Hearing on airport safety ordinance

The Committee on Energy, Transportation & Communication will conduct a committee hearing on my proposed Davao (Bangoy) International Airport Safety Ordinance on August 8 at 9 a.m. at Fuschia Room, 3rd Floor of the City Council.

The ordinance is largely an updating of the 1949 ordinance that bans the flying of kites, etc. at the vicinity of the airport. My proposal now includes regulations for dove raising, use of remote-controlled planes, among others, to keep the airport and its users - planes and passengers - from harm.

Send in your comments to the City Council. The Davao City Chamber of Commerce & Industry is among those supporting this ordinance. It passed a resolution to this effect in last week's Davao City Business Conference.