By Marlo Lubguban
BANGUED, Abra – Students of this capital town
participated in a mock plebiscite where 54 percent voted in favor of Cordillera
autonomy.
The voting was held when
the national Economic Development Authority Cordillera in partnership with the
Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government gathered college and senior high
school students of Bangued for a one-day forum on Cordillera autonomy and
infographics workshop here on Oct. 22.
Philip Tingonong, CCAGG
chairman and Cordillera autonomy advocate, discussed the legal basis for the
region’s pursuit of autonomy and Abra’s historic role in this.
Michael Paredes of the
Divine World College later shared the basics and tips on creating infographics.
Tingonong, also a private sector representative
of the Regional Development Council Cordillera, said failure of the past two
attempts at Cordillera autonomy was due to a lack of information dissemination.
He said proper
information dissemination is key in helping people decide and that the RDC is
focused on educating Cordillerans on regional autonomy.
“Infographics is more about
the information and less about the graphics,” said Paredes, who lectures at the
Divine World College on Information Technology.
Paredes cited importance
of combatting misinformation in the age of the internet.
The students created
infographics themed Cordillera autonomy, its history, core concepts and salient
features.
They learned to
transform the knowledge they acquired during the discussion into visual
graphics, NEDA officials said.
It was reportedly an
exercise on how much they understood the topic and on how well they can
communicate them.
One of the students
discussed Cordillera autonomy as they understood it and said, “Regional
autonomy makes it easier to spread socio-economic development especially to the
poorer sectors and marginalized people in the community.”
Bangued is a priority
municipality of the Regional Development Council for information, education,
and communication. This is based on the 2017 Pulse survey on Cordillera
autonomy which showed that awareness on the advocacy in the municipality was
low.
The NEDA-CAR engages
partners in both the private and government sector to raise awareness and gain
support for Cordillera autonomy.
The youth sector is one
of the top priorities for information, education, and communication-based on the
priorities under the RDC Cordillera autonomy communication plan 2019-2022.
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