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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 Nov) – The city council passed on second reading the proposed ordinance to issue citation tickets to individuals who illegally use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remote piloted aerial vehicles (RPAVs), and remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) within the city’s airspace, amending the current Drone Regulation Ordinance. Image from Canva In an aim to give the city-funded security cluster Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) “proper implementation and enforcement” to apprehend drone ordinance violators, city councilor Luna Maria Acosta, chair of the committee on peace and public safety, proposed before the city council session on Tuesday to include citation tickets to violators. Originally passed in February 11, 2021, the ordinance only mentioned that violators will pay P3,000 for first offense, and P5,000 for second offense, but there is no mention of citation tickets. The proposed amendment was from the recommendations from the drone ordinance Tec