Duterte Paves Way for Implementation of Water Code

DAVAO CITY � After five long years, the Davao City government is finally implementing the Water Resource Management and Protection Code of the city with the release of an executive order creating the body that will finalize the code�s implementing rules and regulations (IRR).

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, through Executive Order 09, ordered the creation of the joint executive-legislative committee �to study and review the implementing rules and regulations and recommend revisions and to submit the revised implementing rules and regulations necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of the code.�

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