To widen knowledge

MGB R02 Records Officer participate in Records Mng’t Seminar

By: Lyndee Rose Basilio                                                                                                 

In its continued effort to capacitate the human resource, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) initiated a Learning Event on Basic Records Management and National Inventory of Records held on August 25-26, 2015 at Ciudad Christhia, San Mateo, Rizal.

The Learning event paved way to all the Records Officers of DENR and its Bureaus to update their knowledge in records management which is the principal job of Record Officers.

Marie Rose R. Tangan, Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region II (MGB RII) Records Officer attended the learning event, “ it was a good venue for us to  improve our records system in the agency thru the things we learned in the seminar,” Tangan said.

Director Rolando R. Castro, Director of Administrative Services of DENR mentioned in his opening remarks that Records Officers are vital in every agency of government, its job is not only to release and receive a file, it goes beyond than that.

“The development of records management continues through technological advancements, and we need to cope with this fast pace development,” Castro emphasized.

“We need to prove how important a records officer is, we need to let the people realize that we have protocols and standards to follow,” he added.

Moreover, Maita Espina Abunales of National Archives of the Philippines (NAP) discussed RA 9470, otherwise known as “National Archives of the Philippines of 2007” while Wendy O. Hernandez lectured about the National Inventory of Records

On the second day of the event, Terrence Michael Tablizo also from NAP gave his insights on the legal basis of the inventory of records. Jennie C. Litigio also served as a resource speaker who shed light about files administration.

Jane Liquigen, Chief Management of NAP in her motivational message said that, “Records and Management are two things that should go together.”

“As long as we are doing public service, as long as we are in the government service, we cannot evade records, it is the bloodstream, of the agency” she exhorted to the records officers present.