{"id":166861,"date":"2018-06-13T01:32:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166861"},"modified":"2018-06-13T01:32:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:32:06","slug":"troops-told-to-keep-hitting-biff-afp-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/13\/troops-told-to-keep-hitting-biff-afp-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops told to keep hitting BIFF: AFP official"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_138050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138050\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AFP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138050\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AFP.jpg\" alt=\"Military units now conducting operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao are ordered to keep on hitting the terrorist group.(Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AFP.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AFP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AFP-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Military units now conducting operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao are ordered to keep on hitting the terrorist group.(Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Military units now conducting operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao are ordered to keep on hitting the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Sustain operations against the) BIFF until\u00a0<em>hindi na sila<\/em>\u00a0<em>makapag<\/em>-conduct ng (they can no longer conduct) counter-offensive and offensive operations,&#8221; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He added that this order was given by AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr. Also, military commanders are ordered to ensure that every operation will result in the ejectment of BIFF in areas where operation are being held.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Binigyan niya ang mga<\/em>\u00a0commanders\u00a0<em>ng mga<\/em>\u00a0(He has given commanders) operational goals and standards\u00a0<em>na dapat may naki<\/em>-clear\u00a0<em>kayo na mga<\/em>\u00a0areas (that there must be areas that are cleared in) every operation,<em>\u00a0so ang ginagawa nya dapat may<\/em>\u00a0(so there must be an) extra push towards operations, extra push towards the positive contribution to the AFP mission, ang AFP mission is to clear all security threats, defeat\u00a0<em>pero<\/em>\u00a0(but), while it is being done,\u00a0<em>meron ding<\/em>\u00a0(there must also be) peace efforts,&#8221; Detoyato added.<\/p>\n<p>Operations against the BIFF started last June 10 after military units bombed suspected terrorist positions, including an improvised explosive device factory near the Linguasan Marsh, Maguindanao.<\/p>\n<p>Military operations have so far neutralized dozens of the BIFF while wounding an undetermined number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Military units now conducting operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao are ordered to keep on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":138050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18684,51849],"class_list":["post-166861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines-afp","tag-bangsamoro-islamic-freedom-fighters-biff","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166861","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=166861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}