{"id":199543,"date":"2019-01-27T20:51:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T01:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199543"},"modified":"2019-01-27T20:51:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T01:51:17","slug":"govt-to-determine-if-jolo-bombing-linked-to-bol-esperon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/27\/govt-to-determine-if-jolo-bombing-linked-to-bol-esperon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to determine if Jolo bombing linked to BOL: Esperon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_188937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188937\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188937\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ph10-050417_cado-3-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esperon emphasized that the explosions took place after the plebiscite on the ratification of the law seeking to create a Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). (PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Sunday said that the government is still trying to determine if the twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu is related to the recently ratified Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have yet to establish if the two explosions are related to the all-important BOL,\u201d Esperon told reporters in a message.<\/p>\n<p>Esperon emphasized that the explosions took place after the plebiscite on the ratification of the law seeking to create a Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to add that the explosion comes after the success of the plebiscite for the BOL,\u201d Esperon said.<\/p>\n<p>He, meanwhile, described the suspects as \u201cmass murderers\u201d, stressing that the BOL is meant to end the secessionist narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BOL signifies the end of war for secession. It stands for peace in Mindanao,\u201d Esperon said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators are mass murderers. They are extremist criminals. We will not allow them to spoil the preference of the people for peace,\u201d he added, stressing that peace must prevail over war.<\/p>\n<p>Esperon assured that security forces have tightened up the systems to secure Sulu and the rest of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>The bombing, which took place inside and outside a Roman Catholic church in Jolo, Sulu, left at least 20 people dead and several others wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Malaca\u00f1ang earlier condemned the attack and expressed sympathies to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo vowed of government action to identify and punish the group behind the blast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Sunday said that the government is still trying to determine if the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":188937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199543","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=199543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}