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Olongapo City hosts 1st leg of Transparency Roadshow in Central Luzon 

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Program Management Office (PMO) of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) conducted a Transparency Roadshow in Olongapo City.

About 180 officials and employees of the city government, representatives of the barangays and civil society organizations, and members of the media attended the first leg in Central Luzon, which aims to inform and engage communities and organizations on the transparency initiatives of the government. 

𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐷𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 1987 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑜 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦. (𝑂𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑜 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡)

PCO Assistant Secretary for Operations Evangeline De Leon emphasized that the right to information is one of the constitutional rights enshrined in the 1987 constitution. 

“Access to information is a cornerstone in a democracy, empowering individuals to participate actively in the governance of the nation. It is a vital tool for citizens to hold their government accountable and ensure transparency and accountability in public affairs,” she said.

De Leon encouraged the participants to be advocates of FOI their respective institutions and communities.

For his part, Mayor Rolen Paulino stressed that transparency and good governance is the city government’s guiding principle.

“Being open and transparent to the public is part of public service and no document is supposed to be hidden or secret,” he said.

During the roadshow, FOI-PMO Division Chief Krizia Casey Avejar discussed Executive Order No. 2, series of 2016 otherwise known as the implementation of the FOI Program and its localization. 

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) FOI Officer Andro Santiago shared his agency’s GIS web app as well as other programs relative to transparency.

He said these were helpful in regaining the trust of the public to DPWH.

And lastly, Department of Health Career Development and Management Division Chief . Queenie Dyan Raagas gave an overview of her agency’s National Health Workforce Support System, which ensures that health workers have access to quality health services particularly those in the countryside. (PIA 3)

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