DENR-7 receives equipment for computerization program

CEBU, Philippines - A total of 133 desktop computers, five units of laptop computers, 22 scanners, and 71 printers were distributed to various offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-7.

The distribution of the office equipment worth P6,084,675.25 is part of DENR’s computerization program throughout the region, said DENR-7 Regional Executive Director Maximo Dichoso.

Computers, 29 printers, and 17 scanners were dedicated to land management services. 

“This is the biggest IT turnover and deployment thus far and I am instructing our field officers to ensure that these equipment are used to its specified purposes for better public services,” he said. 

Cebu has the most number of distributed desktop computers with 77 units, followed by Bohol and Negros Oriental with 24 units each, and Siquijor with eight.

DENR Undersecretaries Ernesto Adobo and Demetrio Ignacio Jr. were in Cebu City recently for the turnover and delivery of the equipment at the DENR-7 Training Hall in Banilad.

Ignacio pointed out that the three-year upgrading of the IT infrastructure of DENR will operationalize the national greening program (NGP) website. 

“This is the initial deployment of IT equipment and by June this year we shall have used a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) all over the regions, including its field offices so that we would be able to know the situation on the ground and respond to issues in real time,” Ignacio said. 

He added that DENR Secretary Ramon Paje envisioned that after three years of IT upgrading program, which is considered the most electronically advanced, all permit applications would be received and released via computer or through the Internet. 

Adobo said the equipment will be used to eventually drumbeat the “big ticket” programs of DENR such as the NGP and the cadastral survey. – (FREEMAN)