Environmental laws are enacted for the purpose of protecting the environment. This study was conducted to determine the enforcement and violations involving Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (R.A. No. 9003) in Davao City, Philippines. A questionnaire was formulated based on the provisions of Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 and distributed to the respondents. The respondents of this study were 256 barangay officials from 42 barangays in Davao City, Philippines. They were selected as respondents because they have direct observation on the enforcement and violations of the law in their areas of responsibility and the 42 barangays were chosen because they belong to the urban part of Davao City. The enforcement of selected provisions of the Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (R.A. No. 9003) in relation to the functions of a local government unit is high which means that the provisions are often complied while the enforcement against prohibited acts is often indicating frequent enforcement. The provision that was moderately enforced is failure of material recovery facilities to receive biodegradable wastes for composting.Keywords: Ecology and Conservation, Enforcement of Solid Waste Management Act, Quantitative Research, Philippines

<p>The study deals with the moderating effect of organizational environment on the relationship between spiritual leadership and quality of work-life among police officers. The quantitative non-experimental design was used in the study. The respondents of the study were the police non-commission officers, non-uniform personnel, and commission officers. There were 400 respondents were used as study participants. The researcher collected information from Region X police stations with 22 police stations for Bukidnon Provincial Police, Provincial Police Office. The statistical tools used were Mean in order to describe the level of spiritual leadership and organizational environment; Pearson’s r to determine the significance of the relationship between spiritual leadership, quality of the work-life and organizational environment, hierarchical regression analysis, and Hayes Process modgraph were used to establish the significance of the influence between spiritual leadership, quality of the work-life and organizational environment and the modraph Sobel z-test to determine the moderating effect of organizational environment on the relationship of spiritual leadership and quality of work-life. Findings revealed significant relationship between the three variables. Finally, organizational environment was seen to fully moderate the already significant effect of spiritual leadership towards quality of work-life among police personnel. Implications were discussed.</p><p><strong>JEL:</strong> L10; O15</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0202/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

The purpose of this study was to determine a model from the personal perspective of correctional officers in Davao Prison and Penal Colony Region XI as influenced by self-efficacy and work values. The instrument used in this study was a customized survey questionnaire but modified to contextualize the regional settings applied to 299 Correction Officers using a stratified sampling technique. Data collection was an electronic survey via google forms. Means and Pearson r were used as statistical tools. The results show very high levels of self-efficacy, work values, and personal perspectives. It also showed a significant correlation between self-efficacy, work values, and personal perspectives. In addition, all variables had a significant impact on individual perspectives. Of the variables, self-efficacy has the greatest impact on an individual's perspective.

This study compares the existence of intolerance acts in Philippines and Indonesia. This study is a qualitative type of research which involves in-depth interview and focus group discussion with the study informants. The informants consist of law enforcement agencies, non-government organizations, and religious groups from Philippines and Indonesia. The result reveals that understanding and application of intolerance acts in the Philippines and Indonesia are different. Unlike the Philippines, there are laws in Indonesia defining specific acts of religious intolerance. The acts of religious intolerance are widespread in Indonesia compared to the Philippines.