Despite the numerous emerging platforms of communication, the radio remains an effective tool to counter disinformation.
Philippine Information Agency XI Regional Director Fryan Abkilan pointed this out this morning during the ground-breaking of the tower site of the AM (amplitude modulation) radio station of the provincial government of Davao Oriental.
Made possible under the administration of Davao Oriental Provincial Governor Nelson Dayanghirang, the radio station will be run by the provincial government through the Provincial Information Office (PIO) headed by Karen Deloso.
Abkilan lauded the provincial government for pushing through the station project which has sprung from the idea of reaching far-flung communities that most often, have become influenced areas of the communist terrorists group (CTG).
He said the radio as a medium of communication, still possesses the power to connect people and places, and has been a factor of “saving peoples lives especially during calamities”.
Beyond emergency situations, the radio remains a crucial tool to raise civic awareness and promote cultural growth, Abkilan added.
On top of citing the prevailing relevance of radio, he urged those in radio programming, and even the information officers to stay as “guardians of information” and to remain committed to it, especially in the advocacy to counter disinformation.
RD Abkilan was one of the especially invited to speak during the ground-breaking rites of the tower site of the Davao Oriental AM Radio Station.
Other guest speaker was Major General Manuel V. Sequitin, the commander of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). (Jeanevive Duron Abangand, PIA XI)
