{"id":137818,"date":"2017-12-10T01:24:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T06:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=137818"},"modified":"2017-12-10T01:24:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T06:24:53","slug":"afp-receives-p1-m-aid-for-kin-of-slain-troops-in-marawi-siege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/10\/afp-receives-p1-m-aid-for-kin-of-slain-troops-in-marawi-siege\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP receives P1-M aid for kin of slain troops in Marawi siege"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104755\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Armed-Forces-of-the-Philippines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104755\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Armed-Forces-of-the-Philippines.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: AFP Vice Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Melchor Mison Jr., received the PHP1-million cheque in a simple ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City last week. (Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Armed-Forces-of-the-Philippines.jpg 850w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Armed-Forces-of-the-Philippines-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Armed-Forces-of-the-Philippines-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: AFP Vice Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Melchor Mison Jr., received the PHP1-million cheque in a simple ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City last week. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmedForcesofthePhilippineRepublic\/photos\/a.159362090890027.1073741829.136148333211403\/787093668116863\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmedForcesofthePhilippineRepublic\/\">Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0A local charity institution and a beverage company donated PHP1 million for the families of troops who were killed-in-action during the five-month Marawi siege, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>AFP Vice Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Melchor Mison Jr., received the PHP1-million cheque in a simple ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foundation and beverage company, who requested to remain anonymous despite the large amount of donation, also pledged to support the AFP\u2019s educational program that will benefit dependents of soldiers, especially those of combat casualties,\u201d AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>This was the third time that they donated for the beneficiaries of soldiers who were killed-in-action in Marawi, Arevalo said.<\/p>\n<p>The donation has been deposited in the AFP\u2019s Marawi Casualty Landbank account which was opened in June in order to extend assistance to the families of troops who died in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vice Chief of Staff AFP expressed gratitude on behalf of the soldiers and their families who will benefit from the donation,\u201d Arevalo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AFP is immensely grateful for the gestures of generosity and kindness of these donors and many others who selflessly and silently give their material and monetary support to our soldiers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014\u00a0A local charity institution and a beverage company donated PHP1 million for the families of troops who were killed-in-action during &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":104755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[37996,18684],"class_list":["post-137818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-afp-receives-p1-m-aid-for-kin-of-slain-troops-in-marawi-siege","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines-afp","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137818","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=137818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}