PBS visits Maluso for WBA radio inspection

Local officials posing for posterity with the visiting PBS team.

Maluso, Basilan - A team from the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) visits this town today to inspect the local radio facility established under the AECID-funded Modeling Inter-LGU Alliance in Basilan (MILAB) Project for the Western Basilan Alliance (WBA) and turned over by the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG).

PBS Director General Giovanni Aportadera Jr headed the visiting team and includes its accreditation committee. The purpose of the visit was to sign the memorandum of agreement (MoA) for the accreditation of the local WBA 99.1 FM radio station. PBS is facilitating the radio station registration with the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC).

Mayor Hans Bud of Maluso impressed on the visiting PBS team the improved security situation in the province through the leadership of PGov Jim Hataman and the cooperation of local officials. He also shared with the team the infrastructure support the locality received from the defunct ARMM and how this jumpstarted great improvement in the road network and local governance.

Also present in receiving the PBS team was the local legislature headed by very supportive Vice Mayor Al Yasin and his energetic Sangguniang Bayan (SB) councillors.

The WBA and PBS are currently cooperating in the on-going WBA Training on Basic Radio Broadcasting on October 28-31, 2019, Marcian Garden Hotel, Zamboanga City. This activity is also supported by the AECID-funded MILAB Project and managed IAG.