Office for Transportation Security
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Opisina para sa Seguridad ng Transportasyon | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | January 30, 2004 |
Type | Security Services, Screening Services, Regulatory Agency |
Headquarters | Aurora Boulevard corner Andrews Avenue Aurora Blvd, Pasay, Philippines |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Department of Transportation |
Website | www |
The Office for Transportation Security (OTS) is the single authority responsible for the security of the
History
Up until the
The Philippines, having ratified the Convention on International Civil Aviation on March 1, 1947[2] and being one of the 188 Contracting States (as of June 2002) of the ICAO, is bound to comply with the international standards of safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference, including global terrorism. Specifically stated in Standard 3.1.2 of the ICAO Annex 17, Amendment 11: “Each Contracting State shall designate and specify to ICAO an appropriate authority within its administration to be responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the national civil aviation security programme."
On January 30, 2004, President
To effectively carry out its mandate of securing the transportation systems against terrorism, OTS was organized into three Transportation Security Bureaus – Civil Aviation Security Bureau (CASB), Maritime Transportation Security Bureau (MTSB) and Land Transportation Security Bureau (LTSB), together with three Support Bureaus - Intelligence and Operations Bureau (IOB), Administrative and Finance Bureau (AFB), and Legal and Planning Bureau (LPB).
References
- ^ "Securing RP airports responsibility of OTS". Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Page 1 STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH REGARD TO INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW INSTRUMENTS" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 277, s. 2004 | GOVPH". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 311, s. 2004 | GOVPH". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved September 6, 2022.