By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff Reporter
Laoag City—The
Sangguniang Panlungsod here has greenlighted the creation of three new offices
for the city government.
The new offices are City Environment and Natural
Resources Office (CENRO), City Information and Communications Technology Office
(CICTO) and the Communications and Media Office (CMO).
The council approved the said offices’ creation on
January 8, 2020 with councilor Benjamin Roque Ablan as main sponsor.
Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon certified the bills as
urgent.
Mr. Ablan, who chairs the council’s committee on labor,
said the CENRO is tasked to recognize the importance of sharing responsibility
and accountability for the sustainable development management and protection of
its environment and natural resources for the enjoyment of the present and
future generations.
The Local CENR officer is also mandated to formulate
measures to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate
facilities relative to environment and natural resources services.
The CITC officer, meanwhile, will serve a vital role in
community development and to participate fully in all forms of productive
activities and developments currently taking place within the field of
information and communications and technology.
The CITC officer will also be in charge of recognizing
the need to provide a secured framework to govern the existence and usage of
its website and information technology system and network facility for the
purpose of protecting the integrity of electronic documents.
The CMO, on the other hand, will bring the local
government closer to the people and in the process, reawaken their
consciousness the need for continuing cooperation and coordination among all
sectors of the community.
It will also be tasked to provide the information and
research data required for the delivery of basic services and provision of
adequate facilities so that the public becomes aware of said basic services and
may fully avail of the same.
The city mayor will appoint and designate qualified
personnel and staff with orientation and background in communication and media
affairs.
Allocation of funds needed in the operation of said
offices were included in the 2020 annual budgetary allocation under the Office
of the Mayor.
The Human Resource Management Officer states that the
term of the information officer is coterminous with that of the appointing
authority.
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