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Davao Oriental

Infrastructure facilities

• Telecommunications
  • 3 telephone companies (Mati Telephone Corp., PHILCOM and BAYANTEL)
  • 3 internet services providers
  • Mobile service carriers (Globe Telecom and Smart Communications), with NationalTelecom operating in all areas of the province

• Airport/Seaports
  • 2 secondary airports
  • 1 private airport

• Existing Industrial Estate/Economic zone
  • Bacabuscaman Provincial Agri-Industrial Center

Cost of doing business

• Power

  DORECO Power Rates

  Range	Rate per kwh (in US$)
  	Residential	Commercial	Industrial
  Minimum of 0-15 kwh	0.83	0.84	0.82
  Excess charge	0.06	0.06	0.06

• Water

  Range	Rate per cu.m. (in US$)
  	Residential	Commercial
  1-10 cu.m. minimum commodity charge	1.79	3.58
  Excess of 31 cu.m.	0.22	0.43

• Salaries/wages

  Industry/Sector	Rates (in US$)
  Non-agriculture	3.36
  Agriculture
  Plantation	3.16
  Non-plantation	2.74
  Retail Services
  Employing more than 10 workers	3.36
  Employing not more than 10 workers	2.74

  (Plus P25 Cost of Living Allowance)

Potential investment areas

• Integrated coco processing

Incentives

• New Enterprise
  • Full exemption from all local government taxes, permits and charges within three (3) years for small, four (4) years for medium and five (5) years for large scale industries from date of registration.
  • Exemption from basic real property tax imposed under the Tax Code of Mati for a period of two (2) years from the date of approval of registration by the board.

• Expanding Enterprises
  • Full exemption from all local government taxes, permits, and charges within two (2) years from date of registration.
  • Exemption from basic real property tax imposed under the Tax Code of Mati for a period of two (2) years from the date of approval of registration by the board.

Major tourist attractions

• The towering Aliwagwag Falls is located in the middle of the forest of Cateel, with 84 cascading falls appearing like stairway to heaven.
• Caraga Old Church and Point is the site where the central mission of Spanish Missionaries is located. The San Salvador Church is the oldest in the Philippines. The Pusan Point is also the site where the first sunshine of the third millennium was seen.
• The province also has:
  • 34 beaches
  • 4 hot springs
  • 4 forest plantations
  • 4 falls
  • 3 watersheds
  • 6 islands
  • Pawikan breeding station
  • 3 parks
  • various historical relics