Philippines Defense Policy
A REPORT ON PHILIPPINE DEFENSE POLICIES INCLUDING
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES
AND IMPLEMENTATION
The group’s report covers important and current policies on Disaster Management.
The group has prepared comprehensive oral and written presentations to provide a better understanding of the topic. The first part of the discussion will revolve around Philippine Defense and Disaster Management Policies while the second part includes the group’s assessment on the implementation of the said policies.
Allow us to first discuss the background and history of the Department of National Defense (DND) as described by the Wikipedia. According to the said internet encyclopedia, DND is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country. It exercises executive supervision over the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO), the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), and the Government Arsenal (GA). It is also responsible for disaster preparation and management in the country. It is headed by the Secretary of National Defense, who is a member of the President's cabinet. The current Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines is Voltaire T. Gazmin as of 30 June 2010. It was formally organised on 1 November 1939, pursuant to Executive Order № 230 of President Manuel L. Quezon to implement Commonwealth Act № 1 or the National Defense Act of 1935 passed by the National Assembly on 31 December 1935, and Commonwealth Act № 340 creating the department.1
The group shall discuss two of the major and recent policies of the DND and these are the following:
1. Defense System of Management (DSOM)
As posted on the DND official website, on top of Sec. Gazmin’s reform priorities is the institutionalization of DND’s integrated multi-year defense planning
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES
AND IMPLEMENTATION
The group’s report covers important and current policies on Disaster Management.
The group has prepared comprehensive oral and written presentations to provide a better understanding of the topic. The first part of the discussion will revolve around Philippine Defense and Disaster Management Policies while the second part includes the group’s assessment on the implementation of the said policies.
Allow us to first discuss the background and history of the Department of National Defense (DND) as described by the Wikipedia. According to the said internet encyclopedia, DND is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country. It exercises executive supervision over the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO), the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), and the Government Arsenal (GA). It is also responsible for disaster preparation and management in the country. It is headed by the Secretary of National Defense, who is a member of the President's cabinet. The current Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines is Voltaire T. Gazmin as of 30 June 2010. It was formally organised on 1 November 1939, pursuant to Executive Order № 230 of President Manuel L. Quezon to implement Commonwealth Act № 1 or the National Defense Act of 1935 passed by the National Assembly on 31 December 1935, and Commonwealth Act № 340 creating the department.1
The group shall discuss two of the major and recent policies of the DND and these are the following:
1. Defense System of Management (DSOM)
As posted on the DND official website, on top of Sec. Gazmin’s reform priorities is the institutionalization of DND’s integrated multi-year defense planning