ダバオ市議会議員のDiosdado Mahipus Jr.氏は、近隣地域間で相互に影響を与え合う政策を作成するために、そろそろ自治体（以下LGU）間の調整機関を設立するべきだと言及した。
同氏は、1月8日に投稿されたフェイスブックの投稿にて、「なぜサマル島の環境に対する費用はこんなにも高いのか。私はこの懸念はサマル島とダバオ市を繋ぐ橋の建設前に解消する必要があると思う。そして、この費用は市外からやってくる観光客に対しても課す必要があるのだろうか」と投稿。サマル島を訪れると課される「環境税」に疑問を呈していた。ちなみに、現在のサマル島の環境税は50ペソである。
同氏は1月10日のインタビューにて、市を跨いだ共通の政策はダバオ市とアイランドガーデン市（サマル島）のような近隣地域には相互に利益があるとコメント。さらに政策は相互利益、相互発展に基づいて作られるべきだと付け加えた。
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
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