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DOH INTENSIFIES ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN THRU INFO STRATEGIES

Tuesday 10th of July 2012
BUTUAN CITY, July 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) is intensifying its campaign against dengue by tapping the communication support of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the government’s information arm. This was developed after the consultative workshop conducted in Metro Manila regarding the implementation of DOH’s nationwide anti-dengue campaign where the latter requested PIA to help its campaign by using of the agency’s two electronic communication channels - the inbox news and text blast operation. PIA Director General Jose A. Fabia, in a memorandum sent to PIA regional offices nationwide, directed the regional di...
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PIA regional arms to launch textblasting as a means to send news alerts
BAGUIO CITY, June 23 (PIA) -- The regional offices of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) recently adopted the “infoboard” service of telecommunications network Smart in sending alerts and important advisories straight to the mobile phones of subscribers. Through the infoboard, PIA will be able to conveniently and efficiently broadcast general information, advisories, or community-related announcements to smart subscribers who are enrolled to the service. The infoboard is a web-based c...
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DOH to utilize PIA’s Text Blast in anti-dengue campaign
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, June 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) will be utilizing the Text Blast project of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) to help reduce the increase of dengue cases and deaths in the country. “The Text Blast of PIA will be helpful in the specific targeting system being implemented in our campaign as it can send multiple vital messages to a large number of people in real time all at the same time,” said Health secretary Enrique Ona in a press confer...
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  • 25
    May
    2012

    PIA 3 inks text blast MOA with DSWD

    CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 25 (PIA) -- Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Regional Office III recently inked a memorandum of agreement with Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office III for the enrollment of the contact numbers of Pantawid Pamilya and Social Pension program beneficiaries and implementers to its Text Blast project. PIA regional director Robert Baldago said “the Text Blast is a Public-Private Partnership project of PIA, National Telecommunicatio...
  • 25
    May
    2012

    Tagalog News: PIA 3, DSWD pumirma ng text blast MOA

    LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Mayo 25 (PIA) -- Pumirma kamakailan ng memorandum of agreement (MOA) ang Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 3 at Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 3 para sa enrollment ng mga contact numbers ng mga benepisyaryo at tagapangasiwa ng Pantawid Pamilya at Social Pension program sa Text Blast project. Ayon kay PIA Regional director Robert Baldago, ang Text Blast ay Public-Private Partnership project ng PIA, National Telecommunications Commission, ...
  • 06
    Feb
    2012

    Feature: PIA’s improved e-info tools

    For the past 25 years, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) has been disseminating information about government programs, policies and projects and utilizes information and communication to save and improve lives.   PIA is mandated to “communicate with people and in turn for the people to vigorously express their opinions, views and beliefs to the President and to provide efficient flow of public information required by people to assist them in making decisions and improve qualit...
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