{"id":103674,"date":"2017-05-23T19:01:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103674"},"modified":"2017-05-23T19:01:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T23:01:18","slug":"martial-law-in-mindanao-necessary-to-suppress-lawless-violence-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/23\/martial-law-in-mindanao-necessary-to-suppress-lawless-violence-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Martial law in Mindanao necessary to suppress lawless violence \u2013 Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103675\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mindanao_Red.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103675\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mindanao_Red-192x300.png\" alt=\"Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Mindanao island under martial law to suppress terrorist groups from wreaking further havoc in Southern Philippines. (Photo: JL 09\/ Wikipedia)\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mindanao_Red-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mindanao_Red-768x1198.png 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mindanao_Red-656x1024.png 656w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mindanao_Red.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Mindanao island under martial law to suppress terrorist groups from wreaking further havoc in Southern Philippines. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\"> JL 09\/ Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Mindanao island under martial law to suppress terrorist groups from wreaking further havoc in Southern Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to suppress lawless violence and rebellion and for public safety, it is necessary to declare Martial Law in the entire island of Mindanao, including Sulu, Jolo and Tawi-Tawi for a period of 60 days,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is in full control of the situation and is fully aware that the Maute\/ISIS and similar groups have the capability, though limited, to disturb the peace; these have shown no hesitation in causing havoc, taking innocent lives and destroying property,\u201d Abella added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Malaca\u00f1ang said that foremost in President Duterte\u2019s mind is the nation\u2019s interest and asked for public calm and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us be clear that first and foremost, the President&#8217;s priority is the nation&#8217;s interest. He has full confidence in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police\u2019s management of the situation. We ask that the residents take all precaution, cooperate with authorities, and stay calm,\u201d Abella said.<\/p>\n<p>President Duterte declared the entire Mindanao island under martial law following clashes between government troops and members of the Maute group in Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>The development also prompted Duterte to cut short his official visit to Moscow and fly back home at the soonest.<\/p>\n<p>The violence started Tuesday afternoon after the military conducted operations to flush out Isnilon Hapilon, a top terrorist suspect, from his hideout in Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that two soldiers and one police officer were killed, while 12 others were wounded in the ongoing clashes.<\/p>\n<p>Several facilities were also torched by the terror group including St. Mary\u2019s Church, the city jail, the Ninoy Aquino School, and Dansalan College.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Mindanao island under martial law to suppress terrorist groups &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[19443,978,3195,581],"class_list":["post-103674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-lawless-violence","tag-malacanang","tag-martial-law","tag-mindanao","mauthors-cielito-m-reganit","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103674","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=103674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}