DRRM” APPROACH, WHICH IS THE “SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF USING ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES,

ORGANIZATIONS, AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS AND CAPACITIES TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES, POLICIES

AND IMPROVED COPING CAPACITIES IN ORDER TO LESSEN THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF HAZARDS AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF DISASTER.” , APART FROM NATURAL HAZARDS, HUMAN-INDUCED HAZARDS SUCH
AS CRIMES AND TERRORISM FURTHER THREATEN THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES. MOREOVER, THE
CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING EMERGENCIES BECAME EVEN MORE COMPLEX WITH THE PHENOMENON
OF THE “NEW NORMAL”, CHARACTERIZED BY THE INCREASING FREQUENCY, MAGNITUDE AND SCOPE
OF DISASTERS, AS WELL AS THE BLURRING OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE DISASTERS CAUSED BY NATURAL
AND HUMANINDUCED HAZARDS. , TERRORISM, ALSO A HUMAN-INDUCED HAZARD, CONTINUES TO
BECOME A GLOBAL CONCERN. AS DESCRIBED BY REPUBLIC ACT 9372, TERRORISM IS AN ACT THAT
CAUSES WIDESPREAD AND EXTRAORDINARY FEAR AND PANIC AMONG THE POPULACE. WITH THE
GROWING THREAT OF TERRORISM IN TDRRM” APPROACH, WHICH IS THE “SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF
USING ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS AND CAPACITIES TO
IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES, POLICIES AND IMPROVED COPING CAPACITIES IN ORDER TO LESSEN THE
ADVERSE IMPACTS OF HAZARDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DISASTER.”

HOWEVER, APART FROM NATURAL HAZARDS, HUMAN-INDUCED HAZARDS SUCH AS CRIMES AND
TERRORISM FURTHER THREATEN THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES. MOREOVER, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
REGARDING EMERGENCIES BECAME EVEN MORE COMPLEX WITH THE PHENOMENON OF THE “NEW
NORMAL”, CHARACTERIZED BY THE INCREASING FREQUENCY, MAGNITUDE AND SCOPE OF DISASTERS,
AS WELL AS THE BLURRING OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE DISASTERS CAUSED BY NATURAL AND
HUMANINDUCED HAZARDS.PRESENTLY, TERRORISM, ALSO A HUMAN-INDUCED HAZARD, CONTINUES
TO BECOME A GLOBAL CONCERN. AS DESCRIBED BY REPUBLIC ACT 9372, TERRORISM IS AN ACT THAT
CAUSES WIDESPREAD AND EXTRAORDINARY FEAR AND PANIC AMONG THE POPULACE. WITH THE
GROWING THREAT OF TERRORISM IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (NDRRMC) HAS TO BE ON GUARD AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBLE
CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY ARISE. HENCE, THE NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN (NDRP) FOR
MANAGING CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO TERRORISM HAS BEEN PREPARED.HE PHILIPPINES, THE
NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (NDRRMC) HAS TO BE ON GUARD
AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY ARISE. HENCE, THE NATIONAL DISASTER
RESPONSE PLAN (NDRP) FOR MANAGING CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO TERRORISM HAS BEEN
PREPARED.