ANGELES CITY – “Mahalaga ang maayos na pakikipag-usap sa constituents, para malaman nila ang mga ordinance and protocols. Maganda na may engagement ang LGU sa social media.”
Thus, Interior and Local Government Assistant Secretary Francisco Cruz cited the city government’s “efficient and effective utilization of social media” in catering to the information needs of the residents during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. served as resource person in a webinar where he outlined his administration’s policy initiatives to help in the recovery and revival of local businesses in the city, particularly the small and medium enterprises, amid the pandemic.
Among those cited by the mayor were the waiving of the P500 administrative fee for the One Town One Product (OTOP) store, the “Pasalone: Angeleño Pa” or the “Gawang Angeleño” campaign, making the OTOP store available on Shopee, the Mobile Pampang Market, the face mask livelihood program, the creation of the online market for local merchants, and pushing for a paperless and cashless transaction through an online payment system.
Lazatin likewise underscored the pivotal role of the city information office’s Facebook page in helping check the spread of fake news.
“Nung nag-umpisa tayo sa pandemya, ginamit natin ang social media, through the city information office Facebook Page, para ipaabot sa ating mga kababayan lahat ng mga impormasyong kailangan nilang malaman para maprotektahan ang kanilang sarili laban sa ovid-19,” he said.
“Dito rin natin naipaparating ang iba pang serbisyong patuloy na ibinibigay ng city government, sa kabila ng pandemya. Basta nanggaling sa CIO FB page yung information, alam nila hindi fake news yan,” the mayor averred. With Angeles CIO
