Monday, January 21, 2008 Sara not keen on issuing new permits for billboards By Ben O. Tesiorna
VICE Mayor Sara Duterte, in her capacity as acting mayor, is not keen on giving new permits for the construction of billboards here in Davao City.
In Sunday's "Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa", the young Duterte said her policy would be to discourage the mushrooming of billboard structures in the city because of the hazard they pose especially in residential areas where they are mostly located.
Last week, the young Duterte even dared a billboard company to sue her after it protested her plan to have a billboard in SIR New Matina dismantled because this was being constructed without a permit from the City Government.
Duterte said she already issued an executive order directing all City Government agencies to enforce and closely monitor the implementation of the national laws and local ordinances regarding the construction of billboards as well as other issues concerning the building code.
Duterte said she is only giving the agencies 20 days to comply with her order. She added that she is also planning to have a meeting with billboard companies to explain her policy.
"Basta kana ang akong policy, now kung di mo makauyon pang-apply na lang mo ug permit pagbalik ni Mayor (Rodrigo) Duterte kay basin ug lain pud iyang policy. Basta samtang ako ang naglingkod dinhi I will stand by it (That's my policy. If that does not sit well with you, then wait until Mayor Rodrigo Duterte returns to office because he might have a different policy. But as long as I'm acting mayor, I will stand by this policy)," Duterte said.
