Public info officers told to report national government's achievements
Tagbilaran City (30 August 2005) -- League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president Bohol Gov. Erico B. Aumentado issued a challenge to government information officers in the region to report the more positive component of the administration's achievements and performance as purveyors of information.
Aumentado made the challenge amid the slanted reports of media particularly in Manila that caps political scandals like the jueteng issue, 'Garci' tape and the impeachment complaint as daily headline stories rather than focus on the policy direction of government to enhance the country's economy and well-being of the people.
In developed countries like the United States and Singapore, developmental journalism is given emphasis so their people will know what their government is doing, according to Aumentado.
"You should do your share in giving light to our people by being biased to developmental communication," Aumentado told the over 50 government information officers from regional line agencies and local government units during the 16th Consultative Conference of the Regional Association of Development Information Officers (RADIO-7) in Tagbilaran City, Bohol August 24-26, 2005.
Aumentado, who is also the president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), admitted that the government is losing in the propaganda war of the opposition and leftists combined. These few people in Metro Manila of which majority are from the left and the opposition who demand for Pres. Arroyo's ouster because they want her to step down are inflicting more damage by worsening the divisiveness among the Filipino people, Aumentado added.
The Bohol Governor said it is time to harness the public information officers in the rural areas to combat the disinformation campaign by anti-Arroyo groups.
Bohol is solid PGMA
Without the support of Pres. Arroyo, Bohol would not have garnered big infrastructure projects that need funding from the national government, Aumentado said.
Aumentado cited the Bohol Circumferential Road Phase II that costs P2.3B and the P1.5B Bohol Circumferential Road Phase 3 as flagship projects of the Arroyo administration. Another project funding given by the national government is on irrigation which is halfway complete to add 24,000 has. of irrigated land and affirm Bohol's standing as top agricultural producer in the region.
Pres. Arroyo likewise, committed to the construction of the Panglao International Airport through E.O. 178 that states for the processing of land acquisition that is now under review for feasibility study, Aumentado said. The Panglao International Airport worth about P3.2B is the biggest project of Pres. Arroyo, noted the LLP and ULAP president.
Bohol will always stand by the President as our way of showing our gratitude because of the mega infra projects she has given to our province, Aumentado said. (PIA-7)
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