{"id":276619,"date":"2020-11-25T20:26:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T01:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276619"},"modified":"2020-11-25T20:26:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T01:26:52","slug":"velasco-joins-army-reserve-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/25\/velasco-joins-army-reserve-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Velasco joins Army reserve corps"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_276620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276620\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img3002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-276620\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img3002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img3002.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img3002-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-276620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ARMY RESERVIST. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco takes his oath as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Force of the Philippine Army (PA) during a ceremony held at the Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio on Wednesday (Nov. 25, 2020). PA chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana conferred the rank on Velasco and administered the oath-taking. (Photo courtesy of House Press and Public Affairs Bureau via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Wednesday took his oath as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Force of the Philippine Army (PA).<\/p>\n<p>PA chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana conferred the rank on Velasco and administered the oath-taking during a ceremony held at the Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ceremony is a clear recognition of both personal achievement and commitment to duty. This ceremony rings of honor, and I am all the more humbled, given the present circumstances,\u201d Velasco said.<\/p>\n<p>Velasco commended the PA for its great contributions to society, especially in the wake of recent strong typhoons and the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis.<\/p>\n<p>He also hailed the PA as the country\u2019s last line of defense in the conduct of support to \u201cwin the peace\u201d and help the nation create an environment conducive for sustainable development, as well as just and lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Army has done its best even when equipped with limited resources and is often faced with situations that are seemingly impossible to overcome,\u201d Velasco said.<\/p>\n<p>Velasco said Congress will provide full support in any of the PA\u2019s endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is one thing that we truly hold in common \u2013 it is our desire for genuine peace in our country to prevail. Together, let us continue to help preserve that peace for all Filipinos,\u201d he said.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Wednesday took his oath as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Force of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":276620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276619","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=276619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276621,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276619\/revisions\/276621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}