{"id":193734,"date":"2018-12-12T22:12:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T03:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=193734"},"modified":"2018-12-12T22:12:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T03:12:43","slug":"gains-in-new-bangsamoro-region-ensured-madrigal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/12\/gains-in-new-bangsamoro-region-ensured-madrigal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gains in new Bangsamoro region ensured: Madrigal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_190169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190169\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/0-02-06-66bf04de74cd1d3a385157dba8a04638e937a4aa21847a58e3cf5ecb681e9785beb8c7b0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190169\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/0-02-06-66bf04de74cd1d3a385157dba8a04638e937a4aa21847a58e3cf5ecb681e9785beb8c7b0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/0-02-06-66bf04de74cd1d3a385157dba8a04638e937a4aa21847a58e3cf5ecb681e9785beb8c7b0.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/0-02-06-66bf04de74cd1d3a385157dba8a04638e937a4aa21847a58e3cf5ecb681e9785beb8c7b0-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo R. Duterte receives a token from incoming Army commander Brigadier General Macairog Alberto (middle) and Eastern Mindanao Command Commander Lieutenant General Benjamin Madrigal. (File photo\/PPD via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; All efforts will be exerted to ensure that the gains made in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are sustained.<\/p>\n<p>This was emphasized by newly-installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal during his assumption speech Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to sustain our gains in the BARMM by ensuring the successful implementation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to usher in a new era of stability and progress in the area,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The BOL plebiscite will take place on January 21 and February 6 next year.<\/p>\n<p>Madrigal also said the pace to diminish the existence of terrorist cells and other armed spoilers of peace will continue in order to protect people and communities from them.<\/p>\n<p>This is now being done through the countering violent extremism initiatives, with the support of concerned agencies and the Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p>Madrigal replaced Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr., his mistah at the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1985, who retired after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-appointed AFP chief, the 51st, served notably as 4th Infantry Division commander, Southern Luzon Command and Eastern Mindanao Command chief.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment as next AFP chief was approved last Dec. 5 by President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>Madrigal is set to retire on September 28, 2019.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; All efforts will be exerted to ensure that the gains made in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":190169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193734","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\/193734","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=193734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}