{"id":138986,"date":"2017-12-14T00:21:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T05:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=138986"},"modified":"2025-01-13T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:05:33","slug":"prrd-calls-for-national-unity-to-tackle-phs-most-pressing-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/14\/prrd-calls-for-national-unity-to-tackle-phs-most-pressing-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD calls for national unity to tackle PH&#8217;s most pressing challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_138384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138384\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rodrigo-Duterte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138384\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rodrigo-Duterte.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rodrigo-Duterte.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rodrigo-Duterte-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rodrigo-Duterte-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rodrigo-Duterte-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, December 13, called for unity amid major problems such as the Mindanao secession, illegal drugs and the communists.<\/p>\n<p>During the PDP-Laban\u2019s Christmas benefit dinner for Marawi City held in Pasay City, the President identified these concerns as the most pressing problems that require urgent attention.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zepbound online <a href=\"https:\/\/orthosummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zepbound.html\">https:\/\/orthosummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zepbound.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The President warned that the Mindanao problem will explode one day if nothing is done. He said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wants territory that may require amending the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>His administration is also talking peace with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Given the present Mindanao situation and the Islamic extremism that rages in the Middle East, the President said ISIS-linked groups who lost territories in the Middle East may go to Mindanao to foment trouble, which threatens the country&#8217;s security and law and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the aim of the PDP is really to get a consensus if we can have a structure at least maski drawing to preserve&#8230; ito maski drawing lang o&#8230; then we have to restructure,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on his political opponents and the media organizations critical of his administration to join him in addressing these national concerns in order for the country not to end up being dismembered.<\/p>\n<p>Also during Wednesday\u2019s event, President Duterte renewed his commitment to fight corruption in government, the spread of illegal drugs, as well as criminality.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP-Laban held the fundraising Christmas dinner at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City as part of its efforts to help rebuild war-torn Marawi City.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"https:\/\/orthosummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zithromax.html\">https:\/\/orthosummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The proceeds of Wednesday\u2019s Christmas fundraiser will be donated for the reconstruction of Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraising campaign was led by President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, who is also the party\u2019s secretary general.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/orthosummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html\">https:\/\/orthosummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 guests, including members of Congress, Cabinet secretaries, local chief executives and other high-ranking government officials attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP-Laban has been active in Marawi City\u2019s rebuilding efrorts since day one of the conflict through its humanitarian arm, PDP-Laban Cares. It supported the people of Marawi Ciy through its aid operations.<\/p>\n<p>Last December 5, a team from PDP-Laban Cares distributed more than 1,500 holiday packages and boxes of fruits to Maranao families.\u00a0<em><strong>(PND)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, December 13, called for unity amid major problems such as the Mindanao secession, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":138384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[38790,13135],"class_list":["post-138986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-national-unity","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138986","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=138986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283841,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138986\/revisions\/283841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}