PCO’s Campus Caravan Media Literacy Forum inspires LNU president to hold similar activity, supports gov’t’s advocacy vs. fake news

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00:00 So impactful was one of the activities of the campus caravan of the presidential communications office or PCO

00:06 To combat fake news and misinformation that one of the heads of the schools that was visited

00:11 Actually wants to hold an event patterned after it. Noel Talakai tells us more

00:17 After a two-day activity of campus caravan in Lake DeNormal University or LNU in Tacloban City

00:25 It's university the president committed to hold a mini media information literacy forum and digital

00:32 reporting as her support to the advocacy of the presidential communication office or

00:37 PCO on the eradication of fake news and misinformation in the country perhaps

00:42 as a way of supporting this

00:46 This move or this caravan the caravan will not stop in this three-day thing this three-day stint

00:55 But this will have to cascade

00:57 PCO under secretary Emerald Ridao is willing to throw her full support

01:02 And she is hoping the PCO can provide more materials and lectures related to media and information literacy

01:09 for the teachers

01:21 After Tacloban she said they will also conduct a similar caravan in Mindanao slated for the first quarter of this year

01:29 Schedules and locations will be posted on its social media web page

01:33 The caravan in Tacloban City was held in Lake DeNormal University and Eastern Visayas State University

01:46 Where the activities focused on media and information literacy forum and all government communication

01:52 agencies in attendance set up its booths to provide more information about media literacy and its services and programs

02:00 These communication agencies are Bureau of Communication Service

02:04 Philippine News Agency Philippine Information Agency

02:07 Radio Pilipinas Radio Television Malacanang Department of Information and Communication Technology or DICT

02:15 Freedom of Information Program Management Office and Concert at the Palace Group

02:20 Hence the PCO campus caravan in Tacloban is a success as this helped in raising awareness on the proliferation

02:28 Of fake news and disinformation

02:30 The PCO is confident the participants from the Lake DeNormal University and Eastern Visayas University

02:37 Are now catalysts of factual and truthful information

02:41 Noel Talacay from the National TV for a new and better Republic