{"id":241111,"date":"2019-12-30T14:27:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241111"},"modified":"2019-12-30T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:27:59","slug":"17-pinoys-flee-after-residence-in-libya-taken-over-by-armed-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/30\/17-pinoys-flee-after-residence-in-libya-taken-over-by-armed-men\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Pinoys flee after residence in Libya taken over by armed men"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_209399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209399\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3195_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209399\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3195_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3195_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3195_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3195_1-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE&#8221; Minister Elmer G. Cato in front of Embassy officers and staff during the flag raising ceremony in commemoration of the 116th anniversary of Philippine Independence. (Embassy Photo by Majalya Fernando)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>Seventeen Filipinos, including five minors, fled to safer area after the residential building they were staying in at Salahuddin was taken over by armed men, the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli reported Monday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires Elmer Cato said they are now staying with relatives and friends in other parts of Libya.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The embassy then called on Filipinos near the frontlines to remain vigilant and relocate to safer places.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The Philippine Embassy in Tripoli reiterated its call for Filipinos in the Libyan capital near where fighting has been taking place to evacuate immediately to avoid getting caught in the crossfire,&#8221; the Embassy said in an advisory.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Since April, conflicts continue to grip parts of Libya after a military campaign to capture Tripoli was launched by Gen. Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The embassy urged some 400 Filipinos residing or working in other areas near the fighting to prepare for evacuation in case these clashes spill over to their locations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The embassy has not received any reports of Filipino casualties in the fighting on the ground as well as air strikes that have targeted not only Tripoli but also the cities of Misrata, Zawiyah, Zliten, and Missalata.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Cato said they are closely monitoring two hospitals near the clashes which were previously hit by artillery fire.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said Filipinos who may be displaced by the fighting and have no place to go can seek shelter at the embassy, or opt for repatriation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A total of 149 Filipinos have so far been repatriated since the conflict in Tripoli erupted almost nine months ago.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0Seventeen Filipinos, including five minors, fled to safer area after the residential building they were staying in at Salahuddin &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":209399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241111","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241112,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241111\/revisions\/241112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}