Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed Senate Bill No. 1882 which seeks to prevent power outages, communication failures, and other concerns affecting public safety and national security.
Tulfo said his proposed bill also seeks immediate response on critical infrastructure that supports key services such as power generation and distribution, water supply, transportation, communications, healthcare, and financial services.
“Critical infrastructure is vulnerable to various threats, including natural disasters, accidents, cyberattacks, and intentional acts of violence,” Tulfo said.
Tulfo, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Energy, further said his bill seeks a guarantee of the stability, resilience, and security of critical infrastructure to prevent and respond to potential disruptions.
Under his proposed measure, all providers of critical infrastructure services are required to respond within two hours from the time of emergency service requests related to their respective services.
Any provider of critical infrastructure services that fails to comply with the immediate response requirement shall be penalized with a fine of not less than P100,000.00 but not more than P 1,000,000.00 for each violation.
Tulfo said the appropriate government agency shall then issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement it.
