Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications, Postal Service Office, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, LEGAL AFFAIRS SECTION 1099 Manila

Implemented in 2007, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) otherwise known as the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCT) is a flagship economic and social reform of the Philippine government in order to reduce poverty particularly in the areas of education, healthcare, and the economy as a whole. The emergence of the pandemic interested the researchers in examining the implementation of such a program among its beneficiaries using trend analysis (2015-2021). From 17 regions in the Philippines, the researchers used cluster sampling and took the National Capital Regional (NCR) as an area of interest. The aggregated data from the National Capital Region (NCR) was chosen and used in this study. Results of the study show an erratic trend on the number of 4Ps beneficiaries in the National Capital Region and when disaggregated by years, sex, provinces, and age group. The NCR 2nd and 3rd Districts have the highest number of 4Ps beneficiaries representing NCR, with 30%-31%, while the lowest provinces which are 1st and 4th districts range from 19%-20%. In terms of sex, 93% are female beneficiaries while 7% are male ones from 2015-2018 only because starting 2019 to 2021, the proportion of both sexes became stable and stays with 90% for female grantees and 10% for male grantees. The age group with the least grantee is 18 years old and below, which equates to around 1-2% per year. Further, a "high level" of health compliance among the child monitored 4Ps beneficiaries was observed in 2015 (90%), 2018 (91%), 2019 (93%), and 2020 (97%). It was then concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic had not affected the number of child and adult 4Ps beneficiaries. Interestingly, under 5 mortality rates have significantly reduced from 2015 to the 1st quarter of 2021.

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Emergence, viability and competitive leverages of CouchSurfing in the national capital region of the Philippines: basis for a propose strategic brand awareness program

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/1529/3/032066 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1529 ◽

pp. 032066

Author(s):

Jinky Rose P. Gino-Gino ◽

Jessa Marie Z. Basiana ◽

Michaela Angelica C. Bernabe ◽

Shyenn Louise A. Cagang ◽

Ellyssa May D. Cedilla ◽

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Keyword(s):

The Philippines ◽

Brand Awareness ◽

National Capital Region ◽

Capital Region ◽

Awareness Program ◽

National Capital

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Social Medias’ Effect on Intramuros’ Tourism Growth as Perceived by National Capital Region Tourists

RSF Conference Series: Business, Management and Social Sciences ◽

10.31098/bmss.v1i2.259 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 36-45

Author(s):

Rovena I. Dellova ◽

Paul Arndrei A. De Guzman ◽

Miyara Shane R. De Jesus ◽

Hanna Gocela ◽

Krista Joy Palmario ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

The Philippines ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

National Capital Region ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Media Impact ◽

Capital Region ◽

National Capital

Intramuros, also known as the "Walled City," is one of the Philippines' prides and a top tourist spot in Manila. If marketed well, more people will go down memory lane and learn about this must-see destination. One will venture into its culture and learn the history within the walls. To make use of this advantage, a platform is effective. Thus, social media impact is seen nowadays as an effective way to create an impact in the tourism industry. This study aims to explore how social media affected the tourism growth in Intramuros as perceived by tourists from National Capital Region. This descriptive study utilized snowball sampling resulting in 400 respondents from the National Capital Region, aged 18 and above, who visited Intramuros. The findings revealed that social media has a significant part in Intramuros' tourism growth. Thus, social media serves as a popular platform among visitors to research trips and share their travel's most significant memories. Reviews and Feedback help determine the needed improvement of Intramuros, and social media serves as a cost-effective way to reach target audiences. The walled city's cultural, historical, and religious benefits are some of the factors that influence the tourist to visit Intramuros.

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Sustainability Capacity of HIV Programs in National Capital Region, Philippines

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) ◽

10.11591/ijphs.v7i2.12408 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 137

Author(s):

Euris John B. Cawaling ◽

Dennise U. Cunanan ◽

Racidon P. Bernarte

Keyword(s):

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Action Plan ◽

The Philippines ◽

Survey Method ◽

Newly Diagnosed ◽

National Capital Region ◽

Capital Region ◽

National Capital ◽

Hiv Programs ◽

Hiv Aids

<span lang="EN-US">Across all the regions in the Philippines, the National Capital Region (NCR) got the highest percentage (37%) for HIV newly diagnosed cases based from the July-August 2017 HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines’ report. The National HIV, AIDS, and STI Prevention and Control Program (NASPCP) of the Department of Health (DOH) lead the different health services in the prevention of HIV transmission. Anchored with the NASPCP, different HIV programs of DOH’s selected partner institutions and organizations within NCR continuously exist. However, due to the increase on the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in the country, ensuring its sustainability through assessing the different domains of their program was in need to be studied. This article was based from an undergraduate thesis study which aimed to assess the sustainability capacity of HIV programs among DOH’s selected partner institutions and organizations within NCR, Philippines, scoping the eight domains specifically the environmental support, funding stability, partnerships, organizational capacity, program evaluation, program adaptation, communications, and strategic planning. The study used a quantitative approach; 17 government institutions specifically city health offices and 13 non-government HIV-related organizations for a total of 30 respondents. Survey method was utilized using the standardized Program Sustainability Assessment Tool adapted from the Washington University in St. Louis. Based from the results and findings of the study, generally, all the domains were leaning either in great and greater extent as verbally interpreted. From the conclusion, all the domains of the HIV programs of the respondents were sustainable. However, the study recommended to the DOH and all the HIV program implementers the developed and proposed narrative-type action plan. By that means, future researchers can assess again and see if the NCR achieved the vision of the Health Sector Plan for HIV and STI for the year 2015-2020 to have zero new infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths.</span>

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