{"id":174590,"date":"2018-08-02T02:09:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T06:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174590"},"modified":"2018-08-02T02:09:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T06:09:41","slug":"go-assures-prompt-aid-lamitan-blast-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/02\/go-assures-prompt-aid-lamitan-blast-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Go assures prompt aid to Lamitan blast victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_167015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167015\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167015\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cImmediate\u00a0po yan. Automatic\u00a0po yan magpapadala po kaagad tayo ng tulong sa mga sundalo\u00a0at CAFGU , also the wounded.\u00a0Aasikasuhin kaagad \u2018yan,\u201d\u00a0Go told reporters during a visit to the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cKuya Bong\u201d Go on Wednesday assured prompt assistance from Malaca\u00f1ang to the victims of the bombing of a military checkpoint in Lamitan, Basilan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediate<em>\u00a0po yan<\/em>. Automatic<em>\u00a0po yan magpapadala po kaagad tayo ng tulong sa mga sundalo<\/em>\u00a0at CAFGU (Civilian Armed Force Geographical Unit) also the wounded.\u00a0<em>Aasikasuhin kaagad \u2018yan,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Go told reporters during a visit to the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>Go said President Rodrigo Duterte held a command conference on the incident and the Chief Executive originally planned to fly to the area to condole with the families of the victims<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The President ) planned to go Lamitan, (but)\u00a0<em>mga naging biktima<\/em>\u00a0are all Muslims\u00a0<em>at nailibing na kaagad<\/em>\u00a0(the victims are all Muslims so they were buried immediately),\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n<p>Go also brushed aside speculations about the possibility of expanding martial law or a state of national emergency following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He said the whole of Mindanao is still under martial law until the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The PNP leadership vowed to go after those behind the bombing of a CAFGU detachment in Lamitan City, Basilan Tuesday morning, which resulted in the deaths of 10 persons, including the alleged bomber.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion took place at 5:50 a.m. near the Magwakit Detachment in Barangay Colonia, Lamitan City.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said troops in the area intercepted a white van carrying improvised explosives devices (IEDs).<\/p>\n<p>While the vehicle was being inspected by authorities, the van suddenly exploded.<\/p>\n<p>Wounded during the blast were a CAFGU member and six soldiers of the 9th Scout Ranger Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cKuya Bong\u201d Go on Wednesday assured prompt assistance from Malaca\u00f1ang to the victims &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":167015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-benjamin-pulta","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174590","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=174590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}