Laoag City—To
reinforce the contribution of information system in community development, the
Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) through the Communications and
Media Office (CMO), will hold series of seminars dubbed “Barangay Information
Network—Ilocos” (BIN-I) in every municipality and city of the province starting
December 7, 2019.
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials acting
as information officers were invited to participate in its initial launching in
the Municipality of Dingras.
“BIN-I” aims to strengthen information network in
province by establishing trained and responsible information officer in
barangay level. It will also provide immediate access to information regarding
PGIN programs such as medical assistance, scholarship opportunities, livelihood
support and job fairs, and other public service announcements.
“For the past nine years, the information is always
coming from the Provincial Government disseminated to the local government
units (LGUs). We need to reverse such practice. Let’s make our communication
network system more collaborative, from LGUs going up to the provincial government,”
provincial information officer June Arvin C. Gudoy remarked.
“The secondary reason of BIN-I is the lack of television
network based in our province. These networks are based outside Ilocos Norte.
That’s why we need to consider a new system in order to ensure a spontaneous
flow of information sharing in our province,” he added.
Mr. Gudoy also emphasized the importance of localized
information network system for wider information dissemination in times of
disaster, calamity, and emergency: “Barangay Information Officers including SK
and other barangay officials are the key persons who must be provided with
relevant information in times of disaster.”
At present, social media shares the biggest means of
communication in Ilocos Norte thus, topics to be discussed in BIN-I include
ethical use of social media, basic mobile photography, Facebook page management
and workshop. (Blessing Angel V. Agliam)
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