PROBLEM SOURCE
1. External Security Increasing geo-political
Threats Against the tension in the region (maritime
Nation interests in the West
Philippine Sea, which is
claimed by the People’s
Republic of China. Taiwan
and Vietnam also claim the
Spratly archipelago, while
Malaysia has overlapping
claims.)
2. Human Trafficking The Bureau of Immigration
was the first to raise concerns
about a human trafficking
scheme that targeted
Filipinos, enticing them to
work in pseudo-call centers
abroad, only to fall victim to a
crypto scam ring.
EFFECT RECOMMENDATION
The Army must always be fully Invest not only in modern equipment and
prepared and capable of handling any materials but also in training so they can
contingencies. They should be vigilant keep abreast of concepts, doctrines, and
for anything that could threaten the strategies that they now need on the
security and peace of the country. modern battlefield.
Continue improving its relations with its
counterparts overseas through the sharing
of information and learning from the best
regional practices to make the Philippine
military better.
Investigating more trafficking crimes, Increased efforts to proactively identify and
convicting more traffickers, amending assist labor trafficking victims as well as
its anti-trafficking law, increasing provide training to law enforcement, social
funding for the Inter-Agency Council service providers, and labor inspectors on
Against Trafficking, and sentencing indicators of trafficking.
nearly all traffickers to significant
prison terms. Strengthen the capacity of local
government units to provide reintegration
The Department of Justice earlier said services for trafficking survivors, including
it wants to use artificial intelligence trauma-informed care, job training, and in-
(AI) in airports to detect potential country employment.
human trafficking victims.
3. Cybersecurity Earlier this year, the Threatens public safety, hinders law Establish a specialized task force
Threat Philippines faced a series of enforcement efforts, and comprising cybersecurity experts from
cyberattacks that sent compromises diplomatic relations and various sectors to monitor threats, respond
shockwaves across the national interests. swiftly to incidents, and develop proactive
security communities in the strategies.
country. Prominent threat With the database of government
actors like NikaC and officials in the hands of Enact and enforce comprehensive data
KelvinSecurity made cybercriminals, one could expect a protection laws that outline strict penalties
headlines by offering access mass-level phishing and scamming for data breaches and illegal data trading.
to government departments, attack on gullible people. Regularly review and update these laws to
including the Philippine keep pace with evolving cyber threats.
Department of Commerce and Leaked data from corporations and
Industry and the National financial institutions could lead to Launch nationwide campaigns to educate
Police Clearance System financial fraud, identity theft, and citizens about online risks, safe digital
Philippines, on dark web reputational damage. Businesses may practices, and the importance of data
forums — for as low as $500. suffer financial losses and lose privacy. Informed individuals are less likely
investor confidence, further to fall victim to cyber scams.
hampering economic growth.
Collaborate with other nations to combat
cyber threats that transcend borders.
Cybercrime is a global issue, and
international partnerships are essential to
addressing it effectively.

4. Police Brutality More police officers are
getting involved in recent road
rage incidents and abuses of
police power.
Filipino citizens and human rights
activists have lost hope for the
possibility of achieving meaningful
progress in reforming the broken
police system. They may also lose
their trust and question their safety at
the hands of the police.
Creation of a strong accountability
mechanism within the organization—
preferably one that is independent,
professionally trained, has ample
resources, and possesses oversight
powers.
Investigate and ensure that police officers
are held accountable and that the laws
prohibiting police abuse are upheld.
5. Communist-terrorist Communist insurgents (CPP- 55 years of communist rebellion only Local peace engagement is the most
groups NPA) are still fighting the brought hardship, misery, and death effective approach to weakening the
government, seeking to to the people. influence of communist-terrorist groups in
overthrow the Philippine the countryside. It helped strengthen the
government in favor of a new government’s efforts to prevent vulnerable
people’s democratic state led communities from falling into the
by the working class, and the ideological traps of the leftist group by
group seeks to expel U.S. actively engaging with target communities.
influence from the Philippines.
The Retooled Community Support
Program allowed communities to
participate in identifying the issues that
may have caused others to turn to armed
conflict. The identified issues then become
the basis for a community to be given
assistance under the Barangay
Development Program (BDP), the flagship
program of the NTF-ELCAC. Under the
Barangay Development Program (BDP),
the government has been building farm-to-
market roads, school buildings, health
centers, electrification and water systems
in conflict-affected areas and vulnerable
communities.