https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/693 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:08:45 GMT 2026-04-05T18:08:45Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2454 Perceived promoters and deterrents in the implementation of public-private partnership as governance innovation among local government units in the Province of Iloilo Dela Peña, Renia F. This study was conducted to determine and explore the promoters and deterrents, and the extent of governance innovation in the implementation of a public-private partnership (PPP) among local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo Province. This study is a mixed-method - explanatory sequential design with pragmatism as the paradigm worldview. The target population consisted of the 42 LGUs and one component city of Iloilo Province, but the respondent population was the local chief executives and the planning coordinators, respectively. A three-part questionnaire was used to collect the data. A key informant interview (KII) was utilized to probe deeper into the quantitative findings. The study found that only 2 out of 43 local government units in the Province of Iloilo had both a PPP ordinance and project as mandated by MC No. 2016-120 “DILG Guidelines for the PPP Implementation.” Low compliance to this effect was observed. However, there were some LGUs that despite the lack of a PPP ordinance had engagement with the private sector, thus, a changing mindset toward more open and trusting governance was revealed in this study. Further, results indicated that the income classification of the LGUs and the lack of financial resources as a deterrent to PPP implementation were generally related. Also, the existence of PPP projects had a bearing on the extent of governance innovation. Overall, the extent of governance innovation in PPP implementation among LGUs was only innovatively- active. Findings revealed that it is likely due to local politics, unfavorable market factors, poor knowledge of PPP, a lack of PPP ordinance, and a lack of political skills, while good governance practices, strong market efficiency, and a stable institutional environment remain as promoters of PPP as governance innovation. Abstract only Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2454 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2413 Perceived wellness among the teaching personnel in a private higher education institution: Status, challenges, and practices as bases for the formulation of a wellness program Alicante, Jelvit Amor C. This survey research aimed to identify the perceived wellness status, wellness challenges, and wellness practices among the 124 randomly selected full-time teaching personnel in a private higher education institution. Quantitative data were gathered using three duly validated researcher-made survey questionnaires. The descriptive statistics used were frequency count, percentage analysis, means, and standard deviation while the inferential statistics utilized were the t-test for independent samples, the One-way analysis of variance, and Pearson's r, set at .05 alpha. Results revealed that the respondents had excellent wellness status; the environmental, financial, and physical aspects were their predominant wellness challenges while the spiritual, social, and intellectual aspects were their least predominant wellness challenges. They had a marginal level of wellness challenges in the environmental, physical, financial, occupational, and emotional areas and a low level of wellness challenges in the intellectual, social, and spiritual aspects. The emotion-oriented practices were their most predominant wellness practices and avoidance strategy practices were their least predominant wellness practices. They had a very high extent of emotion-oriented practices and task-oriented practices and a high extent of avoidance strategy practices. They differed significantly in their wellness status when classified according to educational attainment and in their level of wellness challenges when grouped according to sex. No significant differences existed in the wellness status when grouped according to sex and civil status and no significant differences were noted in the wellness challenges when they were classified according to civil status and educational attainment and in the extent of their wellness practices when grouped according to sex, civil status, and educational attainment. The teaching personnel's wellness status, wellness challenges, and wellness practices were positively and significantly correlated. Finally, as an offshoot of the study, a wellness program was prepared and jury validated. Abstract only Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2413 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2186 Kinship system and social organization of the Sulod of Central Panay, Philippines Jocano, F. Landa The Sulod are a relatively small group of non-Christians inhabiting the banks of Panay River between Mt. Siya and Mt. Baloy in Central Panay, Philippines. Unless otherwise indicated, this essay deals with the social organization of those living in the settlements of Maranat, Siya, Taganghin, Buri, and Takayan. These people number from 800 to 1000. The basis of the economic subsistence is shifting, dry agriculture, called by them kaingin, supplemented with hunting, fishing, and gathering. Despite sporadic contacts with Christian lowlanders, no dramatic social and cultural changes have occurred in Sulod lifeways in recent times. Social life is still characterized by a primary concern with socio-religious activities and a correlative superordination of kinship. Prior to this study, the Sulod were relatively unknown to students of Filipino society; no similar investigation was attempted in the past. The earliest mention of the Sulod that I have found is in a ten-page typescript term paper submitted by Juan Celeste to Prof. H. O. Beyer, University of the Philippines, in 1912. It appears, however, that Beyer did not take this report seriously for he did not cite it in his book, Population of the Philippine Islands in 1916. He continued to use such broad terms as bukidnon, mundu, and montesses to describe the mountain people of Panay. The latter designation was used by Eugenio Ealdama to describe a group living in Daan Sur and Daan Norte in the municipality of Tapaz, Capiz province, in a series of popular articles published in the Philippine Magazine in 1937 and 1938. Ealdama’s work offered many valuable leads into the culture of Panay's mountain people. However, no similar studies have been made since 1937. Lack of information makes the position of the Sulod significant not only in understanding the culture history of the central Philippines, but also in providing a starting point for future studies in the Western Bisayas. Moreover, the relative isolation of these people from the rest of the inhabitants of Panay island, due largely to the geographical ruggedness of their territory which discourages frequent lowland contacts, offers an excellent opportunity for a more rigorous and scientific control over observation and analysis of cultural phenomena important in determining the choice of principles of social behavior and the consequent formulation of possible generalizations. The primary aim of the present study is to examine the nature and function of the social organization of the Sulod. These people possess a complex bilateral social structure. A great deal of anthropological attention has, for many years, been devoted to the study of societies having unilinear social structures while those with bilateral structures have received less attention from ethnographers. Introduction Tue, 01 Jan 1963 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2186 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1973 Rural electrification: Its effects on people's socioeconomic life and aspirations Ardales, Venancio B. The study wanted to find out whether households, institutions, and communities which have been exposed to electricity are socially and economically more progressive than those deprived of electrification. With the use of an exploratory-comparative design, sample households, institutions, and communities in Miagao, Iloilo which have been energized for about four years were compared with those in non-energized Banate, Iloilo. Data were furnished by the household heads and opinion leaders of the community who were personally interviewed. These were augmented by the observations of the research team. Results reveal that sample households in the energized poblacion of Miagao were economically and socially more progressive than those in sample barangays of the town as well as in areas under study of non-energized Banate, Their heads were also found to have higher levels of aspiration than those in other sample communities. On the other hand, the sample in energized villages under study of Miagao were better off than their Banate counterparts only in terms of level of living and educational attainment of the household head. The same result is obtained when Banate and Miagao samples were compared by municipality since the sample in each town were proportionally lopsided in terms of residential areas in favor of barangay dwellers. Users of electricity were also found very progressive and have higher levels of aspiration than the Non-users who live within the area coverage of the electrification project. Moreover, the sample institutions and sample communities of Miagao were found more progressive than those in non-energized areas under study of Banate. Heads of the sample households and the opinion leaders in Miagao reported that electricity contributed in improving the situations of the households, and of the institutions and communities considered. This is supported by the observations of the research team. However, with only three years and eight months of exposure to electricity, it is the opinion of the investigator, substantiated by obtained data and observations, that the effects of electrification are minimal. This is so since electricity was found being used primarily for lighting and in operating household electrical appliances. Abstract only Thu, 01 Jan 1981 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1973 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z