Monday, May 12, 2014

Pama formally assumes post of NDRRMC chief

From the Philippine News Agency (May 12): Pama formally assumes post of NDRRMC chief

Former Philippine Navy flag officer-in-command (FOIC) Alexander Pama formally assumed his new post on Monday as executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) during a simple turnover ceremony held at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

President Benigno S. Aquino III designated Pama to the NDRRMC post, replacing retired Army Gen. Eduardo Del Rosario who filed his irrevocable resignation on April 24, citing health reasons.

The Department of National Defense (DND) said Pama was chosen among a short list of contenders for the NDRRMC post "based on his experience with the defense department and with the armed forces."

Pama, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1979, served as Navy chief until his retirement on Dec. 21, 2012.

It was under Pama’s watch when the Navy acquired from the United States its first Hamilton-class cutter, the former USCGC Hamilton, which has been renamed BRP Gregorio Del Pilar and commissioned into the Philippine Navy amid tensions in the West Philippine Sea.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=642901

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