Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID 19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022

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National Economic and Development Authority XI Regional Development Council XI NEDA-RDC XI Center, Km. 7, Bangkal, Davao City Tel. Nos.: (082) 296-0160 to 64 Email: [email protected] nro11.neda.gov.ph

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CONTENTS Page

Executive Summary xiii

Background 1

COVID-19 Transmission 1 National Government Pronouncements 2 Regional Task Force 11-COVID 19 Pronouncements 3 Local Government Pronouncements 5 NTF-TWG on Anticipatory and Forward Planning 6

Objectives of the Recovery and Resiliency Program 7

Promote Confidence in Health Systems 7 Rebuild Consumer and Business Confidence 7 Formulate Policies and Programs to Adapt to a ‘New Normal State of Economic Activities 7 Reduce Uncertainties Through Provision of Right and Timely Information to the Public 8 Estimate the Cost of Future Preparedness Including Determining the Role of Public Health Insurance 8

The Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal: A Phased and Adaptive Approach 9

Chapter 1 Conveying the Right Information to the Public to Gain Public Trust and Confidence 11

Framework: Building confidence through access to right information 11 Social Media Analytics 12 Determining Information Needs 12 Protocols for Information Management and Reporting 13 Sample Dashboard and Available Data 15 Packaging the data to provide clear and understandable information 18

Chapter 2 Mitigating Losses 23

Assessment 23 Social Impact 27 Agriculture and Fisheries Sector Impact 37 Industry and Services Sector Impact 38

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Chapter 3 Defining the New Normal 47

Parameters for lifting restrictions 47 Characterizing the “new normal” 61 Political 61 Economic 65 Social 82 Technology 87 Legal 90 Environment 94

Strategies 102 Phased and adaptive recovery approach 103 Whole-of-society approach to adapt to the “new normal” 121 Government-led, LGU-enabled, people-centered interventions 124

Chapter 4 Priority Programs, Activities and Projects (PPAs) 129

Economic 132 Production 132 Financial Assistance 139 Employment Assistance 140

Social 141 Health 141 Education 149 Protection 152 Environment 153 Governance 162

Annexes 173

IATF-MEID Resolutions 173 RTF XI-COVID19 Resolutions 179 RTF XI COVID19 Orders 182 Local Government Pronouncements 184

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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Page Chapter 1 Conveying the Right Information to the Public to Gain Public Trust and Confidence

Figure 1.1 Framework for COVID-19 Information 11 Figure 1.2 Communication Phases to Build Confidence and Adapt to the New Normal 13

Chapter 2 Mitigating Losses

Table 2.1 Cereals, Vegetables and Fruits Supply Inventory and Projection, in Metric Tons (MT), by Province/Region, April 15, 2020 26 Table 2.2 Livestock Supply Inventory and Projection, in Metric Tons (MT), by Region, April 15, 2020 27 Table 2.3 Business Establishments affected by ECQ (until May 15, 2020), by Type of Enterprise, Davao Region (validated on May 22, 2020) 41 Table 2.4 Number of Business Establishments that remains affected and which resumed operations under GCQ (until May 27, 2020), by Type of Enterprise, Davao Region (validated on May 27, 2020) 42 Table 2.5 Tourist Arrivals, Davao Region, Q1 2019 vs Q1 2020 45 Table 2.6 Number of Affected Establishments, Number of Affected Workers and Estimated Income Losses, By Industry 46

Figure 2.1 Value of Tourist Receipts, Davao Region, 1st quarter 2019 vs. 1st quarter of 2020 44

Chapter 3 Defining the New Normal

Table 3.1 Risk Severity Grading and Risk-Based Public Health Standard 48 Table 3.2 Modification Potential Matrix Per Setting 49 Table 3.3 Prescribed interventions in various settings 50 Table 3.4 Macroeconomic Indicators, Davao Region, 1ST Qtr 2020 vis-à-vis 1st Qtr 2019 68 Table 3.5 Davao Region Major Commodities supply chain matrix1 75 Table 3.6 Air Quality in Davao City Monitoring Areas 95 Table 3.7 Volume of Hazardous/Infectious Waste 96 Table 3.8 Percentage Change in Water Demand, January – April 2020 and February – April 2019, by Customer Classification 98 Table 3.9 Davao City Water District’s New Normal Initiatives in Addressing Water Demand 99

Figure 3.1 Re-estimated Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP),

1 PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2014-35, Compilation and Synthesis of Major Agricultural Value Chain Analysis in the Philippines, Roehlano M. Briones, 2013 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | v

Davao Region, CY 2020, at constant 2000 prices 69 Figure 3.2 Food Supply Chain and Actors, Davao Region 76 Figure 3.3 Monthly Water Demand in Cubic Meters for January – April 2020, by Water District 97

Chapter 4 Priority Programs, Activities and Projects (PPAs)

Table 4.1 Breakdown of PAPs by Year, 2020-2022, in Thousands 130 Table 4.2 Breakdown of PAPs by Province, 2020-2022, in Thousands 130 Table 4.3 Breakdown of Pas by Agency, 2020-2022, in Thousands 131

Figure 4.1 Subsectoral Breakdown of PAPs, in Percentage, 2020-2022 129

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Executive Summary

The Davao Region Recovery Program (RRP) to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and Adapt to the “New Normal” provides direction to the national government agencies, the local government units, private sector and all other stakeholders for decisions and actions on the Region’s transition toward the new normal to revive the economy and build its resilience for similar global pandemics in the future.

As guide in the decision-making process and development of more specific sectoral policies for COVID-19 responses, it aims to: 1) promote confidence in health systems; 2) rebuild consumer and business confidence; 3) formulate policies and programs to adapt to a new normal state of economic activities; 4) reduce uncertainties through provision of right and timely information to the public; and 5) estimate the cost of future preparedness including determining the role of public health insurance.

Conveying the right information to the public to gain public trust and confidence. Foremost in the RRP is for the government to build people’s confidence by providing them access to timely, accurate and relevant information. This will be achieved by providing the framework, protocols, guidelines and strategies for effectively communicating information to the public along the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and future crises.

To convey accurate and timely information to the public, Davao Region shall develop an official portal or dashboard for COVID-19 related matters. All information will be harmonized in one platform to ease the public’s access.

Mitigating Losses. To obtain a good grasp of the overall situation in the Region, the impact of the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was assessed as the preventive actions had immediate and significant impact on the region’s social and economic sectors.

Defining the New Normal. Davao Region adheres to the World Health Organization’s (WHO)- recommended criteria on easing restrictions, the new normal is defined as: a) transmission of the disease is controlled, b) health system capacities are in place to detect, test, isolate, and treat every case and trace every contact, c) outbreak risks are minimized in special settings like health facilities and nursing homes d) preventive measures are in place in workplaces, schools, and other places where it is essential for people to go, e) importation risks can be managed and f) communities are fully educated, engaged, and empowered to adjust to the “new norm.”

Characterizing the New Normal. The threat of COVID-19 remains even after ECQ is lifted. The public, therefore, shall embrace new norms in doing things in order to limit the spread of the virus. The Region’s Political, Economic, Social, Technology, Legal and Environment aspects have been characterized as it navigates toward the new normal through appropriate policies and interventions. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | xiii

Strategies. The Region shall adapt a phased and adaptive approach in its recovery program based on the national government’s strategy as well as employ a whole-of-society approach to adapt to the new normal while ensuring that its interventions are government-led, LGU- enabled and people-centered

Major Programs and Projects. The programs and projects in the RRP are the interventions for the social, economic, infrastructure and governance sectors to address the impact of COVID-19 and to propel the region toward the new normal of doing things. The Region requires PhP51.62 Billion to implement its programs, activities and projects from 2020 to 2022.

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Background

COVID-19 Transmission

The World Health Organization (WHO) received a report on pneumonia cases of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China, through its Country Office, on December 31, 2019. A Public Health Emergency of International Concern was then declared by the WHO on January 30, 2020 in view of an outbreak of the corona virus infection where a total of 7,818 confirmed cases worldwide was reported. Majority of these were in China, while 82 cases were reported in 18 countries outside China. With the increasing number of confirmed cases worldwide, tallying over 118,000 confirmed cases in over 110 countries and territories around the world, and the sustained risk of further global spread, the WHO declared on March 11, 2020, the COVID-19 as a global pandemic.

Thus, countries in the world were enjoined to take “urgent and aggressive action” given the enormous capacity of the disease to spread the infection and induce a crippling effect to the socio-economic life of people and societies. As of June 25, 2020, globally, there were 9,296,202 confirmed cases with almost half a million (479,133) deaths. By territory, Western Pacific, where the Philippines belong, has the least confirmed cases at 209,215.

The Philippines recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on January 30, 2020. Three months later, the country recorded a total of 9,223 confirmed cases, 607 deaths and 1,214 recoveries. As of June 25, 2020, the Philippines reported 33,069 confirmed cases with 778 new cases reported for June 25 alone. The number of recoveries was 27% of the total 8,910 cases while deaths was recorded at 1,212.

Davao Region recorded its first COVID-19 confirmed case on March 15, 2020 and was observed to be on an uptrend reaching 488 cases on June 25, 2020 with 13 new cases. Majority of the total confirmed cases were those belonging to ages 20-49, while the least affected were those under 19 years old.

As of June 25, 2020, 25,667 probable cases in Davao Region have completed the 14-day home quarantine. Deaths were relatively low and maintained at 31 or only 6% of total confirmed cases from May 12 to June 25, with no new death recorded on June 25. The number of recovered patients continued to rise to reach 311 or 64% of the total number of confirmed cases. The spikes were attributed to the enhanced effort of the Region in contact tracing and testing, including active case finding and swabbing in different identified hot spot areas. Highest number of asymptomatic cases was recorded on May 29, 2020, less than two weeks after the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was lifted and prior to transitioning to General Community Quarantine (GCQ).

At the initial stage, on May 3, DOH XI reported that 25 of the confirmed cases had exposure to a cockfight derby held at a popular cockpit in Davao City, while the rest were either exposed to confirmed COVID-19 patients or had travel history to Metro Manila and other places. Given the number of confirmed cases who had exposure to the cockfight derby that was held on March 7, 10 and 12, the same cockpit became the ground zero for the disease not only in Davao Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 1

Region, but in Mindanao as well.

As of June 15, 2020, Davao City continued to record the highest number of confirmed COVID cases in Davao Region at 362, followed by Davao del Norte at 27, Davao Oriental at 20 and Davao del Sur at 17. Only Davao de Oro and Davao Occidental recorded single-digit cases at 6 and 4, respectively.

National Government Pronouncements

Due to the WHO declaration on COVID 19 as a global pandemic and an evidence from the Department Health (DOH) of COVID local transmission, President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 922, on March 8, 2020, declaring a “State of Public Health Emergency Throughout the Philippines”. It was declared that the outbreak of COVID-19 constitutes an emergency that threatens national security and required a whole-of-government response. All government agencies and local government units (LGUs) were enjoined to render full assistance and cooperation and mobilize necessary resources to undertake critical, urgent, and appropriate response and measures in a timely manner to curtail and eliminate the COVID-19 threat.

On March 16, 2020, through Proclamation 929, a State of Calamity was declared by the President due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019, and upon recommendation by the Inter- Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) after it raised the Code Alert System for COVID-19 to Code Red Sublevel 2, following the continued rise of COVID-19 cases in the country. Proclamation 929 also imposed an Enhanced Community Quarantine throughout the island of Luzon beginning March 17, 2020 up to April 13, 2020, and also directed all law enforcement agencies, with support from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, to undertake all necessary measures to ensure peace and order in affected areas.

The National Government, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, then issued on March 16, 2020 guidelines on the implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine over the entire Luzon and further guidelines on the management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019, including the suspension of classes, prohibition of mass gathering, strict social distancing measures, impositions of home quarantine, restriction of movement and non-essential travel, and temporary closure of non-essential work and businesses, among others. Similar pronouncements from the National Inter Agency Task Force for Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) were also issued, providing guidelines and recommendations on how the Coronavirus Disease 2019 should be managed throughout the country.

Given the enormous task of managing, containing, and preventing the further spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines, R.A. 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act” was passed into law on March 25, 2020, granting limited emergency powers to the President for a period of three months to oversee the COVID-19 crises. The law granted President Duterte 30 special powers to address the crisis, including The authority to give 18 million low-income families PhP5,000 to PhP8,000 a month in emergency cash aid depending on the prevailing minimum wage in the regions for two months, directed PhilHealth to shoulder all medical costs of workers exposed to the coronavirus for the duration of the emergency, enforced protective

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IATF issued Resolution No. 29, series of 2020, which extended the Enhanced Community Quarantine over several high-risk areas up to May 15, 2020. These areas included the National Capital Region, Region III, Region IV-A, the provinces of Pangasinan, Benguet, Iloilo, Cebu, and the cities of Davao, Cebu and Baguio. The same Resolution also put all other low-risk and moderate-risk areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao under General Community Quarantine.

Another issuance was IATF Resolution No. 30, series of 2020 providing the omnibus guidelines for the implementation of community quarantine in the Philippines beyond May 16, 2020, which applies to all regions, provinces, cities, or areas placed under General or Enhanced Community Quarantine. Moreover, beginning May 16, 2020, all decisions to impose, lift, or extend a community quarantine in provinces, highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) and independent component cities (ICCs) rested with the IATF.

The latest issuance is embodied in IATF Resolution No. 46-A on June 15, 2020, which placed Davao City, among other highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) under General Community Quarantine or GCQ, this was actually an extended GCQ, and the five provinces under MGCQ, or an extended MGCQ from June 16-30, 2020 (Annex A lists the IATF-MEID Resolutions).

Regional Task Force 11-COVID 19 Pronouncements

Davao Region became the first Region in the country to adopt a unified structure applying the Incident Command System (ICS) for its regionwide response to the COVID-19 outbreak. After President Rodrigo Duterte declared a State of Calamity due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 on March 16, 2020 and imposed an Enhanced Community Quarantine over the entire Luzon thereafter, Davao Region immediately took urgent action to establish its integrated response mechanism in managing the crisis.

By virtue of Joint RPOC XI – RDC XI Resolution No. 9, dated March 17, 2020, the Davao Region Task Force on Coronavirus Desease-19 (RTF11-COVID19) was created and the Davao City Mayor was designated as overall Regional Incident Command System (ICS) Commander and Chairperson of the RTF11-COVID19. On the same day of its creation, the RTF11-COVID 19 declared a regionwide lock down in order to mitigate and contain the threat of infection by suspending land, sea, and domestic air transportation coming to Davao Region and closure of all ports of entry into the Region effective 00:01H of March 19, 2020. RTF11 also supported Davao City’s Executive Orders No. 12 and 13, series of 2020 on the suspension of all international and domestic travel to and from Davao City throughout the duration of the City’s Community Quarantine, through RTF11-COVID19 Resolution No. 10, s.2020.

Guidelines for all component-LGUs and security personnel manning the checkpoints during the Region-wide land lockdown were firmed up through RTF Orders issued by the RTF

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Chairperson. Appropriate RTF Orders were also issued to define the quarantine protocols for persons who were stranded at Davao Region’s boundary checkpoints, prohibition and exemptions on the movement of persons within the Region, guidelines on cargo transport during the State of Public Health Emergency, the imposition of curfew hours, as well as the implementation of liquor ban and the prohibition of the manufacture, transport, and trading of methanol-based products within the Region.

To align its efforts with the National Task Force-COVID19, the RTF11-COVID19 also issued RTF11-COVID19 Resolution No. 9 on March 29, 2020, “Creating the Task Groups on Response, Resource Management and Logistics, and Strategic Communication Under the RTF11-COVID 19”. The Task Group Response Operations were tasked to identify, screen and assist suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients, provide necessary treatment, implement preventive measures, implement community quarantine regulations, maintain peace and order, provide emergency relief to affected population and undertake proper disposal of cadavers. The Task Group Resource Management and Logistics were tasked to ensure the availability of resources, supplies, and facilities for response operations, identify quarantine and treatment facilities and locations, and formulate economic plans, programs, and projects to cope with the impacts. The Task Group Strategic Communications were tasked to disseminate appropriate, accurate and timely messages utilizing all available platforms, manage “infodemics”, implement measures to cultivate the adoption of desired public behaviour, and address local “fake news” and other falsified information.

In view of the increasing trend of COVID-19 confirmed cases, the entire Region was placed under General Community Quarantine effective 5:00AM on March 26, 2020 per RTF11- COVID19 Order No. 2020-007, and was elevated to a regionwide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) beginning at 9:00PM on April 4, 2020 per RTF11-COVID19 Order No. 2020-008. By this time, cases of local transmission have already been observed and measures for its containment were already scaled up through contact tracing and testing.

Pursuant to DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2020-062, a supplemental RTF Order (RTF11- COVID19 Order No. 2020-008-A) was also issued on April 5, 2020, suspending private and public transportation for inter-LGU travels within the Region, prescribing transportation arrangements for front-liners, essential workers, and vulnerable groups during the ECQ, as well as, the imposition of a total liquor ban, and longer curfew hours regionwide, from 6PM to 6AM.

Recognizing that the foregoing measures have slowed down the spread of COVID-19 in Davao Region and that lifting of quarantine restrictions “too early” could lead to new waves of outbreaks, the RTF issued RTF11-COVID19 Order No. 2020-009 on April 17, 2020, extending the regionwide ECQ until 11:59PM, 26 April 2020. The same Order directed the Local Chief Executives to adopt the recommendations of the Department of Health for the implementation of Community Quarantine in their respective LGUs, once the lifting of ECQ is granted by the proper health authorities.

Meanwhile, all LGUs were enjoined to vigorously adopt and implement the Detect, Isolate, Treat and Reintegrate Strategy prescribed by the National Task Force COVID-19. The RTF

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 4 adopted measures such as intensified contact tracing of suspected and probable COVID-19 cases, early case detection by the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams, acquisition and distribution of personal protective equipment to healthcare workers, provision of adequate facilities and deployment of additional human resources to handle isolating and managing of COVID-19 cases, and continued monitoring to prevent a surge of the disease. For this purpose, all provinces, cities, and municipalities in the Region were advised to fully utilize their Bayanihan Grants during the quarantine period.

RTF11-COVID Resolution No. 17 was issued on April 30, 2020, adopted the national IATF’s recommendations for the imposition of ECQ or GCQ for specific high-risk areas in the country until 15 May 2020, including Davao City, in accordance with the IATF-prescribed parameters and procedure. The LGUs of Davao Region were enjoined to abide by these recommendations, moving forward. Thereafter, the RTF11 COVID-19 abides by the subsequent guidelines of the national AITF for the implementation of the quarantine measures in the whole country and areas-specific based on risk classification.

Since its creation, the RTF11-COVID 19 has passed 19 Resolutions and 15 Orders on relevant concerns to effectively combat the COVID 19 pandemic (Annex A lists the RTF 11-COVID 19 Resolutions and Orders).

Local Government Pronouncements

In compliance with IATF and RTF11 COVID 19 Resolutions, the local government units of Davao Region issued their respective Executive Orders that recommend strategic government responses at the local level to address the threat of COVID-19 (Annex A lists the various Executive Orders issued by the LGUs of Davao City and the five provinces of Davao Region).

The City Government of Davao and the Provincial Governments of Davao de Oro and Davao del Norte announced that they shall continue to implement the ECQ until May 15, with a re- evaluation on May 16. Consequently, the City Government of Davao issued Executive Order No. 28 declaring the extension of the ECQ until May 15, 2020. The Provinces of Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Occidental issued EO Nos. 17, 27, 34 and 29, respectively, to shift to GCQ, from May 1 to 15, 2020.

However, on April 30, 2020, President Rodrigo R. Duterte issued Executive Order No. 112, providing for the Omnibus Guidelines for the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines, which apply to all regions, provinces, cities or areas placed under General or Enhanced Quarantine. Under this EO, the City of Davao was included among the areas placed under ECQ for the period May 1, 12:01 AM to May 15, 11:59 PM. This in effect removed Davao de Oro and Davao del Norte from among the high-risk areas.

The RTF11-COVID 19 Resolution No. 17 adopted EO 112 and its categorization of Davao Region LGUs of Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao de Oro and Davao Occidental. It, however, concurred with Davao de Oro and Tagum City to be placed under extended ECQ until May 15. Davao del Norte per its EO NO. 37, s.2020 saw the need to continue the implementation of ECQ over Tagum City, while the rest of the Province was

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NTF-TWG on Anticipatory and Forward Planning

To commence forward planning and as part of its transitory process, the NEDA published a Report on March 19, 2020, “Addressing the Social and Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic”. In that Report, NEDA outlined a three-phased program of interventions on public health response and rebuilding consumer and business confidence that may be implemented by both the Government and private sectors.

To provide context on all the issues faced by the country affecting all sectors of society, as well as the recommendations on hand, there was a need to provide one direction to all efforts of Government in partnership with the private sector on how it would be able to cope once the community quarantine shall have been lifted. This need gave rise to the creation of the Technical Working Group on Anticipatory and Forward Planning (TWG-AFP) on March 27, 2020 through Resolution No. 16 of the IATF-EID. The TWG-AFP, chaired by NEDA. It was tasked to assess the impact of COVID-19 and Enhanced Community Quarantine, and draft appropriate policy recommendations that will help stimulate the economy, and adapt to the “new normal” of economic activity.

On April 27, 2020, the TWG-AFP submitted to IATF-EID its final report, “Addressing the Social and Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic”, outlining three phases of Government’s response against COVID-19, namely: response, mitigation and transition to the new normal. The transition to new normal requires a risk assessment plan that would also study the possible resumption of high value sectors with low risk of spreading the virus. The impact and risk assessment and set of policy recommendations were to be integrated in a Recovery Program that will be replicated in all regions. The formulation of Regional Recovery Programs (RRPs) by all Regions commenced taking guidance from the Final Report of the TWG-AFP. The vital roles of the LGUs and the Regional Development Councils (RDCs) were highlighted in the RRPs, particularly in the implementation of priority PPAs as the country transitions to the “new normal” in reviving the economy and building the resilience of communities to similar pandemic in the future.

With said developments, and additional national guidance, including the completion of the draft Philippine Economic Recovery Program by NEDA on May 14, dubbed as “PH- PROGRESO- Philippine Program for Recovery with Equity and Solidarity-Turning Crisis into an Opportunity, the first version of the Davao Region RRP was enhanced.

The enhanced Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program aligns with the national recovery program, as well as firms up the assessment portion to highlight the emergency, recovery and resilience stages of the phased approach, thus making it more doable and responsive to the requirements of the new normal. Further, the DRRRP was improved adopting available methodology/ies for formulating recovery and resilience programs.

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Objectives of the Recovery and Resiliency Program

In general, the Davao Region RRP has been formulated to bounce back from the effects of COVID-19 and to facilitate the Region’s adaptation to the “new normal”. It shall serve as a basis in the decision-making process and development of more specific sectoral policies for COVID-19 response.

1) Promote confidence in health systems

The COVID-19 experience has made it obvious that the Region, even the country and the world in general were not ready for a crisis as huge as the spread of this disease. While patient care has been relatively well-managed by the Region’s public and private health institutions and health professionals, lessons can be drawn from the experience so that the Region can assure its people that their health and wellbeing can be taken care of in normal and not-so-normal situations. The RRP shall ensure that lessons learned from the crisis will take root in the advances the Region needs to undertake in improving systems and practices in health institutions, strengthening health services and facilities, capacitating health professionals, augmenting medical resources, and engaging a whole-of-society approach in addressing health crises situations. This is to heighten the claim-holders’ sense of security and their satisfaction with health care and government services as they have access to an adequate health system.

2) Rebuild consumer and business confidence

The COVID-19 and the ECQ has brought about unprecedented uncertainties. The immediate objective is to bring the pandemic under control and mitigate the economic damage to consumers and businesses. While the estimates of expected recovery are equally uncertain, the Region shall strive to lay the foundations for a strong and sustained recovery by keeping markets open and predictable and fostering a more favorable business environment to spur investments under a “new normal” scenario.

3) Formulate policies and programs to adapt to a “new normal” state of economic activities.

As the region works its way through the COVID-19 crisis, different scenarios for recovery and “new normal” policies shall be adopted to redefine the economy. These include policies for emerging businesses/industries and job-creating opportunities that will accelerate the transition to a new and sustainable and more inclusive economy.

Program and policy responses of government shall be crafted accordingly such that they support the Region’s shift to the “new normal”, both in the short- and long-term. Social protection measures (e.g. health protection, unemployment benefits, social assistance, etc.) and economic support for both the demand and supply sides shall be the immediate priority.

The programs, activities and projects (PAPs) contained in this Program are based on the Department of Budget and Management’s issuance of National Budget Circular No. 580 dated April 22, 2020, on the Adoption of Economy Measures in the Government due to the Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 7

Emergency Health Situation. The Circular provides for the discontinuance of appropriated PAPs, whether released or unreleased, as well as unobligated allotments to fund the operations and response measures related to the COVID-19 emergency situation. As such, the RDC XI has proactively requested all concerned agencies to reprioritize and realign their CY 2020 budgets to identify PAPs that need to be implemented immediately to respond to the emergency health situation; revisit and resubmit their RDC XI-endorsed FY 2021 budget proposals to identify PAPs that will be implemented in 2021 to continually fund mitigating measures for the COVID-19 pandemic; and identify PAPs in FY 2022 (to the extent possible) for the continuing efforts related to COVID-19.

Over the long-term, program and policy interventions shall be geared towards harnessing the Region’s long-term growth potential and building its resilience to future shocks, with interventions to build capacity for coping with and recovering from external shocks, not only from COVID-19, but also from other forms of natural disasters and future climate change impacts.

4) Reduce uncertainties through provision of right and timely information to the public

Communication is key to the building of peoples’ confidence in public institutions and engaging them to cooperate in government efforts in times of a crisis like COVID-19. The RRP shall ensure that government is transparent in handling and managing the situation, that right information are made accessible to the public on a regular basis, and that systems are in place to respond to information needs and gaps in a timely manner and consistently, even as the Region transitions into and adapts to the new normal.

5) Estimate the cost of future preparedness including determining the role of public health insurance

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a painful background to addressing a crisis with enormous proportions, not just affecting pockets of communities but everyone, in all aspects and without exemption. The RRP shall take reference from this experience to ensure that the Region is well prepared to address similar and even greater crises that may be forthcoming, reduce the risks that will be brought about by these crises, strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable against impacts, hence, proactively address the related future requirements. The RRP shall highlight the role of public health insurance as it impacts on the government coffers and its medical readiness and sustainability, as well as in securing the financial capacities and safety of Davaoeños. Among the expected roles of public health insurance include providing support and assistance to MSMEs and OFWs through deferment of premium payments, as necessary, and in providing full medical coverage for people getting sick from new and emerging diseases and in sustaining the universal healthcare coverage for all.

Davao Region shall determine the extent of losses due to the pandemic and the cost of future preparedness which can be gleaned from the accompanying list of programs, activities and projects (PAPs) proposed to be implemented by concerned agencies from 2020 to 2022.

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Likewise, the role of the self-sustaining public health insurance shall be determined in terms of covering an individual’s health care.

The Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from Covid-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal: A Phased and Adaptive Approach

The Davao Region Economic Recovery and Resiliency Program is based on the National Government’s four-pillar strategy in responding to the COVID-19 crisis, as follows:

The Program’s framework is phased and delineated among three stages: Stage 1 or the Emergency Stage; Stage 2 or the Recovery Stage; and Stage 3 or the Resiliency Stage. Because the crisis it addresses concerns health, the analogies for these stages mirror a patient’s stages of a stay in the hospital, so that for Stage 1, the analogy is Intubation in the ICU; for Stage 2, it is Dextrose in a regular room; and for Stage 3, the analogy is Vitamins at home. These analogies are adopted from the national economic recovery plan, the PH-PROGRESO.

The stages relate to definite periods in the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Stage 1 covers the period from March to May 2020; Stage 2 covers the period June to December 2020; and Stage 3 covers the period 2021 and onwards.

Each of these stages is also defined by the area quarantine classification that was implemented during the period, so that for Stage 1, the Region was generally under Enhanced Community Quarantine; during Stage 2 it was upgraded to General Community Quarantine; and in Stage 3, the target is to be able to transcend the quarantines and thus bring the Region to the New Normal.

For the stages the applicable Pillar strategy is applied. For the Emergency Stage, the strategies under Pillars 1 and 2 were generally resorted to, while for the Recovery and Resilience Stages, strategies under Pillars 3 and 4 will be pursued.

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The rest of the framework spells out the main strategies proposed under the three phased stages, viz: Emergency Stage Recovery Stage Resiliency Stage Period March to May 2020 June to December 2020 2021 onwards Analogy Intubation in ICU Dextrose in regular room Vitamins at home Area ECQ GCQ Post-GCQ – New Normal Quarantine Classification Pillar Pillar I and II Pillar III and IV Pillar III and IV Key Features Messaging focused on Messaging focused on Messaging focused on the health advisories, reducing losses & new normal across access to treatment, improving socioeconomic sectors and on turning the case monitoring with conditions crisis into opportunities LGUs Immediate provision of Improvement of social Fast track the social protection protection programs & implementation of the packages income support systems Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Establishment of unified Improvement of health Institution of a fully regional guidelines on systems & health care integrated health systems quarantine measures & facilities database health protocol Aggressive testing & Improvement of the status Full PhilHealth coverage contact tracing & supply of human of emerging or re- resources for health emerging diseases (HRH) Ensure unhampered Adoption of blended Institutionalization of movement of A & F learning by shifting to flexible learning options goods & services digital & alternative such as open high school, learning modes alternative delivery modes & satellites for off-grid areas Banks encouraged to Realignment of Reprioritization of the provide financial relief to expenditure priorities for budget for FY 2021 and companies & suspend FY 2020 onwards imposition of interest fees & charges on loans Establishment of Provision of access to Promotion of co-financing quarantine control & business financing & between the National intensified containment financial services Government and LGUs measures, & secure critical lifeline & facilities Strengthening of online Investment Priorities Plan marketing of agricultural to include activities critical produce through for the supply of essential establishment of goods online/digital channels for transactions & delivery services Hastening the growth of Building MSME’s capacity e-commerce by focusing for business continuity on speed, security & planning structure to increase sales

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Chapter 1 Conveying the right information to the public to gain public trust and confidence

A whole-of-society cooperation is of utmost importance in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, containing the spread of the disease, and mitigating its impact. Such cooperation is only possible if people have full understanding and appreciation of the problem in its entirety, and confidence in public institutions.

As Davao Region strives to end the crisis and hasten recovery, it shall build peoples’ confidence by providing access to vital information. At the same time, it shall listen and be receptive to people’s feedback to ascertain the needs and gaps, and have a better, more holistic understanding and handling of the crisis. This includes the need to address questions, persistent worries, and rumors.

The RTF11 COVID-19 Task Group on Strategic Communications, chaired by the Philippine Information Agency, was created to coordinate the dissemination of appropriate, accurate, and timely messages utilizing all available platforms, and to implement measures to cultivate the adoption of desired public behaviour.

This section provides the framework, protocols, guidelines and strategies for effectively communicating information to the public along the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1.1. Framework: Building confidence through access to right information

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Communication is integral to every public health intervention. It provides the basis and precedes actions taken by people who are affected or at risk and the actions of the institutions who respond to the outbreak. Regular and proactive communication with the community helps alleviate confusion and avoid misunderstanding.

Figure 1.1 Framework for COVID-19 Information

Access to the right information builds confidence and fosters cooperation among the stakeholders, viz., the government, affected population, health care providers, media, NGO partners, and the general public - towards ending the crisis and rebuilding the economy.

The people must be apprised pertinent to health, social, economic, public safety/security, and governance information. It is crucial that the government’s information, communication, and education efforts are in sync with the economic recovery program: i.e., PH-PROGRESO’s phased and adaptive recovery approach on Emergency Stage, Recovery Stage and Resiliency Stage.

1.2. Social Media Analytics

Determining Information Needs

While most of the information sought by the public may already be available, these are largely fragmented. Based on the results of crowd sourcing and media analysis at the national level, which are applicable to Davao Region, the most important information that must be provided immediately are on the emergency measures, namely: general COVID-19 situation, spread, treatment and available health facilities; on-going social protection and support measures, case monitoring with LGUs, subsidies for the poor, support for key sectors, among others.

The next series of needed information are on the recovery measures to reduce losses and manage the transition of the rest of the economy, along with provisions on transparency and governance (e.g., reports on fund disbursement and parameters on lifting ECQ, among others).

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Finally, information for the resiliency stage are on how the government plans to build back better and transition to the new normal must be provided. Information on what the “new normal” across each sector needs shall be shared so that appropriate measures can be provided to turn crisis into opportunities.

Fig. 1.2 Communication Phases to Build Confidence and Adapt to the New Normal

Protocols for Information Management and Reporting

As earlier mentioned, well-conceived and effectively delivered messages are crucial to help facilitate emergency efforts, cooperation and public confidence. Apart from this, the government’s implementation of transparency measures calls for establishing protocols for information management and reporting. These shall address the current gaps and challenges, such as fragmented information sourced on COVID-19 and existing data protocols and safeguards adopted by agencies. Another consideration is ensuring consistency in information and language from all partners and avoiding misinformation/rumours.

Among the communication issues that Davao Region had to contend with at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are the following:

a) Need to build people’s trust in the government’s provision of services at the time of the

COVID19 pandemic;

b) Massive proliferation of misinformation easily spread through social media that hampers

the government from influencing people’s behaviour;

c) Being a new disease, COVID-19 caused confusion, anxiety and fear among the population, which has given rise to stigma and discrimination towards patients and frontliners that can undermine social cohesion.

To gain the trust of Davaoeños, influence their behavior on beating COVID-19 and recover together as one, the following strategies shall be adopted, as recommended by the AFP-TWG and by the RTF11-TG on Strategic Communications:

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Strategies Lead Entities Timelines Establish and/or activate talking heads to PIA XI, During ECQ up to the full be the official spokesperson and be relied concerned lifting of the ECQ on as source of official information agencies (Emergency. Recovery and Resiliency stages) Establish official communication platforms PIA XI, PLGUs/ During ECQ up to the full at the regional, provincial and municipal CLGU/MLGU lifting of the ECQ level; and utilize all government Information (Emergency. Recovery information networks Office, C4DNet and Resiliency stages) Develop a dashboard/portal to provide at- DICT XI, NEDA During ECQ up to the full a-glance views of key information on the XI, PIA XI, LGUs, lifting of the ECQ COVID-19 crisis concerned (Emergency. Recovery agencies and Resiliency stages) Create an inter-agency body that will DICT XI, NEDA During ECQ up to the full manage the dashboard/portal and ensure XI, PIA XI, LGUs, lifting of the ECQ efficient linkages to the respective concerned (Emergency. Recovery agencies’ websites agencies and Resiliency stages)

Formulate data sharing agreements across Concerned During ECQ up to the full government entities that will provide data government lifting of the ECQ for the portal agencies/GOCCs (Emergency. Recovery and Resiliency stages) Ensure regular, effective dissemination PIA XI, RTF XI During ECQ up to the full and unified messaging of IEC materials StratCom lifting of the ECQ from the directives set by the national and (Emergency. Recovery local government and Resiliency stages)

Create a standard template for all PIA XI During ECQ up to the full communication lifting of the ECQ (Emergency. Recovery and Resiliency stages) Set timelines for addressing data gaps RTF XI StratCom As needed

Ensure the availability of data from the LGUs, C4DNet During ECQ up to the full LGUs lifting of the ECQ (Emergency. Recovery and Resiliency stages)

Provide broadband internet connectivity DICT XI During ECQ up to the full through fiber optic network to vital facilities lifting of the ECQ and public places and ensure the (Emergency. Recovery functionality of communication lines at all and Resiliency stages) times. Establish a referral system to concerned RTF XI StratCom During ECQ up to the full agencies to address publicly aired lifting of the ECQ grievances, issues, and concerns on (Emergency. Recovery COVID 19 and government’s response and Resiliency stages)

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Sample Dashboard and Available Data

To help the government and other stakeholders make informed decisions, a Davao Region COVID-19 dashboard shall be developed to display updated COVID-19 related information from multiple data sources. As the dashboard may not be able to provide a complete picture for all government assistance, line agencies shall explore the creation of a COVID-19 portal in their official websites or social media pages. The dashboard shall contain links to these agencies and direct people to websites or platforms where support programs are spelled out. The agencies’ websites may also provide a link, which directs the public to the dashboard for COVID-19.

Recommended Indicators

Based on the social media analysis and mapping of available data, the following indicators shall be in the dashboard or portal corresponding to the three phases of Response, Mitigation, and Transition to the new normal. As there will be too much data to host and maintain in one portal, the information needs shall be categorized into what will be directly available in the portal and those that will have links to partner agencies’ COVID-19 corners or portals.

Emergency Phase

The priority information needs of the public during this phase shall comprise of the following:

Platform Health Social Economic Security Governance In the • Total number of • Description • Support • Safety • FAQs on the ECQ portal cases of eligibility services, precautions • Government (disaggregated and process programs, and protocols hotlines (health, by sex, age, of receiving initiatives to during ECQ report grievances, region, or assistance aid SMEs and etc. province) from industries • Social media hub • Total number of government under difficult deaths, interventions situations recoveries, during ECQ, (classified per suspected and i.e., SAP, sector), probable cases TUPAD, especially for • Total number of CAMP, micro and case conducted PhilHealth small (disaggregated packages enterprises by suspected (updated • Practical and probable guidelines on information cases tested and availment for producers confirmatory and and tests) coverage) consumers • Basic FAQs and • Opportunities (e.g., DA’s Dos and Don’ts to donate Kadiwa to prevent and/or Centers, spread of volunteer trading posts) disease • Business and (infographics, services videos) allowed to operate (during and

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Platform Health Social Economic Security Governance • Hotline for after Ambulatory lockdown services • Personal stories of recovered patients on their journey to recovery Partner • List of referral • Status of • Protocols or • Issuances made agency hospitals for disbursement guidelines during the ECQ websites COVID-19 of national that need to (PCOO) or social (DOH) and and local be • Local media capacities of government implemented ordinances/rules/re pages each hospital inventories, during ECQ gulations during • List of testing i.e., SAP (PNP/AFP) ECQ (DILG/LGUs) (with centers (DOH) (DSWD); • Recognizing links from • Procedures on TUPAD and the main getting treatment (DOLE); countering portal) care (DOH and CAMP fake news, LGUs) (DOLE); false, or • Where to get PhilHealth misleading health Packages information resources, i.e., (PhilHealth; and PPEs, LGU propaganda ventilators; or interventions (DILG/PCOO available stock (DILG) ) equipment • Available (DOH) education • Online programs per consultation for level; online COVID and non- or offline COVID health (DepEd, concerns (Lung CHED, Center, TESDA) Philippine Mental • Guidelines Health, etc.) on the • Other moratorium epidemiological of payment or health on housing information on loans and confirmed utilities patients, i.e., (HDMF, hospitalization, SHFC, NHA, intensive care and NHMFC, unit admissions and utility (DOH) companies) • Forecast on • Support disease or services for infection spread Human per area of LGU Resources (FASSSTER/UP for health RI) and frontline • Intervention or workers, i.e., mapping of transportatio Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 16

Platform Health Social Economic Security Governance human n (DOTr, resources for OVP); health (DOH) billeting for dorms (OVP, LGUs) • List of beneficiaries for programs (agency in- charge)

Mitigation Phase

Recovery Stage

Platform Health Social Economic Security Governance In the • Information, • Transportation Portal update, or guidelines and news article on availability post- the status of ECQ development of vaccine Partner School • Guidelines on agency calendar adopting flexible websites adjustments for work arrangements or social SY 2019-2020 (DOLE) media and SY 2020- • Extension of pages 2021; deadlines on promotion or government moving up of transactions, i.e., students payment of taxes, (DepEd) etc. (BIR, BSP) • Macro and business indicators (NEDA/DOF/ BSP)

Transition to the ‘New Normal’ Phase

Resiliency Stage

In this phase, the data will include definitions or guidelines on the ‘new normal’ for all sectors; strategies and structural reforms to turn crisis into opportunity; and tracking of assistance from the national government and other development partners. The latter shall be an itemized breakdown of total funds disbursed by the national government and development partners to different agencies and LGUs vis-à-vis actual accomplishments (reports from line agencies and LGUs) for transparency.

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Packaging the data to provide clear and understandable information

With the identified information needs, the packaging, or how this information are presented would be crucial to ensure that the public understands and retains the information made available to them. The following recommendations shall be adopted:

Laymanize the explanation contained in frequently ask questions (FAQs)

Information provided in the platform must be clear, short, and easy to understand by all. These explanations must also have translations in the main dialects (e.g., Tagalog, Bisaya, Muslim, etc.) of the region. Messages need to be tailored to the disease and local sociocultural and economic realities must be reflected.

Make the portal interface simple, clear, and uncrowded

While the DOH nCoV tracker provides a comprehensive and detailed snapshot of the available data or information that the Department has, it may overwhelm the public and does not capture the non-health information the people also need. The website should be simple and clean, and can direct users to the information they need. For instance, the designated platform may position the link for staysafe.ph2 where it can be easily seen by the user and provide a short description of what it is.

Use catchy phrases

Following the #weRecoverAsOne, the platform shall contain catchy phrases to entice users to click and explore. Information shall be presented creatively whilst ensuring the accuracy of information.

Employ strategic messaging

Strategic messaging and placement of materials are needed to better engage the public. For instance, the messaging on wearing face masks can be: Face masks should be worn not just to avoid being infected, but also to avoid infecting others as one could be a carrier of the virus even without exhibiting symptoms. This kind of messaging brings about a sense of responsibility towards their community. This can be presented as a short video aired in major channels in the country (not limited to government channels) and can be made viral on social media platforms.

Proposed Dashboard/Portal

The proposed Davao Region dashboard shall adopt the following format developed by the TWG-AFP, but shall be customized for Davao Region. The objective is to bring the locus of control over the situation to the individual and the community. While the government shall be seen as taking action comprehensively and as one, it must also be conveyed that, with the right information and resources, individuals can have significant control of the situation. The dashboard shall serve as a platform to elicit support and cooperation from the rest of the society.

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Each box in the homepage leads to relevant COVID-19 pages in the websites of concerned agencies or to other pages, to wit:

General Situationer and COVID-19 Situation Updates links to the DOH COVID-19 tracker and other DOH bulletins, press releases, and directories

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Health innovations links to the COVID-19 pages of the Department of Science and Technology.

Social Services links to the COVID-19 pages of DSWD, DepEd, CHED, and TESDA

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Trabaho at Negosyo sa Panahon ng COVID links to the COVID-19 pages of the DOLE, DTI, DOTr, and DA.

Laging Handa: Government in Action links to COVID-19 pages providing official guidelines on the implementation of the ECQ.

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Quarantine Control Points links to the COVID-19 page of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

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Chapter 2 Mitigating Losses

2.1. Assessment

The COVID-19 pandemic came as a big surprise to everyone, and to the government. Also, the crisis appears to involve a societal class dimension: class-A, or the upper- and class-B, or the middle-income classes, were the ones mostly infected because they were the ones who can afford travels or were acquainted with ones who have travelled. The impact on the lower- income classes, on the other hand, was mainly through local transmission wherein the virus was transmitted through contact with persons afflicted with the disease within the community or public places where people gathered closely together. As established by medical experts, the virus can be transmitted through droplets from cough, sneezing, or talking with infected persons.

In response to the confirmation of localized transmission and in anticipation of possible community outbreak of the virus, DOH had raised the COVID-19 Alert System to Code Red sublevel 1. This was a preemptive measure to ensure that national and local governments and public and private health care providers can prepare for possible increase in suspected and confirmed cases.

Davao Region responded quickly to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The creation of Regional Task Force XI COVID-19 paved the way for a unified set of regional guidelines on quarantine measures through the executive orders issued by Davao Region’s LGUs.

The RTF-COVID19 took action by declaring ECQ to limit the spread of the disease, i.e., through physical isolation policies, thus restricting the mobility of people, among which included limiting work in offices, shutting down educational institutions and prohibiting mass gatherings. The preventive measures implemented also resulted in the closure of non-essential establishments and reduced operations and business hours of establishments allowed to operate. All establishments were directed to close, except government offices, groceries, supermarkets, wet markets, food commissaries, food manufacturing, food delivery services, wholesale stores, convenience stores, sari-sari stores, hospitals, medical laboratories, pharmacies, drugstores, banks and ATMs, service and credit cooperatives, money transfer services and bayad centers, courier services, construction hardware, doctor’s clinics, gas stations, water refilling stations, LPG stations and business process outsourcing. Malls had also limited operations to groceries and pharmacies, closing all other businesses within their premises. Restaurants were able to continue operations but only through delivery and take-out transactions. Some restaurants also decided to suspend operations until the situation improves. Said measures have resulted in financial losses not only for the owners of the businesses, but also for some employees who had been laid off or have reduced wages. As of June 5, 2020 a total of 48,701 businesses were affected by the ECQ.

With the region in lockdown, both the national and local governments were faced with providing social protection for the most vulnerable members of the society as their survival depended on social interventions. The government was ready with its social protection Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 23 packages, such as the provision of relief goods and financial aid through the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). While these social protection packages were in place, there were problems in their implementation. As of May 5, 2020, only 68% or 644,676 families received the SAP due to slow or no payouts to targeted beneficiaries. There were problems such as inconsistency in the LGU and DSWD listings of households and inadequate funding for the SAP. It was only on May 29, 2020, where around 99% or 950,254 families received the SAP. Additional financial aid and food packs also depended on the financial capacity of an LGU. There were 993 LGUs (province/city/municipality/barangay) that have utilized their Quick Respond Funds for assistance to indigent families and daily wage earners. Likewise, the affected workers in private establishments that had adopted the flexible work arrangements (FWAs) or temporary closure during the COVID-19 pandemic were offered financial support through the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers or TUPAD. As of May 29, 2020, ECQ-affected workers needing support reached 205,380, reaching about PhP 413 Million loss of income.

The front-liners in the fight against COVID-19 were faced with problems of lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), putting their lives at risk. There was shortage of health equipment and supplies such as gloves, medical masks, respirators, goggles, face shields, gowns, and aprons for frontline health workers and for the law enforcers manning the quarantine control points. The need to have steady supply of protective equipment for the health workers and the law enforcers cannot be overemphasized as long as there is still no vaccine for the disease. To date, aside from the private sector, there were 54 LGUs that provided the much needed PPEs to the frontliners.

As of June 4, 2020, of the 360 COVID-19 cases in the region, a total 173 or 48% had recovered and 30 or 8.3% had died. To facilitate the quarantine for person under monitoring, suspected and probable and confirmed cases, there were 98 identified Ligtas Covid-19 facilities with 450 bed capacities. To contain the spread of the virus, 50 contact tracing teams were organized in the cities and municipalities.

The region has established 327 quarantine control points to maintain law and order, ensure enforcement of the Quarantine Act (RA 9271) and intensify containment measures, and secure critical lifeline and facilities.

Relatedly, crime incidence in Davao Region plunged by 38 percent after implementing community quarantine for three months, from 3,685 crime incidents, from January 23 to March 13 (before the community quarantine) to 2,281 crimes starting from March 14 to May 14. These crimes included crime against persons to 133 from 306 before quarantine; crime against property from 194 to 71; non-index crime, from 1,481 to 524; traffic incidents from 775 to 219; and special laws from 929 to 1,334.

The lockdown had also resulted in greater domestic usage of energy, water and telecommunication. Since residents had been confined to their households, commercial use of energy had fallen while domestic energy consumption had risen. Work-from-home arrangements had also increased the use of telecommunication at households. The demand for

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The crisis had also affected transportation. Following the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine, all public transportation had been suspended. This led to the loss of livelihood among drivers and operators. Prior to the suspension, drivers were earning less due to the observation of social distancing within vehicles. The Davao International Airport, had ceased operating. The resumption of operations was subject to the assessment of the pandemic situation.

On the brighter side, the social positive effects of the pandemic were phenomenal, aside from the improvement in the sanitation and hygiene practices of the people, the cooperation among people was enhanced. There were also remarkable improvements in information sharing, donations, and volunteerism from everyone. Appreciation and societal support for the frontliners were lavishly expressed in both the main and social media. As for families, they had more time together since the lockdowns. Thus, the need to re-think a solution that balances the economic and health aspects considering the social dimensions of the crisis.

For the environment, cleaner air albeit an increase in solid waste was observed. The ECQ contributed to the lessening of traffic in the major thoroughfares which in turn led to lesser emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants into the air, thus improving the air quality. Solid waste, however, had increased due to the higher usage of packaging materials following the rise in food delivery services and those of other essential products, as well as greater volume of hazardous waste, such as disposable masks.

Anticipated decline in Davao Region’s GVA growth rate in the agriculture, forestry and fishery (AFF) production. With the imposition of an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to prevent the COVID-19 spread, Davao Region’s AFF sector is anticipated to experience slower growth in gross value added for 2020. Considering the notable decline in the volume of production of majority of Davao Region’s priority commodities in 2019, and the restrictions imposed in the early part of 2020 due to ECQ, the said decline was forthcoming. Among these restrictions included work stoppages in agricultural farms and in big banana plantations where workers were not able to report for work because of limited public transportation. These difficulties in accessing farms resulted in the delay in undertaking farm activities which was anticipated to lead to a slight reduction of yield.

This scenario was exacerbated by the restrained movement of agricultural produce which resulted in (a) increased food waste due to spoilage of highly perishable commodities, (b) lower farmgate prices for agricultural/fishery products, and (c) higher retail prices of food commodities. The closure of restaurants and other food chain establishments also created huge food surpluses such as vegetables, poultry and dairy products, among others.

The estimated income losses of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector as gleaned from the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) of DOLE XI revealed a total of PHP806,355 as of May 29, 2020. The said amount came from a total of 88 AFF Sector establishments in the Region with about 2,202 affected workers.

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Sufficient supply of food in the Region, albeit risks of decline if Quarantine further extends. As of the imposition of the ECQ in March, Government agencies reported that food supplies were still sufficient until the ECQ is lifted. On March 31, 2020, based on the instruction of the Regional Task Force 11-COVID-19 Chairperson to provide a projection of the food supply outlook for the entire Davao Region if the pandemic persists in the next months, the DA XI reported that the supplies for meat, vegetables and fruits were still good for at least four months, while the rice supply was projected to last for two months granting that there is no hoarding. Thus, the DA XI recommended to heighten the Task Force’s monitoring efforts on the possible hoarding of basic commodities in the region.

The DA XI assured that there was sufficient supply of food with production outlook for basic commodities until June 2020. For rice, Davao Region expected a total of 137,411 MT from local production for the second quarter of the year, while 93,464.00 MT from the import production supply, which were adequate to meet the region’s demand for April-June 2020. This was further supported by DA Secretary Dar’s pronouncement on April 27, 2020 that there was enough rice supply for the country until March 2021.

Likewise, Tables 2.1 and 2.2 show that fish, livestock and poultry, as well as vegetables and fruits, are also assured of the needed supply based on the projection until June 2020.

Table 2.1 Cereals, Vegetables and Fruits Supply Inventory and Projection, in Metric Tons (MT), by Province/Region, April 15, 2020

DAVAO CITY DAVAO DE ORO DAVAO DEL SUR DAVAO DEL NORTE DAVAO ORIENTAL DAVAO OCCIDENTAL DAVAO REGION (TOTAL) BEGINNING BEGINNING BEGINNING APRIL - BEGINNING BEGINNING BEGINNING BEGINNING COMMODITY APRIL - JUNE APRIL - JUNE APRIL - JUNE APRIL - JUNE APRIL - JUNE APRIL - JUNE INVENTORY INVENTORY INVENTORY JUNE 2020 INVENTORY INVENTORY INVENTORY INVENTORY 2020 (MT) 2020 (MT) 2020 (MT) 2020 (MT) 2020 (MT) 2020 (MT) (MT) (MT) (MT) (MT) (MT) (MT) (MT) (MT)

RICE 1,112.00 3,807.00 37,026.00 30,509.00 45,830.00 20,868.00 44,848.00 41,006.00 4,235.00 39,966.00 1,222.00 1,255.00 134,273.00 137,411.00

CEREALS CORN 674.15 5,978.80 6,698.87 13,055.05 12,656.22 16,566.54 4,924.28 11,811.24 8,898.03 16,802.29 9,565.10 15,053.39 43,416.65 79,267.31

TOTAL CEREALS 1,786.15 9,785.80 43,724.87 43,564.05 58,486.22 37,434.54 49,772.28 52,817.24 13,133.03 56,768.29 10,787.10 16,308.39 177,689.65 216,678.31 AMPALAYA 1.50 5.11 9.6 30.26 8.20 25.68 12.03 36.73 1.14 3.51 0.05 0.16 32.52 101.45 EGGPLANT 2.00 6.55 4.44 14.00 7.20 22.55 18.18 55.51 0.63 1.94 0.94 2.99 33.39 103.53 TOMATO 2.00 6.52 18.91 59.61 16.00 50.11 - - 0.37 1.14 0.55 1.75 37.83 119.13 POLE SITAO 5.40 17.23 6.39 20.14 18.20 57.00 5.06 15.45 - - 0.29 0.92 35.34 110.74 OKRA 1.00 3.48 0 - 26.20 82.05 5.92 18.08 0.17 0.52 0.35 1.11 33.64 105.25 UPO 0.00 - 0 - - - 4.00 12.21 - - 0.10 0.32 4.10 12.53 SQUASH 2.00 6.58 18 56.74 13.40 41.96 36.40 111.14 0.08 0.25 0.76 2.42 70.64 219.09 PECHAY 1.00 3.54 0.2 0.63 7.80 24.43 2.00 6.11 - 1.01 0.90 2.87 11.90 38.58

LOWLAND VEGETABLES MUNGBEAN 0.00 - 0.04 0.13 - - - - - 0.40 - - 0.04 0.53 PEANUT 0.02 0.07 0 ------0.80 - 0.41 0.02 1.28 CARROTS 0.01 0.12 0 1.00 60.00 187.90 6.60 20.15 0.03 0.09 - 0.21 66.64 209.47 WHITE POTATO 0.00 - 0 - 60.00 187.90 1.90 5.80 - - - - 61.90 193.70 CABBAGE 0.01 0.04 0 1.50 80.00 250.54 5.30 16.18 0.34 1.05 - 0.41 85.65 269.72 CHINESE CABBAGE 0.02 0.08 0 0.99 80.00 250.54 0.80 2.44 - 0.40 - 0.21 80.82 254.65 SNAP BEANS 0.02 0.08 0 0.78 26.00 81.42 - - - 0.20 - - 26.02 82.48 BROCOLI 0.01 0.04 0 1.00 50.00 156.59 - - - 0.40 - - 50.01 158.03 CAULIFLOWER 0.01 0.04 0 0.89 65.00 203.56 0.65 1.98 - 0.40 - 0.10 65.66 206.98

UPLAND VEGETABLES LETTUCE 0.02 0.07 0 0.56 40.00 125.27 - - - 0.30 - - 40.02 126.20 TOTAL VEGETABLES 15.02 49.54 57.58 188.22 558.00 1,747.49 98.84 301.78 2.76 12.42 3.94 13.88 736.14 2,313.34

ONION - 0 - 0.01 0.01 ------0.01 0.01 ES

SPIC GARLIC - 0 ------BANANA (ALL VARIETIES) 1,190.86 415.00 1,303.81 45.00 140.93 7,665.32 20,641.97 39.00 119.36 38.90 70.78 8,203.22 23,467.70 PINEAPPLE 299.49 0.00 ------299.49 MANGO (CARABAO MANGO) 25.22 0.00 - 20.00 62.63 - 10.80 0.90 4.93 14.00 18.22 34.90 121.80

PAPAYA - 0.00 - - - - 10.03 - - - - - 10.03 FRUITS CALAMANSI - 0.00 ------1.21 - - - 1.21 WATERMELON - 0.00 ------TOTAL FRUITS 0.00 1,515.56 415.00 1,303.81 65.00 203.56 7,665.32 20,662.80 39.90 125.49 52.90 89.00 8,238.12 23,900.22 Source: DA XI

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With the region still on quarantine, and until a vaccine or cure has been made available, the Region may still face potential shortages in food supply despite the stable or higher demand of agricultural or food products in supermarkets where consumers have been purchasing food items for a month’s supply.

Table 2.2 Livestock Supply Inventory and For instance, Davao de Oro reported Projection, in Metric Tons (MT), by Region, April problems they encountered with food 15, 2020 supply because of the COVID-19 threat, DAVAO REGION APRIL - JUNE 2020 such as delays in the transport of agriculture (MT) and fishery products due to quarantine Pork 18,502.00 protocols; and the cessation of operations of Beef 38,242.00 a number of firms and entities that were Poultry 32,360.00 involved in distribution, buy-and-sell, Fish (Tilapia, Bangus, processing and consolidation of agri- 55,893.49 Galungong) product supplies. They reported that if the Source: DA XI situation worsens, this may lead to the subsequent closing of shop of these buyers and marketers/processors of agricultural products. As such, local produce coming from the provinces will be threatened and wasted or will rot in the field.

In addition, the augmentation in the supply of imported rice may experience some difficulty as Vietnam had already declared temporary suspension of their rice exports to other countries to secure their own domestic supply in the event of an extended quarantine or lockdown. Relatedly, the Province of Davao del Norte reported that it had imposed a ban on selling of rice to other regions to ensure rice sufficiency in the province and that of the whole region during the implementation of community quarantine. The Provincial Governor then ordered the confiscation of truckloads of rice albeit with proper compensation for the traders.

Finally, while the local hog industry in Davao City was still coping with its losses due to the African Swine Fever (ASF), causing the loss of economic livelihood to hog raisers, meat vendors and processors, their road to recovery was interrupted as the entire city battled the spread of COVID-19. The Hog Farmers Association of Davao Inc. had already foreseen a reduction in the demand for pork products, coupled with problems encountered by some small sellers, including market vendors, threatened the imminent closure of stalls of some retailers.

2.2. Social Impact

Family income during ECQ

At the onset of COVID 19 and after the first confirmed case of localized transmission, the DOH raised the COVID-19 Alert System to Code Red sublevel 1 and later, as the number of cases in the Region increased, community quarantine (regional lockdown) was implemented through the issuance of an order by the Davao Region COVID 19 Task Force on March 18, 2020, thereby prohibiting entry into the Region. The order also required all residents to stay- at-home, practice social distancing in public places, wearing of face masks, proper hygiene, and washing of hands with soap and water or alcohol. With the continued increase of COVID

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19 cases, the Region was later declared under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) with the issuance of Executive Order No. 15, where most non-essential, entertainment, and amusement establishments were ordered to close temporarily to prevent the spread of the virus. This includes internet shops/gaming stations, billiard halls, videoke bars, basketball courts, bowling alleys, movie houses, bingo outlets, e-gaming establishments, lotto outlets, kids’ playrooms, video arcades, spas, massage parlors, beauty salons/parlors, and carnivals or peryahan and later, through Executive Order No. 16, the closure of all malls and mixed-use establishments, except supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, medical laboratories, doctors’ clinics, and dental clinics.

Due to the decline in economic activities resulting from the implementation of the ECQ, many establishments have completely closed operations (those in the non-essential business), while some have resorted to downsizing their operations. As a consequence, the income of people was affected, especially the vulnerable sector of society, including workers and small and micro enterprises. Many workers were forced to stay in their houses which prevented them from engaging in their jobs/work to gain income. The number of ECQ-affected workers in the Region reached 205,380, as of May 29, 2020.

The declaration of community quarantine necessitated the temporary closure of most non- essential businesses that resulted to the displacement of workers. As of May 29, 2020, the number of displaced workers in the region has reached 205,380. This translates to an estimated income loss of over Php413 million, computed based on a one-month income of workers. Majority of the affected workers are those from the wholesale and retail, accommodation and food service, administrative and support service, construction, manufacturing, and transportation and storage. In terms of affected OFWs, as of June 15, 2020, the OWWA XI has received a total of 4,145 applications for assistance from displaced land-based and sea- based OFWs, including returning workers to their job sites, under the Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong program.

Coping mechanisms

The demand for social protection services continued to increase among vulnerable groups and households. In order to address this, local government units (LGUs) were advised to utilize their available funds, i.e. calamity/disaster funds, peace and order funds, etc., to counter the effects of the crisis. These funds were used for the provision of food rations to families whose livelihood had been affected by the restrictive measures adopted during ECQ to prevent the spread of the COVID 19. As part of the food rationing program, farm products were bought by the LGUs from upland farmers at higher prices and repacked and distributed to families affected by the closure of establishments. This program was to help both upland farmers and urban families during the crisis. National Government Agencies, on the other hand, implemented various mechanisms to cope with this demand.

The Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) XI was implemented to provide subsidies amounting to PhP5,000 to PhP8,000 for two months to families belonging to the vulnerable sectors (senior citizens,

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For the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) XI, the department continued to implement the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, which provides temporary wage employment for displaced workers, underemployed and self- employed workers, for a limited period of 10 days, and the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP), a financial program for the workers in the formal sector affected by flexible work arrangements or temporary closure.

In addition, the LGUs conducted food rationing to indigents and out of work, the “no work, no pay” workers, the self-employed and those out of work due to the slowing down of businesses. To avail of the program, ration cards were distributed through the Social Services and Development Office (SSDO) of the City/Municipality and the barangay leaders.

Access to essential goods

During the declaration of the ECQ and as mandated by Executive Order No. 23 issued by the Davao Region COVID 19 Task Force, mass public transportation was suspended, various checkpoints were established and curfew implemented. Only the operation of government agencies dealing with disaster, relief, social services and security, and essential establishments such as pharmacies, groceries, supermarkets, food markets/establishments, and banks were allowed. Some provinces claimed that the shortened field and farm activities due to curfew hours also affected productivity. However, despite these setbacks, the Region ensured that all grocery stores, supermarkets, wet markets, food commissaries, food processing, food delivery services, wholesale food outlets, convenience stores and sari-sari stores were open to the public. In addition, the Department of Agriculture’s Memorandum Circular No. 09, series of 2020 on ensuring unhampered movement of all cargoes, agriculture and fishery inputs, food products and agribusiness personnel nationwide was implemented in the Region. As such, the supply flow of basic commodities in grocery stores and wet markets were ensured, although there were noted delays due to the ECQ restrictions.

In addition, as marginal farmers from far-flung areas had problems on marketing their produce due to limited public transport, some interventions which were put in place to increase access to essential goods and help farmers such as the KADIWA Program, A total of 49 KADIWA Sessions which generated total sales of about PHP14,821,387.00, were undertaken from March to May 30, 2020.

In adherence to the orders from the national government, LGUs undertook the issuance/distribution of Food and Medicine (FM) or Quarantine passes used by households to procure necessary food/medicine items. Also, food ration cards were distributed to indigents and out of work, the “no work, no pay” workers, the self-employed and those out of work due to the slowing down of businesses.

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To address the transport issue, LGUs in the Region, specifically the Davao City government, rolled out the “Libreng Sakay” program for people who are required to work on a daily-basis but are experiencing difficulty in finding available public transportation due to the suspension.

The declaration of the extended enhanced community quarantine in the Region further imposed stricter regulations on people going out of their households. There were LGUs implementing number-coding system to schedule the use of the FM pass so that people will not go out all at the same time to buy food and health essentials from Mondays to Saturdays; nobody was allowed to go out on Sundays. Also, communities/barangays were clustered to areas where they could buy their essentials. In addition, with most of the local shops closed, the provincial government of Davao de Oro established a Facebook-based marketplace dubbed as ‘Online Palengke’, where business enterprises can continue their services by selling online, and the “Palengke-Bound-to the Barangay (PBB)”, a mobile “palengke” bringing the marketplace directly in all barangays of Davao de Oro, where the residents can buy their food and daily needs.

Expectation after ECQ

In the event of easing the COVID 19 pandemic, it is expected that restrictions shall be relaxed and that businesses shall have a phased reopening to slowly gather its momentum. While the citizenry is gearing towards this, the public must learn from the onslaught of the virus and bear in mind the consequences this has brought. The public should be ready to accept a “new normal” where social or physical distancing, temperature check, wearing protective masks, controlled entry of people, sneeze or cough etiquette and maintaining good hygiene by frequent hand washing are still to be practiced even after the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is lifted.

The recommended programs and activities to be implemented after lifting of the ECQ aim to halt the persistence of losses and adverse impact experienced by the different sectors affected, taking into account how these are already being addressed by the ongoing initiatives and what additional measures should be in place to fill-in the gaps. Most of these programs can be implemented by the national government agencies. Similar programs may be implemented by the LGUs, for which the concerned national government agencies need to minimize, if not avoid, for non-duplication of target beneficiaries.

Health

Improvement in hospital systems and heightened health standards. Aside from the required public health standards across settings, there is a need to improve the Region’s health system capacity with sufficient hospital beds, ICUs, ventilators, personal protective equipment, and the provision of testing kits. All suspected and probable cases, including frontliners, should be tested before the end of the ECQ. The Region shall establish quarantine facilities for mild COVID patients and already plan out the designation of level 2 and 3 hospitals for severe and critical patients in case there will be an increase in the COVID-19 cases in view of contact tracing and testing efforts.

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Aggressive testing and tracing. The role of the LGUs in terms of testing, tracing and isolation of COVID-19 cases is very important. LGUs should also develop treatment facilities to ensure proper care and reintegration of patients in the community. Based on the application of the LGU Epidemic Response Framework which looks at geographical risk, sectoral risk, degree of infection, and the minimum health standard or capacity, LGUs have to implement measures for the categorization of high risk areas which shall be on ECQ and low to moderate risk areas which shall be placed under GCQ.

Continue PhilHealth package coverage relative to COVID-19. There is a need to continue the special benefit packages for in-patient care of confirmed COVID-19 cases (Circular No. 9, series of 2020), viz: PhP43,997.00 for mild pneumonia in the elderly or with co-morbidities; PhP143,267.00 for moderate pneumonia; PhP333,519.00 for severe pneumonia; and Php 786,384.00 for critical pneumonia. Full financial risk protection shall be provided to all public and private health workers for medical expenses or any work-related injury or disease, PhP22,449.00 for Community Isolation Package, and PhP14,000.00 for Hospital Isolation Package.

Social protection

Re-operationalize the Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) in Day Care Centers through provision of nutritious food packs. To continuously improve the nutritional status of day care students, food supplementation through the SFP can be reintroduced. Instead of hot meals, day care students can be provided with nutritious food packs which may include vegetable noodles (malunggay/squash/carrots), rice, nutribun, among others. The said food packs will then be distributed by the DSWD in close coordination with the Day Care Centers in the Barangays. DSWD XI earmarked a total of Php648 Million for supplemental feeding program for a period of 3 years from 2020 to 2022 at Php216 Million per year.

Continue distribution of food and non-food items and other social protection services to COVID-affected persons and vulnerable sectors. Many people lost their jobs, particularly wage earners, and the situation of vulnerable sectors worsened. To improve their well-being, the government shall continue the distribution of food and non-food items, assistance to individuals in crises situation, and livelihood assistance grants. DSWD XI earmarked a total of PhP9.0 Million for 3 years from 2020-2020 at PhP3.0 Million per year. In addition, DSWD will provide livelihood assistance grants of PhP126.7 Million in 2020 to affected and vulnerable groups. A total of PhP5.139 Billion shall be provided to assist individuals in crises situation for a period of 3 years, broken down as follows: PhP4.3 Billion in 2020, PhP396 Million in 2021 and PhP436 Million in 2022.

Address the new skills needed by industries to respond to the demands related to COVID 19. There is a need for upskilling, reskilling, and retooling of workers. Through the PESFA, workers who will undergo training will be provided with allowance. However, there is a need to increase the allowance from PhP60/day to the minimum wage level per day. Also, given the social distancing protocol, all trainings should be conducted online.

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Continue cash-for-work programs, including the TUPAD and CAMP program of DOLE. This is to provide temporary employment and income to severely affected workers due to COVID-19 (even after the ECQ is lifted). The total cost of this program which caters to wage earners with annual income less than PhP250,000, is estimated at PhP1.931 billion. A similar program costing PhP2.698 billion caters to wage earners with income less than PhP500,000 (source: NEDA computation of costs per region, based on PSA Special Run on number of families of wage earners per income class 2018).

Education

Shift to digital and alternative learning mode. To avoid the further disruption of schooling, there is a need to improve the readiness of educational institutions (both public and private) and the students in shifting to digital and alternative mechanisms. To this end, the following are the proposed measures:

• Provide special reduced internet rates for students and faculty. Request telecommunications companies to offer special reduced rates for internet services for students and faculty at least for the next six (6) months to one (1) year. This is to ensure their access to various online education platforms created by educational institutions as a response to ECQ and COVID-19. • Provide loans and subsidies for gadgets. Loans and subsidies for students and faculty in the acquisition of computers, laptops, and other gadgets needed for online and blended education should be provided consistent with the provisions of RA 10650 or the Open Distance Learning Act. • Provide tutorial prompt on digital platforms. To ease the transition from traditional learning wherein classes are held in schools, online platforms should have tutorial prompt upon first log-in of the student to ensure that the students are able to fully navigate the digital platform introduced.

Implementation of blended learning platform for basic education. The DepEd shall be implementing a mix of synchronous and asynchronous teaching. The adoption of synchronous teaching requires reliable and fast internet connections. At the same time, there is a need to capacitate the teachers, school heads and supervisors on the new online platform. According to DepEd XI, the conduct of the said training is within May-July 2020. This upskilling and reskilling program will involve 14,522 teachers and school heads under the Education Human Resource Development Program (Roll-out of E-learning/capacity building of teachers in the use of various learning online and offline Platforms and development of learning resources). DepEd XI shall earmark a total of PhP235 Million for 3 years, broken down as follows: PhP58.8 M for 2020, PhP78.4 for 2021 and PhP98.0 M for 2022. This shall also include deployment of Regional Hybrid E- Learning Platform in all public elementary and secondary schools, development of online/offline and distance module for learners with special needs (SPEd), and online and face-to-face trainings to strengthen the capacity of school personnel and learners on COVID-19. On the other hand, the adoption of asynchronous teaching would require in-person learning or classroom setting in small schools. This shift will require the development of Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) modules and the development of

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Conduct of summer training for teachers on process skills and pedagogies. The training will improve the process skills of the teachers, as well as provide upskilling, and reskilling of teaching strategies/pedagogies, and updating of teaching approaches. Part of the training is the review of policies concerning curriculum and its implementation and review/revisit of Instructional Materials (Worksheets) vis-a-vis learning competencies of each subject. The said training will be held within April-June 2020.

Widest advocacy/dissemination to all learners and parents on the new online platform. The salient features and use of the new online platform in basic education shall be widely disseminated to all learners and parents. This will engage parents’ participation and support to the new teaching scheme. The advocacy activities will be conducted within June - July 2020.

Increase the budget of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education. This is to increase the number of slots/beneficiaries to cover students who may have been affected by the ECQ. According to DepEd XI, government assistance to private schools in Davao Region include the following: a) Provision of Government Assistance and Subsidies for private schools-SHS Voucher to 49,679 SHS learner recipients; b) Provision of Government Assistance and Subsidies for private schools- Education Service Contracting to 57, 136 learner recipients; and c) Provision of government subsidy in achieving globally competitive with NC’s to 18,497 TVL learner recipients. This is centrally managed by DepEd through memoranda issuances under CO and to the Regional Director.

Increase the allowance under Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA). COCOPEA has submitted a paper to the government estimating the economic impact of COVID to the universities and colleges for possible financial assistance. CHED is also proposing to subsidize affected students (specially children of OFWs) so they have money to enroll. CHED has funds for short term student loans for SY 2020-2021. On the other hand, TESDA XI-FY 2020 PESFA budget for the year amounts to PhP10,222,000.00. It has an approved scholarship allocation of PhP10,217,465.40 with a corresponding 1,113 slots. As of April 28, 2020, all slots of TESDA XI are still unutilized because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the training packages for this year, there is an inclusion of PhP100.80 per scholar for the cost of accident insurance. The book allowance per scholar is at PhP500.00 while the Training Support Fund (TSF) is at PhP60.00/day. The total cost of the TSF will depend on the duration of the training program.

Exclude government subsidies from the taxable income of educational institutions. Upon approval of the DOF, it is suggested that the amount paid by students through government subsidies (e.g., Tertiary Education Subsidy under RA 10931, and Educational Service Contracting Scheme (ESC) and Teacher Salary Subsidy (RA 8545) be excluded from the gross taxable income of educational institutions. This will lessen the losses of educational institutions during the ECQ.

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Improve existing HEI online platforms. CHED has ongoing discussions with DICT, NTC and HEIs for the use of Open Source Learning Management Systems (LMS). CHED through the Research and Instructional Infrastructure for Mentoring and Collaboration (PRIME) is establishing collaboration and academic resource sharing among state universities and colleges (SUCs) nationwide primarily through the deployment and use of videoconferencing technology.

Upskilling, reskilling, and retooling of workers. CHED is on the process of retooling the administrators, faculty members and other personnel of HEIs. The CHED IAS, in cooperation with the QS Quacquarelli Symonds, has conducted a Branding and Internationalization Online Session on April 27, 2020. This session was aimed at discussing university post crisis management and help universities to prepare effective institutional responses by presenting new strategies in accelerating learning despite the pandemic. It also seeks to promote understanding on the importance of branding and internationalization that may be essential in teaching and solving global challenges. On April 29, 2020, CHED in partnership with the Embassy of the United States of America in Manila, conducted a Webinar on Internationalization during COVID 19 with the theme “Evolving Dynamics in Internationalization during and beyond COVID-19 Pandemic”, which aims to share best practices on how to sustain and pursue partnerships effectively during and beyond the COVID- 19 pandemic, discuss ways how to facilitate continuity of education through remote learning during this time of crisis, provide PHEIs an avenue for dialogue with CHED-IAS, Education USA, and U.S. experts who can provide guidance and support on internationalization initiatives and strategies. Series of retooling activities will follow.

Adopt measures to safeguard the health and safety of returning students, faculty and staff. Given the different community quarantine policies among various localities, all schools should ensure that appropriate protocols relative to community quarantine are followed, accordingly, prior to and upon re-entry of their constituents. Where appropriate, schools shall conduct an inventory of all their respective constituents and categorize those who are coming from localities with and without COVID-19 positive cases. Every school shall put up mechanisms to monitor the health of their students, teachers, faculty and staff, especially those coming from COVID-19 positive areas, and ensure that they get appropriate health care if they are ill.

Food Production and Supply Chain

Promote commodity diversification to increase supply of nutritious food. Considering the increased demand for nutritious food, farmers should engage in commodity diversification, particularly on crops with high market potential (e.g., fruits and vegetables). Diversification will provide additional income to farmers and help increase the supply of nutritious food to meet the consumers’ demand in boosting their immunity and promoting a healthier diet. Programs to support crops diversification should be implemented to assist farmers transition from cultivating single crop into various high-value commodities that are suitable in their locality.

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Capacitate farmers/fisherfolk on processing and value addition of agricultural and fishery produce. Aside from increasing income through value-addition, processing (e.g., drying, canning) will also help preserve highly perishable agriculture and fishery-products and lessen handling and storage costs to be incurred by farmers/agribusinesses. Implementation of capacity building programs should be intensified to assist farmers/fisherfolk in value-adding activities and provide them with transitional livelihood.

Link farmers to supply the government’s feeding programs and relief operations. Support services shall be provided to farmers to facilitate the marketing and transportation of their produce from the farm to the national and LGUs conducting feeding programs and relief operations. Fresh or processed food products can be supplied by farmers to school children or individuals and families affected by any disaster.

Continue promote urban agriculture and community gardening. This is to encourage more urban households and communities to produce fresh and healthy food from their own backyards and spaces, and contribute to ensuring food security. The DA, in partnership with the LGUs, shall intensify promotion of urban agriculture though the establishment of community gardens in barangays with vacant areas where they can plant, propagate, and produce their own vegetable requirements. The community gardens may also serve not only as source of food and livelihood, but also as additional income for those who will sell their surplus.

Continue the strict enforcement of the government’s policy measures to ensure continuity of agriculture/food production and supply chain. The current policies on ensuring unrestricted movement of agricultural and fishery products, including farm machineries and workers and addressing overpricing shall continue to be strictly enforced. This covers simplified procedures for accreditation of “foodlanes” truckers/suppliers, listed of allowed food supplies, and exemption of all farming and fishery activities from planting to trading.

Conduct frequent monitoring of the price of food and other essential commodities, consistent with the Price Act. This shall be done, especially in areas under ECQ.

Utilize the Supply Chain Regulatory Impact Assessments and Supply Chain Analysis Dashboard to monitor and address supply bottlenecks in the Region. This shall be coupled with close coordination among the implementing authorities, LGUs, and the private sector to avoid supply gaps and spoilage of highly-perishable goods such as fish, meat, fruits, and vegetables.

Access to Finance

Provide access to business financing and financial services. Grants or soft loans shall continue to be extended to farmers, fisherfolk, and MSMEs to restore and sustain livelihood activities and businesses. Given that most of the losses are in terms of forgone incomes, a guarantee fund may be more adequate. There are currently 19 programs from which firms can choose from. Under DTI, these are : (a) Livelihood Seeding Program - Negosyo sa Barangay; (b) Shared Service Facilities (SSF) Project/Fabrication laboratories; (c) Pondo sa Pagbabago Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 35 at Pag-asenso Program; (d) Small business corporation financing programs; (e) Go Lokal!; (f) Kapatid Mentor ME program; (g) SME Roving Academy; and (h) Regional Interactive Platform for Philippine Exporters. Under Land Bank, these are: (a) OFW Reintegration Program; (b) Go Green Inclusive Financing Program; (c) Farm Tourism Financing Program; and (d) Calamity Rehabilitation Support. The DBP, SSS, DSWD, DOLE, and DOST have one program each, namely, the Small Business Puhunan Program, Business Development Loan Facility and Sustainable Livelihood Program, Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program and Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) or Kabuhayan, respectively. Meanwhile, DA is running two programs: Survival and Recovery Loan Assistance and Working Capital Loan Easy Access.

Continue to provide zero interest, no collateral, and longer-term credit programs for agriculture, forestry and fisheries (AFF)-based enterprises and farmers/fisherfolk. Affected AFF-based enterprises, farmer cooperatives and associations, and farmers and fisherfolk shall be assisted to recover through zero interest and longer-term payment credit with minimal documentary requirements. For instance, the expanded SURE Aid Recovery Project may be continued to ensure that eligible AFF-based MSMEs and individual farmers and fisherfolk can still access the loan even after ECQ. Under this project, MSMEs may borrow up to PHP10 billion at zero interest and payable up to five years, as working capital to continue their operations which were affected by the ECQ. On the other hand, individual farmers and fisherfolk may borrow non-collateralized loan amounting to PhP25,000 at zero interest and payable in 10 years.

Expand agricultural insurance. This is to protect small farmers and fisherfolk from further loss of income and livelihood, especially during the third quarter of the year wherein natural disasters and calamities usually occur.

Encourage banks and non-bank financial institutions to grant their borrowers a temporary grace period for loan payments or to restructure the loan accounts of their borrowers. The regulatory relief measures provided to banks by the central bank can reasonably support the management of banks’ non-performing loans giving them room to further extend assistance to its borrowers.

Provide sufficient credit guarantees to support banks’ lending especially to SMEs. This will enable risk sharing between banks and the government thereby lowering banks’ risk as guarantees secure repayment of part or all of the loan amount in case of default. A well- designed government guarantee scheme could further incentivize banks to lend to SMEs which are perceived to be a high-risk sector.

Additional support programs for businesses and MSMEs, are needed, specifically: (a) payment deferment to government (e.g., deferment of tax remittance such as withholding tax, VAT, SSS, PhilHealth); (b) payment deferment to debtors (e.g., banks, utility companies); (c) tax discounts or tax credits; (d) low interest loans from government; and (e) lower interest loans from bank.

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2.3. Agriculture and Fisheries Sector Impact

Selling of Farm Inputs

Deliveries of agricultural inputs such as vegetables seeds, feeds, fertilizers were delayed prior to the issuance of Foodlane passes. Nevertheless, a total of 14,614 Foodlane Passes were issued from March 18- May 18, 2020 in the Region which consequently ensured that all agri- commodity related inputs and outputs shall have an efficient and seamless distribution from production sites to the market demand centers. The same includes inputs such as feeds, fertilizers and other agricultural commodities. However, during the course of the quarantine period, the Region still encountered various complaints on the reliability of the Food Pass due to some LGU checkpoints that do not honor the same. To address the concern, the DA XI established a 24/7 hotline number for such cases, which may be accessed via calls or text. The DA XI, through its Agriculture and Marketing Assistance Service, also provided motor vehicle support to farmers given the ban on public transport during the ECQ.

There were also reports that due to the lockdown, some farmers had a hard time accessing post- harvest machineries/facilities which they normally get from service providers from neighboring provinces/municipalities. During the ECQ, some farmers also experienced difficulty in purchasing the essential materials, especially for rice production, such as sacks.

Expected Losses from Unsold Produce

ECQ regulation on exemptions, especially DA’s Memorandum Circular No. 09, series of 2020 enables farmers and fisherfolk to continue their respective agricultural activities, although several disruptions were inevitable given the pandemic threat.

No production losses in the Region were reported to the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Team of DA XI as of April 06, 2020. The said information was in coordination with the Provincial Agriculturist Offices of the six (6) provinces of Davao Region, including Davao City.

However, based on the Business Survey for Agriculture and Fisheries (A&F) Sector conducted by NEDA in the first week of April, a total of 123 respondents from Davao Region reported that about 54.5 hectares of farmland were not planted by the same respondents during the Community Quarantine. About 93 percent of these areas were dedicated to high-value crops. In terms of value, the same respondents reported that a total of about PhP995,000 worth of produce was unsold because of the pandemic. About 44% of the said amount was income lost from unsold high-value crops produced and about 30% was income lost from unsold fish harvests.

Plans for the Next Cropping Season

For the next cropping season, farmers shall continue to conduct their field and farm operations with the aid of agriculture banner programs. DA Secretary Dar informed that immediately after the dry season harvest, DA will encourage farmers to plant right away through direct seeding

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Also to ensure sufficiency in the country’s staple food, the rice resiliency project that is part of the supplemental budget to bankroll the Plant, Plant, Plant Program or Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Covid-19 program shall be implemented. The project includes the enhanced Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund’s (RCEF’s) expanded inbred rice production and expanded hybrid rice production component. All of these shall be implemented in close coordination with the LGUs in the Region, as well as Industry Cluster players.

Assistance Needed after ECQ

Based on the survey conducted by the NEDA, majority of the farmers/fisherfolk said they needed cash assistance in order to continue their respective agriculture and fishery activities. Among the assistance needed include production support (e.g., provision of seeds, planting materials, fingerlings, feeds, fertilizers) and machinery and equipment provision (e.g., mini hand tractors and cultivators, solar water pumps, etc.).

Now, more than ever, the agriculture sector needs to scale-up value-adding/commodity diversification activities to help preserve highly perishable agriculture and fishery-products and lessen handling and storage costs to be incurred by farmers/agribusinesses. The same shall also help increase the supply of nutritious food to meet the consumers’ demand in boosting their immunity and promoting a healthier diet. The RCEF-Crops Diversification Program shall be implemented as soon as possible for this purpose. The move for organic farming also needs to be intensified and farmers capacitated on the same given the shift of consumers to more healthy options.

Finally, the Region also needs to strengthen its supply chain and logistics support such as farm- to market-roads, post-harvest facilities and cold storage, among others as one of the challenges cited in the Region during the ECQ was the insufficient logistic support to farmers in transporting their produce from farm to DA XI’a KADIWA site.

2.4. Industry and Services Sector Impact

In view of the need to control the spread of COVID-19, the national and local guidelines on enhanced community quarantine have resulted in disruptions in the operations of non-essential business establishments and manufacturing firms and have limited the operations of essential businesses. Groceries, supermarkets and wet markets continue to operate but strictly following the quarantine guidelines. While actual figures have to be gathered yet, sectors that appear to bear more significant losses are those in retail trade (with mall closures); in air transport (as airlines cancel flights and airports are closed); and in manufacturing and service activities that are not part of the food and health-related supply chains.

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As of the April 24, 2020 Community Quarantine Monitoring Report pursuant to Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular No. 2020-062, all of Davao Region’s 5 provinces, 6 cities and 38 municipalities are implementing closure of non- essential establishments.

DTI Memorandum Circular No. 22, series of 2020 provided the list of business establishments or activities allowed to operate in areas declared under ECQ and GCQ pursuant to the Omnibus Guidelines on Community Quarantine as Confirmed and Adopted by the President under Executive Order No. 112 s. 2020. The details are as follows:

• Category 1 industries which are allowed to fully operate under ECQ and GCQ include those under waste management, sewerage, services to buildings and landscape activities, repair and installation of machinery and equipment, real estate activities, telecommunications, and energy companies. • Category II industries which are allowed up to 50% up to full operational capacity include funeral and embalming services, veterinary clinics, and security and investigation activities. • Category III Industries which are allowed to operate under ECQ and GCQ but subject to work-on-site arrangement, work- from -home and other alternative work arrangement are BPO companies, banks, money transfer services, microfinance institutions, pawnshops, and credit cooperatives. • Category III industries that are allowed under ECQ and GCQ are rental and leasing activities, other than real estate while publishing and printing activities and those related to motion picture, video and television program production, sound recording, and music publishing activities are only allowed under GCQ. Meanwhile Category IV industries which are not allowed to operate under both GCQ and ECQ are gyms, fitness studios and sports facilities; entertainment industries, amusement industries, kid amusement industries, libraries, archives, museums and other cultural centers art galleries, botanical and zoological gardens.

To ascertain the situation of business operations during the ECQ, about 44,097 enterprises nationwide participated in the business sector survey initiated by the NEDA, as Chair of the Task Force on Anticipatory and Forward Planning, to ascertain the impact of COVID-19 and the ECQ on MSMEs, as well as to determine ways forward and adapt to the “new normal.”

Out of the total number of respondents, 1,721 MSMEs or 3.9 percent were from Davao Region. The breakdown of MSMEs in Davao Region that participated in the business survey, by enterprise category, are as follows: micro – 1,263; small – 287; and medium – 101.

As gleaned from the NEDA document “We Recover as One,” the following were the major findings of the survey of MSMEs:

● Almost two-thirds (65.5%) of the respondents reported unchanged cost of production inputs since the imposition of ECQ. Meanwhile 25.9 percent and 8.7 percent reported higher and lower costs of production inputs, respectively. By asset size, 57.6 percent of the micro and small enterprises combined responded ‘no change’ in the cost of production

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inputs. This may be due to the imposition of a price freeze on all agricultural and manufactured basic goods, essential medicines, and medical supplies within 60 days from the declaration of the State of Calamity on March 16, 2020.

● When asked about their sales position in March 2020 compared to February 2020, majority (65.5%) of the enterprises surveyed reported zero sales due to temporary closure, particularly of non-essential businesses. It was mostly the micro and small enterprises that had zero or decreased sales during the ECQ

● More than 60 percent of the surveyed firms stopped operations. The others adopted reduced work hours (13.2%) or work from home scheme (12.4%)

● Majority (74.4%) of the firms surveyed did not lay off workers. It is not clear, however, if these workers continued to receive compensation during the period that the enterprises were closed. Some firms (25.4%) temporarily laid off workers during ECQ

● To stay afloat during the ECQ, most of the firms relied on delaying payments on taxes and debts (22.8%) as well as delayed payment to suppliers and borrowers (17.7%). Many also accessed loans from government institutions (12.5%)

● The survey results picture a dismal sales projection if the ECQ is further prolonged. Almost 80% of all the survey respondents said they would have zero sales if the ECQ would be extended for another month. On the other hand, 19.0% said their sales would decrease with another month-long extension of the ECQ.

• On the support programs currently being implemented by government, only 9.8 percent said they were satisfied with the programs, while 13.3 percent reported they were dissatisfied. Almost 77 percent said that these programs were not available to them. This may imply any or a combination of the following: a) low coverage of the programs; b) lack of information about the programs; c) availability of alternative mitigating measures either within or outside the firm, or d) firm’s own choice or lack of interest.

Firms suggested the following forms of assistance: a) payment deferment to government (e.g. deferment of tax remittance such as withholding tax, VAT, SSS, PhilHealth); b) payment deferment to debtors (e.g. banks, utility companies); c) tax discounts or tax credits; d) low interest loans from government; e) lower interest loans from banks; f) payroll subsidy for non- essential workers; and g) price freeze for raw materials/supplies.

Another round of survey was conducted among business enterprises in Davao Region to assess the impact of COVID-19 and ECQ. A total of 324 MSMEs responded to the survey, with breakdown as follows: Cooperatives (36%); Corporation/Partnership- (21%) and Single Proprietorship (43%). Results of the survey revealed the following information:

During ECQ, 13 percent of MSMEs surveyed remained open; 40 percent were open but had limited operations; 46 percent are temporarily closed, while 2 percent of enterprises or about 5 establishments said that they will close permanently

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➢ Majority of MSMEs (72%) reported a decrease in sales/revenue, with an average decline of 70 percent in April 2020 compared to the previous month. ➢ In terms of employment, 42% reported no change in employment status of full-time employees as of April 2020 while the rest (58%) reported changes (hired, laid off workers, used existing leave, reduced pay or reduced working hours). ➢ 55 percent of MSMEs reported no change in status of part-time/contractual employees while the rest reported changes (hired, laid off workers, used existing leave, reduced pay or reduced working hours).

Based on DTI XI’s official report as of May 22, 2020, about 48,701 business establishments in Davao Region were affected by the imposition of the ECQ. (Table 2.3). Micro and small enterprises comprise 98 percent of these affected establishments. Davao City has the highest number of affected establishments with 17,000, followed by Davao del Norte with 12,633; Davao del Sur with 10,692; Davao Oriental with 4,105; Davao de Oro with 3,015; and Davao Occidental with 1,256 establishments.

Table 2.3 Business Establishments affected by ECQ (until May 15, 2020), by Type of Enterprise, Davao Region (validated on May 22, 2020)

PROVINCE/ CITY / NO. OF AFFECTED BUSINESSES Total MUNICIPALITY Micro to Medium Large Small Davao City 16,767 148 85 17,000 Davao del Norte 12,179 421 33 12,633 IGACOS 694 5 1 700 New Corella 294 - - 294 Carmen 2,084 - - 2,084 Dujali 120 - - 120 Asuncion 206 88 - 294 Talaingod 25 - - 25 San Isidro 73 - - 73 Santo Tomas 309 134 - 443 Kapalong 760 35 - 795 Panabo 1,927 51 17 1,995 Tagum 5,687 108 15 5,810 Davao Oriental 4,105 - - 4,105 Banaybanay 419 - - 419 Lupon 154 - - 154 San Isidro 735 - - 735 Governor Generoso 248 - - 248 City of Mati 1,615 - - 1,615 Tarragona 59 - - 59 Manay 151 - - 151 Caraga 120 - - 120 Baganga 140 - - 140 Cateel 398 - - 398 Boston 66 - - 66 Davao del Sur 10,584 108 - 10,692 Bansalan 1,334 21 1,355 Digos City 4,106 23 4,130 Hagonoy 601 2 603

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PROVINCE/ CITY / NO. OF AFFECTED BUSINESSES Total MUNICIPALITY Micro to Medium Large Small Kiblawan 539 11 550 Magsaysay 663 9 672 Malalag 680 6 686 Matanao 558 14 572 Padada 850 8 858 Sta. Cruz 616 12 629 Sulop 637 2 638 Davao Occidental 1,256 - - 1,256 Sta. Maria 303 - - 303 Malita 455 - - 455 Don Marcelino 211 - - 211 Jose Abad Santos 194 - - 194 Sarangani 93 - - 93 Davao de Oro 2,896 94 25 3,015 New Bataan 604 5 2 611 Compostela 94 6 2 102 Montevista 38 6 1 45 Monkayo 464 8 1 473 Maragusan 9 1 1 11 Nabunturan 774 15 5 794 Mawab 136 2 2 140 Laak 439 14 3 456 Maco 166 15 3 184 Mabini 105 13 3 121 Pantukan 67 9 2 78 TOTAL 47,787 771 143 48,701 Source: DTI XI

Upon lifting of the ECQ effective May 16, 2020, about 50 percent or 24,253 of the 48,701 affected establishments in Davao Region have resumed operations under GCQ. (Table 2.4). The rest of the establishments are still affected, that is either closed or partially operational.

Table 2.4 Number of Business Establishments that remains affected and which resumed operations under GCQ (until May 27, 2020), by Type of Enterprise, Davao Region (validated on May 27, 2020)

Province/ City / General Community Quarantine No. of Rate Of Municipality (May 16-May 27) Businesses Change No. of Businesses that Total which From Remains Affected (Closed and Resumed ECQ To Partially Operational) Operation GCQ Micro to Medium Large Under GCQ (%) Small Asuncion 18 - - 18 276 Talaingod 9 - - 9 16 San Isidro 72 - - 72 1 Santo Tomas 120 - - 120 323 Kapalong 50 - - 50 745 Panabo 1,927 51 17 1,995 - Tagum 5,687 108 15 5,810 - Davao Oriental 3,735 - - 3,735 370 -9% Banaybanay 419 - - 419 - Lupon 154 - - 154 - San Isidro 735 - - 735 - Governor 237 - - 237 11 Generoso City of Mati 1,053 - - 1,053 562 Tarragona 54 - - 54 5 Manay 151 - - 151 - Caraga 120 - - 120 - Baganga 136 - - 136 4 Cateel 536 - - 536 (138) Boston 140 - - 140 (74) Davao del Sur 1,057 - - 1,057 9,635 -90% Bansalan 88 1,355 - Digos City 378 4,130 - Hagonoy 196 603 - Kiblawan 52 550 - Magsaysay 50 672 - Malalag 98 686 - Matanao 37 572 - Padada 75 858 - Sta. Cruz 42 629 - Sulop 41 638 - Davao 307 - - 307 949 -76% Occidental Sta. Maria 81 - - 81 222 Malita 97 - - 97 358 Don Marcelino 51 - - 51 160 Jose Abad 43 - - 43 151 Santos Sarangani 35 - - 35 58 Davao de Oro 178 24 8 210 2,805 -93% New Bataan 23 1 1 25 586 Compostela 9 1 - 10 92 Montevista - 1 - 1 44 Monkayo 26 2 1 29 444 Maragusan 1 1 - 2 9 Nabunturan 33 3 2 38 756 Mawab 13 - 1 14 126 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 43

Impact on tourism sector

The closing of borders and the cancellation of domestic and international flights have limited the mobility of people, adversely affecting the tourism sector as well, which comprised a number of business establishments, such as but not limited to, hotels, restaurants, resorts, convention facilities, and transport services. With less visitor arrivals in hotels and other inns, tourist receipts were expected to decline. During the first week of the Luzon Quarantine, DOT reported that tourist arrivals decreased by 40 percent. Expectedly, Davao Region was affected as Chinese, Koreans and Americans are the Region’s top three (3) foreign tourists.

Based on DOT XI estimates, losses in terms of tourist receipts in Davao Region were valued at PhP14.32 billion during the first quarter of 2020 alone. From PhP16.5 billion worth of total tourist receipts during the first quarter of 2019, it dropped by 86 percent or PhP2.25 billion during the first quarter of 2020.

Figure 2.1 Value of Tourist Receipts, Davao Region, 1st quarter 2019 vs. 1st quarter 2020

20,000 16,573 20,000 15,776

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2,255 Millio 0 Millions 0 First Quarter 2019First Quarter 2020 First Quarter 2019 First Quarter 2020 Value of Tourist Receipts (Domestic Total Tourist Receipts Travelers)

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Value of Tourist Receipts (Foreign Value of Tourist Receipts (Overseas Travelers) Filipinos)

Source: DOT XI

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Total tourist arrivals declined by an average of 51 percent during the first quarter of 2020 as compared with the tourist arrivals during the same period the previous year. The cancellation of flights to and from Davao City effective March 18, 2020 and travel restrictions and shutdown of borders were the reasons for the decline. DOT XI estimated that tourist arrivals shall continue to drop by more than 80 percent during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2020 due to the cancellation of international and domestic flights.

The pandemic and the quarantine measures have caused the closure of some Tourism Related Establishments (TREs), cancellation of conduct of meetings, workshops, conventions, events, activities, among others beginning March.

Table 2.5 Tourist Arrivals, Davao Region, Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2020

Tourist Arrivals Q1 2019 Q1 2020 % change Domestic 1,502,451 741,864 -50.62 Foreign 62,387 28,025 -55.08 Overseas Filipinos 13,518 4,968 -63.25 Total 1,578,356 774,857 -50.91 Source: DOT XI

Over 200 thousand workers in Davao Region were affected by the pandemic. Most of the affected workers are working in establishments categorized in other services; accommodation and food services; administrative and support service activities; construction; wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; and manufacturing. (Table 2.6)

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Table 2.6 Number of Affected Establishments, Number of Affected Workers and Estimated Income Losses, By Industry

Source: DOLE XI

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Chapter 3 Defining the New Normal

3.1. Parameters for lifting restrictions

In the absence of specific treatment or a vaccine, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) form the backbone of the response to COVID-19 outbreak. NPI are public health strategies meant to mitigate and suppress transmission of COVID-19 disease. While the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) has been instrumental in slowing the rapid spread of the disease, local evidence suggests that the gains from the ECQ will be reversed in the absence of complementary interventions that will minimize case resurgence.

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Resolution No. 28, s. 2020 mandates that the minimum health standards must be specified by the Department of Health (DOH) and should be adhered by all sectors. These standards shall serve as a guide in institutionalizing key NPIs to combat COVID-19. It shall serve as bases in the decision- making process and development of more specific sectoral policies for the control and management of COVID-19.

The Department of Health (DOH) issued Administrative Order No. 2020-0015 dated April 27, 2020 on Guidelines on Risk-Based Public Health Standards for COVID-19 Mitigation. The said guideline set the minimum public health standards to guide the development of sector- specific and localized guidelines on mitigation measures for its COVID-19 response across all settings, such as but not limited to home, public places, offices and workplaces, high density communities, food and other service establishments, schools, hotels and other accommodations, churches and places of worship, prisons and other places of detention, public transportation (air, land and water transport), and health facilities.

The said administrative guideline adopted the IATF advisories and resolutions which prescribed the following parameters for the control and management of COVID -19 and for the New Normal: a) Increase physical and mental resilience. This will include the implementation of respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette; promotion of mental health; reduction of exposure of vulnerable individuals, e.g., senior citizens, minors, individuals with underlying health conditions, and pregnant women to prevent infection; provision of support for essential workforce, i.e., financial, lodging, shuttle, food, among others; and provision of support for vulnerable groups, e.g., social amelioration program and food assistance. b) Reduce transmission. This will include the implementation of personal hygiene, e.g., handwashing with soap and water and sanitizing with alcohol-based solution and other hand disinfectants; environmental hygiene, e.g., disinfecting surfaces and objects; and use of PPE and other medical-grade protective apparel. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 47 c) Reduce contact. This will involve practicing physical distancing; modified work structures and schedules and alternative work arrangements; limitation of non-essential services; and restriction on mass gathering. d) Reduce duration of infection. This will include detection and isolation of symptomatic individuals (at home or in designated community quarantine facilities).

All National Government Agencies (NGAs), Local Government Units (LGUs), and the Private Sector shall base their COVID-19 mitigation and response from the IATF-EID’s risk severity grading based on IATF Classification Tool, e.g., Low, Moderate and High Severity (Table 3.1).

Table 3.1 Risk Severity Grading and Risk-Based Public Health Standard

Risk Severity based on IATF Classification Tool Intervention Low Moderate High 1. Increase Physical and Mental Resilience Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette Must Do Must Do Must Do Promote Mental Health Must Do Must Do Must Do Reduce exposure of vulnerable individuals (e.g., senior citizens, minors, individuals Can Do Must Do Must Do with underlying health conditions) to prevent infection Provision of support for essential workforce Can Do Must Do Must Do (i.e., financial, lodging, shuttle, food, etc.) Provision of support for vulnerable groups (e.g., Social Amelioration Programs, Food Can Do Must Do Must Do Assistance) 2. Reduce Transmission Personal Hygiene (e.g., handwashing with soap and water, sanitizing with hand Must Do Must Do Must Do disinfectants, etc.) Environmental Hygiene (e.g., disinfecting Must Do Must Do Must Do surfaces and objects Use of PPE and other medical-grade Can Do Must Do Must Do protective apparel 3. Reduce Contact Physical distancing Must Do Must Do Must Do Modified work structure and schedules, Can Do Must Do Must Do and alternative work arrangement Limitation of non-essential services Can Do Can Do Must Do Restriction on mass gatherings Can Do Can Do Must Do (50 individuals max.) (10 individuals max.) Closure of schools or use of alternative learning modalities (e.g., online/distance Can Do Must Do Must Do learning)

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Risk Severity based on IATF Classification Tool Intervention Low Moderate High Detection and isolation of symptomatic individuals (e.g., temperature scanning at Must Do Must Do Must Do entry points, symptom monitoring, etc.) Source: DOH, IATF

Interventions that are listed as “Must Do” shall be mandatory. Interventions that are listed as “Can Do” shall be optional and may be tailored as guided by the Modification Potential Matrix (Table 3.2). All NGAs, LGUs and private sectors are encouraged to prioritize settings that scored high, followed by medium, then low.

Table 3.2 Modification Potential Matrix Per Setting

Setting Contact Intensity Number of Modification Contacts Potential Home Low Low Low Public Places - Groceries Medium Medium Medium - Wet Markets Medium Medium Medium - Parks, playground, and Low Low/Medium Low other outdoor recreation spaces - Athletic Fields Medium Medium Low - Pools Medium Low/Medium High - Beaches Low High Medium Communities High High Low Food and other service establishments - Restaurants Medium Medium Medium - Shopping Malls Low Medium Medium - Salon, spas, and other Medium/High Low Medium personal care services - Gyms/Fitness studios Medium Medium Medium - Theaters, Muscums Medium High Medium - Outdoor large venues High High Medium (concerts, sports) - Indoor large venues High High Low (concerts, sports) Offices and workplaces High Medium High Schools - Children facilities (day High Medium/High Low/Medium care, play schools) - Schools (elementary and High High Low high school) - Universities High High High - Residence Hall and High Medium Low other dormitories Hotels and other Medium Medium Medium Accommodations Transport and Ports of Entry Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 49

Setting Contact Intensity Number of Modification Contacts Potential - Buses, PUVs High High Medium - LRT/MRT High High Medium - Airplanes High High Medium - Taxis High Low Low - Ports of Entry High High Medium Places of worship High High Medium Prisons and other High High Medium places of detention Source: DOH, IATF

All NGAs, LGUs and the Private Sector are mandated to implement the prescribed interventions in various settings depending on the Risk Severity Grading. For each prescribed intervention, there are concrete examples of corresponding hazard controls (e.g., engineering control, administrative control, and PPEs) are provided (Table 3.3). Engineering control refers to physical interventions or modification in spaces or environments meant to prevent the transmission of the disease (e.g. use of physical barriers, exhaust ventilation, etc.). Administrative control refers to procedural interventions of modifications in policies, standards, and processes that are meant to reduce the frequency and severity of exposure to disease (e.g. hygiene and disinfection protocols, work shifting, etc.). Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) refers to protective garments or equipment worn by individuals to increase personal safety from COVID-19.

Table 3.3 Prescribed interventions in various settings

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings A. Home B. Public Places C. High-Density D. Offices/ E. Food & other Communities Workplaces Service Establishments 1.1 Practice Practice respiratory Practice respiratory Practice respiratory Practice respiratory Respiratory respiratory etiquette at all times. etiquette at all times. Use etiquette at all times. etiquette at all times. Hygiene and etiquette at all Use tissue or the tissue or the inner portion Use tissue or the Use tissue or the inner Cough times. Use tissue inner portion of the of the elbow to cover the inner portion of the portion of the elbow to Etiquette or the inner elbow to cover the nose and mouth when elbow to cover the cover the nose and portion of the nose and mouth sneezing/ coughing. nose and mouth mouth when sneezing/ elbow to cover when sneezing/ Practice proper disposal when sneezing/ coughing. Practice the nose and coughing. Practice of tissue after use. coughing. Practice proper disposal of tissue mouth when proper disposal of Engineering Control: proper disposal of after use. sneezing/ tissue after use. None tissue after use. Engineering Control: coughing. Engineering Administrative Control: Engineering None Practice proper Control: None None Control: None Administrative disposal of tissue Administrative PPE: Cloth mask for Administrative Control: Owners may after use. Control: None general public or surgical Control: Employers provide tissues in Engineering PPE: Cloth mask for mask for symptomatic may provide tissues strategic places within Control: None general public or individuals within easy reach in the establishment Administrative surgical mask for all workstations and PPE: Cloth mask for Control: None symptomatic communal space general public or PPE: Cloth mask individuals if going PPE: Cloth mask for surgical mask for for general public to a health facility general public or symptomatic individuals or surgical mask surgical mask for for symptomatic symptomatic individuals individuals 1.2 Promote Health Health emergencies Health emergencies can Health emergencies Health emergencies can Mental Health emergencies can can put people in put people in extreme can put people in put people in extreme put people in extreme stress. stress. Individuals may extreme stress. stress. Individuals may extreme stress. Individuals may reach out to families and Individuals may reach out to a Individuals may reach out to a friends or a mental health reach out to a professional through the reach out to professional through professional through telemedicine hotlines

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Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings A. Home B. Public Places C. High-Density D. Offices/ E. Food & other Communities Workplaces Service Establishments families and the telemedicine professional through the the telemedicine Engineering Control: friends or a hotlines telemedicine hotlines hotlines None mental health Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Administrative professional Control: None None Control: None Control: Owners must through the Administrative Administrative Control: Administrative provide mental and telemedicine Control: None None Control: Employers psychosocial support hotlines PPE: None PPE: None must provide mental such as but not limited Engineering and psychosocial to in-house counselling Control: None support such as but sessions, online Administrative not limited to counselling, and support Control: None providing groups to its employees. PPE: None mindfulness Owners to promote activities/ sessions, work-life balance in-house counselling through proper sessions, online scheduling of activities counselling, and and rotation of support groups to its workforce. employees. PPE: None Employers to promote work-life balance through proper scheduling of activities and rotation of workforce. PPE: None 1.3 Reduce Elderly, Elderly, individuals Elderly, individuals with Elderly, individuals Elderly, individuals with exposure of individuals with with underlying underlying conditions, with underlying underlying conditions, vulnerable underlying conditions, and and pregnant women conditions, and and pregnant women individuals conditions, and pregnant women living in high-density pregnant women may may be asked not to (e.g., with pregnant women must stay at home communities must stay at be asked not to physically report to work. underlying must stay at and limit their travel home and limit their physically report to Engineering Control: health home and limit to essential or travel to essential or work. None condition) to their travel to urgent needs. urgent needs. Engineering Administrative prevent essential or Engineering Engineering Control: Control: None Control: Owners must infection urgent needs. Control: None None Administrative designate specific lanes They should also Administrative Administrative Control: Control: Employer or areas for the elderly, minimize their Control: LGUs and None. must provide individuals with exposure from establishment PPE: Cloth mask for alternative work underlying conditions, individuals who owners must general public or surgical arrangements to the and pregnant women frequently leave designate specific mask for symptomatic elderly, individuals within the establishment. the house. lanes or areas for individuals with underlying PPE: Cloth mask for Engineering the elderly, conditions, and general public or Control: None individuals with pregnant women for surgical mask for Administrative underlying the duration of symptomatic individuals Control: Daily conditions, and COVID-19 health monitoring of pregnant women in event. individuals at public places. LGUs PPE: Cloth mask for risk, and must provide general public or contingency transport services to surgical mask for planning by the health facilities for symptomatic household for vulnerable groups individuals accessing needing health care. healthcare or PPE: Cloth mask for purchasing of general public or medication from surgical mask for pharmacy in case symptomatic of emergency. individuals PPE: Cloth mask for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals 1.4 Provision N/A Engineering N/A Engineering Engineering Control: of support for Control: None Control: Provision of Provision of temporary essential Administrative temporary accommodations to workforce (ex: Control: Provision accommodations to employees, if necessary. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 51

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings A. Home B. Public Places C. High-Density D. Offices/ E. Food & other Communities Workplaces Service Establishments financial, of financial, employees, if Administrative lodging, transportation, food, necessary. Control: Provision of shuttle, food, and other services Administrative financial, transportation, etc.) as needed. Control: Provision of food, and other services PPE: Cloth mask for financial, as needed. general public or transportation, food, PPE: Cloth mask for medical-grade and other services as general public or protective apparel, needed. medical-grade protective depending on the PPE: Cloth mask for apparel, depending on intended user general public or the intended (personnel medical-grade user/setting. managing protective apparel, checkpoints, depending on the monitoring of public intended user/setting. spaces) and setting. 1.5 Provision - Provision of 1.5 Provision of - Provision of benefits 1.5 Provision of - Provision of benefits of support for benefits under support for under the Social support for under the Social vulnerable the Social vulnerable groups Amelioration Program vulnerable groups Amelioration Program groups (ex: Amelioration (ex: Social to qualified (ex: Social to qualified Social Program to Amelioration beneficiaries as Amelioration beneficiaries as Amelioration qualified Programs, Food determined by DSWD Programs, Food determined by DSWD Programs, beneficiaries as Assistance) Memorandum Circular Assistance) Memorandum Circular Food determined by No. 04, Series of 2020. No. 04, Series of Assistance) DSWD - LGUs may further 2020. Memorandum extend their support to - LGUs may further Circular No. 04, other vulnerable groups extend their support to Series of 2020. (e.g., PWDs, women, other vulnerable - LGUs may IPs, IDPs, among groups (e.g., PWDs, further extend others) as may be women, IPs, IDPs, their support to deemed necessary. among others) as may other vulnerable - Other NGAs shall be deemed necessary. groups (e.g., continue of may further - Other NGAs shall PWDs, women, expand their assistance continue of may IPs, IDPs, to the vulnerable further expand their among others) groups as part of their assistance to the as may be mandates. vulnerable groups as deemed - Private sector may also part of their mandates. necessary. provide additional - Private sector may also - Other NGAs assistance and support provide additional shall continue to MARPs and assistance and of may further vulnerable groups support to MARPs and expand their vulnerable groups assistance to the vulnerable groups as part of their mandates. - Private sector may also provide additional assistance and support to MARPs and vulnerable groups

2. REDUCE TRANSMISSION 2.1 Personal Individuals must Individuals must Individuals must wash Individuals must Individuals must wash Hygiene (e.g., wash their hands wash their hands their hands with soap and wash their hands with their hands with soap handwashing with soap and with soap and water water regularly or use soap and water and water regularly or with soap and water regularly or regularly or use hand disinfectants regularly or use hand use hand disinfectants water, use hand hand disinfectants Engineering Control: disinfectants Engineering Control: sanitizing with disinfectants Engineering None Engineering Placement of makeshift hand Control: Placement Control: Placement handwashing facilities,

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Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings A. Home B. Public Places C. High-Density D. Offices/ E. Food & other Communities Workplaces Service Establishments disinfectants, Engineering of makeshift Administrative Control: of makeshift hand sanitizers and etc.) Control: None handwashing None handwashing dispensers with an Administrative facilities, hand PPE: None facilities, hand alcohol-based solution in Control: None sanitizers and sanitizers and all entrances and PPE: None dispensers with an dispensers with an facilities. alcohol-based alcohol-based Administrative solution in all public solution in all Control: Owners must places (i.e., areas entrances, exits, ensure daily monitoring with high foot traffic, areas with high foot and availability of hand transportation traffic and facilities. soaps, sanitizers, and systems) Administrative other disinfectants within Administrative Control: Employers the establishments. Control: Ensure must ensure routine PPE: None routine monitoring monitoring and and replacement of availability of hand hand soaps, soaps, sanitizers, sanitizers, and other and other disinfectants in all disinfectants in public places. restrooms and in all PPE: None entrances and facilities. PPE: None 2.2 Disinfection of Disinfection of Disinfection of frequently Disinfection of Disinfection of frequently Environmental frequently frequently touched touched surfaces such as frequently touched touched surfaces and Hygience touched surfaces surfaces and other but not limited to tables, surfaces and objects objects such as but not (e.g., such as but not objects using 0.5% doorknobs, light such as but not limited to tables, disinfecting limited to tables, bleach solution (100 switches, phones, toilets, limited to tables, doorknobs, switches, surfaces and doorknobs, light ml. bleach, 900 ml. among others using 0.5% doorknobs, switches, and work stations using objects) switches, phones, water) at least twice bleach solution (100 ml. and work stations 0.5% bleach solution toilets, among a day. bleach, 900 ml. water) using 0.5% bleach (100 ml. bleach, 900 ml. others using Disinfection of Engineering Control: solution (100 ml. water) at least once a 0.5% bleach purchased items. None bleach, 900 ml. day. solution (100 ml. Engineering Administrative Control: water) at least once a Engineering Control: bleach, 900 ml. Control: Placement None day. Placement of foot baths water) of foot baths in all Engineering in all entrances (1:10 Engineering entrances (1:10 Control: Placement bleach solution, 1 litre Control: None bleach solution, 1 of foot baths in all mixed with 9 litres of Administrative litre mixed with 9 entrances (1:10 clean water) Control: None litres of clean water) bleach solution, 1 Administrative Administrative litre mixed with 9 Control: Ensure routine Control: Placement litres of clean water) cleaning of frequently of signs reminding Administrative touched surfaces and the general public to Control: Ensure objects, and routine minimize touching of routine cleaning of cleaning and surfaces in public frequently touched replacement of places. Ensure surfaces and objects, disinfectant solutions in routine cleaning of and routine cleaning foot baths. frequently touched and replacement of PPE: None surfaces and disinfectant solutions objects, and routine in foot baths. cleaning and PPE: None replacement of disinfectant solutions in foot baths. PPE: None 2.3 Use of Engineering Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Engineering Control: PPE and other Control: None Control: None None Control: None None medical-grade Administrative Administrative Administrative Control: Administrative Administrative protective Control: None Control: None None Control: Control: Owners shall apparel PPE: Individuals PPE: Healthy or PPE: Individuals living in Management shall allocate appropriate with flu-like asymptomatic high-density communities allocate appropriate PPEs to employees (i.e., symptoms must individuals shall use must wear cloth face PPEs to employees essential workforce) on wear a medical- cloth face masks in masks when living the (i.e., essential duty, depending on the grade mask at all public places. household. workforce) on duty, nature of work and times (and the Individuals with depending on the Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 53

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings A. Home B. Public Places C. High-Density D. Offices/ E. Food & other Communities Workplaces Service Establishments elderly or people suspected flu-like Individuals with nature of work and contact with the general with underlying symptoms, or are suspected flu-like contact with the public. conditions) feeling sick must symptoms must wear a general public. PPE: Individuals may wear a medical- medical-grade mask at all PPE: Healthy or use cloth face masks grade mask at all times. asymptomatic when going to times if they go individuals shall use restaurants and other outside. cloth face masks. establishments.

3. REDUCE CONTACT 3.1 Practicing Practice physical Engineering If possible, practice Engineering Engineering Control: physical distancing (at Control: Placement physical distancing (at Control: Installation Installation of temporary distancing least 1 meter of red marking tapes least 1 meter apart) in of temporary barriers barriers in front desks, apart) in on the floor to guide communal areas (e.g., between cubicles. counters, etc. Placement communal areas individuals to stay at living room, dining room, Administrative of red marking tapes on (e.g., living room, least one meter etc.) Control: Employers the floor to guide dining room, etc.) apart from each Engineering Control: must limit face to individuals to stay at Engineering other. None face meetings as least one meter apart Control: None Administrative Administrative Control: much as possible from each other when Administrative Control: Limitation None and adopt WIFI ordering for food at the Control: None on the number of PPE: Cloth mask for arrangements. Allow counter. PPE: Cloth mask people inside the general public or surgical flexible dining policy Administrative for general public establishment. mask for symptomatic in the Control: Limitation on or surgical mask PPE: Cloth mask for individuals workplace/cubicle the number of people for symptomatic general public or during lunch break; inside the establishment. individuals surgical mask for or limit the number of PPE: Cloth mask for symptomatic individuals who can general public or individuals eat in the pantry at a surgical mask for given time. If WIFI symptomatic individuals. are not possible, practice physical distancing in the workplace (at least one meter apart from each co-worker) PPE: Cloth mask for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals

3.2 Modified N/A N/A N/A Engineering Engineering Control: Work Control: None None Structures Administrative Administrative and Control: Employers Control: Owners should Schedules, should provide provide modified and modified alternative alternative structures Alternative structures and and arrangements (e.g., Work arrangements. online transaction and Arrangements PPE: Cloth mask for pick-up, drop-off points, general public or delivery services, etc.) surgical mask for PPE: Cloth mask for symptomatic general public or individuals. surgical mask for symptomatic individuals. 3.3 Limitation N/A N/A N/A N/A Engineering Control: of non- None essential Administrative services Control: Owners should provide modified alternative structures and arrangements (e.g., online transaction and pick-up, drop-off points, delivery services, etc.)

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Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings A. Home B. Public Places C. High-Density D. Offices/ E. Food & other Communities Workplaces Service Establishments PPE: Cloth mask for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals. 3.4 Restriction N/A Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Engineering Control: on Mass Control: None None Control: None None Gatherings Administrative Administrative Control: Administrative Administrative Control: Limitation None Control: Suspension Control: Limitation on on the number of PPE: Cloth mask for of office meetings, the foot traffic within the people in public general public or surgical conferences, and establishment places mask for symptomatic other large PPE: Cloth mask for PPE: Cloth mask for individuals. gatherings general public or general public or PPE: Cloth mask for surgical mask for surgical mask for general public or symptomatic individuals. symptomatic surgical mask for individuals. symptomatic individuals. 4. REDUCE DURATION OF INFECTION 4.1 Detection Individuals with Individuals with flu- If possible, individuals Engineering Individuals with flu-like and isolation flu-like symptoms like symptoms must with flu-like symptoms Control: None symptoms must go to of must be isolated go to any setting, must be isolated in a Administrative any setting, except for symptomatic in a separate except for health separate room or area Control: Employers health-related concerns, individuals (at room or area related concerns, if within the household or a must subject all if virtual consultation is home or in within the virtual consultation community employees to not possible. designated household. is not possible. quarantine/isolation temperature checks Engineering Control: community Engineering Engineering facility when made prior to entering the None quarantine Control: None Control: None available by the LGU. building /office Administrative facilities) Administrative Administrative Engineering Control: spaces and proper Control: Owners must Control: None Control: Placement None referral to appropriate subject all customers to PPE: Cloth mask of standard Administrative Control: facility for temperature checks for general public symptom and None symptomatic prior to entering the or surgical mask temperature checks PPE: Cloth mask for employees. establishment for symptomatic in strategically general public or surgical Employers must PPE: Cloth mask for individuals. located areas in mask for symptomatic monitor all general public or public places and individuals. employees daily to surgical mask for proper referral of all ensure proper symptomatic individuals. individuals with detection of symptoms employees with PPE: Cloth mask for symptoms. general public or Employees with mild surgical mask for flu-like symptoms symptomatic shall adopt a work individuals. from home (WFH) arrangement for the duration of COVID-19 health event PPE: Cloth mask for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals.

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns I. INCREASE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RESILIENCE 1.1 Practice Practice respiratory Practice respiratory Practice respiratory Practice respiratory Respiratory respiratory etiquette at all etiquette at all times. Use etiquette at all etiquette at all times. Hygiene and etiquette at all times. Use tissue or tissue or the inner portion times. Use tissue or Use tissue or the inner Cough times. Use tissue the inner portion of of the elbow to cover the the inner portion of portion of the elbow to Etiquette or the inner the elbow to cover the elbow to cover cover the nose and Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 55

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns portion of the the nose and mouth nose and mouth when the nose and mouth mouth when sneezing/ elbow to cover when sneezing/ sneezing/ coughing. when sneezing/ coughing. the nose and coughing. Engineering Control: coughing. Engineering Control: mouth when Engineering None Engineering None sneezing/ Control: None Administrative Control: Control: None Administrative Control: coughing. Administrative None Management may Administrative Owners must provide Engineering Control: Hotel provide tissues and Control: None tissues within the Control: None Management may alcohol hand rub in PPE: Cloth mask for establishment Administrative provide tissues and entrances and exits and general public or PPE: Cloth mask for Control: School alcohol hand rub in along waiting area. All surgical mask for general public or surgical administration communal areas toilet facilities should symptomatic mask for symptomatic may provide and amenities. All have adequate water and individuals individuals tissues and toilet facilities soap for handwashing. alcohol hand rub should have PPE: Cloth mask for in entrances, adequate water and general public or surgical corridors and soap for mask for symptomatic other communal handwashing. individuals areas. All toilet PPE: Cloth mask for facilities should general public or have adequate surgical mask for water and soap symptomatic for handwashing. individuals if going PPE: Cloth mask to a health facility for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals 1.2 Promote Health Health emergencies Health emergencies can Health emergencies Health emergencies can Mental Health emergencies can can put people in put people in extreme can put people in put people in extreme put people in extreme stress. stress. Individuals may extreme stress. stress. Services to extreme stress. Services to support reach out to a Individuals may support mental health Individuals may mental health must professional through the reach out to a must be made available reach out to a be made available. telemedicine hotlines professional through Engineering Control: professional Engineering Engineering Control: the telemedicine None mental health Control: None None hotlines Administrative Control: professional Administrative Administrative Control: Engineering Management must through the Control: None Control: None provide mental and telemedicine Management must PPE: None Administrative psychosocial support hotlines provide mental and Control: such as but not limited to Engineering psychosocial Management can in-house counselling Control: None support such as but institute activities in sessions and support Administrative not limited to in- promoting wellbeing groups to employees Control: house counselling and overall health of and inmates. Administrators sessions, online their constituents, PPE: None must provide counselling, and including online mental and support groups, to programs and psychosocial its employees. counselling. support such as PPE: None PPE: None but not limited to in-house counselling, support groups, etc. PPE: None 1.3 Reduce Engineering Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Engineering Control: exposure of Control: None Control: None None Control: None None vulnerable Administrative Administrative Administrative Control: Administrative Administrative Control: individuals Control: School Control: Availability Operators and drivers Control: Officiators Availability of designated (e.g., with Administration of designate specific may designate specific and religious lane s or areas for the underlying may offer lanes or areas for lanes or areas for the leaders may elderly, individuals with health alternative the elderly, elderly, individuals with designate specific underlying conditions, condition) to arrangements to individuals with underlying conditions, lanes or areas for and pregnant women. prevent personnel who underlying and pregnant women the elderly, PPE: Cloth mask for infection are elderly, with conditions, and within the vehicle and individuals with general public or surgical underlying pregnant women. waiting area. underlying Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 56

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns conditions and PPE: Cloth mask for PPE: Cloth mask for conditions, and mask for symptomatic pregnant women. general public or general public or surgical pregnant women in individuals If alternative surgical mask for mask for symptomatic the place of worship arrangements is symptomatic individuals or offer alternative not possible, individuals ways of participation designated areas (e.g. online, in communal recorded mass, etc.) areas must be PPE: Cloth mask for available to high- general public or risk groups. surgical mask for PPE: Cloth mask symptomatic for general public individuals or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals 1.4 Provision Engineering Engineering Engineering Control: N/A Engineering Control: of support for Control: Control: Provision of temporary Provision of temporary essential Provision of Provision of accommodations to accommodations to workforce (ex: temporary temporary employees, if necessary employees, if necessary. financial, accommodations accommodations to Administrative Control: Administrative Control: lodging, to employees, if employees, if Provision of financial, Provision of financial, shuttle, food, necessary necessary transportation, food, transportation, food, and etc.) Administrative Administrative PPE: Cloth mask for other services as Control: Control: Provision general public or needed. Provision of of financial, medical-grade protective PPE: Cloth mask for financial, transportation, food, apparel, depending on general public or transportation, PPE: Cloth mask for the intended user/ medical-grade protective food general public or setting. apparel, depending on PPE: Cloth mask medical-grade the intended for general public protective apparel, user/setting. or medical-grade depending on the protective intended apparel, user/setting. depending on the intended user/ setting.. 1.5 Provision - Provision of benefits under the Social Amelioration Program to qualified beneficiaries as determined by DSWD of support for Memorandum Circular No. 04, Series of 2020. vulnerable - LGUs may further extend their support to other vulnerable groups (e.g., PWDs, women, IPs, IDPs, among others) as may groups (ex: be deemed necessary. Social - Other NGAs shall continue of may further expand their assistance to the vulnerable groups as part of their mandates. Amelioration - Private sector may also provide additional assistance and support to MARPs and vulnerable groups Programs, Food Assistance) 2. REDUCE TRANSMISSION 2.1 Personal Engineering Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Engineering Control: Hygiene (e.g., Control: Control: Placement Placement of hand Control: Placement Placement of handwashing Placement of of handwashing sanitizers and dispensers of hand sanitizers handwashing stations, with soap and handwashing stations, hand with an alcohol-based and dispensers with hand sanitizers and water, stations, hand sanitizers and solution in all vehicles, an alcohol-based dispensers with an sanitizing with sanitizers and dispensers with an LRT/MRT, bus and train solution at strategic alcohol-based solution in hand dispensers with alcohol-based stations, and in all exits entry points. all rooms, communal disinfectants, an alcohol-based solution in all rooms, and entrances. Administrative areas, and amenities. etc.) solution in all communal areas, Administrative Control: Control: Ensure Administrative Control: rooms, communal and amenities Ensure routine routine monitoring Ensure routine areas, and Administrative monitoring and and replacement of monitoring and amenities, Control: Ensure replacement of hand hand soaps, replacement of hand especially eating routine monitoring soaps, sanitizers, and sanitizers, and other soaps, sanitizers, and areas. and replacement of other disinfectants in all disinfectants in all other disinfectants in all Administrative hand soaps, exits and entrances. strategic entry strategic entry points. Control: sanitizers, and other PPE: None points. PPE: None Students and disinfectants in all PPE: None teachers must

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Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns perform regular rooms and public and thorough areas. handwashing with PPE: None soap and water. Allot a specific period of time for handwashing. Hand sanitizers or alcohol-based solution must be available.in all class rooms or school facilities. Ensure routine monitoring and replacement of hand soaps, sanitizers, and other disinfectants in all classrooms, restrooms, etc. PPE: None 2.2 Disinfection of Regular disinfection Disinfection of surfaces Regular disinfection Disinfection of surfaces Environmental tables, of rooms, front that are often touched by of chairs, tables, and frequently touched Hygiene (e.g., doorknobs, desks desks, counters, passengers using 0.5% relics and other surfaces using 0.5% disinfecting and school items and other frequently bleach solution (100 ml. equipment using bleach solution (100 ml. surfaces and using 0.5% touched surfaces bleach, 900 ml. water) at 0.5% bleach bleach, 900 ml. water) at objects) bleach solution and other objects least every two hours. solution (100 ml. least twice a day. (100 ml. bleach, such as key cards, Engineering Control: bleach, 900 ml. Engineering Control: 900 ml. water) at door handles/knobs, Placement of foot baths water) Engineering Placement of foot baths least twice a day elevator buttons, in all entrances (1:10 Control: Placement in all entrances (1:10 Engineering among others using bleach solution, 1 litre of foot baths in all bleach solution, 1 litre Control: 0.5% bleach mixed with 9 litres of entrances (1:10 mixed with 9 litres of Placement of foot solution (100 ml. clean water) bleach solution, 1 clean water) baths in all bleach, 900 ml. Administrative Control: litre mixed with 9 Administrative Control: entrances (1:10 water) Ensure routine cleaning litres of clean water) Ensure routine cleaning bleach solution; Engineering of frequently touched Administrative of frequently touched 1litre bleach Control: Placement surfaces and objects, Control: Ensure surfaces and objects, mixed with 9 litres of foot baths in all and routine cleaning and routine cleaning of and routine cleaning and of clean water entrances (1:10 replacement of frequently touched replacement of Administrative bleach solution, 1 disinfectant solutions in surfaces and disinfectant solutions in Control: Ensure litre mixed with 9 foot baths. objects, and routine foot baths. routine cleaning litres of clean water) PPE: None cleaning and PPE: None of frequently Administrative replacement of touched surfaces Control: Ensure disinfectant and objects, and routine cleaning of solutions in foot routine cleaning frequently touched baths. and replacement surfaces and PPE: None of disinfectant objects, and routine solutions in foot cleaning and baths. replacement of PPE: None disinfectant solutions in foot baths. Ensure implementation of proper food preparation and handling PPE: Surgical masks for front desk/concierge staff, staff stationed at entry points and at the lobby. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 58

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns Mouth cover and gloves for food preparers and handlers in the kitchen, buffet/hotel restaurants. 2.3 Use of Engineering Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Engineering Control: PPE and other Control: None Control: None None Control: None None medical-grade Administrative Administrative Administrative Control: Administrative Administrative Control: protective Control: School Control: Hotel None Control: None Governing body with apparel administrators Management shall PPE: Drivers, Barkers PPE: Attendees jurisdiction over prisons shall allocate allocate appropriate and conductors who are may wear cloth face shall appropriate funds appropriate PPEs PPEs to its hotel in contact with masks during mass to provide PPEs to its to teachers, staff (e.g., passengers must wear and other religious essential employees and canteen vendors, concierge, cloth mask at all times. gatherings inmates. maintenance, and maintenance, guard, Personnel manning exits PPE: Provision of cloth security guards. etc.) and entrances and those face masks for inmates PPE: School PPE: Hotel staff with high exposure to and detained individuals. personnel who who are in contact people entering must are in contact with with guests (security wear surgical mask. students and guard, concierge, school staff maintenance crew, (security guard, etc.) must wear maintenance cloth masks at all crew, canteen times handlers, etc.)must wear cloth masks at all times 3. REDUCE CONTACT 3.1 Practicing Practice physical Practice physical Practice physical Practice physical Engineering Control: physical distancing (at distancing (at least distancing (at least 1 distancing (at least Placement of temporary distancing least 1 meter 1 meter apart) in all meter apart) in all areas 1 meter apart) in all barriers between apart) in all areas Engineering Control: areas inmates and non- communal areas Engineering Placement of marks or residents.. Engineering Control: Placement temporary barriers in Engineering Administrative Control: Control: None of red marking tapes buses, trains Control: Placement Practice physical Administrative on the floor of front Administrative Control: of marks to guide distancing in all common Control: desk, buffet, and Passengers must keep a attendees during areas. Temporarily Restriction on other amenities to safe distance from other communion or suspend visitation mass gathering guide guests to stay passengers. Limitation offertory services privileges or provide that will require at least one meter on the number of and temporary alternative mechanisms close contacts apart from each passengers in public barriers to separate (e.g., online visitation) (e.g., school other. transportation, including attended. Limit conduct of group activities, flag Installation of buses, jeepneys, taxi, Administrative activities within the ceremony if temporary barriers tricycle and trains. Control: If possible, facility. physical in concierge, front PPE: Cloth mask for religious authorities Isolate symptomatic distancing is not desks, etc. general public or surgical should release individuals. possible, etc.) Administrative mask for symptomatic guidelines modifying PPE: Cloth mask for Provide platform Control: Limitation individuals religious practices to general public or surgical for online learning on the number of limit close contact, mask for symptomatic adjustment of guests inside the maintain physical individuals. teaching method hotel, amenities distancing and and schedules to (pool, buffet, etc.) prevent cross- allow for physical and other public contamination of distancing. places. frequently touched PPE: Cloth mask PPE: Cloth mask for surface and for general public general public or religious objects. or surgical mask surgical mask for Limitation on the for symptomatic symptomatic number of individuals individuals attendees in churches and places of worship. But if possible,

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Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns implement online religious services until further notice. PPE: Cloth mask for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals

3.2 Modified Engineering Engineering N/A N/A N/A Work Control: None Control: None Structures Administrative Administrative and Control: Control: Schedules, Administrators Administrators and should provide should provide Alternative modified modified alternative Work alternative structures and Arrangements structures and arrangements arrangements PPE: Cloth mask for PPE: Cloth mask general public or for general public surgical mask for or surgical mask symptomatic for symptomatic individuals individuals 3.3 Limitation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A of non- essential services 3.4 Restriction Engineering Engineering Engineering Control: Engineering Engineering Control: on Mass Control: None Control: None None Control: None None Gatherings Administrative Administrative Administrative Control: Administrative Administrative Control: Control: Control: Limitation Limitation on the number Control: Provide None Restriction on on the number of of passengers in multiple schedule of PPE: Cloth mask for large gatherings reservations to vehicles, buses, train and services or general public or surgical (e.g., school control the number other public alternative practices mask for symptomatic activities, field of guests in the transportation. to limit the number individuals. trips, sports hotel. of attended in festivals and flag PPE: Cloth mask for PPE: Cloth mask for religious services. ceremony, if general public or general public or surgical PPE: Cloth mask for physical surgical mask for mask for symptomatic general public or distancing is not symptomatic individuals. surgical mask for possible, etc.) individuals. symptomatic PPE: Cloth mask individuals. for general public or surgical mask for symptomatic individuals. 4. REDUCE DURATION OF INFECTION 4.1 Detection School Engineering Individuals with flu-like Engineering Engineering Control: and isolation administrators Control: None symptoms must not go to Control: None None of must provide Administrative any setting, except for Administrative Administrative Control: symptomatic alternative Control: Hotel health-related concerns, Control: Employers Immediate isolation of individuals (at arrangements for Management must if virtual consultation is must subject all suspected, probable and home or in students, subject all guests not possible. employees to confirmed cases in designated teachers and and employees to Engineering Control: temperature checks designated areas within community personnel (e.g., temperature checks None prior to entering the the facility. quarantine online meeting/ prior to entering the Administrative Control: building /office PPE: Cloth mask for facilities) classes, recorded hotel. Operators and drivers spaces and proper general public or surgical classes, etc.) with PPE: Cloth mask for must subject passengers referral to mask for symptomatic flu-like symptoms. general public or to temperature checks appropriate facility individuals. Engineering surgical mask for prior to entering public for symptomatic Control: None symptomatic transportation (e.g., employees. Administrative individuals. buses and trains) Employers must Control: School monitor all Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 60

Intervention Minimum Requirements by Settings F. Schools G. Hotels and H. Transportation and I. Churches/ J. Prisons and other other Ports of Entry Places places of detention accommodatio Workplaces ns administrators PPE: Cloth mask for employees daily to and teachers general public or surgical ensure proper must subject all mask for symptomatic detection of students and individuals. employees with personnel to symptoms. temperature Employees with mild checks prior to flu-like symptoms entering the shall adopt a work classrooms and from home (WFH) facilities. arrangement for the PPE: Cloth mask duration of COVID- for general public 19 health event or surgical mask PPE: Cloth mask for for symptomatic general public or individuals. surgical mask for symptomatic individuals. Source: DOH Administrative Order 2020-0015, IATF

Prior to the lifting of the community quarantine, a thorough assessment must be undertaken to evaluate if the four parameters prescribed by IATF (increase physical and mental resilience, reduce transmission, reduce contact and reduce duration of infection) are met. The Department of Health is in the best position to determine the status on whether or not the spread of the COVID-19 has been contained, as well as, determine if the capacities of the health systems are sufficient. As recommended by IATF, even when restrictions have been lifted, the Region should ensure that the IATF parameters are being implemented and institutionalized in all sectors and LGUs at all levels with the aim of reaching a steady state of low-level or no transmission as we move on to the New Normal.

3.2. Characterizing the “new normal”

3.2.1 Political

Increased attention towards managing multi-dimensional risks-public health emergencies and natural hazard event. The Region faces an unprecedented crisis with the COVID-19 impacting virtually every aspect of public sector service delivery. Government response to the crisis has been swift but measuring its success remains to be seen. Never has Davao Region faced a more daunting task, and it seems that the months and years ahead are fraught with risks of the disease possibly resurging if policies are not immediately put in action. Hence, the “new normal” requires that policymakers and policy implementers refocus their attention, time, and resources in making sure that any future health pandemic is prevented and contained, while also preventing the current outbreak to further deteriorate. Responding and addressing to public health risks and potential public health emergencies should be given increased attention in the policy arena, because the Region has seen that being unprepared for pandemics can strike a severe blow to its economy, its community life, and its citizens. The negative consequences of giving only a secondary priority to health development and to health policy should be a wake-up call to government. There must not be a repeat of a pandemic like COVID-19 pandemic in Davao Region and the country.

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As the Region continues to grapple with the impact of the current pandemic, the evolving “new normal” points to increased attention towards managing the multi-dimensional risks arising from public health emergencies like COVID-19. Policymakers need to craft, promote, and encourage policies that strengthen the Region’s health systems and structures, and capacitate and equip its health workers and medical facilities to respond, mitigate, and contain any and all outbreaks that the Region may face in the future. The Government should also train and equip local government units to proactively respond and prevent any outbreak in their communities. Increased funding for health development should now be an important and continuing agenda in the Region’s policy space as health risks are always existing, which may be amplified in the coming months when the Region becomes more vulnerable to natural hazard events such as typhoons, flooding, and drought, among others.

It is also imperative that Congress pass a law that will enable the National Government to mobilize resources to immediately, efficiently and effectively respond, contain, mitigate, and prevent the worsening of emergencies and calamites, without the need of passing ad hoc legislation every time there is national emergency or calamity. It should be a law that can be invoked by the President every time that there is a national emergency or calamity, and would give emergency powers to the National Government immediately once a national emergency or calamity of any kind is declared. The National Government can use as reference the United States’ Defense Production Act of 1950, which was signed by President Harry S. Truman amid concerns about supplies and equipment during the Korean War. The Act gives the U.S. federal government broad authority to direct private companies to meet the needs of the national defense, but over the decades, the law's powers have been understood to encompass not only times of war but also domestic emergency preparedness and recovery from terrorist attacks and natural disasters. It has been invoked multiple times since then to help the U.S. government for a range of emergencies including war, hurricanes and terrorism prevention.

In particular, the Defense Production Act of 1950 allows the U.S. president to prioritize government contracts and orders seen as necessary for the national defense, with the goal of ensuring that the private sector is producing enough goods needed to meet a war effort or other national emergency. The U.S. president is also empowered to “allocate materials, services, and facilities” for national defense purposes, and take actions to restrict hoarding of needed supplies. To bolster domestic production, the president may also offer loans or loan guarantees to companies, subject to an appropriation by Congress; make purchases and purchase commitments; and install equipment in government or private factories. Companies can also be authorized to coordinate with each other, which might otherwise violate antitrust laws.3

A similar law in the Philippines should likewise allow the National Government to exercise temporarily a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industries, in both the public and private sectors, and direct or enjoin them to prioritize, scale-up, and accept government contracts for the production of essential materials and goods or the provision of critical services needed to respond, contain, mitigate, and prevent the worsening of emergencies and calamites.

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Other pertinent legislation that should be pushed for passage include the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, which will extend government’s national emergency powers to enable it to adequately sustain its response and containment measures against the continuing threats of the pandemic. The proposed law also aims to reduce the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the socioeconomic well-being of Filipinos through the provision of assistance, subsidies and other forms of socioeconomic relief, and to sustain efforts to test, trace, and treat COVID-19 cases in the country.

Another important legislative proposal is House Bill 6815 or the Accelerated Recovery and Investments Stimulus for the Economy of the Philippines (ARISE Philippines), which is seen to propel economic growth amid the expected economic contraction this year. The proposed P1.3-trillion stimulus package is expected to protect and assist up to 15.7 million workers, create 3 million short-term jobs, and 1.5 million infrastructure jobs over three years, and help up to 5.57 million micro, small and medium enterprises, both formal and nonformal.4

LGUs taking on greater responsibility to deliver public services especially health and social safety nets. The local government units are the lead in the delivery of basic services during crises. As front liners to their respective jurisdictions, the local government units (LGUs) are taking on a greater role in containing and combating the spread of COVID-19, consistent with directives coming from the Regional Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The LGUs bear the responsibility of delivering services to the public, including nationally funded programs for health and social safety nets. The LGUs are also expected to assist in the strict enforcement of community quarantine directives and ensure the uninterrupted flow of essential personnel, goods and services. However, their ability to implement national and local government directives and social protection programs depend largely on their resources and the capability of personnel to implement. In the “new normal”, the LGUs, from the provinces to the barangay units, are empowered as first responders during crises as they are familiar with the locality. Through capacitation, these LGUs shall be able to effectively and efficiently provide services/interventions as they shall be well-equipped to handle health situations, as well as, to deliver social safety nets.

As experienced during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, LGUs were caught unprepared to handle the emergency. The lack of resources resulted in inadequate financial aid and relief goods received by the beneficiaries. While guidelines and directives were in place, the inability to efficiently implement directives due to poor understanding on how to contain a pandemic and the lack of systems to mount such response measures resulted in confusion and less coordinated efforts within the locality and among LGUs. All these created discontent among the beneficiaries.

However, the capacity challenges of LGUs in responding to the threats and other negative impacts of COVID-19 were addressed with the passage of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (R.A. 11469), which provided financial assistance to local government units. The financial assistance, which are called Bayanihan Grants, was intended to boost the capacity of the cities and municipalities in responding to the COVID-19 situation. In early April 2020, the

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Department of Budget and Management released PhP30,823,759,246.00 to cover the funding requirements for the one-time financial assistance to cities and municipalities and the funds required that it be used exclusively for COVID-19-related programs, projects, activities (PPAs), and expenses, including procurement of personal protective equipment, COVID-19 testing kits, hospital equipment and supplies, and disinfectants, sprayers, disinfection tents and other disinfecting supplies and misting equipment, among others. While, the one-time assistance was necessary for the response measures of LGUs, more funding for strategic containment and mitigation measures may be needed, such as through the expeditious passage of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act. The proposed law will enable the Government to further sustain and improve its programs against COVID-19, including assistance to LGUs.

Greater need for targeted interventions. Like most countries, the Philippines was caught off-guard with the magnitude, severity and evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. The weakness of our public health and governance systems in responding to the pandemic, including other related concerns like food sustainability, social protection, production of essential supplies, unemployment, and education, became evident especially in the initial stages of government’s response to this health emergency. The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased uncertainties, with corresponding efforts being done to improve the public’s confidence and trust in our health management and governance systems. Foremost among these efforts are improving the coordination between and among government agencies and LGUs through clearer guidelines in the delivery of services, including measures to improve risk communication, promoting patriotism and values, and corporate social responsibility, among others.

Systems shall also be in place to ensure that social protection programs reach the targeted beneficiaries. Issues such as financial aids and relief goods not reaching the targeted beneficiaries may be addressed with the implementation of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). The national ID system will not only simplify public and private transactions but greatly improve delivery of government services as a person’s record in the PhilSys would be valid and sufficient proof of identity. This will make public service delivery more efficient especially for the poor and the marginalized, leaving no one behind in government efforts. Moreover, the strengthening of the profiling system at the local level, and sustaining it on a regular basis, is found to be of prime importance for immediate response in these situations.

Farmers/fisherfolks and other food-related businesses worked hard to ensure that there is quality food on the Region’s grocery store shelves and kitchen tables. In these times of uncertainty, it is important to make sure that they are supported so they can continue providing the good, healthy food that nourishes families. As such, interventions or stimulus packages targeted to help this sector must be profound. The same goes for manufacturing firms that had to temporarily stop their production or lay-off some of their workers due to the ECQ.

Among the targeted interventions for the Agriculture sector include financial assistance and/or flexible credit options to producers, agribusinesses, and food processors to help them remain financially sound during this difficult time. The said intervention shall also assist them to increase storage capacity for unsold products, as well as to improve productivity and quality of products. Finally, interventions to assist agri-manufacturing firms/processors to comply

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Greater need for disaggregated data. For purposes of effective planning, statistics on the socioeconomic characteristics of the population in a certain geographical unit should be readily available. This is important especially if there would be a targeted lockdown imposed in a sitio, barangay or municipality that would require targeted delivery of interventions (such as cash/loan assistance to farmers/fisherfolk and MSMEs). As such, there will then be increased demand for a finer breakdown of official data.

Data collection plays an essential role in the identification of vulnerabilities that may be fatal in the distribution of care and treatment for the COVID-19 patients. Except for male and female data, there is no disaggregation of data on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. During this pandemic, the most effective policies and regulations created will be those that factor in how the pandemic is experienced by different community markups. For future strategizing on public health responses, we need to understand how identity markers are impacting mortality rates within the population now. When dealing with a health care crisis, we need to study which communities are particularly impacted and in what way. The response to a public health crisis needs to take into consideration the increased risk of mortality for certain communities and their loved ones. Hence, finer breakdown of official data or disaggregated data up to the barangay level is very important. These data would also come in handy for targeting beneficiaries for the delivery of needed interventions, such as during lockdowns.

3.2.2 Economic

Contraction in global economy

The Coronavirus Disease (2019) COVID-19 now poses a more serious downside risk to the global economy. Governments and central banks have likewise been adjusting the monetary and fiscal policies to mitigate the economic impact.

5Average global gross domestic product (GDP) forecasts are around 0.9 percent for 2020, with the latest forecasts from S&P and Capital Economics at 1.0 percent and -1.0 percent, respectively.1 Bloomberg likewise presented four (4) scenarios for global growth — (1) China shock in which global GDP growth is at 2.9 percent; (2) more outbreaks with 2.3 percent global GDP growth; (3) widespread contagion with 1.2 percent global GDP growth; and (4) global pandemic with 0.1 percent global GDP growth. Scenario 2 also assumes that there will only be “mild” recessions in Japan and Euro Area.2 Similarly, in a March 2 report, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) suggested a worst-case scenario of 1.5 percent global GDP growth for 2020. Global growth is seen to be primarily dragged down by direct effects from reduced demand and heightened uncertainty. They likewise estimated world trade to be significantly weaker, with a decline of 3.75 percent.

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6The pandemic is having a noticeable impact on global economic growth. Estimates so far indicate the virus could trim global economic growth by as much as 2.0 percent per month if current conditions persist. Global trade could also fall by 13 percent to 32 percent, depending on the depth and extent of the global economic downturn.

7Preliminary data for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that U.S. GDP fell by 4.8 percent at an annual rate, the largest quarterly decline in GDP since the fourth quarter of 2008 during the global financial crisis when the U.S. economy contracted by 8.4 percent. Foreign investors have pulled an estimated $26 billion out of developing Asian economies and more than $16 billion out of India, increasing concerns of a major economic recession in Asia. Some estimates also indicate that 29 million people in Latin America could fall into poverty, reversing a decade of efforts to narrow income inequality. In Europe, over 30 million people in Germany, France, the UK, Spain, and Italy have applied for state support of their wages, while first quarter 2020 data indicate that the Eurozone economy contracted by 3.8 percent at an annual rate, the largest quarterly decline since the series started in 1995.

According to the April 2020 World Economic Outlook of the International Monetary Fund or the IMF, the global economy is projected to contract by 3 percent this year and could beat the 1.7 percent drop in GDP recorded a year after the 2008 global financial crisis. This could potentially be the worst global recession since the great depression of the 1930s.

Increased volatility of capital flows

8The spread of COVID-19 has led to large foreign exchange (FX) moves, as past global crises have, but both the scale of the epidemic and the speed of its global spread makes the current situation unique. In particular, the pattern of FX dynamics is fast-tracked and capital outflows from emerging markets (EMs), week on week, are much larger than in previous crises. Relative to the past, and in particular the 2007-2008 Great Financial Crisis (GFC), the recent prompt activation of central bank FX swap lines appears to have tempered dollar movements. A recurrent pattern around economic crises. In crises, the dollar tends to appreciate – especially against emerging market currencies – and dollar liquidity becomes scarce.

9Since the pandemic’s outbreak, prices of risk assets have fallen sharply. At the worst point of the recent selloff, risk assets suffered half or more of the declines they experienced in 2008 and 2009. For example, many equity markets—in economies large and small—have endured declines of 30 percent or more at the trough. Credit spreads have jumped, especially for lower- rated firms. Signs of stress have also emerged in major short-term funding markets, including the global market for U.S. dollars.

6 Report of the Congressional Research Services entitled “Global Economic Effects of COVID-19”, May 1, 2020 7 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claim s, Department of Labor, April 30, 2020. https://www.dol.gov/; Long, Heather, over 10 Million Americans Applied for Unemployment Benefit s in March as Economy Collapsed, The Washington Post, April 2, 2020. https://www.washingt on post .com/business/2020/04/02/jobless-march- COVID-19. 8 VOX CEPR Policy Portal, April 2020 9 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Blog, April 14, 2020, entitled “ COVID-19 Crisis Posing Threat to Financial Stability” Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 66

Volatility has spiked, in some cases to levels last seen during the global financial crisis, amid the uncertainty about the economic impact of the pandemic. With the spike in volatility, market liquidity has deteriorated significantly, including in markets traditionally seen as deep, like the U.S. Treasury market, contributing to abrupt asset price moves.

Contraction in domestic economy

Impact to Philippine Economy

10COVID-19 has certainly posed serious challenges to the country’s strong growth and development prospects. Facing unprecedented challenges, the Philippine economy, not surprisingly, contracted by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020, compared to the 5.7 percent growth during the same period last year. This is the first time real GDP growth fell into negative territory since 1998 during the combined El Niño and Asian Financial Crisis.

Impact to Davao Region a) Economic Performance

On a macroeconomic level, Davao Region’s performance for the first quarter of 2020 vis-à-vis same period in 2019 showed a significant decline that approximates its 2020 overall performance.

Employment generation was most affected when employment rate contracted by as high as14.8 percent compared to its year-ago level. Consequently, its unemployment surged to a double- digit rate of 17.9 percent, the first time for the Region. Due to the temporary and permanent closure of business establishments, as well as displacement of an estimated 205,380 persons with no work in the Region (as reported by DOLE XI) and some individuals shifted to other types of work for income, the underemployment rate was up by 13 percentage points, reflecting that the Region was not able to provide quality jobs given the pandemic.

Since investment generation is directly related to employment generation, both indicators reflected a similar declining trend. Based on the cost of projects registered with the Board of Investments (BOI), it recorded a decrease of about 18.5 percent, compared to its year ago level.

Indicators on foreign trade, tax collections and inflation rate showed a more optimistic scenario despite the pandemic. For the first quarter of 2020 compared to its year-ago level, the Bureau of Customs (BoC)-Davao Port reported a modest increase of 2.4 percent in the value of exports, with fresh bananas still the top export commodity. Due to border restrictions and bulk of imported materials for the Region’s export industries are sourced from China, value of imports was down by 4.3 percent The BoC reported it does not expect a decline in exports as global economies have started to ease restrictions on global trade. Revenue collection of the Region have not been affected as tax collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue reported an increase of 2.5 percent. It also reported that tax collections have not been significantly

10 NEDA Statement on the First Quarter 2020 Performance of the Philippine Economy, May 7, 2020

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Table No. 3.4 Macroeconomic Indicators, Davao Region, 1ST Qtr 2020 vis-à-vis 1st Qtr 2019 Indicator Performance Percent Change April Survey 2019 April Survey 2020 Employment Rate (%) * 96.9 82.1 -14.8 Percentage points Unemployment Rate (%)* 3.1 17.9 14.8 Percentage points Underemployment Rate 7.9 20.9 13.0 (%)* Percentage points First Quarter 2019 First Quarter 2020 Board of Investments 2.7 2.2 -18.5 (BOI) Value of Registered Projects (in PhP billion) Exports ** 514.5 527.0 2.4 (in USD million) Imports ** 23,488.9 22,482.8  -4.3 (in USD million) Tax collections (PhP 4.07 4.17 2.5 billion) (Bureau of Internal Revenue) Jan.-May 2019 Jan.-May 2020 Inflation Rate (%) * 4.2 2.2 -2.0 Percentage points * Source: Philippine Statistics Authority ** Bureau of Customs-Davao Port

b) Re-estimated Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of Davao Region for CY 2020

As an initial attempt at assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the regional economy, a quick re-estimation was analysed and computed on the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of Davao Region for CY 2020.

Based on available but limited data as of June 11, 2020, the re-estimation for GRDP for 2020 considered the following:

• estimated initial losses in terms of tourism receipts for 2020 is at PhP43.4 billion (DOT XI assumed that tourist arrivals will go down by 80%); • income losses of 205,380 affected workers that availed of the DOLE-CAMP program, estimated at PhP413 million;

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• losses from forgone tax revenues estimated at PhP2.42 billion (Source: BIR); and • estimated foregone port revenues from March 15-May 31, 2020 at PhP3.74 billion (Source: BOC Davao).

The total losses, based on the data is Php50.01 billion in current prices or PhP22.5 billion in 2000 constant prices. The analysis on the estimated loss was based on available but limited and quantifiable data, thus, making this an initial re-estimation of the impact of COVID-19 on Davao Region’s GRDP.

In CY 2020, with COVID 19 impact, it is forecast that the Region will grow by only 3.4 percent, a 5.2 percentage point decline from the 8.6 percent growth rate recorded in 2018. The same growth rate of 8.6 percent is applied to the 2019 estimates. In terms of GRDP value, the Region’s economy is expected to decrease from PhP472.7 billion (CY 2020 without COVID- 19) to PhP450.1 billion (CY with COVID-19), a PhP22 billion decrease in GRDP value (Figure 3.1, Re-estimated GRDP CY 2020 for Davao Region)

Figure No. 3.1 Re-estimated Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), Davao Region, CY 2020, at constant 2000 prices

472,732,304,706

450,147,557,852 435,296,781,497

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2018 GRDP 2019 GRDP Estimate 2020 GRDP Estimate 2020 GRDP Estimate (without COVID-19) (with COVID-19)

Tightening in liquidity as balance sheets of HH and firms deteriorate

As stipulated in the “We recover as one” document, the deterioration of balance sheets of firms and households may lead to tighter lending standards of banks. At the same time, rising risk aversion of investors may significantly drive out capital, which leads to tighter liquidity, limiting the amount of available cash and funds for investment.

Given this scenario, total registered investment commitments or total value of registered investments in 2019 by local and foreign investors for Davao Region as recorded by the Board Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 69 of Investments (BOI), which reached PhP8.26 Billion, may not be immediately realized. Similarly, realization of foreign direct investments (FDIs) amounting to PhP1.82 billion in 2019, which represents the share of non-residents in investment projects within Davao Region as approved by investment promotion agencies, particularly the BOI and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), may encounter setbacks.

Slowdown in overall trade

Per estimates of the World Trade Organization (WTO), world trade is expected to fall by between 13 percent and 32 percent in 2020 as the COVID 19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world. With the imminent global recession and slowdown in global trade, Davao Region’s export performance may likely be affected.

Banana (Cavendish and other banana) is Davao Region’s top export commodity, accounting for 65 percent of total exports. Since 2018, China has become the biggest buyer of homegrown bananas and was considered as the biggest market among Filipino banana exporters (Source: Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association or PBGEA). According to PBGEA, small banana growers are the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic since they mostly sell their products to the China market. According to PBGEA, Chinese buyers started cancelling orders as early as February after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an outbreak in Covid-19. Other markets for the Region’s bananas include Japan and the Middle East, which were also adversely affected by COVID 19 and to some extent have closed down their borders.

While the demand for Davao Region’s agri-based exports, notably bananas, is again increasing according to the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCII), there are current factors that impede trading which may likely persist within the short to medium term, particularly containment efforts that restrict mobility, border closures, quarantines, and market, supply chain and trade disruptions.

Private sector perspective

Changes in demand (higher on health products and essential goods). The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way consumers behave, with most people focusing nowadays on buying essential goods and to a certain extent possible, ensure ample or even oversupply of these essentials within the household. Demand for alcohol, sanitizers, households disinfectants, medicine, vitamin supplements (especially vitamin c), medical and pharmaceutical products and other goods related to efforts to contain the outbreak have increased, with Davao Region even experiencing shortage of these essentials during the earliest stages of the outbreak. This has resulted in LGUs imposing limits on the number of items that can be purchased at one time.

Given higher demand, the manufacturing sector will likely favor production of these essential goods.

Changes in investments. The continued and conscious effort in maintaining social distancing will result in a change in the behavior of businesses and consumers who will progressively shift towards online transactions. To support the operations of delivery services for goods and Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 70 other products, the private sector is foreseen to increase their investment in delivery vans, motorbikes, digital connectivity and electronic equipment, among others. The shift to online transactions to lessen face-to-face transactions under the new normal scenario would also entail a priority on investments on improving digital connectivity. Thus, the need for the national broadband system is highlighted.

On the other hand, the expected reduction in tourism will lead to a lower investment demand for air transport and other travel-related services. Flexible work arrangements (i.e. work-from- home) in the private and public sectors may also cause a decline in the investment for office space in the near term. Existing private and public sector workplaces (e.g. factories and office spaces) that shall operate under the new normal would need to be reconfigured, considering the need for physical distancing. The need for distancing would also create a need for public investments in mass transportation.

There will also likely be a shift in investment priorities to focus more on facilities that would expand the capacity of the health care system. The construction sector will focus on building quarantine and other health facilities and rehabilitating existing ones to increase the capacity of the health care system.

Given the new normal setting, some of the industries that are likely to thrive may include, but not limited to, the following:

• Agriculture, forestry and fisheries • Wholesale and retail • Manufacturing (Food and beverages) • Power and energy (e.g., electricity, gas, petrol stations) • ICT/BPO industries • Logistics and transportation • Construction • Pharmaceutical/drug/PPE manufacturing companies

Government Perspective

Higher demand for digital connectivity, electronics equipment, health care services, health care personnel and social protection

Moving forward to the new normal, both the public and private sectors shall adopt contactless transactions in the delivery of their services. The use of digital technology has been going on for years, such as in electronic financial transactions, sending of communication, shopping and ordering of food; but this has been amplified during ECQ due to restricted mobility of the people. The COVID-19 experience gave a fresh perspective with regard to digital technology as it is expected that there shall be more workplace shifting to online systems in doing things. Among others, these include work-from-home and conduct of virtual meetings. E-learning shall become an alternative form of education. The shift to digital transactions or zero-contact policy requires access to reliable and affordable Internet services and a demand for electronic equipment. Access to internet connection shall be made available in all areas in the region to ensure connectivity. The telecommunication sector’s support is crucial to improving Internet Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 71 connectivity through expansion of bandwidth capacity and more access to affordable fiber Internet technology.

As lead in the delivery of services, it is expected that the national and local government units efficiently and effectively continue to deliver entitlements and also address demands during crises. To prepare the LGUs for any eventualities, their personnel shall be assessed and capacitated. Skills shall be developed as first responders and as frontline service units to readily attend to public emergencies As the workplace goes digital the demand for office space will be lower, funding will be channeled to the provision of more health facilities and isolation/evacuation centers for immediate access during crises. This will make the LGUs more resilient during crises as funds are focused toward providing for the more needed financial aid. Strengthening LGUs’ financial reliability is crucial to providing support to the national government in implementing its social protection programs.

The COVID-19 pandemic bared the realities about our healthcare system, particularly regarding the shortage of medical staff and inadequate equipment. The new normal requires public hospitals in the provinces to be well equipped in order to decongest private hospitals during health emergencies like COVID-19. LGUs shall have already identified or established their isolation units, and targeted personnel, bed capacities and medical supplies and equipment based on their population.

Relatedly, the new normal demands adequate and sustainable social protection programs that include financial and insurance coverage. Systems shall be in place to efficiently and quickly provide assistance to a large informal sector, the daily wage earner and the elderly, as they are the most vulnerable to the health and economic effects of the crisis, such as hunger and infection.

Since the social media has become the main platform for information, the national and local government shall have unified protocols in information dissemination to promote the public sector’s integrity.

Changes in Demand for Export

The Region’s main exports are banana products, coconuts, pineapples, other fruits, rubber, and gold and activated carbon. With the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for the Region’s main agricultural exports will be less affected than other exports of the Region and the country. Fruit products are considered essential food items, and food demand is generally inelastic and is less affected than other sectors, such as travel and service-oriented sectors. With this, major destination of exports of Davao Region such as Japan and China will unlikely temper demand for Davao Region’s fruits, thereby maintaining, if not, increasing production of these agricultural commodities.

It is important, however, that supply chains and shipping and transportation of the Region’s main exports remain unimpeded. The increasing attention being given by countries on contamination and transmission of the COVI-19 diseases and perhaps other transmissible diseases which may be brought by cargoes and in shipments may trigger more stringent

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is also leading to a massive shortage of key medical equipment, supplies, testing kits, and other medical related articles in all countries affected by the disease. The surge in the number of infections that require hospitalization is leading to an excess demand for protective personal equipment, such as masks, gowns and gloves, necessary to protect medical personnel from contagion.

The increasing number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care has significantly increased the demand for respirators and other equipment used to treat infected patients in critical conditions. As a result, there is an urgent need to increase the supply of such key medical equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Most countries rely on other countries to supply their demand for these critical medical goods, including the Philippines. Aside from supplies and health equipment, there is also high demand for health care services and health care workers.

Therefore, policies aimed at increasing domestic production of medical equipment are of critical importance to fight COVID-19. This would suggest for need to urgently design policies to boost production of these goods. This will not only help the Region and the country, as a whole, to be more equipped and have enough stockpiling of these medical equipment, there is also a window of opportunity for export of medical equipment, supplies, testing kits, and other medical-related items as the demand for these products is unlikely to go down until a vaccine is found and mass produced.

Demand has surged for surgical masks, goggles, gloves, gowns, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) which has depleted stockpiles and resulted to significant price increases. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 89 million medical masks are required for the COVID-19 response each month, along with 76 million examination gloves and 1.6 million medical goggles (WHO 2020). To meet rising global demand, WHO estimates that industry must increase manufacturing by 40 percent and urges governments to act quickly to boost supply.11

Demand for Davao Region’s agri-based exports will not be negatively affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic except that there will be tighter quarantine measures and exporters have to adhere to stricter hygiene and sanitation protocols. According to the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCII) demand for the Region’s agri-based exports, such as bananas, is actually going up.12

11 https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/579121/ppe-covid-19-supply-chains-bottlenecks- policy.pdf 12 https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2020/04/27/select-export-items-rising/ Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 73

Business-process outsourcing (BPO) firms are gearing up for expansion. Multinational companies will be looking into outsourcing more to cut down on costs, potentially benefitting the country’s BPO industry. According to the DCCCII, foreign companies are looking at offsourcing, or outsourcing even critical operation arising from the need to limit physical transactions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Travel restrictions will likely continue for the time being, as demand for tourism and travel, in general, will be relatively low. Prospects for the tourism industry and its allied services will be bleak until the outbreak is contained, especially with the imposition of travel bans and community quarantine. Davao Region will likely rely on domestic tourism to at least partly offset the loss in foreign tourist arrivals. The new normal will be to travel locally and book staycations.

Agriculture and Fisheries

Greater emphasis on food security. The paramount importance of food security that is, food is available, accessible and affordable, and meets the nutritional requirements— shall remain as major components of the new normal. Farmers and fisherfolk should continue to undertake their field activities but with careful consideration for social distancing and proper hygiene. The current policies on ensuring unrestricted movement of agricultural and fishery products, including farm machineries and workers, and addressing overpricing, shall continue to be strictly enforced. This covers simplified procedures for accreditation of “foodlanes” truckers/suppliers, listing of allowed food supplies, and exemption of all farming and fishery activities from planting to trading.

However, uncertainties especially on international and interregional trade mean that in the long run, the Region would be putting greater emphasis on local production to ensure food security. More so, the Region would be prioritizing food security in the marginalized sector as this is more vulnerable to nutrition-related health risks and price uncertainties that affect the ability to purchase essential goods.

Supply chain analysis and agri-food supply chain disruptions. Davao Region’s major commodities are included in the priority Industry Clusters, which are mostly agriculture-based. Banana, coconut and rubber were among the Region’s top ten export commodities in 2019. As the COVID-19 pandemic affected countries around the globe, it was inevitable that the Region’s major export commodities were impeded or operated in reduced capacities due to reduced demand and supply chain links within COVID-19-affected countries.

The table below shows the supply chain matrix of some of these priority commodities, to wit:

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Table 3.5 Davao Region Major Commodities supply chain matrix13

Commodity Input Supply 2019 Transformation/ Trading/final sale Production Value-adding

(in Metric Tons)

Banana Yes; pallets, 2,595,819 Yes; Exported (Cavendish) fertilizers, flour, ketchup, (US$968,863,924) pesticides etc.

Banana Yes; 521,423 Yes; chips, etc. Domestic (Cardaba) nurseries, fertilizers, pesticides Coconut Yes; 1,931,955 Yes; non- Exported nurseries, traditional (non- (US$305,231,791) fertilizers, copra): VCO, / Domestic pesticides coir, charcoal, toddy, lumber, etc. Mango Yes; 45,198 Yes; vapor heat Domestic/ exported nurseries, treatment dried, to other regions fertilizers, puree, juice, pesticides powdered, etc. Seaweed Yes; bamboo 10,191 Yes; dried Domestic/ exported poles; carageenan to other regions seedlings; boats

Rubber Yes; 11,766 Yes; latex crepe, Exported seedlings, sole crepe, (US$21,405,258) fertilizers, remilled crepe; pesticides tires; hoses, etc. Sources: PIDS, DA XI, BFAR XI, PSA

13 PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2014-35, Compilation and Synthesis of Major Agricultural Value Chain Analysis in the Philippines, Roehlano M. Briones, 2013 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 75

Figure 3.2 Food Supply Chain and Actors, Davao Region

Sources of raw data: UP-Mindanao14; DA XI

Typically, Figure 3.2 illustrates the supply chain process and actors the priority commodities in the Region go through. Gleaning on the process and supply chain actors would help us understand the areas where interventions are to be strengthened in adapting to a new normal, post COVID-19.

Given the aforesaid illustration, interruptions in the agriculture and food supply chains are mainly related to processing and transport and logistical challenges15, especially on inputs, machineries and equipment, and farm produce. Movement of people involved in the transport of such inputs and products, technicians, and extension workers will be limited in the new normal to enforce social distancing.

In addition, with the strict implementation of community quarantine in the Region, it is highly likely that protective measures after the lifting of the quarantine would still be implemented. This would mean that in the immediate future, food supply may decline due to disruptions16 in the food production and processing industry as a result of limited inputs, i.e., raw materials, labor supply, capital, and on the food movement due to restrictions on local transport and international trade. In addition, certain food supply chains may also be temporarily crippled, as is the case with the restaurant chains, due to restrictions and aversion behavior of consumers.

Further, with the regulated operations of wet markets, supermarkets, and retail food establishments, the increased reliance on online/digital transactions for food commodities is expected to continue, even in the post-ECQ scenario.

Other important actors of the supply chain are the financers who play a paramount role in providing farmers with needed capital that they can use for their farm activities. The Government’s subsidy for farmers such as the rice resiliency project; provision of seedlings

14 Mango Production in Major Areas in Davao Region: Value Chain and Net Margin Analyses, Sarmiento, Digal, 2012 15 Southey, F. (2020). COVID-19 and self-sufficiency: Is local food production capable of meeting demand? Accessed at https://www.foodnavigator.com/. 16 FAO (2020). Q&A: COVID-19 pandemic – impact on food and agriculture. Accessed at http://www.fao.org/ Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 76 through regular banner programs; Sikat Saka program and Expanded Survival and Recovery Assistance Program of the Land Bank of the Philippines and DA XI, among others, also need to remain in place until such time that the Region’s farmers and fisherfolk have adapted to the new normal.

Greater demand for technologies that prolong food shelf-life. If protective measures would be carried over in the succeeding months, transport restrictions could potentially delay the delivery of food which may result in food loss and wastage. Moreover, with the trade uncertainty, the Region would be inclined to store food due to the seasonality of food production, especially crops. In order to avert these risks in the future without much intervening government policies, the Region, particularly its food-producing stakeholders, would most likely consider as a strategy, greater adoption of technologies to improve the shelf- life of food.

Hence, capacitating farmers/fisherfolk on processing and value addition of agricultural and fishery produce would come as a priority intervention. Aside from increasing income through value-addition, processing (e.g., drying, canning) will also help preserve highly perishable agriculture and fishery products and lessen handling and storage costs to be borne by farmers/fisherfolk. Implementation of capacity-building programs (e.g., DA-ATI and TESDA trainings on agri-processing and packaging) should be intensified to assist farmers/fisherfolk in value-adding activities and provide them with transitional livelihood.

On the production side, there will be an increased demand for modern agricultural machineries and equipment in lieu of manual labor, given the need to limit movement of people. Innovative technologies on processing and packaging need to keep up with the increased demand for processed food with longer shelf life. This also means that there will be higher demand for raw materials to be used for preserving food, e.g., salt, sugar, vinegar.

Consumers will demand healthy foods. According to a study17, consumer behavior may be highly correlated with health risk perceptions. Given that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic (meaning everyone is at risk), people would be inclined to lessen the risk of acquiring the disease by staying healthy. Accordingly, consumers in the Region would likely shift their consumption patterns and demand readily available and accessible healthy foods, which according to the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF)18, are more of vegetables and fruits and less of salty, fried, fatty and sugar-rich foods, among others. The prolonged COVID-19 threat could result to consumers’ permanent shift to such dietary pattern.

Reduced demand from institutional buyers. Restrictions imposed in the Region which hampered the operation of several non-essential establishments could have resulted to reduced demand for raw materials from agriculture. For instance, fast-food and beverage chains being restricted to home-delivery services and the shift of consumer preferences to healthier food

17 Menon, G., Raghubir, P. and Agrawal, N. (2006). Health Risk Perceptions and Consumer Psychology. SSRN Electric Journal. 10.2139/ssrn.945673 18 FNRI (n.d.). Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos: a prescription to good nutrition. Accessed at https://www.fnri.dost.gov.ph/ Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 77 choices would both entail a reduction in the demand for processed foods, which potentially reduces the demand for agricultural raw materials. These industry movements would likely be sustained in the post-quarantine scenario and could significantly affect the Region’s agriculture and manufacturing sector/industry. The demand for vegetables has also significantly declined due to the closure of restaurants as well as the restaurants remaining in operation retaining only their take-out and food delivery services.

On the other hand, there may be higher demand for agro-industrial products like rubber (for making gloves and personal protective equipment), fiber (for making masks, etc.), and raw materials for soap and disinfectants.

In future relief operations, the Tabang sa Mag-uuma: Buyback, Repack, and Distribute Program initiated by the Davao City Government is a commendable program that should be adopted to link farmers to supply the government’s feeding programs and relief operations. As such, support services should be provided to farmers to facilitate the marketing and transportation of their produce from the farm to the rest of the country and LGUs.

In addition, the new normal measures have paved the way for new collaborations between the government and private sectors. One example highlighted by DA XI was their initiative of market matching to new institutional buyers such as the Shell Philippines which procured about 3.577 metric tons of vegetables from the Davao Regional Agriculture Cooperative (DRACO) amounting to PhP255,800.00. The said agricultural products were used for their Shell Philippines’ rationing program for health frontliners and households under community quarantine.

Industry and services

Supply Chain Analysis for food and non-food essential items and priority industries in Davao Region. In coordination with other government agencies, the DTI came up with several measures and initiatives in ensuring business operations and unrestricted movement of cargo and personnel to safeguard the welfare of the public, among others:

1. Joint Administrative Order No. 20-01 s. 2020 - Adoption of Processes for the Expedited Release of Refrigerated Containers and Dry Vans During the Period of Enhanced Community Quarantine, aims to ease port congestions resulting from the work stoppage of logistics companies amid the ECQ period. This JAO stipulates the rules on facilitating importation documentary requirements, declaring abandonment of cargo, expediting customs clearance and streamlining the process of applying for import permits and clearances online; 2. Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 2020-02 - Guidelines on the Operations and Incentives of Covered Enterprises Engaged in the Manufacture, Importation, and Distribution of Certain Products, and for other Purposes, Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11469, otherwise known as “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act”, liberalizes the grant of incentives for the manufacture or importation of critical or needed equipment or supplies, including healthcare equipment and supplies. The importation of these equipment and supplies shall be exempt from import duties, taxes, and other fees;

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3. Memorandum Circular no. 20-15 - Extension of Operating Hours for Retail Establishments Authorized to Operate During the Enhanced Community Quarantine, ensures that covered establishments are able to serve the needs of more customers. It covers all supermarkets, groceries, agri-fisheries stores, public markets, pharmaceuticals and drugstores, and retailers of basic necessities and prime commodities, essential goods and medical products; 4. 80-90 percent production capacity and 45-day inventory for manufacturers of raw materials. The DTI assures the public of sufficient supply of food and raw materials amid the ECQ period with manufacturers of basic necessities operating at 80-90 percent capacity; and 5. Memorandum Circular No. 20-08 - Ensuring Unhampered Movement of Cargo and Transit of Personnel of Business Establishments Allowed to Operate During the Enhanced Community Quarantine of Luzon, Amending for this Purpose Memorandum Circular No. 20-06 s. 2020.

Local governments must also ensure steady supply of food and non-food essential items while at the same time enforcing quarantine protocols, even beyond the implementation of ECQ. It is important that consumers are assured that they will have access to essential food. This can be achieved by maintaining stable food production, and access to workers, agricultural supply lines, transportation and logistics. Frequent monitoring of the price of food and other essential commodities, consistent with the Price Act, should also be undertaken.

However, while measures are undertaken internally to avoid supply chain disruptions, the global spread of COVID-19 is expected to create disruptions in the production and supply chains in the long-term since traditional global markets have been replaced with coordinated market linkage systems or the global value chains (GVCs).

It is imperative therefore to enhance understanding of the entire supply chain concept–- flow of goods and services, movement and storage of raw materials, movement of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption–- in order to enable the Region to undertake the necessary mitigating measures.

Heightened risk of financial insolvency of some firms. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an incredibly difficult business climate. Many businesses face temporary or even permanent closures, with staff facing months of financial uncertainty and worry.

There is a heightened risk of financial insolvency for firms particularly those that have incurred mounting debt, those with large overhead costs, and those with limited or no insurance coverage against losses. In the near term, there will be increased demand among companies, especially from the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), for economic assistance such as tax breaks, access to credit subsidies, debt relief, and employment subsidy support, among others, the costs of which will be paid mostly by government

Production favors essential goods. Consumer behavior has been forced to immediately change, and change on a massive scale due to the pandemic. Demand has surged for surgical masks, goggles, gloves, gowns, and other personal protective equipment (PPE), which has depleted stockpiles and resulted to significant price increases. Similarly, demand for food,

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 79 medicine, medical and pharmaceutical products, and other essential goods mostly related to efforts to contain the outbreak increased. As such, the manufacturing sector may likely shift to production of these essentials.

Working arrangements need to be reconfigured. In many service-oriented organizations in the private and public sectors, flexible work arrangements (e.g., work-from-home) will have to be implemented in accordance with strict social distancing protocols. In many instances part of the new normal means working and interacting virtually instead of face-to-face. Workspaces (e.g., factories and office spaces) will need to be re-configured to address the need for physical distancing.

Work protocols in the manufacturing sector will also need to be reconfigured to comply with social distancing. This will mean a mix of staggered work hours and greater dispersion of workspaces.

Sit-down eateries may need to shift to take-out menus. And those that anchor their business model on the ambience of their place will need to re-package their services. The same goes for tourism establishments.

Hygiene protocols will be expected in all establishments, such as the presence of disinfection areas and disinfectants within easy access of everyone. Health checks and temperature scanning will remain the norm. These will mean higher cost of doing business in the near term.

Strict hygiene and sanitation protocols, including transport vehicles. In the transport sector, reduced load factor accompanied by stringent sanitary protocols in all modes of public transportation will be part of the new normal. Travel restrictions will likely continue for the time being, as demand for tourism and travel, in general, will be relatively low.

The Davao Region COVID-19 Task Force issued pertinent orders and resolutions to ensure the unhampered movement of cargoes while at the same time ensuring that precautionary measures are in place including the establishment of quarantine checkpoints in LGU boundaries to conduct disinfection procedures.

RTF11-COVID19 Resolution No. 8, series of 2020 requires private companies (trucking/hauling/transport) to strictly undertake the following:

a) Provide self-decontamination solutions and equipment for haulers, trucks, vans coming to and through Davao Region; and b) Drivers and assistants should have provisions for change of clothes upon entry to Davao Region.

Part of the precautionary measures implemented is the establishment of stringent sanitary protocols in all modes of public transportation. Bus terminals in the Region are required to have the necessary facilities and equipment such as quarantine holding facilities, high-end temperature scanners, medical clinic and personnel, handwashing facilities and improved comfort rooms. The Municipality of Nabunturan in Davao de Oro has all these facilities

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The Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (DCOTT) located in Davao City, caters to around 35,000 passengers and deploys around 700 buses on a daily basis. It has identified its Passengers’ Lounge as a possible Quarantine Holding Facility for passengers showing signs and/or symptoms of the COVID-19 virus once the terminal returns to operation. It shall request the City Health Office to assign a doctor and a nurse as medical back-up in the terminal. Currently, DCOTT facilities include three temperature scanners in the passengers' and seven (7) hand washing facilities in its Passengers’ Lounge and comfort rooms. Also, there are proposals to construct more comfort rooms and improve the existing ones at the terminal.

Similar facilities and equipment have been made available by the Philippine Ports Authority in all seaports under its jurisdiction including the Davao Sasa Port. It has likewise required private ferry terminals operating from Davao City to Samal Island and vice versa, to implement these precautionary measures.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) XI has deferred the implementation of some repair and maintenance projects to prioritize the procurement of additional thermal scanners for the Francisco Bangoy International Airport (FBIA) in Davao City. Already in place at the FBIA are high-end temperature scanners and thermal hand guns, an isolation tent for symptomatic passengers, as well as, medical doctors and nurses who are on duty 24 hours. at the passenger terminal building. The existing medical clinic at the FBIA is too small and an additional facility is proposed to be constructed. Also, handwashing and disinfecting facilities are already available and the rehabilitation of 33 comfort rooms at the Passenger Terminal Building was completed on 3 January 2020.

Greater role of e-commerce. The spread of COVID-19 has, undoubtedly, led to the upsurge of the digital economy. In the new normal scenario, e-commerce will play a big role in promoting economic development as businesses and consumers increase the use of online transactions, including online shopping/delivery of essential goods and services, expanded use of cashless payment system and other financial technology platforms.

Reduced load factor in transport. The implementation of strict social distancing measures has also impacted the transportation sector in Davao Region. Davao City in particular, has ordered all jeepneys, except those hired to work for the government or offices and businesses that are open, to cease operations and transportation is limited to the following:

a) Private vehicles and taxis with 1 driver and 1 passenger in front and 1 at the back, observing physical distancing b) Tricycle with 1 driver and 1 passenger in front and 1 at the back, observing distancing c) Single-rider motorcycle or bicycle d) Free bus rides from the government

Social distancing measures may also be adopted in the aviation and maritime industries. To mitigate the adverse effects to the revenue of the affected companies, the Government may

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Some travel restrictions to remain. Pursuant to a directive of Davao Region RTF COVID- 19 Chairperson Mayor Sara Duterte on the lockdown starting March 2020, the 10th ID, PA immediately deployed 992 troops to 10 designated regional border checkpoint areas and 118 provincial and municipal COVID 19 checkpoint areas in Davao Region. PNP XI also put up 10 units of Quarantine Control Points (QCP) at the regional borders.

Each checkpoint is manned by a composite team coming from BFP, PNP, DA, MHO, LGU, RHO, BPATs, and some personnel from the barangay concerned, aside from the 10th ID, PA. They have also implemented the “No Travel Clearance, No Leaving and Entering the Region” policy. This secured strategic borders of Davao Region and ensured non-entry of ECQ violators, thus prevented further local transmission and untoward incidents in the Region.

Strict home quarantine was practiced in the Region. The use of food and medicine or quarantine passes by designated individuals per household was strictly enforced by the LGUs.

Suspension of public mass transportation, as well as private and public transportation for inter- LGU travel was also enforced. However, unrestricted movement for frontline workers was ensured. Provision of transportation arrangements with strict social distancing measures for frontline workers, skeletal workforces of establishments that are allowed to operate during the ECQ period, and persons stranded in boundary checkpoints en route to their places of work/residence or designated quarantine facilities was provided. Likewise, in coordination with the OCD, DPWH and AFP, the LGUs provided vehicles to transport PUIs and PUMs for check-up and hospitalization.

Davao Region ensured the unhampered operation of trucking, hauling, and other transport services to facilitate movement of goods to and from Davao Region. As previously mentioned, the Davao Region COVID-19 Task Force issued pertinent orders and resolutions to ensure the unhampered movement of cargoes.

The extension of the suspension of domestic and international airline flights to and from the Francisco Bangoy International Airport may be considered after the Enhanced Community Quarantine, especially to areas known to be affected by COVID-19.

3.2.3. Social

Physical distancing observed and implemented

Social or physical distancing will continue to be observed. As such, mass gatherings will still be restricted or discouraged or participation limited to a minimum and areas that become easily crowded will be strictly monitored. Churches may still remain closed and masses or church services continue to be held online or broadcast via television. Meetings, seminars and similar gatherings shall adopt online platforms to adhere to social distancing practices. Shopping

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Adjusted class schedules and delivery mode

For Basic Education, the opening of classes for SY 2020-2021 is set on August 24, 2020. However, classes may adopt a combination of synchronous teaching (online platform) and asynchronous teaching (offline platform). Physical attendance to classes may have to be delayed, depending on the achievement of normalcy and upon recommendation from the RTF 11 COVID-19. Likewise, DepEd-related issuances will have to be released in time to address emerging needs to guide addressing basic education requirements. Particularly, the deadlines for filing of documentary requirements pertaining to, among others, Educational Service Contracting, Senior High School-Voucher Program, Joint Delivery Voucher Program Technical-Vocational-Livelihood, and Scholarships have been adjusted to August to December 2020, without prejudice to any extension up to May 2021.

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) using the old academic calendar (June-March) are authorized to end their semester/trimester academic period by April 30, 2020. Those using the new academic calendar (August-May) are authorized to extend their semester for a maximum of one month after the lifting of the ECQ and may conduct summer classes. The CHED Scholarship Program (CSP) may be extended until June 2020, especially if the school calendar for AY 2020-2021 will start on August 2020. The CHED-Office of the Student Development and Services (OSDS) is already studying the deadline extension and will issue a CHED Memo to the CHED Regional Offices relative to this. To lessen physical contact, HEIs need to adopt blended or online platforms and educational software. Discussions are ongoing among the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), and HEIs in terms of the utilization of open source Learning Management Systems (LMS) for e-learning programs.

For technical-vocational schools, online platforms shall be adopted for the following: a) Applications for program registration; b) Applications for the issuance of National TVET Trainer Certificate (NTTC); c) Applications for the issuance of National Certificates/Certificates of Competency (NCs/COCs); d) Issuance of e-copy of NCs/COCs; and e) Issuance of e-copies of Certificates of Program Registration. The development of e- Learning and e-Modules of all TESDA Technology Institution (TTI) trainers shall be cascaded to TVIs within April to December 2020. All TTIs are directed to establish and implement a Mobile Training Laboratory (MTL) equipped with computers and internet connection to serve the communities and other far flung areas. Only scholars are issued scholarship grant certificates (SGCs)/or training vouchers. Everyone can avail of the scholarship program/s as long as they are qualified based on the entry requirements stipulated in the scholarship guidelines. Different types of training modalities are available for all types of scholarship programs. For the upskilling, reskilling, and retooling of workers, trainings for learning facilitators shall be conducted in online/blended training mode. Webinar training programs are also being conducted, such as for smartphone photography and videography, to especially capacitate job order staff of TESDA XI on additional skills to prepare them for the worst scenario during the transition period and towards the new normal condition due to the effect

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 83 of the COVID-19 crisis. Moreover, pertaining to agri-fishery training, the “Amoma ug Giya Alang sa Kahamugaway” or AGAK is made accessible on an online platform, with face-to- face (guided actual demonstration) or blended-online and community-based training cum production, mobilizing the family based/household farming approach.

Non-observance of traditional funeral practices

As COVID-19 makes it impossible for funeral crowds to gather and for comforts to be personally and physically exchanged, the bereaved must say farewell in new ways. The dead bodies caused by COVID-19 will be immediately cremated and shall follow strict handling procedures, including personal protective equipment to be worn by staff. Family members are permitted to view the body at a distance and the ashes would be handed to them after the cremation.

The Philippine government has limited wakes and burials as it barred the public from holding mass gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These are the government guidelines on wakes and burials under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and may further continue or change depending on the number of positive cases in certain area/s or until a vaccine has already been developed.

1. For deaths unrelated to COVID-19, only the immediate family of the deceased and ministers or officiates are allowed to attend wakes. 2. For deaths due to COVID-19, bodies must be placed in cadaver bags which are wrapped, sealed and sprayed with sodium hydrochloride. The remains should be cremated within 12 hours. 3. For Muslim deaths due to COVID-19, the body should be placed in an air-tight sealed bag and buried in the nearest Muslim cemetery within 12 hours, in accordance to Muslim rites.

Some families may have to continue to express their condolences by watching the funeral services online. Plans to get together in person on the death anniversary of their loved-ones may be done if things are back to normal by then.

Increased demand for health services and treatment

Demand for health services and treatment are expected to continue with the additional number of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases, accompanied by the contact tracing efforts for COVID-19 suspects and probables in the Region. Given this, aside from the two DOH- retained hospitals that cater to COVID-19 positive cases (Southern Philippines Medical Center and Davao Regional Medical Center), augmentation facilities were established to handle COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms. Also, isolation and quarantine facilities will be continuously placed in identified crucial areas. Further, laboratories in the Region’s localities shall be put up as confirmatory testing centers to address mass testing efforts in the Region. In this light, the DOH XI has called for the assistance of health professionals in other government offices and the private sector to volunteer in these facilities. Relatedly, private hospitals in the Region were enjoined to accept indigent cases to attend to patients which cannot be currently handled by the Region’s government hospitals. This situation shall continue until a vaccine has been developed to combat the disease. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 84

On top of this is the need of individuals for non-COVID-19 cases to seek health care once some sense of normalcy has been achieved. Health facilities might be overwhelmed as those would also be a large number of the population who may find it difficult to get health care services for fear of being infected in the hospitals. Moreover, there may be an improvement in the health-seeking behavior of people in view of a growing consciousness of building physical immunity to infections which the Region’s health facilities and professionals need to address. As part of the new normal, online innovations for medical consultations and services need to be made available as an option.

Increased need for mental health care services

There is also an anticipated mental health crisis, which includes psychosocial problems, because of the uncertainty and fear brought about by COVID-19, especially to medical workers, older persons and children, among those vulnerable in the population. Stress during an infectious disease outbreak can include fear and worry about own’s health and loved ones’, changes in sleep or eating patterns, difficulty sleeping or concentrating, worsening of chronic health problems, and increased use of alcohol or tobacco. These are major concerns which need to be addressed by a comprehensive mental health program that would include a wide range of promotive, preventive, treatment, and rehabilitative services, including integrated treatment settings from community to facility that shall be implemented from the regional to the barangay levels. This shall be backed up with institutional support mechanisms from different government agencies, such as DOH XI, DSWD XI, DepEd XI, TESDA XI, DOLE XI, CHED XI, DILG XI and DILG XI, and CSOs. Ongoing efforts by the DOH to address mental health concerns via online modes would need to be strengthened, augmented with private sector support.

Increased demand for social protection programs and displaced workers and vulnerable groups

The demand for social protection programs will continue to increase among vulnerable groups and families. The Social Amelioration Program (SAP) will have to be timely delivered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with other concerned agencies and LGUs, to the priority beneficiaries. Expectedly, there will be additional requests for families who are not part of the indicative priority target beneficiaries that are also appealing for emergency subsidies, including those who have lost their jobs and income from small and micro businesses in view of the lockdowns. Even in the transition, a large number of this vulnerable group would still need the assistance of government as they cannot immediately go back to their pre-COVID income generating activities.

Hence, DSWD will continue to implement its regular program for the vulnerable sectors, through their social pension program for the indigent senior citizens, the Assistance to Individuals under Crisis Situation (AICS) program, family food packs, differential payment for 4Ps beneficiaries, and supplemental feeding program. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will have to continue implementing the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program and the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP). In addition to this, the LGUs will have to continue supporting through its Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 85 relief operations and ensure relief goods (food packs) are well distributed to all their constituents to sustain the peace and maintain confidence of the population to public institutions.

Returning OFWs

There will be an increased number of displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) due to the pandemic. Stranded OFWs abroad are expected to make a repatriation request for their return in the Philippines.

In Davao Region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office XI and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) – Regional Welfare Office XI will continue to provide qualified beneficiaries of the DOLE- Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) for OFWs one-time cash assistance worth PhP10,000.00. The said program is intended for displaced land-based and sea-based (regular/undocumented) workers, returning workers (Balik Manggagawa) to their jobsites but were stranded in the Philippines and qualified undocumented OFWs who have experienced job displacement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of June15, 2020, the OWWA Davao Region has received a total of 4,145 applications since its launching on April 13, 2020. A total of 3,458 applicants has been approved and 3,114 claimants has already received the cash assistance. A total of PhP31.14 M has been released for the said beneficiaries. Presently, OWWA XI evaluators are still processing the applications on queue for endorsement to DOLE.

Likewise, OWWA XI shall continue to implement the Balik-Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay Program (BPBH), where each of the beneficiaries will receive up to PhP20,000.00 financial livelihood grant. They will also provide services to surviving dependents of deceased OWWA members under the Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP). ELAP assists surviving dependents of deceased OFWs in developing their business ventures through a PhP15,000.00 worth of starter kits.

The Social Benefits Program of OWWA will also be implemented to direct dependents of beneficiaries as death benefits, for medical, bereavement, disability, relief and calamity assistance under the Welfare Assistance Program. Also, OFWs with active OWWA memberships shall continue to benefit under the MedPlus program. MedPlus is a program that provides a one-time medical assistance for OFWs who are diagnosed with dreaded disease, supplementing the benefits provided by Philhealth.

OWWA`s various scholarship programs shall continue to be implemented under the Educational Development Scholarship Program, OFW Development Scholarship Program, Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program, Education and Livelihood Assistance Program, Skills for Employment Scholarship Program (SESP) and Seafarers` Upgrading Program (SUP).

Returning OFWs and their families shall also be assisted with free skills trainings and technological education through TESDA. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 86

Displaced workers

The number of displaced workers in the region has reached to 205,380 as of May 29, 2020 due to the reduced or stoppage in economic activities, as well as the implementation of the ECQ. A lot of those in the non-essential businesses have completely or temporarily closed its operations. Even in the transition, it is expected that this formal group will find difficulty in going back or finding jobs in view of adjustments that are to be made on the part of establishments and work places.

The labor department will continue to adopt mitigating measures to address difficulties in the labor market. The quick reporting system on worker displacements need to be strengthened and countermeasures enhanced. This would cover adjusted and alternative work arrangements in industries to prevent downsizing and termination of workers or even total closure of establishments in the transition and during the new normal. Flexitime and other flexible work arrangements, such as reduced work days, rotation, and adjusted working hours, shall be promoted. It is one of the coping mechanisms and remedial measures in times of economic difficulties and national emergencies and is recognized as beneficial in terms of reducing business costs and saving jobs while maintaining competitiveness and productivity in industries.

Assistance packages like the Adjustment Measures Program (AMP), Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers Program (TUPAD), and Government Internship Program (GIP) need to be repositioned to sustain assistance to displaced workers in the transition.

Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program

Davao Region shall play a key role in the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program (BP2P), which is institutionalized through Executive Order 114. Given the Region’s good mix of urban and suburban dimensions, relative low cost of living, high-quality health and education facilities, stable peace and order, less traffic congestion, and more relaxed pace of activities, families from the NCR and other urban centers would find the Region an attractive destination. With the expected inflow of migrants, there shall be increased demand for jobs in certain occupational sectors. There will also be added target beneficiaries for housing, healthcare, education and social welfare programs. Under the whole of society approach, the government and private sector must join hands to provide assistance programs towards poverty alleviation and promotion of countryside development. This will include long-term plans on investment, housing, infrastructure, agriculture, business, transportation and access to responsive healthcare and education system. The beneficiaries will be assisted with livelihood/ employment opportunities, skills training, and health and education support, among others.

3.2.4. Technology

Higher demand for internet

The continuing spread of COVID-19 has forced far more people to work and learn remotely than ever before. As societies shift to electronic and paperless systems, zero-contact policies, Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 87 online transactions and new channels for service delivery, there would be an increased reliance on technology in all aspects of life. This will, subsequently, result to a greater demand for accessible, efficient and affordable internet services in the urban and rural areas. Unlike before when having access to internet connection was considered a luxury, in the new normal, public access to internet will become a necessity. To facilitate the transition to the new normal, there is a need for the national government, through the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), to fast track the implementation of the Free Public Wi- Fi Project in all public spaces, as well as the roll-out of the fiber optic cable network in the Region, and the country as a whole. The government shall ensure the connectivity and modernization of the ICT infrastructure in all areas of Davao Region for an effective implementation of essential programs such as Digital Government, Digital Work Force, and distance-flexible learning, among others.

Need for cybersecurity

With the current state of health emergency, demand for digital applications for e-commerce and other online transactions will increase significantly. Thus, relevant infrastructure and regulatory oversight need to be strengthened, including close monitoring of cybersecurity or information technology security plans. Cybersecurity is crucial to protect the consumers, as well as, the general public from cyber criminals and thefts (phishing) and other forms of cyber threats to steal personal identification like passwords, credit card numbers, among others. To adapt to the new normal, the government shall build its capability and capacity for quick response and recovery through the National Computer Emergency Response Team (NCERT), a cybersecurity team of DICT in-charge of issuing public advisories to warn and report any cyber incidents. Moreover, the government shall strengthen infrastructure for and regulation of online services to enable ordinary citizens to securely transact with the government agencies online.

Higher demand for digital payment platforms

As both the public and private sectors limit face-to-face interaction in the new normal, online business transactions (i.e. online retail, online banking and digital payments) will increasingly become a necessity rather than a convenience. This will lead to higher demand for digital payment platforms such as GCash and PayMaya, among others. Needless to say, the efficiency of these digital payment systems should be supported by a strong and reliable digital infrastructure system.

Intensified use of advances in medical research

Interest in using advances in medical science would be intensified in the new normal. Just like the development of COVID-19 testing kits by local scientists, efforts will be focused on how to manage pandemic situations. This may include the following: a) creation of medical equipment that can aid in the treatment of patients such as ventilators; b) implementation of a comprehensive bioprospecting and biotechnology program to facilitate discovery and development of novel compounds and derivatives for pharmaceutical purposes; c) conduct of capacity and needs assessment of health care facilities, especially government hospitals, to manage health care wastes; d) conduct of assessment of existing technologies or processes on Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 88 waste storage and treatment to manage new viruses; and e) conduct of early detection and rapid response to manage new viruses and other organisms, and their relationship to the environment. DOST XI shall be conducting researches on alternative materials for personal protective equipment (PPEs). It has earmarked a total of PhP4.5 Million to be funded by DOST-PCHRD.

Increased demand for health-related technologies and innovations.

There will be increased demand for health-related technologies such as for specimen collection booths, sanitation booths, contact tracing applications, ventilators and respirators suitable to COVID-19 treatment, face shield frames for health workers and other researches on the 4th industrial revolution related to the treatment/response to similar diseases and pandemic situations.

Increased demand for modern agricultural machineries

There is a foreseeable demand for more modern agricultural machineries to automate certain production processes and complement manual labor, given the anticipated decrease in the Region’s agricultural labor supply as a result of the COVID-19 threat. For the immediate and medium term, the provisions of RA 1060119 or the Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) would serve as guide in the pursuit of agri-fisheries mechanization in the Region.

Innovative technologies on processing & packaging to increase shelf life of food

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the public sector’s attention the need for a heightened policy focus in ensuring food security. As such, there will be a greater demand for innovative technologies on processing and packaging that will increase the shelf life of processed food. Intensifying research and development (R&D) in prolonging the shelf life of food (such as irradiation for rice) and processed food products and scaling-up of programs for the roll-out of these DOST-approved technologies shall be the norm in a post-ECQ scenario. The Region, through DOST XI, may also look into the establishment of a shelf-testing and evaluation laboratory that will extend technical support to MSMEs in the food industry, help them improve the quality of their food products and comply with food safety regulations.

Greater demand for technology that supports the agri-industrial value chain and boosts the Balik Probinsiya Program

With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe) and the shift of societies towards a digital economy, the use of ICT that will provide support to agri-industrial value chains and boost the Balik Probinsiya, Bagong Pag-asa Program will be more prevalent in the near future. Some of the technologies that the actors in the value chains (i.e. producers/farmers, processor, distributor, retailer, etc.) can take advantage of are the following:

• mobile applications providing information on pricing of agricultural products and weather updates;

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• automation of production processes; • virtual trading floors (electronic market places where buyers and sellers connect through an electronic network); • online credit and payment schemes; • internet of things (IoT); and • blockchain technology (digital, decentralized, and distributed ledger that allows various actors to interact with, input, receive, and access the same information), among others20.

3.2.5. Legal

Effectivity of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act

On March 26, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11469 or "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" into law, authorizing the President to exercise special powers and adopt and implement temporary emergency measures to respond to the COVID-19 national health crisis. The law comes in the wake of initial and urgent measures taken by the National Government to stem the spread of the COVID-19 disease, which included the issuance of Proclamation 922 and 929, both declaring a state of public health emergency, a state of calamity, and also effectively imposed a community quarantine in Luzon.

The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, which has an effectivity of three months, is unique in Philippine legislative history as it is the first legislation of its kind granted by Congress to a President to respond to a health crisis. The law also has Constitutional basis since Art. VI, Sec. 23 of the 1987 Constitution allows Congress to authorize the President, for a limited period and subject to such restrictions as it may prescribe, to exercise powers necessary and proper to carry out a declared national policy. In this case, the Government’s urgent national policy are to mitigate, in not contain, the transmission of COVID-19, undertake measures that will prevent the overburdening of the healthcare system, undertake a program for recovery and rehabilitation, including a social amelioration program and provision of safety nets to all affected sectors, ensure that there is sufficient, adequate and readily available funding to undertake the foregoing, and partner with the private sector and other stakeholders to deliver these measures and programs quickly and efficiently.

Among the special powers granted to the President under RA 11469 to address the COVID-19 outbreak in the country include:

1. Adopt and implement measures to prevent or suppress further spread of COVID-19 through effective education, detection, protection and treatment; 2. Expedite and streamline the accreditation of testing kits and facilitate prompt testing by public and private hospitals of all suspected COVID-19 cases; 3. Ensure that all local government units (LGUs) are acting according to the spirit and letter of all rules, regulations and directives issued by the National Government pursuant to R.A. 11469, and ensure that all LGUs are implementing standards of

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community quarantine consistent while implementing the standards of the community quarantine to their respective locales; 4. Provide emergency subsidy to around 18 million low-income families in the amount of PhP5,000 to PhP8,000 a month for two months; 5. Ensure that all public health workers are protected; 6. Direct the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to shoulder all medical expenses of public and private health workers in case of exposure to COVID-19; 7. Direct the operation of any privately-owned hospitals and medical and health facilities, including passenger vessels, public transportation, and other establishments to aid in the fight against COVID-19; 8. Enforce measures to protect the people against hoarding, manipulation of prices, product deceptions, cartels and monopolies, and profiteering of commodities such as food, fuel, medicine, and medical supplies; 9. Ensure that donation, acceptance, and distribution of health products are not delayed; 10. Secure goods such as protective laboratory and medical equipment, medical supplies, tools, testing kits, facilities and venues, and others in an efficient manner; 11. Ensure the availability of credit to the productive sectors of the economy; 12. Liberalize the grant of incentives for the manufacture or importation of critical or needed equipment or supplies; 13. Ensure the availability of essential goods, in particular food and medicine; 14. Continue to authorize alternative working arrangements for employees and workers in the Executive Branch and in other branches of government, and the private sector.

The law also temporarily authorizes the President to reallocate, reprogram and realign savings and discontinue programs of the National Government, in order to free up funds to be used in addressing the health emergency crisis. Furthermore, the law also directs banks, lending companies and other financial institution, both in the public and private sector, to implement a 30-day grace period for the payment of all loans. A similar scheme is also applied for rentals fees.

The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act also lays out what acts are punishable under the law and their corresponding penalty. As part of the reportorial requirements of the law, the President is required to submit a weekly report to Congress of all acts performed pursuant to Act.

The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act shall be in full force and effect for three months, unless extended by Congress or sooner withdrawn by means of a concurrent Resolution of Congress, or ended by Presidential Proclamation.

Restriction of fundamental freedoms

The scale, severity and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has led government all over the world to declare states of emergencies or calamities that can justify restrictions on certain fundamental rights, such as those that result from the imposition of community quarantine or limitation of freedom of movement and travel. Philippine jurisprudence provides that the right to travel may be curtailed or restricted in the interest of national security, public safety, or

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 91 public health. The COVID-19 pandemic clearly rises to the occasion of a public health interest. Thus, restrictions on some freedoms is justified and even necessary.

But the COVID-19 health crisis should not be used to unduly transgress human rights. Respect and protection of human rights must still be protected, even in the midst of a crisis. Despite lockdowns, the Government should still ensure that its citizens have adequate access to food, water, and basic utilities, and it should ensure that people have access to information. Moreover, it is the Government’s duty to make affordable healthcare accessible to all of its citizens, while also reducing the vulnerabilities of those that are at risk of COVID-19, even those in jails and prisons.

The Government should take a careful approach in managing the COVID-19 crisis without unnecessarily and arbitrarily harming the human rights of its citizens. Towards this end, the Department of the Interior and Local Government issued on March 21, 2020 Memorandum Circular No.2020-062, which provides for LGU guidelines in the implementation of enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and in other parts of the country. Under Section 5.2.10 of the Memorandum Circular, local government units are to ensure that no violations of human rights are committed by any border patrol staff nor any employee or officer granted with authority to perform tasks relative to the implementation and maintenance of the enhanced community quarantine. It should be made clear that all LGUs and by extension all law enforcement agencies are still required to be mindful of respecting human rights even in the time of a health crisis.

Essentially, all policies of the Government that entertain the idea of restricting some rights or freedoms during this crisis should only do so when they have legal basis, when the circumstances absolutely justify it, and when it is based on science and evidence. Moreover, restricting fundamental rights and freedoms should only be limited in duration and should not be arbitrary and discriminatory. Government at all times should be respectful of human rights.

Balancing data privacy and public health interests

Data Privacy Act is both the protection of privacy and ensuring the free flow of information. More than anything else, what the law does is establish a system that allows for the proper use of personal data while making sure people’s privacy rights are respected. Some personal data will necessarily be included in DOH reports in order to facilitate contact tracing, patient interviews, and review of medical records. As the new normal contemplates increased reliance on technology in people’s everyday lives, the situation necessitates striking a balance between data privacy and public health. There is a need to determine the minimum amount of information that is necessary to achieve the purpose, as well as person’s accountability when they abuse their freedom and infringe on the rights of others and/or cause them actual harm. Furthermore, with the widespread use of big data analytics, we will likewise see the rise of data security and data discrimination concerns. While the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) is in place, it should be assessed if the law is enough to address these valid concerns. Equally important is an assessment on the government’s ability to protect people, businesses, and the government itself against cyber-attack and cybercrime.

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E-commerce will play a big role in the new normal scenario as businesses and consumers increase the use of online transactions, including the expanded use of cashless payment system and other financial technology platforms. Following social distancing guidelines, consumers and businesses are turning more and more to conducting their transactions online. Restaurants/fast food are shifting to take-out and delivery services and large retailers have been promoting online ordering, resulting to higher demand for delivery service providers.

As indicated in the “We Recover as one document”, there is a need to revisit the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (RA 8792) to make the law more comprehensive in detailing transactions within its purview, specifying the rights of consumers, strengthening the penalties imposed on service providers, and imposing obligations on service provider to ensure that their data processing and money handling are transparent and safeguarded from possible breaches.

Given the increased demand for online financial services, the relevant infrastructure and regulatory oversight need to be strengthened, including closer monitoring of cyber security plans. Transaction costs and limits for electronic fund transfers should be eased for a longer period. The EGov Pay Facility may be expanded to enable ordinary citizens to securely transact with government online. Government transfers can be facilitated through the use of e-money. The adoption of national quick response (QR) code is expected to enhance interoperability of payment schemes.

Citizen protection under Cybercrime Act

Recognizing the vital role of information and communication industries in the overall social and economic development in this time of pandemic, and pursuant to Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, the DICT has established the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) that serves as the coordinator for the cyber security related activities. The CERT serves as the focal point for all instances of cyber security incidents by: a) providing technical analysis of computer security incidents; b) assisting users in escalating abuse reports to relevant parties; c) conducting research and development on emerging threats to computer security; d) issuing relevant alerts and advisories on emerging threats to computer security; e) coordinating cyber security incident responses with trusted third parties at the national and international levels; and, f) conducting technical training on cyber security and related topics. The Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Investigation serve as the field operations arm of the CERT.

Stockpiling of critical materials

While a legislation on strategic stockpiling in the Philippines has yet to be passed, the Region shall consider in its disaster response programs and policies, strategic stockpiling of essential goods and medical supplies being practiced by the USA21 to ensure availability of medical, pharmaceutical and other life-saving paraphernalia, such as surgical and N95 masks, ventilators, gloves, among others, as a precautionary measure should a public health

21 Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (n.d.). Strategic National Stockpile. Accessed at https://www.phe.gov/ Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 93 emergency situation similar to COVID-19 arise. Careful planning needs to be undertaken to determine the critical materials for stockpiling. Based on DOH Memorandum Order 2020- 0142 dated March 23, 2020, the following shall be considered in planning for COVID-19 logistics and stockpiling:

• Conduct emergency procurement for logistics not available in the hospital; • Activate memorandum of agreement with suppliers for FDA-approved essential drugs, supplies, PPEs, testing kits, reagents, etc.; • Develop a strategy for acquiring and preparing essential equipment such as mechanical ventilators and suction machine; • Ensure zero stockouts of essential medicines, medical supplies and equipment related to the management of COVID-19; • Ensure adequate stocks and rational use of personal protective equipment; • Consider establishing additional warehouses to store procured items; • Encourage inter-hospital, inter-agency, and inter-regional sharing of resources; • Source donations from local or international partners; • Improve logistics management systems through the development of special tracking system for pre-identified supplies, including PPEs (i.e., gloves, masks, cover-all etc.), medicines, and other commodities, establish stockpiling of enough consumable resources for the probable duration of the pandemic, and pre-determine source/supplier for related resources augmentation; • Establish warehouses, as necessary, by evaluating the need for increased warehouse and supply rooms, plan for three (3) to four (4)- month supply level, set temporary modular storage facilities, as needed, and monitor and check storage areas regularly.

3.2.6. Environment

The COVID-19 pandemic may be considered as a consequence of the unregulated human activities on wildlife resources and habitats. Thus, under the new normal, greater emphasis and importance should be given to the interrelationship between the environment and public health.

Cleaner air during lockdown; may worsen once lifted because of higher volume of vehicles

In CY 2019, the monitoring of the air quality in Davao City and Davao Region revealed that it remained within “good” or “fair” condition. The implementation of the lockdown resulted in significantly less vehicle traffic, especially during curfew hours. The three major sources of air pollutants are mobile sources, stationary sources (e.g. power and cement plants, industries) and area sources (e.g. cooking using oil, construction). The lesser number of vehicles on the roads has resulted in even cleaner air during the ECQ, particularly in the cities. Less human activities during the lockdowns also reduced the amount of air pollutants from sources other than mobile sources. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environment Management Bureau XI reported the following results from two of its air quality monitoring areas:

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Table 3.6 Air Quality in Davao City Monitoring Areas

Air Quality Index Monitoring Pre-COVID-19 During Condition Areas and COVID-19 Explanation Observed Indicators April March April May 2019 2020 2020 2020 Davao 39 23 21 22 Estimated The reductions of International (Good) (Good) (Good) (Good) around vehicles on the Airport 14.72% streets and less • Particulate reduction in human activities have Matter 10 concentration significantly • Particulate s of criteria contributed to the Matter 2.5 pollutants reduction of air • Sulfur pollutants. Dioxide • Nitrogen Dioxide • Ozone Calinan 31 24 21 22 Estimated National High (Good) (Good) (Good) (Good) around School 10.26% • Particulate reduction in Matter 10 concentration • Particulate s of criteria Matter 2.5 pollutants

However, the air quality may worsen once the lockdown shall have been lifted due to the higher volume of vehicles. As may be observed from the DENR-EMB XI report, the amount of air pollutants reached its lowest point at the height of the lockdowns in April 2020 and trended up as restrictions eased in May 2020. As social distancing becomes the new normal, people may prefer to use their own vehicles, instead of using public transportation, to avoid physical contact with other passengers. The number of public utility vehicles, such as jeepneys and buses, may also increase if social distancing will continue to be implemented in public transport.

More hazardous waste

The pandemic has also resulted in the increase in hazardous waste, which is expected to continue. Due to the rising number of COVID-19 patients, the volume of single-use infectious waste materials used to supress the virus, such as disposable gloves, gowns, face masks, syringes and IV bags, in health care facilities has spiked. The volume of said hazardous waste has similarly increased in households as the public seeks to Photo credits: J. Mallare, NRO XI

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Table 3.7 Volume of Hazardous/Infectious Waste Volume of Pre-COVID-19 During Condition Explanation Hazardous/Infectiou COVID-19 Observed s Waste 4th Quarter 1st Quarter 2019 2020 (in Metric (in Metric Tons) Tons) • Davao City 52.3 44.7 More There is more • Davao del Sur 28.8 86.2 infectious Personal Protective • Davao Occidental 0.0222 0.697 wastes Equipment used during (M501) the COVID-19 • Davao del Norte 8.47 9.19 were pandemic. Thus, • Davao de Oro 1.38 8.43 generated generation of more • Davao Oriental 1.19 1.19 during infectious wastes Region-Wide 92.1622 150.407 COVID-19 (mask, gloves, etc.) Source: DENR-EMB XI

As reported by the DENR-EMB XI, sanitary landfills (SLFs) are necessary for the proper management of special/hazardous wastes since SLFs have special vaults/cells within the facilities for the purpose of managing the special/hazardous waste. As of May 2020, there are only four (4) LGUs with operational SLFs; with ten (10) SLFs under construction in Davao Region. LGUs without operational sanitary landfills utilize temporary residual containment areas (RCAs) for the residual wastes.

Since there had been treatment processes established yet for the COVID 19-related waste generated, special attention should be given to the wastes, such as the materials mentioned, by setting up a special bin for these types of waste, which then gets double bagged for safe transport. During disposal, these infectious waste materials should be disinfected by passing through an autoclave, equipment that uses steam at high pressure to clean and remove all bacteria from objects used in medical operations. There is no need to incinerate COVID19- related waste since incinerators, apart from being overly expensive, produce deadly dioxins and furans that are harmful to people’s health.

Solid waste from packaging materials will also increase due to increases in the delivery or take-out of food as social distancing has shifted the public from dining in at restaurants. The increase in delivery of other essential products also adds to the volume of solid waste from packaging materials. While solid waste from health care facilities and households increased, a significant decrease in solid waste from commercial establishments and other public areas has been observed. This is due to the prohibition on public gatherings and overall reduction in human activities in said public places. Cleaner environment in the public areas is expected to continue as long as restrictions against mass gatherings and human activities in public areas are enforced.

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Higher demand for water

Data from 10 local water districts in the Region show that water demand has increased from 8.36 MCM in March to 8.42 MCM in April (see Figure 3.8). In detail, industrial water demand increased the most at 1.27 percent, followed by residential water demand at 0.67 percent (see Table 3.12). On the other hand, commercial water demand decreased by 0.38 percent. Water demand trends from 2019 show that the decrease in water demand in March and its increase in April can be attributed to seasonality of entering the summer months and cannot be directly attributed to the imposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine in the Region. However, further analysis into the magnitude of the change in water demand between March and April in 2020 shows that usual increase in water demand due to the summer months is significantly less compared to water demand in 2019. The decrease in economic activity caused by the ECQ may have affected water demand in commercial establishments.

Figure 3.3 Monthly Water Demand in Cubic Meters for January – April 2020, by Water District 9,000,000 8,367,684 8,549,845 8,360,581 8,415,465 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000

Water Demand WaterDemand Cubic in Meters 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr Compostela Water District 19,903 17,856 16,327 17,588 San Isidro Water District 27,385 25,274 23,522 26,239 Asuncion Water District 42,556 42,732 40,231 41,859 Hagonoy Water District 2,080 2,087 2,085 2,084 Digos Water District 461,356 496,479 497,092 497,828 Tagum Water District 778,820 741,550 759,440 750,578 Bansalan Water District 79,036 80,037 81,648 83,062 Tarragona Water District 6,950 8,062 9,140 8,497 Panabo Water District 6,617 6,732 6,705 6,487 Davao City Water District 6,942,530 7,127,942 6,923,887 6,980,985 Region XI 8,367,684 8,549,845 8,360,581 8,415,465 Source: Davao City Water District, Panabo Water District (PrimeWater Panabo), Tarragona Water District, Bansalan Water District, Tagum Water District, Digos Water District, Hagonoy Water District, Asuncion Water District, San Isidro Water District, Compostela Water District

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Table 3.8 Percentage Change in Water Demand for January – April 2020 and February – Apr 2019, by Customer Classification

Percentage Change

Customer 2020 2019 Classification Feb. – Mar. – Feb. – Jan. – Feb. Mar. – Apr. Mar. Apr. Mar.

OVERALL 2.18% -2.21% 0.66% -1.51% 5.68%

Residential 0.84% -2.15% 0.67% -1.14% 6.39%

Non-Residential 6.21% -2.22% 0.39% -2.57% 3.56%

- Commercial 5.22% -4.02% -0.38% -2.71% 2.67%

- Industrial 9.05% -1.77% 1.27% -2.99% 4.92% - Others (Government, -0.26% 1.01% -0.64% -0.94% 1.73% Bulk Water) Source: Davao City Water District, Panabo Water District (PrimeWater Panabo), Tarragona Water District, Bansalan Water District, Tagum Water District, Digos Water District, Hagonoy Water District, Asuncion Water District, San Isidro Water District, Compostela Water District

However, upon lifting of the ECQ and adapting to the new normal, it is expected that water demand will increase. The public is advised by the World Health Organization on basic protective measures against the new coronavirus, frequent and thorough hand washing with soap and water and regular sanitation in households, workplaces and public areas are essential practices to avoid getting sick. Moreover, some individuals also observe taking baths and washing/sanitizing belongings upon returning home from work or visiting places outside of their residence. With this, the new normal post-ECQ will see an increase in Davao Region’s water demand under both the residential and commercial classifications as individuals adapt to preventing the spread of the new coronavirus. In the Philippine Water Supply and Sanitation Master Plan: Davao Region Water Supply and Sanitation Roadmap (December 2018) the total residential and industrial water demand for 2022 is projected at 309.69 MCM/year with 11,118 MCM/year water resource potential. It was also reported that in 2017, residential and industrial water use in the Region was approximately 5.2 percent of the total 6,137.66 MCM. Given this, even if the Region will double or triple residential and industrial water demand, availability of water far exceeds the increase in water demand. In response to the expected increase in water demand, water districts have implemented several initiatives designed toward providing unhampered access to safe and secure water supply, such as the following: 1. Adopting necessary work shift arrangements to maintain or improve the provision of 24/7 water services; 2. Providing immediate emergency response to distribution repairs by ensuring the availability of maintenance crews to address water service connection complaints and deployment of emergency crews for emergency repair of pipeline leaks; 3. Conducting intensive network checking to detect leaks along pipelines as well as on meter assemblies; Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 98

4. Continuing implementation of rehabilitation, re-piping, pipe laying and networking activities as well as the preventive maintenance and repair activities. In line with the continued implementation of projects, the Tagum Water District will continue its Bulk Water Supply Project (BWSP) to augment water supply from existing deep wells; 5. Implementing necessary pump replacements or valve adjustments to increase volume discharge capacity; 6. Providing water tanker services to areas affected by emergency shut-off or breakdown of pumping stations, emergency leak repairs or elevated areas with low pressure to no water supply; 7. Installing additional connections from main upland sources to high elevated areas; 8. Conducting regular and special flushing activities for maintenance of water quality from sediments; 9. Continuing in-house sampling and water quality monitoring compliance to Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water (PNSDW) for Tagum Water District; and 10. Conducting proactive monitoring in distribution line flow and pressure through the data provided by the district metered areas (DMAs), pressure regulating valve stations and pressure monitoring stations, and implementing appropriate interventions, if deemed necessary, for the Davao City Water District.

About 83 percent of the Davao City’s water demand (see Figure 3.8) is supplied by the Davao City Water District (DCWD). Given this, the DCWD has organized its new normal initiatives to address water demand post-ECQ as shown in Table 3.13.

Table 3.9 Davao City Water District’s New Normal Initiatives in Addressing Water Demand WSS Facility New Normal Initiatives 1 Prioritize the implementation of all water source development projects specified in the DCWD 2018-2023 MTDP/2021-2030 Business Plan. 2 Revisit all internal control and processes affecting timeline to suit with the new normal condition. Water 3 Intensify water conservation campaigns among water users in order to Source/Storage optimize its use and eventually reduce the consumption to Tanks and below/lower than the current average per household/connection. Reservoir 4 Encourage customers to store water in clean containers for everyday use to ensure 24/7 water supply availability that is not necessarily coming from the faucet. 5 Come up with a more frequent implementation of well rehabilitation to mitigate/reduce operational breakdown. 6 Continue the implementation of all mainline expansion, extension and improvement projects specified in the DCWD 2018-2023 MTDP/2021- 2030 Business Plan. 7 Revisit all internal control and processes affecting timeline to suit with the new normal condition. 8 Prioritize the implementation of all non-revenue water (NRW) Distribution reduction programs/projects in order to maintain enough pressure in Network/System the distribution network. 9 Actively secure information from every stakeholder, particularly on illegal connections, that would imperil the continues supply/distribution of water in the affected area/s. Thus, this would restrict/localize the search, conduct fast and immediate investigation, and facilitate the implementation of appropriate action/s. 10 Come up with a maintenance program to suit with the new normal. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 99

WSS Facility New Normal Initiatives 11 Strengthen the automation of the water distribution network operation as this will provide a safer work condition concerning field and people exposures. 12 Fast track the implementation of the District Metered Areas (DMAs) Project to intensify strategic localization of leaks through leak detection (once the suspension of works to contractor is lifted). 13 Resume the implementation of the Restoration Works Outsourcing Project so that even minor leaks under concrete or concrete-asphalt pavements will be repaired (once the suspension of works to contractor is lifted). 14 Implement Pipe Condition Assessment and Renewal Planning Source: Davao City Water District

In addition, as immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, water districts have collaborated with local government units and regional line agencies to implement the following programs and projects:

San Isidro Water District 1. Provision of hand-washing facilities station in public market; Asuncion Water District 2. Establishment of hand-washing areas and other precautionary measures;

Digos Water District 3. Provision of water for disinfection of Digos Public Market;

Tagum Water District 4. Installation of hand-washing station at the Tagum City Health Office; 5. Water donation to the City Government of Tagum for the disinfection of the City Public Market, major roads and other public places;

Bansalan Water District 6. Provision of hand-washing station or facility to public elementary and high schools in the municipality;

Tarragona Water District 7. Provision of 24/7 reliable water services to LGU facilities; 8. Installation of pipes for hand-washing areas;

Panabo Water District (PrimeWater Panabo) 9. Monetary donation to the LGU through the city mayor; 10. Donation of 124 bottles of hand-washing soap to the LGU; 11. Installation of 17 hand-washing stations all over Panabo City;

Davao City Water District 12. Installation/Construction of 9 hand-washing facilities in day care centers and various elementary schools;

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13. Implementation of corporate social responsibility programs such as "Patubig sa Barangay", Water System Assistance, provision of hygiene kits through various events such as the dental/medical mission, information and education campaign (IEC) on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH); 14. Provision of bottled water to the frontlines of the Southern Philippines Medical Center and Davao Region Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force; 15. Installation of three units of communal faucets to supply water to the fire victims of New Society Village, Barangay Ilang since April 29, 2020 (Note: These are temporary support of the district to the recipients until the lifting of the ECQ. Recipients will be enjoined to reactivate their DCWD service connection accounts); 16. Regulation of fire hydrant use for non-fire suppression activities - stricter regulation is imposed to ensure availability of water supply to consumers and in preparation for emergencies such as fire incidents; 17. Implementation of three handwashing facilities in 2021.

Positive behavior on protecting environment and public health

The COVID-19 pandemic also generates positive behavior towards protecting the environment and public health. The crisis raises the awareness toward climate and environmental emergencies and provides both negative and positive reinforcement to ENR management. The virus is a potent demonstration of the consequences of wanton human activities on the environment and natural resources. It has raised the profile of the illegal wildlife trade issue. The threat of another pandemic makes it clear, not only to government and policy makers, but also to the general public, that the proper management of the environment is a paramount concern. Preparing for any future health emergencies needs to include proper ENR and climate change management. The increase in the demand for water, food and raw materials also emphasizes the human dependence on the environment and its limited resources and reinforces the need to ensure the sustainable use of such resources. Positive reinforcement on the behavior towards the conservation of the environment stems from the manifestations of the improvements on the environment during the pandemic. The reduction in human activities during lockdowns has resulted in better air quality, less pollution and improvements to the flora and fauna. These have raised support to preserve the environmental gains beyond the COVID-19 crisis.

Greater interest in urban agriculture, good for sustainability

There will be greater interest in urban agriculture, given the importance of ensuring steady food supply. The use of idle urban spaces for urban agriculture, backyard/household gardening of edibles, and community farming will increase. Further, localizing the source of produce in urban areas will also help cut down fossil fuel consumption necessary to transport, package, and sell food.

As observed during the ECQ implementation, there was high demand for vegetable seeds due to the “Plant Plant Plant Program” where households are encouraged to plant their own food. In addition, a total of 45 barangays already received the interventions from the Gulayan sa Barangay Project which aims to enhance the beneficiaries’ capabilities to produce their own food through the adoption of various agricultural technologies and farming techniques. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 101

Given this response, the DA XI, in partnership with the LGUs, shall intensify promotion of urban agriculture though the distribution of various vegetable and fruit seeds and seedlings, as well as establishment of community gardens in barangays with vacant areas where they can plant, propagate, and produce their own vegetable requirements. The community gardens may also serve not only as source of food and livelihood, but also as additional income for those who will sell their surplus.

3.3. Strategies

Like any other country, the Philippines was caught off-guard by the magnitude, severity and evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 14, 2020, the pandemic had already affected a total of 210 countries and territories, with an estimated total of 7,690,708 confirmed cases with 137,526 cases in a single day.

The devastating impact of this novel coronavirus was so overwhelming that it has severely affected the country’s entire economy. While efforts are underway to respond to the crisis brought by this pandemic, there is a need to think ahead on how to build a more resilient and sustainable future. Thus, it is essential to define the parameters of a “new normal” in which Philippine society is expected to operate and live while ensuring that every Filipino enjoys a matatag, maginhawa, at panatag na buhay. Defining the new normal is crucial in formulating appropriate government interventions and policies as we move forward from this crisis. The evolving “new normal” points to increased attention toward managing the multi-dimensional risks arising from public health emergencies like COVID-19.

In the days and months after the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is lifted, the threat of COVID-19 will likely remain and continue to put the community at risk. In order to transition and eventually adapt to a “new normal” state, the emerging concern is how to normalize and restore societal activities, while at the same time minimizing and managing the multi- dimensional risks brought by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Based on the National Government’s four-pillar strategy in responding to COVID-19 crisis, Davao Region employed the following approached to mitigate losses from the pandemic and to adapt to the new normal, viz: a) phased and adaptive recovery approach; b) whole-of-society approach; and c) government-led, LGU-enabled, people-centered Interventions. These strategies necessitated the engagement of multi-sectoral stakeholders and facilitate their active participation in taking appropriate measure toward Region’s recovery and resiliency.

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Phased and adaptive recovery approach

As earlier discussed, the Region proposed a phased and adaptive recovery approach, covering the following stages:

Each stage relate to a definite period in the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 2020 to 2021 and onwards, viz: Stage 1, Intubation in the ICU, covering the period of March 2020 to May 2020; Stage 2, Dextrose in a regular room, covering the period June 2020 to December 2020; and Stage 3, Vitamins at home, covering the period 2021 onwards.

Emergency Stage (between March 2020 to May 2020)

The health crisis requires a quick response to contain the spread of corona virus and to mitigate impact to the lives of the people and Region’s economy. With the onset of the pandemic, the Region has focused its response to health, social needs of its people and food security, while securing the Region’s boundaries and implement community quarantine measures.

Social Sector

Health

Establishment of a unified set of regional guidelines on quarantine measures and health protocol. The creation of Regional Task Force XI COVID-19 paved the way for a unified set of regional guidelines on quarantine measures through the executive orders issued by Davao Region’s LGUs. The harmonization of guidelines on implementing community quarantine and health protocol amongst LGUs limited the spread of the disease.

Establishment of a dedicated health facilities for COVID-19 patients and suspected cases and adopt guidelines for response in hospitals and other health facilities. The Region also has to protect its healthcare facilities from the spread of the corona virus disease, as well as its medical front-liners. To allow the private hospitals to cater to patients with non-COVID-19 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 103 patients, the Region established dedicated health facilities for confirmed cases, as well as established isolation facilities for suspected cases. These health facilities operate in accordance to the DOH AO 2020-0016 on Minimum Health System Capacity Standard.

Conduct aggressive testing and contact tracing. To strengthen measures of containing the virus and to early detect infected persons for immediate medical attention for increase chances of recovery from the disease, there is a call for the conduct of an aggressive and wider coverage of testing and contact tracing. The role of the LGUs in terms of testing, tracing and isolation of COVID-19 cases is very important. Based on the application of the LGU Epidemic Response Framework which looks at geographical risk, sectoral risk, degree of infection, and the minimum health standard or capacity, LGUs have to implement measures for the categorization of low, moderate to high and very high-risk areas for better monitoring and if necessary, isolation.

Prioritization of procurement of health equipment and supplies. The lack of personal protective equipment (PPEs) has put the lives of the medical frontliners at risk. The Department of Health XI has re-prioritized its budget to procure more health equipment and supplies.

Intensify public health education campaign, including effective risk communication. In order for all the efforts of the government to be effective and to heal as one, the people shall be educated on COVID-19 and how this affects the lives of millions of people worldwide. There shall be an intensified public health education and awareness campaign, disseminating proper sanitation and hygiene techniques and other preventive measures. To reach wider populace, various medium of communication shall be undertaken by the LGUs, as well as, creation of emergency health hotlines.

Social Protection

Immediate provision of social protection packages. The Region has subsidized poor and low-income families, displaced workers and OFWs by providing relief goods and financial aid through the implementation of DWSD – SAP and DOLE – CAMP, as well as supported small business through wage subsidy. Key sectors such as agriculture and medium, small and micro- enterprises (MSMEs) were also given assistance. The Region shall enjoin both public and private financial and banking institution, and utility providers to provide grace period on payment dues in light of the negative impact of the pandemic to the families, jobs and businesses.

Public Safety and Security

Establish quarantine control and intensify containment measures, and secure critical lifeline and facilities. To ensure public safety and security sector, the Region has established a total of ten (10) COVID19 Regional Checkpoints, as well as about 118 provincial and municipal COVID-19 checkpoints. These checkpoints were manned by personnel from 10th ID-AFP, PRO XI, LGUs, DOH, and Personnel from the Barangay.

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Economic Sector

Agriculture and Fishery

Ensure unhampered movement of A&F goods and services through efficient transport and logistics system. The likelihood of food shortage due to depletion of food stocks in the market is a possibility, with the restrictions on sub-national, cross-border access and trade. In order to address supply chain disruptions and improving the productivity of the sector to meet the demand of the populace, the Region shall ensure unhampered movement of A&F good and services. This would involve access to road networks, as well as availability of sufficient and strategically-located facilities, such as wholesale food terminals and trading centers, warehouses, cold storage and refrigeration facilities, mobile storage, mobile marketplace, rolling stores and foodbanks.

Industry and Services

Encourage banks to provide financial relief to companies and suspending the imposition of interest fees and charges on loans and provide loan moratorium program for MSMEs borrowers. The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which comprise of majority of business operating in the Region are among the most affected sector by the pandemic. MSMEs experienced cash flow constraints resulting in debt, difficulty in recovering overhead cost. To relieve MSMEs borrowers from penalties and surcharges, banks and other financial institutions shall be encouraged to grant temporary grace period for loan payments or to restructure loan accounts. Likewise, another strategy is to encourage loan moratorium programs for MSME borrowers and partner financial institutions (PFIs).

Develop mechanisms for real estate lessors and financial institutions to extend grace periods on payment commitments of MSMEs. Aside from providing financial relief and suspension of the imposition of interest fees and charges of loans, mechanisms for real estate and financial institutions shall be developed to extend grace period on payment commitments of MSMEs.

Adoption of alternative work arrangements. With the continued operations of essential business establishments, while limiting the number of workers to implement social distancing in the workplace, adoption of alternative work arrangement shall be promoted in the labor market. This shall include implementation of flexible work arrangements such as reduction of work days, rotation and adjusted working hours. This mechanism will also help the industry in reducing business cost and saving jobs while maintaining competitiveness and productivity.

Pursue collaboration between relevant implementing agencies and LGUs to organize and promptly dispatch/mobilize “rolling stores” selling basic necessities and prime commodities. With the implementation of quarantine measures, which limited the mobility of people, provision for rolling stores is a must to provide residents access to affordable food while under community quarantine.

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Establishment of a registry of firms that are or will be engaged in the manufacture of essential goods. For regulation and monitoring purposes, a registry of firms engaged in the manufacture of PPE, ventilators, and respirators to address the COVID-19 public health emergency situation shall be maintained.

Formulate incentive package for construction companies to build isolation or temporary hospitals for PUIs, PUMs. As means to mobilize private sector participation in the government’s emergency response to the COVID-19 situation, fiscal and non-fiscal incentive packages may be given to construction companies that that will prioritize building isolation or temporary health facilities for Persons Under Investigation or Persons under Monitoring.

Recovery Stage (between June 2020 to December 2020)

Macroeconomy (Financial Sector)

Realign expenditure priorities for 2020. To address the increasing regional spending on COVID-19 response and mitigating measures, the national government agencies would have to realign expenditure priorities towards more urgent needs such as health intervention.

Provide access to business financing and financial services. To restore and sustain livelihood activities and businesses, the national government that offers livelihood programs like DTI, DBP, SSS, DSWD, DOLE and DOST shall extend their programs to farmers, fisherfolk, and MSMEs.

Encourage banks and non-bank financial institutions to grant their borrowers a temporary grace period for loan payments or to restructure the loan accounts of their borrowers. Considering the no-work-no-pay status of most of the head of the families, paying monthly amortization of loans would be difficult. The regulatory relief measures provided to banks by the central bank can reasonably support the management of banks’ non-performing loans giving them room to further extend assistance to its borrowers, hence the Region can encourage banks and non-bank financial institution to grant borrowers a temporary grace period for loan payments or to restructure the loan accounts of their borrowers.

Communicate the recovery plan. In all these strategies to mitigate economic losses from COVID-19, engaging multi-sectoral stakeholders to take on their share is vital in the Region’s effort of recovering from this pandemic. To manage market expectations and ensure stability, the Regional Development Council XI shall clearly communicate the Region’s Recovery Program, as well as the various measures relative to the Government’s fiscal program.

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Social Sector

Health

For the Region to be able to slowly transition and eventually adapt to the new normal, there is a need to promote confidence in our health systems and re-evaluate the Region’s preparedness for pandemics. There must be a thorough assessment in order to arrive at an evidence-based decision on the appropriateness of lifting community quarantine. Based on pronouncements of the World Health Organization, the threat may be far from over, as the vaccine is still being developed.

With the gradual re-opening of businesses, strengthened health protocols must be imposed, such as social distancing measures and heightened immunity of individuals. Likewise, there is a need to establish stringent sanitary protocols and mandatory inbound and outbound temperature screening of passengers in all modes of public transportation. LGUs must ensure that facilities/equipment such as, handwashing/sanitizing areas, high-end temperature scanners and decontamination sprays are available in all bus terminals, seaports and airports in their jurisdiction. To reinforce this measure, another strategy is the formulation of a regional preparedness and response framework for disease outbreaks and pandemic that shall serve as a policy document to ensure that guiding principles for outbreak preparedness are followed.

Improve quality of healthcare system, along with the improvement of healthcare facilities and improve status and supply of human resources for health (HRH). To combat this pandemic and help flatten the curve, there is a need to prioritize the improvement of the Region’s healthcare system by increasing testing capability and capacity of hospitals, and front-liners. Health care facilities shall be upgraded, with emphasis on increasing the number of fully-equipped isolation rooms and critical care beds in hospitals. Quarantine facilities in major ports and airports shall also be improved in order to strengthen the Bureau of Quarantine’s mandate to ensure health security. Likewise, there is a need to recentralize doctors from LGUs to the national level to enable an efficient deployment of personnel during emergencies, as well as identify pool of medical and allied health professionals that may be mobilized per level of care regionwide. Moreover, the incentive coverage, benefits, and scholarships provided in the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law shall be implemented.

Improve epidemiological and surveillance capacities for COVID-19, as well as for other emerging/re-emerging disease. The effort of flattening the curve calls for an improve epidemiological and surveillance capacities for COVID-19, as well as for other emerging and re-emerging diseases at the regional, provincial and municipal levels, focusing on areas on or near major points of entry and strategic LGUs in the Region. Specifically, an operational Level 2 Biosafety laboratory must be present in the Region, stocked with adequate number of testing kits.

Ensure continued provision of healthcare insurance coverage to Davaoenos infected with corona virus diseases and other related diseases. As the Region graduate into general community quarantine, the risk of the people getting infected by the corona virus disease is increasing. The need for continued provision of healthcare insurance coverage to in-patient

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Social protection

Continue provision of relief assistance and other social protection service packages to most vulnerable sectors and those community under quarantine for close monitoring. The lifting of enhance community quarantine and the gradual reopening of business establishments do not guarantee the resumption of work of all workers and employees. Many may have already lost their jobs due to retrenchments/streamlining of business operations and eventual closure. The LGUs need to fund the continued provision of food and non-food rations to most vulnerable sector, as well as those families whose community were under lockdown due to having categorized as very high-risk areas needing close monitoring. There is also a need for DSWD and DOLE to consider the continued implementation of social amelioration program to identified families needing financial and livelihood assistance.

Education

Consider the adoption and implementation of a blended learning by shifting to digital and alternative learning mode. The same as with the other sector, education section should also adapt to the new normal. As the sector reopens, there is a need to improve the readiness of educational institutions (both public and private). The reopening of classes at all levels of education heighten the fear of both parents and teacher for the students to be exposed to the corona virus. Hence, the education sector needs to consider the adoption and implementation of a blended learning by shifting to digital and alternative learning mode. Likewise, there is a need to improve the readiness of educational institutions (both public and private) and the students in shifting to digital and alternative mechanisms.

Widen coverage of government scholarship and student financial programs to increase number of slots/student-beneficiaries. To ensure the survival of private schools and to maintain higher participation rates of all learners, the DepEd XI has to increase the number of slots/beneficiaries to cover students with government assistance to private schools on Senior- High School (SHS) Voucher, Education Service Contracting (ESC), and TVL NCs. CHED XI and TESDA XI also need to increase students’ allowances under the PESFA. As such, there is a need to reprioritize budget to increase funds to support the various government scholarship/financial assistance programs.

Enhance public school system to accommodate more transferees from private schools. The public schools in the region should also be ready to accommodate more transferees from private schools to public schools as more families have lost their income due to quarantine measures. FY 2020 budget for education should be realigned to provide more funding as this will impact on government resources, both human resources and infrastructure and equipment (either physical or digital).

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Upskilling, reskilling and retooling of educators. With all the shifting to digital flatform and adoption of blended learning, educators need to improve their readiness as they adapt the new normal.

Expedite the formulation of a multi-modal, multi-strategy Learning Continuity Plan. The Department of Education in the Region, in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), together with other concern stakeholders should expedite the formulation of a multi-modal, multi-strategy Learning Continuity Plan to create and maintain a learning management platform to attain flexible learning for both teachers and students.

Ensure connectivity in all areas of the region for alternative education service delivery modes in schools to be effective. The shift to digital and alternative learning modes requires the availability of strong, reliable, wider coverage and affordable internet connection. As such the Region should Ensure reliable ICT connectivity in all areas of the region as it is critical in providing communication channel and online platform for distance-flexible learning to be effective . Economic Sector

Agriculture and Fishery

Intensify provision of support services and farm machineries and equipment for farmers, fisherfolk and enterprises. Assistance, subsidies and support services for farmers, fisherfolk, and enterprises shall be intensified in the form of inputs, credit and insurance, and capacity building. In the Region, the Rice Farmer Financial Assistance (RFFA); Expanded SURE Aid for Marginalized Small Farmers and Fisherfolks, as well as Micro & Medium Enterprise shall be continued.

Provision of farm machineries and equipment in lieu of manual labor shall also be intensified, given the need to limit movement of people and sustained practice of social distancing even after the lifting of the community quarantine. Machine pooling and custom-hiring will be encouraged to meet the increased demand for mechanized farm operations.

Strict enforcement of food safety laws, regulations, standards and sanitation protocols to ensure safety of food and agricultural products supplied in the market. Given increased demand for safe and nutritious food, strict enforcement of food safety laws, regulations, standards, and sanitation protocols also need to be intensified. This shall be carried out through the regular sanitation of wet markets, slaughterhouses, dressing plants, warehouses, trading centers, fish ports or fish landing centers, and other related establishments, especially at the LGU level. In support of such interventions, the processes of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Region on certification and roll out of developed technologies and products will be streamlined. The FDA Regional Office XI’s capacities and technical staff complement also needs to be enhanced given more demands for certification, especially food establishments. Finally, information, education, and communication (IEC) campaigns on food safety measures and healthy dietary habits must be intensified.

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Strengthen online marketing of agricultural produce through establishment of online/digital channels for transactions and delivery services. Online or digital channels for transactions and delivery services established by Supermarkets and retail food establishments during the ECQ shall be continued and intensified. LGUs shall also be encouraged to strengthen their online platform assistance which were provided during the community quarantine such as the online palengke facilitated by the Province of Compostela Valley. Other LGUs shall also be encouraged to undertake the same.

In areas where food and groceries delivery are not available, an online service delivery system, where buyers send a list of items to buy to a “pabili” service provider, may be explored as an option. As such, investments on ICT infrastructure will also have to be boosted to meet the surge for online transactions and the consumers’ expectations for quality and competent digital connectivity.

Industry and services

Rebuild consumer and business confidence. On rebuilding consumer and business confidence, there is a need for a harmonized fiscal incentive to businesses and to institutionalize the price and supply monitoring system to avert overpricing of essential commodities. There must be an aggressive and regular price and supply monitoring mechanism that would be communicated to the widest spectrum of society. Likewise, MSMEs must be provided with product promotion and development support. The business community shall be allowed to operate through phased or gradual lifting. There may not be a “business as usual” scenario as it shall only cover the restoration of essential services and allow only essential workers to sustain decongestion and social distancing. The rest of the workers can still do work-at-home arrangements.

Hasten growth of e-commerce (internet transactions) by focusing on speed, security and structure to increase sales. As e-commerce will be more prominent under the new normal, business establishments shall focus on effectively adapting to online transactions to maximize sales.

Development of protocols in the transport and sale of commodities to domestic and international markets to facilitate trade. Clear sanitation protocols have to be put in place to facilitate domestic and international trade.

Adoption of health safety protocols for the tourism industry, and equipping tourism stakeholders with appropriate tools and knowledge to adapt to the new normal. DOT to issue protocols and omnibus revised tourism standards practices to adapt under a “new normal” environment, post-Covid 19. This shall include changes in accommodation establishments such as “mandating a maximum of double occupancy for all of the hotels and for restaurants, starting with 50-percent occupancy in terms of operations in dining. Along with this is the need to equip tourism stakeholders to adapt to the new normal, particularly through:

• Provision of complimentary training on re-skilling and up-skilling such as trainings on digital marketing; communication technology; virtual selling and promotions;

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• Intensive complimentary trainings and/or certification programs for managers, community-based tourism site manager, and LGU on tourism crisis management and response; • Provide subsidized training on product development that is adapted for the new normal for local stakeholders (Farm tours, Bike tours - in city centers; walking tours - in city centers which include heritage/cultural visits and gastronomic experiences)

Promote/improve local capacities to produce PPEs. There is a need to improve local capacities in the production of PPEs to ensure steady supply within the Region as the threat of COVID-19 will likely persist.

Tax suspension for the transportation industry. Suspension of certain taxes for the period wherein the Enhanced/Modified Community Quarantine is in effect may be considered for the companies under the transportation industry as adverse effects in revenue is expected given the implementation of social distancing measures.

Continue the adoption of alternative work arrangements. As mitigating measures to address difficulties in the labor market, and as coping mechanism and remedial measures, a support mechanism for workers during the period of state of national emergency due to COVID-19 shall be promoted. This would cover adjusted and alternative work arrangements to prevent downsizing and termination of workers or even total closure of establishments in the transition and during the new normal.

Resiliency Stage (2021 onwards)

Macroeconomy (Fiscal Sector)

The projected decline in regional revenues amid subdued economic activities and the increased regional spending on COVID-19 response and mitigating measures are expected to continue putting pressure on the Region’s fiscal position in 2021 and onwards. To cope with the shortfall, local government units shall focus their attention to the restoration of economic activities, addressing supply chain disruptions, as well as improving the productivity of the agriculture and fishery sector to meet the food requirements of the populace.

To address the high deficits in 2021 and onwards, the following are the priority strategies:

Reprioritize budget for 2021 and onwards. National Government Agencies (NGAs) would have to realign expenditure priorities in order to facilitate the adaptation to the “new normal”. For 2021, the list of Build, Build, Build (BBB) projects can be revisited to give priority to crucial and shovel-ready projects, in order to provide more space for relevant health-related expenditures.

Anticipate realization of contingent liabilities. Given the persistence of uncertainty in global and domestic conditions, it is prudent to provide ample allowance for potential realization of contingent liabilities.

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Explore all multilateral and financing options. The National Government will explore various options, including from multilateral agencies (e.g., World Bank, Asian Development Bank). The Treasury also plans to tap the local market through local bonds issuance, as well as the offshore commercial markets through issuance of dollar-denominated debt papers, “panda” bonds, and “samurai” bonds. Increased risk aversion of investors, however, can lead to an increase in borrowing costs.

Promote co-financing between National Government (NG) and local government units (LGUs) for development programs. Cost-sharing schemes between the NG and LGUs for response measures that are local in nature but may benefit multiple LGUs (e.g. setting up of local biosafety laboratories, foodbanks and trading centers) should be explored. This can also help facilitate synergy in the implementation of national and local measures.

Establish digital taxation framework. With the expected shift of the private sector to online transactions, the government needs to establish a digital taxation framework. There is also a need to invest in digital taxation infrastructure.

Social Sector

Health: Continuing threat of COVID-19

COVID-19 will remain a threat as we enter the “new normal”. Until a vaccine is developed, the continued spread of the virus in the community, the possibility of reinfection, re- emergence, and the occurrence of new outbreaks will continue to threaten the Davaoeños. Thus, adjusting to “new normal” requires an integrated health data management system that tracks and links patient referrals and laboratory testing, as well as monitors the supply of available medical equipment, medicines, and blood, among others. Likewise, ramping up promotive and preventive healthcare will also be necessary, aside from upgrading the curative aspect of health and its related support mechanisms, to reduce the chances of people getting sick and incurring costs. To further address these concerns, the following are the priority strategies:

• Institute a fully integrated health systems database. While we improve our health system, there is also a need to institute a fully integrated health data management system that tracks and links patient referrals and laboratory testing, as well as monitors the supply of available medical equipment, medicines, and blood, among others.

• Strengthen and expand telehealth system: - Strengthen and intensify collection of timely and accurate data, as well as advocate the importance of data in real time for interventions to be relevant - Establish a center for disease control for unknown diseases - Improve mental health services to be accessed by people in marginalized communities which would include promotive, preventive, treatment, and rehabilitative services, including integrated treatment settings from community to facility that shall be implemented from the regional to the barangay levels

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Social Protection: Increasing vulnerable groups’ access to social services

The largest challenge in implementing social protection programs under the new normal is the enhancement of mechanism to increase and expedite social services of the most vulnerable groups – poor, women, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, children/youth, indigenous peoples, among others. There is a need for more emergency-responsive policies, as well as social insurance systems. Existing food and cash assistance and other forms of assistance may be expanded to include middle class earners in periods of prolonged lockdown as they were also affected with their earning ability. Case on violence against women and children were also increasing, hence need to be addressed. As such, the following priority strategies shall be undertaken:

• Fast-track implementation of and registration to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) • Development of a registry of vulnerable persons and groups using existing data from PhilSys, NHTS-PR, CBMS, RSBSA, among others • Explore the possibility of automatic and universal release of aid to the members and contributors of the national government’s social insurance programs

Health Insurance: PhilHealth new support packages

To strike a balance between being able to support patients in the present and the need to support more patients in the future, PhilHealth shall be responsible in making sure that their fund is always ready to continue paying for Covid-19 patients and other pandemic. Aside from the new case rate packages for the COVID-19 patients, the recommendations on PhilHealth support packages for the new normal and ways forward are as follows:

For full PhilHealth coverage of emerging or re-emerging diseases: • Sustain budget for indigents under PhilHealth to cover emerging or re-emerging diseases • Ensure budget for the implementation of the UHC Law • Enhance health insurance and social security for OFWs

For support/assistance for businesses, MSMEs and OFWs: • Defer payment of PhilHealth contributions for MSMEs • Reprieve from payment of higher premiums for state-mandated health insurance (OFWs)

Education: Adoption of flexible and blended learning

The new normal for education sector is the adoption of blended and/or online learning to lessen physical contact. This changing learning and employment landscape will not only necessitate the adoption of new technology-based learning for current cohorts of students, but also for workers who will require retooling and upskilling. As we adopt to online learning, the issues of expensive, slow, and unreliable internet access; as well as the added expense for devices needed to access online learning are major risks that have to be mitigated. With this, the following strategies are proposed to be implemented:

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• Institutionalization and expansion of flexible learning options such as open high school, alternative delivery modes and satellites for off-grid areas • Pursue adult learning through online and/or blended learning • Subsidize upskilling and reskilling • Investments on improving existing online platforms such as the DepEd Commons, among other • Institutionalizing a training voucher program by tapping the Tulong Trabaho Fund

Labor and Employment

The labor sector faced three major concerns: higher rates of unemployment and underemployment; Increased telecommuting or other alternative work arrangement; and increased demand for workers willing to take on precarious tasks.

As the global and domestic economic activities continue to weaken, unemployment and underemployment are likely to increase. Another consideration would be the expected entry of additional workers due to the Balik Probinsya, Bagong-Pag-asa Program. Likewise, with the imposition and practice of social distancing, the preference for telecommuting and other alternative work arrangement are seen to increase both in the government and private sectors. Another effect of this pandemic is the emerging novel occupational hazards and the increasing demand for workers to take on these hazardous tasks. Hence, the government needed to take on the proposed priorities strategies:

• Improve social protection programs and income support systems • Re-tooling of the Labor Force • Provide/issue standard guidelines on alternative work arrangements • Formulate and revisit guidelines on the provision of hazard pay for workers in the private and public sectors

Housing and Urban Development: Integrating public health goals

Public health must be a foremost consideration in land use and local shelter planning. Housing designs may need to be changed, with the provision of washing areas before entry into the main structure. Low-cost and socialized housing designs may need to be updated to ensure social distancing and good hygiene practices. With this, the following strategies may be considered: • Incorporate hazard and health standards in the updating of Comprehensive Land-Use Plans (CLUPs) and zoning ordinances. • Consider provision and development of socialized housing and resettlement packages, which shall also include dwelling units for beneficiaries of the Balik-Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program • Review procedures and streamlining for issuing housing-related licenses, clearances, and permits in light of COVID19 • Consider prioritization of Housing Rental Subsidy Program for low-income ISFs

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Migration

As the number of displaced overseas Filipinos (OFs), the number of repatriated OFs are also increasing. These figures are expected to increase as the pandemic spreads to more countries, as more governments use economic tools to suppress the spread of the virus, and as the global economy enters into recession. Further, given the possible recurrence and emergence of new outbreaks in the near term, OFWs are exposed to greater risks and heightened vulnerability due to inadequate social protection. To address this problem, the following measures are proposed:

• Facilitate the employment of repatriated OFWs through job matching and competency assessment and certification, along with online skills and retooling programs • Enhance government financial support and legal assistance for repatriated OFWs • Enhance health insurance and social security for OFWs

Economic Sector

Agriculture and Fisheries (A&F) Sector

Further, the current state of the A&F sector, characterized by inefficient logistics systems, inadequate provision of support services, and low levels of farm mechanization, would impede the capability of local producers to supply the needs of the market. As such, the “new normal” for the A&F sector calls for a heightened policy focus on food security. More efforts are required to ensure availability, accessibility, and affordability of safe and nutritious food. The priority strategies for A&F for 2021 and onwards are the following:

Intensify research and development (R&D) for agriculture (healthy foods, prolonging shelf-life). The government should intensify support for public research institutions and state universities and colleges on R&D programs for commercialization of safe, nutritious, medicinal or therapeutic, and well-packaged agri-food products. Partnerships and joint projects by DA, DOST, and DTI should be explored for the development of agri-food processed products with improved nutritional content and longer shelf-life.

Promote adoption of urban agriculture, backyard/household gardening of edibles, and community farming. The government’s thrust of increasing food production and ensuring food availability and affordability through programs such as the “Plant Plant Plant Program” and “Gulayan sa Barangay” shall continue to be implemented. The same shall encourage households to establish backyard ‘edible’ gardens, as well as community farming in schools.

Industry Sector

The pandemic has also challenged the industry sector, particularly the manufacturing and the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sectors. The sector has faced significant slowdown in growth, especially in the production of non-essential goods. The disruption on supply chains has also posed a challenge as some raw and intermediate materials are imported from similarly COVID-19-hit countries.

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Under the “new normal”, the challenge for the manufacturing sector is redirecting production to increase supply of essential goods and immediate inputs. These include processed foods, personal protective equipment (PPE), chemical products for drugs and medicines, as well as disinfectants. There will also be an increasing need for non-essential but complementary goods such as electrical machinery (wires and wirings, batteries, and lighting fixtures) for health- related facilities and other equipment. The following are the priority strategies for the industry sector:

• Establish a registry of firms that are or will engage in the manufacture of essential goods • Review the Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) to include activities critical to the supply of essential goods • Conduct inventory of DOST-approved manufacturing technologies • Adopt digital technologies in modular designs • Strictly enforce policies on EODB • Consider the revitalization of the Region’s mining industry, subject to a thorough assessment of its environmental and economic implications. Among other considerations, a review of the possible lifting of the moratorium on open pit mining activities, as well as on determining the mining fiscal regime that would be mutually beneficial for government and the private sector shall be undertaken.

Services Sector

Retail and E-commerce: Alternative modes for retail transactions, stable supply of basic necessities and prime commodities delivered

Due to the continuous mandated requirement for social distancing and the call to “stay at home”, the increased preference for online transactions for both consumers and merchants will be a challenge. More supermarkets and restaurants will now engage in online shopping platforms or integrate delivery services as part of their operations. Further, an increase in demand for alternative modes to facilitate shopping through personal assistance (pick-up and delivery) services will be expected. On the supply of goods, there should be assurance of stable access to basic necessities and prime commodities to avoid panic-buying among the general public.

To assist the retail and e-commerce sector, the following strategies shall be considered:

• Promote collaboration between restaurant owners and delivery services providers • Determine how alternative modes to facilitate shopping through personal assistance services can be promoted and regulated • Collaboration between relevant implementing agencies and LGUs to organize and promptly dispatch/mobilize “rolling stores” selling basic necessities and prime commodities

Given the substantial developments in technology and widespread use of the internet for online transactions, it is imperative to revisit and reinforce the e-commerce Law (RA 8792) to make Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 116 it more relevant to present times and more comprehensive. Support shall also be given to current legislative measures by Congress relative to the strengthening of the e-commerce sector such as House Bill 6122 or the “Internet Transactions Act”. The said bill proposes to establish an e-Commerce Bureau that will, among others, focus on promoting the development of e- commerce by building trust between sellers and consumers, providing stronger online consumer protection against substandard products/services, safer e-payment gateways and easier online business registration.

Build more sustainable and resilient tourism infrastructures. There is a need to improve physical and infrastructure support to destinations and businesses to adapt to the new normal environment. Among the infrastructure projects that will be prioritized shall be geared towards increasing accessibility to tourist destinations like farm tourism sites, mountain trekking, dive sites, and health and wellness sites. Airports, seaports, terminals, tourism enterprises, and other related establishments shall also be equipped with appropriate infrastructure and measures to protect the health of tourists.

Moreover, support infrastructure in key tourist destinations shall be established to adopt and prepare for the new normal environment, such as but not limited to waste treatment, water supply, and power, and telecommunications facilities.

ICT Services: Digital Connectivity

The shift to online transactions to lessen face-to-face transactions or zero-contact policy under the new normal scenario requires access to reliable and affordable internet services and a demand for electronic equipment. As such, the Region shall ensure the connectivity and modernization of the ICT infrastructure in all areas of Davao Region for an effective implementation of essential programs such as Digital Government, Digital Work Force, and distance-flexible learning, among others.

Expansion and modernization of the ICT infrastructure in the region would entail the prioritization of investments on improving digital connectivity. The telecommunication sector’s support is crucial to improving internet connectivity through expansion of bandwidth capacity and better access to affordable fibr internet technology.

To improve digital connectivity, the following are the priority strategies:

1. Expand rural ICT infrastructure such as CMTS, CATV and broadband internet connectivity, including identified key production and tourism areas. 2. Promote modern ICT investments, especially subsidies for poor communities in establishing TECH 4 ED in all barangay, municipal, city and provincial centers. 3. Advocate PPP models for backbone fiber-optic rollout. 4. Streamline permit requirements and processes in the acquisition of right-of-way for cell sites. 5. Foster synergy among utility and road companies to facilitate the acquisition of right- of-way and energization for ICT infrastructure. 6. Intensify information drive on the misconceptions on the health hazards of cell sites.

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7. Promote public and encourage private investments in the provision of free wifi in public areas. 8. Fast track and open the market to new telco players. 9. Promote and implement the common tower policy to enhance/fast track connectivity with the countryside. 10. Ensure the timely rollout of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) and leverage existing government assets toward improving the quality of digital connection including expansion of free Internet wifi in public places 11. Formulate a plan for private providers that would complement the NBP 12. Support the expeditious passage of the Open Access Bill and implementation of other ICT-related policies 13. Consider as a security measure the mandatory registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) card of mobile phones.

Financial Services: Cashless Society

With the rising number of online transactions in purchasing basic commodities carried out during the quarantine and the shift from cash on delivery (COD) to online payment (cashless), a major challenge seen is the readiness of the country’s financial system to adopt digital currency, influx of cashless payment systems, and possible deregulation of financial transactions. As such, the Region need to support the financial sector through the following strategies: • Encourage financial institutions to invest in digital infrastructure, and implement better cybersecurity measures and regulations for consumers and merchants/establishments • Revisit the Philippine ID System (PhilSys) Act to consider tie-ups with digital payment systems such as PayMaya and GCash, among others

Transport and Logistics Sector: Ensuring seamless and safe transport of people and goods

The lifting of enhanced community quarantine and transition to general community quarantine would mean resumption of public transportation. These resumption – whether by land, air or sea – will remain to be a challenge. Implementing stringent sanitary protocols and social distancing through reduced load factor, while ensuring the efficient transport of goods and people, will lead to increased demand for vehicles on the road. For international travel, immigration controls will be stricter and health checks will be carried out frequently. On logistics, increased use of paperless transactions, as well as a seamless, uninterrupted supply chain that is efficient and reliable will be expected by consumers and businesses. To support the resumption of public transport operation, the following are the proposed strategies:

• For airports and ports, revive the implementation of requiring arriving passengers to fill out a Health Declaration Form electronically. • Strict enforcement of temperature checks in terminals, queue markings for social distancing, mandatory wearing of masks, and allowed passenger capacities on public transportation

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• Reduced passenger load factor through shift to service contract-based provision of public transport services and explore possible subsidies to support financial viability of the program • Accelerate streamlining of customs procedures in terms of speed, simplicity and predictability

Tourism Sector: Promoting great destinations with the highest sanitary standards

While the country is expected to heavily rely on tourism to revive the economy, it is more important that the Philippines remains virus-free when travel bans are lifted across the globe. Thus, the heightened need for regular sanitation/disinfection of accommodation, tourism- related establishments, tourist transport services, as well as a stable provision of sanitation/disinfecting devices in these establishments, need to be implemented. As such, the priority strategy is to review for possible amendment on the National Accreditation Standards for all tourism enterprises (primary and secondary tourism enterprises) to include additional measures related to sanitation, disinfection, promotion of proper hygiene, and responsible information sharing.

IT-BPM Sector: Continuous excellent clientele service worldwide

The IT-BPM sector currently faces challenges in providing continuous services to its global clients with the current enhanced quarantine situation, such as increasing the service capacity of its employees to at least 50 percent with the work-from-home (WFH) scheme. Additionally, there is a need to allow up to 40 percent of its workforce to deliver work onsite, on a shifting basis, for IT-BPM services that cannot be delivered from home. With this, government must look into the following strategies to help IT-BPM sector to cope up from the effect of the pandemic, viz:

• Last mile connectivity for WFH, and/or possible alternative working arrangements in expanded areas of operations • DTI, PEZA and BOI to enter into resolution of joint memorandum of agreement to provide PEZA locators and registered companies to be allowed to pull out equipment without imposing tax/duty during times of national emergencies, where work-from- home schemes are being enforced or for purposes of donation and providing assistance.

Funeral Service: Increased demand for cremation service

With the deaths caused by the pandemic, the increased demand for crematoriums will be prevalent, as cremation is the safest way to manage deceased persons who have died from infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Hence, as a priority strategy, the Region must ensure proper interment of pandemic victims while carrying out the required health and sanitary protocols, and provide training programs for funeral parlors/homes owners and workers on these protocols.

Environment and Natural Resources

As demonstrated by the COVID-19 crisis, human activities on the environment and natural resources can have major ramifications on human lives and the proper management of the environment and natural resources is a paramount concern. In the new normal, managing Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 119 pollution and sustainable use of natural resources while simultaneously addressing the threat of future pandemics under a changing climate becomes even more challenging. It is expected that there will be increases in the demand for (a) indigenous plants and animals for pharmaceutical use; (b) water supply for sanitation; and (c) raw materials for the construction of quarantine and shelter facilities. The increase in solid waste, including infectious waste, from households and health care facilities may also overwhelm the current number of waste management facilities. The anticipated increase in air pollution due to higher volume of vehicles, post lockdown, should also be considered.

The following priority strategies are recommended to be pursued:

1. Improve the management of waste materials, especially health care and infectious wastes, at the community and household levels

• Ensure the compliance of health care facilities and treatment technologies with standards for hazardous waste management. This includes strict enforcement and monitoring of existing treatment technologies employed in the treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) facilities to handle new pathogens/viruses, in compliance with the applicable environmental standards. • Modernize and increase the number of TSD facilities for hazardous health care wastes. Incentives shall be provided to the private sector to encourage investments in modernizing TSD facilities as well as establishing new facilities. To further encourage private sector investment, the registration process for the said facilities shall be streamlined. • Improve the disposal of health care wastes at the household/barangay level. Protocols for handling, treatment and disposal of health care wastes, especially those generated by households, should be defined, such as: (i) proper segregation at source; (ii) partnerships between and among LGUs and TSD accredited facilities to ensure that untreated healthcare wastes do not reach materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and sanitary landfills (SLFs); and (iii) expanded coverage of hazardous waste tracking system to cover household wastes. • Support ancillary actions to improve waste management. This would include (i) promoting or enforcing the use of reusable or eco-friendly packaging materials; (ii) pursuing policies to create more jobs in the waste management sector and (iii) enforcing the compliance of organizations and local government units with the Solid Waste Management Act.

2. Prioritize the protection and conservation of natural resources especially in degradation hotspots and critical ecosystems.

• Intensify surveillance and enforcement activities to protect wildlife and their habitats. This is to combat habitat encroachment and illegal trade of wild animals to prevent the emergence and spread of zoonotic infectious diseases. Capacity building, environmental education campaign, and coordination across law enforcement chain will be reinforced to improve governance and abate proliferation of poachers and the wildlife black market. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 120

• Undertake Research and Development (R&D) on the utilization of natural resources for disease prevention and cure. Priority will be given to studies on: (i) zoonosis in selected wildlife reservoir; and (ii) natural resources with potential antibacterial/antiviral properties, and treatments and vaccines for pharmaceutical applications. • Intensify agroforestry development. The promotion of agroforestry and the establishment of commercial forest plantations need to be prioritized to support the demand for food and raw materials for the construction of health service facilities and provision of food supply in case of lockdown. The establishment and protection of said plantations shall be pursued under the Enhanced National Greening Program. In addition, investment support packages for communities, such as bank financing and technical assistance, will be identified to support the establishment of commercial forest plantations in tenured forest lands. • Strengthen the effort to conserve water resources. The use of water saving toilet amenities (e.g. water free urinals, low flow toilets or toilets that use reclaimed water) should be encouraged or enforced for both public and private facilities. The responsible use of water at households and business and government establishments should be promoted. Monitoring and enforcement activities should also be intensified to ensure the compliance of firms to the Clean Water Act, regulation of mining activities to prevent water contamination and safeguarding of rivers and other water bodies from pollution caused by nearly farms (e.g. waste run-offs) and communities (e.g. laundry activities). • Support ancillary actions to protect the environment and its natural resources. This would include (i) pursuing policies for the permanent adoption of telecommuting or shifting work arrangements both for private and public sectors, as applicable; (ii) more open and green urban spaces to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions, and improve human health and well-being; and (iii) mass media campaign to promote environmental and public health awareness and positive behavioral change.

Whole-of-society approach to adapt to the new normal

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a whole-of-society approach to mitigate the crisis, engaging multi-sectoral stakeholders and facilitate their active participation in taking appropriate measure towards rehabilitation and recovery. As such, the role of the local government units is vital in these convergence efforts, particularly in instituting governance measures and reforms, as well as in ensuring the safety and security of the population during the post enhanced community quarantine and general community quarantine periods. It is high time for the government to undertake common and comprehensive policy measures with the whole-of-society approach for alone, the government is not at all capable of responding the various issues concerning the pandemic. As such, the following major strategies shall be undertaken:

Emergency Stage (between March 2020 to May 2020)

• Strengthened coordination among Davao Region’s LGUs for a consistent and uniform implementation of the Regional COVID-19 mitigation action plan, policies,

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guidelines, as well as programs, project and activities (PAPs). The continuous operation of the RTF11-COVID19 is vital in the Region’s transition and adaptation to the “new normal”. There must be seamless coordination among LGUs for consistent and uniform implementation of various mitigating measures. The RTF11-COVID19 shall serve as the IATF-EID at the regional level, and mirror its functions relative to regional response to affairs concerning emerging infectious disease, and shall facilitate convergence efforts among public and private institutions.

• Strengthened boundary control through establishment of regional checkpoint and primary quarantine checkpoints. A persistent and unified operation of the Region’s security sector in controlling the movement of individual shall ensure containment of the virus, thereby minimizing the community transmission. Securing of boarder shall also ensure security, public order and safety of the community from lawless elements.

Recovery Stage (between June 2020 to December 2020)

• Initiate the formulation of a regional preparedness and response framework for disease outbreaks and pandemics. For better interoperability, various levels of governments must address coordination gaps and existing Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (RDRRM) and Crisis Management Frameworks must be harmonized. Lobby for the review of the IRR of Republic Act No. 10121 or the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010” to explicitly identify public health emergencies such as pandemics in the definition of disaster events. There should also be strategic stockpiling of medical equipment and supplies, along with adequate storage and logistics facilities, strengthened emergency evacuation systems, and maintenance of mobile and field hospitals with at least level 2 capacity across the Region. Existing data infrastructure in the RDRRM Operations Center and capacity for public service continuity planning must be improved. Anticipating future outbreaks, the Commission on Audit (COA) with the assistance of the Government Procurement Policy Board, needs to clarify and revise, as necessary, its existing regulations for procurement activities relating to strategic stockpiling for health emergencies.

• Formulate a Regional Action Plan (RAP) for disease outbreaks. The RAP shall serve as a policy document to ensure that guiding principles for outbreak preparedness, containment and mitigation measure on public health emergencies in the Region are followed. The RAP shall be considered the Region’s “Whole-of-Government” approach on the COVID-19 threat and shall streamline governance structure to facilitate the timely and efficient response to the threats posed by the COVID-19. Furthermore, the RAP shall not solely focus on containing the spread of the virus, but also in implementing initiatives that would mitigate the social, economic and security impacts of the health crisis. The RAP shall focus on an enhanced community quarantine, enhanced monitoring and response, responsive sustainment, and crisis communication. As of the moment, the approach of the government seems to be scattered and reactive.

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Resiliency Stage (2021 onwards)

• Enhance coordination and cooperation between the national government and LGUs, along with the private sector and civil society to enable whole-of-society response. As registries of beneficiaries of programs and projects become crucial in this new normal, the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) must be fast-tracked by increasing registration kits and linking it with digital payment systems. To this end, agreements and protocols on data sharing must be established to facilitate swift gathering of information and pave the way for the interlinking of databases of NGAs, GOCCs, and LGUs. In particular, this will help ensure that LGUs have regularly updated community lists. Measures to allow continuous flow of food, health services and other essential goods and services should be established, mindful of the varying capacity levels across LGUs and cross-border logistics.

• Fast-track implementation of programs for ICT-enabled government, greater public reach, and safer, protected and reliable ICT. To shift to electronic and paperless systems, zero-contact policies, online transactions and creation of new channels for service delivery, NGAs, GOCCs, and LGUs must be supported with programs of implementation, as well as invest on establishing infrastructure support facilities. To facilitate this shift, DICT shall implement programs such as Digital Government, Digital Work Force, Digital Classrooms, Digital Medicine, among others. The national government shall invest in ICT to enable remote government operations and allow access to justice while practicing physical distancing (e.g. tele-hearings). Likewise, rules and regulations of Civil Service Commission and COA must be reviewed, and where applicable, revised to allow flexibility in electronic transactions and alternative work arrangements in government. For the private sector, the Department of Labor and Employment must identify the industries where telecommuting or work from home arrangements should be adopted. The Philippine Competition Act will be strictly implemented to allow more players in the telecommunications sector and ensure competitive prices. Safeguards against cybercrimes and data privacy breach must also be enhanced.

• Pursue establishment of effective security protocol to counter threats from both international and local communist-terrorist groups during disease outbreaks and pandemics. While the government focuses its attention on fighting the effects of the virus and responding to the economic needs of communities during the pandemic, the possibility of being taken advantage of by the communist-terrorist should not be discounted. The more distress the communities are because of these uncertainties, the bigger the threat there is to the region’s security. To safeguard security, public order, and safety of the Region, there should be established security protocols to counter threats from both internal and local communist-terrorist groups among the security sector. Given the wide use of internet and social media, the Region’s security forces need to upgrade its communication equipment and other logistics, supported by a reliable digital infrastructure system with strong cybersecurity protection. The security sector also needs to strengthen imposition of safety precaution protocols. With the establishment of regional, provincial and municipal checkpoints, necessary medical standard operating procedures should be observed. As such, the need to establish a harmonized guideline is crucial for uniform

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implementation to avoid confusion and complaints, as this is where communist-terrorist groups come in.

• Institutionalization of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program. This focuses on the adoption of a comprehensive measure that incentivizes people to stay and work in their hometowns and promote balanced development of both urban and rural areas. To decongest Metro Manila and other metropolis, the program will relocate target beneficiaries, such as informal settler families, to the provinces and provide them with housing and livelihood opportunities. This entails infrastructure and housing development; creation of enabling business and investment environment; provision of health, education and social welfare services; ensuring livelihood opportunities; encouraging entrepreneurship; enhancement of value chain and market linkages; and boosting technology and innovation, among others. The BP2P proposed implementation plan shall be pursued in phases, viz: immediate term (preparation, mobilization of program convergence and resettlement development until December 2020); medium term (enhancing development, employment generation until mid 2022); and long term (promoting sustainable rural development until 2030).

Government-led, LGU-enabled, People-centered Interventions

A rapid and vigorous rebound from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is possible, with the government taking decisive and coordinated program and policy interventions that would lay the foundations for a strong, sustained and socially inclusive recovery. Within the short-term, government needs to deliver as many jobs as these are needed, boost economic activity, and ensure that all projects generate economic stimulus and employment benefits. Over the long-term, government shall provide interventions to build the capacity of businesses, communities, and households to future shocks, to cope with and recover from external shocks, such as COVID-19 and other forms of natural disasters and future climate change impacts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of LGUs to handle external shocks and has revealed the need to strengthen the capability of all LGUs, not only at the provincial, city and municipal level but most especially at the barangay level.

As priority in all stages of response, the following shall be undertaken:

Strengthen the role of the Regional Development Council as the primary institution that coordinates and sets the direction of the region’s recovery and resiliency efforts. As the highest policy making body of the Region, the RDC XI shall coordinate and set the direction of all socioeconomic development efforts in the region in close collaboration with the local government units (LGUs) and the national government agencies (NGAs). The RDC XI plays a vital role in instituting measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the prioritization, formulation and implementation of the FY 2020-2021 budget in pushing for the region's major catalytic projects while addressing the COVID-19 contagion. The RDC XI shall undertake budget reforms to ensure a harmonized and rationalized identification of PAPs for addressing the impact of the pandemic, while contributing to the attainment of the region's

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Coordination across all levels of government for effective governance during emergency situation. National, regional and local government shall work on common guidelines to address health emergency and effectively manage its effects. National governments need to ensure that guidelines are in place and widely disseminated that will protect the people. Emergency situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic calls for an inter-LGU cooperation to mange flow of people and goods. While local government units must act within the limits of their area of jurisdiction, protocols shall be in place for inter-LGU cooperation on how to respond to emergencies and crisis. A unified set of guidelines shall be implemented by all LGUs in the region.

Directing LGUs’ efforts through collaboration with and participation of the civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs). As increased attention and demand for health care and sanitation becomes the “new normal,” there is growing expectation that LGUs are better able to deliver on these devolved public services. To ensure coordinated response, LGUs shall enhance collaboration and participation of the National Government Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the implementation of programs and projects and other measures relative to COVID-19. LGUs should also tap the private sector to take part in the effective implementation of various interventions. In the new normal, registries of beneficiaries of programs and projects is crucial among LGUs, NGOs and CSOs to have regular updated list of beneficiaries, as well as harmonize and synchronize efforts in the delivery of interventions at the local level. These interventions would include the following: a) distribution of food and other relief goods; b) provision of health services, medical supplies and equipment, essential goods and other services; c) establishment of online medical clinics with virtual care support and self-care guidance for families in need; d) provision of psychosocial and emotional support activities for parents and children; e) implementation of outreach programs in promoting health awareness and safety, and advocacy activities on healthy diet and physical activities; and f) monitoring on the implementation of infrastructure projects and ensuring funds allocated for the pandemic reach their intended destinations and users.

Empower the LGUs, starting at the barangay level, and strengthen their capacity as first responders and as frontline service delivery units. During this pandemic, the LGU- Barangay served as the first responders and as frontline service delivery units, directly in

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Strengthen the role of LGUs in the control of COVID-19. Gradual lifting shall be adopted to avoid the sudden spike in cases and a second wave of infections. It is most important that the health and safety of the people in Davao Region is protected. To keep cases low and control the spread or a second wave of COVID-19, the operational methodology on Detect-Isolate- Treat-Reintegrate/Return to Normal (DITR) shall be adopted. Through the DITR, during the new normal, the Provincial/City/Municipal COVID Task Forces should have in place the following: 1) local contact tracing team; 2) diagnostic and testing team; 3) patient management monitoring team; and 4) logistics and resources support team.

In addition, the existing protocols on social and physical distancing should be strictly implemented. There should also be strategic stockpiling of medical equipment and supplies, adequate storage and logistics facilities, strengthened emergency evacuation systems, and maintenance of mobile and field hospitals. LGUs must increase their response capabilities and reconfigure their facilities to the “new normal” and to be prepared for any similar outbreak.

Strengthen LGUs’ authority to make decisions faster in times of calamities. LGUs are expected to be at the frontline of emergency measures in the aftermath of disasters to ensure the general welfare of their constituents (Local Government Code of 1991). As first responders, LGUs should be proactive in performing disaster-related activities, from preemptive evacuation to the restoration of people's livelihood. There is a need to update the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plans (LDRRMP) to include emerging and re-emerging diseases, such as COVID-19, in terms of disaster preparedness, response, prevention and mitigation, and rehabilitation and recovery. There is also a need to strengthen the capacities and resources of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices in every province, city and municipality in the Region in the updating and implementation of the LDRRMP. To strengthen LGUs’ authority to make decisions faster in times of calamities, the RDC shall request the DBM and DOF to require the LGUs’ mandatory budget allocation for LDRRMPs based on NDRRMC guidelines on fund allocation, and request DILG to monitor the implementation of said guidelines, viz: a) LGUs should set aside at least 5% of their annual estimated revenue from regular sources as LDRRM Fund to support pre-disaster preparedness programs and post-disaster activities and b) 30% of the LDRRM Fund is allocated as Quick

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Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for relief and recovery programs. The unexpended LDRRM fund shall accrue to a Special Trust Fund for LDRRMC activities within the next 5 years and any Special Trust Fund unutilized after five years shall revert back to the LGU's general fund. To augment the LGUs’ limited resources, the whole-of-nation approach shall be adopted in partnership with all government agencies, academe, business sector, NGOs and CSOs.

Strengthen DILG’s presence in the LGUs-Barangay. As designated lead national government agency for the implementation of the Local Government Code (LGC), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) role is important in ensuring that LGUs are operating and functioning in accordance with the provisions of the Code. DILG assumed the delegated supervisory authority of the President over LGUs, as such, there is a need to strengthen the agency’s presence in the LGUs up to the Barangay level. With a strengthened DILG presence at the LGUs-Barangay, under the new normal, the agency can look into the LGUs’ capacity, performance, compliance to laws, rules, and regulations. Through its enablers and primary resource persons, City/Municipal Local Government Operations Officer (CLGOO/MLGOO), DILG shall implement outcome-based PAPs focused on the LGU’s capacity performance and compliance to laws.

Revisit City/Municipal/Barangay Comprehensive Development Plan and formulate a Comprehensive Public Health Plan. Learning from this pandemic, the issue on development is also a health issue. To be truly comprehensive, the CDP should have a public health plan component. LGUs need to revisit their CDPs and come up with a comprehensive public health plan to ensure that all aspects of development are considered. With the strengthening of DILG’s presence in the local government units, the agency can shepherd its formulation.

Full implementation of Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery (EODB-EGSD) Act of 2018 to establish efficient service delivery, prevent graft and corruption, reduce red tape, and expedite business and non-business transactions in government. Covid-19 Pandemic is reshaping how the government is interacting in doing business. As the Region pushes for full digitization and streamlined processes of all transaction with government and private sector in the “new normal” the EODB-EGSD shall provide for rules, tools, and mechanisms designed to improve frontline service efficiency and ensure customer satisfaction. Main reform of the EODB Law is the automation of business registration processes, where all business registration certificates, renewals, and permits are consolidated in a single, readily accessible online platform.

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Chapter 4 Priority Programs, Activities and Projects (PPAs), 2020- 2022

The PAPs earmarked for the implementation of the Regional Recovery Program amount to PHP49,457,343,803.80 covered the submission of 22 agencies.

Figure 4.1 Subsectoral Breakdown of PAPs, in Percentage, 2020-2022

Financial Governanc Production Assistance e 2020 6% Governanc2021 Social e 0% 3% Financial Environme Production Employmen Protection 2% Assistance nt 11% 0% t 4% 1% Employme Assistance nt Health 1% Assistance 4% Environme 0% nt 24% Education 29%

Social Protection Education 32% Health 78% 5%

Governance 2% 2022 Financial Environment Social Assistance 1% Protection 0% 4% Production Health 9% Employment 3% Assistance 0%

Education 81%

Figure 4.1 shows the subsectoral breakdown of priority PAPs of the COVID-19 Recovery Program. The said subsectoral breakdown is consistent with the “We Recover as One” classification of PAPs. It may be noted that for 2020, which is covered by the Department of Budget and Management’s National Budget Circular No. 580 dated April 22, 2020, on the Adoption of Economy Measures in the Government due to the Emergency Health Situation, 66% of the PAPs are for social services, primarily social protection at 32 percent, education at 29 percent and health at five percent of the total PAPs for the said year. For FY 2021, the

Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 129 agencies revisited and resubmitted their FY 2021 budget proposals that were earlier endorsed by the Regional Development Council (RDC) XI in February 2020, to identify PAPs that will be implemented in 2021 to continually fund mitigating measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Agencies have likewise identified PAPs for FY 2022 for the continuing efforts related to COVID-19. For both 2020-2021, majority are earmarked for the social sector, particularly for Education which constitute about 78 -81 percent of RRP investment for the said years, respectively. The Department of Education proposed a substantial budget for the deployment of Regional Hybrid E- Learning Platform in all Public Elementary and Secondary; online / offline and distance module for learners with special needs; development, production and dissemination of mental health materials to households without internet connection; and Construction/repair, and operation and maintenance of WASH facilities and potable water source, among others. It may be noted that the infrastructure-related PAPs have been subsumed to the appropriate subsectoral classifications such as construction/establishment of temporary containment/quarantine/isolation facilities; and expansion of hospital and health facilities to accommodate increasing COVID-19 patients, among others.

Table 4.1 Sectoral Breakdown of PAPs by Year, in Thousands (PhP) Sector 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL Economic (Production, 1,117,402.17 1,681,609.15 1,766,075.05 4,565,086.37 Financial and Employment Assistance) Social (Health, Education, 9,643,901.67 13,612,029.67 16,727,722.50 39,983,653.83 Social Protection) Environment 3,520,091.73 170,888.00 168,204.00 3,859,183.73 Governance 429,899.46 320,175.09 299,345.32 1,049,419.87 TOTAL 14,711,295.03 15,784,701.91 18,961,346.86 49,457,343.80

It may be noted from Table 4.1 above that the bigger share of the proposed PAPs is earmarked for 2022 at about 38 percent. However, it is emphasized that the 2020 total amount is the proposed realignment of already appropriated funds of the 22 agencies, hence, it has the least share of the total RRP PAPs.

Table 4.2 Breakdown of PAPs by Province, 2020-2022, in Thousands (PhP)

Location Total 2020-2022 In terms of spatial breakdown, Table 4.2 Davao City 806,988.27 illustrates that majority, or 97 percent of the Davao de Oro 184,547.70 Davao del Norte 400,274.00 PAPs identified from 2020-2022 for the Davao del Sur 52,424.73 RRP were for regionwide implementation. Davao Occidental 148,977.00 Davao Oriental 181,059.00 Finally, Table 4.3 shows the breakdown of Regionwide 47,683,073.10 PAPs by Agency. The Department of TOTAL 49,457,343.80 Education with a total proposed a total of PhP32.04 billion which constitutes 64 percent of the overall total. The Department of Social Welfare and Development proposed a total of PhP5.92 billion or 12 percent contribution of the overall total. Finally, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources proposed a total of PhP4.04 billion or 8 percent of the overall total. Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 130

Table 4.3 Breakdown of PAPs by Agency, 2020-2022, in Thousands (PhP) Agency 2020 2021 2022 Total BFP XI 10,390.61 - - 10,390.61 BJMP 350.00 17,850.00 17,850.00 36,050.00 CAAP XI 2,000.00 - - 2,000.00 CHED XI 359.43 3,000.00 3,000.00 6,359.43 DA XI 237,869.00 251,335.80 276,469.38 765,674.18 DA-ATI XI 20,365.31 32,925.00 - 53,290.31 DENR XI 3,511,308.23 301,012.00 233,017.00 4,045,337.23 DEPED XI 4,266,509.90 12,343,903.35 15,429,879.18 32,040,292.43 DICT XI 96,000.00 117,560.00 85,000.00 298,560.00 DILG XI 6,700.00 11,500.00 12,200.00 30,400.00 DOH XI 186,830.00 369,915.00 365,610.00 922,355.00 DOLE XI 214,550.00 - - 214,550.00 DOST XI 23,072.86 24,220.46 31,948.59 79,241.91 DOT XI 1,325.31 4,424.17 3,920.15 9,669.63

DPWH XI 216,000.00 9,600.00 225,600.00 DSWD XI 4,653,019.82 615,445.00 655,040.00 5,923,504.82 DTI XI 30,290.00 23,576.40 28,767.08 82,633.48 EMB XI 10,842.00 17,963.00 17,985.00 46,790.00 NIA XI 546,308.00 1,209,700.00 1,354,722.00 3,110,730.00 PNP XI 629,717.56 385,368.25 399,098.48 1,414,184.29 SB Corp 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 60,000.00 TESDA XI 27,487.00 25,403.49 26,840.00 79,730.49 Grand Total 14,711,295.03 15,784,701.91 18,961,346.86 49,457,343.80

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Economic – Production

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Programs under DA ALPAS DA XI Program: Rice Resiliency Project - Regionwide 2,865.00 77,264.00 84,990.40 165,119.40 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Seeds Rice Resiliency Project - Regionwide 120,942.00 36,854.00 40,539.40 198,335.40 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Fertilizer Rice Resiliency Project - ATI Regionwide - 1,700.00 - 1,700.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2021 Training Component Integrated Livestock & Corn Regionwide 4,000.00 9,039.00 9,942.90 22,981.90 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Resiliency Project - For FOOD (seeds, fertilizer, chemical) Integrated Livestock & Corn Regionwide 21,837.00 21,709.00 23,879.90 67,425.90 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Resiliency Project - For FEEDS (seeds, chemical) Expanded Small Ruminants and Regionwide 6,880.00 9,048.00 9,952.80 25,880.80 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Poultry Project - Livestock Program - Special Area for Agricultural Davao de 17,824.00 26,997.00 29,696.70 74,517.70 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Development (SAAD) Program Oro - Upscaling of KADIWA ni Ani at Regionwide 200.00 700.00 770.00 1,670.00 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Kita direct marketing program Urban Agriculture Project Regionwide 800.00 700.00 - 1,500.00 GAA- DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 HVCDP , REGULAR High Value Crops Development Regionwide 10,900.00 11,990.00 13,189.00 36,079.00 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Program Organic Agriculture Program Regionwide 1,167.00 2,214.80 2,436.28 5,818.08 GAA DA XI 2020- 2022 Non-food banner programs: - - - 0.00 DA XI - Distribution of farm machinery (Irrigation Project) Construction of Diversion Dam Regionwide 11,600.00 9,700.00 10,670.00 31,970.00 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Open Source Pump Regionwide 500.00 1,200.00 1,320.00 3,020.00 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 132

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Spring Development Regionwide 1,154.00 1,320.00 1,452.00 3,926.00 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Ramp Pump Regionwide - 1,500.00 1,650.00 3,150.00 GAA DA XI 2021-2022 RCEF-Crops Diversification Regionwide 38,000.00 41,800.00 45,980.00 125,780.00 GAA DA XI 2020-2022 Program RCEF-Crops Diversification Regionwide 3,645.00 - - 3,645.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020 Program - ATI Training component Trainings on agri-processing and Regionwide 175.00 1,050.00 1,225.00 HVCDP , DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 packaging - RBO Capacity Building of the AFE client Regionwide 3,130.31 6,600.00 - 9,730.31 GAA - DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 system (Agri-related Trainings) HVCDP - HVDCP - Regular Program Regionwide 2,150.00 4,200.00 - 6,350.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - Rice Program Regionwide 4,880.00 5,250.00 - 10,130.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - Corn Program Regionwide 885.00 1,275.00 - 2,160.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - Organic Agriculture Program Regionwide 1,570.00 3,950.00 - 5,520.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - Livestock Regionwide 2,010.00 4,100.00 - 6,110.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - Halal Regionwide 550.00 2,050.00 - 2,600.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - RBO Regionwide 300.00 150.00 - 450.00 GAA-RBO DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 - 4H Regionwide - 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 GAA-4H DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 Establishment of community Regionwide 270.00 300.00 - 570.00 GAA DA-ATI XI 2020-2021 gardens in barangays Establish strategic and adequate Regionwide 9,800.00 - - 9,800.00 DTI - SSF DTI XI May-December logistic facilities (e.g., post-harvest Capital 2020 facilities, warehouses, cold chain Outlay facilities for stockpilling)

-Shared Service Faciities Project Establish and promote online Regionwide 400.00 500.00 600.00 1,500.00 DTI - Regular DTI XI 2020-2022 public market system, mobile MOOE marketplaces, rolling stores, and foodbanks

-Presyo Diskwento Caravan

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Capacity-building for MSMEs on Regionwide 500.00 550.00 610.00 1,660.00 DTI - DTI XI 2020-2022 the following: - Digitization of Negosyo MSME operations (e.g. e-payment, Center chatbot, customer management)- MOOE Knowledge transfer and information-sharing with MSMEs- Business continuity, supply chain management, and intellectual property Negosyo Center Regionwide 1,086.00 1,086.00 1,629.00 3,801.00 DTI - DTI XI 2020-2022 Negosyo Center Capital Outlay Livelihood Seeding Program - Regionwide 5,527.00 6,632.40 7,958.88 20,118.28 DTI - Regular DTI XI 2020-2022 Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay MOOE/ CIB Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Regionwide 8,955.00 10,746.00 12,895.20 32,596.20 DTI - Regular DTI XI 2020-2022 Ginhawa MOOE/ CIB

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period 1) Capacity-building for MSMEs Regionwide 1,970.00 1,500.00 2,000.00 5,470.00 DTI - Regular DTI XI 2020-2022 under the Industry Cluster MOOE Enhancement program on the following: - Digitization of MSME operations (e.g. e-payment, chatbot, customer management) - Knowledge transfer and information-sharing with MSMEs on supply chain management, and intellectual property rights (IPR) - Business resiliency and recovery planning on disaster and pandemic

2) Investment promotion programs for industry clusters such as investment facilitation, investment incentive code, investment roadshow, investment business meeting, etc. Implementation of Regional Regionwide 2,000.00 2,500.00 3,000.00 7,500.00 DTI Regular DTI XI 2020-2022 Inclusive Innovation Centers MOOE (RIICs) programs Distribution of farm machinery thru Regionwide 650 1,131 1,649 3,429 GAA DOST XI 2020-2022 Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology Program Research, Development & Regionwide 694 1,048 1,491 3,233 GAA DOST XI 2020-2022 Extension and commercialization of safe, nutritious, medicinal/therapeutic, and well- packaged agri-food products

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Scale up programs on applied Davao City 594 908 1,308 2,811 GAA DOST XI 2020-2022 science researches on alternative materials for PPEs through the establishment of Training Facility for Packaging and Label Development at the Digital Design and Prototyping Hub (DigiHub) Training on training on re-skilling 300.00 300.00 GAA DOT XI 2021-2022 and up-skilling such as trainings on: Digital marketing skills , Regionwide Communication technology and Virtual selling and promotions

Provide training on product 300.00 300.00 GAA DOT XI 2021-2022 development for local stakeholders such as: Dive Regionwide Tours, Mountain trekkin/ hiking tours , and Farm Tours

Conduct intensive complimentary 500.00 500.00 GAA DOT XI 2021-2022 trainings and/or certification programs for managers to be qualified in: Tourism Crisis Regionwide Management and Response , Special training on new normal in tourism sector , Carry Capacity and Visitor Management Lokal Products Priotization ( Regionwide 300.00 300.00 GAA DOT XI 2021-2022 TARALET's project) Trainings on agri-processing and Regionwide 20,000 21,000 22,000 63,000 GAA TESDA XI 2020-2022 packaging Lasang RIS Improvement Project, Davao del 200,000 70,000 0 270,000 GAA NIA XI 2020-2021 Davao del Norte Norte Repair of National Irrigation Regionwide 192,940 435,000 590,400 1,218,340 GAA NIA XI 2020-2022 System (NIS) Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 136

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Restoration of NIS Davao del 0 15,000 57,500 72,500 GAA NIA XI 2021-2022 Norte Climate Change Adaptation Works Regionwide 11,000 15,000 40,000 66,000 GAA NIA XI 2020-2022 (in existing NIS) Improvement of Service Roads in Regionwide 58,895 271,200 243,000 573,095 GAA NIA XI 2020-2022 NIS Coconet Slope Protection in NIS Regionwide 5,000.00 Locally- NIA XI 2020 (in existing irrigation systems) 5,000 Funded Proj Repair of Irrigation System (CIS) Regionwide 55,332 226,500 123,463 405,295 GAA NIA XI 2020-2022 Climate Change Adaptation Works Regionwide 102,500.00 Locally- NIA XI 2022 (in existing CIS) 102,500 Funded Proj Improvement of Service Roads in Regionwide 0 85,000 118,000 203,000 GAA NIA XI 2021-2022 CIS Restoration of CIS Regionwide 16,141 92,000 69,859 178,000 GAA NIA XI 2020-2022 Extension/Expansion of Existing Regionwide 17,000.00 Locally- NIA XI 2020, 2022 Irrigation Systems (CIS) 7,000 10,000 Funded Proj Assistance to DA in the distribution Regionwide 30.00 100.00 100.00 230.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 of agricultural crops/seeds to our upland beneficiaries and identification of communal backyard garden Financial assistance on purchase Regionwide - 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 of equipment & establishment of post-harvest facilities for cacao & coffee processing facilities Financial assistance on purchase Regionwide - 25,000.00 - 25,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 of equipment & establishment of rubber cup lump processor Financial assistance on purchase Regionwide - 25,000.00 - 25,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 of equipment & establishment of bamboo processing plant Establishment of marketing line to Regionwide 50.00 150.00 150.00 350.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 supply agricultural product to our upland beneficiaries

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Production of vegetable and Davao de 150.00 - - 150.00 GAA DENR XI 2020 livestock or agri-products at the Oro office nursery to ensure sustainable food supply as assistance to nearby communities. Provision of fishing equipment i.e Davao de 115.00 - - 115.00 GAA DENR XI 2020 tuna hand line and multi hand line Oro in Fishers Folks Cooperative under Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascapes. Prioritization/ provision of high Davao de 15.00 15.00 15.00 45.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 value crop in the implementation of Oro National Greening program/ Agroforestry project to address climate crisis and create livelihood for the upland dwellers. Vegetable Gardening & Suport for Davao de 50.00 50.00 50.00 150.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 PO's/Communities to increase food Oro production Provision of Post-Harvets Facilities Davao de - 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 for PO's Oro Seedling Production Davao del - 4,333.00 4,333.00 8,666.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Norte Seedlings Production as Livelihood Davao - 15,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 for the POs (Coffee, Cacao, Fruit Oriental Trees, Rubber, Timber)

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Economic – Financial Assistance

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Targeted financial support program - - - packages for MSMEs (can choose from among the following existing credit programs:) - Pondo sa Pagbabago at Regionwide 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 30,000.00 P3- Pag-asenso (P3) Program Enterprise SB Corp 2020-2022 Rehabilitation Fund - Regional Interactive Platform Regionwide 52.00 62.00 74.00 188.00 for Philippine Exporters DTI - EMB DTI XI 2020-2022 (RIPPLE) - Small Business Corporation Regionwide 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 30,000.00 Under the Financing Programs regular financing SB Corp 2020-2022 facility of SB Corp Small Enterprise Technology Regionwide 20,135 19,633 25,500 65,269 GAA DOST XI 2020-2022 Upgrading Program (SET-UP)

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Economic – Employment Assistance

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Emergency Employment Program / Regionwide 52,000 0 0 52,000 GAA DOLE XI 2nd quarter Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating 2020 onwards Disadvantaged / Displaced Workers (TUPAD) COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Regionwide 153,630 0 0 153,630 GAA DOLE XI 1st-2nd quarter Program (CAMP) 2020 for workers in formal sector Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong Regionwide 8,920 0 0 8,920 GAA DOLE XI 2nd quarter (AKAP) Program for OFWs 2020 Skills re-tooling programs through Regionwide 2,000 2,200 2,420 6,620 GAA TESDA XI 2020-2022 flexible and blended training arrangements (to improve employability of displaced workers) Distribution of allowance for Regionwide 3,487 3 0 3,490 GAA TESDA XI 2020-2022 trainees undergoing upskilling, reskilling and retooling through the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) Cash For Work Under Enhanced Davao de - 10,500.00 10,500.00 21,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 National Greening Program (e- Oro NGP) Cash for work program on Regionwide 50.00 600.00 600.00 1,250.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 developmental activities (CBFM areas/watershed ) in order to generate income in time of COVID

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Social - Health

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Strategic stockpiling of PPEs, Regionwide 43,000 160,000 164,800 367,800 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 medical equipment, medicines and other medical supplies Capacity building of LGUs to Regionwide 12,000 10,000 5,000 27,000 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health surveillance Capacity assessment of health Regionwide 200 1,400 600 2,200 NDRRMF/LD DOH XI 2020-2022 facilities and personnel for RRMF emergency preparedness and response Digital Medicine (telemedicine kits Regionwide 300 12,000 15,600 27,900 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 for distance meetings and telemedicine platforms) Conduct of researches on Regionwide 250 2,000 2,500 4,750 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 alternative materials for Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) Training on health and safety Regionwide 180 350 450 980 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 measures (e.g., proper use of PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers Capacity building on the Regionwide 350 700 800 1,850 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 management of infectious wastes during COVID outbreak (i.e., handling and treatment protocols/strategies to manage wastes during virus outbreaks); Mass media campaign on proper Regionwide 240 1,250 1,400 2,890 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 disposal and management of health care wastes, especially masks and gloves; Capability building program for Regionwide 350 1,200 1,250 2,800 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 testing for infectious diseases

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Training on contact-tracing in Regionwide 250 1,000 1,200 2,450 LDRRMF DOH XI 2020-2022 provinces Establishment of temporary Regionwide 700 30,000 32,000 62,700 HFEP DOH DOH XI 2020-2022 containment/quarantine/isolation Tier 2 facilities for infected hospitals wastes; Comprehensive vulnerability and Regionwide 124,000 125,000 125,000 374,000 HFEP DOH DOH XI 2020-2022 risk assessment for critical Tier 2 infrastructure, particularly in areas considered as COVID-19 hot spots (including public buildings that may be used as isolation or treatment facilities) Establishment of testing centers Regionwide 5,000 25,000 15,000 45,000 HFEP DOH DOH XI 2020-2022 (for COVID and other infectious Tier 2 diseases) in provinces Training on sanitation standards Regionwide 35.00 GAA DOH XI 2020-2022 and incident command protocol, 10.00 15.00 10.00 including protocols and coordination with appropriate government agencies (for DOT- Office of Tourism Standards and Regionwide 7,909.63 GAA DOT XI 2020-2022 Regulation (OSTR) personnel, 1,245.31 2,904.17 3,760.15 Regional Accreditation Officers and tourism front-liners ) Procurement of PPEs for DOT - Regionwide 360.00 GAA DOT XI 2020-2022 Office of Tourism Standards and 80.00 120.00 160.00 Regulation (OSTR) and Regional Accreditation Officers Procurement of PPE's, medicine, Regionwide - - 319.01 GAA BFP XI 2020 equipments, decontamination 319.01 agents and other related supplies Conduct decontamination to Regionwide - - 1,440.00 GAA BFP XI 2020 personnel, civilians, vehicles, 1,440.00 government and private facilities Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 142

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Construction of Two (2) PRO 11 Davao City 6,150.00 GAA PNP XI 2020 Quarantine Facilities (Male and 6,150.00 - - Female) for PNP Personnel and their Dependents Equipment and Supplies Davao City 28,167.57 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 based on DOH requirement 1,199.85 13,483.86 13,483.86 Construction of Quarantine Facility Regionwide 21,750.00 GAA PNP XI 2020 of PNP Personnel and their 21,750.00 - - Dependents at Police Provincial Offices Equipment and Supplies Regionwide 136,038.45 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 based on DOH requirement 1,199.85 67,419.30 67,419.30 Upgrading of Camp Sgt Quintin M Davao City 0.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Merecido Hospital as Level 1 - - - Hospital Human Resource Build-up Davao City 132,000.00 - - 132,000.00 GAA PNP XI 2020 Equipment Build-up Davao City 100,000.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 200,000.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Operational Funding Davao City 119,500.00 - - 119,500.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Infrastructure Development Davao City 137,000.00 68,000.00 68,000.00 273,000.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Purchase of additional thermal Regionwide 2,000 0 0 2,000 GAA CAAP XI 2020 scanner Digital Medicine (Broadband Regionwide 3,000 4,000 5,000 12,000 GAA DICT XI 2020-2022 connectivity for telemedicine platforms) Conduct of inventory on LGUs' pre- Davao de 100 0 200 300 GAA DILG XI 2020, 2022 positioning of PPEs, medical Oro equipment, medicines and other medical supplies Conduct of inventory on LGUs' pre- Davao del 100 0 200 300 GAA DILG XI 2020, 2022 positioning of PPEs, medical Norte equipment, medicines and other medical supplies

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Conduct of inventory on LGUs' pre- Davao 100 0 200 300 GAA DILG XI 2020, 2022 positioning of PPEs, medical Oriental equipment, medicines and other medical supplies Conduct of inventory on LGUs' pre- Davao del 100 0 200 300 GAA DILG XI 2020, 2022 positioning of PPEs, medical Sur equipment, medicines and other medical supplies Conduct of inventory on LGUs' pre- Davao 100 0 200 300 GAA DILG XI 2020, 2022 positioning of PPEs, medical Occidental equipment, medicines and other medical supplies Conduct of inventory on LGUs' pre- Davao City 100 0 200 300 GAA DILG XI 2020, 2022 positioning of PPEs, medical equipment, medicines and other medical supplies Conduct of Training to MLGOOs Regionwide 500 500 500 1,500 LGA Trust DILG XI 2020-2022 such as: 1. Health and safety measures (e.g., proper use of PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers; 2. Management of infectious wastes during COVID outbreak (i.e., handling and treatment protocols/strategies to manage wastes during virus outbreaks); 3. Management of the Dead and Missing Persons Monitoring LGUs' Strategic Davao de 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 stockpiling of PPEs, medical Oro equipment, medicines, and other medical supplies Monitoring LGUs' Strategic Davao del 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 stockpiling of PPEs, medical Norte

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period equipment, medicines, and other medical supplies Monitoring LGUs' Strategic Davao 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 stockpiling of PPEs, medical Oriental equipment, medicines, and other medical supplies Monitoring LGUs' Strategic Davao del 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 stockpiling of PPEs, medical Sur equipment, medicines, and other medical supplies Monitoring LGUs' Strategic Davao 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 stockpiling of PPEs, medical Occidental equipment, medicines, and other medical supplies Monitoring LGUs' Strategic Davao City 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 stockpiling of PPEs, medical equipment, medicines, and other medical supplies Conduct of capacity assessment of Davao de 100 200 100 400 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 health facilities and personnel for Oro emergency preparedness and response of the LGUs Conduct of capacity assessment of Davao del 100 200 100 400 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 health facilities and personnel for Norte emergency preparedness and response of the LGUs Conduct of capacity assessment of Davao 100 200 100 400 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 health facilities and personnel for Oriental emergency preparedness and response of the LGUs Conduct of capacity assessment of Davao del 100 200 100 400 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 health facilities and personnel for Sur emergency preparedness and response of the LGUs

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Conduct of capacity assessment of Davao 100 200 100 400 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 health facilities and personnel for Occidental emergency preparedness and response of the LGUs Conduct of capacity assessment of Davao City 100 200 100 400 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 health facilities and personnel for emergency preparedness and response of the LGUs Encourage/support LGUs in the Davao de 100 500 500 1,100 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health Oro surveillance training Encourage/support LGUs in the Davao del 100 500 500 1,100 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health Norte surveillance training Encourage/support LGUs in the Davao 100 500 500 1,100 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health Oriental surveillance training Encourage/support LGUs in the Davao del 100 500 500 1,100 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health Sur surveillance training Encourage/support LGUs in the Davao 100 500 500 1,100 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health Occidental surveillance training Encourage/support LGUs in the Davao City 100 500 500 1,100 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 conduct epidemiology and health surveillance training Conduct of researches on Regionwide 1,000 1,500 2,000 4,500 DOST- DOST XI 2020-2022 alternative materials for Personal PCHRD Protective Equipment (PPEs) Construction of Molecular Davao del 4,800 4,800 GAA DPWH XI 2021 Diagnostic Center Building at the Sur Davao del Sur Police Provincial Office

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Construction of Molecular Davao 4,800 4,800 GAA DPWH XI 2021 Diagnostic Center Building at the Oriental Davao Oriental Police Provincial Office Training on health and safety Regionwide 210.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 measures (e.g., proper use of 68.00 70.00 72.00 PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers Training on health and safety Davao de 300.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2021 measures (e.g., proper use of Oro 200.00 100.00 - PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers Training on health and safety Davao del 120.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 measures (e.g., proper use of Norte 40.00 40.00 40.00 PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers Training on health and safety Davao 225.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 measures (e.g., proper use of Occidental 75.00 75.00 75.00 PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers Training on health and safety Davao 600.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 measures (e.g., proper use of Oriental 200.00 200.00 200.00 PPEs) for wildlife caretakers and waste collectors/handlers Installation and maintenance of Davao de 45.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 handwashing area and Oro 15.00 15.00 15.00 procurement of supplies for cleaning and disinfection activity Training on health and safety Davao de 75.00 GAA DENR XI CY 2020 - 4th measures (e.g., proper use of Oro 25.00 25.00 25.00 Qtr; CY 2021- PPEs) for personnel assigned in 2nd Qtr; CY Protected Areas & Wildlife 2022-3rd Qtr Conservation Unit including those immediate responder on wildlife rescuing and caretakers Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 147

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementatio 2020 2021 2022 Total n Period Procurement of PPEs (masks & Davao del 120.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 gloves) Norte 20.00 50.00 50.00 Purchase of PPEs for frontlines Regionwide 225.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 (gloves and masks), disinfectant 75.00 75.00 75.00 supplies e.g. alcohol, zonrox, lysol Establishment of temporary Davao de 20,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 containment/quarantine/isolation Oro - 10,000.00 10,000.00 facilities for infected hospitals wastes Establishment of temporary Davao del 20,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 containment/quarantine/isolation Norte - 10,000.00 10,000.00 facilities for infected hospitals wastes Establishment of temporary Davao del 20,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 containment/quarantine/isolation Sur - 10,000.00 10,000.00 facilities for infected hospitals wastes Establishment of temporary Davao 20,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 containment/quarantine/isolation Occidental - 10,000.00 10,000.00 facilities for infected hospitals wastes Establishment of temporary Davao 20,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 containment/quarantine/isolation Oriental - 10,000.00 10,000.00 facilities for infected hospitals wastes Training on health and safety Davao del 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2021 measures for the field personnel Sur 100.00 100.00 - Procurement of PPEs, disposable Regionwide 425.50 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 gloves, Digital Thermometer for 137.50 142.00 146.00 use in handling turned over wildlife Installation of Foot Bath at the Regionwide 232.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Established Critical Habitat sites 75.00 77.00 80.00 Training on willdife handling with Regionwide 210.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 proper use of PPEs 68.00 70.00 72.00

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Social – Education

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Upskilling and reskilling of 14,522 Regionwide 235,259.10 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Teachers and School Heads under 58,814.78 78,419.70 98,024.63 Education Human Resource Development Program (Roll-out of E-learning /Capacity Building of Teachers in the Use of Various Learning Online and Offline Platforms and Development of Learning Resources ) Deployment of Regional Hybrid E- Regionwide 6,337,809.43 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Learning Platform in all Public 1,772,072.08 2,029,216.60 2,536,520.75 Elementary and Secondary Online / Offline and Distance Regionwide 6,337,809.43 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Module for Learners with Special 1,772,072.08 2,029,216.60 2,536,520.75 Needs (LSNs) / SPEd Capacitate DepEd field personnel Regionwide 5,343,311.18 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 on the following: 3,267.49 2,373,352.75 2,966,690.94 (a) understanding the importance of mental health and ways to cope with the trying times; (b) equipping personnel with the capability to support mental health of others through webinars and modules; Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 149

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period (c) Providing database of psychologists/ experts who can be tapped for further MHPSS interventions. Online and face-to-face trainings to Regionwide 13,069.95 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 strengthen the capacity of school 3,267.49 4,356.65 5,445.81 personnel and learners on COVID- 19, DRRM. Teacher Training on Flexible Regionwide 13,069.95 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Learning Options and Blended 3,267.49 4,356.65 5,445.81 Learning Online or face-to-face trainings on Regionwide 764,057.25 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Alternative Delivery Modes of 191,014.31 254,685.75 318,357.19 Instruction using DepEd Commons and other tools Development and Production of Regionwide 5,076,308.99 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Information Education 3,267.49 2,254,685.11 2,818,356.39 Communication & Capacity Building (IEC) materials on COVID-19 and prevention and precautionary measures for the general DepEd population, and guide to health interventions for service providers in DepEd. Development, production and Regionwide 5,076,308.99 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 dissemination of mental health 3,267.49 2,254,685.11 2,818,356.39 materials to households without internet connection; produced in different Philippine languages Disinfect all schools and all rooms Regionwide 935,581.97 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 and facilities inside, and DepEd 150,112.03 349,097.75 436,372.19 offices Construction/repair, and operation Regionwide 935,581.97 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 and maintenance of WASH 150,112.03 349,097.75 436,372.19 facilities and potable water source Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 150

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period ICT for Alternative Learning Regionwide 210,652.02 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 System (ICT4ALS) Project of 33,798.65 78,601.50 98,251.88 DepEd UNICEF Radio Based Instruction (RBI) Regionwide 58,982.57 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Program for ALS 9,463.62 22,008.42 27,510.53 Dissemination of Information Regionwide 42,130.40 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Education Communication (IEC) 6,759.73 15,720.30 19,650.38 materials online and in various social media platforms. Production and Delivery of Regionwide 164,174.12 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Learning Resource Material 26,341.37 61,259.00 76,573.75 Packages Development of Learning Regionwide 3,662.76 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 Resource Material Packages and 587.68 1,366.70 1,708.38 Distance Learning Modules School BASED - Feeding Program Regionwide 328,348.24 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 (Including GIDAS and Last Mile 52,682.74 122,518.00 153,147.50 Schools) Provisions of PPEs and logistical Regionwide 164,174.12 GAA DEPED XI 2020-2022 support for regional office skeletal 26,341.37 61,259.00 76,573.75 workforce (e.g. transportation, food); disinfect offices on a daily basis. Course work development on Regionwide 359 1,500 1,500 3,359 GAA CHED XI As early as 1st common courses of Higher semester of Education Institutions in Region XI 2020-2021 up to 2022 Retooling of faculty members and Regionwide 0 1,500 1,500 3,000 GAA CHED XI CY- 2021-2022 personnel on flexible learning CY - 2022-2023 Digital Classrooms (distance Regionwide 3,000 4,000 5,000 12,000 GAA DICT XI 2020-2022 learning systems and tablets or laptops) Teacher training on flexible Regionwide 2,000 2,200 2,420 6,620 GAA TESDA XI 2020-2022 learning options and blended learning Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 151

Social – Social Protection

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Regionwide 4,307,270 396,445 436,040 5,139,755 GAA DSWD XI 2020-2022 Situations (AICS)

Distribution of food and non-food Regionwide 3,000 3,000 3,000 9,000 GAA DSWD XI 2020-2022 items

Livelihood assistance grants Regionwide 126,750 0 0 126,750 GAA DSWD XI 2020 Supplemental feeding for daycare Regionwide 216,000 216,000 216,000 648,000 GAA DSWD XI 2020-2022 children

Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Regionwide 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as frontliners Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Davao de 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as Oro frontliners Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Davao del 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as Norte frontliners Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Davao 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as Oriental frontliners Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Davao del 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as Sur frontliners Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Davao 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as Occidental frontliners Provision of DILG CARE Pack to Davao City 100 0 0 100 GAA DILG XI 2020 DILG Employees/field officers as frontliners

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Environment

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Biodiversity-friendly enterprise Davao de 1,400.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 development in Mabini Protected Oro 600.00 400.00 400.00 Landscape Biodiversity-friendly enterprise Davao 1,400.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 development in Pujada Bay Oriental 600.00 400.00 400.00 Protected Landscape and Seascape Capacity building on the Davao de 300.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2021 management of infectious wastes Oro 150.00 150.00 - during COVID outbreak (i.e., handling and treatment protocols/strategies to manage wastes during virus outbreaks) Capacity building on the Davao 225.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 management of infectious wastes Occidental 75.00 75.00 75.00 during COVID outbreak (i.e., handling and treatment protocols/strategies to manage wastes during virus outbreaks) Capacity building on the Davao 600.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 management of infectious wastes Oriental 200.00 200.00 200.00 during COVID outbreak (i.e., handling and treatment protocols/strategies to manage wastes during virus outbreaks) Mass media campaign on proper Davao de 1,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2021 disposal and management of Oro 500.00 500.00 - health care wastes, especially masks and gloves; * Production of Video Materials for IEC (Social Distancing)

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Mass media campaign on proper Davao del 9.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 disposal and management of Norte 3.00 3.00 3.00 health care wastes, especially masks and gloves; * Production of Video Materials for IEC (Social Distancing) Mass media campaign on proper Davao 150.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 disposal and management of Occidental 50.00 50.00 50.00 health care wastes, especially masks and gloves; * Production of Video Materials for IEC (Social Distancing) Mass media campaign on proper Davao 600.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 disposal and management of Oriental 200.00 200.00 200.00 health care wastes, especially masks and gloves; * Production of Video Materials for IEC (Social Distancing) Maintenance and Protection of Old Davao de 10,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 NGP Plantation - to increase % Oro - 5,000.00 5,000.00 Survival Rates (2013-2017) Using fast growing food species (Calamansi, Pomelo_ Vitamin C Sources) Construction and Establishment of Regionwide 3,486,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2020 WTE 3,486,000.00 - - Vulnerability Davao de 720.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2021 Assessment/Characterization of Oro 360.00 360.00 - Watershed Areas in COVID-19 hotspots Establishment of Wildlife Davao 10,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Monitoring Station In Balut Island Occidental - 5,000.00 5,000.00 Construction of Septic Vault for Davao 20,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 hazardous and infectious wastes in Occidental - 10,000.00 10,000.00 all healtcare facilities/hospitals Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 154

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Maintenance of clonal nursery for Davao de 500.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 continuous production of Oro - 200.00 300.00 indigenous cloned seedlings to contribute to sustainable supply of water and to mitigate climate change Maintenance of Seed Production Davao de 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Area to ensure sustainable source Oro - 200.00 - of quality seeds of indigenous species to mitigate climate change. Inclusion of Provincial Davao de 500.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Reforestation Plan Oro - 500.00 - Optimum utilization of new ENGP Davao de 4,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 sites by inter-cropping cash crops Oro - 2,000.00 2,000.00 (provision of vegetable seeds to beneficiaries Inclusion of 10 hectares food Davao de 400.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 production in Multiple Use Zone of Oro - 200.00 200.00 Mainit Hot Springs Protected Landscape. Riverbank Rehabilitation Davao de 24,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 (vegetative and soil engineering Oro - 12,000.00 12,000.00 measures - reforestation, dike, gabion, etc.) River Clean-up Activities Davao de 400.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Oro - 200.00 200.00 Research on Mercury Davao de 500.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Contamination Oro - 500.00 - Operationalization of the Provincial Davao de 720.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Task Force Naboc River (PTFNR) Oro - 360.00 360.00

Environmental education Davao de 100.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Oro - 50.00 50.00 Enforcement of RA 9147 to prohibit Davao de 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 the hunting of endangered species Oro - 100.00 100.00 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 155

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Agro-Forestry Development within Davao de 450.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 COVID-19 High Risk Areas Oro 150.00 150.00 150.00 Plantation Establishment Davao del 4,420.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 (340has/yr) Norte - 2,210.00 2,210.00 Maintenance and Protection Davao del 6,460.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Norte - 2,380.00 4,080.00 Establishment of Small Water Davao del 2,636.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Impounding System Norte - 1,318.00 1,318.00 Involvement of Forest Davao del 360.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Communities in forest protection Norte 120.00 120.00 120.00 works Hiring of Forest Protection Officers Davao del 1,632.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 to conduct Lawin Patrol Norte - 816.00 816.00 Implementation/ Operationalization Davao del 576.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 of the Lawin Forest and Norte - 288.00 288.00 Biodiversity Protection System Strengthening of Illegal Logging Davao del 100.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Task Force & conduct of forest Norte - 50.00 50.00 protection coordination meetings with LE agencies/partners to prevent anti-illegal ENR activities provided health protocols must be followed strictly Community Orientation in support Davao del 75.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 to operations against illegal Norte 25.00 25.00 25.00 activities provided to follow strictly health protocols during the conduct Pantaron Range Conservation Davao del 600.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Project Norte - 300.00 300.00 National Greening Program Davao del 124.73 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Sur 34.73 40.00 50.00 Establishment, Maintenance and Davao del 1,500.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Protection of Seed Production Sur 500.00 500.00 500.00 Area

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Biodiversity and Wildlife Davao del 1,400.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Conservation and Protection Sur 500.00 800.00 100.00 Forest Monitoring, Law Davao del 1,200.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Enforcement and Protection Sur 300.00 400.00 500.00 Maintenance and improvement of Davao del 3,500.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 ecotourism facility to meet the Sur 500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 "New Normal" standards PAMB Operations Retooling Davao del 4,500.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 PAMB Operations to meet the new Sur 500.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 normal Hiring of Parks Operations Officers Davao del 4,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Sur 1,000.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Strengthening, establishment and Davao del 3,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 support to strong volunteer groups Sur 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 for law enforcements and other activities in AHPs Enhanced National Greening Davao 80,917.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Program Occidental - 39,405.00 41,512.00 Forest Land Use Planning Davao 800.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Occidental - 400.00 400.00 Establishment of structural Davao 3,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 measures (Gabion) within highly Occidental - 1,500.00 1,500.00 eroadable areas in the identified critical watershed of Davao Occidental Formulation of Provincial Davao 1,500.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Foreshore Development Occidental - 1,500.00 - Management Plan Watershed Characterization cum Davao 960.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Vulnerability Assessment of Malita Occidental - 960.00 - Watershed Implementation of Forest Davao 3,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Protection plan and monitoring on Occidental - 1,500.00 1,500.00 violation of other Environmental laws, rules and regulation activities Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 157

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Forest Protection and Wildlife Davao 2,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Monitoring Oriental - 1,000.00 1,000.00 Protected Area Boundary Davao 1,500.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Delineation Oriental - 1,500.00 - Survey and Registration of Davao 180.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Protected Area Occupants Oriental - 180.00 - Biodiversity Monitoring System Davao 3,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Oriental - 1,500.00 1,500.00 Communication, Education and Davao 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Public Awareness in relation to Oriental - 100.00 100.00 Biodiversity Conservation Advocacy for Protected Areas Davao 3,050.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 (Emphasis on the Importance of Oriental 300.00 1,250.00 1,500.00 PAs as Habitat of Wildlife and in Preventing the Spread of Future Pandemics) Community-based Program (CBP): Davao 250.00 GAA DENR XI 2022 Community Resource Oriental - - 250.00 Management Plan Preparation Conduct of Protected Area Davao 2,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Suitability Assessment Oriental - 2,000.00 - Cave Assessment, Classification, Davao 4,150.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Conservation, Protection and Oriental 1,150.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Management to Prevent the Spread of Future Pandemics Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Davao 4,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Rehabilitation/ Marine Protected Oriental - 2,000.00 2,000.00 Area Management Protection and Conservation of Davao 4,145.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Wildlife Oriental 145.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 (Through the Establishment of Critical Habitats for Willdife and Decrease Human and Wildlife Interaction)

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Forestland Management Davao 2,650.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Oriental 850.00 900.00 900.00 Operations Against Illegal Davao 800.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Environment and Natural Oriental - 400.00 400.00 Resources Activity to Protect Wildlife and their Forest Habitats Enforcement of Protected Areas, Davao 890.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Wildlife and Cave Laws Oriental 290.00 300.00 300.00 Implementation of Forest Davao 35,088.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Protection Plan Oriental 11,088.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 Community-based Protected Area Davao 1,080.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Patrolling Oriental - 540.00 540.00 Plantation Establishment Davao 10,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Oriental - 5,000.00 5,000.00 Support to Almaciga Resin Davao 400.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Production in Mt. Hamiguitan Oriental - 200.00 200.00 Sustainable Beekeeping Project in Davao 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Mt. Hamiguitan Oriental - 200.00 - Ecotourism Development and Davao 1,975.00 GAA DENR XI 2021 Income Generation in Mt. Oriental - 1,975.00 - Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary Ecotourism Development and Davao 1,111.00 GAA DENR XI 2020 Income Generation in Mati Oriental 1,111.00 - - Protected Landscape Maintenance of Existing Davao 3,150.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 Ecotourism Facilities Oriental 1,050.00 1,050.00 1,050.00 RFPA, Agricultural, Special Davao 30,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 Patents, Foreshore Management, Oriental - 15,000.00 15,000.00 RLTA, Land Survey and Records Management Assist in the IEC to upland Regionwide 330.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 beneficiaries/communities on the 30.00 150.00 150.00 proper disposal of of hazardous wastes Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 159

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Enhance monitoring of project Regionwide 2,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 physical accomplishment by using - 1,000.00 1,000.00 drone technology and remote sensing to lessen deployment of field personnel (involves procurement of drones and training on remote sensing) CEPA on Unban Biodiversity in Regionwide 210.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2022 collaboration with LGUs 68.00 70.00 72.00 Equipping Wildlife Rescue Centers Regionwide 8,000.00 GAA DENR XI 2021-2022 with appropriate equipment and - 3,000.00 5,000.00 instrumentation to avert onset of virulent diseases Massive IEC on proper Regionwide 3,500.00 GAA EMB XI 2020-2022 segregation and disposal of solid 500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 wastes including household special and hazardous wastes thru tri media Establishment/improvement of Regionwide 19,500.00 GAA EMB XI 2020-2022 Residual Containment Area {RCA) 4,500.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 in every LGU and barangays not served by LGU collection Provision of SWM equipment to Regionwide 19,500.00 GAA EMB XI 2020-2022 barangays 4,500.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 Operationalization of DREC Davao City 350.00 GAA EMB XI 2020-2022 {teleconference) 50.00 150.00 150.00 Compliance monitoring of Regionwide 1,540.00 GAA EMB XI 2020-2022 Hazardous waste generators such 492.00 513.00 535.00 as hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities, transporters of hazardous wastes, and TSD facilities to RA 6969

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Training and seminar for LGUs and Regionwide 1,800.00 GAA EMB XI 2020-2022 Medical Facilities on the 600.00 600.00 600.00 management of hazardous and infectious wastes (i.e.,handling and treatment protocols/strategies to manage wastes during virus outbreaks);

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Governance

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Conduct water rationing at control Regionwide - - 4,257.78 GAA BFP XI 2020 points 4,257.78 Conduct flushing at quarantine Regionwide - - 4,257.78 GAA BFP XI 2020 area, private and public places 4,257.78 BFP EMS Service (Patient Regionwide - - 116.04 GAA BFP XI 2020 Transport for Covid patients) 116.04 Capacity assessment of health Davao City 1,050.00 NDRRMF/ BJMP 2020-2022 facilities and personnel for 350.00 350.00 350.00 LDRRMF emergency preparedness and response Comprehensive vulnerability and Davao City 35,000.00 NDRRMF/ BJMP 2020-2022 risk assessment for critical - 17,500.00 17,500.00 LDRRMF infrastructure, particularly in areas considered as COVID-19 hot spots (including public buildings that may be used as isolation or treatment facilities) or establishment of isolation facility COVID-19 Response Training for Regionwide 4,800.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 PNP Medical Personnel and 1,600.00 1,600.00 1,600.00 Response Team Enforcement Activities in Relation Regionwide 164,983.47 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 to RA 11469 43,758.90 53,747.17 67,477.40 Construction of Regional Border Regionwide PNP XI Control Support Facilities - - - Regional Border Control Station Regionwide 90,810.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Type B/C MPS 18,162.00 36,324.00 36,324.00 Regional Border 10-Bed Capacity Regionwide 53,992.40 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Quarantine Facility 10,798.48 21,596.96 21,596.96 Molecular Diagnostic Center with Regionwide 38,000.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Mechanical System 7,600.00 15,200.00 15,200.00 Regional Border Barracks Regionwide 3,500.00 7,000.00 7,000.00 17,500.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 162

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Construction of Provincial Border Regionwide GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Control Support Facilities - - - Provincial Border Control Station Regionwide 27,500.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Standard COMPAC PS 5,500.00 11,000.00 11,000.00 Provincial Border 10-Bed Capacity Regionwide 44,492.40 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Quarantine Facility 8,898.48 17,796.96 17,796.96 Molecular Diagnostic Center with Regionwide 38,000.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Mechanical System 7,600.00 15,200.00 15,200.00 Provincial Border Barracks Regionwide 3,500.00 7,000.00 7,000.00 17,500.00 GAA PNP XI 2020-2022 Installation of Free Wifi For All to Davao City 0 3,060 0 3,060 GAA DICT XI 2021 priority barangays under ELCAC with Capability Development Installation of Free Wifi For All to Davao del 0 2,550 0 2,550 GAA DICT XI 2021 priority barangays under ELCAC Sur with Capability Development Installation of Free Wifi For All to Davao 0 2,550 0 2,550 GAA DICT XI 2021 priority barangays under ELCAC Occidental with Capability Development Installation of Free Wifi For All to Davao del 0 5,100 0 5,100 GAA DICT XI 2021 priority barangays under ELCAC Norte with Capability Development Installation of Free Wifi For All to Davao de 0 10,710 0 10,710 GAA DICT XI 2021 priority barangays under ELCAC Oro with Capability Development Installation of Free Wifi For All to Davao 0 4,590 0 4,590 GAA DICT XI 2021 priority barangays under ELCAC Oriental with Capability Development Establishment of Tech4ed centers Davao City 0 1,500 0 1,500 GAA DICT XI 2021 with Capability Development Establishment of Tech4ed centers Davao del 0 1,250 0 1,250 GAA DICT XI 2021 with Capability Development Sur Establishment of Tech4ed centers Davao 0 1,250 0 1,250 GAA DICT XI 2021 with Capability Development Occidental

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Establishment of Tech4ed centers Davao del 0 2,500 0 2,500 GAA DICT XI 2021 with Capability Development Norte Establishment of Tech4ed centers Davao de 0 5,250 0 5,250 GAA DICT XI 2021 with Capability Development Oro Establishment of Tech4ed centers Davao 0 2,250 0 2,250 GAA DICT XI 2021 with Capability Development Oriental Digital Work Force (re-skilling and Regionwide 3,000 4,000 5,000 12,000 GAA DICT XI 2020-2022 upskilling of vulnerable sectors) Digital Government (GovNet Regionwide 80,000 50,000 50,000 180,000 GAA DICT XI 2020-2022 Project) Free Internet Wi-Fi in Public Regionwide 5,000 10,000 15,000 30,000 GAA DICT XI 2020-2022 Places and SUCs Emergency Communication Regionwide 2,000 3,000 5,000 10,000 GAA DICT XI 2020-2022 Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Regionwide 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Davao de 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Oro Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Norte Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Oriental Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Sur Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Occidental Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System Monitoring LGUs' Compliance on Davao City 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Disaster Preparedness and Response for the COVID-19 thru Disaster Operations, Reporting and Monitoring System Monitoring of LGUs compliance Regionwide 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of DILG MCs relative to COVID 19 Monitoring of LGUs compliance Davao de 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of Oro DILG MCs relative to COVID 19 Monitoring of LGUs compliance Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of Norte DILG MCs relative to COVID 19 Monitoring of LGUs compliance Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of Oriental DILG MCs relative to COVID 19 Monitoring of LGUs compliance Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of Sur DILG MCs relative to COVID 19 Monitoring of LGUs compliance Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of Occidental DILG MCs relative to COVID 19

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Monitoring of LGUs compliance Davao City 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 relative to the implementation of DILG MCs relative to COVID 19 Submission of DILG Field Davao de 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Operations Re Situation Report Oro (SitRep) on COVID 19 to RDRRMC XI/RTF 11-COVID19 EOC thru DILG XI EOC Submission of DILG Field Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Operations Re Situation Report Norte (SitRep) on COVID 19 to RDRRMC XI/RTF 11-COVID19 EOC thru DILG XI EOC Submission of DILG Field Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Operations Re Situation Report Oriental (SitRep) on COVID 19 to RDRRMC XI/RTF 11-COVID19 EOC thru DILG XI EOC Submission of DILG Field Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Operations Re Situation Report Sur (SitRep) on COVID 19 to RDRRMC XI/RTF 11-COVID19 EOC thru DILG XI EOC Submission of DILG Field Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Operations Re Situation Report Occidental (SitRep) on COVID 19 to RDRRMC XI/RTF 11-COVID19 EOC thru DILG XI EOC Submission of DILG Field Davao City 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Operations Re Situation Report (SitRep) on COVID 19 to RDRRMC XI/RTF 11-COVID19 EOC thru DILG XI EOC

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Conduct of Continuing Legal Regionwide 300 400 500 1,200 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 Education (CLE) Orientation to DILG XI Field Operations with regards to RA 11469 or Bayanihan to Heal as One Act in relation to COVID 19 Pandemic Establishment/Activation/Continuat Regionwide 200 200 200 600 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 ion of DILG Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Monitoring LGUs' Strategic and Davao de 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 adequate logistic facilities (e.g. Oro post harvest facilities, market satellites, market of wheels, cargo movement) Monitoring LGUs' Strategic and Davao del 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 adequate logistic facilities (e.g. Norte post harvest facilities, market satellites, market of wheels, cargo movement) Monitoring LGUs' Strategic and Davao 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 adequate logistic facilities (e.g. Oriental post harvest facilities, market satellites, market of wheels, cargo movement) Monitoring LGUs' Strategic and Davao del 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 adequate logistic facilities (e.g. Sur post harvest facilities, market satellites, market of wheels, cargo movement) Monitoring LGUs' Strategic and Davao 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 adequate logistic facilities (e.g. Occidental post harvest facilities, market satellites, market of wheels, cargo movement)

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Monitoring LGUs' Strategic and Davao City 0 100 100 200 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 adequate logistic facilities (e.g. post harvest facilities, market satellites, market of wheels, cargo movement) Geo-mapping of facilities in the Davao de 0 300 300 600 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 LGUs (e.g. DRRM Operations Oro centers, evacuation centers, hospitals, schools, ICT towers, churches, etc.) Geo-mapping of facilities in the Davao del 0 300 300 600 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 LGUs (e.g. DRRM Operations Norte centers, evacuation centers, hospitals, schools, ICT towers, churches, etc.) Geo-mapping of facilities in the Davao 0 300 300 600 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 LGUs (e.g. DRRM Operations Oriental centers, evacuation centers, hospitals, schools, ICT towers, churches, etc.) Geo-mapping of facilities in the Davao del 0 300 300 600 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 LGUs (e.g. DRRM Operations Sur centers, evacuation centers, hospitals, schools, ICT towers, churches, etc.) Geo-mapping of facilities in the Davao 0 300 300 600 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 LGUs (e.g. DRRM Operations Occidental centers, evacuation centers, hospitals, schools, ICT towers, churches, etc.) Geo-mapping of facilities in the Davao City 0 300 300 600 GAA DILG XI 2021-2022 LGUs (e.g. DRRM Operations centers, evacuation centers, hospitals, schools, ICT towers, churches, etc.) Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 168

Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao de 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 provide incentives to private Oro sectors to augment facilities and equipment for COVID 19 response, as well as for disaster preparedness (e.g. accommodation for health workers, quarantine facility for suspected COVID 19 cases, or evacuation site ore temporary shelter in case of disaster Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 provide incentives to private Norte sectors to augment facilities and equipment for COVID 19 response, as well as for disaster preparedness (e.g. accommodation for health workers, quarantine facility for suspected COVID 19 cases, or evacuation site ore temporary shelter in case of disaster Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 provide incentives to private Oriental sectors to augment facilities and equipment for COVID 19 response, as well as for disaster preparedness (e.g. accommodation for health workers, quarantine facility for suspected COVID 19 cases, or evacuation site ore temporary shelter in case of disaster

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 provide incentives to private Sur sectors to augment facilities and equipment for COVID 19 response, as well as for disaster preparedness (e.g. accommodation for health workers, quarantine facility for suspected COVID 19 cases, or evacuation site ore temporary shelter in case of disaster Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 provide incentives to private Occidental sectors to augment facilities and equipment for COVID 19 response, as well as for disaster preparedness (e.g. accommodation for health workers, quarantine facility for suspected COVID 19 cases, or evacuation site ore temporary shelter in case of disaster Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao City 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 provide incentives to private sectors to augment facilities and equipment for COVID 19 response, as well as for disaster preparedness (e.g. accommodation for health workers, quarantine facility for suspected COVID 19 cases, or evacuation site ore temporary shelter in case of disaster

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao de 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 undertake appropriate measure to Oro ensure continued supply and flow of food and other essential goods and services; and provision of health services Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 undertake appropriate measure to Norte ensure continued supply and flow of food and other essential goods and services; and provision of health services Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 undertake appropriate measure to Oriental ensure continued supply and flow of food and other essential goods and services; and provision of health services Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao del 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 undertake appropriate measure to Sur ensure continued supply and flow of food and other essential goods and services; and provision of health services Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 undertake appropriate measure to Occidental ensure continued supply and flow of food and other essential goods and services; and provision of health services Monitor/encourage LGUs to Davao City 100 100 100 300 GAA DILG XI 2020-2022 undertake appropriate measure to ensure continued supply and flow of food and other essential goods

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Priority Programs/ Projects/ Location Funding Requirements (in '000) Funding Responsible Timeframe/ Activities Source Agency Implementation 2020 2021 2022 Total Period and services; and provision of health services

Evacuation Centers Regionwide 216,000 216,000 GAA DPWH XI 2020 Identification of isolation/ Davao de 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2020 quarantine sites in coordination w/ Oro 200.00 - - LGU's Provision of Tenurial Davao de 200.00 GAA DENR XI 2020-2021 Instrument/Titling (Special Paten) Oro 100.00 100.00 - for Quarantine Sites Identified

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Annex A

IATF-MEID Resolutions

Resolution TITLE/ Date Issued Number SUBJECT

IATF-MEID RESOLUTIONS

Resolution No. 1, s. January 27, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Novel Coronavirus Situation (China, Hubei province, 2020 travel, transportation, quarantine, visa)

Resolution No. 2, s. January 30, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (ncov) Acute Respiratory Disease 2020 (ARD) Situation (travel, visa, China, Hongkong, Hubei Porvince, repatriation, quarantine site

Resolution No. 4, s. February ;10, 2020 Implementing the Expanded Travel Ban for the Management of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute 2020 Respiratory Disease Situation, Amending for the Purpose Resolution 2

Resolution No. 5, s. February 13, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Situation (travel, 2020 visa, OFW, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau)

Resolution No. 6, s. February 18, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Situation (travel, 2020 OFWs)

Resolution No. 7, s. February 21, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Situation 2020 (repatriation, OFWs, quarantine facility)

Resolution No. 8, s. February 26, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation (travel, 2020 OFW, tourists)

Resolution No. 9, s. March 2, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation 2020 (outbound travel, passengers, travel, OFW)

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Resolution TITLE/ Date Issued Number SUBJECT

Resolution No. 10, March 8, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation (social s. 2020 distancing measures, mass gatherings, alternative working arrangements)

Resolution No. 11, March 11, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation (code s. 2020 alert system, social distancing measures, mass gatherings, localized community quarantine, alternative working arrangements, public transport, travel, classes, OFWs, travel) Resolution No. 12, March 12, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation (social s. 2020 distancing measures, mass gatherings, GCQ, ECQ, essential and non-essential entry and exit, alternative working arrangements, passengers) Resolution No. 13, March 12, 2020 Recommendations for the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation (ECQ s. 2020 exemptions, frontliners, cargo, capital markets, TUPAD, OFWs, media, BPOs, delivery services, foreign missions, hotels) Resolution No. 14, March 19, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (OFWs, foreign nationals, visas, cargo,BPOs, export enterprises, IATF IDs, media, testing kits, ECQ exemptions) Resolution No. 15, March 24, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (NAP for Covid-19, Philheath, OFW, disposal of remains, farmers, fisherfolks, KADIWA, ALPAS, export enterprises, payrolls)

Resolution No. 16, March 29, 2020 Additional Guidelines for the Enhanced Community Quarantine s. 2020 (quarantine facilities, SAP, food, cargo,trade, rice, farmers, fisherfolks, OFW)

Resolution No. 17, March 30, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (PPE delivery, quarantine facilities, contact tracing, rice importation, cargo) Resolution No. 18, March 31, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (cargo, ECQ, OFW, quarantine facility, rent grace period, operation hours, wearing of face masks)

Resolution No. 19, April 3, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (ECQ, Luzon, test kits, OFWs, repatriation, ALPAS, PITC, insurance, discrimination)

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Resolution TITLE/ Date Issued Number SUBJECT

Resolution No. 20, April 6, 2002 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (ECQ extension, April 30, 2020) Resolution No. 21, April 6, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (CAMP, OFWs, TUPAD, AKAP, testing, ALPAS, Bayanahihan One-stop shop, rail employees, commercial rent, grace period)

Resolution No. 22, April 8, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (foreign nationals, diplomats, testing, contact tracing, information transparency, PSA, national ID, BPO, expert enterprises, OFWs) Resolution No. 23, April 13, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (medical frontliners deployment, DOH classification, limited practice) Resolution No. 24, April 15, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (foreign cruise ships, supply chain regulatory impact assessments, DOH classification) Resolution No. 25, April 17, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (contract tracing, test kits, sugar, relief packs) Resolution No. 26, April 20, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (OFWs, quarantine) Resolution No. 27, April 22, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (frontliners’ accommodations, repatriation, OFWs, stay safe, rapid pass system) Resolution No. 28, April 23, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (ECQ extension, May 15, 2020) Resolution No. 29, April 27, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) s. 2020 Situation (Tests for OFWs, OFWs, enhanced community quarantine, general community quarantine) Resolution No. 30, April 29, 2020 RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE s. 2020 2019 (COVID-19) Situation (Omnibus Guidelines in the implementation of the ECQ)

Resolution No. 31, May 1, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation Resolution No. 32, May 4, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (international flights, swabbing facilities, ECQ, GCQ)

Resolution No. 33, May 6, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Luzon, ECQ) Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 175

Resolution TITLE/ Date Issued Number SUBJECT

Resolution No. 34, May 8, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (emerging infectious diseases)

Resolution No. 35, May 11, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (GCQ extension and MECQ)

Resolution No. 35- May 13, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) A, s. 2020 Situation (GCQ)

Resolution No. 36, May 13, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (MECQ, deployment of OFWs, FCAs, antibody test kits)

Resolution No. 37, May 15, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (ECQ, MECQ, GCQ areas)

Resolution No. 38, May 22, 2020 Amended Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines s. 2020 Community Quarantine Guidelines, ECQ, MECQ, GCQ, MGCQ

Resolution No. 39, May 22, 2020 Authorizing Chairperson and Co-Chairperson to sign Resolutions, participation in clinical trials, s. 2020 establishment of research centers

Resolution No. 40, May 27, 2020 IATF sub-Technical Working Groups, TWG, new risk-level classifications s. 2020 Resolution No. 41, May 29, 2020 Trends on Covid19 epidemiological curve, the health capacity of the country, social factors, s. 2020 Economics factors, and security factors

Resolution No. 42, June 1, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (safe Pass)

Resolution No. 43, June 4, 2020 Epidemic Response Framework s. 2020 Resolution No. 44, June 8, 2020 Development of LGU Response Framework and to define parameters in assessing recent s. 2020 development in the Covid19 Situation

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Resolution TITLE/ Date Issued Number SUBJECT

Resolution No. 45, June 10, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Confidentiality Law)

Resolution No. 46, June 15, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Transportation, Food Security, International Shipping line, Agricultural and Food Products)

Resolution No. 46- June 15, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) A, s. 2020 Situation (MGCQ/ GCQ Until June 30, 2020) Resolution No. 47, June 19, 2020 May 1 to 15,2020 adopting the Omnibus Guideline on the Implementation thereof, for the other s. 2020 purposes Resolution No. 48, June 25, 2020 Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines (with s. 2020 Amendments as of June 25, 2020) ECQ, Skeleton workforce, New Normal Resolution No. 49, June 25, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (OFWs who have died due to the COVID-19 Abroad) Resolution No. 50- June 29, 2020 Quarantine Classification of Provinces, Highly Urbanized Cities (HUC), Independent Component A, s. 2020 Cities(ICC), based on epidemic risk level, economic, social, and security considerations, and the appeals and commitments of the local government units (LGUs). Resolution No. 51, July 2, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Religious Worship/Service, Provide further, that there no objection from the local government) Resolution No. 52, July 7, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (MRT-3 operations, Swine Flu virus, entry of foreign nationals) Resolution No. 53, July 9, 2020 Dedicating Subic, Other Ports as Hubs for International crew change, strictly observing establishment s. 2020 health protocols and guidelines Resolution No. 54, July 11, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Modified GCQ until July 31,2020 for HUCs and ICCs) Resolution No. 55, July 14, 2020 Designation of Secretary Galvez to Lead the National Stragegy on Testing, Tracing, Isolation and s. 2020 Treatment Resolution No. 55- July 14, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) A, s. 2020 Situation (Healthcare settings, wet market, supermarkets, government offices, and workplaces, among others) Resolution No. 56, July 16, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Outdoor non- contact sports and other forms of excise such as but not limited to walking,

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Resolution TITLE/ Date Issued Number SUBJECT

jogging, running, biking, golf, swimming, tennism badminton, equestrian, range shooting, and skateboarding are allowed) Resolution No. 57, July 21, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Creation of Sub-TWG on Travel) Resolution No. 58, July 23, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (Covid19 Vaccines Global Access COVAX) Resolution No. 59, July 28, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (allowing limited operations of Category III Industries) Resolution No. 60, July 30, 2020 Recommendations Relative to the Management of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) s. 2020 Situation (foreign spouses, minor children, special needs, regarding ages) Resolution No. 60- July 30, 2020 Updated Community Quarantine Classification Of Provinces, Highly Urbanized Cities (HUC) And A, s. 2020 Independent Component Cities (ICC), Strict Enforcement Of Minimum Public Health Standards, Localized Community Quarantine, Facility-Based Isolation Of Returning Citizens, Local Health System Capacity And Submission Of Complete And Accurate Data Resolution No. 61, August 6, 2020 Beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program not Otherwise Restricted shall be allowed limited s. 2020 movement to avail of the receive such benefits

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RTF XI-COVID19 Resolutions

Resolution Date Issued TITLE Number Reso No. 1 March 17, 2020 Declaring the Suspension of Land, Sea, and Domestic Air Transportation coming to Davao Region and Closing of all Entries to Davao Region on 00:01H Thursday, 19 March 2020

Reso No. 2 March 17, 2020 A Resolution Adopting Curfew Hours and Its Implementing Guidelines in the Entire Davao Region to Mitigate/Contain the Spread of COVID-19 Reso No. 3 March 20, 2020 Requesting President Rodrigo R. Duterte to Reconsider the Declaration of a Unilateral Ceasefire between the Philippine Government and the CPP-NPA-NDF Reso No. 4 March 26, 2020 Informing President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on the Creation of the Davao Region COVID-19 Task Force

Reso No. 5 March 27, 2020 Urging the CAAP, as a matter of National Security, to Direct Airline Companies to Make Passenger Manifests Available to DOH, PNP, NICA and concerned LGUs all in Davao Region to Aid in Contact Tracing with Sufficient Guidelines in order Not to Violate RA 10173

Reso No. 6 March 27, 2020 Requesting all Government and Private Financial and Banking Institutions to Extend the Grace Period of Loan Payments for 1 Year for all their Clients in Davao Region with Loans Falling due not earlier than March 2020, and Requesting all Utility Providers in Davao Region to extend the Due Dates of Bills for 3 Months for Bills Falling Due in March 2020 for all their Consumers in Davao Region in light of the Negative Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Families, Jobs, and Businesses in Davao Region

Reso No. 7 March 28, 2020 Directing the PNP, NICA, PNP-Aviation Security Group, CAAP, PCG, DOH with Its Bureau of Quarantine, DILG, OWWA, in partnership with all Border and Port-of-Entry-hosting LGUs of Davao Region, to submit an Action Plan to receive, manage, and refer persons entering Davao Region after the Regionwide Community Quarantine in Davao Region is Lifted

Reso No. 8 March 28, 2020 Directing all Private Companies that Send Cargoes to and from Davao Region (Trucking/Hauling/Transport Companies) to undertake precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19

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Resolution Date Issued TITLE Number

Reso No. 9 March 29, 2020 Creating the Task Groups on Response, Resource Management and Logistics, and Strategic Communication under the RTF11-COVID19 Reso No. 10 March 30, 2020 Supporting the City Government of Davao on its declaration and order for the suspension of all domestic air travel to and from Davao City as embodied in its EO 21, series of 2020

Reso No. 11 March 31, 2020 Requesting the National COVID-19 IATF to direct the DOH’s RESUs and BoQ to fully engage intelligence agencies, through the NICA’s regional units, and expedite the sharing of necessary information with the latter, in order to fast track contact tracing for COVID-19 at the barangay level Reso No. 12 April 1, 2020 Requesting full disclosure compliance from all private hospitals, clinics and health centers in the Region on their admitted charity COVID-19 cases, for submission weekly to the RTF Chair Reso No. 13 April 6, 2020 Requesting the Philippine Coast Guard and Phillipine Navy to Conduct Regular Patrols of the Coastlines of Davo Gulf Especially Along Davao City and Davao del Norte to Prevent Convergence of People Intending to Conduct Parties or Mass Gatherings in Beaches during Summer Months and Holy Week 2020

Reso No. 14 April 8, 2020 Appealing to all Davao Region Residents to start a "Compassion Campaign" to COVID-19 Affected Persons, their Families, Returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), and the Frontlines through extending them their needed support and assistance

Reso No. 15 April 15, 2020 Approving and Adopting the Action Plan of the Task Group on Strategic Communication and the Stop Covid19 Communication Plan

Reso No. 16 April 15, 2020 Requesting the Office of the President to Cause the Amendment of DBM LBC No. 126 allowing PLGUs to procure food items to provide food assistance to their Constituents

Reso No. 17 April 30, 2020 Adopting the IATF-EID Resolution No. 30 Recommendations on the Management of the COVID-19 Situation for Davao Region's Provincial Local Government Units and Highly Urbanized City

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Resolution Date Issued TITLE Number Reso No. 18 May 13, 2020 Requesting the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases to Require All Returning Overseas Filipinos and Locally Stranded Individuals from Luzon Going to Provinces and Cities in Mindanao to Undergo Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Test within 48 Hours with Negative Result Before Departure by Land, Sea or Air

Reso No. 19 May 13, 2020 Enjoining Davao Region's Provincial, City and Municipal Local Government Units to Adopt the Omnibus Guidelines on Health Screening of Their Returning Residents and Intensifying Community Surveillance Measures in their Respective Areas

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RTF XI COVID19 Orders

Number Date Issued TITLE

Guidelines for all personnel manning the checkpoints during the Region XI Land Lockdown Period Order No. 001 18 March 2020 00:01H March 19, 2020 to 23:59H April 1, 2020

Refined Guidelines for all personnel manning the checkpoints during the Region XI Land Lockdown Order No. 001-A 19 March 2020 Period 00:01H March 19, 2020 to 23:59H April 1, 2020

Order No. 001-A-1 2 April 2020 Extending the Regional Land Lockdown to 11:59PM April 19, 2020

Revised Guidelines for all LGUs and personnel manning the checkpoints during the Region XI Land Order No. 001-B 25 March 2020 Lockdown Period Effective 00:01H March 19, 2020 (superseding 001-A and Item 2 of 006)

Order No. 001-C 29 March 2020 Quarantine Protocols for Stranded Persons at Davao Region’s Boundary Checkpoints

An Order adopting and imposing curfew hours, from 9pm to 5am, in the entire Davao Region to prevent Order No. 002 29 March 2020 the spread of COVID-19, beginning at 9PM on March 19, 2020 until after the State of Public Health Emergency is lifted

Implementation of Liquor Ban and Prohibiting the Manufacture, Transport, and Trading of Methanol- Order No. 003 19 March 2020 based Products in Davao Region

Order No. 004 19 March 2020 Prohibition and Exemption on Movement of Persons within Davao Region

Order No. 005 20 March 2020 No Suspension of Military Operations

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Number Date Issued TITLE

Guidelines for all trucking services/trucks and bus owners on Cargo Transport in Davao Region during Order No. 006 20 March 2020 the State of Public Health Emergency

Prescribing Additional Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the General Community Quarantine Order No. 007 26 March 2020 in Davao Region (from March 26, 2020, 5:00AM until April 19, 2020, 11:59PM) to Stop the Spread of COVID-19

Prescribing the Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine over Order No. 008 1 April 2020 Davao Region (from 9:00 PM of April 4, 2020 until 11:59 PM of April 19, 2020) to Suppress the Spread of COVID19 Infection

Providing Additional Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine Order No. 008-A 5 April 2020 over Davao Region to Suppress the Spread of COVID-19 Infection

Providing for the Extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine over Davao Region Until 11:59PM Order No. 009 17 April 2020 of April 26, 2020

Order No. 010 14 May 2020 Creation of a Special Team on Surveillance and Contact Tracing

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Local Government Pronouncements

Order/Reso/MC/A Date of Issuance Subject dvisory No. 1. EXECUTIVE ORDERS DAVAO CITY EO No. 20 March 23, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 20 series of 2020, An Order Providing for Additional Guidelines in the Implementation of Community Quarantine Beginning 05:00H of Thursday, March 26, 2020 until 23:59H of Sunday, April 19, 2020, Unless Further Extended, Modified or Withdrawn EO. No. 23 April 2, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 23 series of 2020, An Order Providing for the Guidelines of an Enhanced Community Quarantine dated April 2, 2020 EO. No. 23-A April 2, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 23-A series of 2020, An Order Providing for the Guidelines of an Enhanced Community Quarantine dated April 2, 2020 EO. No. 23-B April 6, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 23-B series of 2020, An Order Providing for the Guidelines of an Enhanced Community Quarantine dated April 6, 2020 EO. No. 24 April 16, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 24 series of 2020 re: An Order Providing for the Extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine and Other Activities Thereafter EO No. 25 April 17, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 25 series of 2020 re: An Order to Declare a Period of Mourning and Vigilance in Davao City E.O. No. 28 April 27, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 28, Series of 2020 Re: An Order Providing for the Extension of Enhanced Community Quarantine and Other Activities Thereafter E.O. No. 28-A May 4, 2020 Davao City Executive Order No. 28-A, Series of 2020 Re: An Order Providing for the Extension of Enhanced Community Quarantine and Other Activities Thereafter DAVAO ORIENTAL EO No. 11 April 1, 2020 Davao Oriental Executive Order No. 11 series of 2020 re: Suppletory Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine due to the COVID19 Threat EO No. 12 April 5, 2020 Davao Oriental Executive Order No.12 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Province of Davao Oriental under Enhanced Community Quarantine Starting 12:01 am April 7, 2020 Until 11:59 pm April 19, 2020 and Adopting the Guidelines for Effective Implementation of Enhanced Community Quarantine of Davao Region EO No. 15 April 17, 2020 Davao Oriental Executive Order No.15 series of 202 re: An Order Extending the Implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in the Province of Davao Oriental until April 26, 2020 and Adopting the Davao Region Task Force on COVID-19 Additional Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine in the Province of Davao Oriental Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 184

Order/Reso/MC/A Date of Issuance Subject dvisory No. E.O. No. 17 April 25, 2020 Davao Oriental Executive Order No. 17, Series of 2020 Re: An Order Lifting the Implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine Effective April 27, 2020 and Placing the Province of Davao Oriental under General Community Quarantine Starting APRIL 27, 2020 Until MAY 15, 2020 DAVAO DEL NORTE EO No. 31 April 3, 2020 Davao del Norte Executive Order No. 31 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Entire Province of Davao del Norte Except the Island Garden City of Samal Under Enhanced Community Quarantine and Providing Policies, Regulations and Sanctions Thereof EO No.32 April 19, 2020 Davao del Norte Executive Order No. 32 series of 2020 re: An Order Extending the Enhanced Community Quarantine period to April 26, 2020 in the Entire Province of Davao del Norte EO No. 34 April 24, 2020 Davao del Norte Executive Order No. 34 series of 2020 re: An Order Revoking Executive Order No. 33, series of 2020 re: Placing the Entire Province of Davao del Norte Except the Island Garden City of Samal under the Modified Community Quarantine; and Extending the Enhanced Community Quarantine Period to May 15, 2020 E.O. No. 37 April 29, 2020 Davao del Norte Executive Order No. 37, Series of 2020 Re: An Order Placing the Entire Province of Davao del Norte Under General Community Quarantine (GCQ), Providing Its Policies, Regulations and Sanctions Thereof Except the City of Tagum Which Will Remain Under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) DAVAO DEL SUR

EO No. 9 February 4, 2020 Davao del Sur Executive Order No. 9 series of 2020 re: An Order Creating the Provincial Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease (EREID) Inter-Agency Task Force, Constitute Members and Define its Duties and Functions EO No.10 February 4, 2020 Davao del Sur Executive Order No.10 series of 2020 re: An Order Creating the Provincial Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease (EREID) Response Teams, Constitute Members and Define its Duties and Functions EO No. 20 March 10, 2020 Davao del Sur Executive Order No. 20 series of 2020 re: An Order Establishing the Guidelines on the Implementation of the Proclamation No. 922 of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Declaring the State of Public Health Emergency Throughout the Country as a Response to the Possible Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak EO No. 23 March 17, 2020 Davao del Sur Executive Order No. 23 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring Community Quarantine in the Entire Province of Davao del Sur and Establishing Preventive and Safety Measures to Address the Threat of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Davao Region Recovery and Resiliency Program to Mitigate Losses from COVID-19 and to Adapt to the New Normal, 2020-2022 | 185

Order/Reso/MC/A Date of Issuance Subject dvisory No. EO No. 26 April 6, 2020 Davao del Sur Executive Order No. 26 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Entire Province of Davao del Sur under Enhanced Community Quarantine and Providing Guidelines to Supress the Spread of COVID-19 Infection EO. No. 27 April 24, 2020 Davao del Sur Executive Order No. 27 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Entire Province of Davao del Sur under General Community Quarantine and Providing Rules and Regulations to be Observed by All the Nine (9) Municipalities and One (1) City under its Supervision DAVAO OCCIDENTAL

March 13, 2020 Davao Occidental Memorandum Order dated March 13, 2020 re: Provincial Guide for Davao Occidental Offices and Residents while the Philippine is Under Public Health Emergency due to COVDI-19 EO No. 19 March 13, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 19 series of 2020 re: Provincial COVID-19 Task Force of Davao Occidental EO No. 20 March 13, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No.20 series of 2020 re: Enjoining all Local Government Units to be Vigilant in Exercising Extreme Precautions Against Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) EO No. 21 March 16, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 21 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Province of Davao Occidental under Pre-emptive Community Quarantine

EO No. 22 March 19, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 22 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Province of Occidental Under Mandatory from Pre-emptive Community Quarantine and Adopting the Regional Task Force COVID-19 Resolutions No. 1 and 2, Series of 2020 EO No. 23 March 24, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 23 series of 2020 re: Creation of the Provincial Local Price Coordinating Council and Defining Its Power in the Province of Davao Occidental

EO. No. 24 March 23, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 24 series of 2020 re: Prohibition and Exemption on Movement of Persons Within Davao Occidental and Adopting the Regional Task Force COVID-19 Resolution No. 4, series of 2020 EO. No. 25 March 28, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 25 series of 2020 re: Suppletory Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the Mandatory Community Quarantine in Davao Occidental and Adopting the Davao Region COVID-19 Task Force Order No. 2020-007

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Order/Reso/MC/A Date of Issuance Subject dvisory No. EO No. 26 March 30, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 26 series of 2020 re: An Order to Implement Enhanced Community Quarantine in Davao Occidental from 12:00 am April 1, 2020 to 11:59 mn April 14, 2020 Unless Extended, Modified or Withdrawn EO No. 27 April 6, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 27 series of 2020 re: An Order Providing for Suppletory Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Davao Occidental and Adopting the Davao Region COVID-19 Task Force Orders No. 2020-008 and 2020-008-A to Suppress the Spread of COVID-19 Infection EO No. 28 April 13, 2020 Davao Occidental Executive Order No. 28 series 2020 dated April 13, 2020 re: An Order to Extend the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Davao Occidental from 11:59 mn, April 14 to 11:59 mn, April 30, 2020 Unless Further Extended or Sooner Withdrawn to Supress COVID-19 Infection E.O. No. 29 April 27, 2020 Davao Occidental EO 29, S. 2020, re: An Order Declaring Davao Occidental Under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) from 12:00AM, May 1, 2020 until 11:59PM, May 15, 2020 and Providing Guidelines of Implementation to Suppress COVID-19 Infection DAVAO DE ORO EO No. 28 April 4, 2020 Davao de Oro Executive Order No.28 series of 2020 re: An Order Declaring the Province of Davao de Oro under Enhanced Community Quarantine Starting April 7, 2020, Adopting the Unified Guidelines of the Regional Task Force COVID-19 of Davao Region EO No. 2020- April 6, 2020 Davao de Oro Executive Order No.0028-2020-A series of 2020 re: A Supplemental Executive Order 0028-A Providing Additional Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of Enhanced Community Quarantine Over Davao de Oro to Supress the Spread of COVID-19 Infection E. O. No. 0031 April 30, 2020 Davao de Oro Executive Order No. 0031, Series of 2020 Re: An Order Fixing the Duration of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the Province of Davao de Oro Until May 15, 2020 and Providing Additional Guidelines Thereof

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