5.5 Communications

                5.5.1 sophisticated services give the City its modern character. Internet has experienced significant growth as service providers increased. PhilCom Webquest alone has 366 subscribers. 

TABLE 58: Type of Communications Systems, Service Providers and Number of Stations/Lines Subscribers, 1999

Type and Providers

Number of

Stations/Lines

Number of

Subscribers

1. Telecommunications Services

 

 

       1.1 Telegraph Telex Stations

 

 

                 RCPI

4

 

 PT&T

6

 

DOTC-TELOF

 

 

1.2 Telephone Service Providers

 

 

     1.2.1 Land Lines/Conventional

 

 

             System

 

 

             MISORTEL

 

12.359

PHILCOM

 

15.866

ITALTEL

 

8.350

CRUZTELCO

 

2,713

SOTELCO (long distance only)

 

64

1.2.2 Cellular Mobile Telephone

 

 

         Service Providers

 

 

MOBILINE

 

5.000

EXTELCOM

 

8,500

SMART

 

19,376

GLOBETEL

 

3,000

ISLACOM

 

2,700

1.2.3 Telephone Long Distance

 

 

         Exchanges

 

 

MISORTEL

4

 

PHILCOM

4

 

RCPI

2

 

CRUZTELCO

2

 

PT&T

8

 

DOTC-TELOF

1

 

SOTELCO

7

 

1.3 Trunked Radio Stations

 

 

                  MOBILCOM

1

 

                  SMART TRUNK

1

 

1.4 Pager/Beeper

 

 

EASYCALL     

1

 

POCKETBELL

 

1

1.5 Fixed and Land Mobile Radio

 

 

       Service

 

 

Private Fixed Point to Point

 

 

     Radio Stations

 

170

Public Fixed Point to Point

 

 

     Radio Stations

 

7

Land Based Radio Stations

 

130

Land Mobile Radio Stations

 

 

    (cv/co) 

 

129

Portable (Handheld) Radio

 

 

     Stations

 

884

Government Radio Stations

 

1,097

1.6 Safety & Special Service Stations

 

 

Amateur Radio Stations

 

1,134

Citizens Band

 

25

Coastal & Ship Radio Stations

 

2

1.7 Postal and Courier Services

 

26

2. TV Stations

6

 

TV 5 (RPN

 

 

TV 8 (RMN)

 

 

TV 2 (ABS-CBN)

 

 

TV 12 (GMA)

 

 

City Net (SIAM)

 

 

ABC

 

 

Cable TV Stations

3

 

Jade Cable TV

 

1,500

Parasat Cable TV

 

6,000

DRBCI

 

440

3. Broadcast Stations

 

 

   3.1 AM Radio

 

9

DXCO (RPC)

 

 

DXIM (PBS)

 

 

DXCC (RMN)

 

 

DXSI (SIT)

 

 

DXXIF (BOMBO)

 

 

DXKO (RPN)

 

 

DXCL (NBC)

 

 

DXKH (CBC)

 

 

DXOR (PBS)

 

 

3.2 FM Radio

 

14

DXKB (QBI)

 

 

DXBL (FBSRNI)

 

 

DXKS (MBC)

 

 

DXNY (PBC)

 

 

DXWZ (UMBN)

 

 

DXEQ (BOMBO)

 

 

DXRJ (RBN)

 

 

DXVM (RMN)

 

 

DXEC (ABS-CBN)

 

 

DXRL (NBC)

 

 

DXLX (GMA)

 

 

DXJL (SBN)

 

 

DXRJ (PNRBC)

 

 

DXTR (PBC)

 

 

3.3 Television Stations

6

 

TV 5 (RPN)

 

 

TV 8 (RMN)

 

 

TV 2 (ABC-CBN)

 

 

TV 12 (GMA)

 

 

Citynet (SIAM)

 

 

ABC

 

 

4 Internet Service Provider

8

 

Cagayan Online

 

 

DataCom Link Device

 

 

FAPE net

 

 

Oro Internet Corporation

 

 

Web Link

 

 

Webquest

 

 

XU Net

 

 

PhilCom Onlink

 

 

SOURCE: National Telecommunications Commissions/Philippine Information Agency-

                                Project Evaluation Division, CDPO     

 

5.6 Infrastructure Projects and Related Facilities                                                      

                5.6.1 The City Government and other government functionaries were able to implement 489 varied infrastructure projects in 1999. These projects incurred a total cost of P601, 374,384.30, the bulk of which was spent for road and drainage constriction and/or improvement. (Figure 13).

                5.6.2 The City’s infrastructure projects came from both the local and national funds. Local funds were sourced from the General Fund, 20% Development Fund, Calamity Fund and Trust Fund, while national funds were sourced from the Countrywide Development Fund, Congressional Allocation Fund, Senatorial Fund, Regional Resource Management Fund (DENR-SECAL), Department of Public Works and Highways-Region X, Department of Public Works and Highways-Sub-district Office and the Department of Education Culture and Sports.

 

6. City Administration

6.1 Vision

                * One major advantage of the City of Cagayan de Oro is that its leaders and people from the different sectors have a clear, collective vision for the City. Their ultimate goal is to become a major trade center and service provider, not only for Northern Mindanao, but for the country, with a mission of creating an environment conducive to sustainable growth and development that would generate investments, increase exports, generate jobs, and other foster consumer protection.

6.2 Income and Expenditures

·        The City Government’s income in 1999 reached P795 M, posting a 10% increase over 1998’s P726 M.

·        The bulk of its income derived from local taxes and fees, consisting 82.59% of the total 1999.

 

TABLE 59: Major Source of Income, 1999

Sources

1999

TAX REVENUES

 

Property Taxes

80,496,313.16

Taxes on Goods and Licenses

111,232,291.38

Other Taxes

41,640,723.03

Fines and Penalties on Tax Revenue

1,662,965.85

Additional 1% on Real Property (SEF)

56,174,459.40

Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA)

365,292,624.00

 

 

                               Sub-Total

656,499,376.82

OPERATING & MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

 

Operating and Service Income

32,715,626.40

GOVERNMENT business Operation

24,470,770.22

Miscellaneous Income

50,257.56

Fines and penalties

743,896.85

 

 

                               Sub-Total

57,980,551.03

 

 

SPECIAL ACCOUNT (CEED)

30,080,671.88

 

 

INTERSPECIAL ACCOUNT TRANSFER

357,154.00

 

 

BORROWINGS

50,000,000.00

TOTAL

794,917,753.73

SOURCE: City Accounting Department- Project Evaluation Division, CDPO

 

TABLE 60: Average Annual Rent of Public Market Stalls By Section, 1999

 

Section

Cogon

Carmen

Agora

Puerto

No. of

Stalls

 

Average

Annual

Rent/Stall

No. of

Stalls

 

Average

Annual

Rent/Stall

No. of

Stalls

 

Average

Annual

Rent/Stall

No. of

Stalls

 

Average

Annual

Rent/Stall

Miscellaneous

289

4,557.00

-

-

27

4,402.80

11

12,911.76

Cooked Food

177

2,324.88

103

2,533.68

-

-

6

1,266.52

Fruits and

304

1,304.88

64

1,139.88

37

6,948.00

9

22,153.44

    Vegetables

Meat

72

15,630.84

120

11,241.84

16

1,749.60

20

6,557.16

Fish

231

6,232.68

224

3,287.40

-

-

-

-

Textile

66

2,295.84

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dried fish

23

4,986.12

-

-

2

12,254.40

-

-

Brassware

16

2,609.64

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pineapple Juice

45

1,611.72

-

-

-

-

-

-

Salted Fish

34

1,514.76

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tobacco

17

2,377.08

-

-

77

4,423.00

-

-

Dry Goods

17

423.12

104

2,203.20

-

-

-

-

Dressed chicken

12

3,933.90

-

-

-

-

-

-

Charcoal

15

695.76

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bread

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sari-sari

16

2,609.64

-

-

2

10,243.00

22

4,638.34

Ceramic Product

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

1,3345

53,162.76

640

21,256,00

161

40,030.80

76

47,529.12

SOURCE: City Economic Enterprises Department- Project Evaluation Division, CDPO

* Congruent to income growth is the soaring up of expenditures, based on 1999’s thrusts and priorities of the City Government. Despite of the  accelerated expenditures, the administration realized an income surplus of P44 M+.

 

TABLE 61: City Government Actual Expenditures By Thrust and Programs: 1999

Major thrusts and Priorities

1999

Housing and Community Development

119,980,390.46

Health Services

102,091,587.79

Education, culture, sports and

 

         Manpower Development

43,978,301.33

Social Welfare Services

27,510,579.81

Economic Services

93,552,063.64

MACRO (General Public Services)

270,443,063.64

Special Accounts:

 

         20% Development Fund

51,169,391.13

         City economic Enterprises

36,356,465.58

TOTAL

750,582,342.89

SOURCE: City Accounting Department- Project Evaluation Division, CDPO

 

6.3 Programs and Projects

                A total programmed amount of P18, 958,786.00 for infrastructure and related projects was completed in 1999. Some of these projects were camed-over from the previous years.

 

TABLE 62: Summary Information on Infrastructure and Related Projects Completed, 1999

Type of Project

Number of Projects

Programmed Amount

Percentage (%)

1. Roads and Drainage Construction

11

13,166,786

69.4

              And/or Improvement

 

 

 

2. Public Building & Related facilities

9

3,002,500

16.0

3. School Building & Related facilities

2

155,000

16.0

4. Water Supply Projects

2

244,500

1.3

5. Socio-Economic Development

3

1,200.000

6.3

             Projects

 

 

 

6. Tourism Projects

9

610,000

3.2

7. Sports Development Projects

1

95,000

0.5

8. Electrification Projects

1

350,000

1.8

9. Others

1

135,000

0.7

Total

39

18,958786

100

SOURCE: Project Evaluation Division, CDPO

 

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