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Defense Senior Undersecretary Charlie Galvez, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Director General Dick de Leon,

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines President and CEO Anthony Almeda, fellow workers in government, ladies and gentlemen.

What we have witnessed today is a very important event in the continuing effort of our country to protect itself against any attacks in cyberspace.

The NGCP is in charge of a very critical aspect of our daily lives.

And with the understanding that when it comes to war strategy, we conduct our wars in the same manner that we conduct our business.

And for example, in the early 20th century, in the First World War, industry was labor-intensive, hence trench warfare.

And in the Second World War, we had industrialized our businesses, and hence it was machinery and the production of airplanes and tanks that won the war.

And now we do our business through cyberspace.

And that is why we are continuing to shore up our defenses when it comes to cybersecurity.

And since NGCP is a critical, critical part of our security, of our ability to continue to function as a society, then this is an important day.

Because now we have made more robust the defenses against any possible attacks on our power systems,

on any other of the elements in our everyday lives that require power, and for that matter, that require the exchange of secure information amongst ourselves in society.

So I thank the NGCP for taking the initiative here, for allowing.

There have been fears that the involvement of any foreign entity in our power transmission system would present a security threat to the Philippines.

Well, this is a very good step towards answering that challenge.

It is but one step, because we are continuing to do this not only with NGCP, but we are developing our cyber systems so that we are secure,

and so that the data that we need to collect and to disseminate is available to us, and we are able to do and handle that data in a secure fashion without the risk of it being used somehow against the Philippines.

And so I thank, of course, Antony. Antony is known to me because we were classmates together.

We were studying economics, actually, but pareho kami hindi nagtapos.

But I know him well, and I'm happy that he has taken the lead in this.

And, of course, NICA, which is essentially our lead and premier intelligence agency,

now have this Memorandum of Understanding, which will make much clearer the requirements of our intelligence services to ensure that we are safe and that we are secure.

So let this be an example to all the other sectors that could be assessed to be at risk when it comes to cybersecurity.

It is one that we do. There are those, such as today, that we will do formally, and there are those that we will do quietly.

But nonetheless, it is something we must continue to develop, and it is a good development.

It is a good example for the rest of our infrastructure, and I talk about hard and soft infrastructure.

It is a good signal to all of us who have concerns in this regard that we are doing many things to make sure that the Philippines remains secure,

that the Philippines remains in accordance with international law, that the Philippines and its people can rest assured that their territory, their data,

their personal information will not be used against us, and that they can feel secure.

Congratulations to NGCP. Congratulations to NICA for a very important step that we have witnessed today.

Thank you, and good morning.

Thank you, Mr. President.

At this juncture, may we request the President to kindly grant us photo opportunity in four batches.

For batch one, that will be, of course, Mr. President, Mr. Almeda, Mr. De Leon, and Undersecretary Galvez.

Please face the camera.

Batch two, please stand by.

Thank you, Mr. President.

For batch two, I would like to call on the NICA Deputy Directors-General, Assistant Directors-General, and NGCP Board of Directors.

Batch three, please stand by.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Batch two.

Now, I would like to call on the NICA Directors.

Batch four, please stand by.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Now, I would like to call on NGCP officers.

Thank you.

Thank you, batch four.

At this point, may we excuse Undersecretary Carlito Galvez for this photo opportunity, Mr. President, Mr. Almeda, and Mr. De Leon for a photo opportunity.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That concludes our program.

And thank you very much, Mr. President.

Once again, ladies and gentlemen, His Excellency, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.

We would like to request everyone to please remain seated until the President has left the venue.

Once again, ladies and gentlemen, His Excellency, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.