{"id":250126,"date":"2020-03-26T23:28:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250126"},"modified":"2020-03-26T23:28:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:28:01","slug":"defense-security-sectors-cooperation-key-to-beat-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/26\/defense-security-sectors-cooperation-key-to-beat-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense, security sectors&#8217; cooperation key to beat Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_197669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197669\" style=\"width: 2700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197669\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dnd-afp-new-years-call-2019-d-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Vital to the success of this effort is the high level of Inter-Agency Coordination that the defense and security sector should implement,&#8221; Lorenzana said in a press statement. (PNA file photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Close cooperation between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police is needed to protect Filipinos from the effects of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vital to the success of this effort is the high level of Inter-Agency Coordination that the defense and security sector should implement,&#8221; Lorenzana said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana was designated as chair of the National Action Plan (NAP) to address the threat of Covid-19 and its aftermath, with Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o as vice chair.<\/p>\n<p>He said this coordination will be facilitated \u201cin tandem with the National Government Agencies, Local Government Units (LGUs), non-government organizations, and civil society organizations so that a holistic approach to this challenge can be pursued.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The NAP encompasses the whole-of-government response against Covid-19, with the AFP and the PNP taking the lead in implementing the enhanced community quarantine, ensuring the unimpeded supply of food and non-food supplies in the communities, as well as maintaining a systematic and orderly implementation of the measures to curb the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana added that the DND and its bureaus, in partnership with the DILG and in close coordination with the concerned agencies and organizations, are ready to implement the action plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Close cooperation between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police is needed to protect Filipinos &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":197669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250127,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250126\/revisions\/250127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}