Sunday, August 10, 2008 S. Mindanao issued 1,775 building permits in Q1
SOUTHERN Mindanao region placed 5th among the regions nationwide to issue the highest number of building construction permits during the first quarter of 2008.
This is based on the report released by the National Statistics Office on August 8.
Davao Region issued a total of 1,775 permits or 7.79 percent of the total 22,787 permits.
Topping the ranks is Region 4A (Calabarzon) garnering a total of 5,127 or 22.5 percent and was followed by the National Capital Region who took a share of 17.84 percent or 4,066 building permits.
In 3rd place is Central Luzon with 12.57 percent or 2,885 permits and in 4th is Central Visayas with 9.57 percent or 2,180 permits.
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) was listed as having the lowest number of permits issued at 0.02 percent or a mere five permits.
However, the total number of 22,787 for the 1st quarter of 2008 is lower by three percent compared with the 23,499 permits issued during the same period in 2007.
Approved building permits for non-residential building construction also fell by 17.3 percent to 2,931 from 3,543 recorded during the same quarter of 2007.
On the other hand, approved building permits for residential building construction went up slightly by 1.6 percent from 15,899 applications to 16,159. (GLP)
