by magnolia_eic | Oct 8, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Most Filipinos want President Aquino to focus on job generation and livelihood programs and eradicating corruption in the days ahead, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
“The survey shows what the people want the President to do in the days ahead. Jobs and livelihood programs for themselves and their families are their real and immediate concerns,” PCOO Secretary Herminio Coloma said on Thursday.
The PIA survey was conducted from Sept. 28-29 and involved face-to-face interviews with 629 sectoral leaders, including elected officials, businessmen, religious, media, and the uniformed services.
Of those polled, 78 percent said jobs and livelihood should be on top of the government’s priority list, while 66 percent considered the fight against corruption as of utmost importance.
More than half (59 percent) of the respondents also urged the administration to improve access to quality education even as almost the same number (57 percent) recommended the implementation of measures that will control the spiraling of prices of basic goods.
“The people’s wish list is being addressed and the Aquino administration aims to fulfill its social contract with the Filipino people,” Coloma said.
The survey also shows that people (34 percent) see President Aquino’s integrity, simple lifestyle, and the people’s continued trust in him as his strongest point even as almost the same number (33 percent) considered his handling of the Manila hostage incident as his weakest point during his first 100 days.
He was also praised for the investments generated during his US trip (10 percent) and the prudent spending (6 percent) being practiced by his administration.
On the other hand, 19 percent of those polled pointed to factionalism in the Cabinet and appointment of underserving/corrupt officials as one of his low points during the same period.
The survey also wants President Aquino to prosecute officials linked to various anomalies (48 percent); stop jueteng and other illegal gambling activities (45 percent); pursue peace initiatives (44 percent); and fast track vital infrastructure projects (43 percent).
“The survey also gives us a clear idea of what the Boss wants. I am sure the President will respond in the best possible way he can,” Coloma said. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Aug 25, 2008 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
IF plans do not miscarry, news reports filed at city paper or radio editorial desks would come from designated community information officers.
This as Bohol Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) is tying up with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in a project that seeks to finally coordinate information management and streamline un-coordinated government information dissemination programs.
AUDIO and the PIA in Bohol are in the finalization process of training modules that is aimed at empowering barangay residents and officials by enhancing their developmental news writing, reporting and other communication skills, Yvette Matabalan of the local PIA revealed Thursday.
The move is also in line with a perception that the government developmental are rarely felt in the communities because of failure in the government communication process, an AUDIO officer added.
The jointly adopted program also aims to expand the network of town and government agency information officers to the communities while opening back the clogged feedback mechanism the government needs to assess its presence and impact on the community in general, the source said.
A roll out team pooled from the resources of both organizations would be assigned topics to discuss in series of workshops, says AUDIO president Francisco Obedencio.
The move to involve expand the information network to barangays in Bohol was prompted by the initial suggestion from local government operations officers who see promising potential information officers in communities.
Already presenting a project proposal for the joint effort is Candija, under Mayor Sergio amora, Obedencio revealed during a meeting at the Jjs Seafoods, Mandarin 2 room.
By empowering barangay residents, we make them more capable of serving frontline services and in the process, elevate government response faster.
Training modules include basic news writing for English and cebuano, basic broadcasting and radio reporting, emceeing, common barangay human resource enhancement trainings as well as foto-journalism.
According to Matabalan, training people is empowering them to ask the right questions from people, elicit information that may affect local legislative policies and systematically reinforce community life. (rachiu/PIA)
WIDENING INFO-NETS to the communities, info-officer members of the AUDIO and the PIA were presented the details of the community-based information network at a recent enhancement workshop held at Jjs Seafoods August 21.
