MEAN I. Programs and Projects (Prevention and Mitigation,

Preparedness, Response and Recovery) 4.01, for Facilities it was 3.36, for Equipments it was 3.47, and for Rescue and Relief it was 4.26. The total weighted mean for the 4 values was 15.1 which has a mean of 3.78. The mean shows that the Level of Preparedness of Navotas City in times of Calamities was VERY SATISFACTORY. All in all, the barangay implementers have

99 a high approval rating to all of the individual efforts of their city authorities in order to make their community a disaster resilient one. It is evident from the high satisfaction they acquire and the high approval they give to each component unit of their disaster resiliency program.

Table 28

Ranking of the Perceived Suggestions and Recommendations by the Forteen Barangays of the City for the Betterment of their Disaster Risk Reduction and

Management

Suggested Programs and Projects Frequency Ranking

House Elevation Program 7 3

Establish Evacuation Centers 8 2

Citizen’s Disaster Handbook 9 1

Equipment Dissemination to Every Barangay 7 3

Established Record of each Family Member in the Community

7 3

This table presents the perceived Suggestions of all Barangays in Navotas City for the Improvement of their Disaster Risk Reduction and Management. Seven (7) respondents said that there must be a House Elevation Program, 7 also said that there must be Equipment Dissemination to Every Barangay, the same was true for the Establishment of Family Record in the Community. Eight (8) affirm that there was still a need for the further Establishment of Evacuation Centers, and nine (9) or most of them declares that the publication of a Citizens’ Disaster Handbook must be the top priority.

From the table above it is clear that the barangays of the city finds the necessity of providing every citizen a disaster handbook. For them, it is ideal that every constituent must be able to avail the handbook. Moreover, they also find that the establishment of additional evacuation centers is still needed so that they further recommended it. It will be more beneficial for them if they will be provided with

100 additional ones. For them, a House Elevation Program; Equipment Dissemination to Every Barangay; and the Establishment of a Record of each Family Member in the Community must be given the least priority.

Table 29

From the 70 constituents asked from the 14 Barangays, no one said that the implementation of drainage and canals regular declogging project was excellent, only 2 or 2.86% affirmed that it was very satisfactory, 16 or 22.86 percent said that it was satisfactory, more than half or 41(58.57%) declares that it was poor, and 11 or 15.71% have stated that it was Very Poor.

The computed weighted mean is 2.13 which mean that the implementation of the regular declogging of drainage and canals as one way to prevent and mitigate the harmful effects of disasters was very poor. With the data shown here, it only proves that the constituents of the city government are very frustrated on the manner of implementation of the declogging of their drainage and canals. They perceived their local authorities concerned with the implementation of this specific program as

101 very ineffective. They are disgusted with this scenario and they will definitely demand for an improvement to this particular program.

Table 30

RATING RELATIVE

Out of the 70 constituents asked from the 14 Barangays, none have said that the conduct of dredging and desilting activities in coordination with other agencies was excellent, the same is true for very satisfactory, 5 or 7.14 have said that it was satisfactory, there are 11 or 15.71% who declared that it was poor, and there were 54 who affirmed that it was Very Poor.

The computed weighted mean was 1.3 which means that the conduct of dredging and desilting activities in coordination with other agencies as one way to prevent and mitigate the harmful effects of disasters was very poor. It can be inferred from the given data the high frustration of the constituents in the implementation of dredging and desilting activities in their city. This is not the way they wanted this particular program to be carried-out. For them, there exists a high level of ineffectiveness on the part of the authorities concerned in its implementation.

102 Table 31

RATING RELATIVE

VALUE

PREVENTION AND MITIGATION

F %

Excellent 5 2 2.86

Very Satisfactory 4 8 11.43

Satisfactory 3 45 64.29

Poor 2 13 18.57

Very Poor 1 2 2.86

GRAND TOTAL 70 100

WEIGHTED MEAN 2.93

INTERPRETATION Satisfactory

From the 70 constituents asked from the 14 Barangays, only 2 or 2.86% said that proper waste disposal was excellent, 8 or 11.43% of them affirmed that it was very satisfactory, more than half or 45(64.29%) have said that it was satisfactory, 13 or 18.57% of them declared that it was poor, and there were 2 or 2.86% who said that it was very poor. The computed weighted mean was 2.93 which means that proper waste disposal as one way to prevent and mitigate the harmful effects of disasters was satisfactory.

It is evident that the constituents of the city are quite contented on how their wastes are being disposed. The rating they have given is a manifestation that the implementation of this particular project possesses enough effectiveness.

103 Table 32

This table presents the data gathered from the constituents of the respective Barangays of Navotas City with regards to implementation of their Programs and Projects under the category of Preparedness in terms of Identification of appropriate location for food preparation. identification of appropriate location for food preparation was excellent, only 1 or 1.43% of them affirmed that it was very satisfactory, only 5 or 7.14% have said that it was satisfactory, 24 or 34.29% declared that it was poor, and more than half or 40(57.14%) declares that it was very poor.

It has a computed weighted mean of 1.53 which means that the identification of appropriate location for food preparation as a measure to be prepared for the harmful effects of disasters was very poor. This rating given by the constituents is a clear manifestation that a high level of ineffectiveness is present in the execution of this particular program. There is grave failure on the part of the authorities concerned in determining the proper location where foods shall be stored and prepared which shall be distributed to the affected citizens on the occurrence of a calamity.

104 Table 33

From 70 constituents of the 14 Barangays, none have said that the presence of city-wide community based early warning system was excellent, only 5 or 7.14%

affirmed that it was very satisfactory, 21 or 30% have said that it was satisfactory, 29 or 41.43% of them gave a rating of poor, and there were 15 or 21.43% who declared that it was very poor.

It has a computed weighted mean of 2.23 which shows that the presence of city-wide community based early warning system as a measure to be prepared for the harmful effects of disasters was poor. We can infer from the data presented that the constituents find a medium level of ineffectiveness in the method of execution of this program. Even though there exist an early warning system in their city, they were not able to maximize its benefits.

Table 34

105

From the 70 constituents of the 14 Barangays, none have said that Provision of whistle, flash light and compass was excellent, there same is true for very satisfactory, only 6 or 8.57% have said that it was satisfactory, there were 21 or 30%

who gave a rating of poor, and more than half or 43(61.43%) have declared that it was very poor.

The computed weighted mean was 1.47 which shows that the Provision of whistle, flash light and compass as another measure to be prepared for the harmful effects of disasters was very poor. The rating given by the respondents is a clear evidence that they were not able to acquire the gadgets mentioned on this particular program. They are frustrated on the failure of their local officials to provide them with those gadgets which they can surely utilized when a natural calamity happens.

Table 35

106

Out of the 70 respondent citizens from the 14 Barangays, none of them said that public information dissemination was excellent, only 5 or 7.14% affirmed that it was very satisfactory, 19 or 27.14% have said that it was satisfactory, more than half or 36(51.43%) of them gave a rating of poor, and there were 10 or 14.29% who rate it as very poor.

It has a computed weighted mean of 2.27 which goes to show that public information dissemination as one of the measures to be prepared for the harmful effects of disasters was poor. There is a shortcoming on the part of their local authorities in disseminating the needed information to their constituents as reflected on the rating given by the respondents for this specific project. Their constituents are not able to obtain the essential know-how’s they must possess so that they know what to do when a calamity comes.

Table 36

This table presents the data gathered from the respective Barangays of Navotas City with regards to implementation of their Programs and Projects under the category of Preparedness in terms of Trainings and Seminar on Calamity preparedness.

RATING RELATIVE

107

WEIGHTED MEAN 1.57

INTERPRETATION Poor

Out of 70 respondent citizens from the 14 Barangays, none of them said that the conduct of Trainings and Seminars on Calamity preparedness was excellent, only 2 or 2.86% affirmed that it was very satisfactory, 7 or 10% have said that it was satisfactory, there were 20 or 28.57% gave a rating of poor, and more than half or 41(58.57%) gave a rating very poor.

The computed weighted mean was 1.57 which goes to show that conduct of Trainings and Seminars on Calamity preparedness as one of the measures to be prepared for the harmful effects of disasters was poor. Taking into consideration the rating given by the respondents, it is evident that the city government failed to train their constituents on Calamity Preparedness. City government officials concerned were ineffective in molding the capacity of their citizens to react with catastrophic events like natural disasters.

Table 37

This table presents the data gathered from constituents of the respective Barangays of Navotas City with regards to implementation of their Programs and Projects under the category of Response in terms of proper documentation of damage, needs and assessment.

108 From the 70 respondents of the 14 Barangays, none of them said that the response capability of the city through proper documentation of damage, needs and assessment was neither excellent nor satisfactory, only 6 or 8.57% have said that it was satisfactory, 15 or 21.43% of them gave a rating of poor, and the majority of them or 49 (70%) declared that it was very poor.

The computed weighted mean was 1.39 which means that the capability of Navotas City to respond to calamities through proper documentation of damage, needs and assessment very poor. With this given data, we can infer that there is a grave shortcoming on the part of their city authorities to respond in the time of occurrence of a calamity. Great frustration exists on the part of the respondent constituents on how their city government reacts to the situation.

Table 38

This table presents the data gathered from constituents of the respective Barangays of Navotas City with regards to implementation of their Programs and Projects under the category of Recovery and Rehabilitation in terms of coordination with neighboring local governments regarding rivers and roads clean-up drives.

RATING RELATIVE city’s coordination with neighboring local governments regarding rivers and roads clean-up drives was excellent, only 3 or 4.29% affirmed that it was very satisfactory,

109 23 or 32.86% have said that it was satisfactory, half of them gave a rating of poor, and there were 9 or 12.86% who declared that it was very poor.

The computed weighted mean is 2.29 which means that the city’s coordination with neighboring local governments regarding rivers and roads clean-up drives as one of the measures to recover and rehabilitate their city after a calamity was poor.

It means that the local government of Navotas City should be well coordinated to the constituents especially the leaders of every community to disseminate the information and coordinate to the rivers and clean up drives.

Table 39

RATING RELATIVE debriefing for the community and government employee involved as another measure for recovery and rehabilitation was neither excellent nor very satisfactory, 8 or 11.43% affirmed that it was satisfactory, 25 or 35.71% have said that it was poor, and more than half of them or 37(52.86%) declared that it was very poor.

110 The computed weighted mean is 1.59 which means that stress debriefing for the community and government employee involved as another measure for recovery and rehabilitation was poor.

It implicates that the local government’s role of debriefing its constituents after a disaster or natural calamity is very poor. The government should employ more social workers to help the community against the disturbances after a certain calamity.

Table 40

This table presents the data gathered from the constituents of respective Barangays of Navotas City with regards to the availability and capacity of their Facilities in terms of Evacuation Centers

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