TAÑGI, MARRIANE R.

BSMT2G-CWTS21
M-F 10:00-12:30

MODULE 5: PRE-TASK
In not less than 100 words, discuss your idea of National Security.

ANSWER:
In leading a country, a leader and the government must know how to keep the
country stay in the correct path towards success and development and at same time
protect the nation, the welfare of the people, economy and the environment. With
that, there's what we called National Security. National Security can be defined as
the action where safekeeping of the nation is being prioritized. It is the way of
preserving the nation's sovereignty, territorial integrity and internal stability.
Nowadays, in today's more complex world which currently experiencing threats like
the COVID-19 pandemic, cli*mate change and natural disasters, national security
plays a significant role to entails both national defense and protection of different
capabilities of the country including military, geopolitical, economic, socio-cultural,
technology and other things which definitely affects the development of the country.

MODULE 5: POST-TASK

As NSTP student, please give 5 practical ways you can do to help achieve the
Philippine National Security Agenda. Briefly discuss (5 points each)

Answer:

As NSTP student, I think I have limited capabilities to help achieve the Philippine
National Security Agenda. So I choose 5 agendas that I think can give help in
achieving it.

In the agenda of Human and Political Security, as NSTP student, I should take
courage to speak up and stand for what is right for our fellow citizen in terms of
human rights and about political and government issues. In our young age where I
am more exposed to social media platforms like other youths where I can use it as a
medium to express our own opinions and views about what is happening around the
world especially in our own country. I should not be afraid to talk about the things I
should get and benefit from the government from who will take lead for our country
and their actions and works.

While in the agenda of Health Security, as NSTP student, I should educate myself
first and then spread the information I learn and have to the people around me. This
is timely due to the pandemic, the safety health protocol of using facemask and face
shield should start from me and then, I should encourage other people from doing
so. In terms of illegal drugs, I should educate ourselves also and under any
circumstance, we should not be tempted to use and consume it. I also should
educate other youths about the negative effects of illegal drugs in order to stop the
increasing number of young people who use it.

Next, in the agenda of Socio-cultural Security, as NSTP student, I can preserve and
strengthen the Filipino heritage and values by continuing to perform and exhibit it
despite of our ages. I should be a role model to the younger generation for them to
be reminded about our heritage and values. In that way, they will have ideas about it
and will not forget it. It cannot deny the fact, as technology advances, the information
became more easily to access which also shapes our minds fast as one can
imagine.

Then, in the agenda of Environment and Disaster Security, as NSTP student and as
a human itself, we are responsible to take good care and maintain the well-being of
our environment. The best that I can do is to promote the 5R of waste management
that includes Recycle, Reuse, Reduce, Refuse and Repurpose. In that way, I can
help lessen the increasing number of wastes which highly contributes to different
hazards present in the environment. We all know wastes are harmful for the health
of humans and animals especially to their habitats, also to oceans and marine
species and to also to plants and trees. I should also participate to programs and
events which aim and advocate conservation and rehabilitation of natural and
environmental areas.

Lastly, in the agenda of Energy Security, as NSTP student, I should contribute to the
energy being consumed by most of us. It should start to our homes and personal
use. If there are appliances and light bulbs which are not supposed to use or not
needed in any moment, I should unplug and turn it off to save more energy. I should
also promote the use of solar energy to light up our houses to lessen the contribution
of burning of fossil fuels that more likely to cause climate change.