Rey Anthony Chiu
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, September 22, 2012 (PIA)—Bohol information officers from local and national government agencies are in the heat of preparations for the upcoming Regional Association of Development Information Officers (RADIO) Convention to be hosted here October 24-26, 2012.
In fact, September 19 was like no ordinary meeting of the Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) of Bohol, hosts of the conference.
The gathering aspires to bring to Bohol Central Visayas-wide network of information officers from local governments and national government agencies of Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and Siquijor at the Bohol Tropics to discuss on the use of the new media in the gargantuan challenge of development information dissemination.
Also slated to attend the conference as speaker is Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) chief Sonny Coloma, whose office will handle a raging topic on the Trends in the New Media.
“Other interesting topics for the gab include Internet broadcasting, video streaming and the social media, including its effective use and the popularity of information boards as strategic launch pads for disaster and developmental communications,” said Elvira Bongosia, of the Philippine Information Agency and convention secretariat.
The conference, which adopts “Information Officers and the New Media,” is a perfect opportunity to engage information officers to a network of information disseminators which take on the technology, not as a threat but an opportunity to advance government information agenda, according to Capitol’s Augustus Escobia.
Escobia sits as AUDIO head and presides over a network of information officers from 47 towns and city as well as national government agencies with their offices in Bohol.
With AUDIO in next month’s convention is Association of Negros Oriental Public Information Officers (ANOPIO), Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators (SAID), Association of Government Information Officers (AGIO) and Cebu Association of City and Municipal Public Information Officers (CAOCAMPIO).
Last year, the RADIO convention was held in Dumaguete City and took on Energy Conservation issues and with the Department of Energy speakers engaging Visayas information officers in the national campaign for energy conservation and cleaner and greener energy sources. (30/gg)
