NATIONAL

SECURITY
National Service Training Program
National University- Manila
“National Security is a state or condition
wherein the people's welfare, well-
being, ways of life; government and its
institutions; territorial integrity;
sovereignty; and core values are
enhanced and protected.”
1.Economic security

2.Energy security and Natural Resources

security COVERAGE
3.Environmental security
OF
NATIONAL
4. Political security SECURITY
5. Military security
1. ECONOMIC
SECURITY
 Economic security or
financial security is the
condition of having stable
income or other resources to
support a standard of living
now and in the foreseeable
future.
 As the ability of individuals,
households or communities
to cover their essential needs
sustainably and with dignity.
Food, basic shelter, clothing and hygiene qualify as essential needs, as
does the related expenditure; the essential assets needed to earn a
living, and the costs associated with health care and education also
qualify.

Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to

control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free
society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest
in any way they please.
 POVERTY
 a serious threat to national security, especially
to the extent that it breeds and abets rebellion,
crime and dissidence

 Poverty incidence affects about one-third of

Filipino families nationwide.

 9% of Filipinos Aged 6 to 24 years are Out of

School (Results from the 2017 Annual Poverty
Indicators Survey)
THREAT:
CURRENCY CRISIS
 A currency crisis typically develops
over several years, and can, for
example, be caused by excessive
deficits on the trade of balance or
the balance of payments, inflation
spinning out of control, or
borrowing abroad by either the
public or private sector becoming
too excessive, etc.
 THREAT: INFLATION
 The Philippines' annual inflation
rate fell to a 7-month low of 5.1 percent
in December of 2018 from 6.0 percent in
the previous month.
 The Philippines' annual inflation rate
rose to 3.2 percent in May of 2019 from
a 16 month-low of 3.0 percent in the
previous month and above market
expectations of 2.9 percent. It was the
first time that inflation accelerated since
last September, as both cost of food and
housing & utilities increased faster.
THREAT:
UNEMPLOYMENT
 The unemployment rate in the
Philippines dropped to 5.1 percent in the
June quarter 2019 from 5.5 percent a
year ago.
 The number of unemployed persons fell
by 75 thousand to 2.29 million while the
number of employed grew by 135
thousand to 42.24 million.
 Unemployment Rate in Philippines
averaged 8.31 percent from 1994 until
2019, reaching an all time high of 13.90
percent in the first quarter of 2000 and a
record low of 4.70 percent in the fourth
quarter of 2016.
THREAT:
ECONOMIC DISPARITY
 the unequal distribution
of income and opportunity
between different groups in
society. It is a concern in
almost all countries around
the world and often
people are trapped in
poverty with little chance
to climb up the social
ladder.
2. ENERGY SECURITY AND NATURAL
RESOURCES SECURITY
 The ability of a nation to secure sufficient,
affordable and consistent energy supplies for its
domestic, industrial, transport and military
requirements is termed Energy Security.
 It means that current and future energy needs
have a high probability of being met, irrespective
of economic or political instability.
 It is the uninterrupted availability of energy
sources at an affordable price while respecting
the environment
 The availability of natural resources for energy
consumption.
 Access to cheap energy has become essential to
functioning of modern economics.
OIL SECURITY
NATURAL GAS
SECURITY
ELECTRICITY
SECURITY
3. ENVIRONMENTAL
SECURITY
 is the relative public safety
from environmental
dangers caused by natural
or human processes due to
ignorance, accident,
mismanagement or design
and originating within or
across national borders
THREAT:

SEVERE
CALAMITIES
4. POLITICAL SECURITY

 is the defense against any form of political

oppression. It is concerned with whether people
live in a society that honors their basic human
rights.
Threat: Graft and Corruption
 Is a threat to the national security by
virtue of the huge scale by which it
saps public resources, undermines
the morale of the civil service and
affects the delivery of quality basic
services.
 The recent Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam or
“Pork Barrel Scam” is the latest
issue which involves our some of
government officials.
 5. MILITARY
SECURITY

 It implies the capability of a nation-

state to defend itself, and/or deter
military aggression. Alternatively,
military security implies the capability
of a nation-state to enforce its policy
choices by use of military force.

 The term "military security" is

considered synonymous with "security"
in much of its usage.
 Philippines has been ranked in
10th position in the 2018 Global
Terrorism Index.
 THREATS TO THE MILITARY SECURITY

 New People’s Army (NPA)- The military wing of the Communist

Party of the Philippines (CCP). The NPA primarily targets Philippines
security forces, politicians, judges, government informers, former rebels
who wish to the NPA, rival splinter groups, and alleged criminals.

 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)- It is an Islamic separatist groups

operating in the southern Philippines and claims to promote an
independent Islamic state in western Mindanao and the Sulu
Archipelago.
ORGANIZED CRIME
 It is a conspiratorial enterprise engaged
in illicit activities as a means of Notable criminally-active gangs
generating income. Organized crime is a in the Philippines include:
national security concern.
 The national crime rate is also •Aludig-Boys
exacerbates by the drug trade, which •Akyat-Bahay Gang
involves a number of crime syndicates •Bahala Na Gang
•Budol-Budol Gang
•Dugo-Dugo Gang
•Kuratong Baleleng
•Martilyo Gang
•Salisi Gang
CRIMINALITY IN THE
PHILIPPINES
THREAT: SPRATLY
ISLANDS
 The multilateral dispute over the
Spratly Islands is a source of
intermittent tensions, owing to the
buildup of structures, believed to
be military oriented, by some
claimant countries in the area.
This is a clear encroachment into
the Philippine EEZ which is being
met through a comprehensive
package of diplomatic measures.
SMUGGLING
 The smuggling of firearms and contraband, illegal
migration and the occasional movement of foreign
terrorists through the porous borders of our
southwestern frontier have elicited transnational
concern. Philippine law enforcement agencies work
closely with international police organizations,
bilaterally and multilaterally, to check these activities.
NATIONAL SECURITY
POLICY

 It’s primary objective is to fulfil the national vision

and safeguard the national interests which include
the protection of the people, their ways of life,
welfare and well-being; strengthening the country’s
democratic institutions; safeguarding its territorial
integrity and sovereign rights; and enhancing the
Philippines’s role and image as a strategic partner
of the international community.
NATIONAL SECURITY  the principal advisory body on the proper
coordination and integration of plans and
COUNCIL (NSC) OF THE policies affecting national security.

PHILIPPINES The NSC consists of two distinct bodies:

 The Council Proper is a collegial body

chaired by the President.
It includes concerned officials of the
Cabinet and Congress, as members, as
well as other government officials and
private citizens who may be invited by the
President.

• The NSC Secretariat is a permanent

body that provides technical support to
the Council Proper. It is headed by the
Director General/ National Security
Adviser. (NSC 2014)
ORGANIZATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
POLICY FOR CHANGE
AND FILIPINOS WELL-
BEING
(2017-2022)
 “My dream is that all
Filipinos will say they are
Filipinos, no longer from left
or right, Moro rebels or
terrorists, and live in
peace.”

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

Business Forum, Davao City
21 June 2016
“Enduring peace can be attained
only if we meet the fundamental
needs of every man, woman and
child”

- PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE

First State of the Nation Address
25 July 2016
NSC PURPOSE
 provides a roadmap for the attainment of
the country’s security vision and mission;
 outlines national security priorities based on
realistic analyses of risks and opportunities;
 offers a strategic direction on how to
protect and enhance our national interests,
and
 introduces actions and measures for its
effective management and
implementation.
 NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS

Public Safety and Order Cultural Cohesiveness

Territorial Integrity Ecological Balance

External Peace &

Economic Solidarity Harmony

Moral-Spiritual
Consensus
 NATIONAL SECURITY VISION

The Government of the Republic of the

Philippines envisions by 2022, a united and
secure nation wherein the people’s core
values, welfare and well-being, way of life;
territorial integrity and sovereignty are
protected and enhanced.
NATIONAL
SECURITY
CHALLENGES
 “There are many amongst us who advance the
assessment that the problems that bedevil our
country today which need to be addressed with
urgency, are corruption, both in the high and low
echelons of government, criminality in the streets,
and the rampant sale of illegal drugs.… For I see
these ills as mere symptoms of a virulent social
disease that creeps and cuts into moral fiber of
Philippine society. I sense a problem deeper and
more serious than any of those mentioned or all of
them put together.”

President Rodrigo R. Duterte

Inaugural Speech
30 June 2016
 NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Terrorism &
Law & Order and Internal Armed Economic and
Transnational
Criminality Conflicts Social Threats
Crimes
 Illegal Drugs  Communist ASG  Poverty
 Criminality insurgency  Transnational  Graft and
 Crimes against  Secessionist crimes corruption
person movement  Resource Security
(Food, Human
Resources, Energy
and Water)
 NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Overlapping Territorial and
Global & Regional Global Uncertainty
Maritime Claims and other
Geopolitical Issues and WMD
Regional Concerns
 The West Philippine Sea and  United States  Arms Race
elsewhere  Japan  Nuclear Proliferation
 Encroachments into PHL EEZ  ASEAN
 Possible Korean Peninsula Conflict  China
 Others (South Korea,
Australia, Russia and
India)
 NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES

OTHER STRATEGIC ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Technological Advances & Climate Change and its

Threats of Cyber Attacks National Security Risks
Institutional Concerns

 Technological advances  Climate change &  Deterioration of values in the

and dependency global warming security sector, political system,
 Protection of critical and bureaucracy
 Environmental
infrastructure  Welfare and safety of OFWs
degradation
 Cyber security threats  Providing basic services: food,
 Disasters and crises water, housing, education, health
and nutrition, & energy
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal: PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ORDER

Strategic Objectives:
1. Promote participatory governance through the synergy of the three branches of
Government and through the devolution and decentralization of the political power
and responsibility of local government units.
2. Launch a holistic program to combat illegal drugs, corruption, crime and terrorism.
3. Strengthen the rule of law by instituting reforms to the five pillars of the criminal justice
system.
4. Highlight the culture of conciliation to end all forms of conflicts
5. Bolster the capability of the Intelligence Community on strategic foresight and utilize
National Intelligence Estimates for national security decision-making
6. Work towards the passage of peace and national security legislations that would
strengthen security sector governance and transformation
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal: SAFEGUARD TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND SOVEREIGNTY

Strategic Objectives:
1. Promote external harmonious relationship and strengthen alliances and strategic
partnership with our neighbors and the world at large

2. Pursue regional and international cooperation in various areas and identify new
cooperative security arrangements with allies and neighbors

3. Develop defense capability to protect our sovereignty and strategic maritime

interests

4. Provide government funding for studies on strategic industries and innovative

technologies for defense and security
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal BOLSTER ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY

:
Strategic Objectives:
1. Ensure peaceful and conducive environment to eradicate poverty and achieve
the 10-point socio-economic development agenda
2. Strengthen cyber security and develop strategies to protect vital and critical
infrastructures and that would prevent new and emerging technologies from
becoming national security threats
3. Harness the knowledge and experienced gained by Global Pinoys and ensure
social protection for the families they left behind
4. Address smuggling and counterfeiting activities that destroy the economy
5. Treat food security, health security, energy security, water security and transport
security as important national security priorities
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal: PROTECT AND PRESERVE ECOLOGICAL BALANCE

Strategic Objectives:
1. Enhance the security sectors capability for humanitarian assistance and disaster
response
2. Protect the country’s forests and marine ecosystems
3. Institutionalize climate change adaptation measures
4. Adhere to international protocol and standards on global warming and climate
change
5. Adopt smart technology such as rainwater collection and impoundment
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal: PROMOTE CULTURAL COHESIVENESS

Strategic Objectives:
1. Strengthen social protection programs
2. Enlarge avenues for greater stakeholders participation in governance
and nation-building
3. Pursue ethical standards in public and private service
4. Uphold the culture of meritocracy and honor in the promotion in the
security sectors
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal: PROMOTE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CONSENSUS

Strategic Objectives:
1. Regularly convene the institutions for national security to unify efforts in
decision making
2. Raise public awareness in promoting Filipino unity, nationalism and
teamwork
3. Enhance integrity development at all school levels
4. Encourage the ruling elites to promote the common good
5. Revive programs that would instill love of country
6. Strictly enforce policies that would level political and economic playing
fields
 NS GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Goal: CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL PEACE AND HARMONY

Strategic Objectives:
1. Ensure an independent foreign policy and pro-actively venture on
opportunities to promote national interests
2. Promote “rules-based” international order and pro-active diplomacy
3. Contribute to UN peacekeeping operations in conflict areas and pursue
friendly and constructive relations with all nations
4. Strengthen law enforcement cooperative arrangements
5. Promote “Global Pinoys” as instruments for best practices and nation
building
 STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES
(AS PER E.O. 226 – INVESTMENT
PRIORITIES PLAN (IPP)
1. Agriculture/Agribusiness and Fishery
2. Creative Industries/Knowledge- 8. Research and Development
Based Services
9. Green Projects
3. Shipbuilding
10. Motor Vehicles
4. Mass Housing
11. Strategic Projects
5. Iron and Steel
12. Hospital/Medical Services
6. Energy
13. Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and
7. Infrastructure Recovery Projects
 OTHER STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES

1. Education Industry 9. Electronics

2. Bio-Technology 10. Space Industry
3. Banking and Finance 11. Tourism
4. Constructions and 12. Film Industry
Manufacturing
13. Cultural Heritage
5. Services
14. Land Combat System
6. Transportation and
15. Weapons and Ammunitions
Automobile
16. Aircraft
7. Water
17. Mass Media
8. Strategic Materials
 NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES
 Human/Personal Security
 Energy Security
 Cultural Security
 Cybersecurity
 Food Security
 Military and Border Security
 Economic Security
 Disaster Security
 Environment and Resources
Security  Information Security
 Geostrategic Security
 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS

 Address the need to inform the people of the concerns and

challenges affecting the people’s well-being, their lives, their
livelihood, and their future.
 Win public trust particularly to the security forces in order to foster
cooperation and ensure safety in the communities.
 Harness the media outfits, the Internet websites and satellite/cable
television channels, think tanks, and other platforms as the
communication system for information sharing, innovation, and
feedback to key security issues with national and international
significance.
 Devote resources to better manage the information and effectively
communicate its message to the public.
 SUMMARY
The Duterte Administration, through the National Security Policy, is
committed to:

• Achieve the national security vision and mission now and in the years
to come;
• Create the conditions conducive for economic and human
development, with emphasis on human security, health security, food
security, rule of law and respect for human rights;
• Develop a system of national security, which is rules-based and
adequately responsive to security risks and opportunities; and
• Enhance the process, the scope, and composition of the national
security system that could effectively and efficiently implement the
strategic programs in this National Security Policy.
 “We will strive to have a permanent
and lasting peace before my term
ends. That is my goal, that is my
dream.”

PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE

First State of the Nation Address
25 July 2016
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 ASSIGNMENT
Make an infographic poster regarding National
Security and print it on a poster size paper.
Group 1. Economic Security
Group 2. Energy Security
Group 3. Natural Resources Security
Group 4. Environmental Security
Group 5. Political Security
Group 6. Military Security