That Davao City is one of the safest cities in the world has been touted as fact by netizens, publications, and politicans alike. But, where did this information originally come from and how was this conclusion reached? One Facebook user, Sean De Dios, decided to conduct a 15 minute search on the matter and this is what he found:
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Duterte and everyone else throws around “Davao, Nth safest city in the world” a lot. So while I was waiting for the traffic to die down on this 13th month payday Friday, I decided to conduct a 15 minute research.
Lets find out who declared Davao City as the 6th (or 9th, or 4th??) safest city IN THE WORLD (Jeremy Clarkson voice)!
I figured that Philippine based publications would be biased, #pinoypride and all, so I chose to avoid those. Instead, I looked at the following sites:
telegraph.co.uk
bbc.com
independent.co.uk
economist.com
cnbc.com
businessinsider.com
msn.com
You know which website mentioned Davao? None. Not even in Top 50 lists.
This made me look into the Inquirer article, checking their sources. The ranking of Davao city comes from Numbeo.com which is a user-contributed survey site. USER-CONTRIBUTED. And I checked it– a whopping 452 contributors! To add to that, what country is the Social Media capital of the world? Us, of course! (https://vulcanpost.com/
Now before you get your panties in a bunch, I’m not saying that Davao city isn’t as safe as it claims to be. I’m just saying that if you’re going to claim something as big as NTH IN THE WORLD, you better have the proper sources to back you up.
You connect the dots. And, if anyone has better sources regarding the prestigious title, please let me know because I’d rather hope that it is in fact, well-earned.
P.S.
I’m not discrediting Duterte nor am I discrediting the testimonials from the populace of Davao. Lets just remember that not everything you see on the internet should be taken at face-value. Lets read, dig deep, and vote wisely! #PHVote
What can you say about this?
It’s up to us Dabawenyos to decide if Davao is safe or not… we dont care about that survey… we know Davao is SAFE…
Why the reactions guys? Pwede naman siguro mag-comment ng maayos kung disagree kayo sa post. I’ve known Davao for so long, a matter of fact most relatives still live there. We love Davao, yet we don’t shut our eyes sa mga mali. Sabihin na nating SAFE! pero wag nyong ipikit mga mata nyo na maraming mga napapatay ang DEATH SQUAD NA NAPAGKAKAMALAN LANG! Yung mga batang nagnanakaw, patay agad e kababata pa. Di man lang bigyan ng 2nd chance. Pano kung mga anak nyo o kapatid mga batang yon? Witnessed ng marami yan. Meron din similar story sa youtube “DEATH SQUAD” mas maganda panoorin nyo. Dynasty ng Duterte ang Davao for 23 yrs. Ok lang NAKAWIN nya mga taxes for NPA’s at ghost employees kasi secure nman ang Davao? NAKAW PA RIN YON! Kung IDEAL PRESIDENT sya, DAPAT LEAD BY EXAMPLE…SANITIZE HIS MOUTH muna. Kung tingin nya kay Karen Davila “DELICIOUS”…at being self confessed womanizer…DUTERTE LOOKS DOWN ON WOMEN. HE LOOKS DOWN THE POPE, THE CHURCH, PATI NA RIN DIYOS…kasi pag naging PRESIDENT SI DUTERTE, PATI RAW DIYOS IIYAK! YAN PRESIDENTE NYO? DUHHH KULIRA MA NA!!!!
I can attested that Davao city is one of the safest cities, it has been years I do business travel to Davao since I decided to transfer from Manila. Taxi drivers are honest to return change of your fares, Police patrol 24/7, so safe to roam around till dawn. Well, very little flaws but I can say it’s livable compare to other metro cities in the Philippines. Surveys can’t be proven by the book but by experience.
Tell me why should I trust a reasearch that has been done for 15min? LOL
First of all numbeo collects data around the world. it maybe user generated data and that was exactly why other foriegn news such as bbc,time , forbes etc use them as basis. it was user generated.. meaning it uses algorithm to compute statistic base from collected data and not from (one single government official who can manipulate the data by sending 1 figure all by himself.)
what you seen in numbeo was created by the people and from the people. this is the 21st century. even wikipedia is user generated encyclopedia when they started decades ago. .
ikaw na rin ang nag sabi na hindi lahat ng nasa internet should be taken at face value,,,hmmmm????? what about you?????