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manual attendance marking is not always effective as one needs to spend extra time for arranging records and calculating the average attendance of every student.  Manual checking of attendance may be time consuming, inconsistent and prone to errors. Inasmuch as people aren’t perfect, with manual checking of attendance, there’s a possibility that they accidentally switch details and end up with inconsistency in data entry or in hand written orders. RFID based Attendance recorder with SMS alert System is an application that was developed by the researchers to overcome the above stated problem that can provide a computerized attendance checking of SHS students in CVCITC. The objective is to implement a time wise, convenient and innovative way of attendance checking.  This study made use of the developmental research design since it proposed an Attendance Monitoring System using RFID Reader with Short Messaging Service. The CAMS: CVCITC Attendance Monitoring System was studied and analyzed to provide a convenient, reliable and time-wised attendance monitoring for the Senior High School students. The system was created using the method and procedures of Rapid Application Development.

The old mindset that still exists today is, women are not wage earners, they are destined to stay at home and take care of every member of the family. Moreover, problems and constraints experienced by women entrepreneurs have resulted in restrictions. These include limited mobility, male-dominated society, and socio-cultural barriers. Thus, this study presented the status and capability of women entrepreneurs in Santiago city. The qualitative research design was used in this study wherein the respondents were limited to three women entrepreneurs in Santiago City who take on business commonly run by men entrepreneurs only. The data were collected through close interviews which were crossed checked by the adviser, interpreted, summarized, and analyzed. Findings revealed that women entrepreneurs were motivated by their family, their desire to prove themselves and comply with the call of the situation and prove that disadvantages don’t exist on women who are eager to succeed. Furthermore, they do not consider their gender as a barrier, instead, they grab the chance to prove to the world that every being has value in this world.

Drug abuse in the Philippines is multifactorial, and there is a need to study these different factors. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the effect of the Namalikmata Program on the beneficiaries in Santiago City particularly on the personal and external transformation in the lives of the beneficiaries. The study utilized the descriptive research design. The respondents of this study were the Namalikmata beneficiaries within Santiago City. Of the 1,800 noted drug users who surrendered in the different barangays of Santiago City, 30 beneficiaries participated in the study. Findings revealed that the Program turned out to have a higher impact especially in curbing out illegal drug activities in the community. This study found out that the program helps people to recover from the chronic illness that is brought by illegal use/abuse of drugs particularly those people who lost direction in life. The beneficiaries experienced personal changes in their physical, moral, and spiritual being after undertaking therapy under the program. The program helps the beneficiaries to value their own life by changing their lifestyle as they become more conscious about their health and be able to abide by the rules and regulations imposed by the program.