Vetted Neighborhood Referrals Sourced from Real Neighbors.
Neighbor ni Juan is a community-driven referral directory for Butuan City, CARAGA. Find verified local service providers hand-picked by your neighbors—free from sponsored ads and fake online reviews.
How Neighbor ni Juan Works
We built a simple, community-first pipeline to surface the best local services without paid bias or commercial distortion.
Organic Discovery
We actively monitor private neighborhood groups and local threads where residents post spontaneous, unprompted business recommendations.
Manual Review
Every single recommendation is manually reviewed and vetted by our team. We filter out self-promotion, spam, and fake listings to keep the directory authentic.
Direct Connection
Browse tidy, category-organized directories. We provide direct contact numbers and recommendation quotes so you can connect with trusted pros instantly.
Select Your Barangay
Reclaiming Community Word-of-Mouth
Yelp, Angi, and Google reviews were once useful tools, but today they are heavily gamed by sponsored bids, paid promotions, and fake review rings. The contractor at the top of the search is rarely the best—they are simply the one who paid the platform the most.
Neighbor ni Juan is different. Our basic listings cannot be bought. Every local provider is selected entirely because an actual neighbor went out of their way to recommend them. No bias, no corporate manipulation.
Zero Sponsored Ads
Basic listings cannot be bought. Authenticity and trust are our core propositions.
Balangay Spirit
Inspired by the ancient boat of cooperation, helping neighbors sail together.
The Boat of Cooperation
Neighbor ni Juan is inspired by the Balangay boat—Butuan's ancient vessel of unity, where communities rowed together to reach their destination. In fact, the word barangay originates from this legendary boat.
Our physical printed directories, distributed quarterly as posters or newsletters within the community, act as a modern anchor keeping neighbors connected.
- Community cooperation and coordination
- Quarterly printed newsletter/poster directory
- Distributed directly within local barangays
The Team
The crew behind Neighbor ni Juan directories.
Marconi Dominyx G. Asis
Marconi is a Butuan City-based IT professional who built Neighbor ni Juan to help local residents find trusted, neighbor-recommended services in their own barangay—free from ads and fake commercial listings. Currently, Marconi handles all design, development, and curation for the platform.
Bring Neighbor ni Juan to Your Area
Don't see your barangay listed? We expand based on voter demand and neighborhood volunteer engagement. Fill out the request form to put your community on our launch queue.