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Small-size Cities in the Philippines
Bayawan City, Negros Oriental
Central Visayas, Philippines
 Bayawan City Proper

Bayawan City, Negros Oriental,

Central Visayas, Philippines
 Biophysical Features
• 2nd Class Component City; 3rd District
Negros Oriental, Central Visayas
• Area of 69, 908 hectares (269.92
square miles)
– Alienable & Disposable : 49, 673
hectares (122,742 acres)
– Classified as Forestland : 20,235
hectares (50,000 acres)
• Composed of 28 barangays
barangays;; with 7
urban, 21 rural
• Four Major River Systems: Bayawan
River, Pagatban River, Sicopong River
and Ilog River
• 15 kilometers sandy coastline facing
Sulu Sea
• Predominantly hilly with terrain
moderately sloping to rolling
• Climate Type - Wet and Dry : February
to May relatively dry. June to January
- Rainy
• Average Annual Rainfall : 1870 mm
• Temperature Range : Uplands - 22.5 –
25 C; Lowlands – 25
25--30 C

Largest City in terms of land area

in Central Visayas
 Natural Resources
Mag--aso Falls, Mantapi
Mag Mantapi,, Banga
 Natural Resources
Lourdes Falls, Narra Habhaban Cave Falls, Malabugas

Niludhan Falls, Dawis

 Demography

• Population – 114,074(National
Statistics Office 2010)
• Growth Rate - 1.1% per annum
• No. Of Households – 22,471
• Average Household Size – 5
• Population Density – 1.63/ hectare
• Language/ Dialects – Cebuano,
Ilonggo,, Kinaray
Ilonggo Kinaray--a, Tagalog
Tagalog,, English
• Labor Force – 64,539
• Literacy Rate – 92.3%

Melting pot of various migrant ethnicities

in the Visayas
 Economy
• Agriculture & Fishery Products : Sugar, Rice, Corn,
Copra ,Cotton, Tuna and other Pelagic Fishes
• Industry: Sugar Milling, Rice/Corn Milling, Lime,
Lumber Milling
• Commercial Activities : Merchandising, Trading, Buy
and Sell
• No. of Registered Business Establishments: 1,761
(Dec 2013)
• No. of Banks : 7
• No. of Non-
Non-Bank Money Transfer Facilities: 14
• Mineral Resources : Coal, Rock Phospate
Phospate,, Lime
• Average Household Income :
– PhP 84,481 per year or USD 5.5 a day (All barangays)
– PhP 71,217 per year or USD 4.6 a day (Rural Area)
– PhP 173,981 per year or USD 11.3 a day (Urban Area)
• % HH Above Poverty Line : 59.7%
• % HH Below Poverty Line : 40.3%
• Employment Rate – 71%

Agricultural economy with the largest food

and fiber production potential
 Agricultural Production
Distribution of Major Crops Grown

Sugarcane

4% 3% 1% Rice
2%
3%
1% Corn

8% Coconut
45%
Cotton
14%
Fruit Trees

Banana
19%
Vegetables

Rubber

Jatropha curcas

Area Production
Crop (Hectares) (Metric Tons)

Sugarcane 7,347.9 422,775.0

Rice 3,119.7 9,542.2

Corn 2,272.3 6,982.2

Coconut 1,334.8 5,132.1

Cotton 231.0 72.5

Fruit Trees 555.8 1,483.8

Banana 269.2 2,571.4

Vegetables 562.5 1,188.2

Rubber 550.0 NA

Jatropha curcas 70.0 NA

 Transportation

• Bus Routes –
Cebu, Dumaguete
Dumaguete,, Kalumboyan
Kalumboyan,, Mabinay
Mabinay,, Hi
noba--
noba
an, Sipalay
Sipalay,, Bacolod, Tabuan
Tabuan,, Kalamtukan
• V-Hire – Dumaguete
Dumaguete,, Kalumboyan
Kalumboyan,, Basay
• Jeep/ Truck Bus – Basay
Basay,, Santa
Catalina, Hinterland Barangays
• Motorcycles (Habal
(Habal--Habal
Habal)) – Hinterland
Barangays
• Tricycle – Along coastal and inland barangays
• Pedicab – Within the urban area
• Transport Terminals – Ceres Terminal; CBD
North and South Bound Terminal; Bayawan
City Fish Terminal

Public transport and fish docking hub

in Southern Negros
DISTANCE TO AND FROM MAJOR CITIES

Distance Travel
Major City Route
Km Time

Manila – Dumaguete (by Boat) – 740.0 27 hrs

Bayawan (by Land trip) 3 hrs
Manila Manila – Dumaguete (by Plane) – and 45
Bayawan (by Land trip) minutes
Cebu– Dumaguete (by Boat) – Bayawan 370.0
Cebu– 10 hrs
(by Land trip) 290.0 6 hrs
Cebu–– Liloan – Sibulan – Bayawan (by
Cebu 370.0 8 hrs
Cebu City Land trip)
Cebu–– Bato – Tampi – Bayawan (by
Cebu
Land trip)
Bacolod – Hinobaan – Bayawan (by Land 280.0 8 hrs
trip) 240.0 5 hrs
Bacolod Bacolod – Mabinay – Bayawan (by Land 420.0 7 hrs
City trip)
Bacolod – Dumaguete – Bayawan (by
Land trip)
Dumaguete – Siaton – Bayawan (by 2 hrs
Dumaguete Land trip) 102.0 2 hrs
City Dumaguete – Bais – Bayawan (by Land 140.0 and 30
trip) minutes
 Transportation

Maglinao Airstrip, Basay

1700m x 40 m; 290m MASL;
Asphalt Surface;
28 km Northwest of Bayawan City Proper
Travel Time = 30 minutes

HTCI Airstrip, Caranoche, Sta. Catalina

650m x 15m; 12m MASL; Macadam Surface;
6.2 km East of Bayawan City Proper
Travel Time = 10 minutes

Nearby airstrips potential for development

and investments
 Transportation

COTCOT (CDCP) Port, Bongalonan, Basay

15-20 Pathoms Depth; Coral Reef Beach 5 Hectares for Port
Facilities Development
25 km Northwest of Bayawan City Proper
Travel Time = 30 minutes

Tambobo Bay (Roro Port) , Siaton

Coral Reef Coastline
50 km Southeast of Bayawan City Proper
Travel Time = 60 minutes
Transportation

HTCI Port, Sta. Catalina

Sandy Beach/ Coastline
9 km East of Bayawan City Proper

Bayawan Fish Wharf

Along Bayawan River Channel
Within Bayawan City Proper
 Communication

• Telephone/Cell Companies and Internet

Service Providers
– PLDT
– CRUZTELCO
– SMART Communications
– GLOBE Communications
– SUN Communications
• Express Mail Services
– Philippines Postal Service
– JRS Express
– LBC Courrier
– Aboitiz Courrier
• Cable TV/ Broadcast Media
– FilProducts Cable TV
– E&E Cable TV
– DYSJ Radio Natin FM Radio 105.7
– DYLN Magic FM Radio107.5
– Periodicals and Philippine Dailies
 Power and Water
• Water Utilities – BAWAD
Level III
– Residential PhP 15.00 pcm
– Commercial PhP 35.00 pcm
• Barangay Water Systems
Level I, II and III Systems,
Deep wells, Shallow wells
• Water Refilling Stations: 5
• Access Rate to Potable
Water: 80.04%

• Power : NORECO II
(PhP 10.00 per kWh)
• 100% of Barangays with
Electric Grid Connection
 Waste Disposal

Materials Recovery Facility

Waste & Ecology Center

- Sanitary Landfill

Composting Facility

Waste Water
Biodigester and Sludge Treatment Facility
Drying Beds

The first and only Integrated Waste Management

Facility in the Philippines
Cost of Doing Business
• Utilities
– Power : PhP 10.00 per kilowatt-
kilowatt-hour
– Water: Residential PhP 15.00 pcm
pcm;;
Commercial PhP 35.00 pcm
– Telephone: PhP 7.00 per minute NDD Landline calls;
PhP 6.00 – 7.00 per minute Cellular/ GSM Calls
– Internet: PhP 1,000.00 per 2 mbps bandwidth of
Landline; PhP 20.00 per hour Wirelesss
Wirelesss// GSM/ 3G/
Internet Cafe
• Space Rentals/ Lease Rates
– Residential: PhP 25 – PhP 100 per square meter per
month
– Hotel Accommodation/ Lodging: PhP 200 – PhP2,000
per pax per day
– Commercial: PhP 100 – PhP 200 per square meter per
month
– Agricultural: PhP 3,000 – 10,000 per hectare per year
• Prevailing Market Prices of Land Real Estate
– Residential : PhP 500 – PhP 2,500 per square meter
– Commercial: PhP 1,500 – PhP 7,000 per square meter
– Agricultural: PhP 25,000 – PhP 300,000 per hectare
• Minimum Wage Rates
(as prescribed by the Regional Wage Board)
– Non
Non--Agriculture PhP 240 – 285
– Agriculture PhP 220 - 267
 Cost of Doing Business
• Local Regulatory Fees
– Mayor’s Permit: PhP 30 – 5,000; depends on the nature of business
– Clearances (Zoning, PESO, Fire Safety.. etc) : PhP 180
– Sanitary Permit: PhP 37.50 – 150
– Fire Fund Fee: 10% of Sum of Permits plus Clearance Fees
• Community Tax Certificates
– Single Proprietors: One Peso per One Thousand Pesos Gross
Income; sum not to exceed PhP 5,000
– Corporation: PhP 500 plus One Peso per One Thousand Pesos Gross
Income; sum not to exceed PhP 10,000
• Real Property Tax
– Assessment Levels
• Residential Lot – 10%; Building – 10 - 40%
• Commercial/ Industrial Lot – 40%; Building – 25 - 75%
• Agricultural Lot – 30%
– Tax Due is 2.5% (Basic – 1.5%; SEF – 1.0%) of Assessed Value
– Advance Payment: full payment on or before December 31 for the
succeeding year’s taxes have 20% Discount
– Prompt Payment: full payment on or before January 31 of the
current year’s taxes have 20% Discount; while payment in full from
February 1-
1- March 31 of current year’s taxes have 15% Discount
– Instalment Payment: payment by instalment based on or before the
end of every quarter of the current year’s taxes have 10% Discount
• Tax on Newly-
Newly-Started Business. The tax shall be one-
one-twentieth
of one percent (1/20 of 1%) of the capital investment. In the succeeding
calendar year, regardless of when the business started to operate, the tax
shall be based on the gross receipts for the preceding calendar year or
any fraction thereof, as provided in the pertinent schedules of the LRC
 Land Use and
Development Plan
Retirement
Village/
Low Density
Residential New
Government
Center Urban Agriculture

Residential/
Commercial
CBD
Expansion
Industrial Areas
CBD

Education/
Research
Development
 Land Use and
Development Plan

Proposed Industrial Site: Napit-an, Maninihon, Bayawan City

Estimated Potential Area: 12 hectares
 Land Use and
Development Plan

Proposed Industrial Site: Napit-an, Maninihon, Bayawan City

Estimated Potential Area: 96 Hectares
 Land Use and
Development Plan

Lapay
Plantation
Area

Tayawan- Kalumboyan-
Minaba- Tabuan Valley
San Roque
Plateau
Plantation
Area Nangka-Narra-
Cansumalig
Agro-forestry Area
 Land Use and
Development Plan

Proposed Industrial Plantation Area: Lapay, Bayawan City

Potential Plantation Area = 2,500 Hectares
Distance to Bayawan City Proper = 47 kilomets
Travel Time = 90 minutes
 Land Use and
Development Plan

Proposed Industrial Plantation Area: Tayawan, Bayawan City

Potential Plantation Area = 2,400 Hectares
Distance to Bayawan City Proper = 30 kilometers
Travel Time = 40 minutes
 Local Investment Code:
Preferred Investments
1.Manufacture
1. Manufacture of Agro Agro--based products such as but
not limited toto:: Canned food products, Dried fruit
processing, Sweets, candies and condiments,
Ethnic food products and delicacies, Rubber
Processing, Jathropa Processing Plant, Bio Bio--Diesel
Plant, Essential Oil and Herbal Extract Production,
Agro--Forest Products
Agro
2.Manufacture
2. Manufacture of handicraft products such as but
not limited to to:: Toys, Ceramics, Furniture,
Garments, bags, and other native clothing
products using indigenous raw materials, Fashion
accessories, jewelries, stone craft, etc
etc……
3.Tourism
3. Tourism and Education related business such as
but not limited to to:: Mid
Mid--range hotels and other
tourist related facilities, Beach resorts, Theme
parks, Marina, Tourist transport equipments and
facilities, Vocational and technical skills training
centers for out out--of -school youth, English
proficiency training centers
centers..
 Local Investment Code:
Preferred Investments
4. Property Development projects such as but not
limited to: Commercial complexes, Retirement
villages, Convention centers, Private industrial
estates, Economic zones, Agricultural food
terminals, Hospitals and modern laboratories/
diagnostic equipment, Health Services-
Services-Clinics and
the likes, Memorial Park/Garden
5. Transshipment facilities such as but not limited
to: Airport and Seaport infrastructure, Common
bonded warehouses, Shipping facilities, Ship
repair, Ship breaking
6. Information Communication Technology (ICT)
and Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) –
related business.
7. Metal and foundry shops
8. Manpower Services
9. Education
Education--related entities but not limited to
new educational facilities and bookstores
10.Printing/Publishing
10. Printing/Publishing
11.High
11. High Value Crops
 Local Investment Code:
Incentives
• Incentives – Incentives shall be granted, provided they
meet the capital and employment generation
requirements. Investors enjoying incentives under this
Chapter shall be exempted from:

1. Payment of building permit fees, business fees and other

fees and charges imposed by existing city ordinance, but
only for fees and taxes that fall due after approval of the
application for incentives. For investors in Preferred
Investments, the exemption for business fees and other
fees shall be for the period not to exceed five (5) years to
be reckoned from the date of approval of the application
by the Board.

2. Payment of basic real property tax imposed by existing

City Ordinance on improvements, but only for new
improvements introduced by the investors.

3. In the case of an existing improvement, the exemption

shall apply only to the increase in the assessment
because of rehabilitation, adoption, expansion and/or
diversification shall be for the period prescribed under
and not to exceed to five (5) years to be reckoned from
the date of the approval of the application by the Board.
 Local Investment Code:
Capitalization and Employment Generation Requirements,
Period Exemption for Preferred Investments
CAPITALIZATION REQUIRED EMPLOYEE SIZE
(YRS) CAPITAL INCENTIVE
EMPLOYMENT/
RATIO
P 30M – 150M 1 per P500,000 AT LEAST 10 1 YEAR
175% REQUIRED 2 YEARS
250 % REQUIRED 3 YEARS

Over P150 M – 1 per MILLION MINIMUM 1 YEAR

250 M REQUIRED 2 YEARS
175% REQUIRED 3 YEARS
250 % REQUIRED
Over P 250 M 1 per 1.5 MINIMUM 1 YEAR
MILLION REQUIRED 2 YEARS
175% REQUIRED 3 YEARS
250 % REQUIRED
Over P 400 M – 1 per 2 MINIMUM 1 YEAR
500 M MILLION REQUIRED 2 YEARS
175% REQUIRED 3 YEARS
250 % REQUIRED
Over P 500 M 1 per 2.5 MINIMUM 1 YEAR
MILLION REQUIRED 3 YEARS
175% REQUIRED 4 YEARS
200 % REQUIRED 5 YEARS
250 % REQUIRED
 Priority Investment Areas
1. Agriculture and agro-
agro-forestry plantation
development particularly on rubber, cotton
,coconut, palm oil, essential oils and fuel oils
2. Agri
Agri--industries such as on the processing and
packaging of rubber, coconut, cotton, palm oil,
essential oils, food, feed and fish products
3. Agriculture and fishery support infrastructure such
as farm-
farm-toto--market roads, irrigation,
slaughterhouse, trading center and transport
terminal
4. Mini
Mini--hydro power source development
5. Bulk water source development, transmission and
storage
6. Sewerage and wastewater treatment facilities
7. Real estate and housing
8. Hospitals, clinics and medical facilities
9. Hotels, resorts, convention center and tourism
facilities development
10. Information and Communications Technology
11. Education and education-
education-related entities
12. Sports complex and facilities development
 Applicable Investment
Modes

• Joint Venture
• Build-Operate-Transfer
• Long-Term Lease
LGU BAYAWAN
Investment
Initiatives

Opening new opportunities and

priming up agri-industry development
Agri-Industry Development
Rubber Tree Farm Establishment
Agri-Industry Development
Jatropha curcas Farm Establishment
Agri-Industry Development
Village-Level Biodiesel Processing Facility
Agri-Industry Development
Village-Level Biodiesel Processing Facility
Agriculture Infrastructure
Barangay Agriculture Development Centers
Agriculture Infrastructure
Farm to Market Road Construction
Agriculture Infrastructure
Communal Irrigation Projects
Coastal Bay Development:
Coastal Road, GK Housing and
Constructed Wetland
 Urban Infrastructure
Development:
Integrated Business Center: Hotel, Conference Halls
& Transport Terminal
 Good Governance
• First Healthy City in
Visayas-Mindanao
(2003)
• Galing Pook Award for
Inter LGU-NGO
Partnership in Health
Care Delivery –
League of Cities of the
Philippines [2003]
• Galing Pook Awards
on Food Security
Program (2004)
• One of the Most
Competitive Small-Size
Cities (2007,2012)
• Galing Pook Awards
on Ecological Waste
Management (2009)
• National Champion
Kalasag Awards (2008,
2009,2010, 2011)

A Dynamic LGU Striving

for Public Service Excellence
 Why Invest with Us?
1. Vast agricultural lands for food and fiber
production
2. Wide opportunities for agri-industries and
businesses
3. Widely available local labor and manpower
4. In place stable water, power and
telecommunication utilities
5. Good access to strategic transport points
6. Zero Insurgency and Very Low Crime Rate
7. Comprehensive local infrastructure development
program
8. Comprehensive environmental rehabilitation &
protection programs
9. Strong disaster response, risk reduction and
mitigation initiatives
10. Good public and private sector collaborative
environment
11. Well-organized cooperatives, farmers’ and people’s
organizations
12. Local tax incentives on preferred investments
13. Strong, transparent and responsive local
government organization
14. Dynamic, development-oriented and unified local
officials

We believe in partnerships and

collaboration, and we live it.
Come to where potentials are honed
and gains are sustained...

THANK YOU!
Local Investment Board
Office of the City Mayor
Local Government of Bayawan City
2/F City Hall Complex
Poblacion,, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental
Poblacion
Philippines 6221
Telefax 63.035.531.0020/21

www.bayawancIty.gov.ph