DAVAO CITY — This early, the Davao City government is gearing up for this year’s Kadayawan festival, an annual showcase of culture and abundance of resources held every month of August.
This, after Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio signed an executive order creating the executive committee (Execom) and sub-committees in preparation for the 2018 Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration.
In her Executive Order No. 08, the mayor, who chairs the committee, named City Administrator Zuleika Lopez as her official representative while Assistant City Administrator for Administration Tristan Dwight Domingo was designated as vice-chairperson.
The members of the Execom are: Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, chair of the Committee on Tourism and Beautification; Ermelinda Gallego of the City Budget Office; Regina Rosa Tecson of the City Tourism Office; and the incumbent Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative.
They are mandated to plan and ensure the smooth coordination of programs, events, and activities in connection with the celebration of the festival.
Duterte-Carpio also tasked the members to encourage greater private sector participation the staging of all events and activities, ensure the optimal exposure of the festival, both locally and internationally.
The committee is tasked to find ways and means to support the effective implementation of programs, events, and activities during the celebration. Kadayawan festival features the culture and traditions of the city’s different tribes.
Last year’s festival was successful and one of its showcase — the Cultural Village at the Magsaysay Park — has been retained as one of the city’s attraction. (Armando Fenequito Jr/PNA)
