NABUNTURAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, March 20 (PIA): The provincial government of Compostela Valley through the Provincial Information Management Cluster will roll out on Thursday, March 21, the second wave of the Makigsayod Information Forum in the Municipality of Montevista, Compostela Valley Province.
Translated as getting informed in vernacular, “Makigsayod” is designed to resolve issues and concerns of Typhoon Pablo-affected families in the five worst-hit municipalities of Compostela, New Bataan, Monkayo, Montevista and Laak. It also seeks to answer questions on the continuing relief, rehab and reconstruction operation of the government.
The forum is aimed at instilling awareness and understanding among community folks on the systems of operation that the national and local government have instituted to carry out the rebuilding of devastated areas, and to further strengthen disaster preparedness of communities.
Conducted in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) XI, forum is an initiative of the information officers of Compostela Valley Province in line with their involvement with the Information Management Cluster of Compostela Valley Provincial Coordinating Team.
Makigsayod was launched in the Municipality of Compostela on March 01 and was then pushed to New Bataan on March 13, bringing into the forum representatives of regional line agencies with which residents of site towns had concerns to raise.
Among the participating agencies during the first two wave of Makigsayod Information Forum were the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Administration (PAGASA), Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB), National Housing Authority (NHA), Department of Agriculture (DA), Overseas Worker Welfare Administrationb (OWWA), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Philippine Red Cross, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office and the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO).
Other supporting agencies were the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Army and the humanitarian agencies working for the typhoon Pablo relief and rehab operations.
The same agencies will also be joining during the Makigsayod leg in Montevista on Thursday during which local officials, barangay captains, community leaders from various sectors and students are expected to listen to inputs from national line agencies and raise questions. (JMDA/PIA XI)
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