PCSD reactivates PCSDKonek

• Source:http://palawan-news.com/pcsd-reactivates-pcsdkonek/
• Monday, June 27, 2016

By Catherine Santos (with excerpts from PCSDS’ Press Release)

The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) re-launched its community quick response system tagged as PCSDKonek on Sunday, June 19, in time for the 24th anniversary celebration of the Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan Act (SEP Act).

The said program aims to widen the reach of PCSDS through maximizing people in the community as “eyes and ears” who will assist their enforcement team in fulfilling their tasks.

Levita Lagrada of ECAN Regulation & Enforcement Division of PCSDS explained the process of the said program where community members or any concerned citizen can report on environmental anomalies in their localities thru text messages (SMS). Lagrada explained that if one has something to report on illegal environmental activities all they have to do is to text “sumbongN4RS” with their message to 74447611.

Aside from reporting, one can also inquire on PCSD plans and policies and project status, requirements & status of application, among other similar concerns. There are corresponding keywords for every inquiry. For more details of text guide, visit www.pcsd.gov.ph.

PCSDKonek was first launched in February 2005 but did not last long due to changing leaderships’ priorities.