PIA Caraga personnel enhances journalism skills
By Darryl P. Pinabacdao
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) - Preparing for the
challenges of the new year and the future, Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Caraga underwent enhancement training on journalism to equip each personnel on
new approach and techniques in news and feature story writing.
Agusan del Sur Information center manager David
Suyao discussed what must contain in the lead paragraph that will be supported
in the support paragraph, the details and the background of the story. This kind of approach according to Suyao can
catch the interest of the reader of what the story is all about.
Suyao stated that the news writing should be
done timely and accurately. He said that “to beat the time, a news reporter
needs two things- news sense and writing skill.”
On the part of PIA regional director Abner Caga,
responsible writing is very important for government communicators. Caga also
said that constant writing and reading of news and feature stories will enhance
writers’ skills. (DPP/PIA-Caraga)
PIA-13 personnel enhance skills in Radio
Broadcasting
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) – Personnel of the
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga region and its Provincial
Information Center Managers on Thursday underwent skills enhancement on Radio
Broadcasting through actual reporting and hosting.
This is the new initiative introduced by
regional director Abner Caga in order to equip all PIA personnel in radio
script writing and reporting for effective delivery of relevant information to
the public.
According to Director Caga, communication is a
very vital part in every aspect of life and business in this world.
“Communicating effectively can also empower the community. It is also essential
in organizing, unifying and building effective team. Besides, it brings about a
healthy relationship with people around,” he added.
Since the agency has its own FM radio station
installed right at the regional office, RD Caga believes that PIA personnel
must have the capability in radio operations.
Information Center Managers from Agusan del Sur,
Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur also shared their experiences on the
conduct of their respective radio programs in the provinces.
Deputy regional director Fryan Abkilan also
reminded the personnel regarding the radio protocol and ethics in broadcasting.
He elaborated the “Dos and Don'ts” during the actual board work.
“As broadcasters, we must be accurate, relevant
and sincere in what we say. With this, we can expect we will continuously gain their
confidence,” Abkilan said.
As its mandate, PIA is committed to provide a
national mechanism for the free flow of timely, accurate and relevant
information to: enhance people’s capabilities in decision-making and
identification of opportunities for growth and development; and promote
people’s participation in democratic process. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
PIA Caraga conducts advance training on holding
presscon
By Susil D. Ragas
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) – The Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) Caraga Region today conducts advance training on how
to hold press conference right at the PIA Regional Office Conference Room, this
city.
The training aims to capacitate PIA personnel
the skills in handling press conferences that would effectively resolve issues
that affects local and national government.
Deputy regional director Fryan Abkilan
introduced the new techniques on how to conduct a successful press conference
which include planning ahead, share to the group the ideas and the message you
want to convey while preparing props like posters, banners and a press kits,
organize list of reporters you want to invite, send invitations to chosen media
including the topic for discussion.
“As a facilitator of the presscon, early arrival
at the venue is a must requirement including giving assistance to speakers and
organizing materials for the presscon,” Abkilan said.
The activity is one of the new initiatives of
regional director Abner Caga in a bid to consistently enhance personnel’s
capabilities as PNoy’s professional communicators, integrators, facilitators,
managers, transformational leaders, and enablers and institution-builders in
development communication. (SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
PIA-13 targets newly-elected LGU officials as
textblast recipients
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 03 (PIA) - All local government
officials including barangay officials in Caraga region will now receive
textblast as recipient of the Philippine Information Agency’s (PIA) flagship
program, the Textblast.
In a meeting and direction-setting for the year
2014, regional director Abner Caga directed all personnel of PIA-13, specially
the Information Center Managers in the provinces to include the newly-elected
local government and barangay officials in the list of their recipients.
“Textblast is one of the fastest ways of sending
timely, accurate, and relevant information to the people. These officials are
the frontliners in the delivery of basic services. Therefore, they must be
provided with appropriate information intervention,” Caga said.
For years now, the textblast has been PIA’s
primary platform in the fast delivery of vital information, especially in times
of calamities and disasters. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
PIA Caraga conducts direction setting, skills
enhancement training
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) – The Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) Caraga region set up its direction for 2014 and
enhance journalistic skills of all personnel to capacitate them to become more
effective and efficient communicators.
The activity includes the presentation of
priority programs starting this year as part of PIA Caraga’s plans, programs
and action toward improving its existing platforms.
PIA Caraga regional director Abner Caga gave
emphasis on expanding the coverage of “textblast” operation through the
inclusion of local officials and other local key personalities, head of
agencies, and barangay officials as recipients in order for them to directly
receive more relevant and updated information at real-time. Caga also
emphasized that PIA personnel must utilize the technology that is available
such as the different applications suitable for textblast operation.
“We will be expanding our network with people
who will help share and deliver the information by tapping the student leaders
whom I believe can become information ambassadors. Their active involvement and
awareness on current issues will help them in the decision-making, regardless
of the capacity of their young minds,” said Caga.
Aside from the several inputs and
conceptualization of new system for achieving the agency’s objectives, PIA
Caraga has likewise improved the capabilities of its communication frontliners
through holding a radio broadcasting workshop.
“While advancing our knowledge in broadcasting,
we will also be teaching the same skills to the indigenous media to create
empowerment through responsible broadcasting,” Caga added.
The participants were given the opportunity to
go on-board and report live via PIA’s Power FM during the second day of the
training.
Protocols on holding a press conference and
related topics on journalism and news writing were also tackled. The senior
information officers, David Suyao and Fryan Abkilan, who were tasked as
speakers during the sessions have required everyone to present their outputs
for critiquing.
The overall conduct of the training has equipped
each participant with the appropriate knowledge on communication process.
(VLG/PIA-Caraga)
DOST 2013 projects herald more tech-driven
Philippines
By Angelica A. de Leon and Alan Taule
MANILA, Jan. 3 (PIA) - Breakthroughs and premier
events showcasing developments in science and technology were among the
country’s achievements in the face of adversity in 2013.
Spearheaded by the Department of Science and
Technology in collaboration with other government agencies and institutions,
these projects herald bright prospects for the country, with businesses and
services more attuned to modern technology and industries vigorously driving
the economy forward.
The first of these initiatives was the soft
inauguration of the Advanced Device and Materials Testing (ADMATEL) Laboratory,
a 24/7 testing facility for the country’s semiconductor and electronics
firms. The year fittingly took off with this significant event which was held in
January at the Industrial Technology Development Institute at the DOST Complex
in Taguig. With ADMATEL, local firms
will be able to realize huge savings in their testing and capital expenditures
since they no longer have to travel overseas for such high value-adding
services. Formal inauguration ceremonies were later held in May with His
Excellency Benigno S. Aquino as Guest of Honor.
The following month saw the formal launch of
Smarter Philippines in Davao City. Smarter Philippines is DOST’s flagship
program for leveraging the vast potential of information and communications
technologies toward world-class products, services, and human resources through
the following component programs: Smarter Government, Smarter Economy, Smarter
Countryside, Smarter Environment, Smarter Living, Smarter Mobility, Smarter
People, and Smarter Cities.
The concept of Smarter Philippines actually
embraces existing DOST programs.
One of these is the Automated Guideway Transport
(AGT) – an alternative elevated transportation system that is automated and
driverless. In April, the President, as
well as DOST representatives and other government officials, served as
distinguished passengers of the AGT on the occasion of its test run held at UP
Diliman.
DOST’s acquisition of the IBM Blue Gene
Supercomputer is another initiative reflecting the possibilities of Smarter
Philippines. The IBM Blue Gene is capable of performing over a billion
calculations per second. It will serve as
platform for select R&D projects focused on reducing poverty, improving
government processes, and enabling smarter weather management. Unveiled in Malacanang last May, Blue Gene is
set to enable local scientists to process and gain insights from the unprecedented
volume of collected data, benefiting practically every aspect of scientific and
technological activity in the country.
Meanwhile, the ratification of Republic Act
10535 or the Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013, as well as the completion of
its Implementing Rules and Regulations, is a quantum leap toward standardizing
the official time observed throughout the country. Signed into law by the
President in May, the Philippine Standard Time (PhST) Act requires businesses,
schools, media organizations, and government agencies to follow the time
prescribed by PAGASA, the official custodian of PhST.
Moreover, this law lays the legal basis for the
observance of the National Time Consciousness Week, which will be celebrated
for the first time at the stroke of midnight, New Year’s Day 2014. Just as
important, the new law seeks to engender a new generation of Filipinos who
value the importance of time and respect punctuality in the conduct of daily
activities.
As part of DOST’s contribution to the overall
campaign against dengue, the Department partnered with the Department of
Health, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and Department of
Education for the nationwide rollout of the Mosquito Ovicidal-Larvicidal Trap
(O/L trap) kits to schools in time for the opening of schoolyear 2013-2014.
The Department also continued to accord priority
attention to disaster risk reduction and mitigation activities efforts down to
the local levels. This proactive approach in disaster risk reduction and
management, which Pres. Aquino highlighted in his July State of the Nation
Address (SONA), is becoming a necessity with extreme weather events happening
more frequently and with greater ferocity – from Auring in January to super
typhoon Yolanda in November. Add to this
the killer earthquake that rocked parts of Visayas also in November.
Through it all, the DOST, through its agencies
PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and ICTO, provided
excellent technical support and advisory services in support of national
efforts spearheaded by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council.
In line with the Aquino Administration’s
national development agenda, DOST, for 2014 and beyond, will continue to
explore avenues opened by public-private partnerships in order to use science
and technology (S&T) to solve pressing national problems, develop and
diffuse appropriate technologies to create growth in the countryside, improve
industry competitiveness, use S&T to enhance the delivery of government and
social services, and build and enhance capacity in emerging technologies such as
biotechnology, nanotechnology, and genomics. (S&T Media Service,
DOST-STII/PIA-Caraga)
DOH, Surigao City collect 60 bags in
bloodletting activity
By Albert L.Lancin
SURIGAO CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) – The Department of
Health (DOH) and the Surigao City Health Office in partnership with the Pacific
Cement Corporation (Pacemco) and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company
(Metrobank) have conducted recently a bloodletting activity in their respective
establishments.
A total of 60 bags of human blood were collected
from 19 Pacemco employees and 41 Metrobank recruited donors who voluntarily
donated their blood to save lives.
The activity is in line with the DOH’s thrust of
promoting voluntary blood donation and it is a year round program aimed to
support continuous blood supply at the Caraga Regional Hospital Blood Bank,
this city.
In 2008 up to 2010, Surigao City is one of the
best implementor awardee of the National Voluntary Blood Services Program of
the Department of Health. (SDR/City Health Office/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano News: Gobyerno nagpabilin sa pasalig nga
sa pakighisgut sa kalinaw uban ang mga walhong rebelled
Ni Nida Grace P. Barcena
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Enero 3 (PIA) - Ang gobyerno
nagpabilin nga abli nga sublion ang diyalogo sa kalinaw uban ang mga walhong
insurhente sa pagtoo nga bisan pa luyo sa mga kabilinggan, ang kalinaw
magpabilin nga makab-ot, kini ang gibutyag sa opisyal sa palasyo dili pa lang
dugay.
Sa usa ka pahimangno uban ang mga media sa
Malakanyang, Si Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. miingon nga ang
“peace adviser” sa Presidente mipagawas ug pamahayag dili pa lang dugay nga ang
gobyerno padayon sa pagpangita ug paage nga makab-ot ang kasabotan tumong ang
kalinaw uban ang grupo sa mga komunista.
Ang gobyerno ug ang Communist Party of the
Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) wala pa
magkauyon sa ubay-ubay nga mga isyu aron maduso ang panaghisgot kabahin sa
peace process.
Usa sa mga isyu nga mituhaw mao ang pagbuhi sa
kumunistang adbaysir gikan sa pagkabilanggo isip usa ka kondisyon aron masugdan
ang diskusyon sa kalinaw.
“Hindi po nawawalan ng pag-asa o ng
determinasyon ang ating pamahalaan na malampasan kung ano man ‘yung mga hamon
na nagsisilbing balakid dahil isa pa rin po ‘yan sa mga timetable ng ating
pamahalaan,” sulti pa ni Coloma.
“Sinisikap po nating maisulong ang kapayapaan
hindi lamang doon sa Mindanao kundi sa iba’t iba pang mga larangan at kasama na
diyan ‘yung pakikipag-ugnayan o pakikipag-negosasyon sa CPP-NPA-NDF para po
maresolba ang matagal nang usapin hinggil diyan.”
Ug kabahin sa bahad nga gipagula sa mga CPP nga
pakusgan ang kampanya batok sa mga pasilidad sa gobyerno, si Coloma miingon nga
ang military ug ang kapolisan andam sa pagdepensa sa katawhan ug pagmintinar sa
kalinaw.
“Siyempre po tutugunan ‘yan ng ating mga
security forces and law enforcement authorities sapagkat tungkulin po ng
Sandatahang Lakas na ipagtanggol ang ating mga mamamayan at panatilihin ang
kaligtasan ng ating mga komunidad,” siya miingon. (PND/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
