{"id":112851,"date":"2017-08-18T05:19:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T09:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=112851"},"modified":"2017-08-18T05:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T09:19:14","slug":"legarda-condemns-barcelona-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/18\/legarda-condemns-barcelona-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Legarda condemns Barcelona terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112859\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Loren1011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112859\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Loren1011.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cWe stand with the people of Spain and the international community in condemning the terrorist attack that has claimed innocent lives in Barcelona,\u201d Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said in a statement. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Loren1011.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Loren1011-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe stand with the people of Spain and the international community in condemning the terrorist attack that has claimed innocent lives in Barcelona,\u201d Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said in a statement. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Senator Loren Legarda on Friday condemned the recent terror attack in Barcelona, Spain and stood in solidarity with families of the victims following the incident that left four Irish citizens of Filipino descent injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with the people of Spain and the international community in condemning the terrorist attack that has claimed innocent lives in Barcelona,\u201d Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and prayers go to those whose loved ones perished and wish a speedy recovery to the injured\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legarda described the attacks as \u201catrocious and cowardly\u201d and stressed that the act had no place in civilized and peace loving societies.<\/p>\n<p>She further said that such acts only \u201cstrengthen\u201d people\u2019s resolve to defeat the so-called attack against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The senator, meanwhile, urged overseas Filipinos to remain vigilant and for embassies and consulates to assume readiness.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) showed that a vehicle plowed through pedestrians in Barcelona\u2019s Las Ramblas tourist district on Thursday, leaving at least 13 people dead and more than 100 injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Senator Loren Legarda on Friday condemned the recent terror attack in Barcelona, Spain and stood in solidarity with families &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[11458],"class_list":["post-112851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-legarda","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112851","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=112851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}