DAVAO DEL NORTE, January 30, 2014 (PIA) – The province of Davao del Norte emerged sturdier after successfully getting over the economic and climatic high winds of 2013.
Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said the province managed to perform well even as it reeled from the effects of Super Typhoon Pablo late in 2012 and the series of low pressure areas in the first quarter of last year.
The Governor recalled the province, which literally wallowed in floodwaters, incurred some P4.6 billion losses in agriculture and infrastructures in the aftermath of Pablo alone.
Yet, del Rosario said external funding, such as those coming from the national government and the official development assistance (ODA), bolstered up the P905-million budget of the province last year bankroll.
He added the economic resilience of the Dabaonons and the private sector also fueled the financial dexterity of the province, bankrolling the P.E.O.P.L.E. development thrust of the governor.
“The economic resilience of our people and the private sector has never been daunted despite the natural calamities,” he said, during Capitol’s recent 2013 Operations Review and Planning session for 2014.
Among the significant accomplishments of the province is the increase in the collection of local taxes, fees and charges.
Provincial Accountant Serlinda Atake said the province piled up a 13.21 percent increase in real property taxes in the amount of P2.1 million, as well as, 6.53 percent gain in other local sources, amounting to P2.6 million.
The three provincial hospitals further attained a combined income of 48.5 million, posting a P22.5 million increase from 2012.
Del Rosario said the series of calamities last year has “opened our eyes to the realities of climate change”.
The Governor then fused the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) and the Provincial Climate Change Adaptation Council (PCCAC), in order to effectively coordinate all efforts to reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of the Dabaonons.
To start with, the province launched last December the expanded Oplan A.N.D.A.M. (Advocacy for Natural Disaster Awareness and Management) that introduces simple technologies for communities to adapt to the changing climate, and reduce their risks to natural catastrophes.
he Climate Change Academy of the province, which is designed to grant a research fund for a study on the effects of climate change in local ecosystem from “reefs to ridges.” (Noel Baguio-DavNor PIO)
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