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==DTI-Davao warns contractors to secure PCAB license to avoid sanctions== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R11&article=1561332298851 | |||
*By: PIA | |||
*''March 21, 2012'' | |||
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao cautions all contractors, subcontractors, and specialty contractors to first secure a license from the agency before engaging into any construction activities in the Philippines to avoid sanctions. | |||
The licenses, which shall be secured from the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB), which is under the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), a DTI-attached agency. | |||
Republic Act 4566 (Contractors License Law), as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1746, requires all contractors, subcontractors, and specialty contractors, regardless of nationality, to get a PCAB license first before they get involved with construction. | |||
Under the law, a contractor may secure any of the two types of licenses – regular and special. | |||
The regular license is issued to a domestic construction firm which shall authorize the licensee to engage in construction contracting within the field and scope of his license classification(s) for as long as license validity is maintained through annual renewal; unless renewal is denied or the License is suspended, cancelled or revoked for cause(s). | |||
The regular license shall be reserved for and issued only to constructor-firms of Filipino sole proprietorship, or partnership/corporation with at least 70 percent Filipino equity participation and duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Philippine laws. | |||
The special license, on the other hand, is issued to a joint venture, a consortium, a foreign constructor or a project owner which shall authorize the licensee to engage only in the construction of a single specific undertaking/project. | |||
In case the licensee is a foreign firm, the license authorization shall be further subject to condition(s) as may have been imposed by the proper Philippine government authority in the grant of the privilege for him to so engage in construction contracting in the Philippines. | |||
Annual renewal shall be required for as long as the undertaking/project is in progress, but shall be restricted to only as many times as necessary for completion of the same. | |||
A regular license shall be valid for one fiscal year, from the first of July to the 30th of June of the ensuing year, unless suspended, invalidated, cancelled or revoked earlier by the Board, and shall be renewed annually. | |||
A license issued after the first of July shall be valid for the remaining part of the fiscal year. | |||
DTI 11 Regional Director Marizon S. Loreto said that those who are engaged in contracting should get a PCAB license, else it is a violation of a Trade and Industry Law (TIL) and corresponding penalties will be charged against them. | |||
“Once a contractor has a PCAB license, we are assured that they have passed the requirements relative to construction business. Through this way, we are also assured that they are aware of their responsibilities as contractors,” she said. | |||
Meanwhile, PCAB chair Engr. Ramon F. Allado added that having a PCAB license legalizes one’s construction business. | |||
It also professionalizes the industry and makes the playing field equal since having a license makes every firm accountable for his projects’ quality and adherence to standards and requirements as provided by law. | |||
It assures the safety of the public, that only qualified and reliable contractors are allowed to undertake construction in the country,” he said. | |||
DTI 11 is intensifying its campaign against unlicensed contractors in a bid to protect the project owners and employees/laborers involved in the said project. | |||
Contractors caught operating without a license shall pay a penalty of up to P150,000 after due notice and hearing. | |||
==Illegal logs seized in Davao Oriental== | ==Illegal logs seized in Davao Oriental== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20120317024638 | *Source: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20120317024638 | ||