Mindanaotoday.com | NEDA-10, SEC CDOEO, XU JFINEX stage ‘Tigom Talks’ financial literacy for youth
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-10 together with the Securities and Exchange Commission-Cagayan de Oro Extension Office (SEC CDOEO) and the Xavier University Junior Financial Executives (XU JFINEX) jointly staged the “Tigom Talks: Money for Life,” at the XU Little Theater, here and via Zoom video conference on Nov. 10, 2022.
This is in celebration of the Economic and Financial Literacy Week (EFLW) every second week of November of the year.
Some 300 junior and senior high school and college students from across the region attended the half-day activity.
Said event formed part of the NEDA-led annual celebration of the EFLW and the SEC’s Investor Protection Week. The EFLW theme for this year, “ISAPLANO: Bagong Philippine Development Plan para sa Patuloy na Pagsulong,” focuses on the formulation of the Philippine and Regional Development Plans (P/RDPs) 2023-2028, and strengthening the culture of planning.
“Our vision, our ambition, the AmBisyon Natin 2040, reflects the collective aspirations of the Filipino people for a matatag, maginhawa at panatag na buhay, a strongly-rooted, comfortable and secure life, or sa atong pinulungan, kinabuhing lig-on, hamugaway, ug may kasiguradohan,” said Mylah Faye Aurora Cariño, NEDA-10 regional director.
Cariño also underscored the importance of this vision and how it serves as the anchor for development planning across four political administrations.
She stressed a shift in mindset and advocated for improving financial literacy as a major goal espoused in the RDP.
The talks centered on money budgeting techniques, ways to avoid online scams, and money saving options.
The resource speakers were Divina Salve Arquiza-Labitad, manager of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas-Cagayan de Oro Branch; Jesher Radaza, supervising administrative officer of SEC CDO EO; and Marelin Valles, head of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation-Velez Branch. (NEDA-10 | PIA-10)
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