Meeting with the Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte regarding the Maligaya gardeners case

The Maligaya Gradeners at the board meeting room in the city hall of Davao

Governor Graca Padaka of Isabela at the Davao City mayor office.

I went to the City hall of Davao to meet with the City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte to tackle with some problems regarding the Maligiya Gardeners which I am one of the members. I together with the rest of the Maligaya gardeners have an appointment to the Davao City Mayor at exactly 2:30 but we were accommodated more or less 4:30 in the afternoon because he needs to accommodated first the visitor from Isabela Governor Grace Padaka. We presented our problems to him concerning about operating business with "NO" business permit within the Maligaya subdivision. We were advice by Judge Quitain prior to our meeting with the City Mayor that our business operation is good and it adds beautification to the said place since all of us are selling ornamental plants. It just so happen that there was one person in the name of Alfredo "Jet" Grandeza had passed complains stating that Gardeners were not allowed to occupy such areas because it is classified under residential zone. The gardeners ask the point of view of Judge Quitain and he explained that "Yes it is true, it should not be occupied because it is really true that it is classified under residential zone but operating business there can be done if we have not received any complains from the home owners association. During the discussion , it seems that the gardeners have given already all they can do just to make the business legitimate enough as a matter of fact, all Maligaya gardeners went to Grandezas House in Maligaya subdivision (the complainant) to put an end to this issue. They apologize to the person and his family and to the association members as well and the complainant Alfredo "Jet" Grandeza accepted the said apology. I think all will be in good place because the Maligaya Gardeners initiated the move and the complainant was very glad also that both parties were now in good terms. The complainant also explained his sentiments so to make the story short we all end up in good terms after explaining our side after giving our apology. The complainant told us that we will do the 'WinWin solution" so that everybody can now apply for a business permit early next year. He also told us that he will make a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement). The Maligaya Gardeners have all their smiles before living the House of Alfredo jet Grandeza. The following morning, Darwin Pineda son of Zenaida Pineda (fruit trees nursery operator) brought the letter of apology because the complainant instructed him to make it in writing and formal so he brought it to every gardeners to have it signed and all of them signed hoping that this document will be the solution to all the problems in Maligaya and after that Darwin submitted it to the complainant. A day after the complainant made another letter , a letter that could pin down all the gardeners to court so the gardeners refused to sign the document. The gardeners confront the complainant why you are making this move instead of making a retraction paper and he sounded differently to the Maligaya gardeners. That is the time where the Maligaya gardeners think that he was not so sincere with the apology made a day ago because he was using it to gather more information in order to pin down against Maligaya Gardeners. I just hope and pray that with the meeting of the Davao City Mayor this afternoon, It will give positive results.