Community of Barangay 118 (Rawis)

I. Profile of the Community

Historical Background

Barangay 118 Zone 9 District 1 was created under a Presidential Decree during the time
of Marcos administration. It is one of the 5 biggest barangays in the district one. And no. 11 in
City of Manila and one of the populous Barangay among the 14 barangays of Zone 9, District 1.
The north bound of Barangay 118 is located at Pacheco St. with Don Bosco Church as landmark,
south bounded by Concha St. and the landmark is the Tondo High School. Quezon St. and C.P
Garcia St. on the eastbound area and at the westbound area is North Harbor/Road-10.

Barangay 118 has a total land area of 6,760.5 sq.m as of 2012, it has a total population of
10,670 consist of 4070 males and 6600 females. It is composed of 2000 households with a total
of 2,346 families; the total registered voters are 5,276 with 31 polling precincts and Tondo High
School as Polling Center.

Source of income or economic stability in our barangay can be based through the
following statistics; 50% are regular employee, 25% are OFW, 20% are self-employed or own
business and 5% are unemployed. There are 320 establishments inn this barangay, some are
Trucking Company, Hardware, Drug Store, Sari-sari Store, Carinderia or food store, Internet
café, and Pisonet; 98% are Meralco subscriber and 90% are Maynilad subscriber. 40% using
PLDT lines and 10% globe for telecommunication, 99% mobile phone and 80% have internet
access.

The barangay hall is located at Chesa St. cor Sta. Fe St, Rawis Tondo, Manila. The Sangguniang
Barangay are composed of the following; 1 Punong Barangay, 7 Kagawad, 1 Secretary, 1
Treasurer, 20 Tanod, 8 Youth Development Committee, 16 Lupon Tagapamayapa, 2 Day Care
Teachers, 1 Barangay Clerk, 2 Barangay Drivers, 2 Caretakers. 7 Street Sweepers and 4 NGO
Representative.

Barangay 118 is one of the housing projects of former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos
during Marcos regime it was constructed by different design and infrastructures. The Bagong
Lipunan Condominium is consist of 6th storey and 3 storey building. The 6th storey BLC II
consist of 3 buildings with 8 units each floor, then the 3 storey condominium is consist of 4
buildings Bldg. A-D with 15 units each floor except the ground floor. Then the Row Houses
consists of 4 rows, wit 12 units each row. Then the Model Community with 6 blocks and 50 units
each block. The Barangay have seven main roads such as ; Road-10, Sta. Fe St., Pacheco St., C.P
Garcia St., Chesa St., Quezon St., Concha St., and with nine alleys such as Duhat St., Tambis St.,
Kalamansi St., Kamias St., Sampalok St., San Roque St., Coral St., Kamatsili St., nd Kastanas St.

During the time of former President Ramos, he renovated into residential housing one of
the project of Marco’s Regime which is the Rawis Tulungan Center and now we called this as
Sambahayan sa Rawis. The Sambahayan sa Rawis consist of 9 building from Bldg. A-I with 4
floors and have 11 units each floor.

As time goes by, some of the vacant lots of this barangay were occupied by some illegal
shanties and build their own houses and were added to the population of this barangay these are
the block 7, stalls made into livelihood projects of barangay and commercial lots along Road 10
Service road.
 Community Profile
(2016)
A. Population of the Community
Male 4,070
Female 6,600
No. of Registered Voters 5,269
Total Population 10,670

B. Employment
Employed Not Stated
Self-Employed Not Stated
Unemployed 30% (3,201)

C. Resources
a. Institutions
i. 1 Health Center
1. Tondo Foreshore Tulungan Center
ii. 1 Church
1. Don Bosco Church
iii. 1 School
1. Tondo High School
iv. 1 Police Station
1. PCP District 1 Detachment
v. 2 Day Care Centers
1. Barangay 118 Day Care Center
2. Sambahayan sa Rawis Day Care Center
b. Recreation
i. Rawis Basketball Court
ii. Don Bosco Park
iii. Solar Basketball Court
iv. Children’s Playground

c. Business Establishments – 150 Business Permit Issued

i. Anjhegray Ent.
ii. Chesa Hardware
iii. Farmacia Phoebe
iv. A. Ramil Store
d. Non-Government Organization
i. Rawis Senior Citizen Association (RASCA)
ii. Barangay 118 Senior Citizen Organization
iii. Pro-Women Organization
iv. Sambahayan sa Rawis Residents Associaation
v. Rawis Couples Club
vi. Samahang Taglay
vii. Rawis Sunday Club
viii. BLC 6th Storey
ix. Zumba Mom
x. Model Community Association
xi. Building A Bagong Lipunan Condominium II
xii. Building B Bagong Lipunan Condominium II
xiii. Building C Bagong Lipunan Condominium II
xiv. Building D Bagong Lipunan Condominium II
xv. Row House Association
xvi. Sta. Fe Club
xvii. Motorcycle Driver Association
 Partial Community Profile gathered by the Interns
Male Female
Sambahayan sa Rawis 536 581
3-storey building 102 114
6-storey building 64 75
Model Community 82 80
Total 784 850 1634
Figure 1. The above data shows that out of 1,634 respondents from the community, there
are 47.98% male while 52.02% are female.

Employment Status
Respondents Percentage
Unemployed 394 38.82%
Blue-coller job 282 27.78%
Self-employed 220 21.67%
White-collar job 115 11.33%
Child Labor 4 0.39%
Figure 2. The result shows a significant percentage of 24.11 are unemployed. Most
(17.26%) of them have blue-collared jobs, while (7.04%) have white-collar jobs. There are those
(13.46%) who are self-employed. Others (0.24%) are children who are doing odd jobs.
Issues and concerns
Issues/ Concerns Responses Percentage
1. Problems of youth loitering at night 636 38.92%
(Problema sa mga tambay na bata/
kabataan sa gabi)
2. Problems of illegal use of drugs/ 510 31.21%
solvent in the community (Pag-gamit
ng droga/ solvent sa komunidad)
3. Problem in taking good care of 454 27.78%
domestic animals (Hindi maayos na
pangangalaga sa alagang aso/pusa)
4. Problems of obstruction in the streets 445 27.23%
(Mga obstruction/ harang sa kalsada)
5. Problems in the lack of help received 4 0.39%
from different agencies (Walang
natatanggap na tulong sa iba’t-ibang
ahensya)
6. Problems in the lack of response of 392 23.99%
the authority (Pag-tugon ng mga nasa
katungkulan)
7. Problems in the volume of trash and 353 21.60%
garbage (Problema sa kalat at basura)
8. Problems in the security of the 328 30.07%
structure of the houses (Problema sa
seguridad sa istraktura ng mga
tirahan)
9. Problems in early pregnancy/ pre- 326 19.95%
marital relationship (Problema sa
maagang pagbubuntis/nag-aasawa)
10. Problems in the insufficient lightings 322 19.71%
on the buildings/ streets (Problema sa
pagkakaroon ng sapat na pailaw sa
mga building o kalsada)
Figure 3. The figure above shows that youth loitering at night is the highest emerging
problem (38.92%). Second to this is the illegal sale of drugs (31.21%). The next highest concern
is improper care of animals (27.78%). Another is the presence of street obstruction (27.23%).
Some said that they don’t receive any aid from other agencies (27.05%). Barangay officials are
non-responsive to the needs of the people (23.99%). Problem on garbage receives 21.60%. Lack
of security of housing structure (20.07%) is also a problem and Teen-age pregnancy (19.95%) is
the major concern in terms of social issues. The last concern is lack of lighting in the streets
(19.71%).
ANALYSIS
The researchers have concluded that the top 10 issues in the community most especially -
children loitering/staying outside at night, drug/solvent use and; inappropriately taking care of
pets- are caused by the lack in response of the officials in the barangay. Due to this, there is
limited access on programs that can be provided by different agencies which ultimately affects
the employment of residents as well as the development of the community itself.
In that sense, 38.92% of the total population of respondents are unemployed and most of
them turned to drugs/solvent and is reinforced by the concept of “The Cycle of Poverty”, a
phenomenon where people become entrenched into poverty due to several factors including
limited access to employment and health care which contributes to this destructive cycle (“The
Complex Nature of Abused Substances and Getting help from Addiction”).
In addition, the researchers have established that if parents who suffer from addiction on
drugs/solvent, their children may have a higher risk of being engulfed by the “cycle of poverty”
or inhibit negative behaviours such as disobedience, violence and the like which can be
connected to the issue on the high number of children staying outside/loitering at night and early
pregnancy. The researchers associated this with the Differential Association Theory which
explains that individuals can become deviant due to the influence of those who imposes a high
status or authority over them. Since most adults would lack in proper child guidance, the children
may tend to seek support from peers which drives them to stay outside of their homes late at
night or resort in pre-marital sex and early pregnancy.
Aside from the said issues above, the community is also suffering from the poor
management of the environment like residents improperly taking care of their pets as well as
multiple obstruction/incomplete amenities (street lights, CCTV, trash/waste, etc.) in the area.
Due to the lack of response from the community official overtime, the said issues worsened and
have been tagged as highly threatening to the safety and security of the residents and needs to be
addressed immediately.

Recommendation

 More recreational activities among the youth.

 Cultivate law enforcement in the community and strengthen DILG’s program “MASA
MASID” (Mamamayang Ayaw Sa Anomalya, Mamamayang Ayaw Sa Illegal na Droga)
 Conduct skills mapping for the youth and unemployed adults.
 Coordinate with the appropriate agencies as to the care of a stray animals.
 Reinforce Responsible Parenthood and Parent Effectiveness Seminar (PES) in the
community.