{"id":100400,"date":"2017-04-29T21:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T01:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=100400"},"modified":"2017-04-29T21:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T01:11:37","slug":"mayor-sara-condemns-npa-attacks-in-davao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/29\/mayor-sara-condemns-npa-attacks-in-davao\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Sara condemns NPA attacks in Davao"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100401\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17800098_1943834869173765_1183031654225363477_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100401\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17800098_1943834869173765_1183031654225363477_n.png\" alt=\"\u201cI take what happened today as a personal insult especially because the local government of Davao City has been supportive of the peace negotiations between the national government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the political umbrella that covers the armed guerrilla movement. And because I have repeatedly offered to talk peace with the members of the NPA within Davao City,\u201d said Mayor Sara in a press statement. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17800098_1943834869173765_1183031654225363477_n.png 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17800098_1943834869173765_1183031654225363477_n-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI take what happened today as a personal insult especially because the local government of Davao City has been supportive of the peace negotiations between the national government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the political umbrella that covers the armed guerrilla movement. And because I have repeatedly offered to talk peace with the members of the NPA within Davao City,\u201d said Mayor Sara in a press statement. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DAVAO CITY\u2013Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has condemned the attacks perpetrated by the New People\u2019s Army (NPA) here early Saturday morning, saying these were acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take what happened today as a personal insult especially because the local government of Davao City has been supportive of the peace negotiations between the national government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the political umbrella that covers the armed guerrilla movement. And because I have repeatedly offered to talk peace with the members of the NPA within Davao City,\u201d said Mayor Sara in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>She also assured Davaoenos that police and security forces were on top of the situation. She ordered that the safety of civilians should be ensured and protected at all times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall pour all the available resources to achieve this end,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor, who personally visited wounded victim, Larry Timbal Buenafe, fish vendor from Barangay 76-A, Agdao. Buenafe was passing along Mandug road to sell fish when an improvised explosive device went off. He sustained injuries in the head.<\/p>\n<p>Early morning Saturday, the NPA attacked the Macondray Plastics Incorporated (MPI) in Barangay Tagpore, Panabo City around 3:30 a.m., burned the Lapanday box plant and plastic plant buildings along Tigatto road in Buhangin; and, Lorenzo Farm in Barangay Pangyan, Calinan<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe condemned these acts committed by a group that pretends to champion social justice and equality,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n<p>The NPA is an organization unworthy of trust and respect, she stressed in her press statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVAO CITY\u2013Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has condemned the attacks perpetrated by the New People\u2019s Army (NPA) here early Saturday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18499,3592,287],"class_list":["post-100400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-davao-city-mayor-sara-duterte-carpio","tag-new-peoples-army","tag-terrorism","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}