Team Mindanao to offer free cellphone charging
By: Venus L. Garcia
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) - The team Mindanao
will be setting up a free cellphone charging station during the film showing
activity which is slated on November 27-28, 2013, this city.
Due to the ongoing restoration and limited
access to electric power, many are in dire need to re-energize their batteries
especially of communication units like cellular phones.
On Wednesday morning, during the DTI’s Diskwento
Caravan in RTR Plaza, this city, the team will also be there to offer a free
charging for those who will be there to buy commodities. At 6PM on the same
day, the team will then proceed to Tacloban Astrodome for the evacuees to enjoy
the free cellphone charging service.
The activity will continue at the Philippine
Science High School Eastern Visayas Campus on the 28th.
Philippine Broadcasting System (PBS)-Radyo ng
Bayan Director Tito Cruz said that his team will join and cover the activity.
“This is a concrete manifestation of our genuine
concern to our fellow Fiipinos who are affected by Yolanda,” said PIA Caraga
regional director and Northern and
Northeastern Mindanao cluster head Abner
Caga.
He added that “aside from free charging, the
team will orient the people on how to utilize their cellphones as portable
radio which is vital to get information and updates." (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Team Mindanao to hold film showing in Tacloban
City
By Venus L. Garcia
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) – Philippine
Information Agency’s creative members of team Mindanao will have a film showing
activity in two identified venues of this city.
The first venue will be at the Tacloban
Convention Center and the other at the Philipine Science High School Eastern
Visayas Campus (PSHSEVC) where evacuees are being temporarily housed.
This will be a good venue for all Taclobanon’s
to experience a free viewing of funny video clips, movies, and educational
films on disaster preparedness. Two projector screens will be put up to
accomodate adults and children.
“As much
as possible, we want to create an atmosphere that will lessen the impact of
trauma to Yolanda victims. Any medium that would aid in our information intervention
efforts will be utilized to create a useful and meaningful effect in the lives
of the people that we are serving,” said PIA Caraga regional director and
Northern and Northeastern Mindanao cluster head Abner Caga.
PSHSEVC school director Rey Garnace was very
thankful to team Mindanao for coming up an idea that would really provide
entertainment to the victims after an exposure to a real-life tragedy brought
about by storm Yolanda.
Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities
(CDAC) officer Gil Francis Arevalo of the United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said they will join PIA in the
conduct of film showing activity on November
27 and 28 for they will also be holding a Focus Group Discussion to the
evacuees.
“This is our simple contribution but an
effective intervention and somehow will make a difference. So I’m inviting the
Taclobanon’s to watch, learn and enjoy,” said Caga. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
DOE, DTI to hold Consumers Awareness Forum on
Energy Conservation & Downstream Oil Industry
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) – The Department of
Energy (DOE) in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Caraga will be holding the Consumers Awareness Forum on Energy Conservation and
Downstream Oil Industry on December 5, 2013 at the Karaga Hotel, this city.
DOE Director Manuel M. Llaneza said registration
is free and will start at 8:00 a.m.
“This activity is primarily aimed at enhancing
the level of awareness the consumers, industry stakeholders/players, and other
concerned government agencies on the pertinent government rules and
regulations, safety and standards, including other issues and concerns that are
currently confronting the oil industry,” said Llaneza.
The forum is also aimed at providing the local
government units and other government agencies with technical reference
pertinent to the crafting of local ordinances, issuance and granting of
permits/licenses to various gasoline and LPG establishments.
DOE is mandated by Republic Act 7638 (Department
of Energy Act of 1992) to prepare, integrate, coordinate, supervise and control
all plans, programs, projects and activities of the Government relative to
energy exploration, development, utilization, distribution and conservation.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
