{"id":191832,"date":"2018-11-30T04:45:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T09:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=191832"},"modified":"2018-11-30T04:45:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T09:45:07","slug":"ph-navy-recognizes-bonifacios-role-in-quest-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/30\/ph-navy-recognizes-bonifacios-role-in-quest-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"PH Navy recognizes Bonifacio&#8217;s role in quest for freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165913\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rim-of-the-Pacific.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165913\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rim-of-the-Pacific.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rim-of-the-Pacific.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rim-of-the-Pacific-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Your Navy recognizes the distinct contribution of the Father of the Katipunan and acknowledges his deeds and ultimate sacrifice for the price of freedom. His boldness, patriotism and vision for a better nation are virtues that are alive and well within the AFP and your Navy,&#8221; Zata said. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Did you know that one of the Philippine Navy&#8217;s ships was named after Katipunan founder, Gat Andres Bonifacio, who would have been 155 years old today?<\/p>\n<p>Navy Spokesperson Commander Jonathan Zata said one of the three Gregorio Del Pilar frigates, formerly Hamilton-class cutters acquired from the US from 2011 to 2016, was named after the hero in honor of his contribution to the country&#8217;s quest for freedom during the Spanish colonial rule.<\/p>\n<p>The BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17), the sister ship of BRP Gregorio Del Pilar (FF-15) and BRP Ramon Alcaraz (FF-16) arrived in the Philippines on Dec. 9, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your Navy recognizes the distinct contribution of the Father of the Katipunan and acknowledges his deeds and ultimate sacrifice for the price of freedom. His boldness, patriotism and vision for a better nation are virtues that are alive and well within the AFP and your Navy,&#8221; Zata said.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 30, 1863, Bonifacio, the father of the Philippine Revolution, was born in Tondo, Manila.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the founders of Katipunan and later became its\u00a0<em>Supremo<\/em>\u00a0(Supreme Leader). The Katipunan was a movement that sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule in the late 1800s.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Did you know that one of the Philippine Navy&#8217;s ships was named after Katipunan founder, Gat Andres Bonifacio, who &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":165913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191832","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}