{"id":192092,"date":"2018-12-02T06:49:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T11:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=192092"},"modified":"2018-12-02T06:49:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T11:49:54","slug":"new-infantry-division-to-go-after-abu-sayyaf-in-sulu-lorenzana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/02\/new-infantry-division-to-go-after-abu-sayyaf-in-sulu-lorenzana\/","title":{"rendered":"New infantry division to go after Abu Sayyaf in Sulu: Lorenzana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_157106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157106\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0-02-06-2611051dbfae8439017fcf07bdb8a514b93bda0fb944e4c5a17ea9366ca1a54d_full_5aadcc5cc86526_49643885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157106\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0-02-06-2611051dbfae8439017fcf07bdb8a514b93bda0fb944e4c5a17ea9366ca1a54d_full_5aadcc5cc86526_49643885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0-02-06-2611051dbfae8439017fcf07bdb8a514b93bda0fb944e4c5a17ea9366ca1a54d_full_5aadcc5cc86526_49643885.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0-02-06-2611051dbfae8439017fcf07bdb8a514b93bda0fb944e4c5a17ea9366ca1a54d_full_5aadcc5cc86526_49643885-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Lorenzana issued the statement Thursday to belie Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria &#8220;Joma&#8221; Sison&#8217;s claims that President Rodrigo Duterte and &#8220;pro-US militarists&#8221; in the security cluster of his cabinet are destabilizing their own regime. (Photo courtesy: PTV via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Another infantry division will be created, and the unit will be deployed in Sulu to neutralize the Abu Sayyaf terror threat once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in an interview with reporters late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He added the unit will provide permanent military presence in the province.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to create another division. We will have permanent presence in Sulu and eliminate once and for all itong (this) Abu Sayyaf (threat),&#8221; Lorenzana said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to recruit more people for that division,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>As of this posting, the Philippine Army is composed of 10 infantry divisions, one mechanized infantry division, artillery regiment and various support units.<\/p>\n<p>A Philippine infantry division normally consists of 5,000 to 6,000 officers and enlisted personnel.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered the beefing up of troops in Sulu after a clash with Abu Sayyaf terrorists left five soldiers dead and several others wounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Another infantry division will be created, and the unit will be deployed in Sulu to neutralize the Abu Sayyaf &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":157106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192092","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\/192092","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=192092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}