{"id":275137,"date":"2020-11-12T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275137"},"modified":"2020-11-12T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:00:35","slug":"stay-alert-ofs-told-after-blast-at-wwi-memorial-in-jeddah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/12\/stay-alert-ofs-told-after-blast-at-wwi-memorial-in-jeddah\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay alert, OFs told after blast at WWI memorial in Jeddah"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_191219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191219\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_DFA_Roxas_Boulevard_Pasay2017-12-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191219\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_DFA_Roxas_Boulevard_Pasay2017-12-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_DFA_Roxas_Boulevard_Pasay2017-12-31.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_DFA_Roxas_Boulevard_Pasay2017-12-31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640px-Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_DFA_Roxas_Boulevard_Pasay2017-12-31-20x15.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The DFA, through the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Jeddah, is closely monitoring the evolving situation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in light of the reported blast at a World War I commemoration ceremony held at a cemetery in the Al-Balad area of Jeddah,&#8221; it said in a statement. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=56252750\">Photo By Patrick Roque, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday advised the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia to remain vigilant after an explosion during a World War I commemoration in Jeddah injured two on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DFA, through the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Jeddah, is closely monitoring the evolving situation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in light of the reported blast at a World War I commemoration ceremony held at a cemetery in the Al-Balad area of Jeddah,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The PCG in Jeddah has been in touch with Filipino community members who were asked to stay alert and follow the advice of local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Local reports said an explosive device hit the international ceremony, attended by representatives of various foreign diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n<p>The state media Saudi Press Agency said investigations are underway on what it described as a &#8220;failed and cowardly attack&#8221; in Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p>It also assured that the two injured are receiving &#8220;high-level medical care&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday advised the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia to remain vigilant after &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":191219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275137","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\/275137","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=275137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275138,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275137\/revisions\/275138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}