Mindanaotoday.com | City Hall cites media role in PH recovery
By: Stephen Capillas
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The country’s media industry is a valuable partner in nation-building especially at this time when the Philippines is slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, a top City Hall official said on Tuesday.
“As we go about having more businesses open up and resume operations for their benefit and the benefit of the community, the government is there (not only to stimulate resource generation) but to help improve the welfare of their constituents,” City Administrator Roy Hilario Raagas told delegates of the 26th National Press Congress held in one of the city’s hotels.
Speaking in behalf of Mayor Rolando Uy, Raagas extended City Hall’s welcome to the Press Congress delegates who are editors and publisher members of the Publishers Association of the Philippines Inc. (PAPI).
This year’s three-day Press Congress carried the theme “Collaborative Media Groups Support to Government Towards Enhanced National Food Security, Economic Recovery and Socio-Economic Welfare.”
In his message, Raagas said City Hall is grateful for the support of PAPI’s members to them and the local community especially in the Uy administration’s efforts to improve the quality of life of Kagay-anons, their investors and those who live and work in the city.
“The media together with the chamber of commerce, the inventors group and other stakeholders (are invaluable partners) to government,” he said.
Through responsible reporting and coverage, Raagas said the media industry helps government influence and shape Filipinos into a “responsible citizenry.”
“Through the Klarex administration’s RISE agenda—R for Regional Leadership, I for Institutional Development, S for Safety and Security and E for Economic Recovery—the last two being in sync with the Press Congress’s theme,” Raagas said.
Through constructive collaboration, Raagas said the government, media and other stakeholders can help achieve economic recovery and sustained growth as well as peace for the country.
“Together we can come up with programs that will address poverty along with the issues and concerns at hand,” Raagas told the press congress delegates.
The three-day congress which ends on Dec. 8 is spearheaded by PAPI in cooperation with the Department of Science and Technology, Cagayan de Oro City Hall, the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental, the Philippine Press Institute, Philippine Online Broadcasters Association, Mindanao Independent Press Council and the Kapisanan ng Mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. (SC | CIO)
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