DILG asks local officials to support info text blast

DAVAO CITY, July 21 (PIA) -- Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo issued a memorandum on July 9 directing local chief executives from the provincial down to barangay levels, to support the information text blast.

Robredo released Memorandum Circular 2012-123 and asked provincial governors, city mayors, municipal mayors, punong barangays, DILG regional directors and field officers to provide the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) a list of cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses of punong barangays, Sangguniang Barangay members, barangay secretaries, barangay treasurers, purok leaders, and other barangay volunteers.

Robredo cites the information text blast as a, “Public-private partnership program, between and among PIA, the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC), Smart Communications, and Globe Telecommunications.”

DILG describes the text blasts as information service of PIA, “providing news and information nationwide through short messaging service (SMS)-based system, supplemented by new media application such as Facebook and Twitter.”

Robredo expects PIA to send out SMS information regarding presidential pronouncements, weather news and updates, safety tips, health and wellness, government programs as well as government actions on critical issues and concerns.

“Feedback from the recipients will be collected, analyzed, and relayed to national government agencies concerned for appropriate action,” Robredo assured the local chief executives.

PIA Director General Jose Fabia informed PIA regional directors and officers-in-charge in a memorandum on June 26 of the agreement made between the Department of Health and PIA during the consultative workshop held in line with the implementation nationwide of anti-dengue campaign.

Fabia directed them to include in their directory of inbox news and text-blast recipients the contact numbers of barangay health workers and Barangay Dengue Warriors as PIA is expected to relay to local health functionaries, news on Anti-Dengue Campaign through text-blasting.

Text-blasting is simultaneous sending to targeted groups information through SMS. Inbox news are the One Mindanao, One Visayas and One Luzon electronic magazines that PIA sends to its networks in the national and local government offices, non-government organizations; academe, religious and civic sectors; media practitioners and local government unit (LGU) information officers.

PIA is maximizing the new media and the social network to directly send information to various targeted audiences. (RGA/JDA-PIA11)

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DILG asks local chief executives to support info text blast
DAVAO CITY, July 18 (PIA): Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo issued on July 9 Memorandum Circular 2012-123 directing local chief executives from the provincial down to barangay levels, to support the information text blast.

Robredo asks provincial governors, city mayors, municipal mayors, punong barangays, DILG regional directors and field officers to provide the Philippine Information Agency (PIA ) a list of cellphone numbers and email addresses of Punong Barangays, Sangguniang Barangay members, barangay secretaries, barangay treasurers, purok leaders and other barangay volunteers.

Robredo cites the information text blast as a “public-private partnership program, between and among PIA, the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC), Smart Communications and Globe Telecommunications.”

DILG describes the text blasts as information service of PIA “providing news and information nationwide through short messaging service (SMS)-based system, supplemented by new media application such as Facebook and Twitter.”

Robredo expects PIA to send out SMS information regarding Presidential pronouncements, weather news and updates, safety tips, health and wellness, government programs as well as government actions on critical issues and concerns.

“Feedback from the recipients will be collected, analyzed and relayed to national government agencies concerned for appropriate action,” Robredo assured the local chief executives.

On related developments, PIA Director General Jose Fabia informed PIA regional directors and officers-in-charge in a memorandum dated June 26 of the agreement made between the Department of Health and PIA during the consultative workshop held in line with the implementation nationwide of Anti-Dengue campaign.

Fabia directed them to include in their directory of inbox news and text-blast recipients the contact numbers of barangay health workers and Barangay Dengue Warriors as PIA is expected to relay to local health functionaries, news on Anti-Dengue Campaign through text-blasting.

Text-blasting is simultaneous sending to targeted groups information through SMS. Inbox news are the One Mindanao, One Visayas and One Luzon electronic magazines that PIA is sending to its networks in the national and local government offices, non-government organizations; academe, religious and civic sectors; media practitioners and local government unit (LGU) information officers.

PIA is maximizing the new media and the social network to directly send information to various targeted audiences. (PIA-11/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)

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