A training workshop on basic news writing and photography was conducted for new news contributors of DOLE Davao Region. A total of fifteen (15)employees from the different field offices of the Department of Labor and Employment XI attended the activity.
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DOLE XI Regional Director Raymundo G. Agravante said in his opening messagethat, “there is really a need of more communicators from the field offices to properlydocument and report program and project implementations.”The battery of resource speakers were from the Philippine Information Agency XInamely Carina L. Cayon, Information Officer III who discussed Basic News Writing,and Rudolph Ian Alama, Information Officer III who trained the participants on BasicPhotography.
DOLE XI OIC-Asst. Regional Director Jason P. Balais in his inspirational messagesaid that, “the training workshop is very relevant especially on how to determine thegood and bad sides in writing news.” He added that there are news that must not bewritten in advance as well as there are news that must be written otherwise. ARDBalais ended by challenging everyone to come up with more news reports from thefield offices after the training.
Joining the training
workshop were Arlene
S.M. Sicam and Jocelyn
C. Flordelis(DOLE Davao City
Field Office), Regina Grace B. Jayagan and Jigg L. Luna (DOLEDavao Occidental
Field Office), Henjie B. Gatdula and Dyanarha P. Lavadia (DOLEDavao del Norte
Field Office), Erwin P. Daquiado and Eizarina Roselle G. DelosSantos
(DOLE Davao del Sur Field Office)
Joanna Pearl P. Devela and Shalove M.Esmeralda (DOLE Compostela Valley Field Office),
Eduardo P. Monreal, DOLE XI LCO-Designate, Diane Grace B. Tajolosa, Catherine
Caguiat and Kristine Rae B. Del Fierro, GIPsassigned at the DOLE XI Technical
Support and Services Division.The activity was conducted on June 21, 2019 at
the Seda Hotel, J.P. Ave., DavaoCity. / By Eduardo P. Monreal, DOLE XI
LCO-Designate