Executive Order No. 39

Executive Order No. 39

Series of 2014

Honorable Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte passed Executive Order No. 39, Series of 2014; “An Order Creating an Archives and Records Center in the City Government of Davao, Prescribing its Functions, Providing for its Organizational Structure and Funding, and for Other Purposes”.  The rationale of the order is to resolve the dilemmas in the proper disposition of public documents, given the overflowing volume and lack of sufficient storage space.  This order is in accordance with Republic Act No. 9470 or the National Archives of the Philippines Act of 2007, wherein Rule 20, Section 32 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations provides that, “… every LGU should establish an archival system to ensure the safety and protection of all public documents and records such as births, marriages, deaths and such other documents and records of public interest in various offices and departments in the city…”