{"id":118463,"date":"2017-09-19T02:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118463"},"modified":"2017-09-19T02:15:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:15:05","slug":"fr-chito-soganub-rescued-not-released-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/19\/fr-chito-soganub-rescued-not-released-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Chito Soganub rescued, not released: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Father Teresito Soganub (pictured above in a photo dated March 2014) was last seen in May in a video, apparently taken under duress by the militants, where he said he was with about 200 other hostages and that his captors wanted the military to withdraw its forces from Marawi. (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said Father Teresito “Chito” Soganub was rescued by the military and not released through backdoor negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know si Father Soganub, hindi ito ni-release ha. He was liberated through a special operation. Talagang tinutok ito siya. Because separate-separate sila eh. Ibig sabihin ginapang \u2018yan ng mga special forces o \u2018yung mga Ranger,\u201d Duterte said during a chance interview following his visit to the wake of a slain policeman in Caloocan City.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said that it was impossible for the Catholic priest to be released through negotiations with the Islamic State-inspired Maute group, as the government is keen on neutralizing all terrorists in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will not even agree to look at them. I said, naintindihan niyo ako noon pa? This will not end until the last terrorist is taken out. And that is my order to the Armed Forces pati to the police. Hanggang \u2018yung katapusang tao doon na masama,\u201d Duterte said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suganob, the vicar general of Marawi City’s Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians, was among the scores of people taken hostage by pro-IS extremists last May. He and another hostage were rescued by the military last Saturday, September 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Armed Forces spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., the number of hostages in Marawi City is around 40 to 60 based on the last report of Joint Task Force Marawi.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the rescue of all hostages is the primary goal of state forces in all their operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery life in the area who are supposed to be rescued are important. Even if there is one remaining hostage or one remaining hostage, or two, or three, or what have you, each life is critical and is very important. And the troops have this in their primary consideration during operation,\u201d Padilla said during Monday\u2019s Mindanao Hour briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang. (PNA)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said Father Teresito “Chito” Soganub was rescued by the military and not released …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":118243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[6054,24247],"class_list":["post-118463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-duterte","tag-fr-chito-soganub","mauthors-jose-cielito-reganit","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118463","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=118463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}