{"id":145105,"date":"2018-01-10T02:52:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145105"},"modified":"2018-01-10T02:52:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:52:43","slug":"us-allocates-additional-6-million-to-support-marawi-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/10\/us-allocates-additional-6-million-to-support-marawi-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"US allocates additional $6 million to support Marawi rehab"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118866\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PH25-MORANDANTE3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118866\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PH25-MORANDANTE3.jpg\" alt=\"President Rodrigo Roa Duterte meets with US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim in Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 20, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO\" width=\"1350\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PH25-MORANDANTE3.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PH25-MORANDANTE3-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PH25-MORANDANTE3-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PH25-MORANDANTE3-1024x659.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo Roa Duterte meets with US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim in Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 20, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The United States (US) government is allocating an additional $6 million or P330 million to support the rehabilitation program for the war-damaged Marawi City that was attacked by ISIS-inspired Maute group in May 2017, US Ambassador Sung Kim announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am happy to announce today that we are allocating $6 million to help the most vulnerable population in Marawi. We&#8217;re talking about young children [and the] elderly,&#8221; Kim said in an interview over GMA News&#8217; News To Go.<\/p>\n<p>The aid will be an addition to the initial $20 million pledged by the US government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re coming up with some programs that are really focused on their needs, such as vocational training, and other educational-related programs,&#8221; Kim said.<\/p>\n<p>Kim said in a statement that the additional funds, which is given through United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will support some of the most vulnerable populations affected by the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States is deeply committed to supporting our friend and ally in long-term recovery efforts to ensure a brighter and more peaceful future for the people of Mindanao,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked on United States&#8217; possible greater military presence in the Philippines, Kim said, \u201cI don\u2019t want to make any wild predictions, I think what\u2019s important is we are continuing a very strong alliance that is built on decades of trust and friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US has earlier donated ammunition and weapons deliveries to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the enhancement of the AFP\u2019s counter-terrorism capabilities, and to directly support AFP members actively engaged in counter-terrorism operations in the southern Philippines, including Marawi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States (US) government is allocating an additional $6 million or P330 million to support the rehabilitation program for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":118866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24157,1145,95],"tags":[42586,42587,42585,17257],"class_list":["post-145105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-american-news","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-additional-6-million","tag-rehabilitation-program-for-the-war-damaged-marawi-city","tag-united-states-us-government","tag-us-ambassador-sung-kim","mauthors-michealina-vallarta-david","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145105","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=145105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}