CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – In line with the agency’s thrust to deliver effective and efficient services, the Human Resource Management Section of the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 conducted the Basic Orientation Seminar to its 40 newly hired Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) workers on August 11, this city.

Said activity aims to apprise the newly hired employees to understand the policies and guidelines of the office.

“Under the leadership of Sec. William Dar, we should strive to achieve the department’s battlecry for ‘a food-secure Philippines with prosperous farmers and fisherfolk’,” Carlota S. Madriaga, DA-10 regional technical director for operations remarked.

“DA employees must learn to treat everyone with respect, and create initiatives and strategies in line with our vision and mission, so that we may go beyond what is expected of us,” she added.

Various topics discussed: RA 6713 otherwise known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, the guiding principle for establishing work ethics in the government service; including, the Department’s roster of programs, projects and services for agri-development.

Participants coming from the different divisions include: Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance (AMAD), Field Operations (FOD), Research, Integrated Laboratory (ILD), Regulatory, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PMED), Regional Agricultural Engineering (RAED) and Administrative and Finance (AFD) divisions, and Regional Agricultural and Fisheries Information Section, Office of the Regional Director (RAFIS-ORD). #(JCGamboa)