by Claro A. Lanipa
Pagadian
City, 30, April (PIA) – To upgrade its
capability and data bases using the advance technology, the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Region 9 on Friday, April 27, 2012,
acquired a bunch of Information Technology (IT) equipments, during the formal
turn-over ceremony held at the Liga Convention Center, this city.
The
IT equipments are composed of 149 desk top computers (70 sets official
standard and 79 official professional), five (5) lap tops, 79 printers, and 24
scanners. These equipments were distributed to all Provincial/City
Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO’s/CENROs) and other divisions at the
regional office of the DENR 9. Four (4) other single motorcycles were also
given to each PENROs in the region.
The
formal turn over of the IT equipments to the recipient users and transfer of
accountability from the top management down to the CENRO level was witnessed
by two (2) ranking officials of the DENR - Undersecretary for Field Operations Ernesto Adobo, Jr. and USec
for Planning and Policy Demetrio Ignacio, Jr.
Regional
Executive Director Arleigh Adorable in his welcome address expressed his
gratefulness, he said at last these IT equipments are now here which we have
longed for so long. He told his employees or to the intended recipients that
from now on, you will be bringing with you the computers that we need in
trying to upgrade and update our database in the field offices.
USec
Adobo in his message said, with the
upgrading of our IT facilities, the department would be at par if not be
better than any other department in the government. With these equipments we would be the most advance
offices in the field, he added. He also announced that to augment our
monitoring capabilities particularly on our forestlands, DENR will be
acquiring two units of helicopters that will be assigned one for the Visayas
and Mindanao area and the other one for the Luzon area. The expenses for this
will be shared by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR), he said.
On
the other hand, USec Ignacio also said, that these equipments are just a tool
to make good in your work, but these tools are going to be the backbone in
our operations in the next three years. Actually we are trying to upgrade the
IT capabilities of the entire DENR nationwide, Ignacio added.
Prior
to the turn over ceremony, USec Adobo and Ignacio together with the regional
and provincial officials visited the on-going construction of the DENR-9
Regional Office building at Balintawak this city, the Clonal Nursery site at
Pulacan, Labangan and a courtesy call with Zamboanga del Sur Governor Antonio
Cerilles. (CAL/PIA9)
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