 President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, assisted by Presidential Security Group (PSG) Commander Colonel Ramon Mateo Dizon, presents the Plaque of Recognition to Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin during the 25th Founding Anniversary of PSG at the Malacaņang Park's Grandstand Tuesday March 01, 2011. In 1986, former President Corazon C. Aquino disbanded the Presidential Security Command (PSC) and replaced it with the leaner PSG with then Army Colonel Gazmin as its first Group Commander. The PSG, is the lead agency tasked in providing security to the President of the Philippines and the First Family. They also provide protective security to visiting Heads of States and diplomats. (Photo by: Gil Nartea / Malacaņang Photo Bureau) |