The City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) is anticipating higher revenues from two major cockpits in Davao City including the so-called Covid-19 “Ground Zero” which recently resumed operations in Davao City.
Maribel Paguican, officer in charge of the Davao City Business Bureau, said on Wednesday during Wednesdays at Habi at Kape media forum at Abreeza Mall, that the Business Bureau has already issued permits to the New Davao Matina Gallera and the Calinan Cockpit Arena, which have returned to their operations after their temporary closure due to the pandemic.
Paguican said the CTO is expecting to surpass the revenue generated by the said cockpits pre-pandemic.
She said during the pre-pandemic, the revenue collected from the cockpit operations has reached P12 million and that CTO is expecting to surpass this as for just three Sunday operations of the two cockpits, the revenue collected reached almost P1 million.
In April 2020, former mayor and now Vice President Sara Duterte banned cockfighting in Davao City following the transmission of individuals with Covid-19 after attending the six-cock derby for the “Araw ng Davao” celebration at the New Davao Matina Gallera in March.
The New Davao Matina Gallera was tagged as the “ground zero” of the Covid-19 outbreak not only in Davao City but in Mindanao as well.
Meanwhile, Paguican reported that the Business Bureau surpassed last year’s output by generating 42,856 renewal applications, which is an increase of 4,017 compared to last year’s 38,839.
