{"id":199898,"date":"2019-01-29T22:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199898"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:10:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:10:19","slug":"duterte-calls-reelectionist-jv-ejercito-my-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/29\/duterte-calls-reelectionist-jv-ejercito-my-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte calls reelectionist JV Ejercito \u2018my candidate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199900\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50120415_2344459745564026_7500291927191846912_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199900\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50120415_2344459745564026_7500291927191846912_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50120415_2344459745564026_7500291927191846912_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50120415_2344459745564026_7500291927191846912_n-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50120415_2344459745564026_7500291927191846912_n-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Senator JV Ejercito,\u00a0kandidato ko rin siya\u00a0(he&#8217;s also my candidate),&#8221; Duterte said in his speech during Tuesday\u2019s groundbreaking of the new site of San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital in Malabon City. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenJVEjercito\/photos\/a.2344448248898509\/2344459738897360\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenJVEjercito\/\">JV Ejercito\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 After previously endorsing several candidates, President Rodrigo R. Duterte also endorsed the candidacy of reelectionist Senator Joseph Victor \u2018JV\u2019 Ejercito for the 2019 mid-term polls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Senator JV Ejercito,\u00a0<em>kandidato ko rin siya<\/em>\u00a0(he&#8217;s also my candidate),&#8221; Duterte said in his speech during Tuesday\u2019s groundbreaking of the new site of San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital in Malabon City.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte cited Ejercito as one of those who pushed for land reform in Boracay.<\/p>\n<p>In the same event, Duterte reiterated his support for the senatorial bid of his former top aide Christopher Lawrence &#8220;Bong&#8221; Go.<\/p>\n<p>Go, former Philippine National Police chief Ronald &#8220;Bato&#8221; dela Rosa, and former Presidential Political Affairs Adviser Francis Tolentino, were the first senatorial candidates endorsed by Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>The President earlier endorsed the senatorial bids of incumbent Senators Sonny Angara and Cynthia Villar, Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano, Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, and folk singer Freddie Aguilar.<\/p>\n<p>The President has assured the country of a peaceful conduct of elections and a politically-neutral military and police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 After previously endorsing several candidates, President Rodrigo R. Duterte also endorsed the candidacy of reelectionist Senator Joseph Victor \u2018JV\u2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":199900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-earl-jed-roque","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199898","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=199898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}