8 research outputs found
Impacts of Digitization of Business Permits and Licenses in District 3 Quezon City
This study aimed to determine the Impacts of Digitization of Business Permits and Licenses in District 3 Quezon City in terms of service satisfaction on time efficiency, reliability, cost-effectiveness, and convenience in business permit and license application of the business owners as the respondents of the study. The researchers used a descriptive method of research instruments to gather vital data from 380 business owners and guided the researchers in determining the result of the study. The researchers found that the respondents were very satisfied with digitizing business permits and licenses.
It was recommended by the researchers that in order to enhance e-governance, the Business Permit and Licensing Department must include alert/reminder messages thru Short Message Service (SMS) in informing the status and deficiency of business permit and license application documents submitted by the business owners. Furthermore, there must be a system integration of all departments involved in processing business permits and licenses to ensure complete compliance in order not to hamper the business ownersâ applications
Effectiveness on the Implementation of Curfew in the Municipality of Di-lasag, Aurora
The study identified the effectiveness of implementing curfew in the Municipality of Dilasag adopted from the Executive Order (E.O.) No. 2020-0025 s.2020 from the Provincial Government of Aurora. It was focused on the profile, the implementation of curfew regarding security, discipline, health, and crimes, and the citizens' recommendations as part of the research. The study used the descriptive research method to identify the perceptions of 359 respondents selected by Slovin's formula and systematic random sampling who had also answered the survey questionnaire. The average weighted mean revealed that curfew implementation was effective and improved the community's security, discipline, health, and crime prevention. The chi-square test as the utilized statistical treatment revealed that profile such as sex, educational attainment, and occupation has no significant difference in implementing a curfew. However, it was shown in the study that age profile has a highly significant difference in health and crime prevention and has a significant difference in security and discipline. Furthermore, the study signified that the age group was correlated to the curfew implementation, that older respondents perceived a high level of effectiveness of curfew implementation compared to younger respondents. Finally, parents' participation is an important recommendation and is still needed to improve curfew implementation in the community., and supporting political and security stability
Evaluation of the Implementation of Crime Prevention Strategies of the Philippine National Police in Ormoc City, Leyte in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic had made the Philippines to face various expanding crime rates which became a valuable issue in the country. These wrongdoings had operationally pushed the Philippine National Police to see and assess different crime activities that had been concurring consistently. This made the PNP to established community public security which then is called to be crime prevention strategies. This confronts the transition of different conflicting state including actions that inflicts harm to the populace. However, the known implemented strategies were not observed whether these promotes consistent advantage security or implementation were not addressed properly. Therefore, this study aims to determine the evaluation of the implementation of crime prevention strategies of the Philippine National Police in Ormoc City, Leyte in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A descriptive quantitative was used in purposive sampling was employed to obtain the 125 respondents of the study mainly PNP personnel and barangay captain. A self-constructed questionnaire with 4-point Likert scale has undergone a pilot study among 25 known respondents wherein the actual run was done through online survey. The result had shown that indicators including the crime prevention activities as to prevention strategies shows no significant differences. However, sustainability of the strategies establishes relationship with the demographic profile. Therefore, the study had concluded that the null hypothesis must be accepted which pertains that the strategies of the PNP towards crime prevention is not highly significant with the demographic profile
Seaborne Patrollers Performance Evaluation: A Framework for A Proposed Development Plan
The study focused on the analysis of the work performance of the seaborne patrollers through their individual performance evaluation reports. The study aimed to evaluate the overall performance standing of the police officers in terms of their output, core competencies, and personal qualities which would be the basis for a proposed developmental framework that would maximize the capacity and capability of the personnel of the PNP Maritime Group. The respondents of the study were the police officers of the PNP Maritime Group in the municipality of Pangasinan composed of sixty-six (66) police non-commissioned officers and nine (9) police commissioned officers. The researcher used the descriptive method of research to obtain factual and quality data and aided the researchers in describing and explaining the current situation. The researchers used Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER) to measure the respondents' work and personal qualities. The data was manually encoded by the researchers using Microsoft Excel accurately to attain descriptive validity. Upon analyzing the gathered data, it was found that the high level of scores extracted from the respondents' Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER) is highly capable of their mandate as police officers. There are also enhancements presented in the study that needs to be integrated with the need to be integrated with the existing program to create opportunities to develop personal and professional qualities. In turn, this better and more responsive organization. Among the recommendations observed in the study are the following: maintaining the practice of the Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER); adopting the developmental plan; crafting the scorecard as an instrument that would translate the aspects of the Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER) into a more understandable and detailed plan for the development of the individual; implementing refresher course and orientation for new police officers on the importance of Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER) not only as compliance at work but more so as an instrument to grow and develop personally and professionally; the implementation of the Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER) program must be further studied in terms of process and evaluation; there must be a holistic evaluation and monitoring process for every project or program in connection with the Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER), and lastly, there must be a program to monitor the effectiveness of the Individual Performance Evaluation Report (IPER) as time continues, checking on its relevance, and looking for weak points to improve and strong points to standardize
Health Information System Users in Public Health Facilities: A Descriptive Analytics
Health Information Systems (HIS) are vital in making or developing the policies of health programs in the Philippines. The HIS is broadly defined as a system that integrates data collection, processing, reporting, and use of the information necessary for improving health service effectiveness and efficiency through better management at all levels of health services. This study is conducted to visualize the current situation of the health information system users in public health facilities in the Province of Bataan. It endeavors to answer on how the health facilities in the Province are described based on their report platform, the number of personnel, trained and untrained per facility, and the needs of the facilities when it comes to the training of the encoders. The researchers used the descriptive method specifically the Dashboarding, Analysis, and Reporting or DAR method for this study. This study focused on the data gathered from the Health Information Systems Assessment Tool. The assessment was conducted with 24 different health facilities in the Province of Bataan. The study revealed that 14 out of 24 (58%) of the Rural Health Units (RHUs) in the Province of Bataan used paper-based reporting while 10 out of 24 (42%) of the RHUs used a health information system. Twenty one out of 48 encoders (44%) are untrained while 27 out of 48 (56%) are trained. Capability training in each health information system used is proposed. In conclusion, the Province of Bataan is supporting the implementation of the use of health information systems (HIS) by designating encoders for every public health facility
Problems and Concerns at the Sheriffâs Office of the National Labor Rela-tions Commission â National Capital Region Arbitration Branch (Nlrc-Ncrab) with the Writ of Execution
This study aims to address the encountered problems and concerns of the National Labor Relations Commission â National Capital Region Arbitration Branch (NLRC-NCRAB) Sheriffs in implementing the writ of execution. A quantitative and descriptive research approach was used, with a survey questionnaire as the research instrument tool. 29 active sheriffs in the NLRC-NCRAB were the respondents of this study. Findings show that most of the incumbent sheriffs at the NLRC- NCRAB are 51-65 years old, have been in the service for at least 6-10 years, and are college graduates. A substantial number received more or less 11-20 writs of execution in a month; a more significant number satisfied an average of 1-10 writs. It was concluded that among the problems and concerns at the Sheriffâs Office regarding the issuance of the writ is the ânon-issuance of the break-open, contempt order, and show-cause orderâ being the top compared to other raised issues encountered by them (M=3.93). It also reveals that parties' compliance relative to the writ, a predominant calculated mean of 3.86, points to the âno coordination by the prevailing parties with the sheriff assigned to the caseâ and is considered similarly âserious.â Correlatively, the results reveal that in terms of writ implementation, the ânon-provision of bonded warehouse and towing vehiclesâ exhibited the most rated among the enumerated issues and was interpreted âvery seriousâ problem being encountered by the NLRC-NCRAB Sheriffs with a determined mean average of 4.28
Patient Satisfaction on Services Rendered by Malasakit Center in Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center
This study was carried out to determine the level of patient satisfaction with the services rendered by the Malasakit Center in Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center. It aimed to identify the service frequently requested by the patient and/or their representative and its frequency, as well as the level of satisfaction. This study employed descriptive research to describe the nature of the situation that existed in the study together with a survey questionnaire as the research instrument tool. The 125 respondents were selected through convenience sampling. The findings of this study revealed that most of the patients and their representativesâ access Malasakit centers with the query on the document requirement. Eight other services were also sought from the Malasakit Center such as medical help/aid, follow up and status of the documents submitted. These services were rated with a high level of satisfaction with a weighted mean rating of 3.84. The study concluded that various services were accessed by the patients and/or patients' representatives. The patients' and/or patients' representatives' degree of satisfaction with the service of the Malasakit Center at the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center is extremely high or highly satisfactory. The health practitioners will be educated and equipped to handle the services provided by the Malasakit Center as a result of these measures
Living with the Virus: Graduate School Students Evaluation of Stressors Related to the Pandemic
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) becomes a global threat in March of 2020. Several countries were on lockdown. It affects health and results in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). During the quarantine and lockdown, the lack of freedom resulted to psychological consequences. In the Philippines, it was March 15, 2020 when the initial COVID-19 was instituted commonly recalled due to lockdown and canceled classes. Filipinos in general and students in particular were worried of their health information including vaccine availability, efficacy, and infection rates. Mental health is impaired by pandemic risks. UNICEF Philippines, then, advocated alternative and continuing learning. The major purpose of this research is to determine graduate students' levels of stress during the COVID-19 outbreak. The descriptive-correlational design was used for the quantitative investigation. The 150 responders are selected at random from Metro Manila master's degree students in the academic year 2022-2023. The adopted questionnaire consists of seven items that are multidimensional scales with psychometric qualities. Using chi-square, the findings revealed that, among demographic profiles, only age showed a significant relationship with the association of global stress. Thus, it can be stated that age is a crucial factor in assessing the global stress of graduate students. COVID-19 is more contagious in adults, reflecting their anxiety and stress during the epidemic