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DISHONEST VENDORS. A fish vendor checks her weighing scale to make sure it’s accurate at the Agdao Public Market yesterday as Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte announced during his weekly television program that charges will be filed against dishonest vendors. Lean Daval Jr.

CASH INCENTIVES PASSED Council okays productivity rewards for city employees

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net

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AVAO City’s Local Finance Committee (LFC) has approved the annual productivity and enhancement incentive for the employees of the city government.

Based on the resolution, the LFC set the rate of incentive based on employee’s position-P10,000 for plantilla personnel; P5,000 for consultants and personnel classified under job order or contract of service; P2,000 for the grantin-did day care workers, barangay health workers, barangay nutrition scholars and auxiliary person-

nel.

The resolution further stipulated that an employee will be entitled with the full amount of set by LFC if she already served at least four months from January 1 up to October 31, 2013.

For personnel who served less than four months, they will receive prorated incentive with plantilla personnel who served three months entitled to P4,000 while those who served two months is entitled to P3,000. For consultants, job orders who had served at least three months, they will

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RED CROSS DECOR. A worker decorates the building of the Philippine Red Cross along Roxas Avenue in Davao City with Christmas lanterns yesterday.

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DCL Final 6 cast is complete INSIDE: Council approves coal plant expansion Danao sacks police station commander Go fires 55 points in CMO win

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BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST

3 men shot dead inside carenderia

By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

T END OF THE ROAD. Alleged mobile phone snatchers Christopher Calle, alias Jon-Jon and Michael Ingan lay lifeless after gunmen shot and killed them along Wifredo Aquino, Agdao, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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HREE persons were gunned down by three unidentified perpetrators at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday on Aquino St., Agdao Public Market.

The victims were identified as Christopher Calye, in his 20’s, a resident of Sitio Bakal, Leon Garcia; Michael Ingan, in his 20’s and temporarily housed with Calye, and one “alias John-john”.

Police said the victims, who were friends, sustained multiple gunshot wounds in their bodies

that resulted to their instantaneous death.

On Tuesday, another shooting incident reported by the Talomo police station identified the victim as one Nestor Ramos, 31, married and a resident of Center Beach , Talomo who was shot dead by two male persons riding in tandem aboard a motorcycle at around 9:00 a.m.

PO3 Virgilio Arrobio, investigator of the Sta. Ana police station said that the three victims had

Expanded coal plant okayed FROM MINUS TO PLUS

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net

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HE Davao City Council has approved on first reading the application for expansion of Therma South Inc. of Aboitiz for the operation of additional 345 megawatts coal power plant in the city.

Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang told reporters on Tuesday that they approved the request and this will proceed to series of committee hearings.

Dayanghirang said and this will be handled by three committees in the council; committee on environment which he headed, committee on energy headed by Joanne Bonguyan, the committee on rules and committee of public utilities.

“Looking at the needs of Mindanao and the peo-

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Yolanda’s positive effects on economy

ple of Davao we will proceed as the regular flow of our legislation process,” he said adding that Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte directed him to go on the process and make sure that the environment will be well protected.

Dayanghirang appealed to the power firm to continue planting more trees and intensify studies and implementation of mangrove planting which will protect the shores from water surge in case of typhoon.

“You know whether we like or not, the carbon is already in the sky,” he stressed.

Dayanghirang also stressed out that the city will not survive without power because there will be a lot of brownouts that

will affect the economic activity of the city.

Benjamin A. Cariaso, president and chief operating officer of Therma South Inc., assured the council that they will see to it that said power plant will not harm the environment. He said that the power plant uses modern technology which will control the carbon emission.

Cariaso added that they already have a carbon sink program where they planted 1 million trees in Marilog with 25 beneficiaries in the area.

Manuel Orig, first vice president for Mindanao Affairs of Aboitiz Power, also stressed that there is an urgent need to expand and add more power supply as the Department of

day’s regular session.

Under the Militar ordinance, an elected barangay captain who completes three consecutive terms will be given an incentive of P100,000, while an elected barangay kagawad who also completes three consecutive terms is entitled to P60,000.

Barangay official who can serve for less than three consecutive terms will also be entitled to receive incentives. P10,000 will go barangay captain for every term of service, and P5,000 for the baran-

NFA RICE. A rice wholesaler employee delivers 40 sacks of National Food Authority (NFA) rice on one of the rice dealers in Agdao Public Market yesterday. The supply of NFA rice is still unstable causing the prices of commercial rice to increase. Lean Daval Jr.

Council okays benefits to past barangays execs HE Davao City Council approved Tuesday an ordinance giving financial incentives to elected barangay officials who have served their barangays for at least one term.

The measure, sponsored by Councilor Bonifacio E. Militar, denominated as Ordinance 073 -13, also known as “An Ordinance Granting Barangay Length Of Service Benefits/Incentives To All Barangay Elected Officials After Their Tenure Of Office And Providing Funds,” was approved on final reading during Tues-

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Energy (DOE) forecasted that there will be a power shortage in Mindanao towards 2016.

Orig explained that there will be a shortage 243 megawatts in Mindanao by 2016 based on the projection of DOE that is why they need to add 345 megawatts in addition to the ongoing 300 megawatts in Binugao-Inawayan boundary. He said that if the expansion request will be granted the power plant will generate a total of 645megawatts and 560 of it will be added to the power supply of Mindanao.

Dayanghirang said he expects Councilor Bonguyan to call a committee hearing by next week to discuss the said request.

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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USINESS leaders in Davao City agree that the devastation of super typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas would have a positive effect on the economy of the Philippines before the year ends.

Mindanao Business Council chair Vic Lao said in an interview during the 3rd National Conferenceof Independent Business Clubs at The Marco Polo Davao that the on-going mobilization of the government for reconstruction would probably increase the gross domestic product

(GDP) of the country before the year ends.

“There will be an increase in GDP, but we cannot quantify it as early as now,” Lao said, adding that there will be a need for production of basic needs for reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed

by Yolanda.

Daniel Lim, president of the Davao City Chambee of Commerce and Industry, Inc., seconded Lao’s claim.

However, Lao said that despite its positive effect on the GDP, it will be also a catalyst for the expenditure

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Task force organized to probe pork misuse

By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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AVAO City police director Sr. Supt.

Vicente Danao Jr. yesterday relieved the head of the Calinan police station for being a “slow performer” in solving cases and for not reporting factual crime statistics during the performance evaluation last November.

Danao said P/Chief Inspector Aldrin Juaneza has been relieved from his position for four to five months and will temporarily replaced by Sr. Inspector Archilles Bargio, deputy chief of the Calinan

police station.

“You shape up or may sampol na tayo,” Danao said.

Danao said, “Under-reporting of the crime rate” means that he did not report the factual figures of the crime rate. Second, the performance evaluation showed that he is a “slow performer” in solving cases.

“Sa giingon ni Mayor Duterte nga pamalhinon tong mga tapulan na police, then If a police officer cannot deliver the service expected of him tanggalon

gyud,” Danao said.

Danao’s first marching order when he took over his post was to implement Oplan Litis (Linisin ang mga Tamad, Tiwali at Iskalawag na miyembro ng kapulisan) as law enforcers should be the exemplars of citizens who are law-abiding and always have respect for the rights of others.

He also warned other station commanders to perform their duties or else they will be the next to follow Juaneza.

“Bago lang gane me na-

kareceive ug bonus unya mag tinapulan pa?,” he said.

Station commanders, including him, have received at least P10,000 bonus each.

Danao said his priority is the maintenance, if not reduction of, the current crime rate and for this he wants increased police visibility as part of the focus.

Based on police latest crime statistics, the crime rate for last October was lower by 20% compared to October last year.

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EPARTMENT of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. De Lima on Wednesday said that an inter-agency task force has been created to examine the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel following the Supreme Court ruling that declared it unconstitutional.

The task force is composed of the DOJ, National Bureau of Investigation, Office of the Ombudsman, and the Commission on Audit.

De Lima said the mandate of the task force is to start a case buildup starting with the examination of the COA audit reports

that are not included in the investigation being conducted by the NBI. The NBI’s focus is the pork misuse which involved the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.

Napoles is the alleged mastermind behind the P10-billion pork barrel and the P900-million Malampaya Fund scams.

The creation of the task force was in response to the SC’s directive to check into the abuse committed by some lawmakers in disbursing the pork barrel fund.

De Lima earlier said that the SC’s directive is a “daunting task.” [PNA]

Savor the flavors of the holidays at SM Lanang Premier’sDavao Gourmet Collective

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delectable Christmas feast awaits foodies from all over the metro as SM Lanang Premier holds the Christmas edition of Davao’s massive gastronomic celebration on December 6 to 8, 2013.

‘The Davao Gourmet Collective Holiday Market’bringstogether the city’s finest artisans and gourmands in one food fest, all to showcase the vast assortment of exceptional eats and specialty must-haves this holiday season.Kicking off on December 6, Friday, at 11 am, it will be held at the mall Atrium right next to the tallest and grandest indoor Christmas tree in Davao to date.

The Holiday Marketis the second wave of the Davao Gourmet Collective, a breakthrough event successfully staged by SM Lanang Premier in partnership with top homegrown chefs and restaurateurs last Kadayawan Festival.

The public is invited to get a taste of Christmas at the Davao Gourmet Collective Holiday Market. Participating purveyors include RBG of Park Inn Davao, Crazy Cook, Jonathan’s Cupcakery, Cellar de Boca Wine Kitchen, Baby Cakes, La Bodeguita, Malagos Farmhouse Cheeses, Mia Pineda, Osvaldo’s Cakes, Bangkok Wok, Pastanni, Sweet Spot, and Bleu Chili.

Grab a bite of Crazy Cook’s flavorsome offerings such as Truffle Cheese Pate, Caviar Pate, Assorted Baos with Angus Beef, Bacon Bulgogi, and Braised Knuckles and RBG of Park Inn’s signature Porchetta, noodles and other tasty dishes. Try Mia Pineda’s Tonkatsu and Korean Tacos and Bangkok Wok’s authentic Thai disheslike the Kao Soy, Chicken Sate, and Roast Duck Curry.

Treat yourself as well to Pastanni’s and Bleu Chili’s wraps and burgers, and La Bodeguita’s great Spanish selections.

Fill your sweet cravings with Osvaldo’s delish Cheese Cakes, Jonathan’s Cupcakery’s homemade cupcakes and dessert bars, Sweet Spot’s Croc Ice Cream, and Baby Cakes’ DiY Gingerbread House and Christmas Cookies, Fruitcakes, and Ginger Snap Cookies. Then indulge in Malagos Farmhouse Cheeses’ Bignay Wine and Malagos Chocolate and Cellar de Boca’s Lagarde wines from Argentina.

Other Christmas staples such as Castañas will also be sold at the Holiday Market.

Feast on the season’s exceptional eats at the Davao Gourmet Collective Holiday Market!Check out SM Lanang Premier on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for news and event updates.

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magnitude 5.7 quake struck off Davao Oriental early Wednesday but no tsunami alert has been raised, state seismologists said.

The tectonic earthquake was felt at around 7:58 a.m. with the center located 57 kilometers southeast of the town of Mati.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology it was felt strongest (intensity V) in Mati and in Toril, Davao del Sur. Other areas that felt the shock were: Intensity IV: Digos City; Don Marcelino and Malita, Davao del Sur. Intensity III: Butuan City; Kidapawan City; Tagum City; Panabo City; Compostela Valley; Matanao, Davao del Sur. Intensity II: San Francisco, Agusan del Sur; Cotabato City; Gen.

Santos City; Koronadal City; Polomolok, South Cotabato; Alabel Sarangani.

No damage is expected from the earthquake but Phivolcs said in its bulletin that aftershocks may be expected.

In an interview with ANC, Phivolcs chief Renato Solidum said the tremor is not related to the deadly quake the shook Bohol.

Solidum attributed the quake to the Philippine fault zone, which extends offshore from the mainland, or the Philippine trench.

He added that no tsunami alert has been raised following the earthquake, even if it struck underwater.

“While the earthquake is offshore, the magnitude is not very large so it is not enough to trigger tsunamis,” Solidum said. [Yahoo!]

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HE Department of Education Division of Davao del Norte hosted on Monday the 13th Regional Fun Day for special children sponsored by the Special Education (SPED) unit of the Department of Education (DepED)-XI held at Sto. Tomas Central Elementary School Special Education (SPED) Center in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte, a school’s division superintendent said.

Dr. Josephine Fadul, Davao del Norte Schools Division Superintendent, said that children with special needs as well as gifted children from various SPED schools in Davao region will gather in Sto. Tomas town for the said event.

“This is our way of empowering and enabling our differently-abled learners who are enrolled in Special

Education program to show off their skills and abilities in different competitions for them to feel what regular students experience when joining competitions,” Fadul said in an interview.

Fadul disclosed that the said activity would run for four days, starting December 2 and will end on the 5th day of December with the theme: “Strengthening an Inclusive Environment for Special Children.”

Fadul said the activity was also in line with DepEd’s thrust to provide education for all and access to public education services particularly parents who cannot afford to send their children to private schools that accommodate kids with special abilities.

“This event will serve also as a selection process to gather SPED pupils who

will join the 2014 Palarong Pambansa for Special Children slated next year,” she noted.

Special Education (SPED) pupils coming from various DepEd Divisions of Davao Oriental, Davao Del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao City, Island Garden City of Samal, Compostela Valley, Tagum City, Mati City, Digos City and Panabo City, will compete with each other in various events, bringing a total of 10 delegations which joined the said event.

Fadul added special children participating in this activity are children with autism, intellectual disability, learning disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, among others. [Aurel Larabaster/Lorna Sambalud]

FUN DAY. Special Education (SPED) pupils joined the on-the-spot poster making contest during the 13th Regional Fun Day held on December 2-5, 2013 at Sto. Tomas Central Elementary School SPED Center.

N a bid to enhance the public’s disaster preparedness, a member of the city council in General Santos City is pushing for the inclusion of disaster management and first-aid subjects in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) basic integrated education curriculum.

City Councilor Rosalita Nunez said there is a need for the government and DepEd to mainstream the disaster management and prepared-

ness measures in the wake of the devastating onslaught last November 8 of super typhoon “Yolanda” in parts of the Visayas region, northern Mindanao and southern Luzon.

In a proposed resolution, the councilor noted that a number of disasters had hit the country this year and caused overwhelming devastation due to their sudden and unpredictable occurrence.

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She said these disasters specifically caused great damage and destruction to human lives and properties, hampered the implementation of developmental projects and disrupted government services.

Nunez cited the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Central Visayas and typhoon “Yolanda,” which “brought staggering destruction in Tacloban City and its neighboring localities.” [PNA]

Survivors mark typhoon Pablo anniversary

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urvivors of typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental lighted candles

and offered a Holy Mass Wednesday morning to mark the first year anniversary of the disaster

REMEMBERING. Joseph Babag, 17, describes how he survived the flashflood brought by Typhoon Pablo when it hit New Bataan town in Compostela Valley Province December 4, 2012. Babag lost his parents and two siblings to the flood. [MindaNews Photo by Ruby Thursday More]

that claimed more than 2,000 lives and destroyed billions of pesos in properties.

At 11 p.m. of December 4, 2012, Pablo made a landfall in Baganga town in Davao Oriental and wrecked havoc in nearby areas including New Bataan in Compostela Valley, which was identified to have the most number of fatalities.

With the intervention of multi-sectoral groups, Pablo survivors have started to begin a new life with a livelihood of their own to meet the day’s end.

Most of them are still living in temporary shelters while the government is still building its housing project.

A mass tree planting led by local government units and volunteers followed after the mass in New Bataan and Boston in Davao Oriental to replace the destroyed trees. [PNA]

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Davao del Norte builds resilient future

By NOEL BAGUIO

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Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario exudes happiness at the launch of the Oplan A.N.D.A.M. in Gabuyan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte.

Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario delights in school children signing the pledge of commitment for Oplan A.N.D.A.M.

Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario leads in distributing emergency kits and bio-gas digester.

AVAO del Norte – The provincial government of Davao del Norte once more brought into play the power of convergence in rolling off its enhanced Oplan A.N.D.A.M. program to increase people’s resilience to disasters.

Oplan A.N.D.A.M. (Advocacy on Natural Disaster Awareness and Management) is the centerpiece community-based preparedness campaign of Governor Rodolfo del Rosario on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), under his P.E.O.P.L.E. development thrust for 2013-2016.

Frontline agencies of the Provincial Capitol again teamed up with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Department of Education and the local government of Kapalong in launching the program in Barangay Gabuyan, Kapalong town last December 3, 2013.

Del Rosario said the program is in response to the call of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III for all LGUs to help address climate change and to get their communities ready for the onslaught of calamities.

“This is a strong convergence of the province and its partner agencies aimed at changing the mindset and making every household ever so ready in facing natural calamities,” he said.

The province started the program last February providing selected couples in 23 flood-prone barangays with general orientation on climate change and disaster risk reduction strategies.

At this time around, practically all the stakeholders in the barangay are now involved, including the farmers, school children, and members of the Barangay Peace-Keeping Action Teams (BPATS) and Barangay Defense System (BDS), among others.

In addition to the orientation that intends to increase their awareness, the participants attend individual lectures that allow them to learn simple technologies that will help them reduce their vulnerability and build their resilience to calamities.

These services include basic life-saving techniques, water sanitation and hy-

Army and police personnel demonstrate some life-saving techniques.

giene, river bank protection, bio-gas technology and botanical concoction, and earthquake/fire drill.

“This has become a reunion of sort for the whole community,” del Rosario mused.

Some 64 calamity-prone barangays in the province are set to be visited by the Oplan A.N.D.A.M. team next year.

Warm welcome The governor led in distributing bags of rice, grab and go emergency kits, 5 improvised bio-gas digester, 300 bamboo and vetiver seedlings, among others, as part of the services.

Residents of Gabuyan cordially welcomed the visit of the Oplan A.N.D.A.M. services to their barangay.

They eagerly signed the pledge of commitment to manifest the all-out support to the program, which is in pursuit of R.A. 9729, also known as the Climate Change Act of 2009 and RA 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act. The participants pledged, among others, to support the implementation of the watershed protection and management, tree-planting program, and CCA/DRR campaigns, among

other initiatives, for the sake of the coming generations.

Grateful Arlyn Murillo, Principal of Doña Carmen High School, was delighted to receive a bio-gas digester for the school.

She said the modified equipment comes in handy for the school, which has been designated as an evacuation center of Gabuyan.

The barangay that has been occasionally visited by flooding everytime the Libuganon River overflows after days of intermittent rains.

“Dako kini ug ikatabang sa mga evacuees unya nga mopasilong sa atong eskwelahan (This will be of great help for the evacuees),” she said.

Six grader Rhealyn Ruzon, 12, could not hide her amusement after learning the tricks in using the triangular or cravat bandage as a first-aid tool, particularly for the temporary or permanent bandaging of wounds and other injuries.

With glowing eyes, she demonstrated how to tie the reef knot to wrap a wound or support a broken arm.

“Kabalo na jud ko mogamit sa triangular bandage (Now I know how to use it),” she beamed, after emerging from the basic life-saving lecture room.

A school girl learns how to prepare a bamboo seedling for the river bank protection.

6 THE ECONOMY Stat Watch Indicator

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7.1 1st Qtr 2013 6.8

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7.8 1st Qtr 2013 7.5

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5. Trade Balance Trade Balance 6.5.Balance of Payments 2/

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Visitor Arrivals

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Export industry stakeholders to meet for FTA discussion

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OR the export industry stakeholders to get updated on the benefits of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will conduct an information session in Davao City on December 5.

With the country’s low utilization rate of FTAs, the forum is expected to encourage more exporters to tap the markets where the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has an existing economic bilateral agreement with.

DTI-Davao Regional Director Marizon S. Loreto said these FTAs must be maximized especially that they offer a number of trade benefits, particularly tariff elimination or reduction.

“This information session is very important because through this, our exporters and other stakeholders will be briefed on how to improve their dealings with the countries where we have existing FTAs so that they can further increase their export sales.

This will also be a venue for those who have not yet tapped these markets to really find out how to access them,” she said.

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and a number of ASEAN Re-

DA PARTNERS WITH UPMin. Department of Agriculture (DA) 11 Regional Director Remelyn R. Recoter (R) and University of the Philippines- Mindanao (UPMin) Chancellor, Professor Sylvia B. Concepcion show the signed Memorandum of Agreement on a project entitled “Mindanao Cattle Research and Development Project”. DA 11 will transfer a total amount of P 1,342,450 for the genetic improvement of our native cattle. Behind them are UP Professor Antonio R. Obsioma, the project leader (in green shirt) and other DA officials. [Aggie Media Service] gional FTAs like the ASEAN-China, ASEAN-Japan, ASEAN-Korea and ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTAs have entered into force and are now being implemented.

“With these FTAs waiting to be maximized, DTI is here to help our exporters break into higher

grounds. So during the information sessions, some DTI officials and experts will be presenting the agency’s programs, activities and projects to help improve their productivity and competitiveness,” she said.

The presentations will be focused on export

opportunities in FTA partners and on increasing competitiveness, given the development in goods and services liberalization especially in ASEAN and preparing for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015.

Among the expected participants are from

the business support organizations, trade associations, chambers of commerce and industry, Local Government Units (LGUs), and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMED) Councils throughout the region. [DTI 11/Jen Mendoza]

option to pay either in full or instalment basis. Those who choose to pay in full their new service connection fee will only have to pay P3,000. However, those who opt to pay in instalment will have to pay three hundred pesos more or P3,300 in all. A down payment of P1,500 is required upon payment of ser-

vice fee and the remaining balance will be paid in equal terms of P600 per month for three months to be added to the customer’s monthly billing.

This amendment repeals Board Resolution No. 09 – 155 issued March 28, 2009 stipulating P3,000 as the new service connection fee whether paid

in full or instalment basis. It also states the initial partial payment of P1,200 with the remaining balance payable in 12 months at P150 per month.

The new scheme for NSC fee encourages customers to pay in full in order to avail of the P300 savings incentive.

DCWD sees the new scheme as an effective

means to hasten payment completion of those who choose the instalment option.

The DCWD management clarifies that the new scheme for NSC fee will not cover all other sizes of water meter connections, commercial accounts and rented apartments and houses and the likes. [Jovana T. Duhaylungsod]

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AVAO City Water District has recently implemented changes in the payment of new service connection fee for one-half inch diameter water meter residential connections effective December 1, 2013 thru Board Resolution No. 13 – 418.

This resolution still gives customers the

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TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

New report offers menu of solutions to meet world’s growing food needs N

EW research presents solutions to meet the world’s growing food needs, while advancing economic development and environmental sustainability. The analysis finds that the world will need 70 percent more food, as measured by calories, in order to feed a global population of 9.6 billion people in 2050. It is possible to close the food gap, while creating a more productive and healthy environment through improvements in the way people produce and consume food.

The findings are being unveiled in the new interim report of the World Resources Report: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, produced by the World Resources Institute (WRI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Bank. The report is being released at the 3rd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

“Over the next several decades, the world faces a grand challenge?and opportunity?at the intersection of food security, development and the environment,” said Dr. Andrew Steer, President and CEO of WRI. “To meet human needs, we must close the 70 percent gap between the food we will need and the food available today.

But, we must do so in a way that creates opportunities for the rural poor, limits clearing of forests, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.”

The report finds that boosting crop and livestock productivity on existing agricultural land is critical to saving forests and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but that

the world is unlikely to close the food gap through yield increases alone. The new report finds that crop yields would need to increase by 32 percent more over the next four decades than they did in the previous four to avoid more land clearing.

Fortunately, additional solutions are available.

The report offers several “menu items” for achieving a sustainable food future.

“The waste of over 1.3 billion tons of food every year, worth around USD $1 trillion, is causing the world significant economic losses, while placing added pressure on the natural resources needed to feed the planet,” said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director. “Undermining the ecological foundation of food systems comes at a steep environmental price, with adverse impacts on land quality, water quan-

tity, biodiversity, and the global climate. To bring about the vision of a truly sustainable world, we need to transform the way we produce and consume our natural resources. The restoration of ecosystems will not only increase the amount of food produced but also improve the state of the environment upon which food production is dependent.”

The report includes recommendations to close the food gap by reducing excessive consumption, such as: Reduce food loss and waste: 25 percent of calories from food grown for human consumption is currently lost or wasted.

Cutting the rate of food loss and waste in half by 2050 would close 20 percent of the food gap.

Shift diets: Increasing demand for pasture land caused more than half of all agricultural expansion since the 1960s, and beef consumption is project-

ed to grow by 80 percent between 2006 and 2050.

Reducing excessive demand for animal products, particularly by developed countries, would spare hundreds of millions of hectares of forests that otherwise would be cleared for grazing.

Achieve replacement level fertility: Sub-Saharan Africa will need to more than triple its crop production between 2006 and 2050 to provide adequate food per capita, given projected population growth. Most of the world is nearing achievement of replacement level fertility by educating girls, reducing child mortality, and providing access to reproductive health services.

Helping sub-Saharan Africa in its efforts to reduce fertility rates through improvements in healthcare and education could help close the food gap by 25 percent in the region, and generate important economic and social benefits.

“From reducing food waste to improving agricultural practices, feeding a growing population requires working on several fronts at the same time,” said Juergen Voegele, World Bank Director for Agriculture and Environmental Services. “Applying the principles of Climate Smart Agriculture across landscapes?that means crops, livestock, forests, and fisheries?has the potential to sustainably increase food security, enhance resilience and reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint. Pursuing this approach is not a luxury, it’s an imperative.”

The report also in-

cludes recommendations to close the food gap by improving food production, such as: Improve soil and water management: Farmers can increase crop yields on existing agricultural land by implementing a suite of soil and water management practices such as agroforestry and water harvesting. Such practices, for instance, have doubled yields of maize and other grains in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Zambia over the past decade.

Improve pastureland productivity: Pastures and grazing lands for livestock occupy twice the amount of land area than croplands worldwide. Farmers can increase milk and meat production on existing pasturelands through sustainable intensification practices such as using rotational grazing, improving livestock health care, and integrating shade trees and nitrogen-fixing shrubs into pastures, which reduces animal stress and improves grass quality.

Use degraded lands: The world has many “low-carbon degraded lands,” areas where native vegetation was cleared long ago and that now have very low levels of carbon, biodiversity, and human use. Any future expansion in agricultural area should focus on restoring these degraded lands into productivity, with the consent of local communities.

Avoid shifting agricultural land from one place to another: New satellite data show that even when total agricultural land area in a region remains steady

or declines, agriculture shifts within the region causing millions of hectares of deforestation.

Leave no farmer behind: Yield gaps, the difference between a farm’s actual yields and its potential yields, still exist in many places. Focusing on bringing the most inefficient farmers up to standard farming efficiency levels will help close yield gaps and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Ensuring that women farmers have access to the same resources?such as fertilizer, seeds, finance, and land?as male farmers is an important step.

“As agriculture is a major economic sector in many developing countries, supporting farmers to close the identified gap between existing and potential yields represents a huge opportunity to advance inclusive and sustainable development,” said Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP. “A ‘leave no farmer behind’ approach is needed. As women produce between 60 and 80 percent of food crops in developing countries, such an approach should begin with efforts to close the gender gap in agriculture which is perpetuating cycles of poverty and hunger.”

The final version of the World Resources Report 2013-2014: Creating a Sustainable Food Future will be released in mid-2014 and will further quantify the contribution of each “menu item” toward closing the food gap, while paying particular attention to the policies, practices, and incentives needed to effectively bring change to scale. [UNEP]

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Our city budget

HE Davao City Council has approved P5.16 billion as the city’s annual budget for 2014. It is by far the biggest in the city’s 76-year history. Indeed, a far cry from the city’s annual budget decades ago. Veteran journalists can still recall that Dabawenyos would cheer wildly if the budget reached P5 million. Well, it may be said that the financial paradigms then were vastly different from those of today. Yes, like for instance the exchange rate then was an amazing P2 to the dollar!

The huge budget just approved by the City Council, the first under the leadership of Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, tells volumes about how the city government would be run in the next 12 months starting January. By practice, if the budget proves to be not enough, the council is allowed to consider two supplemental budgets to cover the shortfall.

The budget addresses multifarious concerns and challenges of city governance year in and year out, including law and order, infrastructures, salaries, wages and emoluments of personnel and officials, health and sanitation, safer environment and raising taxes, among

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many others. Of all these, however, nothing intensely interests Dabawenyos more than the funding for social services administered directly by the city mayor’s pffice.

Under the long-time leadership of incumbent Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and his daughter, then Mayor Sara D. Carpio, the most popular social services among needy Dabawenyos have been the “Lingap Para sa Mahirap.”

Lingap, a health care program, sets Davao City apart from other LGUs in the region in that it addresses the most telling current needs of people, rich or poor, the sky-rocketing rates of medical care.

Dabawenyos are fervently hoping that more funds could be sourced for this very important concern and wish that the city fathers would be aggressive and creative enough to find ways to augment the fund to be able to serve the needs of as many people as possible.

And those who have heard and read public statements of Mayor Rody wishing that more funds could be funneled into Lingap will surely be elated to know that their leader has this positive frame of mind, 24/7.

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Vast fashion market

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ROWING BUSINESS INFLUENCE – After so much uproar over the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel” fund scandal embroiling some cash-starved members of Congress and the equally disconcerting Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) controversy the past months, and lately the hostile blame game on sluggish disaster response, this time around let’s talk about some things essential to the economy. It is on those sordid events where all the energies of our lawmakers go and appeared leading us to nowhere. Let’s talk serious business this time – fashion design in particular. Don’t get me wrong but this is a business pattern that never runs out of style.

Renowned fashion designers all over the country are turning their attention to the rapidly expanding fashion industry because there is money in this endeavor and heaps of it. Being a growing fashion haven, Davao City is a case in point where clothing specialists – many of them homegrown designers who owned fashion outlets could be worth a visit especially for trend-conscious people. The proliferation of fashion shops actually is good for a fast-rising metropolis like Davao City. The local fashion outfits can be categorized into different classes because the budget depends on the financial capability of the customers.

Fashion-conscious individuals couldn’t hide their elation marveling at the different popular designers’ growing influence. Clothing enthusiasts likewise could see design innovation and flea-market sensibility the fact that some top quality clothing designs and brands cater not only to people in high strata of society, but the middle-class clients as well. Based on industry statistics designers can also be categorized into different levels.

Some are known to be minimalists and elegant trendsetters while others became pop-

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ular as workingwoman’s tailor or eclectic sampler who has ushered a sophisticated charm in fashion.

Most noticeable in this fast-paced age is that the profitable fashion industry already has a strong presence not only in the Davao City, but throughout the country and the rest of the world. Different fashion-loving clients, in the city for example, will find various fashion outlets and clothing stores specifying popular local and imported clothing signature brands in shopping malls and commercial centers or even in busy and thickly-populated street corners. In the sprawling areas of several modern malls in the city, the most carefully watched – and desired designers in the business have their presence felt because their fashion designs are displayed in many clothing outfits.

Unlike many popular trendy designers our homegrown and low-keyed talents, on the other hand, would rather cultivate their own motif than kowtow to high-profile personalities or join the society party circuit.

I’ve met and known some of them and their plain-meets-glamour aesthetic, often inspired by close friends and loyal clients, has quietly permeated the local fashion market.

Other than that, it influences other luxury and mass market designers. As you could see, trendy clothing thrift-style stores are fast shaping up not only in malls and commercial centers, but also in many parts of the city. This can be considered the fashion element of this decade or maybe even be-

yond.

It’s rather good enough local designers are particularly deft at attracting different kinds of customers to compete with Manila-based fashion trendsetters and imported signature clothing lines. They appeal to customers’ lust for “trading up”- buying slightly out or lower of their price range because of the status that attends it. And with their less expensive clothing lines they have created high fashion for younger set of customers. As ever with the successes of the fashion industry, designers should take an innovative approach. Medium to top-level fashion houses have to revolutionize things that appeal to both ends of the age spectrum and to the different customer levels.

Most importantly, they have to be good at guessing what the customers want. That’s how it is with fashion designs, too. With their fashion thrift-store style and trendy silhouettes, they have become Davao’s fashion go-to-guys. But success suggests that they’re just another local fashion symbols whose works could transcend its parochial appeal.

Thinking of branching out into the upscale markets? Why not when the fashion market is too big a playing field for prospective and upcoming designers?

Just to indicate that the fashion design industry is certainly a highly-profitable and successful business venture, many foreign fashion stylists became famous the world over and were able to build business empires and their name rings a bell like Armani, Donna Karan, Coco Chanel, Versace, Klein, Ralph Lauren, Cardin and Yves St. Lauren. And don’t forget our talented Filipino designers too, who likewise made a name in the business such as Inno Sotto, Pitoy Moreno, Lulu Tan-Gan, Rajo Laurel, Patis Tesoro, Cesar Gaupo and Paul Cabral just to name a few. Who knows someday a local fashion talent will soon invade their ranks?

In the mata (eye) of the beholder

T is not just the tragic history of ethnic animosity which constitutes the cross that Dimataling’s citizenry carry on their shoulder. It is also the implications of a political dynasty – which is not that of a Moro clan but a Bisaya-Christian family – that has ruled this town for too long. Despite having the highest internal revenue allocation (IRA) in the Baganian, Dimataling is the least developed of the towns in terms of infrastructure development. Entering the town from the cemented national highway, the four-kilometer road that connects the highway to the poblacion – unpaved and muddy during the rainy days – is the clearest indicator of the incapacity and ineptness of the LGU. And yet, there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel in terms of this dynasty losing its grip over the municipality.

In this landscape, peace and order is found wanting. Killings take place and no one is ever arrested and victims have no recourse to justice. There is rampant sale of drugs. Anyone can carry a high-powered arms and it is taken for granted despite its threat to any innocent bystander. In such a setting, the rido (the cycle of vendetta killings owing to unresolved conflicts between clans/families) thrives and it did between two families of the same Maguindanao clan for sometime until peace advocates entered

A SOJOURNER’S VIEW

BY KARL M. GASPAR, CSSR

(Conclusion) the scene and managed to get both parties to sign a truce.

Towards the late 2011, these peace advocates led by Ustadz Haron Dagadas, Fr. Pepito Suarin (parish priest) and Police Captain Bunga (from Parang) joined forces to bring the two families together for a series of conflict resolution sessions. Eleven killings on both sides had taken place as the rido raged, and relatives on both sides responded to the challenge of the peace advocates to find ways to resolve the long-pestering conflict. For almost two years, this localized peace agreement has helped reduce the tensions as well as the killings in Dimataling.

On 1 December 2013, during the celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace, the peace advocates pledged to continue building up on the gains as they brought together Subanen, Maguindanao and Christian-Bisaya political and church leaders to reiterate their support to the inter-faith dialogue and peacebuilding collaborative efforts. However, despite having experienced

a period of peace, Dimataling is still seen by the eyes of peoples living in neighboring places including Pagadian City, as a place to avoid lest one gets hurt. Despite the gains in building up relationships of harmony and solidarity, the peace advocates have no illusion that sustainable peace has been attained in Dimataling. Thus, their resolve to continue pursuing dialogue, while celebrating the small gains attained through persistent efforts at seeing, judging and acting.

Appropriating their town’s name, the peace advocates can readily claim that – “Di mata lang (not only the eye) can make a difference in this quest for peace; angayan nga bation gayod sa kasingkasing (it has to be felt by the heart).

Recalling the Little Prince›s quote that what is essential is not visible to the eye, even as the eye can see, it is the heart that will guide the people›s feet into the way of peace.

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Redemptorist Brother Karl Gaspar of Davao City, former head of the Redemptorist Itinerant Mission Team and author of several books, including “To be poor and obscure,” and “Mystic Wanderers in the Land of Perpetual Departures,” writes two columns for MindaNews, one in English [A Sojourner’s Views] and the other in Binisaya [Panaw-Lantaw]

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How to survive the next big flood

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(Conclusion)

LOATI N G HOUSES. An even wackier idea for houses built near the river or the sea, is to design the house with bamboo flooring (whole bamboos poles, not split) with plywood walls so that the whole house floats when the flood waters come. Just be sure, it doesn’t get carried away by the floods---so it’s important to have long ropes tied securely to poles dug in the ground, to allow the house to float with the rising flood waters.

LITTLE NOAH’S ARK. Why not build a little “Noah’s Ark” on a much smaller scale than the measurements given by God? Anyway we don’t really expect the world to end during the next super typhoon (God forbid).

Each coastal area or river bank village should all have their own little version of a “Noah’s Ark” to make sure everyone in the village is safe during the next “delubyo” Just be sure you make room for your dogs, cats, chickens, roosters, goats, etc to live, to preserve their population.

ESCAPE TOWERS. For those who live in sea coasts or river banks with lots of coconut trees (or any tree, for that matter), they should think about constructing “escape towers” made of strong ropes tied to a set of four coconut trees, laid out with wooden planks, large enough for 20 to 30 people to hang out there during a big flood or a “storm surge”. When there’s no place to run to, especially when the floods start coming in, these coconut towers could be a big help in saving lives.

LIFE VESTS. Since there seems to be no “unlikely event of a water landing” among the airlines (since the aircraft smash itself in all kinds of crashes) --town councils should demand from the Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Zest, Air Philippines, etc to DONATE all their life vests to coastal barangays most prone to “storm surges” so people can use them at the first sign of emergency. Every seaside barangay should have about 50 to 100 life vests ready to be given away to people whenever a typhoon is coming.

RUBBER TIRE TUBES. Most people living near beaches are very familiar with rubber tire tubes that children (and even adults) use during their Sunday picnic at the beach. I see that all the time at Times Beach and Talomo beach here in Davao. Barangays can tap tire companies to donate their reject tire tubes for people to use as “life savers” during emergencies like flash floods or “storm surge” Anyway, do you have OTHER better ideas on how to survive the next deadly flood or “storm surge” ? Maybe you may have much better (and more practical) survival ideas ? Don’t keep them to yourself---let’s share them with our readers here. Your idea on how to survive the next national emergency can save thousands of lives.

Send your ideas NOW by email to > tradingpost_davao@yahoo.com or text me at > 0908 469 9301

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‘SABINE’ SHOWING. Movie author and screenwriter Tom Anthony announces the Davao City premiere theatrical release of international movie ‘Sabine’ set on December 17 at the Gaisano Mall of Davao during yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at the Marco Polo Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

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HE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged nursing mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding for infants currently housed in evacuation centers here following the devastation wrought by super typhoon “Yolanda” in the Eastern Visayas region.

UNICEF spokesperson Kate Donovan said mothers in crowded evacuation centers hardly have access to clean, potable water therefore it would be safer if they rely solely on breastfeeding than

preparing formula milk.

“The babies should be breastfed exclusively until six months,” Donovan said.

She stressed that breast milk gives infants complete nutrition, promotes good health and dramatically reduces their vulnerability to diseases like diarrhea, which is common in the aftermath of a calamity.

She said the UNICEF is already coordinating with the government regarding the plan to launch a campaign encouraging lactating mothers in Metro Manila to donate breastmilk

for babies in typhoon-hit areas in Eastern Visayas.

She added that UNICEF is also working on re-establishing cold chain, which was damaged during the typhoon.

Aside from breastfeeding, UNICEF also encouraged evacuees to religiously practice hand-washing to avoid an outbreak of diseases.

“It’s the best vaccination anybody can take against disease. Just in the critical moments, before eating, hand wash with soap and we really sending message out to the pop-

ulation,” Donovan said.

UNICEF has so far vaccinated at least 9,000 children against measles and polio. Typhoon survivors were also given vitamin A and other health supplement.

Donovan has urged mothers to get their children immunized to strengthen their immune system.

“Some 200,000 people died during the tsunami of 2004 in Indonesia’s Aceh region. In the post period, not a single child died from a disease. So it can be done,” she said.

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HE Independent Commission on Policing (ICP) has started last Monday a five-day consultation with the different stakeholders of the peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

The ICP, which is composed of representatives of the GPH, MILF and foreign countries, is chaired

by Randall Beck, the assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The other commissioners are Australian international expert Cedrick Netto, retired Police Director Ricardo de Leon, Police Dir. Lina Sarmiento, MILF military spokesperson Von

Al Haq, retired Police Chief Superintendent Amerodin Hamdag, and Japanese international expert Yuji Eusugi.

On Monday afternoon, the ICP commissioners paid a courtesy call to MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim at the MILF’s Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.

They conducted a meeting with MILF commanders also at Camp Darapanan Tuesday morning and in the evening with police officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Region 12 in Cotabato City.

On Wednesday, the ICP commissioners held a community consultation, also attended by leaders from

the academe and religious sectors, at the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute at Crossing Simuay in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.

The ICP commissioners are also set to consult community stakeholders from the academe, religious and civil society organizations recommended by the GPH peace panel today, Thursday, in Cotabato City.

The creation of the ICP is contained under the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) signed by the GPH and the MILF on October 15, 2012.

The envisioned Bangsamoro police force, which is civilian in char-

acter, shall be professional and free from partisan political control.

It is aimed to be effective and efficient, fair and impartial as well as accountable for its action, and responsible to both the National Government and the Bangsamoro Government, according to ICP’s Terms of Reference (TOR).

The TOR was agreed by the GPH and MILF peace panels last February 27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The ICP’s main function is to conduct studies and produce a set of recommendations on the appropriate policing for the Bangsamoro, the entity that would replace the ARMM government in 2016. [OPAPP]

According to SPO3 Ronald Deocos, statistician of the DCPO, in October last year they tallied 1,800 crime cases while last October it was 1,416,

of which 448 were theft incidents.

Police tripled their visibility on pay- days in public areas as one way to pre-empt any petty crime.

Police visibility demands all police officers to go out of their office and do monitoring based on assigned time while Danao will also check those areas

that need police visibility.

Danao advised his officers to do their duty as they cannot protect anyone by simply sitting in their office.

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receive P2,000, and those who served two months will receive P1,200.

“The payment of the incentive for all personnel will be given not earlier than December 16 but not later than December 24, 2013,” the resolution stated.

The resolution added that the bonus payrolls of the consultants, job order and contract will be attached with their December payroll.

For the barangay health workers and barangay health nutrition scholars will be attached with their last quarter allowance payroll which will be processed within the specified period.

The incentive of the grant-in-aid day care

workers as well as auxiliary personnel will be attached to their payroll for this month.

The fund of the incentive for the local government personnel is sourced from the savings of general fund and special education fund.

Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte told reporters on Tuesday that his office already received the said resolution for the approval of the city council.

Duterte said that the said resolution needs to be discussed by the Committee on Finance before they will approve it.

“Naa man mi marathon session, Paningkamutan namo na masingit ni dayon,” Duterte assured.

just finished taking their breakfast inside a carenderia when the three gunmen appeared and fired at them before fleeing on foot.

“Wala man sila naggamit ug motor nagbaklay ra ang suspects,” Arrobio said, adding that Calye had just been released from the San Pedro police station, according to his uncle.

Police said that they would first check the background of the victims to find a motive for the killing.

“Madugo gyud ne nga kaso kay kailangan pa namo mahibal-an ang motive and identify of the suspects and victims,” he said.

Police found 15 empty shells of .45 caliber pistol.

gay kagawad. A barangay official is only entitled to the incentive if they serve at least one year.

“For purposes of giving the award under this ordinance, barangay officials shall refer to the Punong Barangay and Barangay Kagawad who have not been declared guilty of any administrative or criminal offense by any government agency, quasi-judicial bodies or courts of justice, including those barangay officials with pending cases until such time that they will be cleared at the time of his or her term of office,” stated the proposed ordinance.

The ordinance stated that the said incident will be availed by the said after their tenure and upon submission of needed requirements such as; certification from the Barangay Cultural Communities Affairs and Development,

clearance from the barangay where he or she served and requirements from the City Treasurer.

The appropriation of this incentive program will be sourced out from the annual general fund as provided in section 308 of the Local Government Code.

The said ordinance is still subject for the approval of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte.

Earlier, Militar said that if this ordinance will be approved it would be another landmark legislation of the city and in the country.

Militar stressed during the deliberation of the proposal on its second reading that the measure is a continuing obligation of the city as he noticed that there were barangay officials who already served 25 years but received no incentives.

[ABF]

of the government to increase. He said that the administration will need a bigger budget for the rehabilitation program for Eastern Visayas.

This will not end in the reconstruction of houses and government offices, but also the normalization of lives of the victims.

But Lim sees

opportunities after the devastation because affected investors and businessmen are looking for areas where business continuity is guaranteed.

He said that this is good for Davao City, given that, it is hardly affected by disasters compared to other cities and the cost of. doing business is much lower.

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ACEBOOK is boosting its efforts to put more news in its News

Feed.

That is, real news from the news media, rather than status updates from friends.

The world’s biggest social network, cognizant of its growing importance for discovering news, said in a blog post on Monday that it is revising the way it delivers information to its billion-plus users.

“People use Facebook to share and connect, including staying current on the latest news, whether it’s about their favorite celebrity or what’s happening in the world,” said the blog post from Facebook engineering manager Varun Kacholia and software engineer Minwen Ji. “We’ve noticed that people enjoy seeing articles on Facebook, and so we’re now paying closer attention to what makes for high quality content, and how often articles are clicked on from News Feed on mobile. What this means is that you may start to notice links to articles a little more often (particu-

larly on mobile).”

The blog noted that “our surveys show that on average people prefer links to high quality articles about current events, their favorite sports team or shared interests, to the latest meme.”

And Facebook will tweak the way its displays articles in user News Feeds: “This means that high quality articles you or others read may show up a bit more prominently in your News Feed, and meme photos may show up a bit less prominently,” the engineers wrote.

They added that Facebook will also “show people additional articles similar to ones they had just read.”

“Soon, after you click on a link to an article, you may see up to three related articles directly below the News Feed post to help you discover more content you may find interesting,” they said.

But to avoid diminishing the updates from friends, Facebook will revise its “bumping,” which means that after a user reads an article it may not

show up again in the News Feed unless there are new comments from friends.

A study earlier this year showed Facebook is becoming a key source of news for users of the huge

social network, even if people discover articles mostly by happenstance.

The study by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the Knight Foundation, found 64 per-

holidays are traditionally a period of high malicious user activity.

As early as November there have been instances where posts were made in hacker forums about buying and selling databases to access bank accounts and other documents used to open and manage the accounts to which stolen funds are sent.

Neverquest appeared on the market even earlier – an advert looking for a partner to work with the Trojan on the servers of a group of cybercriminals, with their support, was posted in July of this year.

“After wrapping up several criminal cases associated with the creation and proliferation of malware used to steal bank website data, a few ‘holes’ appeared on the black market

,” said Sergey Golovanov, Kaspersky Lab’s Principal Security Researcher.

“New malicious users are trying to fill these with new technologies and ideas.

Neverquest is just one of the threats aiming to take over the leading positions previously held by programs like ZeuS and Carberp,” he added.

Neverquest steals usernames and passwords to bank accounts as well as all the data entered by the user into the modified pages of a banking website.

Special scripts for Internet Explorer and Firefox are used to facilitate these thefts, giving the malware control of the browser connection with the cybercriminal’s command server when visiting the sites of 28 sites on the list, including

those that belong to large international banks - sites of German, Italian, Turkish and Indian banks, as well as payment systems.

Another function helps the malicious users replenish their list of targeted banks and develop code to be seeded on new websites that were previously not on the target list.

Of all of the sites targeted by this particular program, an investment fund appears to be the top target.

Its website offers clients a long list of ways to manage their finances online.

This gives malicious users the chance to not only transfer cash funds to their own accounts but also to play the stock market, using the accounts and the money of Neverquest victims.

slowing.

For 2014, the firm projects growth of 22.2 percent to a total of 270.5 million units and single-digit growth by 2017.

“In some markets consumers are already making the choice to buy a large smartphone rather than buying a small tablet, and as a result we’ve lowered our long-term forecast,” said IDC analyst Tom Mainelli.

“Meanwhile, in mature markets like the US where

tablets have been shipping in large volumes since 2010 and are already well established, we’re less concerned about big phones cannibalizing shipments and more worried about market saturation.”

IDC said it is watching the mix of small versus large tablets.

While the market has trended toward small tablets over the last 24 months, the rise of large phones could push consumers

back toward larger tablets -- the difference between a six-inch smartphone and a seven-inch tablet isn’t great enough to warrant purchasing both, IDC said.

It added that Apple’s new iPad Air, a thinner and lighter version of its 9.7inch product, could herald another market transition back toward larger screens.

IDC has previously said it expects tablet sales to outpace that of traditional computers by 2015. [AFP]

cent of US adults use Facebook, and nearly half of those get some news from the service. That amounts to 30 percent of the overall US population who are “Facebook news consum-

ers,” Pew said.

Facebook reported in October that referral traffic from the social network to media sites has increased by over 170 percent over the past year. [AFP]

What will Christmas bring? Experts predict mass Apple buys analytics firm attacks on computers used in online banking users

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ASPERSKY Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has recorded several thousand attempts to infect computers used for online banking with a malicious program that its creators claim can attack “any bank in any country”.

The Neverquest Trojan banker supports just about every possible trick used to bypass online banking security systems such as web injection, remote system access, social engineering, and so on.

In light of the Trojan’s self-replication capabilities, a sharp rise in the number of attacks involving Neverquest can be expected, resulting in financial losses for users all over the world.

The weeks prior to the Christmas and New Year

Tablet computer sales losing steam: survey T

ABLET computers have been one of the hottest items in tech in recent years, but sizzling growth is likely to slow in the coming years, a market tracker said yesterday.

The research firm IDC said global tablet sales are expected to hit 221.2 million units this year, up 53.5 percent from last year but below IDC’s latest forecast of 227 million.

IDC said tablet sales are still growing but the pace is

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pple has acquired social media analytics firm Topsy for more than $200 million, The Wall Street Journal recently reported.

The newspaper, citing sources familiar with the deal, said it was unclear how Apple planned to use the firm but that it could be related to Apple’s new streaming music service.

Apple did not specifically comment on the report, but a spokeswoman said in a statement: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”

Topsy, according to the report, is among a handful of Twitter partners which has access to the full range of data from the fast-growing messaging platform.

Earlier this year, Topsy said it had created a searchable index of all the publicly available tweets ever made, to be available for marketers and others.

Topsy did not respond to a request for comment.

Topsy describes itself as a company “with the only full-scale index

of the public social web,” to help its customers “instantly analyze any topic, term or hashtag across years of conversations on millions of web sites.”

The data can be used to analyze the effectiveness of a social media ad campaign, for example.

Danny Sullivan, analyst at Search Engine Land, said Topsy “is about the only decent third-party Twitter search service to have survived, in recent years.”

“Topsy’s access to Twitter’s ‘firehose’ of tweets and focus on providing search results and analytical tools make it even more robust than Twitter’s own Twitter Search, for some queries,” Sullivan said in a blog post.

But Sullivan said it’s not clear if Twitter will continue to give Topsy “a sweetheart deal” for access under Apple’s ownership. He said that Topsy had become “the definitive Twitter search engine” and was likely sought by Twitter itself.

Apple had a music-oriented social network called Ping, but shuttered that last year as it created sharing options through Facebook and Twitter. [AFP]

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EVERY single waking day is a reason to celebrate. We need not celebrate just because it’s a birthday, graduation, anniversary or anything else. Life itself is a celebration!

One major gastronomical experience to look forward to is the many delectable dishes of TGIFridays –or simply Friday’s. The name alone is already a reason to let the calories take over. Nonetheless, if their inviting and chill bar –restaurant ambience is not enough, then you surely need to have your senses checked.

This yuletide season is another excuse to gobble down a few extra pounds and be merry. Having friends, family and just about anybody else in one table, eating, laughing and munching is how the longest Christmas must be celebrated.

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Nachos is a plateful of supreme messy goodness --you dip, you eat, you drip. Now, you won’t have to worry. Imagine a crispy nacho pizza slice with beef and melted cheese topped with sour cream and a hefty spoonful of fresh tomato salsa in one big bite. Now, that is how you eat nachos! Tip, eat them while hot and be

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The chicken is perfect– cooked tender juicy on the inside with just the right kick on the outside. Their ribs, a definite must try, is simply irresistible. The fish was a stand out – the beer batter wraps the fish meat in a blanket of hot flavor waiting to explode.

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SM City Davao to hold ‘Pamaskong Handog’ for OFWs

OFWs and their families can enjoy a special Christmas treat as SM Supermalls and BDO bring the ‘Pamaskong Handog para sa Global Pinoy’ to SM City Davao on December 7, Saturday.

On its second year, the ‘Pamaskong Handog para sa Global Pinoy’ is an annual celebration in honor of OFWs and their loved ones. A heartwarming program filled with fun surprises and entertaining numbers await all participants. Big raffle prizes will also be drawn at the event.

OFWs who are members of SM Global Pinoy and account holders of BDO Kabayan Savings Account can enjoy special rewards when they visit SM City Davao on December 7. From 11 am to 1 pm, they can get free passes to watch the blockbuster film, ‘Caregiver,’ with up to three family members at SM Cinema.

OFWs can also grab up to 10% off at The SM Store when they use their SM Global Pinoy Card or BDO Kabayan Savings Card and their SM Advantage Card on a minimum of Php 500 single-receipt purchase of any regular-priced items at Home, Toys, Ladies and Men’s Fashion sections. Promo is extended to all SM Prestige, BDO Rewards and Mom Card members. Non-SMAC members, meanwhile, can avail of 5% discount.

SM Global Pinoy members and BDO Kabayan Savings Account holders can also make free calls to their loved ones here and abroad courtesy of PLDT Landline and Smart Bro. ‘Pamaskong Handog para sa Global Pinoy’ program is presented in partnership with GMA, PLDT Landline and Smart Bro, together with SM Appliance Center, World Traveller, Greenhills Elan Hotel and Flawless.

For more information, visit the SM Global Pinoy Center at the 2nd Level, SM City Davao or like SM Global Pinoy on Facebook at www. facebook.com/SMGPC. Interested parties can also contact SM City Davao at 297-6998 or visit its Facebook and Twitter accounts for event updates.

Tiger Air resumes daily flights to Davao WHEN you think Davao, the usual attractions that come to mind are the durian, tribal villages, crocodile farms and Kadayawan festival. But over the past few years, the premiere hub of Mindanao has become the destination of choice of eco adventure-seekers and water daredevils.

“Because Tigerair wants you to enjoy the best worlds in Davao City. To take pleasure in its mix of nature and culture, wildlife and nightlife, spectacular islands and breathtaking highlands that make up one truly unforgettable Davao experience. The other world is where Davao is being named as the Next Wave City by the Information and Communications Technology office for three years now --hoping to earn the title BPO City soon,” says Joey Laurente, Tigerair VP for Commercial.

“To keep up the demand for Davao as a tourist destination and as an IT hub, we offer daily flights to Davao using the 144-seater Airbus 319 aircraft. Tigerair is back with a promise to give you only the best service possible. For starters, our passengers can enjoy some perks just by presenting their Tigerair boarding pass to avail of the following special priviledge from the Crocodile Park, Maxima resort, Mt. Apo Highland Resort, Seda Abreeza Hotel and the Pearl Farm Beach Resort. We have responded to our passengers demand, Tigerair is here to give you only the best service possible, “ ends Mr. Laurente.

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Bacon-wrapped Thanksgiving turkey.

THANKSGIVING may be a new thing in the Philippines but for friends living in the United States though, “Turkey Day” is the official start of the Holiday season and this year’s Thanksgiving celebration last November 28 at the RBG Restaurant, Bar and Grill of Park Inn

by Radisson Davao was made even more special with the hotel donating all the proceeds of the Thanksgiving dinner buffet to aid areas devastated by the recent super typhoon.

Not a stranger to the Thanksgiving dinner rush thanks to his stint in New York, Park Inn’s executive chef, Jaime Navidad prepared a luscious spread that was sure to have guest more stuffed than a trussed turkey.

For appetisers, there were various cheeses as well as fresh salads and meats but I especially loved the house cured gravlax that tasted clean, bright and fresh. Jaime says it was a labour of love to make gravlax since it took him the better part of a day just to cure the salmon.

Two soups were offered, a more traditional

Roasted garlic and potato soup

Pumpkin pie

Chef Jaime Navidad velvety pumpkin soup and my personal favourite, the roasted garlic potato soup.

Each spoonful of the garlic potato soup was like eating velvety mashed potatoes

drowned in rich gravy and flavoured with so much garlic that it would make Dracula melt. Too bad I did not have a vacuum jug, else I would have taken home another litre of the soup.

Of course what is Thanksgiving without the turkey?

The turkey at RBG was a meat lover’s work of art, wrapped in bacon and slow roasted for hours to perfection, the bird was moist and full of flavour. Add to every turkey the necessary stuffing, mashed taters and tart berry sauce and each mouthful was literally out of this world, merging sweet, salty and sour all in one bite.

To end the already calo-

rific meal, I just had to have a bite of Jaime’s luscious pumpkin pie. The pie filling was nutty and spicy thanks to the pumpkin and nutmeg and is just sweet enough to make one go back for more.

Thanksgiving may be new to us Dabawenyo urbanites but the concept of giving thanks for the blessing we have received as well as sharing these blessings is not new especially in times of need and that is one reason why we should celebrate.

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Ang Wig Ni Happiness

Local stand-up comedians tried their luck on filmmaking as they shine in an indie film entitled Ang Wig Ni Happiness written and directed by Davao based filmmaker Albert Egot Jr. Kenita, Bebang, Eduana and Bryance are among of the hilarious gay stage performers in one of the comedy bars in Davao who will be seen on the big screen this coming Mindanao Film Festival 2013 at Gaisano Mall of Davao Cinema 5.

“Pinaghirapan at pinagisipan talaga ito. Nakakatawa kami dito ng sobra” Kenita said.

Ang Wig Ni Happiness, an official entry to the

9th Mindanao Film Fest, is a comedy-horror film that promises to deliver a new taste in comedy and horror genres. A story of a gay-man relationship that turned to a horrific ending after each of the character found a terrible secret behind the said relationship just because of the wig. “ You will love them and appreciate their works more in the film. I consider their normal life routine in the film so people would know the real score behind that laughter they

create on stage. “ Egot said.

Pilipinas Got Talent 2013 1st runner up Aries Sales of MP3 band supported the film by letting Egot to use his single Nyebe as one of the original soundtracks of the film. “ It is an honor for me to be part of it as an artist from Davao City also” Sales said.

The trailer of the film has become viral and has received positive notes from social network users showing their support and excitement to see the

full movie. As of this writing the trailer has been shared 350 times with 570 likes from Alvertus Films official fb page. “ Grabe ka exciting, trailer pa lang!” Fb user Vim Malicay said.

Starring also is the 2011 MFF best actress Jona Gegremosa and award winning model John Sison. The film will be shown on Dec 6 , 5:30pm ; Dec 8, 1:30pm ; Dec 9, 4:30pm at Gmall Cinema 5. ( For more updates, LIKE the film on facebook. com/AlvertusFilms.)

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Brownie Ala Mode This is beyond love and food in a plate; this is life’s simple way of reminding you to take a breather and to seize the day. Two blocks of chewy chocolate brownie with chocolate chips topped with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with more chocolate – hungry? I know!

Indeed, the best ending to any day.

Aside from therir many food choices this yuletide season, why not make someone

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Avail of their ‘Unwrap A Christmas’ treat and celebrate beyond boundaries – and seasons, for that matter. Ask from any of their friendly staff about this.

At TGIFridays, there will always be a reason to celebrate – even if it’s not Friday!

Be a part of Davao’s Thursday habit! Email me at bffsa457@gmail. com or visit www.chefroyale.com for more recipes. Follow @chefroyaleofficial and me @ herroyalheiress on instagram! Lovelots!

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BEHIND YOU SLAM. Josh Smith of Detroit goes up for a slam behind Miami Heat forwar Chris Bosh. The Pistons won this one.

402 undergo SBP Ref’s accreditation T HE conduct of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) referee’s refreshing course and national accreditation in Davao Region was a huge success marked with huge turnout of participants.

A total of 402 basketball referee’s participated all throughout the region in the activity which aimed to enhance and refresh the referees with the FIBA rules, especially on the interpretation standpoint.

The activity, handled by SBP technical committee chair Levy Valenzuela and FIBA International Referee Raffy Britanico, was staged in two areas – Compostela Valley and Davao City.

Hosted by Governor Arthur T. Uy, the refreshing course and national accreditation event in Composela Valley last November 27 – 28 drew a total of 214 participants, including those from Davao Oriental and nearby towns of Davao del

Norte.

Davao City took its turn two days after the ComVal event, registering a total of 188 partakers, counting those from Davao del Sur and nearby towns and cities of Davao del Norte.

Regino “Boy” Cua was elated with the success of the referee’s national accreditation conducted on his area of responsibility.

“The success of the accreditation equips us with confidence to continue un-

ment officer Kate delos Santos, Kingking Copper Gold Project (KCGP) media coordinator MJ Maranion and Maharlika Sports Development’s Peter Lat and Edgar Te. Comoda will tackle the upcoming Carlos G. Dominguez Cup annual shooting competition while delos Santos will discuss the juniors rugby event this weekend.

HE first Palos Verdes Futsal Community League kicks off Wednesday night, Dec. 4 at the Palos Verdes Country Club.

“The games will be played every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.,” said Buboy Arrieta of Solido Football Club.

The league, which is spearheaded by Instatech general manager Walter Villacencio, will turn three years old.

“We’ve been playing friendly futsal games inside

dertake activities like this, recognizing the fact that this is an important part of the improvement process in the area of officiating and helping the referees to become a better and efficient game officials,” said Cua. Valenzuela and Britanico handled all the course personally, discussing the proper floor position/ movement and rotation, among others key elements to become an efficient game official.

Mixed DSA topics at Futsal league at Palos NCCC Mall B3 today Verdes kicks off Dec. 4 M

IXED topics are on hand as the weekly Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum resumes at NCCC Mall Bowling, Billiards and Bar (B3) Center at 10:30 a.m. today.

Guests are Marco Polo Hotel director of security Col. Arnold Comoda, Rugby Football Davao region develop-

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the country club’s court every Wednesday night for almost three years now,” Arrieta said.

The futsal community is composed of a mix of local and international players.

“Aside from the regular players, we also hope to get other football or futsal enthusiasts alike,” he said.

Six teams are already listed to join. They are Solido Football Club, Faith Mix, Instatech FC, N &M United, Intangibles FC and Team UN.

IGHLIGHTS of Tuesday’s National Basketball Association games.

Pistons 107, Heat 97 The Detroit Pistons snapped Miami’s 10-game winning streak after clutch shots helped them withstand a fourth-quarter rally from the Heat.

The Pistons (8-10), who had their entire starting lineup and seven players overall score in double digits, let an early 18-point lead slip to just three in the final period.

Brandon Jennings nailed a three-pointer to stop a Miami run and finished with 15 points.

LeBron James had 23 for the Heat (14-4), who played without Dwyane Wade as he rested a sore knee.

--76ers 126, Magic 125 (Double overtime) Philadelphia rookie Michael Carter-Williams fashioned a triple-double and had a hand in seven of the eight points his team scored in the second overtime as Philadelphia outlasted the Orlando Magic to end a four-game losing streak.

Carter-Williams had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, the second triple-double of his brief career with the Sixers (7-12).

Arron Afflalo scored a career-high 43 points for the Magic (6-12), who have dropped three in a row.

--Mavericks 89, Bobcats 82 Dirk Nowitzki shook off a cold-shooting first half to carry the slumping Dallas Mavericks to a victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

Charlotte (8-11) not only blew a 12-point lead with a 15-point fourth quarter, but suffered a big loss when forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist left the game in the third quarter with a broken left hand.

Nowitzki scored 25 points for Dallas (11-8), 21 in the second half and 14 in the fourth quarter after shooting 1-for-10 in the first half.

--Nuggets 111, Nets 87 On the strength of a dominant third quarter, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Brooklyn Nets to extend their winning streak to seven games.

Timofey Mozgov had 17 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for the Nuggets (11-6) who outscored the Nets 31-15 in the third quarter and cruised the rest of the way.

--Grizzlies 110, Suns 91 Memphis backup forwards Ed Davis and Jon Leuer combined for 44 points and 21 rebounds in a win over the Phoenix Suns.

With Grizzlies (9-8) ‘big men’ Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph both sidelined with injury, Leuer had a career-high 23 points with nine rebounds while Davis had a season-best 21 points and 12 rebounds.

Forward Marcus Morris led the Suns (9-9) with 18 points off the bench.

--Celtics 108, Bucks 100 The rebuilding Boston Celtics moved into first place in the woeful Atlantic Division with a victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jordan Crawford led six Celtics in double figures with a season-high 25 points and Boston improved to 8-12.

The Bucks have lost 12 of their last 13 to fall to 3-14.

--Thunder 97, Kings 95 Kevin Durant scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a furious fourth-quarter charge by the Sacramento Kings.

Kings guard Isaiah Thomas scored 21 of his team-high 24 points in the final period but missed a fadeaway jumper from inside the key as the horn sounded, giving the Thunder (13-3) its eighth consecutive victory.

Sacramento (4-12) nearly erased a 17-point deficit in the fourth but lost a fifth straight game.

--Warriors 112, Raptors 103 Point guard Stephen Curry scored 27 points and shooting guard Klay Thompson had 22 as the Golden State Warriors overcame a 27-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors The Raptors (6-11) dominated an ice-cold Warriors team for the first three quarters and led 88-70 heading into the fourth quarter where Golden State (11-8) exploded for 42 points.

Toronto has lost four straight games.

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Go fires 55 points in CMO win S

CORING machine Christopher “Bong” Go fired 16 triples to lift City Mayor’s Office past 10th ID Agila Division, 113 – 103 in the resumption of the ongoing Mayor Rody Duterte and Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte - 11th AFP-PNP Basketball Tournament at the DCRC Almendras Gym on Tuesday.

Go, the executive assistant of Mayor Rody Duterte, was in his usual fiery form finishing the game with 55 points to propel CMO at the top of the standing with an

undefeated record in four outings.

Donnie Paragoso paced the 10th ID with 16 baskets.

It was the first defeat of the Army in three games.

Trailing CMO in the race are Bureau of Fire Protection and PRO-XI that shared the second spot of the standing with identical 3-0 win-loss card.

In another interesting encounter, Regional Public Safety Batallion snapped a two game skid with an 100 – 72 victory over Coast Guard

District Southeastern Mindanao.

Rommel Cameros and Christian Pagas towed the RPSB to its third win after losing two in a row as the team got its rhytm back to the flow.

Cameros and Pagas scored 18 points each as Kareem Josol chipped in 15 for RPSB which imporves to 3-2.

Coast Guard absorbed its fourth defeat in five games despite a breakout game of Mark Maputi who had 27 baskets.

Davao City Police Office, on the other hand, leaned on the season debut of Robinson Palomares to sink Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao.

Palomares poured in game-best 26 points to lead DCPO bounce back from a tight match loss at the hands of Police Regional Office-XI last week.

Nurhamil Asanji also shined bright in the game adding 20 markers for DCPO. Robert Munar had 21 for NFEM which dropped to 1-3.

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HOT HANDS. Bong Go of CMO (left photo) had another hot night with 55 points. (Right) Action heats up between Police Regional Office XI and RPSB during the ongoing AFP-PNP Basketball Tournament at the DCRC. Boy Lim

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Republika ng Pilipinas SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD Lungsod ng Dabaw

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

Karlo S. Bello Nilo M. Abellera Jr. Victorio U. Advincula Jr. Bernard E. Al-ag Al Ryan S. Alejandre Dante L. Apostol Sr. Conrado C. Baluran Joanne M. Bonguyan Louie John J. Bonguyan Pilar C. Braga Arnolfo Ricardo B. Cabling April Marie C. Dayap Jimmy G. Dureza Emmanuel D. Galicia Sr. Jashera L. Gonzales Edgar R. Ibuyan Leah A. Librado-Yap Rene Elias C. Lopez Berino L. Mambo-o Sr. Tomas J. Monteverde IV J. Melchor V. Quitain Jackson V. Reyes Marissa P. Salvador-Abella Jose Louie P. Villafuerte

Acting Vice Mayor

ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Councilor

Paolo Z. Duterte

ABSENT: Vice-Mayor Councilor Councilor

Rodrigo R. Duterte Myrna G. L’Dalodo-Ortiz Rachel P. Zozobrado

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On Vacation Leave On Vacation Leave On Vacation Leave

ORDINANCE NO. 0334-12 Series of 2012 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC CODE OF DAVAO CITY Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City in session assembled that: ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

ronment-friendly plans and strategies;

SECTION 1. TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE. This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the “Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Code of Davao City”.

(b) The flow of people and goods through the road network shall be as efficient, safe, unhampered, and orderly as possible for the economic growth and social vitality of the city;

SECTION 2. SCOPE AND APPLICATION. This Code provides for the implementing mechanism, traffic rules and regulations on all roads or highways, within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Davao, whether national or local classification; pedestrian rules and regulations; vehicle stops and public transport terminals; the use of sidewalks and alleys; road use by all motor vehicles including motorized tricycles and trisikad, motorcycles, bicycles, manualpowered tricycles, animaldrawn rigs, pushcarts, and other forms of conveyances, whether public or private; including water and fishing vessels covered by this ordinance; day parking zones and night parking zones; and in general, such other rules and regulations hereinafter promulgated in furtherance of an optimum utilization of the road network in the City of Davao.

SECTION 3. DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is hereby declared the policy of the City of Davao that: (a) Transport and traffic management in Davao City shall be addressed judiciously through a rationalized mechanism that shall have the authority to carryout pro-people and envi-

bell, or repeater horn, with blinking hazard lights proceed past a traffic control signal displaying red or yellow circle or a red or yellow arrow or proceed contrary to the direction or instruction of any traffic control devices;

or road tractors, which is designated as an authorized tow vehicle by the city;

(b) On sounding a siren, bell, or repeater horn, with (c) Urban road space is a blinking hazard lights drive scarce commodity, the com- in any direction or any part peting use of which must be of the road or overtake to allocated for the greatest pass on either side of angood and the greatest num- other vehicle; ber through judicious, fair, participatory and informed (c) Stop, leave waiting or traffic management system; park the vehicle at any place at any time with blinking (d) Traffic problems and is- hazard lights; or sues must be resolved in a rational manner, guided (d) Exceed the speed limits by facts and formulated as prescribed in this Code. through consultations, collaboration, and coordination ARTICLE II with the national agencies DEFINITIONS like the Department of Public Works and Highways, the SECTION 5. DEFINITION Department of Transporta- OF TERMS. When used tion and Communications, in this Code, the following the Philippine National Po- terms shall mean: lice, and the Department of Environment and Natural 1. Abandoned vehicle - any Resources; vehicle left unattended for more than twenty-four (24) (e) The constituents of the hours on primary and secCity of Davao have the right ondary city streets including to be informed a priori and to highway, and open spaces, participate in the formulation except those parked in priof any measures that may vate pay parking areas; affect their community and travelling habits.

2. Authorized maintenance vehicle – any vehiSECTION 4. EXEMPTIONS cle of the city government FOR EMERGENCY VE- used in street lighting, traffic HICLES. The driver of any signal, highway construcemergency vehicle, as de- tion and highway repair and fined in the succeeding Sec- maintenance works; tion 5, paragraph 17 hereof, when it is expedient and 3. Authorized tow vehicle safe to do so: – any vehicle specially constructed for towing vehicles, (a) On sounding a siren, other than trucks and farm

5. Bicycle – any twowheeled vehicle designed to be propelled solely by human power;

4. Acceleration lane – a speed change lane used for increasing speed and merging with fast moving vehicle;

6. Bicycle path or lane – a way established for the exclusive use of bicycle, including tricycles propelled by human power, but excluding push carts and animal drawn vehicles; 7. Breath analyzer - a device used for estimating Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) indirectly by measuring the amount from a breath sample; 8. Built-up area – a type of street normally characterized by relatively low speeds, wide ranges of traffic volumes, narrower lanes, frequent intersections and driveways, significant pedestrian traffic, and prevalence of business and houses; 9. City – City Government of Davao; 10. City Traffic Citation Ticket – refers to a complaint or notice upon which a City Traffic Enforcement Officer shall record an occurrence involving one or more vehicle traffic law violations by the driver or person cited; 11. City Traffic Enforcers – traffic enforcers duly paid

from the fund of the City Government of Davao; 12. Cargo Truck – refers to a vehicle having a license plate with the following classifications; “S”, “T”, “TC”; and other delivery vehicles, whether loaded or empty which have gross capacity of 5,000 kilos; 13. Center – in relation to a thoroughfare, means a line or series of lines, marks or other indicators placed at the middle of the thoroughfare or, in the absence of any such line, lines, marks, or other indicators, the middle of the main traveled portion of the thoroughfare; 14. Channelized intersection – an intersection provided with islands meant to guide and limit vehicle movements;

19. Driver – a. refers to any person having control of the directional and motive power of a vehicle; or b. any person who guides animals, singly or in herds, or flocks or draught, pack or saddle animals on the road; 20. Emergency Vehicle means a motor vehicle: a. conveying members of the police force on urgent police duty; b. conveying members of a fire brigade traveling to or on duty at any place in consequence of a fire or an alarm of fire;

c. being an ambulance or any other vehicle, answering an urgent call or conveying to a hospital any injured or sick person urgently re15. Clearway – a length of quiring treatment; carriageway generally defined by signs, along which d. being used to obtain or vehicles may not stop or convey blood or other supbe left standing at times of plies, drugs or equipment the day as provided on the for a person urgently requiring treatment which may or signs; may not carry a siren, bell or 16. Deceleration lane – a repeater horn for use as a speed change lane used for warning instrument; or decreasing speed, preparatory to stopping or exiting a e. duly authorized as an emergency vehicle for purfast lane; poses of this Code by the 17. Divided road – a high- appropriate authority; way or road with separated carriageway for traffic trave- 21. Footway – that portion of road set aside for pedesling in opposite directions; trian use only; 18. Driveway – a private road giving access from a 22. Front Seat Passengers public road, street, or high- – person/s on board a public way to a building on abutting utility vehicle seated at the right side beside the driver grounds; for Public Utility Jeepneys

C2 CLASSIFIEDS (PUJs) and to passengers seated at the right side beside the driver and those at the first row immediately behind the driver in the case of Public Utility Buses (PUBs) and to passengers seated on the right side beside the driver for private vehicles; 23. High beam – means a beam of light projected from vehicle headlights such that the main bright portion of the beam thereof rises above the horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to the road level upon which the vehicle stands; 24. Horn – includes any or every device for signaling by sound; 25. Heavy Delivery Vehicles - vehicles having more than four (4) wheels and four-wheeled vehicles using jeep trailers or similar contrivances with wheels; 26.

Government-owned Vehicle - any motor vehicle owned by any local government unit, national government or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or other political subdivisions, including government-owned or controlled corporation or their subsidiaries for official use; and any diplomatic vehicle; 27. Gross Weight - the combined weight of a vehicle and the weight of any load thereon; 28. Intersection - Includes every part of a city road or public highway which joins another at an angle, whether or not it crosses the other; 29. Laned thoroughfare – means a thoroughfare divided into two or more marked lanes for vehicular traffic; 30. Low beam – means a beam of light projected from vehicle headlights such that none of the main bright portion of the beams thereof rises above a horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to the road level upon which the vehicle stands; 31. Marked cross-walk – means a portion of a thoroughfare between two parallel lines marked across the thoroughfare, intended for use of pedestrian; 32. Merging – the converging of separate streams of traffic into a single stream; 33. Motor vehicle - means any conveyance designed to be self-propelled by engine, and includes any vehicles designed to be propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires but not operated upon rails; 34. Motor Vehicle of Running Engine - a vehicle operating, waiting and standing on any road or thoroughfare with engine running;

only, as indicated by appropriate signs or signals; 37. Overtake – to pass or attempt to pass a slowermoving vehicle traveling in the same direction; 38. Parked Vehicle– a vehicle is said to be parked if it is stationary for the period during which the vehicle is not limited to the time needed to pick up or set down persons or goods; 39. Parking Area – means a portion of the thoroughfare where parking is permitted as indicated by appropriate notices or parking signs; 40. Pedestrian – any person on foot, on toy vehicle, or in a perambulator; 41. Pedal Operated Trisikad – is a vehicle having three (3) wheels and operated by means of a pedal to include bicycle with sidecar; 42. Pedicab for Commercial Use – is being used to transport commercial goods of its owner for delivery to customers.

43. Private Pedicab – is being used by its owner for transport of his own goods and for personal use; 44. Private Motor Vehicle - any motor vehicle owned by individual and juridical person for private use; 45. Public Place – any place where the public have access, upon payment of fees or otherwise; 46. Public Utility Vehicle – any motorized vehicle with franchise from the Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the City Government for tricycles used in conducting passengers such as, but not limited to, buses, vans, motorized tricycle-for-hire; 47. Right of Way – also mean “priority”, establishes who has the right to use the conflicting part of the road and who has to wait until the other does so; 48. Road – sometimes called street or highway, means that part of the land surface designed or used for the passage of vehicles, whether motorized or not, inclusive of sidewalks and shoulders forming part of the right-of-way; 49. Road or Pavement Marking – any traffic control device laid out or painted on the surface of the road or carriageway used to regulate traffic or to warn or guide road users, used either alone or in conjunction with other signs or signals to emphasize or clarify their meaning; 50. Roundabout – an intersection where all traffic travels in one direction around a central or circular island;

35. No Parking Area – means a portion of a thoroughfare between two consecutive “No Parking” signs and with arrows pointing generally towards each other or other appropriate signs;

51. Safety/Crash Helmet - Refers to any headgear made of or strengthened with any hard materials worn as protection against head wounds and/or concussions in accordance with the standard prescribed by the Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc;

36. One-way thoroughfare – means a thoroughfare on which vehicles are permitted to travel in one direction

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belt, upper torso restraint or shoulder strap or a combination thereof designed to secure a person in a motor vehicle in order to mitigate the results of any accident, including all necessary buckles and other fasteners, and all hardware designed for installing such belt device in a motor vehicle;

tion to face or travel in the opposite, or substantially in the opposite direction;

53. Separate line – a line marked on the pavement of a thoroughfare to separate traffic traveling in opposite directions;

66. Waiting Vehicle – means a vehicle permitted to remain stationary with the motor running.

54. Standing vehicle – a vehicle is said to be standing if it is stationary for the time needed to pick up or set down persons or to load or unload goods; 55. Stop line – a line marked across the thoroughfare near a traffic control signal, stop sign, children’s crossing or intersection; 56.

Student Carpool Transport Service - A public utility vehicle for hire used exclusively in transporting students or school children to and from any school which is owned, operated and provided by a private person, cooperative, or corporation; with business permit, registered with Land Transportation Office and have been granted Certificate of Public Conveyance (COPC) by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board; 57. Transport Terminal/ Terminal – any location where passengers either originate or terminate in the transportation process.

Terminals are central and intermediate location of the movement of passengers; 58. Thoroughfare – means that portion of a road improved, designed or used for vehicular travel exclusive of the shoulder and footway; 59. Traffic Control Signal – may also be known as stoplights, traffic lamps, or traffic signals, signaling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic. They assign the right of way to road users by the use of lights in standard colors (red-yellow-green), using a universal color code; 60. Traffic Island – a defined area within the roadway, usually at an intersection and set off above ground level, from which traffic is intended to be excluded and which is used for control of vehicular movements and as pedestrian refuge; 61. Traffic Management Authority – refers to the City Transport and Traffic Management Office designated and authorized to perform traffic engineering, planning, education, enforcement activities, and/or regulatory functions; 62. Trailer – a vehicle not otherwise self-propelled, usually attached to the rear of a motor vehicle; 63. Two-way thoroughfare – means any thoroughfare where traffic is permitted in opposite directions; 64. U-turn – a movement which causes a vehicle facing or traveling in one direc-

65. Vehicle – means any conveyance or other device propelled or drawn by any means and includes a bicycle and, where the context permits, includes an animal driven or ridden, but does not include a train;

ARTICLE III ERECTION AND OPERATION OF OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL ITEMS AND SIGNAGES SECTION 6. ERECTION AND INTERFERENCE WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL ITEMS. (a) No person shall, except when duly authorized by the proper authority, erect, establish or display on any road or in the view of any person on any road, or interfere with, alter or take down, any official traffic control sign or item; (b) No person shall erect, establish, place, maintain, or display on any road or in the view of any person on any road anything which purports to be or is an imitation of or similar to any official traffic control sign or item, or which interfere with the effectiveness of or prevents an approaching driver from clearly distinguishing the whole or part of any official traffic control item, or distracts his attention from any official traffic control sign or item.

SECTION 7. LIMITS ON OPERATION OF SIGNS. Any sign associated with a “No Parking Area”, “No Waiting Area”, or “Parking Area” or any sign of a kind referred to in Section 10 shall be limited in its operation and effect in respect of days, periods of the day, classes of vehicles or circumstances to the extent (if any) shown on the sign.

SECTION 8. ALL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS OR ITEMS TO BE OPERATIVE. (a) Where any official traffic control sign or item of a kind referred to in this Article exists on roads, it shall be effective and operative as an official traffic-control item duly established for the purpose under this Code; (b) Any traffic control or item which substantially conforms to the requirements of these sections with respect to dimensions, shape, color, position, direction, angle or any other features of traffic-control signs or items of any kind shall be deemed to be official traffic control sign or item of that kind.

SECTION 9. DISPLAY OF DAZZLING LIGHTS. No person shall establish, place, or maintain any light of such kind or so placed as to prevent a driver from clearly distinguishing the road ahead of him, nor shall any person maintain or use any light which the proper authority has declared by notice in writing to that person to be a danger to traffic.

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ARTICLE IV OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFICCONTROL SIGNALS, SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS SECTION 10. OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL. (1) Every person shall at all times observe and comply with the instructions of any traffic control signal applicable to the individual; (2)The driver facing the display by a traffic control signal of (a) the display of a lighted green color alone is an instruction that (i) a driver facing the traffic control signal, may, subject to the provisions of this Article, proceed straight ahead, or turn left, or turn right unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Vehicles turning right or left shall give way to any opposing traffic and or pedestrians; (ii) a walking man symbol which is lighted green is an instruction that a pedestrian facing the traffic control signal may proceed across the thoroughfare; (b) the display of a lighted yellow color alone is an instruction that (i) a driver facing the traffic control signal shall not proceed beyond the stop line before the assigned pedestrian lane, or in the absence of a stop line, the traffic control signal itself, unless the vehicle is so close to stop line, or pedestrian lane, or traffic control signal when the color amber first appears that the driver cannot safely stop the vehicle before passing the stop line, pedestrian lane, or traffic control signal; (ii) a pedestrian facing the traffic control signal shall not obstruct vehicles entering or approaching the intersection; (c) the display of a lighted red color alone is an instruction that (i) a driver facing the traffic control signal shall not proceed straight ahead, or turn left beyond the stop line, pedestrian lane, or in the absence of stop line or pedestrian lane, shall not proceed ahead or turn left beyond the traffic control signal itself; (ii) a pedestrian facing the traffic control signal shall not obstruct vehicles entering or approaching the intersection; (d) the display of a raised hand or standing man signal is an instruction that a pedestrian facing the traffic control signal shall not enter upon the thoroughfare; (e) a green arrow is an instruction that a driver facing the traffic control signal may proceed in the direction indicated by the arrow; (f) a yellow arrow is an instruction that a driver facing the control signal shall not, for the purpose of proceeding in the direction indicated by the amber arrow, proceed beyond the stop line and/or pedestrian lane or, in the absence of both, shall not enter the intersection at or near, which the traffic

control signal is erected unless the vehicle is so close to the stop line, or pedestrian lane, or the intersection when the amber arrow first appears that the driver cannot safely stop the vehicle before passing the stop line or entering the intersection; (g) a red arrow is an instruction that a driver facing the traffic control signal shall not, for the purpose of proceeding in the direction indicated by the red arrow, proceed beyond the stop line and/or pedestrian lane, or in the absence of both, shall not enter the intersection at or near, which the traffic control signal is erected.

SECTION 11. OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNS. Traffic signs installed on or along the road shall be obeyed by motorists at all times.

(1) a driver shall not cause the vehicle to turn in any intersection, contrary to the instruction on any “No Turns”, “No Left Turn”, and “No Right Turn”, “No UTurn” erected to face an approaching driver at or near the intersection; (2) where “One-Way” sign is erected to face a driver entering a thoroughfare to face an approaching driver, the driver shall not proceed on that thoroughfare beyond the sign; (3) where a “No Entry” is erected over or adjacent to a thoroughfare to face an approaching driver, the driver shall not proceed on that thoroughfare beyond the sign; (4) where “No Overtaking or Passing” sign is erected to face an approaching driver, the driver shall not overtake or pass a vehicle traveling the same direction; (5) (a) where “No Overtaking on Bridge” sign is erected near a bridge to face an approaching driver, the driver shall not overtake a vehicle on the bridge; (b) a driver shall not drive a vehicle and its load, including trailer attached to it, when it exceeds the weight indicated on the bridge load limit sign facing the driver; (6) (a) where a “Keep Right” sign is erected to face an approaching driver, the driver shall pass to the right of the sign; (b) where a “Keep Left” sign is erected to face an approaching driver, the driver shall pass to the left of the sign; (7) where a “Stop” sign is erected to face the driver who is approaching or has entered an intersection, the driver shall: (a) stop the vehicle before reaching and as near as practicable to the stop line associated with the sign or, in the absence of a stop line, at the point nearest the first intersecting thoroughfare where the driver has a clear view of traffic approaching the intersection; (b) on reaching and after passing the “Stop” sign, give way to any vehicle which is entering or within or leaving the intersection, except where that vehicle: (i) is facing on, has passed a “Stop” sign or “Give Way”

EDGEDAVAO sign erected at the intersection, and (ii) is about to turn, or is turning at the intersection; (8) (a) where a “Give Way” (or “Yield”) sign is erected to face a driver who is approaching or has entered an intersection, the driver shall, on reaching or passing the “Give Way” sign, give way to any vehicle which is entering or within or leaving the intersection road, except where the vehicle: (i) is facing on, has passed a “Stop” sign or “Give Way” sign erected at the intersection, and (ii) is about to turn, or is turning at the intersection; (b) where a “Give Way” sign is erected to face a driver approaching a bridge, the driver shall not pass the sign while any vehicle traveling in the opposite direction is between the sign and far end of the bridge; (9) where a “No U-Turn” sign is erected adjacent to a thoroughfare to face an approaching driver, the driver shall not make a Uturn while the driver is in between the sign and the far side of the first intersection beyond the sign, nor shall the driver who enters the thoroughfare between the sign and the intersection and travels towards the intersection makes a U-turn before the driver passed the intersection.

SECTION 12. OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC ROAD OR PAVEMENT MARKING. Road and/or pavement marking have important functions in providing guidance and information for the road user. A driver shall obey major road and/or pavement marking types which include pavement and curb markings, object makers, delineators, colored pavement, barricades, channelizing devices and islands. Most markings use to supplement other traffic control devices such as signals, signs and other markings.

SECTION 13. OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND INSTRUCTIONS. (1) all persons driving motorcycles, bicycles and/ or operating animal-drawn carriages shall obey the instructions of official trafficcontrol signals, signs, road and/or pavement markings and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer and/or traffic officers and/or any other persons authorized to direct, control, or regulate traffic; (2) where authorized signs are erected indicating “No Right Turn” or “No Left Turn” or “U-turn”, no person driving a bicycle or operating animal-drawn carriage shall obey the direction of any such except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.

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TICABLE. Unless otherwise provided for in this Code, a driver shall keep his/her vehicle as close as practicable to the right boundary of the thoroughfare except when there are two or more lanes marked on the thoroughfare available exclusively for traffic direction in which the driver is traveling.

SECTION 15. OVERTAKING. (a) When overtaking a moving vehicle, a driver shall pass to the left of that vehicle and shall not drive in front of it until his/her vehicle is safely clear; provided that, where a thoroughfare has two or more marked lanes, vehicles traveling in one of those lanes may overtake and pass to the right of a vehicle traveling in another of those lanes, if traffic conditions permit the driver to do so safely; (b) A driver overtaking a vehicle apparently about to make a left turn shall pass to the right of it; (c) When overtaking a vehicle on a two way thoroughfare; (d) If the thoroughfare is not divided into three lanes, a driver shall not drive to the left of the center of the thoroughfare, unless the left side of the thoroughfare is free of oncoming traffic far enough ahead to permit overtaking movement to be completed in safety; (e) If the thoroughfare is divided into three lanes, a driver shall not drive in the center lane unless that lane is free of oncoming traffic far enough ahead to permit the overtaking movement to be completed in safety.

SECTION 16. USE OF CENTER AND LEFT LANES OF THREE LANE THOROUGHFARE. On a two-way lane thoroughfare divided into three lanes, a driver shall not drive his/her vehicle in the center lane, except: (a) to overtake another vehicle in accordance with the rules on overtaking; (b) in preparation for a left turn; or (c) where the center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to vehicles traveling in the same direction to which the driver is traveling.

SECTION 17. PASSING VEHICLE. A driver passing a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction shall keep to his right relative to his/ her vehicle.

SECTION 18. GIVING WAY TO OVERTAKING VEHICLES. Except where overtaking on the right is permitted, the driver of a vehicle being overtaken shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until it has been completely passed by the overtaking vehicle, and shall yield in favor of the overtaking vehicle upon the driver of the overtaking vehicle sounding and/or signaling a warning instrument.

SECTION 19. DRIVERS NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC. A person shall not, without proper cause, drive a vehicle abnormally slow or in such other manner as to obstruct, hinder, or prevent the free passage

of any person or vehicle. In a thoroughfare with two or more lanes in the same direction, lane hugging or occupancy of more than one lane for a length of time not called by traffic conditions shall be considered as obstruction.

SECTION 20. DRIVING IN LANES ON THOROUGHFARE. (a) A driver shall drive his/ her vehicle as nearly as practicable entirely within single marked lane or a single line of traffic and shall not move laterally from such lane or line of traffic until the driver can safely do so; (b) A driver traveling along a marked lane any boundary of which is a single unbroken line shall not permit any part of his/her vehicle to cross that line, except when safety demands otherwise.

SECTION 21. DRIVING THROUGH ROUNDABOUTS OR ROTUNDAS. A driver passing a traffic roundabout shall drive to the right of the central traffic island.

SECTION 22. KEEPING RIGHT OF DOUBLE YELLOW LINES. Where a thoroughfare is marked with a double yellow longitudinal line comprising of two continuous lines; or yellow continuous line on the right of a white broken line; a driver shall not permit any portion of his/her vehicle to travel on it over the left of the double yellow longitudinal line.

SECTION 23. DRIVING IN BICYCLE LANES. Motor vehicles are prohibited from being driven or parked on any lane of a public street or path reserved exclusively for bicycles and provided with a sign bearing a symbol of a bicycle.

SECTION 24. DRIVING IN RESERVED LANES. In order to encourage efficiency in the use of road space, specific lanes of a major thoroughfare may be reserved for certain types of vehicles such as public utility buses, jeepneys, and other high occupancy vehicles. Vehicles not otherwise mentioned in the signs posted therein are prohibited, at the times and days indicated, from being driven in those reserved lanes, except when it is turning right at the next intersection.

SECTION 25. DRIVING OVER A YELLOW BOX. A portion of an intersection marked with yellow box must always remain unobstructed and open for passage. A driver must not enter a yellow box if his/her exit road or lane from it is not clear, or if he/she cannot cross and go beyond the boundaries of the box in time before the traffic signal turns to red.

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thoroughfare shall give way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection except that where the two vehicles have entered at the same time, the driver which has the other vehicle on the right shall give way;

enter takes precedence over a vehicle approaching or about to enter. Hence, the driver of vehicle entering a roundabout shall give way to any vehicle on the driver’s immediate left unless otherwise indicated;

on the sign.

ARTICLE IX TURNING, REVERSING AND STOPPING (Ordinance No. 989, s.1974, Amending Ordinance No. 778, s.

1973)

(c) (i) Where traffic-control signals are erected at or near an intersection, paragraph (b) above shall not apply to a driver proceeding in accordance with the instruction of any such signal;

(b) Within the rotunda, the driver must give way to vehicles intending to leave by the nearest exit point.

(ii) Paragraph (b) above shall not apply to the driver of a vehicle having another vehicle on the driver’s right at an intersecting thoroughfare where that other vehicle is facing or passed a “Give Way” or “Stop” sign.

SECTION 32. SPEED LIMITS.

SECTION 27. GIVING WAY DURING TURNS.

(b) The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle;

SECTION 37.

RIGHT TURNS. A driver who is about to make a right turn at an intersection shall so drive the vehicle that when it reaches the intersection, it shall be to the right of any vehicle abreast of his vehicle and traveling in the same direction, or at the rightmost lane of a thoroughfare, provided that this Section shall not apply to a driver whose vehicle is in a marked lane allocated exclusively to right-turning vehicles.

(a) Subject to the provision of Section 11, paragraph 8, and Section 31, a driver who intends to turn, is turning or has turned to the left of the intersection, shall give way to any vehicle which has entered or is approaching the intersection from the opposite direction; (b) A driver turning to the right or left at an intersection shall give way to all pedestrians; (c) A driver making a U-turn shall give way to all other vehicles and to all pedestrians; (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the provision of Section 26 of this Article shall apply to turning vehicles.

SECTION 28. MOVEMENT TO OR FROM PARKED VEHICLES. (a) A driver who is about to drive or driving a vehicle into or out from parking area or the boundary of a thoroughfare shall give way to all other vehicles; (b) A driver shall not move in reverse out of parking area and cross the center of the thoroughfare, unless traffic conditions permit the driver to do so.

SECTION 29. APPROACH OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES. A driver shall give way and make reasonable effort to give clear and uninterrupted passage to every emergency vehicle sounding siren, bell or repeater horn, or using other signals to indicate an emergency.

SECTION 30. ENTERING OR LEAVING A ROAD. (a) A driver entering a road from adjoining land, shall:

ARTICLE VI GIVING WAY

(i) except when proceeding pursuant to an instruction of a traffic-control signal, a traffic policeman, a traffic aide or other duly authorized traffic enforcers, give way to all vehicles traveling in either direction along the road;

SECTION 26.

GIVING WAY AT INTERSECTION.

(ii) give way to all pedestrians on the road;

(a) A driver approaching or passing through an intersection shall exercise special care and where appropriate shall drive at a reduced speed;

(b) A driver leaving a road to enter an adjoining land shall give way to all vehicles traveling in the opposite direction and to all pedestrians on the road.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph c (i) and (ii) of this Section, the driver of a vehicle which is approaching an intersection from one

SECTION 31. ROUNDABOUTS OR ROTUNDAS. (a) In a roundabouts or rotunda, the first vehicle to

ARTICLE VII SPEED RESTRICTION

(a) No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed exceeding the design limits for the street by numerals on signs set up along the road;

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to justify the driver of the vehicle driving at a speed which (i) may constitute driving carelessly, recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public having regard to all circumstances; or (ii) exceed any maximum speed applicable to the vehicle and fixed by under the law, ordinance or regulation.

SECTION 33. SPEED LIMIT ON SUBDIVISION ROAD CONVERTED TO CITY STREET. No driver shall drive a vehicle at a speed exceeding twenty (20) kilometers per hour on public or private subdivision road converted to City Street any time of the day.

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38.

LEFT

(a) A driver who is about to make a left turn at an intersection shall: (i) where a driver is traveling on a two-way thoroughfare, approach and enter the intersection so that his/ her vehicle is to the right of, parallel to and as near as practicable to the center of the thoroughfare; or (ii) where the driver is traveling on a one-way thoroughfare, approach and enters the intersection so that his/ her vehicle is parallel to and as near as practicable to the left boundary or leftmost lane, of the thoroughfare; However, this sub-section shall not apply if the driver’s vehicle is in a marked lane which has a sign along side or over it or markings on its surface indicating that a left turn must or may be made;

SECTION 34. SPEED CONTEST. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, or to aid any motor vehicle, speed contest or exhibition of speed, on any public or private street upon which the City has been authorized to impose traffic regulations except when permitted by special ordinance of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a person driving a bicycle who is about to make or making a left turn at an intersection may make the left turn so that:

ARTICLE VIII ONE-WAY STREETS (Ordinance No. 989, s.

1974, Amending Ordinance No. 778, s. 1973)

(ii) Enters the intersection and proceeds in a straight line until his/her bicycle is as near as practicable to the prolongation of the right boundary of the thoroughfare he/she is about to enter; and

SECTION 35. DESIGNATION OF ONE-WAY STREETS. (a) Vehicular traffic on any city street or highway or portion thereof may be designated by the head of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office as oneway on an experimental basis, and shall be referred immediately to the City Transport and Traffic Management Board for its final decision or action; (b) The department head of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office is hereby authorized to expand, reduce, amend, or modify Appendix I (OneWay Streets) with the concurrence of the City Transport and Traffic Management Board, approved by the City Mayor, subject to the final approval of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

SECTION 36. OPERATING RULE. The driver shall drive along a one-way thoroughfare only in the direction indicated by the arrow

(i) He/she approaches the intersection parallel to and as near as practicable to the right boundary of the thoroughfare;

(iii) Turns his/her bicycle to the left and after giving way to vehicles on his left and right leaves the intersection in accordance with the provisions of this Section, but when any traffic control signal is operating at the intersection, a person driving a bicycle shall wait before turning and shall not proceed to leave the intersection until the traffic control signal is displaying a green light indicating the appropriate direction of his intended movement.

SECTION 39. TURN AND STOP SIGNALS. (a) A driver shall not turn right or left or diverge right or left or stop or suddenly decrease speed or make a U-turn without giving a signal as prescribed in this Section; (b) A driver who is about to turn right or left, diverge right or left, stop, suddenly decrease speed or make a

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and shall merge with caution into the left hand lane of the far roadway, unless otherwise instructed; (d) Vehicles intending to turn left from a divided highway exit, by means of a left turn decelerating lane constructed in the medial strip area, shall enter decelerating lane and shall yield the right of way to approaching vehicles before proceeding with caution across the intersection and into the intersecting roadway, unless otherwise instructed.

ARTICLE X STOPPING AND PARKING OF VEHICLES (Ordinance No. 989, s. 1974, Amending Ordinance No. 778, s.

1973)

(iii) While the brakes of a vehicle are applied before it stops or while it is slowing down;

SECTION 43. VEHICLES NOT TO BE IN CERTAIN AREAS. No driver shall:

(d) Any signal required by this Section shall be given:

(a) Leave a vehicle waiting in a “No Waiting Area”;

(i) In the case of a signal of intention to stop or reduce speed suddenly, by means of stop lamp or red lamps; or

(b) Park a vehicle in a “No Parking Area”, except when loading or unloading goods or passengers;

(ii) In the case of a signal of intention to turn right or left, diverge right or left to make U-turn, by means of a flashing orange lamp signaling device; Such signaling device or stop lamp shall comply with the specifications for that device or stop lamp prescribed by the Land Transportation Office.

SECTION 40. USE OF SIGNALING DEVICES. A driver shall not permit a signaling device on his/ her vehicle to remain in operation after the completion of the turn or divergence which prompted the device to be put into operation.

SECTION 41. U-TURNS. A driver shall not cause his/ her vehicle to make a Uturn: (a) Where there is a probability of colliding with another vehicle or interfering with the free movement of traffic; or (b) On any intersection at which an official traffic control sign or signal prohibits a U-turn.

SECTION 42. PROCEDURE AT CHANNELIZED INTERSECTION. When accelerating or decelerating lanes are provided for right or left turns at unsignalized intersection, vehicles shall proceed as follows: (a) Vehicles intending to turn right from a roadway entrance, by means of a right turn accelerating lane, shall enter such roadway by means of the accelerating lane, so provided and shall merge with caution into the right hand traffic, unless otherwise instructed; (b) Vehicles intending to turn right from a roadway exit, from which is made by means of a right-turn decelerating lane, shall enter the decelerating lane and merge with caution into the right hand traffic lane, unless otherwise instructed; (c) Vehicles intending to turn left into far roadway of a divided highway shall come to a complete stop before crossing the near roadway of such highway

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(k) Within 10 meters upon the approach to any reflectorized flashing beacon or stop sign located at the side of a roadway; (l) Immediately in front of right-of-way and all passages to public parks, fire and police stations; (m) Any place where parking is prohibited; (n) In front of any hotel entrance; provided, however that this provision shall not apply where the driver of a vehicle stops temporarily for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers; (o) On a traffic island; (p) Within the turnaround area of any, dead-end street;

(c) Leave a vehicle in “No Stopping” area;

(q) Blocking main entrance of theaters, cinematographs, stadiums, banks, schools, churches, and offices and public buildings, during the period of performance in theaters, cinematographs and stadium, during banking hours, during classes hours in both public and private schools, during services in churches and during office hours;

(d) Leave a vehicle waiting in Parking Area contrary to any limitation in respect of days, periods of the day, and classes of vehicles indicated by the inscription on the sign or signs associated with the area;

(r) Blocking main entrance of Court building during session hours, and all entrances of hospitals, properly marked or signposted and main entrances of building where the City Council is in session.

However, a driver may park a vehicle in a “No Parking” area or leave a vehicle waiting in a “No Waiting” area or “No Stopping” area under any of the following conditions:

SECTION 45.

PARKING DURING CERTAIN HOURS PROHIBITED.

(i) During anytime that the restriction is suspended by reason of the inscription on the sign associated with the area; or (ii) If the inscription on the sign or signs associated with the area exempts the driver’s vehicle from restriction imposed within the area.

SECTION 44. PROHIBITED PARKING OR WAITING PLACES. No person shall park or leave a vehicle waiting or standing so that any portion of the vehicle is: (a) Between any other waiting vehicle and the center of the thoroughfare; (b) Between pedestrian zone and the nearest curb; (c) Immediately in front of right-of-way, passage or private driveway;

(a) A driver shall not stop, wait, stand or park a vehicle any longer than is absolutely necessary to load or unload passengers or goods, upon any city street, or portions thereof between the specified hours indicated on the erected official sign; (b) A driver of a car, motorized tricycle, all other vehicles which are animal drawn and other kinds of vehicles shall not park between 12:00 midnight to 5:00 A.M. the following day on any city street, except those that are declared as night parking zone as provided by this Code; (c) A driver of a truck, sixwheeler truck and above shall not park along any city street and/or subdivision road including national highway within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City anytime of the day unless otherwise provided for in this Code.

(e) On any footway, marked pedestrian crosswalk or pedestrian crossing;

SECTION 46. PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSE PROHIBITED. No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway, pedestrian sidewalk, road shoulder, including the national highway for the principal purpose of:

(f) Upon a bridge or other elevated structure;

(a) displaying such vehicle for sale;

(g) Under any elevated pedestrian crossing;

(b) washing, greasing, painting, repainting or introducing any car accessories and repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency;

(d) Alongside or opposite any excavation if the vehicles would obstruct traffic;

(h) Upon an intersection; (i) On any portion of the road on which the sign “Keep Clear”; (j) Within 3 meters of any fire hydrant or fire plug or any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug;

(c) vending any goods.

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47.

SPECIAL

(a) A driver of a vehicle shall stop at the “stop line” on the stop sign erected upon

streets or thoroughfare intersecting any through streets at the entrance or upon streets or thoroughfare at the entrance of any intersection; (b) The “stop line” shall mean a clearly visible solid white line or lines extending across a roadway or any portion thereof to indicate the point at which all vehicle of whatever classes are required to stop; and (c) A driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across such alley, driveway or building, and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on said roadway.

SECTION 48. METHOD OF PARKING VEHICLES. Any driver who parks or leaves a vehicle waiting, or standing on a road shall park or leave the vehicle waiting: (a) in the case of a road on which vehicles are permitted to travel in both direction, as near as practicable to the right boundary of the thoroughfare; (b) in case of a road on which the vehicles are permitted to travel in one direction, as near as practicable to the right boundary of the road and parallel to the boundary of the road thoroughfare; (c) in case of a road or highway which the vehicles are permitted to travel in both directions, parking of vehicles on road or highway shoulders as far as practicable to the right shoulder of the road or highway, parallel to the boundary of the thoroughfare in the same direction which the vehicle was originally moving; (d) so that not less than 3 meters of the width of the road between the vehicle and the far boundary of the road is available for the movement of other vehicles; (e) in a manner that it does not cause undue obstruction on the thoroughfare; and (f) where parking bays are marked on the thoroughfare, entirely within the confines of a single bay; Provided that paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall not apply to a person leaving a vehicle waiting in a Parking Area.

SECTION 49. PARKING NEAR GRADE OF CREST OR CURVE. No person shall park or leave a vehicle waiting on or near a crest or curve so that any portion of it is upon a thoroughfare unless a driver from the rear would have a clear view of the vehicles for a distance of at least 200 meters as identified by the City Transport and Traffic Management Board.

SECTION 50. PARKING ON PARADE ROUTES AND ON ANY SPECIAL OCCASION. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office is authorized, whenever in its judgment deems necessary, to prohibit or restrict the park-

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ing of any vehicle on either side or both sides of any street, or portion thereof, constituting a part of the route of a parade or procession, or on any special occasion, and also upon the street adjacent thereto by the erection or placement of temporary signs setting forth such restrictions. When such signs are erected or placed prior to the parade, procession, or special occasion, it shall be unlawful to park or leave unattended any vehicle in violation of such signs; The City Traffic Enforcer or Police assigned in the area is authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, any vehicle left unattended or parked in violation of such signs at the owner’s expense.

SECTION 51. LOADING ZONES. (a) A driver of a truck, van or any cargo vehicle may park the vehicle in a “Loading Zone” when actually taking up or setting down goods, provided that the driver is present at all times. Certain types of vans will be allowed to park at “Loading Zone” as provided under the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR); (b) A driver of a public utility jeepney shall stop, pick up or unload passengers only at designated “PUJ Loading and Unloading Zone”.

On sections of the road where there is no prohibition against loading and unloading, the driver may stop to take up or set down passengers provided it is 30 meters away from a signalized intersection.

SECTION 52.

OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO REMOVE ILLEGALLY STOPPED VEHICLES. (a) Whenever any City Traffic Enforcer of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office and/or Police Traffic Officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions, such officer is authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in-charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved road, or main traveled part of such highway; (b) Whenever any City Traffic Enforcer and/or Police Traffic Officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway where such vehicle constitute an obstruction of traffic, he is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest impoundment area, garage or other place of safety; (c) The expense incurred in the removal of such vehicle shall be charged to the owner of the vehicle.

SECTION 53. REMOVAL OF VEHICLES. Removal of a vehicle as provided for in paragraph (b) Section 52 is only authorized under the following circumstances whenever a vehicle: (a) upon any road, street, or highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic, and the person/s in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal;

(b) is left unattended upon any road, street, bridge, viaduct, or causeway where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic; (c) is left unattended upon any road or street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic; (d) is left unattended or parked in tow or tow-away zones during the time of restricted parking during the morning peak traffic hours designated by official signs specifying the hours of restricted parking every day, except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays on the streets or portions thereof designated by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO); (e) is left unattended or parked in tow or tow-away zones at all hours of any day on the streets or portions thereof designated by the CTTMO; (f) is left unattended or parked in tow or tow-away zones during the time of restricted parking designated by official signs specifying those times of restricted parking on the streets or portions designated by the CTTMO; (g) is left unattended upon a street and is parked in front of a public or private driveway so as to constitute an obstruction to vehicular traffic using driveway for purpose of egress and ingress; (h) is left unattended and parked on a street or portion thereof so as to interfere with or impede construction or repairs being made thereon; provided, adequate signs giving notice of construction and prohibiting such parking and designating the time of the prohibition are properly posted by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office; (i) is left unattended upon any street within three (3) meters of a fire hydrant.

SECTION 54. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES. (a) The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO), in coordination with the PNP City Director, shall recommend to the City Mayor the disposal of all vehicles that have been taken into custody pursuant to the provisions of this Code including those impounded prior to its approval, provided court approval is secured for vehicle involved in litigation. Written notice of such auction shall be advertised once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in one daily local newspaper of general circulation in the City. A written notice shall also be sent to the last known registered owner by registered mail addressed to the owner’s last known address, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of auction, and said auction shall be held not earlier than sixty (60) days after the date upon which such vehicle shall have been taken into custody. Any person entitled to such vehicle may claim the same at any time prior to such auction upon payment of all fees, charges and/or penalties, as well as costs and expenses relating to the towing and storage of such vehicle,

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ARTICLE XI PARKING ZONES AND FACILITIES (Ordinance No. 130, s.1990, Amending Ordinance No. 989, s.1974, Amending Ordinance No. 778, s. 1973) SECTION 55. DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC PAY PARKING ZONES. (a) The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) is hereby authorized and directed to establish, mark and designate portions of a thoroughfare as on-street public pay parking zones; (b) The streets listed under Appendix IV (Public Pay Parking Zones) are hereby designated as either onesided or two sided onstreet public pay parking zones. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office is hereby authorized to expand, reduce, amend or modify from time to time the list as it sees fit, subject to the approval of the City Transport and Traffic Management Board for any changes or revision; provided however, that the City Transport and Traffic Management Office recommend it to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for approval.

The revised list shall be deemed final if not acted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod within six (6) months upon receipt thereof; (c) Pay parking shall commence beginning 6:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 o’clock P.M. from Monday to Saturday; (d) Except otherwise provided in this Code, the left side of any street designated as one-way-street listed in Appendix I, shall be assigned as parking zone while the right side shall be designated for loading and unloading area.

SECTION 56.

OFFSTREET PARKING, TRANSPORT TERMINAL AND OTHER FACILITIES. (a) Parking facilities, public transport terminals, garages, wharves, may be constructed, operated and maintained by the City, or by private transport entities, subject to the approval of Sangguniang Panlungsod upon the recommendation of the City Transport and

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Traffic Management Office and its Board;

passengers in their private garage.

(b) Application for establishment and construction of public utility van transport terminal owned, operated and maintained by private entities shall have an attachment of required traffic impact assessment submitted to the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, including those located in major commercial and industrial establishment, as a requirement before a Building Permit is issued by the appropriate authority; Provided however, that public utility van transport terminal located within a commercial or industrial establishment shall apply for separate business permit application and pay corresponding regulatory fees and charges;

SECTION 58. PROVISION OF PRIVATE PARKING AREA. In the construction of a building of private establishment such as, but not limited to, commercial, industrial, institutional building:

(c) Construction of public utility van transport terminal owned and operated by private sector shall be located at least 100 meters from the nearest curve, junction, or intersection of city road and/or highway; Provided however, that the distance of entry and exit gates of public transport vehicles to the terminal shall be thirty (30) meters from the nearest road, street or highway; (d) An off-street public utility van transport terminal owned and operated by private entities shall have security guards and shall be equipped with CCTV camera, parking bays, shaded passenger lounge with seats, toilet for male and female, water, garbage bins, and other amenities for the comfort and welfare of the riding passengers; (e) Pedestrian overpass, underpass, footbridge, footway, waiting shed for public use constructed using government monies shall be operated and maintained by the city government, thru the City Transport and Traffic Management Office; Provided however, that pedestrian overpass and underpass crossing any city road, street or highway, and waiting shed along any road, street, or highway for public use constructed by private entities shall be turned over to the city government for operation and maintenance; (f) Pedestrian overpass, underpass, footbridge, footway, waiting shed shall not be used as trading center, for display of merchandise for sale, and other activities that would totally or partially obstruct pedestrian walkway.

SECTION 57. PRIVATE GARAGE FOR VEHICLES-FOR-HIRE. (a) The City Transport and Traffic Management Office is hereby authorized to regulate the construction, operation, and maintenance of garage for the use of private vehicles-for-hire for vehicles not in use; (b) It is prohibited for operator and/or owner of vehicles-for-hire to construct, operate, and maintain garage without first securing a permit from the City Transport and Traffic Management Office; (c) It is prohibited for the owner and/or operator of privately-owned garage for vehicles-for-hire to solicit passengers or to unload

(a) New Construction - it shall require the owner of the building to incorporate in the development plan to provide a minimum of three (3) meters setback beginning from the private property line abutting city street, road, or highway for purposes of vehicle angle parking; Provided however, if the location of the building is along a corner abutting two roads or streets, the same minimum three (3) meters according to the existing provisions of the National Building Code shall be provided in both sides of the building; Provided finally, that no part of parked vehicle shall obstruct the free passage of pedestrian sidewalk.

SECTION 59. PAY PARKING CHARGES AND SIGNS. Appropriate signs indicating the parking charges and the time that such facility is open for business, shall be installed at each public pay parking zones; Parking fees shall be collected during the regulated period at rates shown in Appendix IV. The rates shall be updated from time to time by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office subject to the concurrence of the City Transport and Traffic Management Board for approval of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

SECTION 60. ALLOCATION OF PARKING FEES COLLECTED. All fees collected for overnight parking in a designated public pay parking zone within a specific barangay shall be allocated as follows: Fifty percent (50%) shall be apportioned to the barangay concerned and the other Fifty percent (50%) to the Traffic Management Trust Fund.

SECTION 61. OVERNIGHT PARKING. (a) Overnight parking on city roads not determined as pay-parking zones may be recommended by the Barangay Council through an appropriate resolution, subject to evaluation of the City Transport and Traffic Management Board and duly approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod, through an appropriate ordinance. Those local roads that may be designated, shall as much as practicable, be on a one-side parking basis and in no case shall prevent egress or through passage. No alley or road less than three (3) meters in width shall be designated as overnightparking zones; (b) The operations of overnight parking zones established by the Barangay Council shall be supervised by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, through the Traffic Enforcement and Street Management Division.

SECTION 62. ENFORCEMENT OF OVERNIGHT PARKING. The enforcement and collection of over-

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night parking fees may be undertaken by the Barangay in the City upon compliance with the following: (a) The Barangay Council itself with the technical assistance of the CTTMO, will determine which of the local roads may be utilized for overnight parking, before enacting a resolution to that effect; (b) Overnight parking shall be limited to the hours of 9:00 o’clock P.M. to 6:00 o’clock A.M. the following day: (i) No cargo trucks or tractor trailers of eight (8) wheels and up shall be allowed to avail of overnight parking in any streets of the City except by reason of emergency repair which shall be accomplished as expeditiously as possible.

Cargo trucks found parking during these hours on any City streets shall be towed to the vehicle impounding area, and the driver/operator is required to pay the corresponding fines; (ii) The cost of the tickets or receipts issued by the Barangay for collection of overnight parking fees shall be chargeable to the City Government of Davao; (iii) Overnight parking fees shall be collected at the rate of One Hundred Pesos (Php 100.00) per vehicle, per night; provided however, that the owner of the motor vehicle shall have the option to pay a monthly overnight parking fee net of twenty percent (20%) discount; (iv) The Barangay Council, through a resolution, shall provide barangay security force assigned to maintain order in the parking area and to ensure that vehicles parked for overnight parking are not used for any immoral and lewd acts; (v) It shall be the duty of the Barangay Treasurer to remit collections pertaining to the share of the City to the City Treasurer’s Office.

SECTION 63. VIOLATIONS IN PUBLIC PAYPARKING AREAS. Within any public pay-for-parking facility, it shall be unlawful for any person: (a) To refuse or fail to pay the parking charges; (b) To park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings; (c) To tamper or damage any vehicle, other than his own, parked in the same parking facility; (d) To park any vehicle for the purpose of washing, cleaning, greasing, painting, selling merchandise or repairing or installing any car accessories and/or tinting, except repairs necessitated by an emergency on a designated area in the parking facility; (e) To display for sale or to sell goods and merchandise; and (f) To disregard any official direction, instruction or restriction posted therein, in accordance or in conformity with the provisions of this Code.

ARTICLE XII CARELESS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR SECTION 64. CARELESS DRIVING. A person shall not drive a vehicle without due care or attention or without consideration for other persons or vehicles which violation include the following, among others, and as may be determined by the CTTMO: a. driving a moving vehicle along road shoulders to overtake other vehicles; b. driving a motor vehicle in continuous zigzag motion along any city road or highway; c. using cellular or mobile telephone for texting or calling/receiving calls, while the vehicle is in motion.

SECTION 65. RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING. A person shall not drive a vehicle recklessly or at a speed or in a manner dangerous to public safety.

SECTION 66. DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR OR INCAPACITATING DRUG. No person shall drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor or other incapacitating drug. For purposes of this Section, a driver is considered under the influence of liquor, if, at the time of competent examination performed or with the use of DOH-approved breath analyzer to determine the blood alcohol concentration, within an hour of apprehension of a person, the person is found to have at least 0.06% of alcohol in his/her blood, or in the case of drugs, if it reasonably manifests from the person’s action or behavior that the exercise of his/her five senses is physically impaired as to expose the driver himself/herself, or the vehicle or other persons to a possible accident. The operation of any vehicle, although non-motorized, in the same manner stated herein, is likewise prohibited.

ARTICLE XIII ACCIDENTS SECTION 67. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury or death of any person or damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person, shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident and shall remain at the scene of such accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of Section 69 of this Code. Every step must be taken to ensure that such stop is made without obstructing traffic.

SECTION 68. DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION AND RENDER AID. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or other property damage, shall give his name, and the vehicle license number he/she is driving and upon request, exhibit his/her driver’s license to the person struck, or to the driver or occupant of, or person

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attending the vehicle collided with, and shall render reasonable assistance to any person injured in such accident.

SECTION 69. DUTY UPON STRIKING UNATTENDED VEHICLE. The driver of any vehicle that collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then locate and notify the operator or owner of the unattended vehicle or if the operator or owner cannot be located, the driver shall inform the nearest police station through any means of communication.

SECTION 70. DUTY UPON STRIKING FIXTURES ON A HIGHWAY. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixture legally upon or adjacent to a street or highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in-charge of such property and shall give his name and address, and the vehicle license number he is driving, and upon request, exhibit his driver’s license and shall make a report of such accident as required by this Code.

SECTION 71. REPORT OF ACCIDENTS. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury or death of any person shall, immediately by the quickest means of communication, give notice of such to the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) or City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO); (b) The driver of any vehicle involved in property damage, shall make an agreement to the persons whose property is involved as to the amount of property damage sustained; provided however, that with or without agreement between the two parties, the accident shall be reported immediately to the Davao City Police Office and City Transport and Traffic Management Office; (c) Every Davao City Police Traffic Officer, with the assistance of Davao City Traffic Enforcer, in the regular course of duty, investigate a motor vehicle accident of which report must be made as provided herein, either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing participants or witness, shall, within 24 hours after completing such investigation, forward a written report of such accident to the City Transport and Traffic Management Office.

SECTION 72. ACCIDENT REPORTS. (a) The Davao City Police Office, with the assistance of City Traffic Enforcer, shall prepare and upon request, provide to the motor vehicle repair shop and agencies concerned, forms for accident reports required.

The written reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers shall call for sufficient detailed information, such as, causes of accident, existing conditions and the person and vehicle involved. Written reports from the Davao City Police Office shall be made within a maximum period of three (3) working days;

C6 CLASSIFIEDS (b) Accidents must be recorded using the prescribed Accident Report Form agreed upon by the CTTMO, DCPO and other national agencies for uniformity; (c) The City Traffic Enforcer, for purposes of data bank of the CTTMO, shall document, report, monitor the accident in a prescribed form called “Daily Road Accident Monitoring Report.”

The City Traffic Enforcer shall inhibit himself/herself from investigating accident, however, he/she is allowed to make a rough sketch of the vehicle accidents before the police arrives.

SECTION 73. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP TO REPORT. Owners of Motor Repair Shops are required to report to the DCPO and CTTMO all vehicles involved in accidents of suspicious circumstances (carnapping, kidnapping or any other crimes, etc.) using the prescribed form prepared by the CTTMO called “Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Report.” The report must be confidential between the repair shop and the DCPO and the CTTMO. (All prescribed forms and procedures will be duly provided under the IRR).

SECTION 74. ACCIDENT REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL. All accident reports in writing made by a person involved in accidents or by motor vehicle repair shop shall be for the confidential use of the CTTMO, Davao City Police Office and the City Mayor having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, except that the Davao City Police Office may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such accident; No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident except upon order of any Court which the Davao City Police Office shall comply.

SECTION 75. WHEN DRIVER UNABLE TO REPORT. (a) An accident report is not required under this Article from any person who is physically incapable of making report during the period of such incapacity; (b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in Section 72 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall make a report not made by the driver or if the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident shall within five (5) days after learning of the accident make such report not made by the driver.

SECTION 76. RESPONSIBILITY TO TABULATE AND ANALYZE ACCIDENT REPORTS. Without impinging on the authority of the Davao City Police Office, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall tabulate and analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually the statistical information based on the number and circumstances of traffic ac-

cidents.

SECTION 77. COPIES OF REPORTS TO BE FURNISHED THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR. The Davao City Police Office shall furnish true copies of all accident reports within 48 hours from the filing thereof, to CTTMO and the Office of the City Mayor.

ARTICLE XIV OPERATION OF ANIMALDRAWN CARRIAGES AND BICYCLES SECTION 78. EFFECT OF REGULATIONS. The regulations applicable to animaldrawn carriages and bicycles, shall apply whenever animal-drawn carriages and bicycles are operated upon any road or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of such carriages and bicycles.

SECTION 79. LICENSE REQUIRED. No person, whether resident or not of the City of Davao, shall operate, ride or propel an animal-drawn carriage or bicycle, on any street, highway, alley roadway, sidewalk or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of such carriages or bicycles unless such has been licensed and a license plate 5.0 cm x 7.5 cm (2 x 3) in size is attached thereto as provided herein. The license is renewable every January the following year.

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regular seat attached thereto; (c) A driver of a bicycle shall not carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped; (d) A driver of a bicycle shall not place any cargo or passenger in between the driver’s arms or between the steering bar and the driver; (e) A driver of a bicycle shall not hitch the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway; (f) A driver of a bicycle shall keep at least one hand upon the handle bars; (g) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a bell, a horn or other devices capable of giving a signal for a distance of at least 100 feet except siren or whistle; (h) No person shall drive a bicycle on major city streets or highways, unless otherwise designated by CTTMO; (i) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement; (j) A driver of bicycle shall not park his/her bicycle along pedestrian sidewalks;

SECTION 80. REGISTRATION. All animal-drawn carriages and bicycles owned by residents of the City of Davao shall be registered with the CTTMO, through the Franchising and Regulatory Division, issuance of license plates and upon payment of authorized amount to the City Treasurer’s Office:

(k) A bicycle driver shall wear a protective helmet to be worn all the time when traveling a distance of more than ten (10) kilometers;

For Animal-Drawn Carriage PhP 150.00 annually

(m) Every bicycle or horsedrawn carriage when operated at night shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light from a distance of at least 20 feet to the front and with a rear red reflex mirror or lamp visible for distance of 200 feet to the rear.

For Bicycle Php 150.00 annually Renewal of registration shall be every one year from the date a bicycle or animal-drawn carriage has been of registered.

SECTION 81. ATTACHMENT OF LICENSE PLATE. The license plate shall be firmly attached to the rear of the animal-drawn carriage or rear mudguard or frame of the bicycle for which it is issued in such position as to be plainly visible from the rear.

SECTION 82. LIGHTING, WARNING SIGNS. An animal-drawn carriage and bicycle operated at night shall be equipped with headlight visible at least 60 meters to the front and a rear red reflex mirror or reflectorized tape visible for a distance of 60 meters to the rear.

SECTION 83. OPERATING A BICYCLE AND ANIMALDRAWN CARRIAGE ON PUBLIC ROADS. (a) No person is allowed to drive a bicycle on public roads and national highway who is not at least 18 years of age; (i) A person driving a bicycle who is below 18 years old shall be given due warning for the first offense; (b) A driver of a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and

(l) A driver/operator of a bicycle or animal-drawn carriage shall not operate at a speed greater than what is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions;

SECTION 84. PENALTIES. Penalties shall be imposed upon the driver or owner/ operator of animal-drawn carriage or bicycle for the violations indicated hereunder: (i) No registration Php 100.00 (ii) No plate number Php 100.00 (iii) Not equipped with bell, horn Php 100.00 (iv) No headlight Php 100.00 (v) No red light to the rear Php 100.00 (vi) No red reflector on its rear Php 100.00 (vii) Carrying more persons than it is designed and equipped Php 100.00 (viii) With electronic device such as car stereo, radio, and other devices that creates public nuisance confiscation of device and Php 100.00 The apprehending City Traffic Enforcer shall have

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the authority to confiscate the device to be deposited at the CTTMO;

with operations registered with the City Government of Davao;

The device shall be claimed by the owner/driver/operator within seven (7) working days upon payment of corresponding fee of Php 150.00, otherwise the device shall be up for auction. The proceeds of the sale shall go to the General Fund.

(2) Registration and Licensing - applicants shall submit a duly accomplished registration form at the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, with the following requirement:

SECTION 85. BICYCLE LANE. The CTTMO shall prepare bicycle route development plan which, among others, designate a bicycle lane, shared roadway, or signed bicycle lane in consideration of the safety of both the bicycle driver and his/her bicycle.

SECTION 86. TRAFFIC LAWS APPLICABLE TO OPERATING AN ANIMALDRAWN CARRIAGE OR PERSONS RIDING BICYCLES. The provisions of this Code granting right to and imposing duties upon a driver of a vehicle shall apply to every person riding a bicycle or operating an animal-drawn carriage upon a road, except those provisions that by their very nature are not applicable.

ARTICLE XV OPERATION OF MOTORIZED TRICYCLEFOR-HIRE SECTION 87. EFFECT OF REGULATIONS. The regulations applicable to motorized tricycle-for-hire shall apply whenever Motorized Tricycles-for-Hire (MTH) is operated upon any road.

SECTION 88. CLASSIFICATION OF MOTORIZED TRICYCLE-FOR-HIRE. The following classification is established for purposes of registration and regulations: (a) Type of Use: (i) MTH used for transporting passengers; and (ii) MTH used for commerce, trading of merchandise, other uses; (b) Type of Fuel: (i) Conventional (gasolinefed); (ii) Unconventional (solarpowered, LPG, electric, battery-operated); (c) Type of Make: (i) Sidecar; (ii) Centercar.

SECTION 89. FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY UNIT. There shall be created a Motorized Tricyclefor-Hire Franchising and Regulatory Unit under the City Transport and Traffic Management Office which shall issue franchise and regulate the operations of motorized tricycle-for-hire.

SECTION 90. MOTORIZED TRICYCLE-FORHIRE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING. An owner/operator/driver shall register and secure a license from the City Transport and Traffic Management Office in order to operate an authorized motorized tricyclefor-hire: (1) Qualification (a) Filipino citizen, 18 years old and above, and a resident of the City of Davao; (b) Cooperatives, associations, partnerships, and corporations registered under the Philippines laws, with 60% Filipino equity,

(a) Owner of New Unit (i) Official Receipt/Certificate of Registration indicating with sidecar/cab; (ii) Official Receipt/absolute Deed of Sale of the sidecar/ cab attached to the unit; (iii) Motorcycle Registration Papers from LTO; (iv) Driver’s License from LTO; (v) Completed registration form; (vi) Barangay clearance where the operation would take place; (vii) Health certificate from the City Health Office; (viii) Police clearance; (ix) Residence certificate; (x) Common carrier insurance for passengers and third party; (b) For the driver (i) Residence certificate; (ii) Barangay clearance; (iii) Health certificate from the City Health Office; (iv) Police clearance; (v) LTO-issued driver’s license; (vi) Certification from the owner/operator who hires the driver’s services; With reference to subparagraph (a)(vi) and subparagraph (b)(iii), health examination shall be conducted on driving fitness of the owner and/or driver of the MTH which shall include, but not limited to, vision examination, physical examination, sense of hearing, among others; provided however that the examining physician shall have the authority to recommend or deny the applicant’s fitness to drive; Motorized Tricycle Operators Permit (MTOP) shall be issued to owners/operators for every unit of motorized tricycle-for-hire upon payment of the following annual regulatory fees in the City Treasurer’s Office: Regulatory Fees Amount • Franchise/provisional authority Php 1,000.00 • Registration Fee Php 500.00 • Filing fee for MTOP per unit Php 50.00 • Fare adjustment fee for fare increase Php 50.00 • Filing Fee for Amendment of MTOP Php 30.00 (to be collected upon application) • Supervision Fee Php 100.00 (payable on or before September 30 annually) • Business Permit Fee payable to Business Bureau Php 200.00 (payable on or before January 20 annually) • CTTMO-issued driver’s ID Php 100.00 • Penalty for late renewal of MTOP 25% of the amount • Penalty for late renewal of business permit 25% of the amount • Penalty for lost CTTMOissued license plate Php 500.00 SECTION 91. DISPOSITION OF MONIES COLLECTED. Source of Revenue City Government Barangay

• Annual franchise fee 100.0% TMTF • Filing fee for MTOP 50.0% TMTF 50.0% • Fare adjustment fee 50.0% TMTF 50.0% (divided equally to barangays traversed by MTH operation per MTOP) • Supervision fee 50.0% TMTF 50.0% • Business permit fee 100.0% (General Fund) SECTION 92. OPERATING CONDITIONS OF MOTORIZED TRICYCLE-FORHIRE. (a) Only approved prototype sidecar/centercar designed and recommended

by CTTMO shall be allowed for transport of passengers and qualified for issuance of franchise; provided however, that an MTH moving on any road used for transporting passengers, or waiting, parking or standing conspicuously soliciting passengers with sidecar/ centercar not in conformity with the approved prototype shall be apprehended and shall be impounded in the city impoundment area; (b) A driver shall not conduct and/or operate a MTH at any time on national roads and highways; (c) MTH terminal and routes assigned and approved by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall be strictly followed; (d) Only approved fare by the City Motorized-Tricyclefor-Hire Franchising and Regulatory Committee shall be collected for every passenger; (e) A driver shall conspicuously display the codedCTTMO-issued MTH license plate in front, back, and inside the cab facing the passenger; this is aside from the license plate issued by the Land Transportation Office which shall be conspicuously displayed; (f) A driver shall only conduct passengers and goods/cargos that meet the capacity of the MTH so as not to endanger the lives of the passengers; (g) The driver of MTH shall carry at all times the photocopy of MTOP, LTO-issued Official Receipt and Certificate of Registration, and CTTMO-issued licenses; (h) An MTH shall be built in accordance with the design and built and other specifications recommended by the CTTMO; (i) Only MTH with motorcycles 125cc and above shall be qualified for the granting of franchise or MTOP; (j) The CTTMO shall regulate the number of franchisees allowed to ply in every approved zone or route; (k) The MTH franchise or MTOP shall not be transferable; (l) The owners/operators of MTH shall show proof of garage for their MTH; (m) A common color of sidecar/centercar for MTH

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SECTION 93. RESPONSIBILITIES OF MTH OWNER/OPERATOR. It shall be the sole responsibility of the owners/operators of MTH over the franchising, registration, qualifications, and conduct of the drivers hired to transport passengers/ cargoes, as provided for in this Code.

SECTION 94. RESPONSIBILITIES OF MTH DRIVER. It shall be the responsibility of the driver to act, perform, and follow traffic laws, rules and regulations of the City of Davao, as provided for in this Code, and maintain the MTH for the safe and comfort of the passengers.

SECTION 95. ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS. (a) Suspension of Franchise - The department head of the CTTMO or his duly authorized representative may demand from any driver to surrender his/her license plate in violation of the above regulation and the MTH Temporary Operator Permit (MTOP) shall be issued to said driver during the pendency of the case against him; Provided further, that any holder or possessor of a driver’s license duly issued who shall allow or permit the use of the license by any other person shall be suspended for a minimum period of one(1) month and a maximum period of six (6) months after which, the former holder of the driver’s license may apply again for a license; (b) Revocation of Franchise - Any MTOP issued may be revoked by the Chairman of the CMTFRC or his duly authorized representative whenever the holder, or possessor of said license shall have been convicted by final judgment of any of the following offenses: (i) gross immoral conduct such as soliciting or acting as agent of houses of ill-repute committed during the discharge of such calling as MCH driver; (ii) when convicted of murder or homicide, robbery or theft, abuse of chastity or any acts of lasciviousness, coercion or threats, committed during the discharge of his call as driver, in which event he shall be issued probationary franchise for a period to be determined by the CTTMO. SECTION 96. ADMINISTRATIVE FINES. The following administrative fines shall be imposed against owners, operators and drivers of MTH for violation of any provisions of this Article; provided however, that owners, operators and drivers who are found liable for violating any other provision of this Code but not contained in this Article, shall also be subjected to the corresponding prescribed penalty or fine thereof: (a) On first offense: a fine of One Thousand Pesos (Php 1,000.00), and/or, suspension or cancellation of the franchise/provisional authority; (b) For second offense: a fine of Two Thousand Pe-

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sos (Php 2,000.00); (c) Upon subsequent violations: a fine of Four Thousand Pesos (Php 4,000.00) for each succeeding offense; (d) Duly authorized enforcement officers are hereby empowered to take custody of, and impound the MTH for operating without a franchise or special permit or with expired franchise/special permit; (e) Compromise penalties for the following violations in the event a violator opts to pay the same without resorting to judicial proceedings: Violation Penalty • No LTO - driver’s license Php 500.00 • Non-display of prescribed ID card issued by the CTTMO Php 100.00 • Failure to secure the prescribed ID Php 500.00 • Wearing of slippers or bare foot driving Php 100.00 • Wearing of sleeveless tshirt Php 100.00 • Wearing of shorts Php 100.00 • Smoking while driving Php 500.00 • Non-wearing of shirt Php 100.00 • Failure to carry MTOP Php 500.00 • Overloading Php 500.00 • Overcharging Php 500.00 • Failure to display approved tariff rate Php 500.00 • Failure to comply the route color coding Php 500.00 • Installation of stereo Php 500.00 • Wearing headphone, earphone while driving Php 500.00 • Installation of additional extension Php 500.00 • Not following prescribed routes Php 500.00 • Traversing along national roads/highways Php 500.00 • Unreasonable refusal to convey passengers Php 500.00 • Use of tampered/fake MTH license plate Php 500.00 • Without rear-view mirror Php 500.00 • Operating with expired franchise Php 500.00 MTH apprehended under this Article shall be removed by authorized city traffic enforcer from the road and shall be impounded at the city impoundment area; provided however, that the release of apprehended MTH shall be subject to payment of penalty/ ies stated in this Section, other fees and charges as determined by the CTTMO subject to the approval of the MTFRC. SECTION 97. TRANSITORY PROVISION. (a) Existing MTOP issued by the TRD shall remain in force and effective until its expiration; (b) Existing MTH being operated without and/or expired franchise/provisional authority are hereby given two (2) months from the effectivity date of this Code to secure MTOP;

(c) Existing MTH with franchise shall operate motorcycle engines with minimum power of 100cc or higher as maybe required by the CTTMO; (d) Existing MTH with franchise shall be given a period of two (2) years to modify and conform with the sidecar/centercar specifications from the date when prototype sidecar/centercar with fixed specifications shall have been approved by the CTRMB; (e) Existing MTH with franchise shall be given a period of six (6) months to conform with the route color code from the date when color assignment shall have been approved by the CTTMB; (f) Owners, operators and drivers of MTH who are not residents of the barangay in which they are operating shall be given one (1) year from the effectivity of this Code to continue its operation after which they shall be phased out unless they provide their own garage where the MTH are being operated; (g) Existing Transport Regulatory Division (TRD) under the City Legal Office shall be subsumed under the CTTMO. ARTICLE XVI OPERATIONS OF PEDALOPERATED TRICYCLES SECTION 98. EFFECT OF REGULATIONS. The regulations applicable to pedaloperated tricycle or trisikad shall apply whenever pedal-operated tricycle, which is classified “for hire”, “commercial use”, and “ownerdriven”, is operated upon any road or upon any path set aside for the pedal-operated tricycles.

SECTION 99. CLASSIFICATION OF PEDAL-OPERATED TRICYCLE. (a) Type of Use: (i) For transport of passengers; (ii) For vending merchandise; (iii) For transport or delivery of goods; (iv) For personal use; (b) Type of Built: (i) Sidecar; (ii) Center car; (iii) Cart-type.

SECTION 100. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING. An owner shall register and secure a license plate in order to operate a pedal-operated tricycle or trisikad; (a) Qualification (i) Filipino citizen, 18 to 60 years old, and resident of City of Davao; (ii) Cooperatives, associations, partnerships, and corporations registered under the Philippines laws, with 60% Filipino equity, with operations registered with the City Government of Davao; (b) Registration and Licensing (i) All trisikad owned by residents, cooperatives, associations, and other entities with juridical personality in Davao City shall register with the Franchising and Regulatory Division (FRD) of the CTTMO for the issuance of registration and pedicab license plates and upon payment of the following amount to the City

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Treasurer’s Office:

dential areas;

For transport of passengers P h p 500.00 annually/unit

(f) The fare to be collected by trisikad driver from passengers shall not exceed the rates approved by the CTTMO on public utility jeepneys in Davao City;

For vending merchandise Php 1,000.00 annually/unit For transport or delivery of goods Php 1,000.00 annually/unit For personal use Php 500.00 annually/unit Provided, however, that the owner/operator shall have the option to register the newly-acquired unit/units for a period of three (3) years; (ii) Newly acquired pedaloperated tricycle or trisikad shall be registered within thirty (30) days from the date of acquisition; (iii) Renewal of license plate shall be done annually from the date the unit has been registered; (iv) Failure to register within the periods specified above shall make the owner of the pedicab liable to a fifty percent (50%) surcharge and paragraph (ii) shall apply; (v) No registration or renewal of registration shall be allowed of units which are unfit for public use or not roadworthy as determined by the CTTMO. SECTION 101. ATTACHMENT OF LICENSE PLATE. The license plate number of a trisikad shall be prominently attached at the rear portion of the trisikad clearly visible at a distance of fifty (50) feet and the driver/operator shall always carry a photocopy of the registration papers.

SECTION 102. LIGHTING, WARNING SIGNS. A trisikad operated at night shall be equipped with headlight visible at least 60 meters to the front and a rear red reflex mirror or reflectorized tape visible for a distance of 60 meters to the rear.

SECTION 103. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Only approved cab and/ or body prototype designed and recommended by CTTMO are allowed for transport of passengers and are qualified for issuance of franchise; provided however, that a trisikad moving or being operated on any road used for transporting passengers, or waiting or parking with cab and/or body which does not conform with the approved prototype shall be apprehended, impounded and stored in the city impoundment area; (b) Trisikad used for transport of passengers shall not be allowed to operate on streets designated as “offlimits” by the CTTMO; (c) No trisikad shall traverse along the national highway and secondary roads; except those trisikad not used for transporting passengers; (d) The license plate is nontransferable, it is punishable by a fine of Php 500.00, and if any person uses the license plate that belongs to another, the said person shall pay such fine; (e) As far as practicable, the operation of pedicab used for transport of passengers shall be limited within resi-

(g) A homeowners’ association of private subdivision may prescribe some limitations regarding the operation of trisikads within said subdivision, upon approval of the CTTMO, not contrary to the traffic provisions of this Code; (h) The total number of passengers of a trisikad shall be limited to three (3) persons including the driver; (i) No person shall operate a trisikad unless it is equipped with a bell, a horn or other devices capable of giving a signal for a distance of at least 100 feet except siren or whistle; (j) No electronic devices shall be attached to the trisikad that would create public nuisance such as, but not limited to, radios, stereos, and other soundgenerating devices; (k) No person shall drive a trisikad, unless he/she wears long pants or trousers, shirt and shoes; (l) Using a license plate not issued by the CTTMO is punishable by a fine of Php 500.00 and impoundment; (m) No person shall drive a trisikad wearing headphones, using cell phones to text or call and smoking is strictly prohibited.

SECTION 104. REGULATORY OFFICE AND ITS FUNCTION. The CTTMO shall regulate the registration of trisikad with the following function: (a) Registration of pedaloperated tricycles or trisikad; (b) Establish routes for pedal-operated tricycles or trisikad used for transporting passengers; (c) Establish color coding with respect to zone/route for trisikad used for transporting passengers; (d) Recommend other guidelines and standards on the operations of pedaloperated tricycles subject to the approval of the Motorized Tricycle Franchising and Regulatory Committee.

SECTION 105. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. Penalties shall be imposed upon the driver or owner/ operator of the trisikad for the violations indicated hereunder: (a) For Owner of pedal-operated tricycles Penalty (i) No registration Php 500.00 (ii)No CTTMO-issued license plate Php 500.00 (iii) Not equipped with bell, horn Php 500.00 (iv) No headlight Php 500.00 (v) No light or rear red reflex mirror Php 500.00 (vi) Failure to comply registration papers Php 500.00 (vii) With electronic device such as car stereo, radio, and other devices that cre-

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ates public nuisance Confiscation of device plus Php 500.00 The apprehending City Traffic Enforcer shall have the authority to confiscate the electronic sound device to be deposited at the City Transport and Traffic Management Office; The device shall be claimed by the owner/driver within seven (7) working days upon payment of corresponding fee of Php 1,000.00, otherwise the device shall be up for auction. The proceeds of the sale shall go to the General Fund; (b) For drivers Penalty (i) Driving without shirt Php 500.00 (ii) Driving in short pants Php 500.00 (iii) Driving in slippers Php 200.00 (iv) Driving while wearing headphone/earphone Php 500.00 (v) Smoking while driving Php 1,000.00 (c) For pedal-operated tricycles used in transporting passengers Penalty (i) Operating outside the designated routes: First Offense Php 500.00 Second and subsequent offenses Php 1,000.00 (ii) Traversing along national highway Php 500.00 (iii) Fare overcharging Php 500.00 (iv) Excess number of passengers as provided in this Article Php 500.00 A trisikad apprehended under this Article shall be removed by authorized city traffic enforcer from the road and shall be impounded at the city impoundment area; provided however, the release of apprehended trisikad shall be subject to payment of penalty/ies stated in this Section, other fees and charges as determined by the CTTMO subject to the approval of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

SECTION 106. TRAFFIC LAWS APPLICABLE TO PEDAL-OPERATED TRICYCLE OR TRISIKAD. The provisions of this Code granting right to and imposing duties upon a driver of a vehicle shall apply to every person driving a trisikad upon a road, not contained in this Article and all other provisions contained of this Code also apply.

ARTICLE XVII REGISTRATION OF NONMOTORIZED BOAT USING THE CITY OF DAVAO AS PORT OF CALL SECTION 107. EFFECT OF REGULATION. This regulation is applicable to non-motorized boat using the City of Davao as port of call. All other boats/vessels not covered by this Code shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of RA 9295, otherwise known as the “Domestic Shipping Development Act of 2004”.

SECTION 108. SCOPE. The registration function of the City Government of Davao is limited only to the conferment of identity

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the Franchising and Regulatory Division (FRD), shall formulate registration process that would be facilitative to applicants;

SECTION 109. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES. This Article intends to institutionalize and provide guidelines, system and procedure in the conduct of registration of non-motorized boats with Davao City as homeport or destination, providing for fees and penalties therefor.

(c) Application Requirements – the following are necessary documentary requirements for the filing of application for registration and upon payment of annual registration fee of P200.00:

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(a) Registration – an act/ process of enlisting a nonmotorized fishing boat for the purpose of establishing its identity and ownership by assigning it a permanent number. (b) License/Permit to fish – the privilege to fish in its municipal waters granted to registered fisherfolk by the Local Government Unit.

(i) For New Applicants • Completed Application Form (Municipal Fishing Vessel Application form); • Certification or Clearance from the Davao City Philippine National Police (PNP) or from the PNP Maritime Office certifying that the non-motorized fishing boat is not involved in any criminal offense; • Environmental Clearance from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO);

(c) Fishing boat – any watercraft used for fishing or in support to fishing operations in municipal waters.

• Barangay Clearance;

(d) Municipal Waters – include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal within the municipality which are not included within the protected areas as defined under Republic Act No. 7586 (The NIPAS Law), public forest, timberlands, forest reserves, or fishery reserves, but also marine waters included between two (2) lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline including islands and fifteen (15) kilometres from such coastline. Where two (2) municipalities are so situated on opposite shores that there is less than thirty (30) kilometres of marine waters between them, the third line shall be equally distant from the opposite shore of the respective municipalities.

• All requirements under sub-paragraph (i) of Section 112 of this Article;

(e) Registered Non-Motorized Fishing Boats – fishing boats duly registered with the City Government of Davao satisfying all registration requirements. (f) Unregistered Non-Motorized Fishing Boats – fishing boats unregistered with the City Government of Davao (g) Homeport – refers to the locality where the fishing vessel is registered (h) MARINA – Maritime Industry Authority (i) PCG – Philippine Coast Guard (j) CAO – City Agriculturist’s Office (k) CENRO – City Environment and Natural Resources Office SECTION 111.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE. (a) Eligible Applicants – only Filipino citizen, single proprietorship, partnerships, and/or corporations and duly registered or accredited fisherfolk organizations, associations and cooperatives are eligible to apply for registration; (b) The CTTMO, through

(ii) For Transfer of Registration (change of homeport)

• Original Copy of the Certificate of Number; • Clearance to Change Homeport (to be issued by the City Government of Davao through the City Transport and Traffic Management Office); (d) Certificate of Number – Upon submission of the owner/operator of completed requirements for the registration of municipal fishing vessel to the CTTMO, the CTTMO shall recommend to the City Mayor for the issuance of the Certificate of Number (Certificate of Number form) which is nontransferable; (e) Official Number - The CTTMO shall assign an official number to a registered fishing vessel which shall correspond to a code bearing the City of Davao; the official number shall be painted, permanently marked or plated on both sides of the forward portion of the fishing vessel; (f) Assignment of Name – The City Transport and Traffic Management Office, upon request of the owner/ operator may assign a name to the fishing vessel.

A name shall be assigned to only one (1) fishing vessel regardless of type of fishing gear. If the proposed name has already been assigned to another registered boat, the owner/operator has the option of adding letters of the alphabet, any Arabic number or Roman numeral which can be represented by words or its numeric equivalent, to the proposed name. The name of the fishing vessel shall be painted on both sides of the mid portion of the fishing vessel; (g) Marking of Vessels – The City Transport and Traffic Management Office may institute a vessel marking or color coding system within its territorial jurisdiction; (h) Issuance of New Certificate of Number – A new Certificate of Number shall be issued in case the fishing vessel changes its homeport:

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(i) A change in homeport may occur in case the owner decides to change residence or principal office, or sells or transfers ownership of the fishing vessel to a person or entity with domicile in another municipality or city; the city shall, upon application for change of homeport, issue a certificate of clearance, and shall delete the registration of such fishing vessel from its register;

motorized fishing boat has applied for a Change of Name;

(ii) No clearance for the change in homeport shall be issued by the CTTMO, being the current homeport, under the following instances:

An application for change of name shall not be approved if the boat is involved in civil case regarding question of ownership or in a criminal or civil case for violation of a fishery law or ordinance.

SECTION 116. MONITORING OF REGISTERED NON-MOTORIZED FISHING BOAT. There shall be a comprehensive monitoring strategy to determine the compliance of this Code.

(i) Deletion or Cancellation of Registration – In case of loss or decay of the fishing vessel, or its involvement in a marine/maritime incident, the owner/proprietor shall immediately inform the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, and shall delete or cancel the fishing vessel’s registration.

(a) The Barangay Council shall report to the CTTMO, violations of any provision of this Article for appropriate action;

• the single proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or fisherfolk cooperative has no branch office in the intended homeport; • there is an outstanding safety requirement which the boat has to comply; • the fishing vessel is involved in a pending criminal, civil or administrative case for violation of fishery law or ordinance, or civil case regarding question of ownership; (iii) The new homeport shall issue a new Certificate of Number upon filing of an application for issuance of a new Certificate of Number pursuant to the requirements in this Article; (iv) Re-issuance of Certificate of Number – The CTTMO shall re-issue the Certificate of Number in the following instances: a. Change in ownership – In case the fishing vessel is sold or transfer of ownership, the CTTMO shall re-issue the Certificate of Number, containing the amended information on ownership upon application of the new owner or transferee, upon the submission of the following requirements: (i) Duly notarized Deed of Absolute Sale; (ii) Posting in the Barangay Hall or in the City Hall of the City Government of Davao for seven (7) consecutive days giving notice that the fishing boat has been sold or transferred to a new owner; (iii) Affidavit of Publication executed by the City Mayor, through the Office of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, that the said notice had been posted in the premises and that there are no oppositors to the fishing boat’s sale; and (iv) Original copy(ies) of Certificate of Number; b. Change of name of the boat – The CTTMO shall issue a Certificate of Number when the owner/operator desires to change the name of the boat, upon application filed with the current homeport, in this case the City of Davao, stating the reason for such. The following documents shall be attached upon submission of the application; (i) Original copy of the Certificate of Number; (ii) Posting in the Barangay Hall or in the City Hall of the City Government of Davao for seven (7) consecutive days giving notice that the

(iii) Affidavit of Publication executed by the Punong Barangay and the City Mayor, through the Office of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, that the said notice had been posted in the premises and that there are no oppositions or claims during the seven (7) day posting;

SECTION 112. FINES AND PENALTIES. Fines and penalties for unregistered non-motorized fishing boats within the municipal waters of Davao City, pursuant to the Local Government Code of 1991, with the following: (a) For a fisherfolk who is a resident of the City of Davao (i) First offense - P1,500.00 (ii) Second offense - P2,500.00 (iii) Third offense - P5,000.00 and cancellation of registration (b) For a fisherfolk who is not a resident of the City of Davao First and subsequent offenses - P5,000.00; while the fish catch, or any merchandise including fishing gears, found in the boat, shall be confiscated in favor of the City Government of Davao, and hold the fishing boat from sailing for a period of time until the payment of fine is paid and duly receipted by the Office of the City Treasurer; (c) For a fisherfolk whose boat is registered in other areas but not a resident of the City of Davao The fisherfolk shall pay a fishery auxiliary invoice of P5,000.00. The fishery auxiliary invoice is not transferable and can only be used for a period of 24 hours of fishing activity in the municipal waters of Davao City. Payment for the fishery auxiliary invoice shall be made at the Office of the City Treasurer during office hours.

SECTION 113. QUALIFIED TO FISH IN THE MUNICIPAL WATERS OF DAVAO CITY. Only duly registered fishing boats are qualified to fish in the municipal waters of the City of Davao.

SECTION 114. PRIORITY IN THE REGISTRATION OF NON-MOTORIZED FISHING BOATS. The following is the order of priority in the registration of nonmotorized fishing boats: Priority 1 - Fishing boats owners/operators who are residents of the City of

Davao; Priority 2 - Fishing boats owners/operators who are residents from other areas in the Philippines.

SECTION 115. IMPLEMENTING AGENCY. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall implement the provisions of this Article in collaboration with the City Agriculturist’s Office.

(b) The City Transport and Traffic Management Office and the City Agriculturist Office, in coordination with the Barangay Council, shall conduct periodic inspection of fishing boats to determine the extent of compliance of this Code.

SECTION 117. REPORTORIAL SCHEME. The City Government of Davao, through the CTTMO in collaboration with the City Agriculturist Office shall maintain an updated records of non-motorized fishing boat under the city’s jurisdiction and submit quarterly to the MARINA Region XI, to the Philippine Coast Guard where the City of Davao belongs, and Department of Agriculture-BFAR the list of non-motorized fishing boat registered and deleted/cancelled.

SECTION 118. REGISTRATION OF NON-MOTORIZED VESSEL. (a) Used for Fishing Purposes per Unit (i) Latest Residence Certificate of the owner; (ii) Barangay Clearance; (iii) Completed Registration Form; (iv) Annual registration fee of Php 200.00 (renewable annually from the date of registration); (b) Used for Commercial Purposes per Unit (i) Business Permit; (ii) Barangay Clearance; (iii) Completed Registration Form; (iv) Annual registration fee of Php 500.00 (renewable annually from the date of registration); (c) Assignment of registration number (i) The CTTMO shall assign a permanent registration number to every unit registered; (ii) The registration number is non-transferable; (iii) The registration number shall be written on the middle part of the boat on both sides; (d) Disposition of monies collected from registration fee – 25.0% shall go to the Barangay where there is boat registration, while the remaining 75.0% shall go to the Traffic Management Trust Fund.

ARTICLE XVIII LIGHTING, WARNING SIGNS, EQUIPMENT, ETC. SECTION 119. LIGHTS ON MOVING MOTOR VEHICLES. No person shall

drive a motor vehicle or a combination of a motor vehicle and trailer between sunset and sunrise, unless the motor vehicle or combination is equipped with appropriate lamps and reflectors prescribed as mandatory by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to be carried by that vehicle or combination, and the lamps are lighted.

SECTION 120. DIMMING OF HEADLIGHTS. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall dim the headlights or tilt the beam downward whenever the vehicle is approached by any other vehicle traveling in the opposite direction; (i) When the other vehicle reaches a point Two Hundred (200) meters from his/ her motor vehicle; or (ii) Immediately when the light projected by every headlight of the other vehicle is switched to low beam and shall cause every headlight of his vehicle to remain on low beam until the other vehicle has passed; (b) No person shall drive a motor vehicle without the required headlights that are capable or being operated on low beam.

SECTION 121. LIGHTS ON STATIONARY MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) Subject to the provision of Section 130, no person shall leave a motor vehicle waiting on a road with a lamp of a power exceeding seven (7) watts lighted and showing to the front, except while the vehicle is loading or unloading passengers or is compelled to remain stationary by the exigencies of traffic; (b) No person shall leave a motor vehicle or a trailer waiting on or partly on any thoroughfare between sunset and sunrise unless that motor vehicle or trailer is equipped with: (i) Two lamps (one on each side) showing a clear white light to the front and clearly visible under normal atmospheric conditions at a distance of 180 meters, or where the motor vehicle or trailer is waiting on or adjacent to the boundary of the thoroughfare, one such lamp, which shall be on the side of the motor vehicle or trailer near to the center of the thoroughfare; and (ii) Appropriate rear lamps, number-plate lamps, front and rear clearance lamps and reflectors prescribed as mandatory by the LTO and the lamps so affixed are lighted; (c) Paragraph (b) of this Section shall not apply: (i) Where the street lighting in the vicinity renders the motor vehicle or the trailer clearly visible at a distance of 180 meters; or (ii) To any motorcycle nor connected to a side car, trailer left waiting parallel to and as near as practicable to the boundary of the thoroughfare.

SECTION 122. PORTABLE WARNING SIGNS FOR DISABLED VEHICLES. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on a road, or permit a vehicle to be driven,

EDGEDAVAO unless that vehicle carries a portable early warning device complying with the specifications prescribed by the Land Transportation Office (LTO); (b) Whenever a disabled vehicle is stationary on a thoroughfare, the portable early warning devices shall be placed one to the rear of the vehicle and one to the front side nearer to the center of the thoroughfare at a distance prescribed by the LTO to give reasonable warning to approaching drivers; (c) Nothing in this Section shall affect any duty imposed by this Code to display lighted lamps on stationary vehicles.

SECTION 123. LIGHTS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ON BICYCLES. (a) No person shall ride or propel a bicycle between sunset and sunrise, unless it is equipped with: (i) A lighted lamp showing a clear white light to the front; (ii) A lighted lamp showing a clear red light to the rear; (iii) A red reflector on its rear; and, (iv) A rear mudguard, the rear half of which is colored white;

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or leave waiting vehicle on which, is mounted a lamp displaying intermittent flashes, except (i) A lamp displaying intermittent red and/or blue flashes on the top of an emergency vehicle; (ii) A lamp displaying intermittent amber flashes on top of • A tow truck or motor breakdown service vehicle at the scene of an accident or breakdown; or, • A vehicle being used by a government, public or local authority in connection with its functions and occupying a hazardous position on the thoroughfare; (b) A motor vehicle moving or stationary in a hazardous position on a thoroughfare because of an emergency situation, shall display such flashes from both sides of the front and rear of the vehicle by means of a flashing lamp signaling devices or Early Warning Device (EWD); provided, that the display of such flashes and the operation of EWD are in accordance with the specification of the LTO. SECTION LAMPS.

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(b) Such lamps and reflectors shall be of the types and affixed in the positions prescribed by the proper authority and shall be kept clean at all times;

(a) No person shall cause or permit any spot lamp, or fog light/lamp or search lamp offered or connected to any vehicle to be lighted unless:

(c) No person shall ride a bicycle unless it is equipped with: (i) An efficient brake; and, (ii) An efficient bell or some other suitable warning device.

(i) The vehicle is stationary and the lamp is used only for the purpose of reading a road sign;

SECTION 124. LIGHTS ON ANIMAL DRAWN VEHICLES. (a) No person shall drive or permit any animal-drawn vehicle or any trailer attached to it to be upon any thoroughfare between sunset and sunrise, unless the vehicle or the trailer is equipped with appropriate front and rear lamps, clearance lamps and reflectors, as prescribed by proper authority and the lamps are lighted; (b) All reflectors and lights prescribed under this Section shall be kept clean and shall not be obscured by any part of the vehicle or its load.

SECTION 125. LIGHTS ON TOWED VEHICLES. No person shall between sunset and sunrise drive a motor vehicle which is towing another vehicle unless a lighted lamp is attached to the portion of the towed vehicle facing any following vehicle, with a power not exceeding seven (7) watts showing a clear red light visible under normal atmosphere conditions at a distance of 100 meters which lamp is so placed that: (a) It is clear not more than one (1) meter above the ground; and (b) It is in the center or to the left side of the center of that portion of the towed vehicle which faces any following vehicle.

SECTION 126. FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS. (a) No person shall drive

(ii) The vehicle is outside the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City; (b) The provision of paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply if the vehicle is an emergency vehicle or if the vehicle is being used by law enforcement agencies in the performance of their official function.

SECTION 128. MUFFLERS AND NOISE CONTROLLING DEVICES. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a street unless such motor vehicle is equipped, at all times, with a muffler or mufflers in constant operation and of sufficient capacity for the motor and equipped with an exhaust system to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke and unusual noise; Owners or operators of motor vehicles within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Davao shall at all times ensure that their vehicles comply with the exhaust emission standards set forth in RA 8749, otherwise known as the “Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999” and its implementing rules and regulations.

SECTION 129. WINDSHIELDS TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED AND EQUIPPED WITH WIPERS. (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield of such vehicle which obstructs the driver’s clear view of the road or highway; (b) Posters or stickers approved by the proper authority shall be placed at

the lower right hand corner of the front windshield; (c) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any non-transparent material or object suspended within the windshield area as viewed from the driver’s seat nor shall any person drive any motor vehicle upon the hood of which is attached to any fixture ornament of any material which vibrates, or swings within view of the driver of said vehicle; (d) The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a wiper for cleaning rain or other moisture from the windshield and shall be maintained in good working order.

ARTICLE XIX SEATBELT SECTION 130. EFFECT OF REGULATIONS. The regulations applicable to all private, governmentowned, and diplomatic vehicles with four (4) to multiwheeler motor vehicles, and in compliance with Republic Act No. 8750, otherwise known as the “Seat Belt Use Act of 1999”.

SECTION 131. MANDATORY USE OF SEATBELTS. (a) For their own safety, the driver and front seat passengers of a public or private motor vehicle are required to wear or use their seat belt devices while inside a vehicle of running engine on any city road or thoroughfare; Provided, that for private vehicles, except for jeeps, jeepneys, vans, buses and other private vehicles as may be determined by the CTTMO, front and back seat passengers are likewise required to use their seat belt devices at all times; (b) In the case of public motor vehicles, the driver shall be required to immediately inform and require the front seat passengers upon boarding a vehicle of running engine to wear the prescribed seat belts. Any passenger who refuses to wear seat belts shall not be allowed to continue his/her trip; (c) For special public service vehicles such as school services and other similar vehicles as may be determined by the CTTMO, seat belt devices should be provided and used by both drivers and front seat passengers as defined herein and the first row passengers immediately behind the driver at all times while inside a vehicle of running engine; (d) Operational motor vehicles, both public and private, which are not equipped with the required\ seat belt devices, are given one (1) year to retrofit appropriate seat belt devices in their vehicles.

SECTION 132. TYPE OF SEAT BELT DEVICES REQUIRED. The seat belt devices required to be installed in all motor vehicles shall comply with the standards and specifications established by the Bureau of Product Standards of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in consultation with the LTO of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC); Provided however that the seat belt devices installed in imported second-

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hand motor vehicles shall conform with the standards and specifications of the Bureau of Product Standards for purposes of importation and registration.

SECTION 133. CHILDREN TO SIT IN FRONT SEAT. Infants and/or children ages six (6) years and below shall be prohibited to sit in the front seat of any motor vehicle.

SECTION 134. PROVISION FOR SEAT BELT. Amended under R.A 8750, otherwise known as the Seat Belt Use Act of 1999, car manufacturers, assemblers and distributors are required to ensure that seat belt devices are properly installed before the distribution and sale of the said vehicles as determined by the IRR thereon: Provided, that manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of jeepneys may install a pelvis restraint or lap belt only in the driver’s and front seat passengers’ seat and this shall be considered as substantial compliance with the requirement of the said Article.

SECTION 135. PENALTIES AND FINES. The City Government of Davao, through the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall impose fines against a driver/operator of public utility vehicle operating in Davao City roads and thoroughfares for violation of this Article, which shall be defined in Appendix VI (Truck Ban Route); (a) On the Driver (i) For failure to wear the prescribe seat belt devices and/or failure to require his passengers to wear the prescribe seat belt device; (ii) Public utility vehicles shall post appropriate signage instructing front seat passengers to wear seat belts when inside the vehicle. Non-compliance hereof will hold the driver and the operator liable.

SECTION 136. RESERVATION OF FRONT SEATS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY. Drivers and/or owners of public utility vehicles are required to reserve the seat on the front for persons with disability.

ARTICLE XX WEIGHT, SIZE, LOAD SECTION 137. GROSS WEIGHT, AXLE AND WHEEL LOADS. No motor vehicle or other power vehicle or combination of such vehicles equipped wholly with pneumatic tires, which has a total gross weight, including vehicle and load, in excess of the requirements as prescribed by the Land Transportation Office (LTO), shall be operated or moved upon any public places, city roads and street or highway.

SECTION 138. PROJECTING LOADS ON PASSENGER VEHICLES. No passenger-type vehicle shall be operated on any road, street or highway with any load thereon projecting beyond the extreme width of the vehicle, regardless of the nature of the property being transported.

SECTION 139. LOADS TO BE PROPERLY SECURED. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any road, street or highway:

(a) Unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that soil, sand, or gravel, may be dropped for the purpose of traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway; (b) With any load not entirely within the body of the vehicle; Provided, however, that the ropes, straps, cargo nets, locks or other suitable mechanical device to prevent such load from dropping onto the highway or from shifting in any manner and further, that this provision shall not be deemed to supersede the provision of Section 141 herein above; (c) With any load consisting partially or entirely of loose paper, empty cartons, crates, or any other material susceptible of being blown or carried by the wind, unless such load is entirely covered by tarpaulin, net, canopy or other suitable material, effectively preventing any part of such load from being blown or carried by the wind; Provided however, that this paragraph shall apply to any vehicle carrying a load consisting entirely of soil, sand, coral or gravel, to prevent particles thereof from being blown or carried by the wind.

SECTION 140. TRAFFIC OFFICERS MAY WEIGH VEHICLES AND REQUIRE REMOVAL OF EXCESS LOADS. (a) The City Traffic Enforcer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful, is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to weighing of such vehicle by means of a portable or stationary weighing scale or may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest public weighing scale available in the area; (b) Whenever a traffic enforcer/officer upon weighing a vehicle and load as above provided, determines that the weight is unlawful, the officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight to such limit as permitted. All materials so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner or operator of the vehicle at their own risk; (c) Any driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to stop and submit the vehicle and load to weighing when directed by a Traffic Enforcer/ Officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SECTION 141. EXCESSIVE WIDTH, HEIGHT OF VEHICLES RESTRICTED. No motor vehicle or other power vehicle of a greater width than nine (9) feet, including load, and a height of fifteen (15) feet, shall be operated on any city street or highway except under the provisions herein specified.

SECTION 142. RESTRICTING THE USE OVER BRIDGES. (a) No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle

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having an aggregate weight of vehicle and load in excess of the specified allowable weight indicated over any bridge in the City; (b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle over any wooden bridge at a speed greater than 10 kilometers per hour; (c) A driver of any motor vehicle when traveling over said wooden bridge shall not approach within ten (10) feet of another motor vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

SECTION 143. PERMIT TO MOVE EQUIPMENT AND/ OR LOAD OF EXCESSIVE WEIGHT, WIDTH OR HEIGHT. (a) No vehicle shall be moved, transported or caused to be moved through the city streets having an equipment and/or load of excessive weight, width or height unless a permit or clearance has been issued by the department head of the CTTMO; (b) All applications for permit required under this section shall be made in writing to the CTTMO and shall contain the following: (i) Description of the vehicle, equipment and/or load to be moved; (ii) Street location or other identifying description of the place to which the same is to be moved; (iii) Complete designation of the route to be followed; (iv) Height, width and length of the same; (v) Time at which the movement of the same will commence and terminate; (vi) Certified statement that the moving contractor has examined the route and determined that there will be a clearance of at least one (1) foot on each side of the vehicle, equipment and/or any possible obstruction existing along such route; (c) No permit shall be issued unless: (i) The applicant shall have secured and presented to the issuing officer all clearances required by any law, ordinance or regulation; (ii) There is more than one (1) foot clearance on each side of the vehicle and/or equipment along the route to be followed; (iii) The issuing officer shall be satisfied that there are available sufficient pull out areas for the use in case of delay or breakdown; and (iv) The applicant shall have filed with the CTTMO, a certificate of any insurance carrier that there is a comprehensive automobile liability insurance policy covering said applicant and his authorized agents, executors, administrators, heirs and assignees for a minimum amount of Php 30,000.00 in case of bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any accident or damage to or destruction of property; (d) The CTTMO may, upon the department head’s discretion or any authorized representative, change and designate another route to be followed or the time during which the movement shall be made prior to the issuance of a permit.

SECTION 144. REGULATION AS TO MOVEMENT OF LOADS OF EXCESSIVE WIDTH ON CITY

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(a) Such loads of excessive width shall be moved or transported at any time upon the discretion of the issuing officer that may be diverted over an alternate route and where the flow of city traffic will not be unduly impeded by such movement;

(a) Public transport utility vehicles with less than eighteen (18) passengers seating capacity shall only be allowed to operate, ply or pass through secondary streets, thoroughfares or roads in the city subject to existing certificates of public convenience issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

(b) The maximum speed of movement of such loads shall be 25 kilometers per hour; (c) When movements are permitted during daytime, such loads shall be marked at each corner by a red flag; (d) When movements are made at night, such loads shall be lighted by at least one string of incandescent lamps spaced at a maximum of five (5) feet on center around the entire load.

At least one lamp in string shall be located at each corner of the load. All such lamps shall be located not less than five (5) feet from the roadway surface.

In addition thereto, at least one (1) lamp shall be placed or located at each corner and at the lowest point of the load. All lamps located at the corners of the load shall be red in color and not less than one hundred (100) watts each, all others may be red, white or amber in color and shall not be less than fifty (50) watts each. Sufficient lanterns shall be provided of the colors specified for incandescent lamps to be used in the event of power failure or other similar emergency to insure that the minimum lighting required by this Traffic Code is maintained at all times; (e) The vehicle or tractor carrying, transporting or drawing such load at night shall be equipped with at least two (2) flashing yellow lights of not less than six (6) inches in diameter which shall be mounted on each side at the front of the vehicle or tractor, near the headlight but not in the same horizontal line therewith; (f) All military tactical movements shall be exempted from the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 145. PASSING OF VEHICLES OVER FIVE (5) TONS ON SUBDIVISION ROAD ALREADY CONVERTED TO CITY ROAD. (a) That except in cases of compelling necessity such as delivery of things and goods at places within the subdivision or in times of emergencies such as fires or in any form of conflagration or when authorized by the Sangguniang Panlungsod, it shall be unlawful for vehicles over five (5) tons in weight to enter, pass or make use of subdivision roads within the City of Davao; (b) That in cases of deliveries of things or goods at places within the subdivision, the prohibited vehicles shall in no case stay therein longer than one (1) hour and/or after the delivery has been made or completed.

SECTION 146. PUBLIC TRANSPORT UTILITY VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN EIGHTEEN (18) PASSENGERS PASSING SEC-

SECTION 147. MOVEMENTS OF TRAILERS, TRUCKS, OR ANY APPROVED TRANSPORTATION MEDIUM LINKED TO A CONTAINER VAN. No driver shall be allowed to operate a trailer or truck carrying 10, 20, 40, 45, 48, and 52 footer container vans in any city streets without safety locking device, to prevent such container van to be thrown off or separated from the trailer or truck while maneuvering on a bending, uneven or rough roads thereby principally causing a road traffic accident.

ARTICLE XXI TRUCK BAN AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTES SECTION 148. TRUCK ROUTES AND LIMITED TRUCK BAN. (Ordinance No. 0154-03, Series of 2003; amending Ordinance No. 066-02, Series of 2002; amending Ordinance No. 042-02, Series of 2002) (a) The entry and exit of cargo trucks, gravel and sand trucks and other heavy cargo trucks with more than six (6) wheels and up, or whose gross vehicle weight exceed 4,500 kilograms, including tractor trailers, containerized haulers, or refrigerated vans shall not be allowed to travel on any and all city streets of Davao City, except Saturdays, Sundays, Special and Non-Working Holidays, and along streets specified as truck routes shown in Appendix VI. The use of the truck routes shall be restricted to the hours of seven in the morning (7:00 a.m.) to nine in the morning (9:00 a.m.), and from five in the afternoon (5:00 p.m.) to eight in the evening (8:00 p.m.); (b) The City Mayor may, upon recommendation of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, ban the access for limited hours of any cargo trucks and heavy vehicles on any other city street when conditions warrant and in order to ensure orderly traffic flow.

SECTION 149. VEHICLES EXEMPTED FROM LIMITED TRUCK BAN. 1. Without corresponding permit (a) Government-owned garbage trucks or governmentcontracted garbage trucks; (b) Fire trucks; (c) Government-owned or private towing trucks responding to emergency situation; (d) Private utility trucks responding to emergency circumstances; (e) Trucks and vans carrying hospital or health-related cargo;

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(f) Armored trucks and vans of banks and financial institutions; (g) Trucks carrying fuel and petroleum products; (h) Trucks carrying merchandise for purposes of donation and free distribution to various social welfare institutions; 2. With corresponding permit (a) Private cargo and hauling trucks carrying unprocessed fruits and vegetables, fresh water and marine products, live fowls and hogs, unprocessed/ unpreserved dressed chicken and or meat and the like, which are perishable in nature; and (b) Private transit concrete mixers and dump trucks for use or intended to be used for government projects; 3. Application for exemption shall be filed at the City Transport and Traffic Management Office and shall pay corresponding annual permit fee of Php 5,000.00 per vehicle at the City Treasure’s Office which shall be deposited in the General Fund; 4. A driver/operator/owner of a truck without exemption permit, in reference to paragraph 2 of this Section, shall be penalized as shown in Appendix V. SECTION 150. PAYMENT OF FINE.

port and Traffic Management Office a copy of their approved routes prior to this Code; Without necessarily modifying their basic authorized routes, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office may adjust the turning points and terminal of public utility buses and jeepneys, prescribe their loading or unloading points, and/or require them to utilize passengers interchange terminals, if so required by an approved traffic improvement scheme.

SECTION 153. MOTORIZED TRICYCLES-FORHIRE AND TRISIKAD. In the granting or revision of routes or areas of operations, the recommendations of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall be given consideration to ensure safety and minimize their traffic impact. In no case shall tricycles or trisikad be permitted to run along national roads with heavy traffic, nor operate along public utility bus or jeepney routes. In the absence of off-street tricycle terminals or stations, the number of tricycles operating or to be operated maybe restricted or curtailed on a thoroughfare to minimize traffic congestion; in such a situation, no additional units shall be franchised.

ARTICLE XXII PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES (Article XIII of Ordinance No. 778, s. 1973)

a. Failure of driver/operator/owner of the truck, with business permit issued by the City Government of Davao, to pay the penalty within ten (10) days from date of apprehension for violating paragraph (a), Section 151, shall cause immediate suspension of business permit; or

SECTION 154. PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

b. If the truck is covered by business permit issued by other local government units, the vehicle shall be impounded at the city impounding area and shall be released only if fine and impounding charges is fully paid; and

(b) A driver shall give way to any pedestrian who is on a pedestrian crossing;

c. On succeeding violations, paragraph b of this Section shall apply including payment of applicable administrative fine under the city’s local tax ordinance.

SECTION 151. REGULATING THE OPERATION OF PUBs AND PUJs. Any application of public utility buses and jeepneys, including taxis and shuttle vans, for franchise and routes with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, which terminates or originates within the City of Davao, shall be subject to preliminary evaluation and recommendation of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, for consideration of the City Transport and Traffic Management Board and for endorsement to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for approval.

SECTION 152. ROUTES OF PUBLIC UTILITY BUSES AND JEEPNEYS. Public utility buses and jeepneys, including taxis and shuttle vans with valid authorization from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and whose routes terminates or originate within the City shall furnish the City Trans-

(a) A driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian crossing shall travel at a speed that, if necessary to comply with this Section, the driver will be able to stop the vehicle before reaching the pedestrian crossing;

(c) A driver shall not permit any portion of the vehicle to enter upon a pedestrian crossing even if any vehicle headed in the same direction is stopped on the approach side of, or upon pedestrian crossing apparently for the purpose of complying with this Section; (d) A driver of a vehicle turning or intending to turn right or left shall yield to any pedestrian who is on a pedestrian crossing; (e) When a vehicle is stopped to give way to a pedestrian, the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake or attempt to pass such stopped vehicle.

SECTION 155. DUTIES OF PEDESTRIANS. A pedestrian: (a) Shall cross a thoroughfare at marked crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian footway; (b) When on a footway, marked cross-walk, or pedestrian crossing, shall keep as close as practicable to the right side of the footway; (c) When crossing a thoroughfare at an intersection shall keep right of pedestrian crossing in the opposite direction;

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(d) When crossing a thoroughfare or portion of a thoroughfare shall do so promptly by the shortest and most direct route, as may be practicable, to the thoroughfare boundary; and (e) A pedestrian or passenger shall board or alight from PUJ in designated PUJ Loading and Unloading Zone.

SECTION 156. RESTRICTIONS ON PEDESTRIANS. A pedestrian shall not: (a) While waiting to board a vehicle stand on any portion of the thoroughfare; (b) Proceed from footway towards a vehicle that has not fully stopped for the purpose of boarding it; (c) Alight from or board a moving vehicle, or do so at an area where loading and unloading is prohibited; (d) Remain on a pedestrian crossing, or marked crosswalk longer than necessary for the purpose of passing over the thoroughfare with reasonable dispatch; and (e) Stand up a footway or thoroughfare so as to inconvenience, obstruct, hinder or prevent the free passage of any pedestrian or any vehicle.

SECTION 157. PEDESTRIANS ON THOROUGHFARES. Except when there is a sidewalk or footway, a pedestrian: (a) Proceeding along a thoroughfare shall, when practicable, travel on the thoroughfare or side of the thoroughfare used by vehicles traveling in the opposite direction, and shall keep close as the pedestrian can to the boundary of the thoroughfare on the left of the pedestrian; (b) Shall not proceed along a thoroughfare abreast of more than one (1) pedestrian, except in a procession or parade authorized by the proper authority.

SECTION 158. PENALTIES. Erring pedestrians under this Article shall be cited and issued Pedestrian Citation Receipt (PCR) and be penalized with a fine as indicated in Appendix V (Schedule of Fines and Penalties) or four (4) hours community service to be determined by the CTTMO in coordination with the City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO).

ARTICLE XXIII USE OF SOME TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE OPERATION OF NOPHYSICAL CONTACT APPREHENSION SECTION 159. INSTALLATION AND USE OF VIDEO CAMERA. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall install authorized video camera or CCTV in strategic places into different roads, streets, and highways of Davao City to record traffic violations.

SECTION 160. USE OF SPEED CAMERA/GUNS TO APPREHEND OVER SPEEDING MOTOR VEHICLES. Motor vehicles violating speed limits as provided by speed limit signs strategically erected along roads, streets, and high-

ways shall be recorded by duly authorized City Traffic Enforcement Officer using authorized LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) speed guns, or other vehicle speed recording technology and take photos and videos as evidence of violation.

SECTION 161. USE OF VIDEO/DIGITAL CAMERA TO APPREHEND VIOLATORS. Whenever a motor vehicle without a driver is found illegally parked as provided in Article X and Article XI Section 62 (c) (i), Section 63 (b), (d) and (e) shall be recorded by CTTMO or by duly authorized City Traffic Enforcement Officer using authorized digital camera and take photos as evidence of violation, and may take information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a duplicate copy of the summon for the owner/driver of the motor vehicle, and consequently the CTTMO shall immediately send the original copy of the summon to the violator with the photo/s of the vehicle and place where the violation was committed, and the traffic citation ticket as attachments to answer the charge against him/her within seven (7) days during the hours and at a place specified in the summon.

SECTION 162. AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL TO USE DIGITAL CAMERA. The “no-physical contact apprehension” policy shall be strictly observed by City Traffic Enforcement Officers who are issued digital cameras in apprehending traffic violators.

ARTICLE XXIV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SECTION 163. OFFICIAL PUV DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) No person shall drive a Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) such as public utility jeepneys, taxi cabs, motorized tricycle-for-hire, passenger vans, school transport service vehicles, with approved franchise plying within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Davao, without bearing an official identification card, issued by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, and shall be displayed conspicuously inside the vehicle; provided however, that public utility buses and trucks for-hire are not covered by this paragraph; (b) Prior to the issuance of new or renewal of driver’s license from the Land Transportation Office, an official identification card from the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall be secured by a PUV driver through mandatory attendance to seminar on safety driving, road safety, road courtesy, discipline, traffic rules and regulations, and city traffic code conducted by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office in cooperation with national agencies concerned regarding transport and traffic laws, rules and regulations; (i) The official identification card shall bear information on the driver which includes: name of the driver and picture, city residential address, control number, date of issuance and ex-

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SECTION 164. OBSTRUCTION TO DRIVER’S VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons exceeding two (a driver and 1 passenger for taxi, passenger van and private vehicle) while three (3) for trucks, so as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle as to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle; (b) No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such a position as to interfere with the driver’s view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

SECTION 165. FOLLOWING EMERGENCY VEHICLES. A driver of any vehicle shall not follow any emergency vehicle traveling in response to any emergencies closer than 50 meters or approximately 165 feet; provided however the driver of any vehicle shall not drive into or parked within the block where a fire apparatus has stopped in answer to fire alarm.

SECTION 166. PUTTING GLASS, ETC. ON CITY ROAD OR HIGHWAY. No person shall throw or deposit upon any city road or highway, any bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wires, cans, wood, used tires, or any substance such as, but not limited to, automotive oil or fluid that are likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle.

SECTION 167. TRACKING MUD UNTO CITY ROAD OR HIGHWAY. No vehicle using the city street or highway shall track mud or dirt unto the traveled portion of such city road or highway in such quantities that will constitute a hazard when the roadway is wet, or obscure the painted pavement markings thereon. In the event that the mud or dirt is unavoidably tracked unto the city road or highway, it shall be the duty of the owner of the offending vehicle to have such mud or dirt removed as quickly as possible.

SECTION 168. DRIVING THROUGH FUNERAL OR OTHER PROCESSIONS. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion. When the lead car of any funeral or other processions shall have entered any intersection, notwithstanding the light conditions at those intersections controlled by traffic signal devices, then all other traffic shall yield the right of way to all vehicles comprising such funeral or other procession until it has passed through the intersection.

The foregoing provisions of this Section shall apply only to such funeral or other processions moving under police escort; (b) No funeral, procession, assembly, or parade containing 100 or more persons or 25 or more ve-

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hicles, excepting the Armed forces of the Philippines and the forces of the Police and Fire Departments, shall occupy, march or proceed along any city street except in accordance with a permit issued by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office and such other regulations as set forth herein which may apply; (c) A funeral procession composed of any number of vehicles shall be identified as such by the conspicuous display on the top center of each vehicle a banner not less than 20 centimeters or 8 inches long and 10 centimeters or 4 inches wide predominantly black or violet in color, with a word FUNERAL printed on both sides thereof, in letters no less than 4 centimeters or 1.5 inches in height and the display on the top center of both lead vehicle and the end vehicle of a flashing amber light. While in the procession each driver shall turn on the head lamps of his/her vehicle as further identification.

SECTION 169. RESTRICTING ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK ON CITY ROAD AND HIGHWAY. (a) No person owning, controlling or having the possession of any livestock or animals such as cattle, horses, swine, goats, canine, etc., shall negligently permit any such livestock or animals to stray upon or remain unaccompanied by person in-charge or control thereof, upon any city road or highway; (b) No person shall drive or lead any such livestock upon, or across any city road or highway, without keeping a number of herders on continual duty to open the road so as to permit the passage of vehicles.

SECTION 170. OPERATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEYS. (a) It is shall be prohibited for driver or owner or operator of PUJ to install or equip car stereo, radio, or any audio gadgets in PUJ so as not to attract the driver to switch on thereby impeding the hearing capability of the driver; (b) No driver and conductor of PUJ shall conduct passengers wearing short pants, sleeveless shirt, slippers, headphones/ earphones, using cellular phone while driving, and smoking while driving; (c) It is shall be required from owner or operator of PUJ for their hired driver and conductor to be registered with the CTTMO; (d) It shall be prohibited for driver to conduct passengers outside the routes approved by LTFRB;

proved route; except such road diversion is caused by untoward weather conditions or natural disasters, road accidents that impede smooth traffic flow or other activities where temporary rerouting is allowed by CTTMO or traffic enforcement officer on duty.

SECTION 171. FABRICATION/MANUFACTURING OF LOCALLY-DESIGNED/ BUILT PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLE. (a) A shop owner/fabricator/ manufacturer of locally-designed/built body or cab of public utility vehicle where such public utility jeepney and motorized tricycle-forhire, operating in the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Davao, shall register the shop or enterprise with CTTMO. An annual registration fee of five hundred pesos (Php 500.00) shall be paid to the City Treasurer’s Office under the Traffic Management Trust Fund;

shall be recommended for cancellation of franchise of the public utility jeepneys to the LTFRB and the franchise of the motorized tricycle for hire by the CTTMO to the City Mayor;

of vehicle.

(h) CTTMO shall coordinate with the LTFRB for the inspection of locally designed/ built public utility vehicle not fabricated / manufactured in Davao City prior to the application of franchise with LTFRB. An inspection fee of Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00) shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle to the City Treasurer’s Office which shall be deposited under the Traffic Management Trust Fund;

(b) Any person driving a motor vehicle on the road shall, when requested to do so by a City Traffic Enforcement Officer or any officer and staff of the CTTMO, or any authorized person, produce his/her license for inspection and state his/her true name and address;

(i) This Section excludes motor vehicles such as taxis, buses and passenger vans used as public utility vehicles.

SECTION 172. OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLES, ETC.

(b) All registered shop fabricating and manufacturing body for PUJ, MTH, Nonmotorized tricycle or Pedicab, shall secure a permanent body serial number from the CTTMO during registration. The procedure on the issuance and assigning permanent body serial number shall be included in the implementing rules and regulations;

(a) A person shall not drive or ride upon a motorcycle unless that person is wearing a safety helmet on his/ her head securely fastened under the chin of the wearer;

(c) It shall be the responsibility of the owner/operator of a registered shop to embed a Passenger Cab Chassis Number (PCCN) to a fabricated or manufactured body; provided however, that any completed passenger body being used for conducting passenger without bearing a PCCN shall be impounded where both the owner/driver of the vehicle and the fabricator/manufacturer of the body shall be penalized aside from paying impoundment fees and charges;

(c) A person shall not drive a motorcycle while wearing a safety helmet to which is attached an eye protector unless that eye protector complies with the standard set by the Department of Trade and Industry;

(d) A shop owner/fabricator/manufacturer of locallydesigned/built body or cab of public utility vehicle shall report the number of units fabricated or manufactured every six (6) months to the CTTMO; provided however, that CTTMO shall provide the forms use in reporting; (e) It shall be the responsibility of shop owner/fabricator/manufacturer of locallydesigned/built body or cab of public utility vehicle to install, mount or fit an engine according to locallyapproved standards as provided in the implementing rules and regulation of this Code; provided however, that violation of this paragraph shall subject the owner of the shop to penalty and the CTTMO shall immediately recommend to the City Mayor the closure of the shop;

Trip-cutting or cutting-trip: a violation of LTFRB-approved route in transporting passengers where the driver of the PUJ cut short the trip which usually occurs when only a few passengers are left to and from its original destinations;

(f) Before release of completed/finished product to the owner of vehicle, it shall be subject to final inspection by the CTTMO as to its road worthiness based on the approved standards. An inspection fee of Two Hundred Pesos (Php 200.00) shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle to the City Treasurer’s Office which shall be deposited under the Traffic Management Trust Fund;

(f) It is prohibited for driver of PUJ to divert or use other city roads aside from its ap-

(g) Existing public utility vehicle which do not conform to the approved standards

(e) It shall be prohibited for driver of PUJ to do “trip-cutting” to the disadvantage of the riding public;

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(b) A safety helmet referred to in paragraph (a) herein shall comply with the standard set by the Department of Trade and Industry;

(d) A person driving a motorcycle shall always turn on the headlight of the motorcycle while driving along any city road or highway; (e) It shall be prohibited for driver of motorcycle, while moving along city road or highway (i) to have riders of more than one person; (ii) to carry a child age seven (7) years old and below or have passenger where the foot of the rider does not reach the rear footrest of the motorcycle; (iii) to have riders in front of the driver; (iv) to have cargo in front of the driver; (v) without shirt, wearing slippers, with headphones/ earphones, using cellular phone, and smoking while driving; (vi) or any motorcycle to use the inner lane of city thoroughfare.

SECTION 173. IMPROVISED MUD-GUARD. It is prohibited for driver/operator of any moving motorized vehicle to attach an improvised mud-guard at the back of the vehicle with height clearance less than 20 centimeters or eight (8) inches from road surface when the vehicle is loaded.

SECTION 174. PRODUCTION OF DRIVER’S LICENSE TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on city road or highway unless he/she has a valid driver’s license issued by the Land Transportation Office for that type

(a) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on a road shall carry his/her driver’s license with him/her at all times;

(c) In this Section “authorized person” means a person in uniform authorized by this Code or under any Act to require a driver of a motor vehicle on a road to produce his/her driver’s license; (d) A bona fide tourist or transient who is holding an international driver’s license may be permitted to operate a motor vehicle in the Philippines for a period not exceeding the expiry date of said license, or in accordance with international agreements to which the Philippines is a signatory; (e) A person who knowingly drives a motor vehicle without having secured a priori any appropriate license is guilty of major offense, and shall be punishable in accordance with the penalty under Appendix V. SECTION 175. CONDUCT OF STUDENT PRACTICE DRIVING BY DRIVING SCHOOLS. (a) It shall be prohibited for the owner/operator of a driving school to conduct student practice driving along city roads and highways without being accompanied by driving instructor from the concerned driving school with driver’s license duly issued by LTO; (b) Student practice driving shall only be conducted along city roads and highways from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. daily except Mondays and Fridays; (c) Any violation committed on paragraph (a) or par (b) of this Section shall be cited and penalized with administrative fines as follows: (i) First offense P1,000.00 plus warning (ii) Second offense P2,000.00 warning

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(iii) Third and subsequent offenses P5,000.00 and recommend for non-renewal of business permit (d) A duly licensed driving school operating within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City shall be registered with the CTTMO for purposes of monitoring driving schools with a registration fee of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) annually. The registration fee shall be payable at the City Treasurer’s Office to be deposited to the Traffic Management Trust Fund; provided however, that the non-payment of regulatory fee, the driving school shall be made to pay the registration fee plus a fine in the amount of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the regulatory fee; provided further that an

additional fine of twenty-five percent (25%) of the registration shall be collected from the driving school every day until the payment has been made.

SECTION 176. OPERATION OF STUDENT CARPOOL TRANSPORT SERVICE (a) Owner/operator/provider of student carpool transport service shall have a uniform “yellow” color body paint accented with “black” color chevron as prescribed by the CTTMO; (b) The driver of student carpool transport service shall wear a white polo shirt with the name of the driver printed on the left breast while the name of the owner/operator/company name on the right breast of the white polo shirts; (c) Owner/operator/provider of student carpool transport service shall comply with applicable guidelines issued by LTFRB on school transport service; (d) A person, cooperative, or corporation intending to own/operate/provide or currently operating a student carpool transport service shall register with the CTTMO for purposes of monitoring the welfare and safety of the passenger, with an annual carpool transport fee of P2,000.00; (e) The owner/operator/ provider of student carpool transport service shall cause the registration of the driver of the vehicle used as student carpool transport service with registration fee of P500.00 per driver.

SECTION 177. REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAY, CARWASH SERVICES, AND MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP. (a) The owner of a building or commercial establishment with existing driveway abutting a city road, street, or highway within a public parking pay zone shall pay an annual driveway permit fee of P1,000.00; (b) The owner/operator of existing carwash business operation with location abutting a city road, street or highway within a public parking pay zone, with no fixed vehicle entrance/exit facility, shall pay an annual driveway permit fee of P1,000.00; (c) The owner/operator of existing motor vehicle repair shop with location abutting a city road, street or highway, with no fixed vehicle entrance/exit facility shall pay an annual driveway permit fee of P1,000.00; and (d) The owner of a building or commercial establishment with existing driveway, and the owner/operator of existing carwash business, including motor vehicle repair shop, shall pay a driveway permit fee within three (3) months upon approval of this Code; provided however, that driveways located within public and private residential subdivisions, not used for commercial or business operations, are exempted from paying driveway permit fee; (e) Violation of this Section shall have a fine as follows:

C12 CLASSIFIEDS (i) First offense P1,000.00 plus warning (ii) Second offense P3,000.00 plus warning (iii) Third and subsequent offenses P5,000.00 and recommend for non-renewal of business permit SECTION 178. PRODUCTION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on city road or highway unless he/she has the original vehicle registration documents issued by LTO. Provided however, that in lieu of the original vehicle registration documents, a certified true copy or photocopy thereof may be carried in the motor vehicle he/she is driving or operating. (a) Any person who drives a vehicle on a road shall carry his/her OR and CR with him/her at all times; (b) Any person driving a motor vehicle on the road shall, when requested to do so by a City Traffic Enforcement Officer or any officer authorized by the CTTMO, or any authorized person, produce his/her OR and CR for inspection and state his/ her true name and address; (c) In this Section “authorized person” means a person in uniform authorized by this Code or under any Act to require a driver of a motor vehicle on a road to produce his/her OR and CR; (d) A person who knowingly drives a motor vehicle without having secured a priori any appropriate registration documents is guilty of major offense, and shall be punishable with the highest fine under Appendix V. SECTION 179. OPENING DOORS AND ALIGHTING FROM VEHICLE. A person shall not open or leave open a door of a vehicle or alight except the driver but with dash from a vehicle unto a thoroughfare, so as to cause danger to other person using the road or so as to impede the passage of traffic.

SECTION 180. OPENING DOORS AND ALIGHTING FROM PUBLIC UTILITY BUS AND PASSENGER VAN. A driver, conductor, or any person of a passenger utility bus or passenger vans shall not open or leave open a door of a bus or passenger van for purposes of soliciting passengers or allowing passenger to alight from a vehicle unto a thoroughfare while operating within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City.

SECTION 181. USE OF HORNS, ETC. (a) No person shall use or cause to be used the horn or any other warning instrument on a vehicle, except when necessary as a traffic warning or an indication that the driver of the vehicle intends to overtake another vehicle; (b) No person shall attach, use or cause to be used the siren, bell, repeater horn or any other warning device that are used by fire truck, ambulance, police in responding to emergency situations.

SECTION 182. MODIFICATION OF MUFFLER ON MOTORCYCLE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE XV OF THIS CODE. (a) It is prohibited for a person to drive a motorcycle or motorcycle with sidecar or centercar with modified muffler or detached muffler or without a muffler; (b) Any person driving motorcycle or motorcycle with sidecar or centercar with modified muffler or detached muffler or without a muffler, aside from payment of fine, shall likewise be penalized by impoundment of the motorcycle unit at the city impoundment area; (c) The owner/driver of apprehended motorcycle unit shall cause the installation of suitable factory-designed DTI-approved replacement muffler, or reinstallation of original muffler of the motorcycle by a repairman at the choice of the driver/ owner; (d) The owner/driver of apprehended motorcycle shall bear the cost of the purchase and installation of suitable factory-designed DTI-approved replacement muffler, or reinstallation of the original muffler, fee for the repairmen, including the payment of impoundment fee; (e) Installation of suitable factory-designed DTI-approved replacement muffler or reinstallation of the original muffler shall be done exclusively in the city impoundment area; (f) Only a motorcycle with completely installed/reinstalled muffler and upon payment of appropriate impounding fee shall be released by the designated officer-in-charge of the impoundment area.

SECTION 183.

OBSTRUCTING ROADS. (a) No person shall drive or leave standing or waiting any vehicle on a road for the following purpose: (i) for soliciting services or business from the vehicle; (ii) by displaying an installed advertisement on the vehicle; or (iii) by offering goods for sale from the vehicle. (b) No person shall stand or place himself/herself on a thoroughfare for the purpose of soliciting contributions, displaying any advertisement or offering goods for sale; (c) No person in a vehicle shall buy or offer to buy an article from any person standing or placed on a road; (d) A person, natural or juridical, including government agencies and instrumentalities shall not bar, impede or divert the flow or direction of traffic from any road, streets or highway, unless authorized in writing or except when the closure of a road or any part thereof to traffic or the diversion of traffic is dictated by reasons of emergency to protect the public from any calamity, fire or other public danger; (e) Stalled vehicles on thoroughfares shall be construed as obstructing traffic if not removed or towed within 5 minutes;

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(f) The prohibition contained in this section shall also apply to the use of sidewalks and road shoulders by vendors, repair shops, or any business establishments as extension to display their merchandise or services.

SECTION 184. DIGGINGS AND EXCAVATION ON EXISTING ROADS. (a) It is unlawful for any person or entities, whether on their own or as contractors to any government agency, local or national, to excavate or dig for purposes of installing water pipes, telecommunication lines, poles, drainage pipes, and other underground facilities, within city roads, streets, thoroughfares, and alleys, including highways without first securing an excavation permit from the City Traffic and Transport Management Office and City Engineer’s Office, except in cases of emergency, provided that the permit should be secured within three (3) calendar days from the emergency work; (b) The application for temporary closure of a road or part of the road, due to diggings and/or excavation shall be submitted to the CTTMO together with a traffic plan which shall be evaluated first by the City Traffic and Transport Management Office so that a timetable, remedial steps, and other precautions can be undertaken to minimize the adverse effect on traffic flow; (c) Excavators and/or diggers must at all times put up reflectorized signs based on the DPWH standards on road signs and pavement markings for precautionary measures to motorists and pedestrians alike or safety signs warning of the excavation work ahead; (d) All dug or excavated areas must be properly restored to its original form under the standard specification for road construction. To ensure restoration, the party undertaking the digging or excavation shall post a bond at one hundred fifty percentum of the cost to restore the same, the amount to be determined by the City Engineer. The bond shall be forfeited in favor of the City Government of Davao if restoration work is not commenced within ten (10) days of completion of the excavation and completed the same number of days for which the excavation has been authorized. It shall be released within five (5) days after the determination by the City Engineer or his authorized representative that the road has been restored satisfactorily.

SECTION 185. PROVISION OF WATER AND AIR FACILITIES IN FUEL REFILLING STATION. (a) Fuel refilling station with two or more refilling units shall provide a functional water and air facilities which shall be available to motorists on a 24-hour basis or during the hours of operations of the fuel refilling station as part of the services without any fee; (b) If the facility is under repair, the owner/operator of the fuel refilling station shall cause to post a notice to motorists that services is not available; provided

however that the facility shall be fixed within two (2) days from the day the services becomes unavailable or for a number of days but not more than five (5) days upon receipt of a written request to the CTTMO by the owner/operator; (c) A notice shall be furnished to all owners/operators found to have violated this section upon the full implementation of this Code and shall serve as a warning against such initial violation.

Thereafter, all violators of this provision shall be subject to the following: (i) First offense a fine of P1,000.00 (ii) Second offense a fine of P2,000.00 (iii) Third and subsequent offenses a fine of P5,000.00 and non-renewal of business permit SECTION 186. ACCESS RESTRICTION ON SOME ROADS. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to close, obstruct, prevent, or otherwise refuse to the public or vehicular traffic the use of free access to any subdivision or community street owned by the government and within the jurisdiction of the City Government of Davao, or to exact fees in any form for the use thereof, unless with prior authorization from the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Such act is hereby declared a nuisance per se and the City Mayor is hereby authorized to remove such closure or obstruction and to open said road to the public motu propio at the expense of the offender; (b) Private subdivision roads and/or private roads not turned over to the City may be opened to the public under the following conditions: (i) The road will strengthen the road network and provide traffic relief to nearby roads that are congested as maybe determined by the CTTMO; (ii) The Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved its opening, under such terms and conditions that will minimize or obviate any disturbances, pollution, or inconvenience to the residents in the area.

SECTION 187. REQUIREMENT OF TRANSPORT/ TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT. (a) All major commercial, industrial, housing and condominiums, institutional developments, including government institutions and other similar developments, as may be determined by the City Traffic and Transport Management Office, shall submit a transportation/traffic impact assessment to the CTTMO for evaluation and recommendation of approval to the City Transport and Traffic Management Board as preliminary documentary requirement in the application of Building Permit; (b) The transportation/traffic impact assessment shall be prepared, signed, and sealed by a transportation engineer or planner certi-

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fied by the Environmental Management Bureau and the National Center for Transportation Studies or licensed environmental planner duly recognized by the Professional Regulations Commission.

SECTION 188. PROHIBITION ON PRODUCTION OF ROAD SIGNS. (a) It is unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, or any government instrumentalities, except for the City Transport and Traffic Management Office, to manufacture, fabricate, install, and erect, traffic sign and/or signal and/or pavement marking on city road, thoroughfare, and highway.

The use of logo or emblem of a company on any unauthorized road sign shall be prima facie evidence that said road sign was erected by the owner of the logo or emblem.

SECTION 189. MOTORCYCLE DEALER, DISTRIBUTOR, ETC. (a) It is prohibited for motorcycle dealer/distributor to sell motorcycle to buyer without requiring the buyer to show his/her driver’s license in reference with the restriction code issued by the Land Transportation Office; (b) It is prohibited for motorcycle dealer/distributor to release motorcycle to buyer without approved registration documents under the name of the dealer/distributor from Land Transportation Office; (c) It is prohibited for dealer/ distributor to sell motorcycle spare parts, including crash/safety helmet without genuine PS (Philippine Standard) or ICC (Import Commodity Clearance) seal; (d) It is required of motorcycle dealers to furnish CTTMO on a monthly basis inventory report of their stock using Inventory Report Form issued by the CTTMO for data-banking purposes.

SECTION 190. INFORMATION, EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. In order to ensure comprehensive implementation of this Code, the City Traffic and Transport Management Office shall institutionalize a continuing information and education activities to city traffic enforcers, drivers of vehicles, and the general public through various kinds of media such, as but not limited to, seminars, barangay pulong-pulong, posters, leaflets, driver’s handbook, or may be radio program that would maximize the city government’s reach to educate its constituents; provided however, that the City Government of Davao can enter into a privatepublic partnership in the promotion of this Code to the public.

SECTION 191. MANDATORY REVIEW EVERY THREE YEARS. The Sangguniang Panlungsod shall undertake a mandatory review of this Code at least once every three (3) years and as often as it may deemed necessary, with the primary objective of providing a more responsive and improved transport and traffic management policy of the City Government of Davao.

ARTICLE XXV PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE SECTION 192. PROCEDURES IN THE ISSUANCE OF CITY TRAFFIC CITATION TICKETS TO VIOLATORS OF THIS CODE. Except when authorized or directed by law to immediately take a person for violation of any traffic laws before a Court, the following procedures shall be observed in the apprehension of any person found violating any provision of this Code: (a) In case of drivers of motor vehicles, the City Traffic Enforcement Officer or deputized traffic officer, shall demand presentation of the driver’s license and registration documents of the motor vehicle. The apprehending city traffic enforcement officer shall then indicate the name and address of the driver, the license number, plate number, and the issuing agency of the driver’s license in the city traffic citation ticket. The name and the address of the owner and the registering agency of the vehicle, including the certificate of registration number, shall likewise be indicated therein. The apprehending officer shall stipulate the specific violation and furnish copy of the citation ticket to the person apprehended. The city traffic citation ticket shall also contain information which shall require him/her to answer the same at the time and place designated in the citation ticket within seven (7) days after such violation; (b) In case of business establishment found violating the provision of traffic obstruction, the City Traffic Enforcement Officer shall demand the presentation of Mayor’s Permit, or in case of construction, the Building Permit; and indicate the name and address of the owner and the corresponding Mayor’s or Building Permit number, the particular provision violated and furnish copy of said citation ticket; (c) In case of pedestrian found violating this Code, he/she shall be taken to the City Treasurer’s Office or to the nearest location in the area where an authorized City Treasurer’s bonded collection officer is available to pay appropriate penalty. In the event of inability to pay the fine, that person shall render a community service of not less than four (4) hours, or if that person decides to contest his/her apprehension, he/she can file a complaint at the Adjudication Committee of the CTTMB, the apprehending City Traffic Enforcement Officer shall immediately file the corresponding complaint before the Office of the City Fiscal.

SECTION 193. FAILURE TO OBEY SUMMONS. Upon receipt of City Traffic Citation Ticket, any person who fails to appear at the place and within the time specified in the city traffic citation ticket issued to him/her by the City Traffic enforcer cited for any violation, is guilty of non-appearance with corresponding penalty of Five Hundred Pesos (Php500.00) regardless of the disposition of the charge of which originally cited.

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SECTION 194. SUMMONS ON ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES. Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions contained in this Code, the officer finding the vehicle shall note down the plate number and may take any information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a summon for the driver to answer the charge against him/her within seven (7) days during the hours and at a place specified in the summon.

SECTION 197. VIOLATIONS AND/OR OFFENSES UNDER FORMER ORDINANCE SAVED. Nothing contained in any provision of this Code shall apply to an act done or omitted, or to an offense committed at any time before the day that this Code shall become effective. Such act or omission shall be governed by and any such offense shall be punished according to the provisions of the ordinances existing when such act, omission or offense occurred in the same manner as if this Code had not been enacted.

SECTION 195. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUMMONS ATTACHED TO PARKED VEHICLE. Noncompliance to summons shall be construed as a waiver of right to contest the citation. All violators issued with summons shall be liable for the payment of the fine corresponding to the violation committed.

SECTION 198. PENALTY.

In the event that a violator of the restrictions on stopping, waiting, standing or parking under this Code does not appear within a period of seven (7) days in response to a summon affixed to a motor vehicle, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall issue to the registered owner of such vehicle another summon ordering his appearance before the City Transport and Traffic Management Office.

SECTION 196. WHEN COMPLAINT BE ISSUED. In the event any person fails to comply with a summon or citation given to him/her or attached to a vehicle or if any person fails or refuses to deposit bail as required and within the time permitted, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall have a complaint entered against such person in the proper court; Aside from filing of the appropriate action before the Court, the following administrative remedies for enforcement shall be undertaken: (a) For traffic and driving related violations, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall communicate with the Land Transportation Office to hold in abeyance the renewal of driver’s license or vehicle registration until clearance has been obtained from the City; (b) For violations under “no physical contact apprehension” policy, non-payment of fines and penalties within the prescribed number of days shall subject the erring vehicle to be up for apprehension by the PNP Highway Patrol Group, Land Transportation Office traffic officers, PNP Traffic Division and the City Traffic Enforcement Officers; (c) For other violations, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall immediately request for the cancellation of the permit and the issuance of closure from the City Mayor. In the event that the owner of the thing or object causing obstruction on the sidewalk to city streets could not be determined, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall cause its removal or impoundment.

(a) Any violations of the provisions of this Code shall be punishable with fines indicated in Appendix V (Schedule of Fines and Penalties) hereof; (b) Where the violator is not a driver, a written notice or citation ticket to the offending party shall be issued by the City Traffic Enforcement Officer; (c) The appropriate fine and penalty shall be paid within seven (7) days from the date of issuance of the citation ticket. In the event of failure to pay the prescribed fine, an additional surcharge of ten percent (10.0%) for each day of delay or failure to pay the appropriate fine is hereby imposed until the full amount of fine and surcharge is paid.

SECTION 199. CREATION OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND. There is hereby created a special account in the General Fund to be known as the Traffic Management Trust Fund (TMTF) wherein all receipts from registration, franchising, supervisory fees, regulatory fees, fines, parking fees, penalties and surcharges as herein set forth in this Code, including all expenditures and transfers shall be recorded under this Fund; Fines collected for violation of any section or provision of this Code evidenced by the issuance of CTCT (City Traffic Citation Ticket) shall be paid to the City Treasurer of Davao City; The share of the City Government of Davao on traffic fines collected in accordance with prior, existing and future arrangement with the LTO shall form part of the TMTF; The TMTF shall be disbursed only to activities related to the functions of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office such as, but not limited to, traffic enforcement measures and other activities and requirements of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office including maintenance of facilities and traffic control devices but excluding salaries of personnel; Any unused balance at the end of the fiscal year in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the previous year’s expenditures shall revert back to the General Fund.

ARTICLE XXVI TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION SECTION 200. TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION. To rationalize the management

and operation of the entire scope of the transport and traffic administration of the City of Davao, there shall be created mechanisms that shall constitute both the policy-making body which provides advice and policy direction, and the management and operations which shall be the frontline service in the enforcement and implementation of this Code.

SECTION 201. CREATION OF CITY TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BOARD (CTTMB).

There is hereby created a City Transport and Traffic Management Board which shall have the primary function to provide advice and policy directions to the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO); The CTTMB shall be vested with authority to formulate policies, review, recommend and approve transport and traffic management plans and programs that may hereafter be drawn or prepared. The Board shall also review and recommend for approval the budget of the CTTMO. The Board shall ensure a holistic approach to problem-solving and cooperation in the implementation of transportation and traffic schemes of Davao City; Provided however, that a special body within CTTMB shall be created as Motorized Tricycle For-Hire Franchising and Regulatory Committee (MTFRC) with its functions limited to provide advice and policy directions, including mediation, act on complaints, review and approve the plans and programs in the implementation and enforcement that may hereafter be drawn or prepared for the operations of motorized tricycle for-hire, and; Provided further that there shall only be five (5) members of the MTFRC, chaired by the City Mayor and the remaining members shall be appointed by the City Mayor from among the members of the CTTMB; Provided finally, that a Public Utility Vehicle Adjudication Committee (PUVAC) shall be created solely to provide mediation services.

SECTION 202. COMPOSITION OF THE CITY TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BOARD. Chairperson : City Mayor or in his/her behalf the City Administrator Vice Chair : Department Head, CTTMO Members: • Department Head, City Planning and Development Office • Department Head, City Engineer’s Office • Chairperson, SP Committee on Energy, Transport, and Communication • Chief, Traffic Section, Davao City Police Office (DCPO) • Regional Manager, Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) • Regional Director, Land Transportation Office (LTO) • Regional Director, Department of Public Works and Highways • One (1) Transport Groups Representative • One (1) Professional Group Representative • One (1) Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Representative • One (1) from NGO Repre-

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sentative Secretariat : City Transport and Traffic Management Office SECTION 203. MEETINGS AND QUORUMS. The CTTMB shall have a regular meeting once a month.

However, the Chairperson can call a special or emergency meeting, if necessary, to address immediate concerns. The presence of a simple majority of the entire membership of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Provided however, that if any member, for one reason or another, cannot attend the meeting of the Board, the member concerned shall issue an official communication addressed to the Chairperson stating among others the reason/s for not attending the meeting, and may designate an alternate permanent representative to attend the meeting for and in behalf of the member, otherwise the member shall be marked absent, and; Provided further, that this Section shall also apply in the administration of MTFRC meetings.

SECTION 204. HONORARIUM AND FUND SOURCE. Each member of the Board shall receive an honorarium for every board meeting to be determined by the City Mayor; a member who is absent shall not receive honorarium for that particular meeting. The fund requirement of the Board shall be initially drawn from the budget of the Office of the City Mayor. Thereafter, the budget shall be regularly included in the annual budget to be included under the CTTMO. SECTION 205. CREATION OF CITY TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OFFICE (CTTMO).

There is hereby created a City Transport and Traffic Management Office under the direct supervision and control of the City Mayor. It shall be the sole transport and traffic management authority vested with the powers to formulate, coordinate and monitor policies, standards and programs relating to transport and traffic management, to rationalize the existing transport operations and to administer and implement all traffic engineering services, traffic enforcement operations, traffic and transport planning, regulations and franchising, transport facilities management, traffic education program, and shall institute a “no-physical contact apprehension” policy in apprehending traffic violators thru the use of some technologies in the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City; and finally, other plans and programs that may hereafter be drawn prepared and approved by the CTTMB and the MTFRC; The City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall have six (6) divisions with the following functions: (1) TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION (TEID) (i) Identify traffic bottleneck points and establish priorities in implementing remedial measures; (ii) Formulates traffic engineering schemes, such as banning of turning movements, creation of one-way streets, prohibition of park-

ing, designation of loading/ unloading zones, installation of traffic signages, regulating speeds, and similar measures, in accordance with its approved priority list; (iii) Install and maintain traffic signs, road and or pavement markings and other traffic control devices or cause the preparation and installation of the same; (iv) Recommend to the Transport and Traffic Management Advisory Board (TTMAB) in support of traffic management schemes; (v) Review major property development proposals, especially those located on the central business district, along major thoroughfares, and national roads and highways within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City, on its impact to traffic generation;

vehicle obstructing traffic including abandoned vehicle; (vii) Suggest changes in any traffic scheme, including provision of traffic signals; (viii) Cause the removal of any obstructions on pedestrian sidewalks, alleys, streets and main thoroughfares which are in violation of this Code. In the event that no one admits ownership of any object or thing found impeding vehicular or pedestrian traffic, take possession of the same in the city impoundment area for later disposition; (ix) Cause the removal of unauthorized traffic signs and take possession of the same in the city impoundment area for later disposition;

(vi) Identify private subdivision roads that should be opened to improve traffic overall circulation, and initiate moves for the full or partial integration into the road network;

(x) Cause the filing of a complaint or information and secure the issuance of warrant of arrest against violators who fail or refuse to obey the city traffic citation tickets or penal summons in coordination with Davao City Police Office;

(vii) Review and collect data and statistics such as vehicular counts, road layouts and dimensions, and other relevant data which would be of importance for appropriate transport and traffic policy formulation;

(xi) Prescribe and recommend rates of administrative fines or penalties to be imposed on violators in admission of a violation, and willing to settle the same without having the case filed in court; and

(viii) Review and recommend requests for approval for road diggings, road constructions, temporary closures, production and installation of traffic-related signages from individuals, private entities and barangay councils, parades, and conduct of extra ordinary events that would reduce road capacity; and

(xii) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

(ix) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

(2) TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND STREET MANAGEMENT DIVISION (TSMD) (i) Assign personnel to direct traffic at intersection and other locations requiring such intervention; (ii) Execute the enforcement component of any traffic schemes devised or considered by the Traffic Engineering Division as approved by Transport and Traffic Management Advisory Board TTMAB; (iii) Enforce applicable traffic rules and regulations, including apprehensions and issuance of city traffic citation tickets and penal summons to drivers found in violation of any provisions in this Code in coordination with the regional offices of the Department of Transportation and Communications; (iv) Assist the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) in the conduct of investigations of any vehicular accidents that occur within the territorial limits of the City; (v) Coordinate with Davao City Police Office traffic enforcers and Land Transportation Office traffic enforcers to harmonize personnel deployment and other field operations within the city; (vi) Initiate the towing or removal of all illegally parked, stopped/stalled, or disabled

(3) TRANSPORT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION (TPMD) (i) Provide technical inputs into the preparation and updating of the city’s Land Use Plan, particularly the long-term road network plan of the city; (ii) Conduct studies and researches in both transport and traffic administration appropriate to the local setting of the Davao City; (iii) Update and analyze the public transport routes and services covering motorized tricycles, buses, jeepneys and other public transport modes; (iv) Identify and recommend possible “missionary routes” that a private operator of public transport can provide; (v) Collect traffic data and statistics such as vehicular counts, road layout and dimensions, etc., and analyze the same for use in policy formulation; (vi) Appear at hearings of the LTFRB to ensure that the issuance of permits of public convenience is consistent with the plans and programs of the city; (vii) Evaluates request, in coordination with the City Planning Development Office, for variances from the zoning ordinance that are likely to have significant traffic impact; (viii) Formulate and advocate programs that will promote and encourage walking and trips by public transport and higher-capacity modes; and (ix) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

C14 CLASSIFIEDS (4) FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS DIVISION (FMOD) (i) Establish, operate, maintain and/or administer PUB and PUJ transportation terminals, public parking facilities, wharves, bicycle paths, including collection of user fees and charges through the Office of the City Treasurer; (ii) Operate towing services using approved gadgets or with duly authorized and accredited private towing operators; (iii) Formulate and recommend appropriate policies to TTMAB in support of traffic management schemes; (iv) Take custody of vehicles and articles impounded by virtue of this Code and secure the same in the city impoundment area until released to their owners or lawful claimants, or disposed of in accordance with this Code; and

dresses and other information relating to the physical identification of motor vehicles; (iv) Adopt a computerized transport and traffic management data retrieval system; (v) Handle the paper work and documentation attendant to enforcement, such as the processing of city traffic citation tickets and Ordinance Violation Receipt (OVR); (vi) Conduct public information campaigns in support of any activities, functions and responsibilities of the Office; and (vii) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

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mend appropriate policies, subject to the approval of MTFRC; (ix) Keep records of all MTH registered and/or operating in Davao City, which shall include the names of registered owners, operators, drivers, users and their addresses and other information relating to the physical identification of MTH; (x) Conduct public information campaigns in barangays with MTH operations in support to enhance the implementation and enforcement of traffic rules and regulations; and (xi) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

For Motorized and Non-Motorized Vessel (i) Manage the conduct of registration of motorized fishing vessels, three (3) tons and below, using the City of Davao as homeport, and other commercial operations within the municipal waters of the City of Davao;

(v) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

(i) Manage the operations and registration of motorized tricycle-for-hire;

(5) ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT DIVISION (ASD)

(ii) Hear and decide uncontested MTOP application;

(ii) Prescribe rules and regulations that are acceptable to stakeholders;

(iii) Issue, amend, revise, drop, cancel and revoke MTOP after due notice and hearings;

(iii) Implement the enforcement component devised or considered as approved by TTMAB;

(iv) Conduct investigations and hearings of complaints on violations of this Code, other traffic laws, rules and regulations, and other issuances of MTFRC;

(iv) Perform other duties and functions as directed by the Department Head.

(i) Provide administrative and logistical support and services to all the divisions of the Office; (ii) Provide and maintain data base through management and information services, including collection of necessary and appropriate data and information, update and maintenance of all records, inventory of roads and traffic control devices, and other pertinent data that would enhance the planning and operations of the Office; (iii) Keep records of all kinds of vehicles registered and/or operating in Davao City, which shall include the names of registered owners, users and their ad-

(v) Summon, operators/ drivers and witnesses to appear in hearings conducted by the MTFRC; (vi) Determine, fix, and prescribe summons or MTH citation tickets; (vii) Recommend proposals for the location of MTH terminals in the barangays; (viii) Formulate and recom-

SECTION 206. QUALIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT HEAD, AND DIVISION HEADS. The CTTMO shall be headed by a Department Head with a regular position who shall be appointed by the City Mayor, concurred by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. He shall be a natural-born Filipino citizen, a resident of Davao City, at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good moral character and sound probity; shall

have a master’s degree in public administration, urban and regional planning, management, civil engineering, traffic engineering and management, and/or a lawyer; and shall possess a three-year supervisory experience in government service. Provided, however, that the employment status and qualifications shall also apply to two department heads which are Assistant Department Head for Operations, and Assistant Department Head for Administration; The heads of the Divisions of the Office shall be appointed by the City Mayor upon the recommendation of the Department Head.

A Division head must be at least thirty (30) years of age, a graduate of any fouryear course with two (2) years government supervisory experience, appropriate expertise or equivalent experience in the field of assignment. Except for the required qualifications for the five division heads, an active PNP Officer may be designated as head of the Traffic Enforcement and Street Management Division, prohibition against dual positions to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 207. STAFFING. The number and composition of staff comprising each of the six (6) divisions of the Office shall be determined by the Sangguniang Panlungsod through enactment of an Ordinance for such purpose, taking into consideration the volume of work required to fulfill the functions efficiently and effectively, subject to the approval of budget. Existing personnel affected by the creation of the Office such as those involved in tricycle regulation, parking administration, traffic enforcement, shall comprise the initial staff of the divisions to which their functions belong.

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may deputize any city government officials, employees or barangay personnel to act as traffic auxiliaries.

The appointed or designated traffic auxiliaries shall be under the operational supervision of the head of the Traffic Enforcement and Street Management Division.

SECTION 208. UNIFORM OF CITY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. In order to provide a distinction between Traffic Officers and members of the Philippine National Police, the City Traffic Enforcement Officers shall wear a uniform distinct from the uniform or attire of the members of the PNP. The determination of the color and type of uniform shall be left to the discretion of the City Mayor, provided, however, that no changes in the type, color or style of the uniform shall be allowed for a period of five (5) years, determined from the date the prescribed uniforms were first implemented.

ARTICLE XXVII TRANSITORY PROVISION SECTION 209. FORMULATION OF IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. (a) Within fifteen (15) days after the approval of this Code, an Oversight Committee which shall be composed primarily of the author/authors of the ordinance and the consultants thereof and other members to be determined by the City Mayor, shall prepare the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the efficient and effective implementation of the Code; (b) The funding requirement shall be provided by the Office of the City Mayor in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) or upon the discretion of the City Mayor.

ENACTED, August 7, 2012, by a majority vote of all the Members of the Sanggunian present.

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

SGD. CHARITO N. SANTOS Acting Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Government Asst. Department Head II) ATTESTED:

SGD. KARLO S. BELLO Acting Vice Mayor cns/mbk APPROVED: __________________, 2013

LAPSED DEEMED APPROVED AFTER THE LAPSE OFTEN (10) DAYS, PER SEC. 54. R. A. 7160 SARA Z. DUTERTE City Mayor

ATTESTED:

ATTY. ZULEIKA T. LOPEZ Acting City Administrator

SECTION 210. CREATION OF THE CITY TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OFFICE. Within fifteen days (15) from the approval of this Code, the City Mayor shall issue an Executive Order creating a Task Force to formulate and draft an Ordinance for the creation of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office; The Chairman of the SP Committee on Transportation, Energy, and Communications shall head the Task Force with members appointed by the City Mayor; The Task Force shall submit its final draft on the creation of the CTTMO to the City Mayor within one (1) month after its organization.

ARTICLE XXVIII FINAL PROVISION SECTION 211. REPEALING CLAUSE. All previous issuances, executive orders, ordinances, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Code are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.

SECTION 212. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. If for any reason, any provision or section of this Ordinance is declared not valid by a court of competent jurisdiction or suspended or revoked, such judgment or order shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions, sections, or parts which are not affected thereby and shall continue to be in force and effect.

SECTION 213. EFFECTIVITY. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days (15) after its approval and publication in a local community newspaper with daily frequency.

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APPENDIX I ONE WAY STREETS (Ordinance No. 127, s.

1990, amending Ordinance No. 778, s. 1973, otherwise known as the Revised Traffic Ordinance of the City of Davao)

corner Quirino Avenue towards Rasay Street n. Quirino Avenue from Datu Bago towards Mercury Drug/Quirino Avenue o. Palma Gil Street from C. M. Recto Street towards Cayetano Bangoy Street

a. Marfori Private Alley from Bago Inigo Street towards Antonio Pichon Street b. Antonio Pichon Street (Magallanes) from corner Legaspi Street to C. M. Recto Avenue c. San Pedro Street from corner Quezon Boulevard towards corner Ilustre Street d. Claro M. Recto Street from corner A. Pichon Street to Roxas Avenue except Jones Circle e.

Cayetano Bangoy Street from Roxas Avenue all the way to Palma Gil intersection, Bonifacio intersection, Rizal intersection, and the whole length of Crooked Road f. Bolton Street from Bonifacio Street up to Pichon Street g. San Pedro Street to General Luna Street h. Ilustre St. from General Luna to Quirino Avenue to Legaspi Street i. From the corner of Pelayo Street going to Quirino Street (T. Claudio) j. Gov. Duterte Street from Pelayo (Legapi Street) to Malvar to Quirino Street k. Marfori Road from Antonio Pichon Street towards Datu Bago Street l. Rasay Street from A. Pichon Street towards Datu Bago Street m. Datu Bago Street from

APPENDIX II PROHIBITED LEFT TURNS (existing per Traffic Management Center as of 25 August 2011) a. Entering left a one-way street of Pichon from: (i) V. Ilustre (ii) Bolton Extension b. Entering left a one-way street of San Pedro from: (i) Bolton Street (ii) Crooked Road (iii) Anda Street/ I. Inigo Street (iv) Legaspi Street/Pelayo Street c. Entering left a one-way street of Marfori from: (i) Father Selga Street d. Entering left a one-way street of V. Ilustre from: (i) Duterte Street (ii) Gen. Luna Street e. Entering left a one-way street of Cayetano-Bangoy from: (i) Palma-Gil Street (ii) Bonifacio Street (iii) Rizal Street f. Entering left a one-way street of Datu Bago from: (i) Clover Leaf g. Entering left a one-way street of Duterte Street from: (i) Quirino Avenue h. Entering left a one-way street from Quirino Avenue to: (i) Duterte Street (ii) San Pedro Street

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(iii) Pichon Street i. Entering left a one-way street of Bolton from: (i) Rizal Street j. Entering left a one-way street of C.M. Recto from: (i) San Pedro Extension (ii) Rizal Street (iii) Bonifacio Street (iv) Palma Gil (v) Roxas Avenue k. Entering left a one-way street of City Hall Drive from: (i) Pichon Street

Marfori Street to C. M. Recto Avenue (left side only coming from Marfori Street)

APPENDIX III LOCATION WITH NO U-TURNS

e. Bolton Street - from A. Pichon Street to A. Bonifacio Street (left side only coming from Bonifacio Street) with designated loading /unloading area

a. All intersections and junctions b. Tip of an island along 1. Quirino Avenue 2. Quimpo Boulevard 3. Jose P. Laurel – Sta. Ana Street 4. Quezon Boulevard 5. R. Castillo Street 6. Cabaguio Avenue (Assumption School) 7. Leon Garcia Street 8. Davao-Agusan Road (Alcantara-junction of Bangoy Airport) APPENDIX IV PUBLIC PAY PARKING ZONES (Ordinance No. 153-A, s.

1990) I. Streets Designated as Public Pay Parking Zones a. San Pedro Street - from C.M. Recto Avenue to Quirino Avenue (left side only coming from Recto Avenue) b. A. Pichon Street - from

c. Ilustre Street - f r o m San Pedro Street to Jose Camus Street (left side only coming from San Pedro Street) d. Pelayo Street - from A. Pichon Street to A. Bonifacio Street (both sides) with designated loading / unloading area

f. Inigo Street - from A. Pichon Street to A. Bonifacio Street (both sides) with designated loading / unloading area g. C. M. Recto Ave. - from corner San Pedro/ Recto Streets to R. Magsaysay Avenue (left side only coming from San Pedro St. to Magsaysay Ave. / Jones Circle h. Magsaysay Ave. - from C. Bangoy Street to Sales Street (both sides); • left side only coming from Magsaysay Park to Sales Street; • from Sales Street to Jones circle (both sides); with designated loading/unloading area i. Villa Abrille St. - from Hospital Avenue to L. Guerrero Street (both sides) with loading/unloading area

j. Monteverde Ave. - from L. Guerrero Street to Leon Garcia Street (both sides) with designated loading/unloading for every block on both sides

Php 10.00 Php 5.00

k. V. Duterte St. - from Ilustre Street to Pelayo Street (left side only coming from Ilustre Street)

Sedan/SUV/AUV Php 10.00 Php 5.00

l. City Hall Drive from San Pedro Street to A. Pichon Street (both sides) m. Marfori Street - from A. Pichon Street to Posadas Street (left side only coming from A. Pichon Street) n. Rasay Street - from A. Pichon Street to Posadas Street (left side only coming from A. Pichon Street) o. Posadas Street - from Marfori Street to Rasay Street (left side only coming from Marfori Street) II. Parking fee per Unit of Motorized Vehicle a. Rate of Parking Fee Type of Vehicle For first 3 hours Per hour or Fraction Delivery Van Php 10.00 Php 5.00

Armored Car/Van Php 10.00 Php 5.00

Motorcyle/ Motorbike Php 5.00 Php 2.50 Other motorized vehicle Php 5.00 Php 2.50 b. Annual Parking Space Subscription with Parking Sticker Type of Vehicle Annual Parking Fee Delivery Van Php 5,000.00 Delivery Truck Php 5,000.00 Truck for Hire Php 5,000.00 Cargo Truck Php 5,000.00 Armored Car/Van Php 5,000.00 Sedan/SUV/AUV Php 5,000.00 Motorcyle/ Motorbike Php 2,000.00

Delivery Truck Php 10.00 Php 5.00

Other Motorized Vehicle Php 1,500.00

Truck for Hire Php 10.00 Php 5.00 Cargo Truck

APPENDIX V SCHEDULE OF FINES AND PENALTIES No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

Section of Ordinance Section 6 Section 9 Section 10 Section 11 Section 12 Section 13 Article V Section 26 Section 27 Section 28 Section 29 Section 31 Article VII Section 36 Article IX Sections 43 & 44 Section 45 Section 46 Section 47 Section 48 Section 49 Section 50 Section 51 (a) Section 51 (b) Section 56 (b) Section 56 (c) Section 56 (d) Section 57 (b) Section 57 (c) Section 58 Section 59 Section 63 Section 64 Section 65 Section 66 Article XIII Section 79 Section 83 Section 92 Section 120 Article XVIII

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Article XIX Section 139 Section 140 Section 141 Section 142 Section 144 Section 145

Type of Offense or Violation Erection and Interference with Traffic Control Items Display of Dazzling Lights Disobedience to Official Traffic Control Signal Disobedience to Official Traffic Signs Disobedience to Official Traffic Road or Pavement Markings Disobedience to Official Traffic Signals and Instructions Any Violation of General Driving Rules Not Giving Way at Intersection Not Giving Way During Turns Improper Movement to or from Parking Area Not Giving Way to Emergency Vehicles Not Giving Way at Roundabouts or Rotundas Violating Speed Limits Violating Operating Rule on One-way Streets Improper Turning, Reversing and Stopping Parking, Waiting, or Standing in Prohibited Areas Parking during Certain Hours Prohibited Parking for Certain Purpose Prohibited Non-Stopping at Special Stops Improper Method of Parking Vehicles Parking Near Grade or Curve Parking on Parade Routes and on Any Special Occasion Loading/unloading at Loading Zone without the presence of driver Loading/unloading of passengers of PUJ in undesignated zone Operating without approved traffic impact assessment Violation of off-street public utility van transport terminal Violation or non-compliance regarding security guards, CCTV, facilities, etc.

Private Garage for Vehicles-for-Hire without permit Loading/unloading of passengers in private garage Non-provision of six (6) meters setback for angle parking Non-payment of Parking Fees Violations in Public Pay Parking Areas Careless Driving Reckless and Dangerous Driving Driving a Motor Vehicle while under Influence of Liquor or Incapacitating Drugs Violation of Procedure Involving Traffic Accidents Operating Animal-drawn Carriages, and Bicycles that are not Licensed Operating a Bicycle and Animal-drawn Carriage on Public Roads Violation of Operating Conditions of Motorized Tricycle-for-Hire 500.00 Non-Payment of Supervision Fee Violation or non-compliance with any section of Article XVIII regarding lighting, warning signs, equipment, etc.

Violation or non-compliance with any section of Article XIX regarding seatbelt Exceeding Gross Weight, Axle and Weight Loads Projecting Loads on Passenger Vehicles Loads not Properly Secured Refusal to Have Vehicles Weighed and/or Remove Excess Load Violation of restriction or limits in the use of bridge No permit to Move Equipment and/or Load of Excessive Weight, Width, or Height.

1st Offense Amount (Php) 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 2,000.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 1,500.00 5000.00 500.00 100.00 200.00 2,000.00 300.00 300.00 500.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 500.00 1,000.00

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Section 147 Section 148

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Article XXI Section 156 Section 158 Section 165 Section 166 Section 167 Section 168 Section 169 Section 170 Section 171 Section 172 Section 173 (a) Section 173 (c)

Section 173 (d) Section 173 (e) Section 173 (f) Section 173 (g) Section 173 (h) Section 174 (a-c) Section 174 (d) Section 174 (e) Section 175 Section 176 Section 178 Section 180 Section 181 Section 182 Section 183 Section 184 (a) Section 185 Section 185 (e ) Section 186 Section 188 Section 189 Section 190

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Passing of Vehicles over Five Tons on Subdivision Road Already Converted to City Street Public Transport Utility Vehicle with more than Eighteen Passengers Passing Secondary Streets Movements of Trailers, Trucks, or any Approved Transportation Medium Linked to a Container Van Truck Ban, Non-Complying Buses and Jeepneys Violating Pedestrian Crossing Rules Violating Restrictions on Pedestrians No PUV-Driver’s Identification Card Obstruction to Driver’s View or Driving Mechanism Following Fire Vehicles Putting Glass, etc. on a City Road or Highway Tracking Mud unto City Road or Highway Driving Through Funeral or Other Processions Violating Restrictions of Animals and Livestock on Roads Violating Operation of Public Utility Jeepneys No shop registration Non-embedding the PCCN by the owner/operator of shop Owner/driver with no PCCN on the fabricated/manufacture body of the PUJ Owner/driver with no PCCN on the fabricated/manufacture body of the MTH Owner/driver with no PCCN on the fabricated/manufacture body of the Pedicab Non reporting of manufactured/fabricated PUV Installing, mounting, fitting engine not according to locally-approved standards Releasing the vehicle without inspection PUV not in accordance with approved standards PUV not fabricated/manufactured without inspection Non-wearing and/or no safety helmet for motorcyclist Non-turning on the headlight while driving along city roads and highways Violating Passenger/Cargo of Motorcyclist Violating Standard of Improvised Mud-guard Non-production of LTO-issued Driver’s License Violating Operation of Student Carpool Transport Service Non-production of Vehicle Registration Document Improper Opening Doors and Alighting from Vehicles Opening Doors and Alighting from Public Utility Bus Improper Use of Horns, etc.

Modification of Muffler on Motorcycle Obstructing roads by person, motor vehicles, including stalled vehicles Obstructing roads or sidewalks by residential, vendors, or commercial establishments Street diggings or road closure without permit Unlawful restriction on road access Violating Requirement of Transport/Traffic Impact Assessment Prohibition on Production of Road Signs

EDGEDAVAO 1,000.00 500.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 200.00 100.00 1,000.00 500.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 500.00 200.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 500.00 300.00 200.00 100.00 500.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5.000.00 2,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 300.00 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00

B. For the second and third offenses; the penalties shall be two times the value of the most recent fines on record – whether the same had been paid or not. Fourth and habitual offenders, or when the violation involved property damage in excess of ten thousand (Php10,000.00) or loss of life, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office shall seek cancellation of the driver’s license through the Land Transportation Office.

APPENDIX VI TRUCK BAN ROUTES (Ordinance No. 0154-03 amending Ordinance No. 042-02, s. 2002) NORTHBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND ROUTE Beginning from the junction of J.P. Laurel and R. Castillo near the gate of C. Alcantara and Sons, Inc. at kilometer 7 in Lanang.

SOUTHBOUND TO NORTHBOUND ROUTE Beginning from Bangkal at the vicinity of Lonbisco at the junction of McArthur Highway and Carlos P. Garcia Highway proceeding to diversion road and Carlos P. Garcia superhighway going to Panacan.

APPENDIX VII NATIONAL ROADS DAANG

MAHARLIKA

ROAD from Lasang, Bunawan, Buhisan, Tibungco, Ilang, Panacan, Sasa, Lanang, Bajada, Poblacion D AVA O - C O TA B AT O ROAD (PRIMARY, NATIONAL) from jct. City Hall Drive, Anda, jct. Anda St., jct. Legaspi St., jct. Magallanes St., jct. UM Road., jct.

Don Julian Rodriguez Avenue. Jct. Marian Village.

Jct. Davao Memorial Park.

Jct. Mars St., jct. Aquarius St., jct. Libra St., jct. Virgo St., jct. Aries St., jct. Matina Pangi Road. Jct. Pag-asa Drive. Jct. Maligaya Avenue. Jct. Davao City Diversion Road. Jct. Skyline Subd., jct. Peace Avenue.

Jct. Bago Gallera Road.

Jct. Davao-Bukidnon Road.

Jct. Benedict Priory Road.

Jct. Generoso E. jct. Better Living Road. Jct. Dacoville Subd., jct. Lobogan Road.

Jct. IWHA Road. Solana Ice Plant. Jct. Greenland Village Road.

DAVAO BUKIDNON ROAD (PRIMARY, NATIONAL) from jct. Hope Mt. Road.

Jct. One Way Out Reach Road. Jct. Green Hills Subd., jct. SPDA Road.

Jct. Davao Bible Seminary Road.

DAVAO CITY DIVERSION ROAD from jct. Juan Cruz Elementary School.

Jct. Panacan Relocation.

Pag-ibig Subd. Cabantian Purok 3. Jct. San Isidro.

Jct. Medalla Milagrosa.

Jct. San Nicholas. Jct. Buhangin Lapanday Road.

Jct. Molave St., jct. Quarry.

Jct. Brgy. Langub. Jct. Sison Quarry. Jct. Country Subd., jct. Matina Pangi Road. Jct. St. Francis Xavier Seminary. Jct. Skyline Subd., jct. Countryside Village Phase II. Jct. Country Village Phase I BUHANGIN-LAPANDAY ROAD from jct. Davao Di-

version Road to Davao Agusan Road.

F. TORRES STREET from jct. Jacinto Extension. Jct. Tiongko Avenue. Jct. Mabini St., jct. Padre de Tavera St., jct. Lopez Jaena St., E. QUIRINO AVENUE from jct. Jacinto Extension. Jct. Tiongko Avenue. Jct. Mabini St., jct. Camus St., jct.

San Pedro St., jct. Apo St., jct. General Luna St., jct.

Mt. Mayon st., RAFAEL CASTILLO STREET. from jct. Belisario.

Jct. Ubalde. Jct. del Rosario. Jct. Leon Garcia St., DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL TRAINING CENTER from jct. Davao-Agusan Road QUEZON BOULEVARD from jct. Bangoy St., jct. Lizada St., jct. Suazo St., jct.

San Pedro St., jct. Rizal St.,

jct. Artiaga St., jct. Bonifacio St., jct. Roxas St., jct. Rizal St., LEON GARCIA STREET from jct. Lapu-Lapu St., jct.

Gotamco RAMON MAGSAYSAY AVENUE from jct. Chavez St., jct. Suazo St., jct. Marginal Road, jct. Monteverde St., jct. Lizada St., jct. Gempesaw FIFTH AVENUE from jct.

Guerero St., jct. Narra St., jct. Chavez St., jct. Suazo St., jct. Bangoy St., jct. Lizada St., jct. Sales St., J.P. CABAGUIO AVENUE from jct. R.G.A. Village, jct.

Del Pilar St., jct. Vinzon MA-A ROAD (DON JULIAN RODRIGUEZ AVENUE) from jct. Ma-a City Jail, jct. Don Julian Village, jct. North Street.

ABS-CBN QUIMPO BOULEVARD DIVERSION ROAD from jct. 80th St., jct.

Acacia St., jct. Mangga St., jct. University Avenue, jct.

Calamansi St., jct. Executive Homes, jct. Dona luisa I, jct. Davao Matina Golf Club, jct. Adela Drive, jct.

Tulip Drive.

FATIMA – MALABOG ROAD from jct. Mabuhay Road, Km. 6 Fabian Diez, Panulawan Gym, jct. Crossing Rancho San Miguel, Archidocese of Davao Church, Malabog Central, jct. Kapihan Peter Lo, jct.

Balugo.

MABUHAY – PAÑALUM – PAQUIBATO ROAD from jct. to Bodega, San Roque Chapel, Day Care Center, jct. Private Road, Upper Mabuhay Paquibato Elementary School.