BPI-ARMM activates guild of information officers

Cotabato City - The Bureau of Public Information-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BPI-ARMM) taps the help of information officers of the different line agencies of the ARMM in the efficient promotion of the programs and thrusts of the autonomous regional government.

BPI-ARMM called for a meeting of information officers yesterday to activate the Guild of Information Officers (GIO)-ARMM.

The guild has been organized around 2002 but never managed to embark on a sustainable undertaking relative to the purpose of its organization.

“We would like to ask the GIO to help us make information dissemination more efficient this time, allowing us to improve on the promotion of the peace and development activities of the region,” BPI-ARMM Executive Director Samson Gogo said.
He said they hope to be able to conduct a planning and training workshop with possible assistance from a donor agency to help improve the skills and competence of the guild’s members.

The new set of officers elected during the meeting will be finalizing the constitution and bylaws of the guild and spearhead its institutionalization with the guidance of the BPI-ARMM.

Its President, Kadiguia Abdullah of the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division (RAFID) of the Department of Agriculture (DA)-ARMM, asked for the active participation of all members and for the full support of BPI-ARMM.
ARMM Deputy Executive Secretary Atty. Ishak Mastura said that the lack of information dissemination would make it come out as if the regional government is doing nothing despite all its programs and projects.

He said information officers hold the crucial role of bringing to the knowledge of the public what their respective agency is doing.

The incumbent ARMM administration under the leadership of Regional Governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan puts high priority on improving the image of the region and spurring the support of all stakeholders in its development agenda by keeping them well informed.