scholarly journals The Governance Performance of Selected Barangays in Highly Urbanized City

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-150
Author(s):  
Michelle D. Monocay ◽  
Maria Nove A. Mejica
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Different Levels

The Philippines has enacted several policies to continually elevate the performance of its governance. As such, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) designed a campaign to improve the delivery of services of the different levels of local government units (LGU). A highly urbanized city in the Province of Negros Occidental is a recipient of several recognitions. However, lingering issues such as high incidence of malnutrition, lack of access to potable water, excessive flooding due to drainage and sewerage problems, and several concerns in solid waste management implementation triggered questions on the eligibility of these awards. Thus, this study investigated the level of governance performance of selected barangays in the areas of social services, peace and order, disaster management, and environment management when taken as a whole and grouped according to income and population. Also, it sought to find out if a significant difference exists in the level of governance performance of the barangay councils when they are grouped mentioned demographics.

scholarly journals Local Government Institutions and Environment Management in South Asia: A Research on India and Bhutan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9S2) ◽  
pp. 136-141
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Environmental Administration ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Government Level

The need for environmental conservation is recognized globally. This paper makes an attempt to assess the role of Local Government Institutions in the protection of environment in India and Bhutan. Among different levels of environmental administration in India and Bhutan, the most effective is the presence of local government institutions for the efficient utilization and management of natural resources. This paper discusses relevant policies and practices promoted by these institutions for preserving and protecting environment. At the local government level, there are several mechanisms and agencies through which information regarding public welfare and environment conservation can be communicated to the villagers. These can be used to create the much-needed awareness about the protection of the ecology and the environment. This paper examines how the response to environment management can be strengthened with the better involvement of the institutions and the role of these institutions in some specific contexts of environment management and protection.

Disaster Management: Towards Building Community Resilience

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilybeth Musong Matunhay
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Incident Command

Climate change is one of the major challenges faced by countries worldwide. In the Philippines, constant typhoons and flooding have exposed the vulnerability of disaster risk and reduction management of local communities, and such untold miseries increased the loss and damages of human lives and economic assets. While project management approach has been effectively applied to many fields and sectors, disaster management has yet to see its full benefits. Data from the Office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) revealed that in 2014, the Municipality of Compostela had been awarded the “Seal of Good Local Governance on Disaster Preparedness” (SGLG). Thus, this captures the interest of the researcher to determine indicators of the local government unit’s disaster management that predict disaster resiliency to the major natural disasters occurring in the Municipality of Compostela for the last five years which include flooding and typhoon. This study employed a descriptive correlation design as the overall scheme in the conduct of the study. Specifically, Regression Analysis was utilized using disaster resiliency as the outcome variable and disaster management in terms of leadership structure, a guide to action management and partnerships and volunteerism as predictors. Results reveal that risk assessment and mapping,   partnerships with volunteer groups, civil society organizations (CSO) and business/private sectors, institutionalized planning and budgeting and functional incident command system significantly influence LGU’s resiliency towards flooding while partnerships with volunteer groups, CSO and business/private sectors, partnerships with other local governments and national government, institutionalized planning and budgeting and risk assessment and mapping significantly influence LGU’s resiliency towards typhoon.

Current Issues Regarding the Incident Command System in the Philippines

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miho Ohara ◽  
◽  
Hisaya Sawano
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Response System ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Government Level

The First Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Disaster Management Meeting established a framework for ASEAN-US cooperation on the Disaster Management Program in 2003, focusing on capability building for the Incident Command System (ICS). The ICS was then adopted as part of the on-scene disaster response system in the Republic of the Philippines as enacted by the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act in 2010. This study investigates the process of adopting the ICS, its current status, and future issues through interview surveys of local and national governments in the Philippines. After adopting and implementing of the ICS as the national disaster response system for the Philippines is investigated, the current status of the ICS at the local government level is surveyed in a flood-prone area of the Pampanga River basin in central Luzon. Results show that the ICS has been adopted on all levels of government – national, regional, provincial, municipal, and barangay, i.e., the country’s smallest administrative division. Each local government level has incorporated the ICS into its contingency plan. Several issues related to future disaster response planning and capacity building are then reviewed.

The Ecosystem Management and Enterprise Development of the Local Public Policy in the Philippines

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER FUSTER BUENO
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Enterprise Development ◽  
Philippine Government

The study dealt on environmental and economic governance to showcaseits relevance, responsiveness and commitment of the Philippine government totake its share in providing scientific support through the complementation of the local public policy relevant to multidisciplinary researches that contribute to the country’s positive image as “the Rising Tiger Economy in Asia.” The studyutilized the descriptive and documentary analysis primarily through e-report ofthe Local Government Performance Monitoring System on Environmental andEconomic Governance in the Philippines. It provided the generated knowledgeas applied in the by-product of science research within the inclusion of economicand environmental governance on the Philippine government. The study onlocal public policy in the implementation of Republic Act No. 7160 (LocalGovernment Code of 1991) showed the importance in the Local GovernmentUnits (LGU) to respond particularly to economic and environmental governance. This is in support with the scientific complementation along the areas of enterprisedevelopment, environment, solid waste management, and eco-system developmenton agriculture, fishery and forestry, as a result of the public policy implementationof the Local Government Units in the Philippines.Keywords: Social Science, development administration, public policy, ecosystem,enterprise development, local governance, descriptive design, Philippines

Prevalence of GSTT1, GSTM1 and NQO1 (609C>T) in Filipino children with ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia)1

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn G. Rimando ◽  
Mary N. Chua ◽  
Ernesto d'J. Yuson ◽  
Gloria de Castro-Bernas ◽  
Takashi Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukaemia ◽  
Glutathione Transferase ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Childhood Leukaemia ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Filipino Children

In the present paper, we examined the incidence of polymorphic genes involved with the detoxification of exogenous chemicals, including carcinogens, namely GSTT1 (glutathione transferase θ1), GSTM1 (glutathione transferase μ1) and NQO1 (NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1) in 60 Filipino children with ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia). We found a significantly high incidence of the GSTM1 null genotype in ALL children (71.7%) compared with 51.7% in the control group of children (P<0.05). The GSTT1 null genotype was observed in 35.0% and 33.3% of the ALL cases and the control subjects respectively, with no significant difference. Screening for NQO1 (609C>T) mutant alleles showed a high incidence of the NQO1 C/C genotype (NQO1 homozygous wild-type allele genotype) in 60.0% of ALL cases and was significantly higher than in the control group (23.3%) (P<0.01). These GSTM1 null and NQO1 wild-type genotypes are independently associated with the risk of ALL in Filipino patients. When these two genotypes, GSTM1 null and NQO1 C/C, were combined, the hazard rate for childhood leukaemia was significantly increased (P<0.001). We also noticed that the incidences of GSTM1 null mutations and the NQO1 C/C genotype were significantly higher among Filipinos. These findings suggest a possible role of the GSTM1 null and NQO1 C/C genotypes in the susceptibility of paediatric ALL cases in the Philippines.

scholarly journals Non-polio enteroviruses among healthy children in the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Melissa Ann Jiao ◽  
Lea Necitas Necitas Apostol ◽  
Maricel de Quiroz-Castro ◽  
Youngmee Jee ◽  
Vito Roque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Oral Transmission ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Afp Surveillance ◽  
Asymptomatic Infections ◽  
Enterovirus Serotypes

Abstract Background Enteroviruses are most commonly associated with either mild or asymptomatic infections, however, the presence of silent carriers in the community has been proven to play a crucial role in the spread of diseases such as HFMD that records high incidence in Asia Pacific region. In the Philippines, limited information is available on the etiology and prevalence of enterovirus outside the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance. Methods Duplicate stool sampleswere collected from 360 healthy children. Virus isolation and polymerase chain reaction were performed to identify enteroviruses present in the samples. To determine if the results of the study are comparable to the AFP surveillance data, the results of the study were compared to the prevalence and isolation rate among AFP cases of the similar cases collected the same year. Results Prevalence of enteroviruses among healthy children was found to be at 24.7%. Comparing the NPEV rates from the study and AFP surveillance of similar age and the same year of collection, there was no significant difference in NPEV case prevalence.The study identified a total of 19 different enterovirus serotypes with majority belonging to species Enterovirus B (EV-B). Conclusion The study was able to establish a baseline NPEV case prevalence of 24.7% among healthy children aged under 6 years old in three major urban sites in the Philippines. The high isolation of NPEV among healthy children signifies continuous fecal-oral transmission of enteroviruses in the community. Surveillance of other diseases caused by EVs, such as HFMD and meningitis is necessary in order to complete the picture of EV circulation in the Philippines.

Waste Management in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
pp. 270-286
Author(s):  
Vella Atienza
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Waste Management Practices

In response to the growing problems on waste management in the country, the Philippines' Republic Act 9003 (RA 9003), also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, was enacted in January 26, 2001. This chapter hopes to provide the brief background of the country particularly on the issues related to waste management such as population, economic situation, urbanization, and modernization, among others. It will also discuss the definition, classification, and generation of waste both in urban and rural areas. In addition, it will also review the existing policies and the current waste management practices, and the lessons learned based on case studies of both successful and failed experiences. Furthermore, this will also provide the latest updates on the compliance of the local government units to RA 9003, identify the challenges, opportunities, and the proposed recommendations on how the waste management in the country can possibly be improved and become more sustainable.

Attitudes toward the use of TELL tools in English language learning among Vietnamese Tertiary English majors

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-596
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Very High ◽  
Different Levels

Technology plays a crucial role in the self-guided learning of a second language in general and English in particular. Nevertheless, many students in different contexts still ignore the application of technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) tools in enhancing their foreign language proficiency. Therefore, this study is conducted to investigate the attitudes towards the use of TELL tools in English-language learning (ELL) among English majors at one university in Vietnam. To collect data, 197 English majors participated in finishing the questionnaire, and 20 students were invited to join the interviews. The findings are that the majority of students have positive attitudes towards the use of TELL tools and the frequency of using these tools is very high. In addition, the results also reveal that there is no significant difference in attitudes towards and frequency of using TELL tools in learning English in terms of the year of study. However, students of different levels of academic achievements have different attitudes towards using TELL tools and use TELL tools to learn English differently. Received 2nd May 2019; Revised 16th July 2019, Accepted 20th October 2019

OVARIAN ASCORBIC ACID DEPLETION TEST FOR LUTEINIZING HORMONE

1967 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Jacob Koed ◽  
Christian Hamburger
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Response Curve ◽  
Dose Response Curve ◽  
Human Origin ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Different Levels

ABSTRACT Comparison of the dose-response curves for LH of ovine origin (NIH-LH-S8) and of human origin (IRP-HMG-2) using the OAAD test showed a small, though statistically significant difference, the dose-response curve for LH of human origin being a little flatter. Two standard curves for ovine LH obtained with 14 months' interval, were parallel but at different levels of ovarian ascorbic acid. When the mean ascorbic acid depletions were calculated as percentages of the control levels, the two curves for NIH-LH-S8 were identical. The use of standards of human origin in the OAAD test for LH activity of human preparations is recommended.

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