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“in pursuit of PIA’s commitment to provide a national mechanism for the free flow of timely, accurate and relevant information… “

VOL 2 ISSUE 35 Daily E-Newsletter of Philippine Information Agency - 8 February 13, 2014

Payapay fishermen receive 40 boats from generous NGO

This is good news for jobseekers in Eastern Visayas. The

International Labour Organization, co-lead agency in the Early Recovery and Livelihood Cluster, is in need of Information Management Assistants for the hubs in Guiuan, Eastern Samar and in Ormoc City, Leyte. In the Philippines, the Early Recovery and Livelihood (ERL) Cluster is co-led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Cluster will, over the next 3 months,

ILO calls for applicants for Information Management Assistants for Guiuan and Ormoc hubs

Forty (40) boats painted with blue color with length of 20feet and with of

18 inches, with motor engines¸ paddles¸ nets and life jackets, were turned over to the fishermen of Barangay 90 Payapay, San Jose, Tacloban City today by the Urban Poor Associates and the Holy Spirit Sisters. The fishermen beneficiaries together with their wives and children gathered by the shore as Bishop John Du and Father Hector Villamil blessed the boats. “I know that this boat will bring us luck because the boat united us all fishermen. We worked hard to make the boat and that is what made it different from all the gifts we received after typhoon Yolanda,” Rene Labucay, a beneficiary, said. He said the beneficiaries are very grateful to the UPA and Holy Spirit Sisters for choosing the barangay for the boat distribution. He added that the Holy Spirit Sisters brought UPA and the local organizers to help organize the community. Meanwhile, Sister Marie Claire Manding, SSPS, said that the livelihood project in Tacloban is a collaboration of the South and North Holy Spirit Sisters provincials. “We are planning to increase the number of beneficiaries by providing another 125 boats or more,” Sister Marie Claire said. She added that the number of boats will signify the 125th foundation anniversary of the SSPS Congregation in the whole world. She gave thanks to the donors who believed in the project. UPA partnership with SSPS was

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function as a guiding, coordinating and recommendatory body in view of the identified urgent needs. The Cluster shall promote a coordinated response in order to support the national efforts to recovery. In addition to strategic coordination in Manila, the ERL Cluster supports field hub cluster coordination in Roxas, Tacloban, Guiuan and Ormoc The Information Management Assistant (IMA) will be supervised by the ERL hub Cluster Coordinator on the field

Ms. Rowena Paraan, ABS-CBN’s Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo head, discusses the elements of news to the participants of the one-day Citizens Journalism Training conducted by ABS-CBN and Philippine Information Agency Wednesday for barangay officials and municipal information officers in Eastern Visayas. The seminar-workshop aims to strengthen the capability of the participants to communicate what is happening in their respective areas especially in times of disasters and emergencies using their cellphones. (Photo by Neil Lopido/PIA-8)

2 February 13, 2014

GSIS extends deadline on its housing loan restructuring program to June 30

BY: MARIVIC ALCOBER

For the benefit of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)

members who were not able to meet the December 31, 2013 application deadline for its housing loan restructuring program, the deadline is extended until June 30. According to GSIS, the program is open to borrowers whose accounts are current or up-to-date; for those whose deeds of conditional sale have been cancelled and are not yet sold; and those whose accounts are under foreclosure. It was learned that buyers of rights and heirs of deceased borrowers who meet the eligibility criteria are likewise qualified under

the said program. Under the restructuring program, it was bared that GSIS will condone all unpaid surcharge and penalties, and grant extended payment terms to all qualified applicants. By restructuring, GSIS informed that the auction of properties under the foreclosable Real Estate Loan accounts may be postponed and the cancellation of the Deed of Conditional Sale accounts that have not yet been sold may be withdrawn. For those borrowers who will pay their arrears in full, GSIS shared that an incentive will be granted.

For those whose arrearages are not more than six months, they will enjoy a 100% discount on their unpaid interest, surcharges, and penalties. While for those who have arrearages of more than six months they will be granted discounts based on their payment history. On the other hand, it was also bared that members with current accounts may enjoy lesser monthly amortizations with longer payment periods. To all interested parties, GSIS would like to inform that the application form for the housing restructuring program is free of charge. (PIA-8)

PIA-8 director Erlinda Olivia Tiu (with mic) welcomes guests and participants and give the overview of the one-day Citizens Journalism Training for the first batch composed of barangay officials and municipal information officers in Eastern Visayas and strengthening them on how to be an effective citizen journalists. Beside her is ABS-CBN’s Ms. Rowena Paraan, Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo head. (Photo by Neil Lopido/PIA-8)

February 13, 2014 3NPAs surrender to the 34th IB, Philippine Army A m e m b e r o f t h e N e w P e o p l e ’s

A r m y ( N PA ) a n d t h r e e N PA U n i t M i l i t i a m e m b e r s o p e r a t i n g i n N o r t h e r n S a m a r s u r r e n d e r e d t o t h e 3 4 t h I n f a n t r y ( R e l i a b l e ) B a t t a l i o n o n F e b r u a r y 7 a n d F e b r u a r y 8 , 2 0 1 4 r e s p e c t i v e l y . A c c o r d i n g t o a r e p o r t f r o m t h e 8 t h I n f a n t r y D i v i s i o n , t h e s u r r e n d e r e e w a s j u s t i d e n t i f i e d b y a n a l i a s d u e t o s e c u r i t y c o n c e r n s . O n e a l i a s M a c k y /B a b a , a r e g u l a r N PA m e m b e r s u r r e n d e r e d t o t h e 3 4 t h I n f a n t r y B a t t a l i o n b r i n g i n g a l o n g a . 2 2 c a l i b e r p i s t o l . M a c k y / B a b a s a i d h e s u r r e n d e r e d d u e t o t h e h a r d s h i p a n d d i f f i c u l t i e s h e e x p e r i e n c e d i n s i d e t h e r e b e l m o v e m e n t . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e C o m m a n d i n g O f f i c e r o f t h e N PA U n i t M i l i t i a b a s e d a t B r g y M a l i d o n , G a m a y , N o r t h e r n S a m a r w i t h t w o m e m b e r s a l s o s u r r e n d e r e d t o t h e 3 4 t h I B t h r o u g h i t s B a y a n i h a n Te a m O p e r a t i o n s i n t h e b a r a n g a y .U n d e r t h e L o c a l S o c i a l I n t e g r a t i o n P r o g r a m o f N o r t h e r n S a m a r P r o v i n c e , a n N PA s u r r e n d e r e e w i l l r e c e i v e P h p 1 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 a s i m m e d i a t e a s s i s t a n c e a n d P h p 3 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 a s l i v e l i h o o d a s s i s t a n c e . T h e s u r r e n d e r e e s w i l l b e r e c e i v i n g t h e i r b e n e f i t s u p o n c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e d o c u m e n t a t i o n o f t h e i r s u r r e n d e r . “ T h e s u r r e n d e r o f t h e N PA p e r s o n a l i t i e s d e p i c t s t h e g e n e r a l s e n t i m e n t o f t h e p e o p l e i n c o m m u n i t i e s w h e r e N PA s h a v e i n f l u e n c e , b u t g i v e n t h e c h a n c e t o c h o o s e b e t w e e n t h e p a t h t o p e a c e

a n d v i o l e n c e , N PA r e b e l s w i l l c h o o s e p e a c e . W i t h t h e p r o g r a m t h a t N o r t h e r n S a m a r i s i m p l e m e n t i n g , w e a r e l o o k i n g a t m o r e N PA r e b e l s t o r e t u r n t o t h e m a i n s t r e a m a n d

c o n t r i b u t e i n t h e n a t i o n ’s m a r c h t o p e a c e a n d p r o g r e s s ,” s a i d L t C o l R o d r i g o I l u s t r i s i m o , t h e C o m m a n d i n g O f f i c e r o f t h e 3 4 t h I B . ( P I A 8 - S a m a r w i t h r e p o r t s f r o m C p t A m a d o C G u t i e r r e z , O I C , D PA O , 8 t h I D )

NYC opens application for 10th National Youth Parliament

T he Nat ional Youth Commiss ion is set to embark on the

conduc t of the 10th Par l iament of Youth Leaders, a lso k nown as the Nat ional Youth Par l iament (NYP) . NYP 10 is s lated to be held in Metro Mani la this May, 2014. The Nat ional Youth Par l iament s imulates the law-mak ing process. Delegates are given the oppor tunit y to ac t ively engage in plenar y debates and discuss ions a imed at coming up with pol ic y recommendat ions that are later on endorsed and lobbied to concerned government branches or agencies. Dur ing the 9th NYP held in Naga Cit y, Camar ines Sur in 2012, 25 resolut ions were adopted and approved by the delegates. Some of these resolut ions eventual ly became the foundat ion of some NYC advocacies l ike the Students’ R ights and Welfare Bi l l and the SK Reform Bi l l . To make the event t ruly wor thy to be cal led a mi lestone, NYC is br inging back the NYP to Mani la . Dist inguished personal i t ies f rom the publ ic and pr ivate sec tors are expec ted to give lec tures on issues that di rec t ly af fec t the youth. “ We wi l l make sure that

the 10th NYP wi l l be bigger and more meaningful for the delegates, the youth at- large and our pol ic y-makers,” sa id NYC Commiss ioner-at-Large Jose R afael Cruz , chairman of the NYP Nat ional Organiz ing Committee. S ince i ts maiden implementat ion in 1996, NYP has produced leaders who now occupy impor tant posit ions in local and nat ional of f ices. “As ide f rom the pol ic y recommendat ions that the Par l iamentar ians produce, the conference a lso ser ves as a t ra ining ground for potent ia l leaders,” Cruz added. Delegates to the Par l iament are screened and selec ted out of hundreds of appl icants that come from al l across the countr y tak ing into considerat ion equal and geographical representat ion. Appl icat ion forms and guidel ines may be downloaded at w w w.nyc.gov.ph or through NYP10’s of f ic ia l Facebook page w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / 1 0 t h N Y P. Deadl ine of appl icat ion is on March 21, 2014. (P IA 8)

4 February 13, 2014

T he lone state univers i t y in this province has taken the lead in

engaging the farming communit y surrounding i ts f ive campuses to venture into lucrat ive f reshwater prawn culture and rubber t ree plantat ion, at the same t ime holding ac t iv i t ies to attrac t investors. Glor ia Mark ines Reyes, Pres ident of the Southern Leyte Sate Universt iy (SLSU) , recal led a f ie ld t r ip they had in M indanao in 2008, in which State Univers i t ies and Col leges (SUCs) they v is i ted there had long been into income - generat ing projec ts for their schools. What caught her group’s attent ion was the propagat ion of rubber t ree seedl ings ra ised by the SUCs and sold to entrepreneur- farmers, others were cult ivated by the schools themselves, Reyes sa id dur ing the Ac t ion Center K apihan sa P IA cable T V program Wednesday held at the provincia l capitol . With market demand for rubber produc ts a lways high, SLSU lost no t ime. R ight there and then they bought qual i t y seedl ings, set up own nurser y, sent facult ies for t ra ining to

learn the t rade and tr icks on the technical i t ies and the technology. Five years later, SLSU - - and Southern Leyte province for that matter - - i s now k nown as the rubber capita l of Eastern Visayas, where other provinces l ike B i l i ran and Norhtern Samar, among others, came here for ocular, learning v is i ts , and buy rubber t ree seedl ing at the H inunangan campus, Reyes sa id, as she reminisced the humble beginnings of i t a l l in a f ie ld t r ip sponsored by then Congressman, now Gov. Roger Mercado. As to the f reshwater prawn culture, th is has been going on in Bontoc SLSU campus and was enhanced for the countr y and the rest of the wor ld to not ice through the f i rst internat ional f reshwater prawn congress in Januar y last year. Nex t month, the second f reshwater prawn congress wi l l be held March 6-7 at the SLSU campus, th is t ime with the introduc t ion of the rubber industr y as a ver y v iable plantat ion for the province’s hec tares upon hec tares of unused lots, and for investors f rom within the countr y and abroad to be moved by this huge

SLSU goes beyond instruction into actual income-generating projects

BY: MARCELO PEDALINO

potent ia l . The second internat ional f reshwater prawn congress and rubber t ree investors forum wi l l a lso be among the highl ights of SLSU’s tenth anniversar y celebrat ion, with the theme a “decade of excel lence.” Reyes urged Southern Leytenos, the smal l farmers, and landowners of id le lands to t r y going into rubber t ree plantat ion which can be intercropped under exist ing coconut t rees, and f reshwater prawn culture for areas with abundant sources of water, saying this wi l l surely propel the people out of pover t y and be par t of the countr y ’s steady economic growth. “ You can st i l l p lant a l l the t radit ional crops in your farms, but please consider ser iously rubber-tree plant ing and f reshwater prawn culture to increase your income,” Reyes appealed, sounding more l ike an agr iculture secretar y than an SLSU Pres ident , a prac t ica l technocrat than an academe exper t . (P IA8-Southern Leyte)

February 13, 2014 5Payapay fishermen...from page 1

forged after UPA conducted a forum on December 17 dubbed as “Build Back Better that aimed to ensure that the people of Tacloban will beconsultedin all aspects of reconstruction, including land, houses¸health¸ jobs¸administration and hygiene kits. For her part, Alicia Murphy, UPA Field Director said UPA helped in organizing Barangay 89 and 90, two areas hard hit by Yolanda where the beneficiaries reside. “We are aiming that organizing 2000 families in the area will not only be for the livelihood program but will eventually lead to decent and resilient permanent homes, “ Murphy said. “We are thankful to the DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman for giving tents and generator for the construction of boats,” Murphy added. The fishermen organized themselves into a people’s organization which they named “Yolanda Survivor Fishermen Association.” The women are also in the process of forming an organization that will focus on the needs of women and children. Earlier, the UPA and the Holy Spirit Sisters distributed 14 pedicabs where the drivers are now earning P100 per day. It also helped them transport all their belongings every time there is a call for evacuation. The Holy Spirit Sisters and UPA also conducts Saturday feeding programs that aim to provide 165 children in Payapay with nutritious meals. (PIA 8)

Pwersa Armada maduso dida san 3.7 bilyones ka pesos nga pondo: matutok sa pagpauswag san kapabilidad ngan ekipahis - Abad

Sa pitad para mapalaksi an modernisasyon san

pwersa depensa sa nasud, an administrasyon ni Aquino pinaagi san Department of Budget and Management (DBM) nagpagawas sin kantidad 3.68 bilyones ka pesos ngada sa Department of National Defense (DND) – kumo parte san ginpapagawas nga pondo sa pagtapos san tuig 2013. Sa duha nga magkaiba nga Special Allotment Release Orders o SARO nga ginpagawas sadton Disyembre, yaun total nga disi otso nga prayoridad nga proyekto – kaapi na an pagpalit san ginkikinahanglan nga pagpakaupay san ekipahes – in gintagan go-signal ngan ginkuha an pondo dida san programmed appropriations san AFP Modernization Program sa ilarum sa 2013 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Sa pagpahamtang ni Presidente Aquino san kanya Social Contract ngada sa katawhan Filipino, particular nga iya ginpasabot an kakinahanglan san pagpauswag san abilidad san gobyerno nga maprotehiran an tagsa nga mulopyo. Padayon nga komitido an gobyerno sa pagpursige san kamurayaw nga pagpasunod san balaod, ngan sayo nga pamaagi san pagpakaupay mao an pagsuporta san modernisasyon nga mga buruhaton sa pwersa armada. Ini nga inisyatibo in importante san hugot nga pagpakaupay san kapabilidad pagdepensa san teritoryo ngan pagpaseguro san seguridad san nasud, ini an sugad ni Budget Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad. An 3.68 bilyones ka pesos nga igpapagawas makakabenepisyo sa DND general headquarters, Philippine Army, Philippine Navy,

Government Arsenal. An proyekto nga tatagan prayoridad ngan papaliton kaapi na strategic sealift vessels, dito nga amphibian vehicles, multi-purpose assault weapons, sniper rifles, mortars, portable radio receivers, radio test equipment, production capability ngan facility upgrades, kaapi gihapon an technical forensic upgrades, ngan iba pa.Sa kadugangan, ginpahamtang liwat an Notice of Cash Allocations (NCAs) nga may total 6.62 bilyones ka pesos sa budget department sa urhi nga bulan san tuig 2013, nga nagpondo san paka angkon san strategic sealift vessels, ditto nga amphibian nga sarakyan, utility helicopters, communication equipment sugad san manpack radios ngan personal role radios, ngan iba pa nga proyekto sa ilarum san AFP Modernization Program. An Department of National Defense naghatag sin pagpatapod nga ira ig-oobligar an pondo nga ginpahamtang sa ira antes matapos an tuig, sugad ni Abad. Ngani, sugad ni Abad, padayon an iya pag aghat sa ngatanan nga ahensya ngan departamento san gobyerno nasyunal nga ig obligar an ira budget sa temprano pa nga panahon. Mao nga gin-uuna ngan gin-iimplementar an GAA-as-release nga dokumento yana nga tuig, basi an mga ahensya makag obligar san ira pondo sa pagtikang pala sa tuig. Ini kaparte san reporma san budget, pagpromoter san dagmit nga pagpahamtang san pangunahon nga programa san gobyerno, proyekto ngan buruhaton, labi na san pagtuman san gintutumuyo para san pagpahaluag san ekonomiya, malaksi, sustinabli nganbug-os nga pag uswag, dugang niya. ( Translated by: ADiaz/PIA8-Northern Samar)

WARAY NEWS

6 February 13, 2014

Aquino nagmando sa Kabinete nga pakusgon an paghimo pantrabahuan ngan social protection nga mga programa - Palasyo G i n t a g a n d i r e k t i b a n i

Pr e s i d e n t e B e n i g n o C . A q u i n o I I I a n m g a m y e m b r o s a K a b i n e t e n g a m a g i n a k t i b o p a s a p a g p a h a m t a n g s a n f r o n t - l i n e n g a s e r b i s y o n g a m a b u l i g s a Fi l i p i n o d i d a s a n m g a p r o b i n s y a k o n d i i n y a u n h a t a a s n g a i n s i d e n t e s a k a p o b r e h a n , i n i a n s u g a d s a n o p i s y a l s a n Pa l a s y o.

A n p a n g u n a h o n n g a a g e n d a o g i n t u k i b s a n C a b i n e t m e e t i n g s a u n a n g a a d l a w m a o a n a c t i o n p l a n s a n j o b c r e a t i o n o p a g h i m o s a n p a nt ra b a h u a n , s o c i a l p r o t e c t i o n n g a n p a g p a u b o s s a n k a p o b r e h a n n g a g i n p r e s e n t e r s a n m g a d e p a r t a m e n t o n g a g i n k o k o m p o s o s a n C a b i n e t ’s H u m a n D e v e l o p m e n t a n d Po v e r t y

R e d u c t i o n C l u s t e r ( H D P R C ) , i n i a n g i n p a h a m t a n g n i Pr e s i d e n t i a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s O p e r a t i o n s O f f i c e S e c r e t a r y H e r m i n i o “ S o n n y ” C o l o m a J r. d u r a n t e s a n r e g u l a r n g a p r e s s b r i e f i n g s a M a l a k a n y a n g. A n Pr e s i d e n t e n a g m a n d o n g a p a k u s g o n a n m a g a p r o g r a m a n g a m a g h a h a t a g p a n t r a b a h u a n n g a n s o c i a l p r o t e c t i o n d i d a s a n m g a m a s n a n g i n g i n a h a n g l a n n g a n m g a p o b r e n g a p r o b i n s y a , s u g a d n i C o l o m a . S u g a d n i C o l o m a , g i n p r e s e n t a r n i E c o n o m i c P l a n n i n g S e c r e t a r y A r s e n i o B a l i s a c a n n g a d a k a n Pr e s i d e n t e a n m i d - t e r m a s s e s s m e n t s a n p e r f o r m a n c e s a n g o b y e r n o k a t u m p a n g s a n t a r g e t n g a n p a n u y o s a n P h i l i p p i n e D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n ( P D P ) . S u g a d n i B a l i s a c a n , a n g o b y e r n o i n a d a s a t a m a n g a d a l a n k o n p a g e r i s t u r y a h a n a n e c o n o m i c t a r g e t s p e r o n a u u r h i d i d a s a s o c i a l o u t c o m e s , s u g a d n i C o l o m a . D o o n n i C o l o m a , d i d a n a m a n s a n M i l l e n n i u m D e v e l o p m e n t G o a l s , a n g i n -u u n g a r a m a o a n p a g i b a n s a n k a p o b r e h a n s a t u n g a , t i k a n g s a n 3 3 . 2 % s a 1 9 9 1 n g a d t o s a n 1 6 % s a n 2 0 1 5 . A n b a g - o n g a p i g u r a n a g p a p a k i t a n g a a n p o v e r t y i n c i d e n t s n a p a u b o s n g a d t o s a 2 5 . 2 % . A n C a b i n e t c l u s t e r n a g r e k o m e n d a r p a r a s a n i m p l e m e n t a s y o n s a n s t r a t e h i y a n g a y a u n h a l u a g n g a n s e c t o r a l n g a k a h i l u a g o n p a r a m a s e g u r o a n k a k a b - o t a n s a n p a g t u b o. ( Tr a n s l a t e d b y : A D i a z / P I A 8 -N o r t h e r n S a m a r )

WARAY NEWS

February 13, 2014 7ILO calls for...from page 1

for responsibilities related to the management of the Early Recovery and Livelihood Cluster local information management system, and supported by the ERL Senior Information Management Assistant in Manila. The ERL Cluster hub IMA will contribute to the collection, collation, cleaning and analysis of operational information from the ERL Cluster partners in a proactive manner. The hub IMA will also coordinate, monitor and report on the ERL Cluster ’s humanitarian response, and share information within the sector membership to make informed (evidence based) strategic decisions on the needs of affected populations; prioritization of these areas according to Early Recovery and Livelihood indicators where there is a need for Early Recovery and Livelihood actors and to what degree are there key gaps; and addressing gaps in the coverage of key humanitarian needs in affected areas. The main duties and responsibilities of the IMA is to collect information from records and reports, compile socioeconomic or other relevant data, and prepare reports on programme and project activities; to organize data and information, and prepare and maintain records, documents and control systems for the monitoring and evaluation of project and programme implementation; to contribute to the preparation of reports, project documents and submission to governments by providing information, preparing tables and drafting selected sections. Participate in project activities and needs identification and prioritization, and assist with technical cooperation project design and work plan development; to prepare background information for use in programme and budget preparations and discussions; to participate in the briefing of project

and other related documents and take appropriate follow-up action; to review plans of operations and other project related documents and take appropriate follow-up action; carry out specific administrative operational/control tasks for project and program activities; to provide guidance and/or supervision to lower level program clerks; to perform other related duties as required. Meanwhile, the specific duties are to routinely collect as exhaustively as possible, the information on completed, ongoing, and planned ERL activities using the ERL 4W format and create a report for distribution to partners; to ensure that the information is as accurate and detailed as possible. Ensure necessary follow-ups with the relevant contacts to complete the missing information and analyse to ensure accuracy of reports received from partners by confirming the details; to supervise contact directory of ERL humanitarian partners and ensure that they are updated; to manage and organize the common ERL dropbox folder; to analyze data using different tools (excel pivot tables); to create maps to reflect this analysis and partner coverage of affected areas through ArcGIS tools; to work with the ERL hub Cluster Coordinator to develop bullet points on the updated situation; to provide, as required, ERL Cluster reporting introductory training to new ERL Cluster members to ensure that new ERL Cluster members adhere to the reporting requirements when joining; to participate in the Information Management Meetings; to assist the cluster coordinator on the facilitation of ERL Cluster meetings including sending out meeting reminders, taking attendance and recording meeting minutes; to undertake mission travels to field offices as required by the Cluster; and to perform other duties as required by the ERL Cluster Coordinators.

Qualifications requirements on Education, includes completion of secondary school education, supplemented by technical or university level courses in sociology, economics, agriculture, geography, nutrition, rural development, statistics, and or similar relevant discipline. Other specific training should include use of ArcGIS or other software/mapping application to create geographic maps; Data analysis and database management, including strong experience in the use of Microsoft Excel for data collection and analysis; Strong qualitative data analysis and English writing skills. The experience should include six years of progressively responsible clerical or administrative work, of which at least 3 years of experience in disaster response, specifically early recovery and/or livelihood, vulnerability analysis, data analysis or a closely related area, such as early warning, monitoring and evaluation, statistics, or information management would be an asset. This should include use of Microsoft Excel or other database management software. At least 1 year of experience in mapping and general use of ArcGIS tools.Applicant must have excellent command of English and Filipino (written and spoken). The deadline for submission of application is 25 February 2014.The ILO exercises the right to consider a candidate for posts other than the one for which s/he has applied and appoint candidates at one level below the grade of the advertised post. (PIA 8)

8 February 13, 2014

Citizen journalist training thrills barangay officials in Eastern VisayasSome 85 Punong Barangays and

Information officers all over Eastern Visayas received a training on citizen journalism on February 12 at the Leyte Sports Academy, Tacloban City. The barangay officials were thrilled that they would be submitting reports to PIA and to ABS CBN’s Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo (BMPM). Weng Paraan of ABSCBN talked about how to report to the BMPM and how the report can elicit proper action from concerned authorities. She also gave the barangay folks a crash course on news writing lead. The trainees eagerly showed what they learned in the workshop. Barangay Captain Antonio Dizon of Barangay Salvacion, Basey, Samar said he did not regret leaving the many rehabilitation work going on in his barangay. “Maupay nala gin-pa-attend ako, dako an akon hinbaruan (I am glad that I was requested me to attend, I learned a lot),” said Dizon. Dizon’s island barangay was

severely damaged by typhoon Yolanda, that, presently, he is very busy attending to the many donors who are helping his constituents especially the fisherfolks. “I am sure that with my connection to media, concerned agencies and the generous donors will learn of the situation in my barangay.” Meriam Naupan of Barangay Astorga, Alang-alang, Leyte is so excited about the prospect of reporting. “These days, I have so many good news about the many organizations giving us assistance,” she enthused. As new registered patrollers and Barangay Development Information Officers, the rural folks may report on problems in the barangay, good news about their own kind topping international contests, news about disaster or calamities, issues in government and its officials and bayanihan efforts in their communities. The trainees also learned the basic photography as lectured by Fernando Sepe, Jr, a famous photojournalist. The barangay officials learned

terms like shutter speed, DSLR, apperture, ISO and other terms in photography. Participants gamely competed with each other in answering questions posed by the lecturers. For their correct answers, they were awarded frebbies like my phones and t shirts. As their final activity, they recited “Panata ng Patroller” led by veteran journalist Jing Castaneda. They promised to verify the accuracy of their facts before reporting. The Philippine Information Agency also presented the participants their certificates designating them as Barangay CDIOs, and call cards to that they will know what number to text their reports, and the email address so that they can email their photo releases and video clips. There are words of caution though that the journalist-lecturers gave, safety should always be a journalist’s prime consideration in getting reports. (PIA 8-Samar)

ABS-CBN’s Jing Castaneda led the ‘Panata ng Patroller’ with the barangay officials, municipal/city information officers and some volunteers as they pledge to perform fairly the duties and responsibilities of a Bayan Patroller during the PIA-ABS CBN-led Citizens Journalism Training, February 12. PIA also designated the participants as Barangay Development Information Officers and Community Development Information Officers. (Photo by Raul Tiozon, Jr./PIA-8)