FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — This year’s new batch of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets will pursue a national security management course to handle future crises involving homegrown terrorism and foreign naval incursions, PMA officials said here on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENTEvangelista led the special operations command to take back Marawi from the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group. “The Marawi siege cost us many lives, both military and civilians, and billions of [pesos] and we cannot afford another such incident,” he said. Security landscapeThe fast-changing national security landscape today required the PMA to develop a Bachelor of Science in National Security Management, which would examine the impact of political, economic and environmental changes on national security, said Brig. “[The Marawi siege] has been a learning experience for us.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 21, 2019 21:33 UTC