare Code, the Local Government of Davao City shall strengthen the Primary Health Care Delivery in the context of reproductive health.

SECTION 9. WOMEN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH. WOMEN ARE ENTITLED TO BE GIVEN ACCESS TO A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND INFORMATION. (a) Comprehensive Health Services. The City of Davao shall, at all times, provide for a comprehensive, culture sensitive, and gender-responsive health services and programs covering all stages of a woman’s life cycle and which addresses the major causes of women’s mortality and morbidity: Provided, That in the provision for comprehensive health services, due respect shall be accorded to women’s religious convictions, the rights of the spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions, and the demands of responsible parenthood, and the right of women to protection from hazardous drugs, devices, interventions, and substances.

Access to the following services shall be ensured: 1. Maternal care to include pre-and post-natal services to address pregnancy and infant health and nutrition; 2. Hold a birthing home and/or lying-in clinic providing maternity services on prenatal and postnatal care, normal spontaneous delivery and care for the newborn; 3. Promotion of breastfeeding; 4. Responsible, ethical, legal, safe, and effective methods of family planning; 5. Family and State collaboration in youth sexuality education and health services without prejudice to the primary right and duty of parents to educate their children; 6. Provide education and information on human sexuality and responsible parenthood in schools, workplaces and communities; 7. Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections, including sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS; 8. Prevention and management of reproductive tract cancers like breast and cervical cancers, and other gynecological conditions and disorders; 9. Prevention of abortion and management of pregnancy-related complications; 10. In cases of violence against women and children, women and children victims and survivors shall be provided/assisted to appropriate agencies giving comprehensive health services that include psychosocial, therapeutic, medical, and legal interventions and assistance towards healing, recovery, and empowerment; 11. Prevention and management of infertility and sexual dysfunction pursuant to ethical norms and medical standards; 12. Care of the elderly women beyond their child-bearing years; 13. Management, treatment, and intervention of mental health problems of women and girls; 14. Healthy lifestyle activities are encouraged and promoted through programs and projects as strategies in the prevention of diseases; 15. Provide reproductive health and rights education; 16. Develop and implement specific services that promote male involvement, participation and responsibility in reproductive health as well as other

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reproductive health concerns of women; and 17. Provide information and services addressing the reproductive health needs of the marginalized, older persons, women in prostitution, the differently-abled persons and women in war crisis situations. (b) Comprehensive Health Information and Education. – The city shall provide women in all sectors with appropriate, timely, complete, and accurate information and education of all the above-stated aspects of women’s health in government education and training programs, with due regard to the following: 1) The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth and the development of moral character and the right of children to be brought up in an atmosphere of morality and rectitude for the enrichment and strengthening of character; 2) The formation of a person’s sexuality that affirms human dignity; and 3) Ethical, legal, safe, and effective family planning methods including fertility awareness.

ARTICLE VI Education Right SECTION 1. EDUCATION FOR WOMEN. Sunday classes for women shall be held in all barangay high schools in Davao City to facilitate working women’s access to education.

All women desiring to engage themselves in functional and practical education shall be enlisted in adult education program, which shall be set up in all barangays in Davao City.

SECTION 2. PROMOTION GENDER-SENSITIVE CURRICULA. The schools in Davao City shall actively promote gender-sensitive professional school counseling and career education programs to encourage females to pursue academic and technical courses in order to widen their future career opportunities.

The schools in Davao city shall also promote Gender mainstreaming to prevent discrimination, to address both males and females’ concerns, and assure their participation in schools pursuant to CHED Memorandum Order No. 1, Series of 2015.

SECTION 3. MONITORING AND REPORTING OF STEREOTYPED PORTRAYAL OF ROLES OF WOMEN AND MEN IN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. The Integrated Gender and Development Division shall coordinate closely with the City Division of Schools, Davao Association of Colleges and Schools and other network of schools in monitoring and reporting of stereotyped portrayal of roles of women and men as projected in education materials.

SECTION 4. GAD ELECTIVE COURSE. A Gender and Development Elective Course shall be developed, formulated, implemented and carried out in the City College of Davao.

ARTICLE VII Socio-Economic Benefits for Women SECTION 1. RIGHT TO LIVELIHOOD, CREDIT, CAPITAL, AND TECHNOLOGY. – The City Government of Davao shall ensure that women are provided with the following: a. Equal access to formal sources of credit and capital; b. Equal share to the produce of farms and aquatic resources; and c. Employment opportunities for returning women migrant workers taking into account their skills and qualifications. Corollarily, the city shall also promote skills and entrepreneurship development of returning women migrant workers.

SECTION 2. ACCESS TO SAFE WATER - All barangays in Davao City shall provide easy access to safe water supply. Appropriate systems shall be installed to ease women’s workload.

SECTION 3. MAGNEGOSYO TA DAY - Qualified women shall be given access to the Magnegosyo Ta Day Program ensuring that they are given livelihood opportunities through start-up grants for their innovative businesses.

ARTICLE VIII Rural Women’s Rights SECTION 1. LAND FOR WOMEN-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS AND LANDLESS FAMILIES. Idle lands shall be distributed to qualified women-headed households and landless families interested and committed to till the land upon issuance of a Memorandum of Agreement between the parties concerned. Ownership of such land shall be granted to women-headed households and landless families after ten years of continuous tillage.

Support services shall be delivered by the Local Government of Davao City as part of the Memorandum of Agreement.

SECTION 2. ACCESS TO SCIENCE AND WOMEN-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. The City Agriculturists’s Office of Davao City in conjunction with the Department of Science and Technology and other related line agencies should establish a science and women-friendly alternative technology center for rural women in each barangay.

SECTION 3. PROMOTION OF LAND-BASED PROJECTS. The City Government of Davao shall promote and support land-based projects ensuring food security for rural women utilizing science, women-friendly and appropriate technology instilling collectivism.

ARTICLE IX Special Sectoral Concerns SECTION 1. ADVOCACY ON DIFFERENTLY-ABLED WOMEN’S RIGHTS. Active

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There shall be a special education school for differently-abled women in Davao City which shall offer appropriate technology curricula.

SECTION 2. INNOVATIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENTLYABLED WOMEN. The City Government of Davao shall develop innovative or appropriate employment opportunities for differently-abled women recognizing their differentiated conditions and full potentials as human persons.

SECTION 3. REPORTING OF CASES OF HARASSMENT COMMITTED AGAINST DIFFERENTLY-ABLED WOMEN. The City Government of Davao through its Integrated Gender and Development Division shall require all barangays to monitor and report cases of harassment and other forms of violence committed against differently-abled women.

SECTION 4. PARTICIPATION OR REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENTLY-ABLED AND ELDERLY WOMEN. Each barangay shall ensure the participation or representation of elderly women and differently-abled within the Barangay Council for women in order to advance the interest of this special group of women.

SECTION 5. ASSISTANCE FUNDS FOR THE ELDERLY WOMEN. Funds shall be allocated for assistance and psychological help for the elderly women to include, but not limited to, emergency assistance, routine physical check-up, social group work program and appropriate socio-economic activities.

The funds shall be taken from the Annual GAD Budget of the Local Government Unit of Davao City in accordance with General Appropriations Act (GAA) and other related laws.

SECTON 6. Support to Women Deprived of Liberty. The rights of all women deprived of liberty shall be protected in the following: a) Speedy trial of their cases shall be ensured by all concerned. To ensure speedy trial of their cases, free legal services, if opted by the detainee, shall be given to her by the local government; b) An appropriate program shall be designed to respond to their specific needs and problems as women person deprived of liberty. A woman detainee shall be protected against all aspects of sexual abuse. A male jail guard or any other person charged in custody of the woman detainee shall be prohibited within the area unless circumstances would deem it necessary; and c) Separate structure and space for detention and rehabilitation shall be provided.

SECTION 7. RESPECT FOR WOMEN’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CULTURAL IDENTITY, GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION, RELIGION AND POLITICAL AFFILIATION, AND ECONOMIC STATUS AND BELIEF. Women’s right to sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression, as well as cultural identity, religion, political affiliation, and economic status and belief shall be respected and protected at all times and in all spheres.

ARTICLE X Women and Children Support System SECTION 1. EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD-MINDING CENTERS. The City Government of Davao shall ensure that Early Childhood Care and Development in all barangays and Child-Minding Centers in every district are set up to free women from other activities such as taking a job or going back to school without prejudice to the Davao City Children’s Welfare Code.

SECTION 2. PARENTAL AUTHORITY. The father and mother shall jointly exercise parental authority over the persons of their common children. In case of disagreement, the couple shall consult their family counsel or shall bring the matter before the Lupong Tagapamapayapa for conciliation, except in cases violating RA 9262.

SECTION 3. WOMEN IN SPORTS. The City shall develop, establish, and strengthen programs for the participation of women and girl-children in competitive and noncompetitive sports as a means to achieve excellence, promote physical and social well-being, eliminate gender-role stereotyping, and provide equal access to the full benefits of development for all persons regardless of sex, gender identity, and other similar factors.

Sports tournament/s held by the City or those done within the City shall offer or award equal sports prize, with respect to its amount or value, to women and men winners in the same sports category.

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SECTION 3. GFPS CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES. The City Government of Davao shall ensure that all members of GFPS including elected local officials and functionaries undergo capacity building programs on GAD which shall include, but not be limited to: a) Gender Sensitivity Training (GST); b) Gender-responsive planning and budgeting c) Gender analysis; d) Gender audit; and e) GAD tools such as: i. Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework; ii. Gender Responsive LGU Ka Ba (GeRL Ka Ba) Self-Assessment Tool; ii. Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines; and iv. Other GAD tools.

SECTION 4. THE GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT (GAD) PLAN. The GAD Plan is a systematically designed set of programs, projects and activities carried out by an agency over a given period of time. It addresses gender issues and concerns of the agency’s clients and its personnel and is an integral part of the agency’s annual agency/ Development Plan.

The GAD budget, which is the cost of implementing the GAD plan shall be not less than 5% of the City’s yearly budget and shall form part of and is not in addition to the City’s Annual Budget.

For effective planning and implementation of GAD PPAs, essential elements in GAD planning and budgeting should be in place, such as consultation with employees and constituencies through accredited women or people/civil society organizations, among others to ensure the relevance of their GPBs, adherence to Executive Order 43 s. 2011 (Social Contract) [bottom-up Budgeting], capacity development on gender mainstreaming, gender-responsive planning and budgeting, gender analysis and gender assessment for GFPS. GPB implementation should not be affected by austerity measures.

In identifying GAD PPAs, priority is given to emerging and/or continuing issues and concerns on: a. Provision of basic services and facilities to protect and fulfill women’s human rights including the right to protection from all forms of violence; b. Women’s economic empowerment, including women’s participation in economic governance; c. Participation in local governance and decision-making; and d. Other provisions of the Magna Carta of Women.

Preparation and submission of GAD Plan shall be one (1) year ahead. Same shall be accompanied by a GAD Accomplishment Report during the previous year. Forms used shall be that prescribed by tDILG and PCW, SECTION 5. ORGANIZING OF MEN AS PARTNERS IN GAD. All barangays in the City shall facilitate the organization of men within their locality to serve as partners of BCW and the City, in general, in all of its GAD advocacies and/or endeavors. Specifically, Men’s Responsibility on Gender and Development (MR GAD) programs shall seek to reach out to men in barangays to collectively discuss, learn and initiate activities as men, to promote equality of men and women and to end all forms of discrimination and violence against women, hence promoting peace and harmony in the community.

SECTION 6. ACTIVE SUPPORT TO GENDER STUDIES. A sufficient amount shall be allotted to gender-related documentation and researches which shall from part of Davao City’s data-based program development.

SECTION 7. POPULARIZATION OF GENDER-FAIR MATERIALS. There shall be an active promotion and publication of gender-fair material in popular forms in Davao City.

SECTION 8. INTEGRATED GENDER-SENSITIVE AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ZONIFICATION PLAN OF DAVAO CITY. An Integrated gender-sensitive and environmentfriendly zonification plan of Davao City shall constitute the following but not limited to: a) relocation of communities shall not deprive women of their sources of livelihood. b) relocation sites shall not contribute to an increase in women’s burden in economic, home, and social production.

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c) housing and industrial project sites shall be those unproductive lands unsuitable for economic purposes.

SECTION 1. GAD INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS. Pursuant to the RA 9710, the City Government of Davao shall ensure the implementation of the following institutional mechanisms:

d) industrial center for light industry shall be placed in key districts of Davao City while heavy industry shall be centralized in one district.

a) b) c) d) e)

Creation and/or strengthening of the LGU GAD Focal Point System (GFPS); Establishment and maintenance of GAD database; Gender and Development (GAD) planning and budgeting; Mainstreaming gender perspectives in local development plans; Periodic review and enhancement and implementation of the LGU GAD Code; and f) Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Magna Carta of Women.

SECTION 2. Maintenance of GAD Database. Pursuant to the Women Development Code and the Magna Carta of Women, the City shall maintain a sex-disaggregated data which shall form part of its GAD Database and will be analyzed appropriately by GFPS for consideration in its annual GAD Planning and Budgeting. The IGDD shall be the repository and custodian of the city’s GAD Database.

SECTION 9. COMMUNITY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS AND PROGRAMS. Both men and women shall participate in pollution control, zero-waste technology development and management, preservation of the forest, marine and aquatic resources and indigenous reforestation with due respect for the indigenous and Moro peoples culture and rights to self - determination.

SECTION 10. GENDER-SENSITIVE NATURAL RESOURCES-BASED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. The Local Government of Davao City shall engage itself in the development of gender sensitive natural resources-based management programs.

SECTION 11 . ROLE OF WOMEN IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF PROJECTS. The Local Government of Davao City shall promote the active role of women in environmental impact assessment shall consciously determine sex disaggregated data.

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SECTION 12. PROMOTION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY. The Local Government of Davao City shall actively promote an alternative technology that is appropriate and safe for women.

f) Make representations to schools and universities for the inclusion of migration and its implications for women in all levels of curricula; g) Refer trafficked persons and victims of VAWC to appropriate agencies;

SECTION 13. CREATION OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. Each barangay shall create resource management council which shall ensure promotion and protection of ecological balance and full participation of women.

h) Formulate a program for returning trafficked persons and victims of VAWC in cooperation with local officers of DOLE, TESDA and other government agencies involved in training and livelihood development;

SECTION 14. SUFFICIENT BUDGET FOR BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES. A sufficient amount for the basic social services for women and children in extremely difficult circumstances shall be allocated from all sources of funds.

SECTION 15. INVESTMENT AND LOANS. The City Government of Davao shall hold consultative assemblies with women GOs and NGOs in establishing contracts for loans and investments to clarify implications on women’s welfare and development at the Barangay level.

SECTION 16. OVERSEAS FILIPINO’S (OF’S) WIVES AND CHILDREN SUPPORT. The Local Government of Davao City shall conduct at the barangay level a survey of Overseas Filipino Workers, result of which shall serve as basis for special support to women and children.

SECTION 17. SPECIAL COURSE ON OF’S. A special course on overseas contract work primarily to orient women on the issues and concerns relative to migration shall be systematically introduced to all women especially at the barangay level.

SECTION 18. EDUCATION ON NATIONAL POLICIES. Women and Men shall undertake education on national policies and their implications on women.

SECTION 19. SPECIAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS. A special para-legal training and capacity-building for all Service providers shall be conducted along gender question and related matters.

SECTION 20. GENDER SENSITIZATION AS A MEASURE, ASSESSMENT OR PART OF ORIENTATION TO EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTION. There shall be a gender-sensitive assessment to be conducted by the Gender and Development Office to all concerned as a measure to hiring and promotion of personnel.

i) Secure assistance from any of the local government units, departments or bureaus of the national government; j) Exercise all powers and functions necessary to attain its purposes and objectives.

SECTION 25. CITY GAD FOCAL POINT SYSTEM (GFPS). A Local Gender and Development Focal Point System for the City of Davao shall be established.

The City GFPS shall adhere to the structure and composition provided for in the MCW-IRR as follows: 1. To carry out its functions, the LGU GFPS shall have an Executive Committee (ExeCom), a Technical Working Group and/or a Secretariat.

2. The City Mayor shall also designate an alternate Chair and

Vice-Chair for GFPS.

3. The GFPS TWG Chair shall be elected among the GFPS TWG members. The designation of the GFPS TWG Chair shall be made official through the issuance of a Memorandum duly signed by the City Mayor and endorsed by his or her immediate supervisor or concerned LGU Department Head. The GFPS TWG Chair may designate a secretariat to assist the TWG in its functions.

4. The Barangay GFPS shall be chaired by the Punong Barangay, co-chaired by the Chair of the Sangguniang Barangay Committee on Women, Children and Family Relations, with the following as the members: i. Sangguniang Barangay Committee on Appropriations ii. SK Chairperson iii. Barangay Health Worker iv. Barangay Treasurer v. Violence Against Women (VAW) Desk Officer vi. Barangay Nutrition Scholar vii. Tanod Executive Officer viii. Day Care Worker Lupong Tagapamayapa member ix. Women’s organizations existing at the Barangay level x. Barangay Human Rights Action Officer, where existent xi. Members of the private sector and academe, as appropriate

SECTION 21. GENDER AND POPULATION. The City Health Office through the Population Division shall review and redesign the population program that it becomes not contraceptive-based but reproductive health conscious.

SECTION 22. TRAINING ON NON-TRADITIONAL OCCUPATION. Women shall be given opportunity to acquire training on non-traditional occupation such as those related to science and technologies.

SECTION 23. WOMEN PROTECTION DESK - There shall be a Women Protection Desk in all levels of establishment that will serve as quick response to the immediate concerns regarding violation of women’s right.

SECTION 24. LCAT – VAWC COMPOSITION. A Local Committee Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women and Children (LCAT-VAWC) shall be established.

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The Barangay Secretary shall provide secretariat support to the Barangay GFPS.

2. City Planning and Development Coordinator

5, All LGUs shall ensure that all members of the GFPS including elected local officials and department heads undergo capacity building programs on GAD which shall include but not be limited to: gender sensitivity training (GST), gender-responsive planning and budgeting, gender analysis, gender audit and GAD tools such as the Gender Mainstreaming Evaluation Framework (GMEF), Gender Responsive LGU Ka Ba (GeRL Ka Ba) Self-assessment Tool, Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) and other succeeding GAD tools.

3. City Social Welfare and Development Officer as the Secretariat

General Functions of the LGU GFPS

The following are the members of the City Committee on Anti-Trafficking and – Violence Against Women and their Children: 1. City Mayor as the Chairperson

4. City Health Officer 5. Chairperson of the Committee on Women, Children, and Family Relations of the Sangguniang Panlungsod 6. City Public Employment Services Officer 7. City Prosecutor 8. DILG City Director 9. Davao City Chief of Police Office Director 10. NGO Representatives of the following sectors: a. Women; b. Children; and c. Overseas Filipino Workers.

The LCAT-VAWC shall be chaired by the Local Chief Executive or her designated representative and likewise designate the Co-chair of the LCAT-VAWC as well as decide on organizational matters affecting the performance of its functions.

Powers and Functions of LCAT – VAWC of Davao City. The Local Committee on Antitrafficking and VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN and Children of Davao City shall have the following powers and functions. a) Institute policies and programs to protect women and children who are victims of trafficking and violence; b) Create and establish systems on surveillance, investigations, and rescue to ensure effective and efficient coordination; c) Undertake information, education, and advocacy campaign against trafficking in persons and VAWC; d) Monitor and oversee the strict implementation of RA 9208, RA 9262, and other related laws for the protection of women and children, and of the IACAT and IACVAWC national plans of action. e) Undertake guidance and counseling to women abroad as fiancées of foreign nationals regarding protection of women and children against trafficking and violence;

Pursuant to the MCW-IRR, GFPS is tasked to ensure and sustain the LGU’s critical consciousness in supporting gender and development, women’s empowerment and responding to gender issues. It shall take a lead role in direction-setting, advocacy, planning, monitoring and evaluation, and technical advisory in mainstreaming GAD perspectives in the LGU programs, projects, activities, and processes. Specifically, GFPS shall perform the following functions: a. Lead in mainstreaming GAD perspectives in LGU policies, plans and programs. In the process, they shall ensure the assessment of the gender-responsiveness of systems, structures, policies, programs, processes, and procedures of the LGU based on the priority needs and concerns of constituencies and employees, and the formulation of recommendations including their implementation; b. Assist in the formulation of new policies and enhancement of existing policies such as the Women Development Code in advancing women’s empowerment and gender equality; c. Lead in setting up appropriate systems and mechanisms to ensure the generation, processing, review, and updating of sex-disaggerated data or GAD database to serve as basis in performance-based and gender-responsive planning and budgeting; d. Coordinate efforts of different divisions/offices/units of the LGU and advocate for the integration of GAD perspectives in all their systems and processes; e. Spearhead the preparation of the annual and performance-based Davao City GAD Plan and Budget (GPB) in response to the gender issues and concerns of their locality and in the context of the LGU mandate and consolidate the same, following the form and procedures prescribed in DILG, DBM, PCW, and NEDA JMC No. 2013 – 01. f.

Lead in monitoring the effective implementation of the annual GPB, GAD Code, and other GAD related policies and plans;

g. Lead the preparation of the annual LGU GAD Accomplishment Report (GAD AR) and other GAD reports that may be required under the MCW and DILG, DBM, PCW, and NEDA JMC no. 2013 – 01; h. Strengthen linkages with other LGUs, concerned agencies or organizations

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working on women’s rights and gender and development to harmonize and synchronize GAD efforts at various levels of local governance; i.

Promote and actively pursue the participation of women and gender advocates, other civil society groups and private organizations in the various stages of development planning cycle; giving attention to marginalized sectors; and

j. Ensure that all personnel of the LGU including the planning and finance officers (e.g. accountants, budget officers, auditors) are capacitated on GAD. Along this line, GFPS will recommend and plan an appropriate capacity development program on GAD for its employees as part of and implemented under its regular human resource development program.

Roles and Responsibilities of the LGU GFPS a. The City Mayor shall: i.

Issue policies and/or directives that support gender mainstreaming in the policies, plans, PPAs and services of the LGU as well as the budget, systems, processes and procedures of the LGU, including the creation, strengthening, modification or reconstitution of GFPS; and

ii. Ensure the implementation of GPB and approve GAD AR and other GADrelated reports of the LGU as maybe required by the MCW-IRR and DILG, DBM, PCW, and NEDA JMC No. 2013 – 01. b. The GFPS Executive Committee shall: i. Provide policy advice to the City Mayor to support and strengthen GFPS and the LGU’s gender mainstreaming efforts; ii. Direct the identification of GAD strategies, PPAs and targets based on the results of gender analysis and gender assessment, taking into account the identified priorities of the LGU and the gender issues and concerns faced by the LGU’s constituents and employees; iii. Ensure the timely submission of the LGU GPB, GAD AR and other GADrelated reports to DILG which shall be consolidated for submission to PCW and appropriate oversight agencies; iv. Ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the GAD PPAs and the judicious utilization of the GAD budget;

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SECTION 26. THE INTEGRATED GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (IGDO). A separate ordinance creating the Integrated Gender and Development Office shall be enacted within five (5) years following the approval of this Ordinance. Such legislative enactment shall provide the structure, powers and functions, programs, personnel, and appropriations, among others. At the minimum, the operations of the current IGDD shall be transferred to IGDO. The IGDO shall be primarily responsible in ensuring the implementation of this Code along with its coordination, monitoring and evaluation functions. In the interim, the IGDD shall appropriate upon itself the duties and functions to implement the provisions of this ordinance.

BOOK II – FINAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER I – PENAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE I Violence Against Women and Children SECTION 1. Soliciting Women’s Services. It is unlawful for a person to solicit a women’s service for sexual purposes as gift, representation, public relations, or as an act of goodwill regardless of whether the solicitor profits or not from such act without prejudice to the provisions of the Revised Penal Code.

Any witness may file compliant together with the affected women to the proper court. Penalty for such is a fine of P5,000 or an imprisonment of one year.

SECTION 2. OTHER FORMS OF TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN. Any person or agency who with the use of force or deceit, lures a woman to work abroad or in other provinces or cities in the Philippines for a particular job on a promise of high fees, but instead landed on prostitution, domestic help or other odd jobs. Violators of this provision shall be penalized by an imprisonment of one year or a fine of P5,000.00 or both, at the discretion of the court.

SECTION 3. SEX TRADE. Any agency or person who shall engage in keeping women for sex for a fee shall suffer the penalty in accordance with the Revised Penal Code.

SECTION 4. SEX TOURS. No hotels, beach resorts, sauna baths, and related establishments shall be allowed to operate as conduit for sex tours. Cancellation of business permit, a fine of P5,000.00 and as imprisonment of one year shall constitute the penalty for violation.

v. Build and strengthen the partnership of the LGU with concerned stakeholders such as women’s groups or CSOs, national government agencies, GAD experts and advocates, among others in pursuit of gender mainstreaming;

SECTION 5. “BEAUTY” CONTEST. Beauty Contests which tend to commodify, abuse, humiliate, and treat women as sex objects shall be strictly prohibited in schools, communities, barangays, and by the City Government in its special celebrations, but in their stead the projection of women’s strengths and potentials, especially with regard to indigenous and culturally-relevant forms shall be encouraged.

vi. Recommend awards and/or incentives to recognize outstanding GAD PPAs or individuals who have made exemplary contributions to GAD.

Those who initiated the conceptualization and implementation of the beauty contest shall be subjected to a penalty consisting of the following:

c. The Technical Working Group (TWG) shall: i. Facilitate the gender mainstreaming efforts of the LGU through the GAD planning and budgeting process; ii. Formulate the LGU GPB in response to the gender gaps and issues faced by their constituents including their women and men employees; iii. Assist in the capacity and competency development of and provide technical assistance to the offices or units of the LGU. In this regard, the TWG shall work with the Human Resource Development Office (HRDO) on the development and implementation of a capacity development program on GAD for its employee, as necessary; iv. Coordinate with the various units/offices of the LGU and ensure their meaningful participation in strategic and annual planning exercises on GAD including the preparation, consolidation and submission of GPBs; v. Lead the conduct of advocacy activities and the development of information, education and communication (IEC) materials to ensure critical support of local elected officials, department heads and staff, and relevant stakeholders to GFPS and to gender mainstreaming; vi. Monitor the implementation of GAD-related PPAs and suggest corrective measures to improve their implementation; vii. Prepare and consolidate LGU GAD ARs and other GAD-related reports; and viii. Provide regular updates and recommendations to the LCE or GFPS ExeCom regarding GFPS’ activities and the process of the LGU in gender mainstreaming based on the feedback and reports of concerned LGU offices/units, stakeholders and constituents. d. The GFPS Secretariat, and whenever feasible the GAD office or unit designated by the LCE shall assist the GFPS ExeCom and the TWG in the performance of their roles and responsibilities, specifically on the provision of administrative and logistical services; preparation of meeting agenda; and documentation of GFPS’ meetings and related GAD activities.

6. In the event of a change in local administration, the remaining members of the GFPS ExeCom and TWG shall facilitate the immediate reconstitution of the GFPS and the conduct of GST and other GAD competency development activities for newlyelected local officials.

7. LGUs, through their GFPS, shall strengthen their linkages and/or partnerships with the local offices of the NGAs, private sector, academe, Official Development Assistance (ODA) partners and other stakeholders in pursuit of their gender mainstreaming efforts.

For business organizations: a) Cancellation of business permit; b) Fine of P5,000; and c) Others, as prescribed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Code.

For representative of agencies, departments or units of the Local Government of Davao City: a) Suspension for one month without pay; b) Fine of P5, 000.00; and c) Others, as prescribed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Code.

For educational institutions, charity or welfare organizations: a) Cancellation of licenses to operate; b) Fine of P5, 000.00; and c) Others, as prescribed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this code.

SECTION 6. FUND RAISING INITIATIVES. All fund raising initiatives as defined in this Code shall be strictly prohibited in Davao City. Violators of this provision shall pay a fine of P5,000 or imprisonment of six months, or both at the discretion of the court.

SECTION 7. WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICT SITUATION. a) No women shall be deprived of basic social services in armed conflicts areas. b) No women or girl children shall be kept by any PNP/military personnel in police/ military detachment/checkpoint or any analogous quarter for purposes of comfort.

The Violation shall be penalized through summary dismissal proceeding of the local AFP/PNP and/or at the discretion of the Court.

SECTION 8. CONSCIOUS SURVEILLANCE OF ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. A regular Task Force shall be created to conduct conscious surveillance of entertainment establishments exploiting women. Failure of the Task Force to submit weekly report shall be subjected to an administrative sanction. The Task Force shall consist of the City Health Office (CHO), City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), Business Bureau, Davao City Police Office, and a Civil Society Organization to be recommended by the members of the Task Force and approved by the City Government.

ARTICLE II Cultural Identity of Women SECTION 1. INDIGENOUS AND MORO CULTURAL PRACTICES. Indigenous and Moro women shall be allowed enrollment in schools and colleges and enjoy employment opportunities without prejudice to their birth and marriage rituals where no birth and marriage certificates are issued as evidence of such life events. Failure to comply with this provision shall be subjected to a maximum fine of P5, 000.

Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Section shall include issuance of certificate by the local offices of the Office of Southern Cultural Communities and National Commission on Muslim Filipinos identifying cultural community affiliation.

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ARTICLE III Labor and Employment SECTION 1. EQUAL ACCESS TO JOB TRAINING AND PROMOTION. No woman shall be deprived of job training and promotion on account of her sex, gender, age, ethnicity, creed, religion and civil status. Violations by private employers shall constitute a fine of P5,000.00 and a cancellation of business permit or as prescribed by the court.

Government unit or agency head of office is liable with the penalty of three-month suspension and a fine of P5,000.00 SECTION 2. Wage and Benefits for Women. Every employer shall comply with the minimum wage as stipulated by the Regional Wage Board or passed by Congress and shall grant all benefits to all women employees such as maternity leave, sick and vacation leave, retirement, termination and other benefits provided by law. Violation by private employers shall constitute a fine of P5,000.00 and a cancellation of business permit or as prescribed by the Court. Government unit or agency head of office is liable with the penalty of three-month suspension and a fine of P5,000.00.

SECTION 3. FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR WOMEN. The City Government of Davao shall ensure the safety and health of women employees. In appropriate cases, It shall require employers to: a) provide seats proper for women and permit them to use such seats when they are free from work and during working hours. Provided they can perform their duties in this position without detriment to efficiency; b) establish separate toilet rooms, lavatories and lounge for men and women and provide at least a dressing room for women; c) establish a nursery or a child minding center in a workplace for the benefit of the women employees therein; and d) provide breast feeding centers for women in the workplaces.

Violation by private employers shall constitute a fine of Php5,000.00 and cancellation of business permit or as prescribed by the Court. Government unit or agency head of office is liable with the penalty of three-month suspension and a fine of P5, 000.00.

SECTION 4. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. Big companies as defined under the Labor Code, as well as labor intensive establishments shall provide reproductive health services to working women regardless of civil status as a manifestation of concern for women’s role in social production. Cancellation of business permit or license to operate and a fine of P5, 000.00 shall constitute the penalty for violation of this provision.

SECTION 5. ORIENTATION ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT. All local offices agencies and establishments or companies, government and private, in Davao City shall conduct annual orientation on sexual harassment. Failure to comply with this provision shall pay a fine of not less than P3,000.00 or at the discretion of the Court. The head of office shall be held liable through an administrative sanction.

SECTION 6. GENDER-SENSITIVE PHYSICAL PLANT. A physical plant appropriate for a gender-sensitive environment shall be adopted by all offices, agencies and establishments or companies, which shall help prevent sexual harassment, sexual abuse and other forms of abuse and maltreatment in workplaces.

Monitoring team shall be composed of representative of the Offices of the City Engineer. City Social Welfare and Development and Integrated Gender and Development to conduct inspection in compliance with the above provision.

Failure to comply this provision shall mean payment of a fine and suspension of business permit or license to operate for three months. For Local Government Department or agency, an administrative sanction shall be imposed for which the Head of Office shall be held liable.

SECTION 7. Increase Maternity Leave Benefits as Incentives for Breastfeeding Mothers in the Public and Private Sector. In accordance with RA 11210, Maternity leave benefits of 105 days shall be extended to all women employees (public and private) who have rendered at least one year of continuous service, provided that 105 days of the leave period shall be used for breastfeeding her newborn baby.

Employer who violates this provision shall pay a fine of P5,000.00 and a suspension of business permit or license to operate for six months. For Local Government department or agency, an administrative sanction shall be imposed.

SECTION 8. BARANGAY-BASED KASAMBAHAY SUPPORT. All barangays in Davao City shall conduct compulsory education for both Kasambahay and Kasambahay employers on gender-sensitivity. An administrative sanction shall be imposed.

SECTION 9. RESCUE. Police, together a the social worker shall be part in the conduct of rescues in entertainment establishment. Violation of this provision shall be subjected to an administrative sanction.

ARTICLE IV Health Right SECTION 1. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL HOSPITALS. No hospital in Davao City shall deny a woman of reproductive health services.

In case of emergency, a social worker or any authorized personnel shall be designated to conduct rapid appraisal of the socio-economic status of the patient for admission purposes. Non-compliance of the Administrator of this provision shall be penalized by a fine of not more than P5,000.00.

ARTICLE V Socio-Economic Benefits for Women SECTION 1. SOCIALIZED LENDING FOR WOMEN. a) All banks, financial/lending institutions and cooperatives shall open special

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windows for lending to women including young women who lack access to traditional sources of collateral. b) No woman shall be deprived of credit. Money lending institutions shall establish a “socialized lending scheme friendly to women” which shall constitute the following: 1. Bank rate interest; 2. No post-dated checks; and 3. Certificate of Income Generating Activity from Barangay Captain.

Non-compliance of this provision shall be subjected to a fine of not less than P3,000.00 and a suspension of business permit or its equivalent.

ARTICLE VI Rural Women’s Rights SECTION 1. PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES. No Local Government agency or its representative shall act as agent of inorganic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. An administrative sanction shall be imposed to head of agencies upon violation of this provision.

ARTICLE VII Special Sectoral Concerns SECTION 1. BARANGAY-LEVEL SANCTION ON CASES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMMITTED AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITY. All barangays in Davao City shall formulate a barangay-level sanction on cases of sexual harassment committed against women with disability. Failure to comply with this provision shall subject the barangay council to an administrative sanction.

ARTICLE VIII Women and Children SECTION 1. SUPPORT TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN. All agreements or settlements arrived at the barangay level relative to the support of the children shall be final and executory. Violation of such agreements or settlements shall be subjected to a fine of P5,000.00 and an imprisonment of one year.

ARTICLE IX Gender and Development SECTION 1. GENDER SENSITIVITY ORIENTATION AND TRAINING. (This shall be conducted in) All schools, offices, establishments or companies, departments and agencies including barangay officials of the Local Government of Davao City shall initiate gender sensitivity orientation and training which shall equip them with theoretical knowledge on gender justice. Non-compliance of this provision shall require the concerned party to pay a fine of P5,000.00 and issuance of warning by the Integrated Gender and Development Office.

Likewise all establishments, schools, colleges and universities shall develop assessment tool for gender biases.

CHAPTER II Provisions for Implementation SECTION 1. Creation of the Integrated Gender and Development Office. The Integrated Gender and Development Office of Davao City shall be created through a separate Ordinance within five (5) years from the approval of this ordinance, specifically to realize the provisions of this Ordinance.

It shall be the coordinative, regulatory and monitoring body of the Local Government of Davao City to focus on gender-sensitive projects and activities. It shall become the local but distinct expression of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).

SECTION 2. MINIMUM FUNCTIONS OF THE INTEGRATED GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. In relation to the preceding section, IGDO shall have the following functions, at the minimum, to ensure consistency in the implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance: a. Monitoring and Coordinative Functions. These functions shall see through the realistic, measurable and tangible results of the implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance: • Gender-Sensitive Watch. A system of services and facilities in order to monitor status of women in the City of Davao wherein all departments and agencies of Davao City shall develop conceptual and practical methodologies for incorporating gender perspectives into all aspects of economy and policy- making. It shall collect gender and age disaggregated data on poverty situation and all aspects of economic activity and develop qualitative and quantitative statistical performance from a gender perspective. It shall also serve as the data bank of Davao City on gender and development.

• Legal Aid Services Check. Coordinated services for any legal actions needed by the women in protecting their rights shall be installed.

• Advocacy and Campaign Management. A coordinated advocacy and campaign on all forms of discrimination and violence against women shall be programmed.

• Sustainable and Gender Sensitive Project Development. A system of appraisals of project to determine sustainable impact on women and men, local economy, politics, culture and ecosystem.

• Violence in Media Check. An active dialogue with tri-media representatives shall be undertaken by the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Women’s

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Welfare and Development Gos and NGOs on incidence of all forms of violence in media. b, Regulatory Function. This function shall include establishing protocols and standards relevant to the following concerns: • Education and Training Benchmark. Gender-sensitivity education and training for all departments and agencies of the Local Government of Davao City and at the barangay level shall be designed.

Standards for contents of the course shall be established by the Office.

• Psychosocial Support Program. A holistic and indigenous approach to women with social dysfunctioning which includes attendance to their physical/biological, emotional, psychological and social needs shall be set up.

Indicators of program success shall be established by the Office.

• Early Childhood and Care and Development Program and Services.

Appropriate support services for women and children shall include nursery and Child-Minding Centers and day care services for infants and toddlers as prescribed in RA 6972 and the Davao City Children’s Welfare Code. Indicators of quality of services shall be established by the Office.

It shall be involved in all the processes related to the conceptualization, development, assessment and evaluation of programs and projects of the Local Government of Davao City.

SECTION 3. ROLE OF THE BARANGAY COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF DAVAO CITY. The Davao City Barangay Council of Women shall become the consultative-assembly of the Integrated Gender and Development Office for its periodic planning and programming, programs implementation, monitoring, assessment and evaluation.

The federation of all BCWs from the different barangays shall hold its Annual Women’s Summit every March of every year. Such summit shall be the avenue for the women of Davao City to discuss, promote, recommend policies, programs, projects for gender and development. The same shall be the avenue where women will elect their Sectoral Representative to the City Council every election year.

SECTION 4. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Through an Executive Order, an Executive Committee composed of the City Prosecutor’s Office, City Legal Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office and the Committee on Women, Children and Family Relationsof the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to carry on the provisions of this Ordinance.

A consultative body shall be convened periodically throughout the formulation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations which shall be composed of official representatives of the various agencies of the Local Government and Women NGOs involved in the process of drafting of this Code.

A Technical Working Group shall be formed for an effective and efficient realization of the Implementing Rules and Regulations.

Such rules and regulations shall take effect upon their publication in two (2) local newspapers of general circulation.

SECTION 5. APPROPRIATIONS. For the effective implementation of this Ordinance, the Local Government of Davao City shall allocate the amount appropriated from official development assistance as stipulated in RA 7192 and RA 9710. It shall also appropriate six (6%) percent from its Total Annual Budget to represent Davao City’s Annual GAD Budget from which the implementation of this Ordinance shall be charged.

CHAPTER III FINAL PROVISIONS SECTION 1. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE - If for any reason, any section or provision of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE - All Ordinances, local issuances or rules inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. EFFECTIVITY - This Ordinance shall take effect upon the approval and after publication in the newspapers of general circulation.

ENACTED, on the 25thday of August 2020, by a unanimous vote of all the Members of the Sanggunian, there being a quorum.

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

Republic of the Philippines City of Davao Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod

19th City Council 37th Regular Session Series of 2020 PRESENT: Councilor Alberto T. Ungab - Temporary Presiding Officer Councilor Ralph O. Abella Councilor Nilo D. Abellera Councilor Bai Hundra Cassandra Dominique N. Advincula Councilor Wilberto E. Al-ag Councilor Dante L. Apostol Sr. Councilor Conrado C. Baluran Councilor Jessica M. Bonguyan Councilor Louie John J. Bonguyan Councilor Pilar C. Braga Councilor Augusto Javier G. Campos III Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang Councilor Jonard C. Dayap Councilor Edgar P. Ibuyan Jr. Councilor Edgar R. Ibuyan Sr. Councilor Richlyn N. Justol-Baguilod Councilor Pamela A. Librado-Morata Councilor Diosdado Angelo Junior R. Mahipus Councilor Jaffar U. Marohomsalic

Councilor Myrna G. L’Dalodo-Ortiz

Councilor Antoinette G. Principe-Castrodes

Councilor J. Melchor B. Quitain Jr. Councilor Mary Joselle D. Villafuerte Councilor Jesus Joseph P. Zozobrado III

ABSENT: Vice Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte Councilor Maria Belen S. Acosta Councilor Bonifacio E. Militar

- On Official Business - On Domestic Emergency Leave - On Sick Leave

ORDINANCE NO. 0370-20 Series of 2020 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PROPORTIONAL CONDONATION OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX FOR UNIT/PROPERTY OWNERS OF PALMETTO PLACE, WHOSE UNITS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY THE SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES IN 2019, APPLICABLE ONLY DURING THE PERIOD WHERE SAID OWNERS WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY TREASURER’S OFFICE (CTO), CITY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL (OCBO) Be it ordained by the Honorable Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City, in session assembled, that: SECTION 1. TITLE- This Ordinance shall be known as “AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PROPORTIONAL CONDONATION OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX FOR UNIT/PROPERTY OWNERS OF PALMETTO PLACE, WHOSE UNITS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY THE SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES IN 2019, APPLICABLE ONLY DURING THE PERIOD WHERE SAID OWNERS WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY TREASURER’S OFFICE (CTO), CITY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL (OCBO)”.

SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY – Section 192 of the Local Government Code of 1991, states that “Local Government Units may, through ordinances duly approved, grant tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs under such terms and conditions as they may deem necessary.

SECTION 3. EXEMPTION – Section 276 of the Local Government Code of 1991 states that: “Section 276: Condonation or Reduction of Real Property Tax and Interest – In case of a general failure of crops or substantial decrease in the price of agricultural or agri-based products, or calamity in any province, city or municipality, the sanggunian concerned, by ordinance passed prior to the first (1st) day of January of any year and upon the recommendation of the Local Disaster Coordinating Council, may condone or reduce, wholly or partially, the taxes and interest thereon for the succeeding year or years in the city or municipality affected by the calamity.”

SECTION 4. PERIOD – The waiver of payment of the Real Property Tax will be for the year 2020 only, and the Tax Condonation shall only be applied proportionately to be assessed by the Office of the City Building Official (OCBO) and the City Assessor’s Office and to be computed by the City Treasurer’s Office, all of this City, and shall not be applicable to tax penalties and surcharges previously incurred. In case payment has been made, the taxpayers can request for a tax credit.

SECTION 5. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE – If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid, other sections or provisions hereof not affected by such declaration shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITY – This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval and valid only for Calendar Year 2020 Real Property Tax. ENACTED, on the 27th day of October 2020, by a majority vote of all the Members of the Sanggunian, there being a quorum.

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

ATTESTED:

ATTESTED:

EDGAR P. IBUYAN JR. President Pro Tempore Temporary Presiding Officer cns/kjtq

APPROVED : ________________, 2021

Temporary Presiding Officer cns/kjtq

APPROVED : ________________, 2020

Enacting an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 5004, Series of 1997, otherwise known as the “Women Development Code” to strengthen structures and mechanisms in addressing the evolving concerns of women and children

An Ordinance Granting a Proportional Condonation of the Real Property Tax for Unit/ Property Owners of Palmetto Place, Whose Units Were Severely Damaged by the Series of Earthquakes in 2019, Applicable only during the Period Where Said Owners were Deprived of their Property, Subject to the Assessment of the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO), City Assessor’s Office and the Office of the City Building Official (OCBO).

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Davao boy Alvin Pasaol has now joined the team after missing out on their �irst week of camp. He completes the pool composed of Joshua Munzon, CJ Perez, Moala Tautuaa, and Leonard “Santi” Santillan.

Joining them in the training camp at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna are Jason Brickman, Malick Diouf, Tonino Gonzaga, and Agosto Flor.

“The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas did a tremendous job of collecting these talented players into one team so our job is to make sure we’ll have a cohesive unit,” said Gilas Pilipinas

3x3 coach Ronnie Magsanoc.

“We thank the SBP for giving us a safe training environment here so we can devote all our focus on our preparation for the quali�iers. There have been challenges along the way but we’re happy that the team is �inally complete,” he added.

The Philippines occupies the 20th spot, ahead of Qatar (26th) and the Dominican Republic (33rd) but these two teams are no push-overs as well.

The top two teams from all four pools will qualify for the quarter�inals with the three podium �inishers

earning a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. The three quali�iers will join host team Japan along with China, Russia, and Serbia, who quali�ied outright because of the FIBA 3x3 ranking points.

“In terms of effort, I really could not ask for anything more from the players during our �irst week of training and they also did their best to build on that with our online training sessions,” said Magsanoc.

“Now it’s about bringing everything together and forming a team that we can be proud of, a team that can compete against the best in the world.”

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19thCity Council to fasttrack harmonizing the Bicycle Ordinance to the Traf�ic Code of Davao City.

“Unta ma-fast track ang pagpasa sa pagharmonize both traf�ic and the bicycle ordinance of 2010 kay medyo ang implementation niya naka on-hold ug kung naa man provision nga gina-implement karon medyo libog pa,” Peñalver said.

Peñalver reiterated that based on the Traf�ic Codebike lanes should not

be obstructed by parking vehicles at any given time and also bike lanes should not be used as loading and unloading areas much more a parking area.

While the City Council is still working on this, IDIS urged the CTTMO to harmonize its rules and regulations to both ordinances for the proper utilization of the existing bike lanes.

“Ang CTTMO, habang gina-review ang bike ordinance ug atoang traf�ic

code dapat naa pud sila rules and regulations kung paano nila i-implement kani nga mga policies,” Peñalver said.

The group is hopeful that the abovementioned committee will �inalize the ordinance so that it will be formally approved on the Council and be signed by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

The group is optimistic that this will be a great help to the cyclists to ensure their safety while on the road. By Maya M. Padillo

establishments and community-based tourism organizations in the region.

DOT-12 facilitated the granting of zero-interest

loans to 12 tourism micro, small and medium enterprises amounting to P3.7 million through the “Cares for Travel” program, which

is implemented by the agency in collaboration with the Small Business Corporation.

demic, with transactions using InstaPay and PESONet, surpassing those of using automated teller machines

(ATMs).

InstaPay and PESONet are the two clearing houses under the Bangko Sentral ng

Pilipinas’ National Retail Payment System program that got a big boost since the start of the pandemic last year.

value of multisectoral collaborations,” said Marzouki.

“Our partnership with TESDA aims to upskill more farmers through meaningful

interventions that enable sustainable and profitable coffee production,” he added.

For its pilot phase, the Coffee Production Level II

program will be initially offered to farmers located in Bukidnon and Sultan Kudarat where 80 percent of the country’s coffee is grown.

cient means to receive and transfer funds, pay bills, and shop for necessities. In response to this need, the BSP continues to

provide an enabling environment that encourages �inancial innovation while safeguarding the integrity and stability of the �inan-

cial system,” said Melchor Plabasan, BSP director of Technology Risk and Innovation Supervision Department (TRISD).

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Reactivation of MGB XI Operation Center on May 13, 2021 in preparation for TD “Crising” landfall. RD Jasper Alberto H. Lascano headed the team with our technical personnel from Geosciences Division, Mine Safety and Health Section and PENR/CENR Embedded Personnel. Issued Geohazard advisories to mining companies and Local Government Units (LGUs) and prepared Initial situational report (visit our website https://region11. mgb.gov.ph/mgb-xi-reactivates-its-operation-center-for-td-crising/).

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Dabawenyo Alvin Pasaol has now joined the team after missing out on their first week of camp. He completes the pool composed of Joshua Munzon, CJ Perez, Moala Tautuaa, and Leonard“Santi”Santillan.

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Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 faces Qatar, Slovenia in opener

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he Philippines will take on Qatar and Slovenia on May 26 and the Dominican Republic and France on May 28 in Pool C in the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament set in Graz, Austria from May 26 to 30.

It will be an uphill climb for the Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 squad, as Slovenia is the fourth ranked team in Men’s 3x3, led by one of the top players in the world in Simon Finzgar, while France is ranked 10th.

The Philippine national 3x3 team went full strength in training as it enters the closing stretch of its preparations for the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

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