It isn't like some areas are landscaped and groomed and others aren't, nobody cuts their trees. My friend told me that it's against the law to own a chainsaw. And that's partly true, you need to be in a licensed profession to own one, and a permit is also required. Anyone caught with an unregistered chainsaw, including homemade ones, is subject to arrest and fine. I could not find a single place that sold them.

Last week I bought a chain saw and we trimmed a tree on our property. We bought a 16" gas powered saw at Far Eastern in Iloilo city.

Link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Far+Eastern+Chain+Saw&sca_esv=70e0b69637db890c&sxsrf=ADLYWILW3Aon_CNclfs0r1dcEDETQuwK_A%3A1732959435082&source=hp&ei=y9xKZ7K8AbPQ2roP6KaVKA&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZ0rq21zXQbHiByFdVB3q4M31JiJ-x6Be&ved=0ahUKEwjyzaP84IOKAxUzqFYBHWhTBQUQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=Far+Eastern+Chain+Saw&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVGYXIgRWFzdGVybiBDaGFpbiBTYXcyBxAhGKABGAoyBxAhGKABGApI4kdQwwtY0z1wAXgAkAEAmAGHAqABpCiqAQQyLTIxuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIWoALmKKgCCsICBxAjGCcY6gLCAgoQIxiABBgnGIoFwgIEECMYJ8ICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIFEAAYgATCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGMcBGK8BwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAggQLhiABBixA8ICDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGNQCwgIFEC4YgATCAgYQABgWGB7CAgYQLhgWGB7CAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBcICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIFECEYoAGYAwaSBwYxLjAuMjGgB_H3AQ&sclient=gws-wiz

Have you read it? Or maybe you're in a different area.

https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2002/ra_9175_2002.html

That act has been amended and only refers to certain provinces. Kinda like different reproductive rights in Alabama as opposed to Massachusetts.

Amended in 2012:
https://pcsd.gov.ph/revised-administrative-order-no-7-series-2012/

There are no restrictions where I live. I think that the law you cite allows certain protected areas to place those restrictions to prevent illegal logging. .

As you can see by the advertisement that I posted in my previous reply, they sell them here in Iloilo province without restrictions.

and has been for 20 years. When I asked why I wasn't seeing chainsaws in the hardware stores she told about the law. This was on Luzon in the Cagayan Valley area.

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the Metro Manila area. All I can tell you is I needed to buy a new chain saw for my brother-in-law. The saw was 8 years old and needed to be replaced. We went to Far Eastern Hardware in Iloilo City and there were scores of chainsaws on display, and we bought one and brought it home.

I live in Iloilo Province on the Central Philippine Island of Panay. I don't know what else to say,

It details the penalties

And section 8. There a reward for turning you in.

I live in landscaping hell. There is not a moment of the day when some landscaping outfit isn’t blasting with a leaf blower, weed whacking, or mowing. I have to wear noise cancelling headphones just to walk out to my car.

I have a pool but I don’t use it. It has a beautiful nyc skyline view but it can’t be enjoyed because of all the noise and pollution these tools put out.

I’ve done my best to replicate the jungle. I have huge bamboo around my house. I also live at the end of a private road so no cars or street noise.

In the town I lived in before I bought this place, I got a leaf blower ban. Took me 6 years and $150,000 of my time.

Montclair. We got the first ban. We had a big grassroots group that we formed--around 2400 people.