LiveDavao Sources

This page lists the primary sources LiveDavao cites repeatedly. Cost figures, rates, and legal claims on the site trace back to one of these — or to a market observation that is explicitly labeled as such.

Government + statute

  • davaocity.gov.ph — Davao City Government. Ordinances, City Engineer's Office reports, drainage and flood control allocations, Central 911, COVID and emergency advisories.
  • lawphil.net — full text of Philippine statutes including RA 9653 (Rent Control Act), PD 851 (13th-month pay), the Civil Code, and BIR Revenue Regulations.
  • dhsud.gov.ph — Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development. Resolutions on rent control caps (NHSB Resolution 2024-01 for 2026 caps), housing standards.
  • dole.gov.ph — Labor Advisory 06-2020 (final pay), 13th-month pay rules, SEnA single-entry approach, DOLE-XI regional office processes.
  • bir.gov.ph — Bureau of Internal Revenue. Revenue Regulations, EOPT, the 8%-vs-graduated tax option, freelancer registration, RDO 113 (Davao City).
  • psa.gov.ph — Philippine Statistics Authority. Family Income and Expenditure Survey, regional CPI, Davao region price monitoring.
  • pia.gov.ph — Philippine Information Agency. Davao-region press releases including drainage budgets, infrastructure timelines.
  • hazardhunter.georisk.gov.ph — DOST GeoRiskPH HazardHunter. Flood, seismic, and volcanic hazard maps for any address.
  • gismap.davaocity.gov.ph — Davao City GIS portal. Zoning, barangay boundaries, drainage networks.
  • ltfrb.gov.ph — Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. Jeepney fare orders, route franchises.

Utilities + services

  • davaolight.com — Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC). Residential and commercial rate schedules updated monthly; transmission and distribution charge breakdown.
  • davao-water.gov.ph — Davao City Water District (DCWD). Tier rate schedule, septage fees, connection requirements.
  • pldthome.com — PLDT Home Fibr plans + Davao coverage.
  • globe.com.ph/broadband — Globe at Home Fiber Davao plans.
  • convergeict.com — Converge FiberX Davao plans.

OFW + remittance + financial

  • pagibigfund.gov.ph — Pag-IBIG Fund. MP2 program rules, dividend history, contribution channels.
  • owwa.gov.ph — Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Benefits, scholarships, reintegration loans.
  • philhealth.gov.ph — PhilHealth coverage, case rates, hospital filing rules.
  • bsp.gov.ph — Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Remittance volumes, residential property price index.
  • Remittance rate pages from Wise, Remitly, Western Union, BPI, BDO — sampled directly and timestamped at the moment of citation.

Rent + property market

  • LiveDavao Open Data — our own catalog of original datasets: the quarterly Cost Index, the MP2 dividend series, the Neighborhood Scorecard, and Region XI wage data. Each carries n, window, method, and a downloadable file. Sampling and honesty rules at /methodology.
  • Lamudi, Dot Property, Rentpad, Facebook Marketplace — active listings, sampled when a guide is refreshed. Each cluster of listings is treated as a market signal, not a single source of truth.
  • Numbeo Philippine city indexes — used for cross-city sanity checks against Davao figures.
  • Direct landlord and condo-management quotes where we can get them, across named buildings.

Methodology + standards

How LiveDavao uses these sources — sampling cadence, uncertainty bands, the four-tier hierarchy — is documented at /methodology. The writing standards every article follows are at /editorial-standards.