{"id":102638,"date":"2017-05-16T19:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=102638"},"modified":"2017-05-16T19:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:30:39","slug":"350-army-troops-deployed-for-brigada-eskwela-in-metro-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/16\/350-army-troops-deployed-for-brigada-eskwela-in-metro-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"350 Army troops deployed for &#8216;Brigada Eskwela&#8217; in Metro Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102641\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17630054_1846018222313394_5799931516077368893_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102641\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17630054_1846018222313394_5799931516077368893_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"With public school opening just a few weeks away, the Philippine Army (PA) on Tuesday announced it has deployed 350 soldiers to help in the ongoing &quot;Brigada Ekswela&quot; activities in 38 schools in Metro Manila. (Photo:Philippine Army\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17630054_1846018222313394_5799931516077368893_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17630054_1846018222313394_5799931516077368893_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17630054_1846018222313394_5799931516077368893_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17630054_1846018222313394_5799931516077368893_n-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With public school opening just a few weeks away, the Philippine Army (PA) on Tuesday announced it has deployed 350 soldiers to help in the ongoing &#8220;Brigada Ekswela&#8221; activities in 38 schools in Metro Manila. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/PhilippineArmy2028\"> Philippine Army\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013With public school opening just a few weeks away, the Philippine Army (PA) on Tuesday announced it has deployed 350 soldiers to help in the ongoing &#8220;Brigada Ekswela&#8221; activities in 38 schools in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brigada Eskwela&#8221; formally started on May 15 and will end on the 20th.<\/p>\n<p>PA spokesperson Lt. Col. Ray Tiongson said these troops will help teachers and parents in minor repairs, repainting, and cleaning of schools.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the situation, the soldiers can also assist in masonry, carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical and other services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brigada Eskwela, also known as the National Schools Maintenance Program, is a yearly project of the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s theme this year is \u201cIsang DepEd, Isang Pamayanan, Isang Bayanihan Para sa Handa at Ligtas na Paaralan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013With public school opening just a few weeks away, the Philippine Army (PA) on Tuesday announced it has deployed 350 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[19154,2176],"class_list":["post-102638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-brigada-eskwela","tag-philippine-army","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102638","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=102638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}