Citizen and Community Journalism: Community Issues and Problems among Citizens in Brgy. Maguinao, San Rafael, Bulacan
Baltazar, Ron Christian
Landayan, Jersey Chloe Lae
Torres, Althea
Citizen and Community Journalism
Community Issues and Problems among Citizens in Brgy. Maguinao, San Rafael, Bulacan
Respondent’s Profile
Table 1. Respondent’s profile
Findings
Figure 1. Number of votes in each problem in pie graph
After conducting a survey among citizens of Brgy. Maguinao regarding community issues and problems last January 31, the results showed that the main problems in the community are the traffic, financial problems, improper waste disposal, high number of stray dogs at night, faulty and insufficient installation CCTV cameras and streetlights, and disassembling physical projects.
Among 13 respondents, nine of them mentioned improper waste segregation and disposal, while eight respondents mentioned the high number of stray dogs, especially at night, posing a threat to the safety of passersby.
Meanwhile, five brought up the increasing cost of living, especially for their basic commodities, resulting in financial problems; and deficiently installed CCTV cameras and streetlights on some streets, disassembling physical projects by previous local administrations, and the worsening traffic due to urbanization has been stated once. One respondent answered that she encountered no problem in the community.
Seven of the 13 respondents mentioned both the problem of improper waste disposal and the high number of stray dogs in the street at night during each of their interviews.
Table 2. In-depth discussion of the result
Photos: dogs roaming the streets of Purok 2, Brgy. Maguinao
Conclusion
Video: Clip from an interview of a tricycle driver in Brgy. Maguinao
The problem of improper waste disposal and the high number of stray dogs in the street at night together has been mentioned the most by the respondents. Both of the problems influence each other as improper waste segregation causes the stray dogs to poke onto the trash scattering the garbage while stray dogs roaming at night contribute to waste such as their litter and the scavenged garbage. Despite the local government’s policies and programs, these problems still occur due to lack of discipline among its citizens.
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