フィリピン外務省(Department of Foreign Affairs:以下、DFA)は3月16日~17日にかけ、パスポート申請の出張サービス、「パスポート・オン・ホイールズ」を実施した。”Araw ng Davao”による連休を配慮して行われた同サービスは、多くの人々によって利用され、実に3595件ものパスポート申請を受け付け、同省はこれらの申請を承認したと発表した。
この出張プログラムの関係者であるシャロン・クエンカ氏の説明によれば、第81回「Araw ng Davao」に合わせて実施された2日間の短期間プログラムを通して処理された申請は、フィリピン国内で最多となっている。
DFAのパスポート・オン・ホイールズは通常であれば300件程度の申請にのみ対応することになっているが、「Araw ng Davao」の際は4376人もの市民が申請を行っていた。4376中3595件のみを受け付け承認した理由については、申請者が当日に出頭しなかったり、必要な書類が不足していたためだと説明されている。
Thank you for your continued support of Davao’s portal site “Davaotchi”. “Davaotchi” is an information portal about Davao that has been running for about seven and a half years since September 2016 with the aim of conveying the charms of Davao to Japanese people in Japanese and making them more aware of Davao. Thanks to everyone’s support, we have gained a certain amount of recognition, such as being featured in a magazine, and many people have started to hear the term “Dabaotchi”. On the other hand, we have prioritized the mission of conveying the charms of Davao to as many Japanese people as possible, so there is almost no profitability, and we have allocated the profits generated from other businesses to the site management, but we have no plans for the future. As a result of careful consideration of scalability and development, Davaotchi has decided to recruit supporters who can support Davaotchi in order to better manage the site. We considered charging for the site or introducing a subscription plan, but we wanted to deliver information about Davao to as many people as possible, so we decided to simply ask for support from Davaochi fans first. You can support us using PayPal or credit card (debit card) below. We look forward to your cooperation. See more news articles