{"id":2907,"date":"2021-04-08T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2022-07-22T03:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T03:11:48","slug":"filipino-ai-chatbot-software-to-make-good-governance-one-chat-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/08\/filipino-ai-chatbot-software-to-make-good-governance-one-chat-away\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Filipino AI Chatbot Software to Make Good Governance One Chat Away<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2907\" class=\"elementor elementor-2907\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4da85f79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4da85f79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28022a14\" data-id=\"28022a14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549b0ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"549b0ab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By: Faustina Dizon<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fee9035 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fee9035\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06f76f7\" data-id=\"06f76f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8683fd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8683fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic severely damaged the Philippine economy, leaving&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnphilippines.com\/business\/2020\/6\/5\/unemployment-April-2020-COVID-19.html\">7.3 million Filipinos unemployed&nbsp;<\/a>during the first few months of the lockdown. Left with no source of income, the national government devised a solution to provide financial assistance to marginalized and low-income families that belong to the informal economy.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>The national government allocated more funding for the already existing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dbm.gov.ph\/index.php\/secretary-s-corner\/press-releases\/list-of-press-releases\/1647-dbm-releases-p199-975-billion-for-dswd-social-amelioration-program\">Social Amelioration Program<\/a>&nbsp;(SAP). It is originally intended to provide monthly financial assistance to impoverished families but now includes bringing tide over to people like Rommel.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Rommel Salva is a 25 year-old construction worker living in Quezon City. He lives on paycheck to paycheck, earning meagerly pre-pandemic. Unfortunately, like millions of Filipinos, he was rendered jobless during this crisis.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201cMy work was stable before the pandemic. I was able to feed my family, pay our rent, water, and electricity bills. But now, my work has become unstable, and what I am earning rarely lasts for three days. It is not enough,\u201d Rommel expressed.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Rommel is qualified to receive financial assistance from the government amounting to \u20b18,000 (roughly equivalent to 164 USD). However, one year has elapsed since and he has yet to receive the promised aid.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201cThey told me to wait because my papers are still being processed but weeks and months have passed and I even heard that there was a second wave for the distribution but I still have not received anything,\u201d he shared.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>The Department of Social Welfare and Development&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rappler.com\/nation\/dswd-admits-shortcomings-emergency-fund-distribution\">(DSWD) acknowledged its lapses in the distribution of SAP<\/a>, sharing that Local Government Units (LGUs) fell short in providing a list of target beneficiaries.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Consequently, there were also news reports on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1285443\/pnp-charges-301-village-execs-for-corruption-in-sap-cash-aid-payouts-dilg\">corruption of the SAP funds.<\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201cOf course, it was very disappointing to hear. But what\u2019s more frustrating is that I was deeply hoping to receive that money. I was going to use it to buy and stock groceries so the kids can eat something,\u201d Rommel added.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ad6f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1ad6f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/24242_268107-1024x557.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2913\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/24242_268107-1024x557.webp 1024w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/24242_268107-300x163.webp 300w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/24242_268107-768x418.webp 768w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/24242_268107.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1320767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1320767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>Solution: Social protection chatbot<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Recognizing the discrepancies on existing social welfare programs, Bantay Bayan, a citizen and legal-watch assistance program initiated by GoodGov PH, produced their own chatbot called&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;that simulates real-time conversation on addressing eligibility concerns and other queries surrounding SAP and social pension.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>It was created by a group of young changemakers, namely: Atty. Charles de Belen, Atty. Julia Therese Pineda, Carmela Francesca Adelantar, Shannen Edwin Dilapdilap, Carl Christian Lumberio, Arianne Fabregas, and Alyanna Gopez.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201cOur team has seen that many people who are claiming for these financial support from the government were unjustly excluded even if they are qualified. An overwhelming of 7000 complaints was filed against SAP alone for the exclusion and irregular distribution,\u201d Arianne shared.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><strong><em>Bantay Chatbot<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;emerged as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opengovpartnership.org\/stories\/digital-against-covid-19-innovation-challenge-meet-the-finalists\/\">winner of the #DigitalAgainstCovid19 Innovation Challenge&nbsp;<\/a>organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Open Government Partnership (OPG) where they brought home 10,000 USD to launch their idea in the Philippines and other interested developing nation members of ADB.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-image\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d14030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d14030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/112442_207923-1024x540.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2914\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/112442_207923-1024x540.webp 1024w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/112442_207923-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/112442_207923-768x405.webp 768w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/112442_207923.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f2b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19f2b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Bantay Chatbot<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is an artificial intelligence (AI) software that can simulate a conversation or chat with a user in a natural language through messaging applications, websites and applications,\u201d Shannen and Carl explained.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>It is a welfare assistance chatbot that can provide accurate and useful information to its users on their queries with the help of a supervised learning machine. It can monitor user&#8217;s commands and replies to the chatbot which are collected for Bantay to be tailored to meet user&#8217;s needs, ultimately enhancing user experience.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201cBantay Chatbot applications streamline interactions between people and services, enhancing public experience. At the same time, it offers organizations new opportunities to improve the public engagement process and operational efficiency by reducing the typical cost of public service,\u201d they said.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>It also provides professionally vetted recommendations and forwards complaints to relevant government offices.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>Contribution and Impact to Social Development<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;was designed with the Filipino user in mind. There are 89 million social media users and 79 million smartphone users &#8211; all these users can access&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;for free, anytime, anywhere,\u201d Atty. Julia said.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>&#8220;Since&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is available on Facebook, any Filipino can access it even on free data,&#8221; Shannen and Carl added.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>One of&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s key features is its ability to provide accurate and timely responses 24\/7, free of charge.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>It can be programmed to give automated replies to repetitive questions promptly and direct requests when an action requires human assistance.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>&#8220;This [feature] enables human customer service representatives to save time and assist more important cases rather than time consuming simple tasks,&#8221; they shared.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>This makes&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;an inclusive platform, instrumental to bridging the information gap between social welfare programs and its recipients by serving as a 24\/7 user-friendly hotline.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Its accessibility and convenience is valuable in advancing strong institutions through its contribution in making Filipinos well-informed on their rights and entitlements under the law.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>It provides users essential tools in demanding accountability such as recommendation and complaint forms. Thus, helping combat corruption and abuse of social welfare programs.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;will make accountability and efficient delivery of social welfare a norm in the government and the LGUs involved in social welfare distribution,&#8221; they affirmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9032d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b9032d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10586_73853-1024x567.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10586_73853-1024x567.webp 1024w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10586_73853-300x166.webp 300w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10586_73853-768x425.webp 768w, https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10586_73853.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93d3b4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93d3b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>Plans and Possibilities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;seeks to further improve the technology from where it was built. We seek to integrate machine learning and natural language processing to further improve the user\u2019s customer experience and enable it to deliver its service accurately and efficiently,\u201d Atty. Charles said.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Team&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is working to make the chatbot available in major languages and dialects in the Philippines. The team also plans on integrating&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;on different messaging platforms and SMS.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201cAside from social welfare programs, we will also provide other modules that will provide legal assistance in other underserved legal markets such as labor law, small claims, and [Violence Against Women and Children],\u201d he added.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is now available for use at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BantayBayanTayo\">Bantay Bayan<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodGovPH\">GoodGovPH\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;Facebook page.&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;will be formally launched and introduced nationwide on May 2021.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>For GoodGovPh\u2019s next project, it is eyeing to create an election-related application that will provide a data analytics powered scorecard to help voters decide on which candidates to support and vote for.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong>Financial Challenges and Technological Limitations<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"#(className)\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Although&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is efficient in giving exact and immediate responses to most frequently asked questions, its biggest challenge is its incapacity to answer all questions of users.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>To address this, the team is in search of a technological solution to improve&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s content and responsiveness.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;relies on technology to achieve mass reach at reduced costs. Our team has many great ideas for&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>, but are challenged with technological development, which could be complex and costly,\u201d Atty. Julia said.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Currently,&nbsp;<strong><em>Bantay<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;operates on a freemium business model where it offers initial legal assistance at no cost while also offering paid services. 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