Republic of the Philippines
Municipality of Manay, Davao Oriental
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VOLUNTOURISM 2025
Voluntourism refers to the act of dedicating your time, skills, and energy to an organization, issue, or cause to effect positive change in communities globally, integrated into a vacation package. However, instead of its integration to the vacation packages, the Local Government Unit of Manay, led by Mayor Jon Marco Dayanghirang, and the Manay Tourism Unit have selected students to engage in Voluntourism 2025. This tourism innovation will help the youth of Manay to participate and help in the tourism and culture and arts in Manay. This year's students came from Evaristo Moralizon National Vocational High School through the Career Guidance Advocacy Program held last March 14, 2025. The three students were; Jerald D. Villarojo, Keith Masumpad, and James Mandabon. These students will have 10-day volunteer works that will focus on Tourism Management, Tourism Statistics, and Culture and the Arts especially on the celebration of the National Heritage Month 2025.
Article written by: Jan Michael Belena
Published: 2025-04-16
4th Monthly Local Health Board Meeting
April 14, 2025. The LHB (Local Health Board) Meeting was convened Monday afternoon at MHO Conference Room with our Officer In Charge of the Municipal Health Office, Jenie B Lahora presiding together with other stakeholders. Agenda of the meeting are the following: 1. Approval of the Proposed Agenda 2. Reading and Adoption of the Previous Minutes of the Meeting (March 10, 2025) 3. Items for Discussion A. Status of Konsulta Implementation B. Status of HFEP Projects (Infrastructure, Equipment and Motor Vehicles) C. BHW Connect and Underserved and Unserved Area (UUA) Information Systems - GIDA Profiling - BHW Account D. Other Matters All necessary data’s were legibly discussed and presented by OIC MHO, Jenie B Lahora, RMT. Toward the meeting’s end, our OIC MHO appreciated all the members of the LHB for their invaluable presence and support in providing health care services to the community. And, lastly she hopes that everyone will continue to be actively engaged so that the community can have a better, safer and healthier place to live at. "Sa Bagong Pilipinas, Ang Bawat Buhay ay Mahalaga"
Article written by: Municipal Health Office Manay
Published: 2025-04-16
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Manay Vision
A socially stable and economically progressive municipality in pursuit of sustainable agriculture and eco-tourism development within the context of respect to mother nature that nurtures gender responsive, climate smart, resilient, culture-centered, and liveable community through dynamic leadership and good governance sustained by peace loving, God centered and law abiding citizenry.
Manay Mission
In partnership with all stakeholders, will work in unity and solidarity in promoting the general welfare of the people of the municipality by transforming Manayans into self- reliant, self- managing, law-abiding and God- loving community living in prosperity, unity, justice, happiness and peace.
Manay Goal
Propelled towards building an eco - friendly responsive governance, culture-centered, gender sensitive and responsive, climate-smart, resilient and a strong community with socio economic, self sufficiency and stability for the next ten years (2024-2033).
Municipal Ordinances
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Featured Articles
Chicken Loot
Loot is the indigenous way of cooking a meat into a sumptuous viand!
Note: The video was shot at Purok Poblacion, Barangay Taocanga.
UNAW
Dubbed as one of the "Food for the Gods", these Lumbia starch or UNAW is a native delicacy for the people of Manay. It is from a Sago palm, locally known as lumbia, is one among the many sources of flour. In Manay, Davao Oriental it grows on the nearby creeks and springs and sometimes became the references of a presence of a water. Manayans, can you share us on how you prepare this Unaw!
UPLAND RICE
In Barangay Taocanga, "Pag-tataan" or a celebration of the first harvest of an upland rice.
Upland Rice is a kind of rice that is planted directly to a dry soil rather than to a paddy. This rice is harvestable every 4 months or depends on its variety.
According to the farmers, it can be planted in any months of the year, the new generations preferred to plant it on Summer months especially May but the elders preferred to start planting on August to September.
Have you had upland rice in your meal? Comment us your experience!
Note: The video was shot at Purok Poblacion, Barangay Taocanga.
ABACA -OLD MACOPA'S AGRICULTURE WONDER!
Barangay Old Macopa, one of the barangays of the Municipality of Manay is located at the southwestern portion of the municipality of Manay whose economic activity is more on Agriculture. Corn, Coconut, Banana and Abaca are the most common crops being planted by the farmers.
3rd on the list, Abaca yielded 104,300 metric tons on the year 2015 of the barangays' crop with 149 hectares being planted. With the current price and its popularity, Abaca is now widely planted to the different puroks and sitios.
The variety of Senorita is common in the areas of Purok Malipayon, Taganaga, Gravahan, Madsayap, Buyo and Malinawon. Sinamuyo and Dabaw, native varities, also thrive together with the common Mindanaoan variety of Tangungon and Inusa.
A mix of traditional and modern techniques, the Old Macopa abaca planters are keen on improving its performance. Thus making the Abaca industry a sought-after economic power and a potential investment area for the municipality.
KADI DA KAMO!
Come, visit and invest in Manay!
by Jan Michael Belena
SURFING SEASON
In photos is a group of surfers from Siargao that have visited the shorelines of Manay and tried surfing. The coastlines of Manay specifically in Manay Bay have identified to be potential for surfing during the months of November-March.
#wowmanay
#manaytourism
Photos from Julyeleven Gumop-as
DAGMAY
The traditional handwoven textile of Mandaya, is made of lanot (abaca fibers, Musa textilis) using the abl'lun (backstrap loom).
Weaving the "dagmay" has been passed on from one generation to another. Children, during their free time, help their mothers to segregate and knot the abaca fibers. When their feet can reach the siknan (foot brace) of the loom, the young girls are allowed to continue what their mothers and grandmothers have started to weave. Those who are willing to learn would stay by their mothers' side to observe and copy what their mothers are doing.
Motifs and designs of the dagmay are mostly anthropomorphic and zoomorphic. The reptile is respected as shown by the regularity with which it appears in their design. Dagmay is not just an ordinary cloth; every design is considered sacred and a gift by the Tagamaling (spirit). Weavers would offer rituals to the Magbabaya (deity) to give them clear visions of the designs and concentration when laying the patterns. They would usually chew on betel nuts and burn ashes near them as part of their ritual.
At present, the Mandaya weavers in Davao Oriental would mix commercial cotton with abaca to save time in preparing the materials and in weaving. At times, they also mix the commercial and natural dyes to make the colors look brighter and prevent the colors from fading away/fast.
Municipality of Manay Seal
Taken from the records of the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator's Office based on the transmittal from the National Historical Institute on 1995.
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