{"id":111391,"date":"2017-08-11T02:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111391"},"modified":"2017-08-11T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:16:24","slug":"senate-to-build-special-committee-for-marawi-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/11\/senate-to-build-special-committee-for-marawi-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to build special committee for Marawi restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111428\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111428\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg\" alt=\"Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III filed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 457 that suggested the establishment of the Senate Special Committee on Marawi (Photo: By Albert Calvelo - Public Relation and Information Bureau (original here), Senate of the Philippines, Public Domain)\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=49078571\">Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III filed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 457 that suggested the establishment of the Senate Special Committee on Marawi (Photo: By Albert Calvelo &#8211; Public Relation and Information Bureau (original here), Senate of the Philippines, Public Domain)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Senate of the Philippines on Wednesday has supported a resolution forming a special committee that will center on the restoration of Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III filed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 457 that suggested the establishment of the Senate Special Committee on Marawi which will be assigned to study, review, assess, examine, investigate, and inquire into matters relating to the rebuilding of besieged Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extent of the damage sustained by Marawi City and the large number of displaced citizens caused by the rebellion requires a well-coordinated large-scale rebuilding effort on the part of the government,\u201d Pimentel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the Senate\u2019s contribution to President Duterte\u2019s call for full support, assistance, and cooperation for Task Force Bangon Marawi,\u201d the senator added.<\/p>\n<p>Under the resolution, the members will also investigate the extent of damage to the properties, infrastructure, and facilities, such as roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, buildings, and other structures in Marawi City. \u00a0After settling the plan, the committee will also estimate how much funding will be needed for the reconstruction and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee will focus on the cost. After finalizing the plans for Marawi\u2026and (when) we have found the money to finance the plan and set aside the money, that ad hoc committee will dissolve by itself,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Gringo Honasan II will chair the committee along with Senators Joseph Victor &#8220;JV&#8221; Ejercito, Paolo Benigno &#8220;Bam&#8221; Aquino IV, Grace Poe, and Panfilo &#8220;Ping&#8221; \u00a0Lacson as members.<\/p>\n<p>On May 23, The Maute terrorist group started a rebellion by attacking Marawi City. As of July 1, reports revealed that around 389,300 individuals have been displaced in the said city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate of the Philippines on Wednesday has supported a resolution forming a special committee that will center on the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[21023,21024],"class_list":["post-111391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-marawi-rehab","tag-senate-special-committee","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111391","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=111391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}