{"id":159991,"date":"2018-04-15T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T05:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=159991"},"modified":"2018-04-15T01:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T05:23:00","slug":"military-to-ensure-peaceful-may-village-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/15\/military-to-ensure-peaceful-may-village-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Military to ensure peaceful May village polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158871\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0-02-06-9452500fe5f36f9bbbcd59c17c761f791cedd9e3bf033059584837f77faf564d_full_5ac5c37093b0a8_00423635.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158871\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0-02-06-9452500fe5f36f9bbbcd59c17c761f791cedd9e3bf033059584837f77faf564d_full_5ac5c37093b0a8_00423635.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The AFP supports the administration in all its efforts and initiatives to bring just and lasting peace and development for the country,&quot; Datuin said Thursday. (PNA photo)\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was emphasized by AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bienvenido Datuin (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will coordinate with concerned authorities to ensure a peaceful and orderly Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on May 14.<\/p>\n<p>This was emphasized by AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bienvenido Datuin in a text message Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The AFP in coordination with the Comelec (Commission on Elections) and the PNP (Philippine National Police) will work for an honest, orderly and peaceful Barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan election,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Datuin said AFP personnel can be deputized to set up checkpoints and monitor cities and municipalities to curb security threats and election-related violence.<\/p>\n<p>During the May 2016 national elections, the AFP launched its National Election Monitoring Center (NEMC) which utilized information-related capabilities to monitor the preparations for and the actual conduct of elections and the canvassing process.<\/p>\n<p>It also monitored election-related violence especially in identified election watch areas and provided necessary data for decision-making and execution of the Comelec and its deputized agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Consolidated efforts of the AFP to secure the elections were coursed through its Unified Commands and the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region.<\/p>\n<p>Operations related to the security of the election were also done in coordination with the Joint Security Coordination Centers at the regional, provincial, and independent city levels.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Comelec started accepting certificates of candidacies of persons vying for elective barangay posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will coordinate with concerned authorities to ensure a peaceful and orderly Barangay &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":158871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3244,11460,47529,10397,22987],"class_list":["post-159991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-barangay-elections","tag-bienvenido-datuin","tag-commission-on-elections","tag-sangguniang-kabataan-elections","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159991","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=159991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}