VOL. 6 ISSUE 168 • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013
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YULETIDE SEASON. Christmas is really just around the corner as this lady who belongs to a group of decorators commissioned by SM City Davao prepares the mall’s Christmas trees and other decorations for its grand Christmas launch on Friday at the Annex. Lean Daval Jr.
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omputerizing records at the city’s revenue-generating agencies may be one way to prevent corruption in these offices, an official said. in an interview, City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chair of the com-
mittee on finance said the City information and technology Center (CitC), has suggested allotting part of the 2014 budget to the centralization of collection data. “We need to make sure that the elbow room for corruption will be mini-
mized. i think we should go into computerization,” Dayanghirang said. the councilor said that the city assessor’s office and accounting office are already implementing a centralization of their data. Last year, the city
building office targeted to fully automate its operations by the fourth quarter of 2013, including the purchase of a large format scanner for the input of plans of incoming investors. the scanner reportedly costs around p1.3 mil-
lion or over 50 percent of the p2.3-million budget for the agency’s computerization. However, the office of the city treasurer and other revenue-generating offices such as the public markets and terminals are yet to be computerized. “We are aiming for the central control and management of records,” Dayanghirang said, adding they are identifying cities and municipalities that are already implementing computerization. the official said automation raises the possibility of taxpayers only having to go online for their transactions. “We’re also looking forward to applying a business model that is used by utilities,” he said. the Davao Light and power Corporation and the Davao City Water District have a system where clients can pay by going
to designated paying areas in malls. Dayanghirang said the system could also lead to an increased centralization of other government functions, such as safety and flood monitoring. He said that if the measure is approved it would be up to mayor rodrigo Duterte to decide if the city would need a contractor, aside from its existing implementing agencies. During the committee hearing monday, Dayanghirang told the CitC to give him what the agency has accomplished and what it needs for the upcoming year. ricarte Franco Jr., CitC officer-in-charge told the committee the previous cost for the internet connection for City Hall and its departments amounted to p1.8 million. the cost for the firewall for the website was p150,000 which came from a p5 million bud-
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LUMADS’ WAY OF LIFE. Lumad teenagers from Davao City’s different tribes participate in a mural-making contest of IP MNCHN Project-Mindanao’s Silip, a peek at indigenous life ways, at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.