THE PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS' PERCEPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAVAO PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODERNIZATION PROJECT

Before the project has been introduced to the public, these Informal Settlers in the corresponding places at Barangay Bato, Barangay Panacan and Barangay Sto Niño are living a normal life with a marginal income that can only sustain buying food-to-mouth for a daily basis. When the project came in, the landowners of the particular parcels that will be used as a proposed project site for bus stops, terminals, depots and driving school, have come to an agreement with the National Government of selling their property for the sake of community development wherein their offsprings will also benefit. Because of this improvement, the settlers of the said lands who happened to be the tenants, farmers, undocumented settlers and illegal dwellers of the land will be displaced. The project proponents are mindful of these project affected people (PAP’)s and making sure that their needs will be addressed. This research will help the project proponents to fill the gaps of information from these PAP's, specifically the informal settler people (ISF’s) by getting their sentiments. Research questions have been formulated in such a way that the real needs, emotions, and perceptions shall be gathered and obtained. A qualitative research method through one-on-one interviews using the open-ended questions are used for this research. A phenomenology theory has been used to process the data results. Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) is also one of the tools being used to locate the exact location of the ISF’s.