{"id":129677,"date":"2017-11-08T22:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=129677"},"modified":"2017-11-08T22:54:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:54:56","slug":"vigilance-cooperation-needed-to-curb-terrorism-lorenzana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/08\/vigilance-cooperation-needed-to-curb-terrorism-lorenzana\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigilance, cooperation needed to curb terrorism: Lorenzana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112285\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112285\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg\" alt=\"This was emphasized by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by the PNA Wednesday on whether the ongoing conflict in densely-packed Marawi City, where Maute Group terrorists converted concrete houses and buildings into fortified fighting positions, necessitates the acquisition of a main battle tank fleet. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Despite the victory of government troops against the Maute Group terrorists in Marawi City, every Filipino must remain vigilant to prevent terror threats.<\/p>\n<p>This was emphasized by Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana who said that containing terrorism is a shared responsibility of everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Marawi Siege indeed serves as a reminder that guarding our nation from the perils of terrorism is a shared responsibility and that all of us must be vigilant,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the five-month battle against the Maute Group is a wake-up call that we must invest more on improving our capabilities and modernizing our equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Around 923 Maute Group terrorists and their allies were killed in the five-month campaign against the terror group which started last May 23.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, 165 soldiers and police officers were killed in the offensive which ended only on October 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Despite the victory of government troops against the Maute Group terrorists in Marawi City, every Filipino must remain vigilant &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[12748,3413,22530,16762,287],"class_list":["post-129677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-delfin-lorenzana","tag-department-of-national-defense","tag-marawi-siege","tag-maute-group","tag-terrorism","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129677","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=129677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}