PHL IOs, journalists learn China’s social
media platforms
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BEIJING,
China, May 20 (PIA) -- On the fourth day of the ongoing “Seminar for
Information Officers and Journalists from the Philippines” being held in
Beijing, the 22 delegates on Saturday, May 19, learned about Chinese social
media platforms and there utilizations.
Juanjuan
Guan, deputy director of News Service/ China Radio International, one of the
lecturers, said that based on YouGov survey of over 70,000 online news
consumers in 36 countries and regions including the US and UK, more than half
of all online users across the 36 countries and regions (54 percent) say they
use social media as source of news each week.
“More
than one in ten (14 percent) now say social media is still the main source of
news,” she added.
Guan
also cited that in China, people said the use of WeChat and Sina Weibo mobile
applications are very useful to them.
“Founded
in 2009, the Sina Weibo as of June 2017, has about 536 million registered
users, and each user has an average of 200 friends or connections. There are
more than 120 million daily active users. Another app is the WeChat, which is a
smartphone application that consists many useful features,” relayed Guan.
Guan
further revealed that through WeChat, media organizations could create their
official account where netizens can follow their updates, which they also find
more accessible and convenient. There are many helpful features in the said
application apart from the messaging system.
“Almost
all government agencies – national and local have Sina Weibo and WeChat
accounts for information release or news coverage, even all other major media
organizations,” underscored Guan.
With
all the other social media platforms apart from WeChat and Sina Weibo, Guan
stressed that the new media has really helped people get more relevant updates
not only inside China, but also from other countries. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Sibagat IPs start tocino, longganisa business
SIBAGAT, Agusan del Sur, May 20 --
About 33 chieftains of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and local food processors in
this municipality recently learned the principles and concepts of saving,
investing, and budgeting.
This
learning experience was acquired during the seminar on financial literacy held
recently at the Wawa Tribal Hall, Poblacion, Sibagat Agusan del Sur.
It can
be recalled that just this March, engagement of the Negosyo Center (NC) Sibagat
with this group started.
NC staff
Caryl Joy Zapanta, through IP chairman Samel Bejing joined in one of their
meetings and came up with agreements, to provide trainings to the group to
develop businesses.
A month
ago, training on meat processing was also conducted, and there had been
trainees producing tocino and longganisa and made it as a business.
These
IPs expressed their gratitude for the assistance provided to them as they have
gained additional knowledge on how to manage their finances effectively and
that they look forward to have a business, own a house and support their
family's needs.
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Training on 'banana chips making' is scheduled for the group as another option
to earn income. (DTI-Agusan de
Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Bayugan City market vendors appreciate bookkeeping
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur, May 20 --
The Negosyo Center (NC) here has recently organized a seminar on simple
bookkeeping to the market vendors here in order to equip them with basic skills
on record keeping in business and how to use it in store operations.
About 19
storeowners joined in the seminar and learned about bookkeeping to understand
the requirements, the flow of their business and the obligations with the
regulatory agencies which shall be complied.
Merlie
PeΓ±alver, accredited mentor of the Philippines Center for Entrepreneurship
(PCE), facilitated the seminar.
She
introduced the basics of bookkeeping, the accounting cycle, journalizing,
posting, preparation of trial balance, worksheet, income statement, balance
sheet, adjusting and closing entries, and the post-closing trial balance.
The
participants did a workshop on the accounting cycle, analysis on business
transactions and preparation of financial reports. At first, the participants
felt the difficulty of documenting the transactions but later they already
appreciated the process. (DTI-Agusan
de Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
