Vol 2
Published by: PIA 6, 7 & 8
Issue 5
In this Issue WESTERN VISAYAS
DSWD 6 Regional Director Minda Brigoli (center) signs a Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainable Livelihood Program Implementation for beneficiaries of the government's social protection programs including the 4Ps with WVCST President Luis Sorolla (left) and DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Wilhelm Malones during the celebration of the agency's 61st anniversary here recently. (PIA6)
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CENTRAL VISAYAS
Jan.30-Feb.5, 2012
PIA website unites government agencies, says PNoy
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UEZON CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III launched the new website of the Philippine Information Agency and underscored the agency’s role in uniting government departments and agencies during PIA’s 2 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r y celebrtion. “Sa pagpapaunlad sa inyong website para sa mas epektibong pagbibigay ng impormasyon tungkol sa mga programa ng gobyerno, pinagbubuklod din ninyo ang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan sa pagtataguyod ng ating agenda ng pagbabago gamit ang teknolohiya sa modernong panahon (In improving your new website to better provide information about the government’s programs, you also unite the government agencies in pushing for reform, through modern technology),” President Aquino said. President Aquino also thanked the PIA employees for their efforts to disseminate the good results of projects and reforms of the government which the mainstream media fail to report. Aside from bringing relevant news to the public, PIA also conducts surveys, the results of which are sent to government agencies to help them in crafting appropriate policies and programs to address the people’s concerns, and enabling citizens to participate in solving the problems of the nation.
This development is a far cry from the media situation during the Martial Law era. President Aquino said that during the Martial Law era, the people had no means to know the right and accurate information from the government. However, Executive Order 100 which created PIA in 1986 clearly set the agency’s mandate – to promote effective communication between the government and the people. (PIA-GHQ)
Members of the PIA family headed by PCOO Secretary Herminio Coloma and PIA Director General Jose Fabia pose with President Benigno S. Aquino III at the launching of the new PIA website during the agency’s 25th anniversary celebration recently. (PIA6)
E-trikes to reduce fuel import, address climate change By Fayette C. Riñen
PIA NegOr staff at the La Libertad SB Session Hall for a Kapihan forum on NORECO I district elections, power situation and rural electrification program updates. This is the last in a three-fora series of info campaigns in NORECO I coverage areas.
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EASTERN VISAYAS
CEBU CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Apart from reducing the country’s dependence on imported petroleum, the E-Trike Project of the Department of Energy (DOE) is also an initiative of the national government to mitigate the effects of climate change. DOE-Visayas Field Office Regional Director Antonio Labios bared that the government through the DOE is promoting the use of e-trikes because fuel consumption is much less and no smoke emissions that cause air pollution are emitted. Labios said the incessant rising prices of oil in the global market are making the country captive to costly fuel since we are over 90 percent dependent on imported petroleum.
“We need to fast track measures to lessen the dependence of imported fuel and the adoption of e-trikes is one of them,” Labios declared. Labios said promoting the use of e-trikes hopes to see the gradual phase-out of conventional tricycles although he did not disclose a timeline. On top of reducing our dependence on fuel import, e-trikes are also environmentally-friendly because they do not discharge smoke so no carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere, Labios further said. Carbon dioxide is one of the major greenhouse gases that destroy the earth’s ozone layer, contributing to global warming and climate change, this is learned. Unlike conventional tricycles with combustion engines that produce smoke, e-trikes produce no noise and zero emissions, Labios said. (PIA-Cebu)
Model Community eCenter brings digital literacy to women in barangays
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Parents accompany their children to the Early Registration Day at Catbalogan 1 Central School where the teachers came as early as six in the morning to register students in kinder, Grade one and first year high school, today, January 28, 2012. (NInfa Quirante)
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ANAUAN, Leyte, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The Community eCenter of Tanauan, this province is bringing digital literacy to women right in their respective barangays. Mr. Eugene Ramos, the CeC manager and this year’s Knowledge Worker, said since many women in the 54 barangays of Tanauan cannot afford to go to the center in the town proper to learn about digital information technology, the CeC staff brings the technology to the women right at their barangays. The CeC of Tanauan which emerged as the grand winner for both the CeC and the Knowledge Worker categories of the 2nd Philippine CeC Excellence awards, has conducted digital literacy training in three barangays, Canramos, San Roque
and Bantagan, Mr. Ramos said. He said he is happy that many women really show their interest to learn about the course. He added that as far as he knows, the undertaking is the first of its kind among the country’s CeCs. This project, Ramos added, is in support to the Philippine Digital Literacy for Women Campaign (PDLWC) which aims to empower 10,000 women from the poor and marginalized communities in the Philippines through digital literacy training. The campaign is spearheaded by the Commission on ICT, together with the members of the PhilCeCNet and the telecentre.org Foundation. (PIA-8)