Socio Economic Agenda

The Municipality of Cateel that is part of the eastern Mindanao can be found on the northern part of Davao Oriental, Provincial Capitol – Mati, especially along the coastal shores facing the Pacific Ocean.  The town has a rich and fertile land that is located at the longitude of 120 degrees 11’ to 126 degrees 333’ and latitude of 7 degrees 35’ to 7’ 50’ of the globe. The geographical description of the town is based on the provisions of Organic Act No.21 passed on October 29, 1903, creating the town of Cateel.

The town is composed of sixteen (16) barangays having a total land area of 54.556 square kilometers representing 10% of the total land area of the Province of Davao Oriental, which is 53.005 or 545.16 square kilometers equivalent to 1.73% to the province’s total land area.

Among its political subdivisions, Barangay Aliwagwag has the largest land area with 13.544 hectares or 90.32 square kilometers representing 24% of the total land area of the municipality, while Barangay Baybay has the smallest land area with only 600 hectares or 60.00 square kilometers posting 1.10% of the town’s land area.

24.8% of the total land area of the municipality, while Barangay Baybay has the smallest land area with only 600 hectares or 60.00 square kilometers posting 1.10% of the town’s land area.

Total Land Area

%

Land Area (Total: 54,556)

Source: MPDO

Land Area Distribution

  • Abejod (Land Area: 2,000) 4.28% 4.28%
  • Alegria (Land Area: 880) 1.88% 1.88%
  • Aliwagwag (Land Area: 13,544) 16.06% 16.06%
  • Aragon (Land Area: 2,000) 4.28% 4.28%
  • Baybay (Land Area: 600) 1.28% 1.28%
  • Maglahus (Land Area: 5,200) 11.13% 11.13%
  • Mainit (Land Area:1,100) 2.35% 2.35%
  • Malibago (Land Area: 10,832) 19.34% 19.34%
  • San Alfonso (Land Area: 3,200) 6.85% 6.85%
  • San Antonio (Land Area: 3,600) 7.71% 7.71%
  • San Miguel (Land Area: 800) 1.71% 1.71%
  • San Rafael (Land Area: 1,200) 2.57% 2.57%
  • San Vicente (Land Area: 800) 1.71% 1.71%
  • Sta. Felomina (Land Area: 720) 1.54% 1.54%
  • Taytayan (Land Area: 7,200) 1.71% 1.71%
  • Poblacion (Land Area: 880) 15.41% 15.41%

Topography

The locality that is endowed with extensive plain and vast irrigable tract of lands, uneven distribution of mountains and hills, long rivers, numerous streams and couple of swamps, characterized its topography.

 

SLOPE CLASSIFICATIONLAND AREA% TO TOTAL
0-3 Broad level to nearly level land12,19122.34
3-8 Gently undulating area with land sloping in general direction10,76119.72
8-18 Gently rolling land sloping in more than one general directions12,27522.49
18-30 Hilly and sloping in many directions2,3134.23
30-50 Mountainous and rolling land sloping in many directions3.7106.80
50 & Over sleep to very sloping in many directions to mountainous and hilly area13,30624.42
TOTAL54,556100.00

 

Source: Municipal Agriculture Office

Climate

The municipality’s geographical location manifests that the area belongs to Type II of the climate classification based on the PAG-ASA guidelines characterized by no lengthy dry season and a very pronounced minimum rainfall. See figure 5.

Its average annual rainfall distribution is 320.54 millimeters. It rises as high as 408.98 millimeters during the months of November till March and decreases as low as 108.46 starting from the months of April until September.

The average annual temperature range of the area is 26”C. It rises up to 27 degrees C but not decreases below 26’C.

There are two (2) types of seasonal wind prevalent in the locality every year.  Local folks or Cateeleños identified these as “Amihan” a period that usually occurs during the months of November to March.  These are the winds that come from the north going south. “Batukan” or winds that usually strike during the dry season starting from the months of August to October are winds that come from the west and east.

Population and Demographic Profile

Total Population

As to the population distribution by age group, both censal years 2010 and 2015 aging 5-9 has more population other than age group. Male population dominated the female population.

 

Population Distribution by Age Group and Sex, Year 2010 and 2015

Age GroupCensal Year 2015Censal Year 2010
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Under 1466489955530460990
1-42,2252,0854,31020501,9263,976
5-92,6772,4615,13824862,3654,851
10-142,4602,3374,79724162,2394,655
15-192,1811,8284,00921532,0624,215
20-241,7411,6013,34218771,6553,532
25-291,6831,4213,10415641,2302,794
30-341,4441,1282,57212971,1532,450
35-391,2471,1012,34811761,0312,207
40-441,1839982,18111489712,119
45-491,0939742,0679228511,773
50-549497641,7137567321,488
55-596836691,3525915501,141
60-644895351,024373375748
65-69339336675271277548
70-74226230456228257485
75-79161194355140159299
80 and Over13916730688126214
Total21,38619,31840,70420,06618,41938,485

Source: PSA

There were 40,704 people for the total population in 2015. About 8,673 or 21.30% of this figure live in the rural area (Table 2). Only Barangay Poblacion has been considered and classified by the PSA as the urban area where most of the economic activities, infrastructures utilities and facilities are found. Cateel is primarily an agricultural area, so that the rest of the barangays engage in agri-industrial activities.

 

Table 4. Household Population by Urban and Rural Barangay and Average Household Size, Year 2015

BarangayPopulationNumber of HouseholdAverage Household Size
A. Urban   
1Poblacion8,6732,0784.17
     
Sub Total8,6732,0784.17
     
B. Rural   
1Abejod2,0244764.25
2Alegria1,7614204.19
3Aliwagwag1,4073404.14
4Aragon2,0074794.19
5Baybay8712084.19
6Maglahus1,5673744.19
7Mainit1,9934754.20
8Malibago2,0294844.19
9San Alfonso3,8389024.25
10San Antonio3,5308474.17
11San Miguel1,0672554.19
12San Rafael2,8766894.17
13San Vicente8001904.21
14Santa Felomina1,4783534.19
15Taytayan4,7831,1424.19
Sub Total32,0317,633 
Total40,7049,7114.19

 

Source: PSA 2015

The municipality’s has a total population of 18,065 in both sexes under the school going population with the sex ratio of 105.4, working age 23,712 with the sex ratio of 111.8, labor force aging to 15 and over 25,504 with the sex ratio of 113.4 and dependent population has 16,992 population with the sex ratio of 104.7.

Mostly men dominated the female population only in the dependent population aging 65 and over female dominated the men population.

 

Table 5. Population Composition by School-Age, Working-Age, Dependent-Age Group and Sex, Year 2015

Age Group

Both

Male

Female

Sex Ratio

Sexes

No.

Percen-

tage

No.

Percen-tage

School Going Population

18,065

9,273

51.34

8,792

48.66

105.4

Pre school (3-6)

4,093

2,084

50.92

2,009

49.08

103.7

Elementary (7-12)

6,023

3,108

51.61

2,915

48.39

106.7

Secondary (13-16)

3,652

1,871

51.24

1,781

48.76

105.1

Tertiary (17-21)

4,297

2,210

51.44

2,087

48.56

106.0

Working Age (15-64)

23,712

12,693

52.77

11,019

47.23

111.8

Labor Force (15 and over)

25,504

13,558

54.40

11,946

45.60

113.4

Dependent population

16,992

8,693

51.5

8,299

48.5

104.7

Young (0-14)

15,200

7,828

51.69

7,372

48.31

107.0

Old (65- over)

1,792

865

50.25

927

49.5

93.3

Source: Computed based on the latest NSO data on household population by Age-Group.

Population Density

Barangay Poblacion is considered urban area with a population density of 9.85 and having built-up density of 6.75.

For the rural barangays, Barangay San Rafael has the highest built-up density at 2.39 persons per hectare and most populous among the 15 rural barangays.

Table 6. Urbanization Density, Gross Density and Built-up Density, Year 2015

Barangay

Municipality

Population Density

Built-up Density

Urban Barangay

 

 

1. Poblacion

9.85

6.75

Sub Total

9.85

6.75

Rural Barangay

 

 

1. Abejod

1.01

0.69

2. Alegria

2.00

1.22

3. Aliwagwag

0.10

0.07

4. Aragon

1.00

0.62

5. Baybay

1.45

1.20

6. Maglahus

0.30

0.12

7. Mainit

1.81

1.30

8. Malibago

0.19

0.16

9. San Alfonso

1.20

0.94

10. San Antonio

0.10

0.80

11. San Miguel

1.33

0.89

12. San Rafael

2.39

1.59

13. San Vicente

1.00

0.75

14. Santa Felomina

2.05

1.47

15. Taytayan

0.66

0.46

Sub Total

16.59

0.81

TOTAL

26.44

0.52

Source: To be computed using NSO data

Ethnicity

The Dabawenyo dialect dominates the different languages spoken in the municipality where there are 4,952 or 53 percent of the municipality’s total household. It is followed by Mandaya with 3,620 or 39 percent of the household. The remaining 755 or 9 percent of household represent the other dialect spoken within the municipality.

Table 7. Household Population by Ethnicity and Sex

Mother Tongue

Household Number

% of Total Households

Davaweño

4,952

53.093

Mandaya

3,620

38.812

Bisaya/Binisaya

260

2.788

Cebuano

124

1.329

Boholano

130

1.394

Surigaonon

67

0.718

Hiligaynon Ilonggo

41

0.440

Ilocano

30

0.322

Waray

29

0.311

Maranao

26

0.279

Tagalog

14

0.150

Manobo

11

0.118

Zambageño-Chavacano

8

0.086

Mansaka

6

0.064

Karay-a

5

0.054

Others

4

0.043

TOTAL

9,327

100.00

Source: NSO/PSA 2015

Religion

The Roman Catholic ranks the highest in number with 34,923 or 85.80 percent of the municipality’s total population. Other religious sects with biggest affiliation next to Roman Catholic in the 2015 census were: Seventh Day Adventist – 3.25 percent, Evangelical (Phil. Council of Evangelical Churches) – 3.08 percent, Iglesia ni Cristo – 2.98 percent, International Oneway Outreach – 1.28 percent, and Church of Christ – .79 percent. The remaining 2.83 percent are other religious affiliation present within the municipality.

Table 8. Population by Religious Affiliation, Year 2015

Religious Affiliation

No. of People

% of Total Population

Roman Catholics

34,923

85.80

Seventh Day Adventist

1,323

3.25

Evangelical (Phil. Council of Evangelical Churches)

1,256

3.08

Iglesia ni Cristo

1,216

2.98

International Oneway Outreach

523

1.28

Church of Christ

321

0.79

Good News Christian Church

261

0.64

Islam

137

0.34

Bible Baptist Church

98

0.24

Other Protestant

86

0.21

Others

560

1.40

Total

40,704

100.00

 Source: NSO/PSA 2015

Languages/Dialect

The Dabawenyo dialect dominates the different languages spoken in the municipality where there are 4,952 or 53 percent of the municipality’s total household. It is followed by Mandaya with 3,620 or 39 percent of the household. The remaining 755 or 9 percent of household represent the other dialect spoken within the municipality.

Table 9. Population by Mother Tongue, Year 2015

Mother TongueHousehold Number% of Total Households
Davaweño4,95253.093
Mandaya3,62038.812
Bisaya/Binisaya2602.788
Cebuano1241.329
Boholano1301.394
Surigaonon670.718
Hiligaynon Ilonggo410.440
Ilocano300.322
Waray290.311
Maranao260.279
Tagalog140.150
Manobo110.118
Zambageño-Chavacano80.086
Mansaka60.064
Karay-a50.054
Others40.043
TOTAL9,327100.00

    Source: NSO/PSA 2015

Poverty Incidence

 The poverty incidence increases after typhoon Pablo. The damages of properties and source of livelihood was affected that hinder the economic activity was paralyzed for several months. The recovery is also fast due to the help of the National Government and joint effort of the provincial and municipal LGUs in enforcing and implementing the rehabilitation plan. The presence of INGOs & NGOs is of great help in realizing the total recovery.

The survey conducted on Family Income and Expenditure in year 2000 covering 7,890 households in municipality of Cateel showed an average annual family income of Php 111,349 or an average monthly income of Php 9,279. The average monthly income of Cateel is lower than the national average monthly family income of Php 12,003; however, it is higher than Davao Region–11 average monthly income of Php 6,793.

Wages and salaries as well as entrepreneurial activities were the main sources of income of workers.   About 87.6% of wages and salaries came from non-agricultural sources.   On the part of entrepreneurial activities, much of its income sources (51.5%) also came from the non-agricultural actives.

 A high percentage of municipality’s residents are poor because they are not earning enough income to provide household members the necessities for a decent living. The current dynamics of the municipality’s economy simply doesn’t allow them to have an ample take.

The municipality’s poor now stands at 26.70%, a little better than the national rate of 27.6 but too high if ranged against the benchmark of within 7-10 percent for municipality.   It is also behind the target supported by the United Nations to reduce the poverty incidence to within 15% by 2015. That poverty incidence is equivalent to 2,704 of the municipality’s 9,045 households not earning the monthly poverty threshold income of Php7,821 per month or Php 93,852 a year.

Such high poverty incidence level prevails despite the reported low unemployment rate of 4.3%, a great improvement from 14% in 2007 and 11% in 2010.   The underemployment rate of 21% has pulled the employment situation down.   This means an effective unemployment rate of 25.3%.

Social Services

Number of Schools

Education services are provided in all levels, from the daycare, preschool, elementary, high school, to the tertiary level. There are 24 elementary, 4 secondary and 1 tertiary levels operating in the municipality. These education services are extended by the government and except 1 secondary managed by the private sector.

Table 10. Inventories of Schools by Level, Location and Type, 2018

LevelLocationType
PublicPrivate
Pre-schoolAll 16 barangays241
ElementaryAll 16 barangays241
SecondaryPoblacion, San Alfonso, San Antonio31
TertiaryMainit1 
Total 523

Source: DepEd Cateel

Number of Hospitals

Public and private health services are provided in the municipality, with government delivering most the primary health care services through the Municipal Health Office. The municipality has an existing 15 Baraangay Health Stations, 3 Sub-health Stations and 1 Rural Health Stations.

The municipality has 1 birthing facility and 1 district hospital both located in barangay Poblacion.

Table 11. Summary of Health Facilities, by Category of Ownership, 2015

Category

Type of Health Facility

Number

Public

Barangay & Satelite Health Stations

17

Rural Health Stations

1

District Hospital

1

Source: MHO

 

Number of Daycare Centers

Daycare services are provided in 16 barangays of the municipality. On the average, each of the served barabgay has about 3 daycare facilities. There is 1 residential center maintained by the municipality that provide services for abused female children, women and children who are victims of violence, male children needing special protection, mentally challenged male children and youth, male children in conflict with the law and male and female adult drug dependents.

Table 12. Social Welfare Facilities, Services and Clientele, 2015

Facilities

Number

Services

Type of Clientele

 

Organization/ Service Provider

 

Staff Compliment

 

Daycare

 

43

 

Daycare

 

Children 3-5 years old

 

LGU

 

43 Daycare Workers

 

 Source: MSWDO

Economy

Major Economic Activities

Agriculture is one of the primary economic drivers of the municipality of Cateel with farming, fishing, livestock and poultry raising as its main economic activities. Cateel is considered as the rice bowl of the province and a potential rice granary of Davao Oriental. The agricultural area of municipality is 12,491.06 hectares or 22.90 percent of its total land area.

Revenue sources of the municipality are from establishments managed by the Municipal Economic Enterprise Office and other establishments and activities covering agriculture, commerce and trade, industry and tourism.

 

Employment by Type/Classification/Type of Business/Trade, 2017

Type/Classification Kind of Business & TradeNo. of Employment

Revenue

(in pesos)

Population served Markets Catered
LocalOutside (export)
Wholesale Trade & Retail388  1,235,689.00X
Banking and Finances34     664,600.00X
Real Estate/Construction     320,000.00
Services10  1,730,855.20X
Others36     314,750.00X
TOTAL468  4,265,894.20

  Source: Municipal Treasurer’s Office/MEEO

Number of Business Establishments by Industry Sector

The total number of employees recorded by the Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) were 387 in 2015 for all categories of establishments. It was noted that the establishments and employees were increasing.

 

 Inventory of Commercial Establishment by Economic Activities, 2017

Economic Activities

2016

2017

% Inc/(Dec) Over Previous Year

No. of Establish-

ment

No. of Employ-ment

No. of Establish-

ment

No. of Employ-ment

No. of Establish-

ment

No. of Employ-

ment

Wholesale and Trade Retail

68

107

102

281

34

174

Hotel & Restaurant, Transport & Storage

2

5

3

5

1

0

Transport & Storage

3

4

3

8

0

4

Communication

2

2

2

2

0

0

Financial Intermediation

4

17

4

17

0

0

Other Community, Social & Personal Services Activities

29

45

38

50

9

5

Extra Territorial Organizations & Bodies

4

24

6

24

2

0

Total

111

204

159

387

48

183

Source: Municipal Treasurer’s Office/MEEO

Infrastructure

Transport and Utilities

The LGU Officials built a passenger/overland transport terminal, known as the Cateel Overland Transport Terminal, that conforms the rational standard, which is located at Sitio Tinimbo, Barangay Poblacion. It has an area of 1,570.8 square meters and served all bound routes. It caters more or less 9 units of Public Utility Buses (PUBs) and about 12 units of Public Utility Vans (PUVs) in 20 hour daily operation.

The Surigao-Davao Coastal Road highway traverse the municipality from north to south bound; and from the west bound is the Cateel-Compostela Road, making the municipality accessible to all municipalities and provinces.

 

Administrative Infrastructure

 All government buildings used by the executive and legislative department and other offices were all repaired after the devastation of typhoon Pablo five (5) years ago. The municipal hall is occupied by thirteen (13) offices, three (3) from national agencies and 10 from local offices including the Office of the Municipal Mayor. For the legislative building it is occupied by seven (7) offices including the Office of the Municipal Vice Mayor. Other government buildings constructed includes public market, land transport terminal, food court, slaughter house, disaster building and evacuation center.

The current total office floor space is 584 square meters that accommodates 208 employees. As per computation the floor space per employee is only 2.80 sq. meters which is higher the standard space requirement of 2.50 sq.m. per employee in accordance with the National Building Code of the Philippines (PD 1096) .

 

 

Environment 

Solid Waste Management

Solid waste management reduces/eliminates adverse impacts on the environment and human health and supports economic development and improved quality of life. A number of processes are involved in effectively managing waste for the municipality of Cateel. These include source reduction; collection; segregation; recycling and composting; transfer; availing of alternative technologies for residual waste; disposal; shared responsibility on special waste and IEC.

General Air Quality

At present, there was no air quality assessment conducted for the municipality of Cateel. But as to the present condition based on the situation the municipality has a good quality of air since the issue of air pollution is not quite a problem.

General Water Quality

Water samples are taken from available water resources of the study area to initially evaluate water quality conditions. Most of the water resources were tested on-site using a Handheld Multi Parameter – Cyber Scan PC10 and parameters includes temperature, pH, conductivity, and NaCl. The total dissolved solids (TDS) values are derived from the conductivity value of the water sample and factored by 0.70. Detailed water laboratory results are needed for other parameters of drinking water standard parameters.

Water samples were collected and tested during the month of October 2013 – February 2014. Results of the range of tests results in pH is from 6.53 to 8.38 which is within the recommended range of 6.5 -8.5 from the national drinking water standards. The total dissolved solids (TDS) values are from 54.6 mg/l to 462 mg/l with some samples exceeding the 500mg/l maximum limit.

Areas with acceptable standard for drinking water are available in all barangays.

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