{"id":162175,"date":"2018-04-30T05:58:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T09:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162175"},"modified":"2018-04-30T05:58:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T09:58:23","slug":"ensure-peaceful-may-1-activities-afp-tells-labor-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/30\/ensure-peaceful-may-1-activities-afp-tells-labor-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensure peaceful May 1 activities, AFP tells labor groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109451\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109451\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;We call on our brothers and sisters from the labor sectors to be one with us in observing Labor Day in a peaceful and orderly way. We encourage everyone to conduct a non-violent and constructive dialogue with the government instread of rallies in the street that usually cause severe traffic and disrupt the normal activities of people; and sometimes violence,&quot; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bienvenido Datuin said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency Monday. (PNA photo)\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2.jpg 225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;We call on our brothers and sisters from the labor sectors to be one with us in observing Labor Day in a peaceful and orderly way. We encourage everyone to conduct a non-violent and constructive dialogue with the government instread of rallies in the street that usually cause severe traffic and disrupt the normal activities of people; and sometimes violence,&#8221; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bienvenido Datuin said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency Monday. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday appealed to various groups to observe Labor Day in a peaceful and orderly manner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call on our brothers and sisters from the labor sectors to be one with us in observing Labor Day in a peaceful and orderly way. We encourage everyone to conduct a non-violent and constructive dialogue with the government instread of rallies in the street that usually cause severe traffic and disrupt the normal activities of people; and sometimes violence,&#8221; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bienvenido Datuin said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Datuin said the AFP takes particular concern on the activities of the New People&#8217;s Army who are notorious in disrupting peace and sowing violence and disorder during public gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>While no security threats have been monitored during the annual observance, the AFP spokesperson said the military will continue to perform its mandate to protect the well-being and the rights of the Filipinos, especially the labor sector in the shared goal of achieving peace and development in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, we cannot discount the possibility that some groups may take advantage of the situation, thus, the AFP will take proactive measures to protect our citizens,&#8221; Datuin stressed.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the deployment of the military&#8217;s Joint Task Force-National Capital Region to ensure that peace and order will reign in Metro Manila during Labor Day on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Units in the provinces are also in support to the PNP and ready to respond to possible threats that may arise during the occassion,&#8221; the AFP spokesperson pointed out.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday appealed to various groups to observe Labor Day in a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[3243,2278],"class_list":["post-162175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-afp","tag-labor-day","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162175","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=162175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}