By Franklin P. Gumapon
PIÑAN, Zamboanga del Norte – As the
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-9 embarks on promoting its programs and services
to the public, it sought the help of the Philippine
Information Agency (PIA)-9 to train its regional and provincial information
officers on basic news and feature writing.
Twenty participants from DAR-9 regional office and provincial
offices of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay as well
as those from Land Tenure Improvement Division, Project Beneficiaries Division
and Legal and Adjudication Board turned up to participate in a three-day
writing workshop held at Manuel’s Place in this town starting July 20-22.
In his message during the opening program, Provincial
Agrarian Reform Officer Mohammad Dassan J. Adju of DAR-Zamboanga del Norte
emphasized the importance of accurate and timely dissemination of information
to the public to promote the agency’s programs and services.
Adju disclosed that he is also actively involved in
disseminating bits of information about the different programs pursued by his
office, as he is a regular guest of the “Kapihan sa Dipolog” radio program,
which is aired over dxDR every Sunday morning.
On the other hand, Ma. Socorro Reambonanza, DAR-9 regional
information officer-designate, told the PIA that after the implementation of
the government’s rationalization plan, DAR-9 has no more information officer
items.
“All our information officers now are all designated and the
information work is only an addition to their regular workload, hence, this
training,” she explained.
Aside from news and feature
writing, the participants were also taught the proper ways of conducting an
interview.
