Cebu PIO Website Provides LGUs with Online Portal

The Cebu Provincial Information Office (PIO) provides free online site for all Cebu local government units in one portal.

In the recent meeting of the members of the Cebu Association of City and Municipal Public Information Officers (CAOCAMPIO), Rex Go, information technology staff of the Capitol PIO, said the province is almost ready with the full operation of the new website www.cebu.gov.ph.

Go said the Information Officers or the designated staff of the municipality and city will be given exclusive access to the assigned site.

“From there, the city or the town is already free to put up whatever information they want to share to the public,” Go said.

The templates used are user-friendly and easy to operate, he said.

Needed data include tourism spots, economic highlights, daily news and any update the LGU would want the public to know.

Go said the site will be fully operational in the last week of November.

This can be used as the online portal of LGUs that still do not have a website mounted as of November or while these are still under construction.

This can also supplement existing LGU websites and social media accounts.

The province has three independent cities, six component cities and 44 municipalities. As of press time, only 10 percent are estimated to have active websites.

The Freedom of Information (FOI) sets November 24 as the deadline given to LGUs to activate their websites to make essential information available to the public. (fcc/PIA7-Cebu)