Travel Report (Minor)

University of Southeastern Philippines

Bo. Obrero Campus, Davao City

TRAVEL REPORT

October 1, 2013

Seminar Overview

The Seminar is not too much stressful to arrange in both parties which includes the University of Southeastern Philippines – IC (USEP - IC) & Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC) because both are located in the same geographical area and spoke the same dialect. The tour we made in the PSSCC is the benchmark for the entire Field trip and Seminar because it gives us the significance that allows us to give comparison to the visits we made while we are in the manila.                                                                                  

It was early in the morning of October 01, 2013 when we gather to make our tour inside the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC), we meet at exactly 08:00 am in the morning. Thus, I can see that everyone is so excited to enter the establishment because, it is our first and only company visit here in Davao city. Everyone is in complete uniform, for us to be identified and represent our respective school, when we enter the gates, everyone gets more excited because we are proud that the establishment we are about to enter is the product of blood and sweat of the dabawenos, from the local government taxes, inside the establishment, we were not able to take much pictures because, taking pictures inside is prohibited, however; while everyone is very busy, we kept on wondering why is it that there is a sound of a phone camera, every one of us remind each of our batchmates to stop taking pictures, and still the sound of a phone camera continues, we then look around and to our surprise, it was one of their staffs who took pictures of us in our visitation, each one of us was speechless and that was really embarrassing.

While we are still at the room where the cameras are available, we are very much amazed on how advanced and better the technology we have rather than what is available on manila, specifically the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), they have much better storage and more monitors available than what we have seen in the MMDA, to our amazement, even the storage capacity of the servers are far much more better, and for every department there are certain personnel they provide to watch, representing their departments.               

 Day 1

 

Today I went on a seminar to Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC) which is held at Sandawa, Matina, Davao City.

This time it is in favor to us because it is just near and common to us travelling in a familiar place, and in this trip we were able to save ample money, than trip that we made over Manila. PSSCC or Public Safety and Security Command Center is the counter-part of MMDA in Manila or Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in Manila City. Which is a really small office in Manila, the PSSCC in the other hand is a large establishment committed to protecting the Davao City as a whole Entity.

First and thing is first, the learning in here is just unstoppable. There so much things to learn here, we came to the company as early as 8:00 am. I can say that the place is secure because the safety of the place is the most priority, before we enter the establishment, we first undergo a lot log-In to be able to keep or have record on those who came to the establishment incase unwanted very secure place and safety is its main priority.

I can say that everyone is excited, even if it is just in Davao City, it is not expensive than or compared to the company visits and tours in Manila, I believe that it offers the same quality, sometimes even better quality than what we saw or experience in manila, except for the food that we eat in Manila, because that is something that we have been investing since our departure.

The moment we enter the establishment, we were amazed by the available technology that was being promoted by Davao City. I can say that in terms of security, Davao is a better place than Manila City, which is the capital of Philippines. The technology is truly a high-end device which greatly help Davao mitigate crimes, especially traffic related crimes which is often committed along the road.

APPENDIX

The things that I recommend for the improvement of the advance seminar program of USEP is that, the organizers of the field trip and seminars should pick those company that best suit the interest of the participants, especially those that are really in line with our course.

Also, I hope that the company visits will not be in vain and hope that they will truly entertain us in the entire time of our visit, and maybe in every visit, there is a certain seminar that is somehow related to our course, not just the company promoting themselves.

I recommend that for the benefit of the advancement of seminar program in USEP is that it should be more open for the participants and questions should be relevant to the presented subjects.

My advice to those who will take their advance seminar program in the near future is that they should prepare themselves for the upcoming events, they should actively participate in every activities of the seminar to really expose themselves to what the seminar really is all about for them to fully enjoy the seminar; they should stay more focused and serious.

And to those who are gifted with talents of leading their colleagues, they should always be prepared for the possible scenarios, they should also prepare in advance to avoid hassle during their tours.

PICTURES

PSSCC