The North-South Commuter Railway Project, also recognized as Clark-Calamba Railway aims to further the connectivity between all Filipinos around Luzon. The project will be unified with the railway network within the Filipino Malawakang Maynila
The project is ambitious, set to cover a 147-kilometer radius. With a vicinity as wide as this, it is certain that people living near the radius will be affected. To catch on to the current situation of citizens affected by said project, a survey was conducted around Borneo, Calumpit, focusing on the civilians living near the railway project with the general question “in what way are you affected by the ongoing railway project?”
Table of findings:
Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | Notable Findings |
(Prefers not to say name) | (Prefers not to say age) | Male | Sari-Sari store owner | Even establishments close to the main road of the barangay are affected by the railway project.
They expect to be relocated or be paid for their property that the government will take. |
Josefina Simbulan | 77 | Female | Retired, helps with her children’s Sari-Sari store and eatery | Citizens that have had bad experiences with government projects do not trust that those affected by the project will be promptly accounted for.
Some citizens weren’t properly updated when or what will happen to their establishments or whether or not if more of their private property would be taken from them
Privately owned plants like mango trees were taken with their fruits given away.
Some relocation areas suffer from poor conditions like floods and lack of space.
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Rommel Cuyugan | (Age not stated) | Male | Woodworker | Despite being so close to the railway project, there are still establishments like woodcutting houses that are up and running. |
(Prefers not to say name) | (Prefers not to say age) | Female | Housewife | Some houses were spared despite being only a short distance away from the project’s vicinity.
Some citizens close to the project continue on with their normal lives. |
Pauline | 25 | Female | Housewife | Even though some establishments won’t be directly affected by the project, some still expect levels of disturbances like noise from construction.
There are meetings held by the PNR for those that are directly affected by the project |
(Prefers not to say name)
(Prefers not to say name) | (Prefers not to say age)
(Prefers not to say age) | Female
Female | Housewife
Barbeque vendor | People farther away from the railways aren’t well informed with general knowledge of the project. |
Ken | 35 | Male | Sari-Sari store owner | Some citizens are assured that private property to be taken will be paid for.
Even important institutions like churches are not exempt from the project and will be demolished when the railways reach their area. |
Demetrio | 75 | Male | Retired Construction worker and Real estate agent | Many citizens left the community many years ago because of the PNR railway project that is now continuing. |
(Prefers not to say name) | 42 | Male | Driver | The community has no problem at all and he is busy in his job (Tricycle Driver) |
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To sum things up, barangay Borneo in Calumpit is one of the many places that will be truly affected by the NSCR project here in Bulacan. Citizens from this community sound like they are used to this kind of issue. In fact, most of the people thought that the interviewers were from the Philippine National Railways even if the questions were far from the railway project. That itself shows that their main problem in the community is this NSCR project. The main finding in this survey is that, along with modernization are the citizens who have no voice and are just used to the system. This survey would surely lead to more comprehensive and critical journalism in this community in the future.Voice recordings for interviews:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d8SZ74UEeT-HoVEo324fWQwFqCAUKhT5
Transcripts:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13CxGktiMOPBTMxXwmeJJMth7Tqcx4Te7joDJuK_h0ac/edit?usp=drivesdk
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