{"id":43988,"date":"2015-03-04T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43988"},"modified":"2015-03-04T13:51:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:51:25","slug":"duterte-asks-if-catapang-knows-the-cost-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/04\/duterte-asks-if-catapang-knows-the-cost-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte asks if Catapang knows &#8216;the cost of war&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-748\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/duterte.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-748\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/duterte.png\" alt=\"Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Photo courtesy of Shem Longakit and Davao City by Battad\" width=\"409\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Photo courtesy of Shem Longakit and Davao City by Battad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014 In reaction to the Armed Forces of the Philippines\u2019 (AFP) proposed \u201call-out offensive\u201d against Muslim insurgents, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte asks: \u201cDo you know the cost of war?<\/p>\n<p>Duterte was reacting to AFP chief Gregorio Catapang Jr.\u2019s orders to escalate operations against Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines region; which has long been a hotbed of insurgency against the government.<\/p>\n<p>The orders were given following a spate of terror-driven bomb attacks carried out by the rebels against the local communities in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte, however, questioned Catapang\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech at the founding anniversary of the Lyceum of the Philippines University in Manila, Duterte said: \u201cI grew up there, I understand them (people of Mindanao). For a military man to say that, do you know the cost of war?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recent string of terror attacks on villages in Mindanao have caused thousands of civilians to flee, in the midst of fighting between government troops and Muslim rebels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014 In reaction to the Armed Forces of the Philippines\u2019 (AFP) proposed \u201call-out offensive\u201d against Muslim insurgents, Davao City &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43988","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=43988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}