The Implementation of Barangay Ordinances on Pandemic at Barangay Batasan Hills Quezon City: Towards A Guide

Vol.3, No.1C

Abstract

The Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City, has the highest COVID cases in the National Capital Region. Barangay Batasan implemented an ordinance regarded as a Batas Taga Pag-Paganap Blg.S 2020, Blg. 11-A,S-2020 Blg 14 S-2020 And Executive Order No. 21-A-S.2020 Excutive Order No. 22.S-2020. The ordinance's purpose is to reduce the spreading of the COVID-19 virus, but some residents are not allowed to the ordinance. Some of the reasons for violators of the ordinance are lack of information about the ordinance implemented during the pandemic, some of the residents in Barangay Batasan Hills are not updated on the ordinance like curfew hours. Operational hours of store market, shop, transportation, etc., are limited. Some of them know it, but they must work to support their family and buy goods or personal necessities in critical times. etc. barangay officials announced not everyone in Barangay Batasan Hills is given relief goods because of the largest population in their area; the researchers decided to conduct a study implementing the barangay ordinance encountered in Barangay Batasan Hills to know the other implemented ordinances to become always aware of what happens and to know the problem of barangay officials in the area.

The researchers used the descriptive method mixed with a phenomenological approach. The descriptive method is the design used by the researchers to find information about existing conditions. The researcher’s goal is to employ this method to describe the nature of the real situation as it exists at the time of the study.

The researchers surveyed the Barangay Batasan Hills, though the problem encountered by the residents and barangay officials was the main instrument used to gather. The study concluded that based on the demographic profile of the two groups of respondents, Barangay Official and Barangay Resident at Barangay Batasan Hills, the majority of the respondents come from the bracket 18-25 years old, Male, Single and College level and the assessment the implementation of barangay ordinance a pandemic in terms of community participation and logistical support, the result derived from the data gathered interpreted as a very effective and as attested by the respondent the problem encountered by the respondent that affects the implementation of barangay ordinance interpreted as a serious. As attested by the respondent, the recommendations proposed by the researchers to improve and address the problem were rated as very effective.

The study's finding, The Implementation of Barangay Ordinance on Pandemic at Barangay Batasan Hills Quezon City: Towards A Guide, provides a list of ordinances for community awareness and assigns barangay personnel to monitor strict compliance. Also, barangay officials should undergo seminars and training programs about safety protocols, and human relations provided incentives to encourage the full performance of the duty.