MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 23 (PIA) --- The Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) will provide free services to the public every third
Saturday of the month beginning this February as part of the People’s
Day initiative of Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman.
The
program was officially launched on February 21 at the ARMM compound in
Cotabato City with the participation of different line agencies.
Hataman
said it is part of their commitment to pursue a revitalized and
reformed ARMM and help raise awareness on the services and different
programs of the regional government.
“Dapat umabot sa
grassroots ang ating serbisyo sa ating mga kababayan (The services we
provide should reach the grassroots),” he added.
The free
services included legal services and medical services like diabetes and
hypertension screening, urinalysis and pneumococcal vaccination.
A
supplemental feeding and psychosocial briefing to a group of children
affected by recent conflicts in Maguindanao were also held.
ARMM
also hosted a jobs fair for domestic and international job
opportunities, a session on mine risk education (MRE) and recreational
activities like sports, film showing, puppet show and storytelling.
Similar activity will likewise be held in each of the region’s five provinces in the coming months.
The
agencies that participated in the People’s Day were Department of
Health (DOH), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA), Regional Sports Coordinating Office (RSCO),
Office of the Attorney General (OAG), ARMM’s Humanitarian Emergency
Action Response Team (ARMM HEART) and the Regional Library. (Bureau of
Public Information-ARMM/PIA-10)
- See more at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1521424609768/armm-people-s-day-offers-free-services-to-the-public#sthash.Gn0iAl0l.dpuf
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