{"id":46130,"date":"2015-04-01T14:15:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T06:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46130"},"modified":"2015-04-01T14:24:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T06:24:27","slug":"catapang-evacuees-can-now-return-home-in-maguindanao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/01\/catapang-evacuees-can-now-return-home-in-maguindanao\/","title":{"rendered":"Catapang: Evacuees can now return home in Maguindanao"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46096\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tukalinapao-mamasapano-bridge-john-nery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46096\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tukalinapao-mamasapano-bridge-john-nery.png\" alt=\"Tukalinapao Bridge in Mamasapano, Maguindanao (Photo courtesy of John Nery \/ Twitter)\" width=\"668\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tukalinapao-mamasapano-bridge-john-nery.png 668w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tukalinapao-mamasapano-bridge-john-nery-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tukalinapao-mamasapano-bridge-john-nery-600x437.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tukalinapao Bridge in Mamasapano, Maguindanao (Photo courtesy of John Nery \/ Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao &#8212; Displaced families in Maguindanao are now safe to return home and live normal lives, the AFP chief of staff said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>About 120,000 civilians were dislocated by the government&#8217;s operation against outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).<\/p>\n<p>Catapang visited Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao to lead the symbolic replacement of a wooden foot bridge near the site where police commandos and Moro armed men figured in a clash on Jan. 25 after the Special Action Force neutralized Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias &#8220;Marwan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regional Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said the construction of a concrete structure would be financed by the regional government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The evacuees can now return home, their communities are now secured,&#8221; Catapang said, adding that government forces would provide security for the civilians and prevent the BIFF from extorting the villagers.<\/p>\n<p>A day after Catapang announced that the Army offensives and law enforcement operations have been terminated but small scale operations against smaller groups of BIFF will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Catapang told reporters the BIFF have splintered into smaller groups to avoid massive military action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our troops will now focus on peace and development operations as well as police action against lawlessness,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The government had been spending more than Php 2 million a day as food provision to the displaced families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao &#8212; Displaced families in Maguindanao are now safe to return home and live normal lives, the AFP &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":46096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-edwin-o-fernandez","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46130","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=46130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}