Davao City, come ride with me and see how clean it is.

[kaptainbarbel]

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@yokam888


OT:

Sir, that's why the word OT is being specified.

The first part of your post which you highlighted in bold letters triggers opposition to some forumers (including me, a bit) where in they ‘re just expressing their own opinion about the topic which is really inevitable to happen, expectation is to be set for a TS and should be treating it fairly rather than compounding it with another adverse remarks:

Eg. "trolling again sir/mam? well i guess thats why there is a report button, because obviously some individuals are too eager to show their ignorance in following the rules in public forums...
but meh.... why would i report? i'll let you guys embarass yourselves.."

“sorry if i have caused you some mental problems sir/mam but i dont think that it is entirely my fault.”

Sir, you could have said it in a nice way lang unta..

We cannot pleased everyone if they say something not so nice about our place and even showed disagreement about it, let’s just welcome it and defend it if we want to but we’ll make sure we wont go below the belt unlike other threads I joined with especially “cebu-davao thread” na medyo nababa ang moral sa mga tao kay nag-ininsultohay na.. and I plead guilty on that, moving forward…

You’re right the thread talks about “Davao city and its cleanliness” so we’ll just stick to that, my apologies if I posted some “OT’s” mainly dabawenyos attitude.

Guys, lets slam back from where the thread started “Davao City, come ride with me and see how clean it is.”

TS: Should you welcome/consider negative remarks still from the forumers who would like to express disagreement on the topic?

Roll on..

[yiennahs]

huh? naa diay ko gipasikat? murag wala man? i dont need to provide you some data to justify my claim, it has been obvious if you have stayed in mindanao for so long. Karon ra jud tawn na develop ang uban lugar coz its getting crowded na sa davao...

mau rana imong proof? that does not justify your claim. very lame

[yokam888]

@yokam888


OT:

Sir, that's why the word OT is being specified.

The first part of your post which you highlighted in bold letters triggers opposition to some forumers (including me, a bit) where in they ‘re just expressing their own opinion about the topic which is really inevitable to happen, expectation is to be set for a TS and should be treating it fairly rather than compounding it with another adverse remarks:

Eg. "trolling again sir/mam? well i guess thats why there is a report button, because obviously some individuals are too eager to show their ignorance in following the rules in public forums...
but meh.... why would i report? i'll let you guys embarass yourselves.."

“sorry if i have caused you some mental problems sir/mam but i dont think that it is entirely my fault.”

Sir, you could have said it in a nice way lang unta..

We cannot pleased everyone if they say something not so nice about our place and even showed disagreement about it, let’s just welcome it and defend it if we want to but we’ll make sure we wont go below the belt unlike other threads I joined with especially “cebu-davao thread” na medyo nababa ang moral sa mga tao kay nag-ininsultohay na.. and I plead guilty on that, moving forward…

You’re right the thread talks about “Davao city and its cleanliness” so we’ll just stick to that, my apologies if I posted some “OT’s” mainly dabawenyos attitude.

Guys, lets slam back from where the thread started “Davao City, come ride with me and see how clean it is.”

TS: Should you welcome/consider negative remarks still from the forumers who would like to express disagreement on the topic?

Roll on..

yes sir/mam i have to admit i went a little overboard with my replies... i got irked lang siguro kay here is a thread which is innocent and only shows cleanliness and posted in the destination section, pero gi bombahan man hinuon ug mga unrelated issues because the word "davao" is there... wrong timing lang pod siguro pag post aning thread because init kaayo ang issue regarding davao karon... ill do better next time

peace!

[danver2099]

mau rana imong proof? that does not justify your claim. very lame

aw ok, ikaw gud, imo pud nah...

[caviacare]

clean ang davao city. i think they have an ordinance na bawal ang smoking in public places. naa jud penalty strictly implemented. Davao city is also safe place for me. naay disiplina mga taw.

[Dabawenya in Manila]

I bet all of those who are dissing Davao City are NOT from Davao. I would just love to see their cities TRY to be as clean and as peaceful as Davao. I am currently living in Manila (Quezon City) and have briefly lived in Cebu City and I can say without bias that Davao IS the cleanest and most livable of all three major cities in the Philippines. The only other place I have been to that can compare to Davao in terms of cleanliness is Brunei. As for the way Davao's mayor runs the city, I think that the low crime rate speaks for itself. Especially considering that this is a city in Mindanao where there is practically a war ongoing (exaggeration meant for emphasis). Davao may not be spotless but it is definitely the cleanest. Its water is the only water you can drink from tap. I dare you to drink water from tap in any city in Manila or in Cebu City. Last time I was in Cebu, their water even smelled bad. Why is that? I had to use bottled water even for brushing my teeth. Methinks that if Dabawenyos are being confident about their city, they have every right to be. See the following (some awards Davao garnered in the past year):



✭ Global Smoke Free Partnership (GSFP) Award. This international award was bagged by Davao City for its strong and effective implementation of the anti-smoking ordinance. The first was from the South East Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) in 2008.

✭ Red Orchid Award. Davao City received the Red Orchid Award from the Department of Health.It is the 4th award received by the Davao city for anti-smoking campaign.

✭ Business-friendly cities by IFC and World Bank. Davao city ranked first under the category of “Ease of dealing with construction permits” in a report entitled “Doing Business in the Philippines 2011”. The report includes 25 cities in the Philippines.

✭ Best Quality of Life by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

✭ Davao City also bagged others awards namely:

1. Special Award on the Compliance to Government Plans and Programs
2. Special Award in Documentation, for providing the AIM with a very good documentation of Davao City’s system
3. An Entrepreneur’s Award, for being the most small and medium enterprises- friendly

This is not the first time that the city received recognition from AIM. In 2008, Davao also named as the Most Competitive Metro City in the Philippines by the Asian Institute of Management.

✭ Tops Next Wave Cities of 2010. Davao has been declared by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines as the top next-wave city for 2010 making it the most viable site for outsourcing investments.

(The study is being determined based on the four areas namely quality of human resources, cost, infrastructure and business environment.)

Other awards from previous years:

Most Competitive Metro City in the Philippines, 2001, 2003, 2005

The Asian Institute of Management has conducted an assessment of the leading Cities in the country using indicators such as quality of life, cost of doing business, dynamism of the local economy, infrastructure, linkages and accessibility, and quality of workforce in the years 2001, 2003, and 2005 (No survey was done in 2002 and 2004) and Davao City topped the rankings in 2001 and 2005 and placed 3rd in 2003.



Most Livable City in the Philippines

Based on annual surveys made by Asiaweek on the 40 Best Cities in Asia, Davao City has consistently made it to the Top 20 for four consecutive years (1996-1999). In the survey of livability, Davao City rated high in the following categories:

* 2nd in the least number of criminal cases per 10,000 at 0.8

* 5th in lesser vehicles per km of city road at 46 vehicles/km

* 6th in the ratio of house price to income at 6.18

* 14th in lesser volume of suspended particles in the air at 98 ?g/m³

* 14th in value of state education spending per capita/$ at 410.80

Davao garnered 56 points and ranked 18th. Cebu got 54 points and ranked19th while Manila was in a freefall with 49 points down at 25th.

This statistics mean that Davao City has become the Most Livable City in the Philippines. If the survey, which is independently done by Asiaweek, becomes a basis, it could be said that Davao has maintained its quality of livability as a city and is in fact improving on it.



Destination of the Year, 1997 Kalakbay Awards

1997 was supposed to be the banner year of Davao City having earned a lot of distinctions in the national arena. Aside from being chosen as the Destination of the Year by the Kalakbay Awards, tourism facilities within the city were also recognized with the highest honors in their respective categories such as Hotel of the Year for Villa Margarita and Restaurant of the Year for Annies Restaurant.



Most Child-friendly City in the Philippines, 1999, 2000

In the first ever selection of the Most Child-Friendly City in the Philippines, Davao City came out the runaway choice for the top plum owing to its local government’s programs and initiatives directly benefiting its children.

Davao City stood out because it is the first local government unit to have passed a Code specifically designed for the welfare of the children and their rights to services, Protection, and other privileges – this is the Davao City Children’s Welfare Code of 1994.

Aside from the regular social welfare programs being implemented by the City Social Services and Development Office, the local government works closely with non-government agencies that implements programs for children.

The Davao City Government also got high marks because of its implementation of the child welfare and protection programs under the Country Program for Children – UNICEF.



Most Outstanding Regional Peace and Order Council, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005

The quest for peace has become very expensive and very elusive in some isolated parts of Mindanao. However, there is one region where peace has become a price possession that its leaders never want such ideal condition slip out from their hands – the Region XI Peace and Order Council was chosen as the Most Outstanding Regional Peace and Order Council for their unrelenting efforts in maintaining peace and order in Southern Mindanao or Region XI.



Most Peaceful City in East and Southeast Asia, 1998-2005

One of the biggest come-ons of an area is an ideal peace and order condition. The dramatic decrease of crime rate in Davao City is big deal considering that it used to have a very unstable peace and order during the Marcos’ regime that ended in a bloodless revolution in February 1986.

Since then, peace and order has never been more ideal. In fact, it improves year after year thanks to a people who will not let peace slip away like a prized possession.

From a 3-digit crime rate per 10,000 people in 1985, Davao has reached an almost Utopian environment with a monthly crime volume of 0.8 cases per 10,000 persons from 1999 up to 2005. Digging through the records, it would reveal that about 90% of these cases reported are petty crimes that do not in any way threaten the over-all peace and order condition of the city.



Best Police Office in the Country, 1999-2005

Annually, the Philippine National Police conducts an evaluation of the Best Police Offices in the Country. They will be evaluated and ranked according to the ratio of policemen against the population of the area, implementation of programs for maintenance of peace and order, availability of sophisticated equipment and vehicles, the ratio of solved crimes against the total number of crimes reported and the overall safeguarding of the peace and order condition of the area.



2nd place, LGU Literacy Award in the Philippines, 1999

This award is given to local government units that seek to improve literacy within their area through programs that will ensure the establishment of learning institutions even in the most remote rural areas. Davao City ranked a close second in this competition having registered one of the highest literacy rates in the country and in Southeast Asia at 98.05%.



2nd Best City Health Office in the Philippines, 1999

Vaccines, medicines, and clinical and medical services may cost much nowadays. A local government unit should see to it that medical services are affordable if not given for free especially to rural folks and the urban poor. In this area of recognition, the local Government of Davao again ranked a close second in operating a City Health Office that delivers free and or very affordable services to its constituents aside from implementing health programs that focuses on prevention of sickness and illnesses.



The Cleanest and Greenest City in the Philippines, 1999-2005

(Highly urbanized category)

For almost a decade, Davao City ranked Second Cleanest and Greenest City in the Philippines. Visitors cannot but help notice that the city’s roads are indeed clean day and night and the parks are eternally green with trees and ornamentals. But the top plum seems slippery because of an open dumpsite located along its diversion road.



Now, the City is considered the Cleanest and Greenest in the Philippines

(For the highly urbanized category)



Most Outstanding Water Utility in Asia, 1996, 1997, 1998

(Awarded in Singapore to Davao City Water District)

This recognition was given to four water utilities in Asia, and Davao City’s water district is one of them. The Davao City Water District has through the years supplied quality potable water to residents of the city.

The need to deliver quality service is equally complemented by the natural abundance of fresh and potable water supply, which contributes to the quality of life in the City. Around 90% of the City’s water supply is taken from a more than 30 wells while the remaining 10% is treated surface water.

The Davao City Water District (DCWD) has made piped water system available to about 70% of the population. This figure may be surprisingly low for people expecting a highly urbanized city. However, a visit to the City will show that hundreds of natural wells and other natural sources of spring water abound in the City, particularly in areas near the foot of the highest peak in the country, the Mt. Apo.





I think the awards would speak for themselves.

[mio]

Not just clean but very peaceful. Hadlok man gud ang mga daotang tao sa Mayor.

[joylove]

dugaya2x napd wala ko a adto the best thing akong ganahan didto kay limpyu kaau ang palibut safe pa jd maglakaw2x sa dalan kay wala jd mga snatcher didto.

[samsungster]

davao is peaceful. according to our staff wala daw phone snatching. i used to visit davao every quarter...

[Utan_Tinunoan]

Wala pa gyud ko kasuroy sa Davao.. puhon mosuroy unya koh....