Inday Sara Tasks Davao City Administrator to Go After Erring Officials

By Christine C. Cudis (philstar.com)

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In this June 20, 2016 photo, president-elect Rodrigo Duterte's daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, takes oath as Davao City Mayor. Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte, Facebook

DAVAO CITY — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio wants clean officials and employees working in the city government.

 

Duterte-Carpio has appointed acting City Administrator Atty. Tristan Dwight Domingo to file administrative or judicial charges on government workers involved in irregularities.

 

She signed the order that delegated some of her functions and duties to Domingo as mandated by the Republic Act No. 7160 or the 1991 Local Government Code.

 

Domingo will have the power to file charges "against any official or employee of the city who may have committed an offense in the performance of his officials duties, and functions."

 

The mayor has instructed Domingo to ensure that all employees and officials under the city's executive department are doing their jobs.

 

"And if they are not, Domingo's task is to run after them," Duterte-Carpio challenged.

 

The acting city administrator was also told to supervise and manage the affairs of the executive offices of the local government. He will also sign documents on behalf of the city mayor.

 

“Considering the magnitude of the functions and duties of the City Mayor and the need to provide appropriate action to any/or all matters that require urgent as well as quick pro-active response, there is a need to delegate some of the inherent powers, functions, and duties of the City Mayor to the Acting City Administrator,” Sara stated in the executive order.

Filipinos Optimism Hits New Record Highs

By Leslie D. Venzon (philstar.com) 

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The survey, conducted a week before President Rodrigo Duterte took his oath of office, indicated that 60 percent of Filipino adults were hopeful that the Philippine economy would be better in one year. STAR/file

MANILA, Philippines (Philippines News Agency) — Filipinos’ optimism about the quality of their lives and the economy reached new record highs during the second quarter of 2016, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.

 

The SWS survey conducted from June 24-25 showed that 49 percent of Filipino adults nationwide were expecting an improvement in their quality of life in the next 12 months. Only 3 percent were pessimistic.

 

These brought net optimism at “record very high” at +46.

 

The survey, conducted a week before President Rodrigo Duterte took his oath of office, also indicated that 60 percent of Filipino adults were hopeful that the Philippine economy would be better in one year.

 

Measly 4 percent of them believed it would be worse, resulting in net optimism about the economy also at a record very high at +56.

 

The same survey said 30 percent of Filipino adults claimed their lives improved in the last 12 months while 21 percent of them said it was worse. Net gainers reached +9.

 

The survey was conducted among 1,200 Filipino adults nationwide, 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.