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Thursday, April 26, 2012

PIA-9 holds ICMs’ confab


by Franklikn P. Gumapon

ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 26 (PIA) - - Information Center Managers (ICMs) from Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga City-Basilan-Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (ZAMBASULTA) have converged here yesterday and today for  the second quarter management conference.

PIA-IX Regional Director Noemi Bernardino-Edaga sent for her ICMs to discuss the first quarter accomplishments of each staff and the new directives, programs and activities to be implemented starting this second quarter.

Director Edaga also invited a staff from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-IX to brief the ICMs on programs and activities pursued by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC)-IX.

The ICMs have also been directed to continue bridging the communication gap between the public and the national government agencies (NGAs) as well as the local government units (LGUs) through the text blast project wherein all bits of information on government programs, policies, accomplishments and pronouncements shall be disseminated through short messaging service (SMS) to all sectors in the society.

Today, the ICMs will work on natural disaster management communication plan covering disaster preparedness, prevention, response and mitigation.

All the three ICMs, namely Felipo David Malcampo of ZAMBASULTA, Franklin P. Gumapon of Zamboanga del Norte and Claro A. Lanipa of Zamboanga del Sur attended said conference. (FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)