Community Score Card

An island province in the Philippines exposed to acid mine drainage for about 22-25 years, uncovered new discovery in selected agricultural yields. The acid mine drainage was from two open mine pits of higher elevation flowing to Boac and Mogpog River system. A total of 78 various agricultural yields samples with 234 specimens were collected and analyzed from six municipalities of Marinduque, Philippines in 2019. These agricultural yields were (A) vegetables, (B) root crops, (C) fruits, and (D) rice. Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) Perkin Elmer Optima 8000 with ICP multi-element standard solution IV were used to detect metals concentration in the agricultural samples. Digestion of samples followed the EPA Method 200.3. Results were compared with the WHO/FAO limit followed by the identification of yields and areas that pose risks to public health. Determination of the spatial distribution was by ArcGIS. The six municipalities; i.e., Boac, Buenavis...

This study assessed the role of stakeholders and performance of selected barangays in Marinduque in the implementation of the Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangays (SGLGB). It focused on six governance areas: Financial Administration and Sustainability, Disaster Preparedness, Safety, Peace and Order, Social Protection and Sensitivity, Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness, and Environmental Management. Using a quantitative research design, data were gathered through survey questionnaires administered to Punong Barangays, Civil Society Organization Representatives, Municipal LGU Department Heads, and DILG Field Officers. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze performance and stakeholder roles, while Pearson correlation determined their relationship. Findings revealed that barangays performed well in Disaster Preparedness and Business-Friendliness but required improvement in Financial Administration and Environmental Management, particularly in financial reporting, local revenue generation, and waste management. Stakeholders played a key role in financial transparency, community coordination, and policy advocacy, but their influence on barangay performance was statistically weak. Challenges included inadequate financial resources, low community awareness, and lack of training. To address identified gaps, the DILG must institutionalize support mechanisms through technical assistance, performance audits, and a digital monitoring system. Barangays should form compliance teams, conduct regular meetings, and implement improvement plans. Strengthening stakeholder involvement, enhancing training programs, and promoting public awareness are essential to sustaining effective governance under the SGLGB program. The study recommends that the DILG issue a Memorandum Circular to institutionalize support for barangays through direct technical assistance from Provincial and Field Offices.

Session 3: PLENARY PRESENTATION
"Deep Dives into Existing Initiatives on Responsible Mining"
“Bottom up” View of Culturally-contingent, Historically-situated Engagement by Local Northwestern Luzon Gold Miners and Traders
DR. MICHAEL ARMAND CANILAO

This study assessed the spatial distribution of population growth of Marinduque, an island province in the heart of the Philippines. Based on the results, population of the province varies across time and space while densely populated areas are concentrated in coastal, flat and relatively flat regions. From 1990-2010, majority of the villages in the province experienced an increase in population. Global Moran's I test on the change in population and population growth rate suggests there is spatial clustering of these two variables among villages. Local Moran's I test validated such results and was able to detect several High-High and Low-High clusters of villages. ª 2015 Institution for Marine and Island Cultures, Mokpo National University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

The realities as experienced by the communities in the ground after the series of mining-related disasters, harnessed and refined by the realization of the imperatives of faith and finding remedies in local legislation and assertion of local autonomy by local government officials led to the conviction of coming up with a collective decision to declare the whole island of Marinduque as a mining no-go-zone through the mining moratorium policy. However, despite the declaration and existence of the policy on moratorium, various notices of mining applications which include Buenavista and various areas in Marinduque are still being sent to Punong Barangays. This brings to the test the relevance of the mining moratorium and on how they are being respected or implemented by the agencies of the government that are supposed to be the herald of environmental integrity and protection, and implementor of mining and environmental-related policies, i.e., the local environment office and the provincial mining regulatory board. The project hoped to look at the implementation of the mining moratorium policy through a participatory approach using the lenses of social accountability with the aid of Community Scorecard as a tool of assessment with representatives of the communities, the local government officials of Buenavista and the provincial mining regulatory board as the stakeholders.