The Town Crier, Santo Domingo. The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) concluded the Course-Workshop on Mining for Journalists and Communicators, with the delivery of 22 participation certificates to professionals and public opinion leaders from the provinces of Barahona, Pedernales and San Juan de la Maguana.
The purpose of the high-level workshop given at the Barahona campus of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo-UASD, was to provide participants with greater scientific knowledge about mining and the contributions that this sector makes to national and community development
The training, given by experts in geology, mining, economics and journalism, lasted 24 hours, and included a field visit to a mining site. It began on Saturday, July 1 and ended on Friday, July 14, and was made up of five modules of academic exhibitions.
Vice Minister Miguel Daz, who offered the closing remarks of the course-workshop on behalf of Minister Antonio Almonte, said that, although the mining sector provides significant contributions to national development, a large part of the Dominican population is still unaware of the benefits and positive impact that this generates in its life and that is why the Ministry of Energy and Mines has set itself the objective of bringing mining information closer to journalists so that they transmit this knowledge about the sector objectively to the population.
This course tried not only to provide scientific data and knowledge of mining to communicators, but also to provide them with an explanation of the evolution of human society and its relationship with the mineral kingdom," he highlighted.
Daz thanked the authorities of the UASD-Barahona, for the space and facilities for carrying out the course-workshop; to the exhibitors for imparting their knowledge and to the journalists and communicators for their availability to receive scientific information and ask about issues related to mining.
While the rector of the UASD, Barahona campus, Manuel Antonio de la Cruz, stressed that this course-workshop has served for journalists and communicators to know the importance and benefits that the extractive industry brings to the economy and national development, and that it is also possible to coexist harmoniously between mining and the environment.
Assessing these workshops for the communication sector as essential, geologist Eduardo Verdeja expressed that the fundamental idea of this course is to show journalists and public opinion makers the reliable sources from a scientific point of view that they should consult for dissemination. truthful information to the population about the extractive industry.
Likewise, the communicator Israel Trinidad indicated that this course has served to get rid of myths they had regarding mining, and that giving this diploma in the Southern Region is of the utmost importance, since it has provinces with mineral deposits that, extracted judiciously , contribute to the socioeconomic development of localities and the country.
The Workshop Course on Mining for Journalists is one of the actions that the MEM makes available to citizens in terms of information, within a reliable and comprehensive training on the mining sector. In addition, it creates a didactic space so that relevant actors in national public opinion can discuss the importance of amplifying the conversation around mining with a greater amount of scientific data available.
The workshop course featured a presentation by the speakers Dr. Miguel Daz, vice-minister of Mines, Gustavo Meja Ricart, director of International Relations, and geological engineers Eduardo Vedeja, Ramon Morrobel and Javier Rodrguez.
Also, Dr. Yomayra Martin, the economist Henry Hebrard, the director of the UASD, Barahona campus, Manuel De la Cruz.
Participants:
Among the participants were: ngel Del Carmen De los Santos, Antonia Acosta Feliz, Carmen Valenzuela Prez, Claudia Matos Vargas, Daniel Urbez Fliz, Edelin Matos Prez, Franklin Garca Moquete, Hctor Prez, Israel Trinidad Ferreras and Joaqun Feliz.
Also, Johnny Romero Lebrn, Jos Corniell Lpez, Kenia Novas Pea, Lucy Mateo Medina, Luis Terrero, Manuel Gonzlez Feliz, Ocelia Guevara Carrasco, Omar Medina, Pablo Beltre Prez, Reilyn Feliz Guevara, Rosa Beatriz Feliz and Wellington Prez Vargas.