{"id":39945,"date":"2015-01-26T23:44:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39945"},"modified":"2015-01-26T23:44:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:44:57","slug":"espina-orders-pnp-units-in-maguindanao-to-contain-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/26\/espina-orders-pnp-units-in-maguindanao-to-contain-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Espina orders PNP units in Maguindanao to contain situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39988\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-police.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39988\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-police.jpg\" alt=\"The Philippine National Police on its 24th Founding Anniversary on January 26, 2015 led by DILG Secretary Mar Roxas and PNP Officer-In-Charge Police Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina. (Photo by Toti Navales; PNP Facebook page)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-police.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-police-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-police-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Philippine National Police on its 24th Founding Anniversary on January 26, 2015 led by DILG Secretary Mar Roxas and PNP Officer-In-Charge Police Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina. (Photo by Toti Navales; PNP Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0 &#8212; With members of the Special Action Force and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) now disengaging after a fierce battle in Mamasapano, Maguindanao Sunday, Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo A. Espina has ordered all police commanders in the area to do everything they can to contain the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have instructed police commanders in the area to make available all support systems to contain the situation and mitigate the effects on civilian communities in the area,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reports claimed that the fighting between the MILF and PNP-SAF has resulted in 27 to 30 casualties, with wounding of many others.<\/p>\n<p>Espina said operational information from the field are still sketchy at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But what we know so far is that there is an ongoing operation in the area against a high-value target believed to be behind the recent spate of bombings in Central Mindanao,&#8221; he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Espina said that priority concern at the moment is the medical evacuation and treatment of the wounded and extraction of the casualties from the battle zone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I speak, an operational assessment is being undertaken in coordination with the military to determine possible courses of action,&#8221; he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I extend my deepest sympathy to the orphaned families of our fallen policemen. They died a meaningful death on the side of justice and righteousness. They did not die in vain,&#8221; Espina stressed, adding that justice and peace will prevail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0 &#8212; With members of the Special Action Force and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) now disengaging after a fierce &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":39988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39945","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=39945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}