{"id":24669,"date":"2014-09-03T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T05:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24669"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:58:03","slug":"ex-nuisance-presidential-candidate-linked-to-naia-3-bomb-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/03\/ex-nuisance-presidential-candidate-linked-to-naia-3-bomb-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-nuisance presidential candidate linked to NAIA-3 bomb attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21156\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA-Terminal-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21156\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA-Terminal-3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"NAIA Terminal 3 (Wikipedia photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA-Terminal-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA-Terminal-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NAIA Terminal 3 (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0A past nuisance presidential candidate has been alleged to be behind the attempt to detonate explosives\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1987920511\">on Tuesday<\/span>\u00a0at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, according to a highly placed intelligence source.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Ely Pamatong was identified by the source primarily because of his link with the four arrested suspects, especially with Grandeur Guerrero, a military reservist.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, Guerrero has been posing as the \u201cchief of staff\u201d of Pamatong. The latter is a self-proclaimed \u201ccommander-in-chief\u201d of the USA Freedom Fighters of the East (USAFFE).<\/p>\n<p>The members of Pamatong\u2019s USAFFE is made up of a dozen members who are all described as \u201cattention seekers.\u201d The source added the said group was formed only in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile (Pamatong\u2019s group) can cause harm because people can still get injured, the quality of their group is questionable. They are mere attention seekers,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Palace said that they are still waiting for the results of the investigation regarding the recent bombing attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want to say is at present, there is no grave threat because of this incident. The President and the government think that any harm that this wanted to bring has been stopped.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra super force online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/levitra-super-force.html\">https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/levitra-super-force.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The implication of what happened yesterday (Monday, Sept.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> 1) is being studied thoroughly,\u201d Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/www.soundviewmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/png\/kamagra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the \u201cgovernment would like to be in a constant state of vigilance, alertness, and readiness because government is ultimately responsible for the safety and well-being of its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is why even if there have been no serious consequences as a result of what has been uncovered, we want to forestall or to impede any future attempt that might threaten the stability and peace and order of our land and communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing about the investigation of the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the connection of Guerrero\u2019s group.<\/p>\n<p>The source said that the group usually met at NAIA terminal, and that the airport was not a primary target of theirs. Also, the source added that the group planned to \u201cattack\u201d the Army Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio and V. Luna Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the improvised device, according to the source, these are hardly deadly but it could have hurt people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0A past nuisance presidential candidate has been alleged to be behind the attempt to detonate explosives\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0at the Ninoy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[2984],"class_list":["post-24669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-naia","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669","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=24669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286560,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions\/286560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}