| MALACAŅANG
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 277
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY PROGRAMME,
CREATING THE OFFICE FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS, AND RECONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY AS THE
NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS , there is an urgent need to safeguard civil aviation
against acts of unlawful interference while taking into account the safety, regularity and
efficiency of flights
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 336 dated January 5,
2001, the National Council for Civil Aviation Security is responsible for formulating
plans to direct, control, supervise and integrate all measures aimed at preventing and
suppressing all terrorist threats to civil aviation;
WHEREAS, under Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of
the Administrative Code of 1987, the President has continuing authority to reorganize the
administrative, structure of the Office of the President.
NOW, THERE, I GLORIA MACAPAGAL – ARROYO, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The National Civil Aviation Security Programme
(NCASP), hereto attached as Annex "A", is hereby approved and adopted.
SECTION 2. An Office for Transportation Security under the
Department of Transportation and Communication is hereby created to be headed by an
Undersecretary, who shall be primarily responsible for the implementation of Annex 17 of
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Convention on aviation security.
SECTION 3. The National Council for Aviation Security is hereby
reconstituted as the National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC), to be composed of
the following:
| Secretary, Department of
Transportation and Communications |
Chairman |
| Secretary, Department of Interior
and Local Government |
Co-Chairman |
| Undersecretary, DOTC Office for
Transportation Security |
Vice-Chairman |
| Assistant Secretary, Air
Transportation Office |
Member |
| General Manager, Manila
International Airport Authority |
Member |
| General Manager, Mactan-Cebu
International Airport Authority |
Member |
| General Manager, Clark
International Airport Corporation |
Member |
| General Manager, Subic Bay
International Airport Authority |
Member |
| Manager, Davao International
Airport |
Member |
| Manager, General Santos
International Airport |
Member |
| Manager, Laoag International
Airport |
Member |
| Manager, Zamboanga International
Airport |
Member |
| Director, Philippine National
Police Aviation Security Group |
Member |
| Commissioner, Bureau of Customs |
Member |
| Commissioner, Bureau of
Immigration |
Member |
| Administrator, Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration |
Member |
| Administrator, Overseas Worker
Welfare Administration |
Member |
| Executive Director, Department of
Tourism |
Member |
| Protocol Officer, Department of
Foreign Affairs |
Member |
| Director, National Bureau of
Investigation |
Member |
| Group Commander, Intelligence
Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines |
Member |
| Director General, National
Intelligence Coordinating Agency |
Member |
| Group Commander, Presidential
Security Group |
Member |
| Director, DA Bureau of Plant
Industry |
Member |
| Director, DA Bureau of Animal
Industry |
Member |
| Chief Superintendent, Bureau of
Fire Protection |
Member |
| Director, DOH Bureau of
Quarantine and International Health Surveillance |
Member |
SECTION 4. In addition to its
current functions, the NCASC shall be responsible for the implementation and maintenance
of the NCASP and shall:
- Define and allocate task and coordinate activities among the agencies of the government,
airport authorities, aircraft operators and other entities concerned with, or responsible
for, the implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;
- Coordinate security activities among the agencies of the government, airport
authorities, aircraft operators and other entities concerned with, or responsible for, the
implementation of various aspects of the NCASP;
- Define and allocate tasks for the implementation of the NCASP among the agencies of the
government, airport authorities, aircraft operators and other concerned entities;
- Ensure that each airport serving international civil aviation shall establish and
implement a written airport security programme appropriate to meet the requirements of the
NCASP;
- Arrange for an authority at each airport serving international civil aviation to be
responsible for coordinating the implementation of security controls;
- Arrange for the establishment of an airport security committee at each airport serving
international civil aviation to assist the authority mentioned in paragraph (e) above, in
the coordination of the implementation of security controls and procedures;
- Coordinate and collaborate with the Task Force for Security of Critical Infrastructure
under the Cabinet Oversight Committee on International Security; and
- Perform such other Transportation Security shall serve as the Secretariat of the NCASC.
SECTION 5. Repeal. – All orders, rules, regulations
and issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. Effectivity. – This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
City of Manila, January 30, 2004
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL – ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.)ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary |