{"id":51906,"date":"2015-06-15T21:39:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T13:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51906"},"modified":"2015-06-15T21:39:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T13:39:54","slug":"milf-to-turnover-firearms-as-part-of-decommissioning-rites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/15\/milf-to-turnover-firearms-as-part-of-decommissioning-rites\/","title":{"rendered":"MILF to turnover firearms as part of decommissioning rites"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19755\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MILF_militant_laying_prone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19755\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MILF_militant_laying_prone-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"A Bangsamoro militant in training (Wikipedia photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MILF_militant_laying_prone-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MILF_militant_laying_prone.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Bangsamoro militant in training (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Moro Islamic Liberation Front will turnover at least 75 high-powered firearms to the government on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremonial turnover, which will symbolize the group&#8217;s commitment to return to the fold of law, will take place in Camp\u00a0Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat.<\/p>\n<p>At least 145 Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) fighters will join the decommission rites.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will have President Aquino as the guest of honor.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said that the Aquino\u00a0\u201cwill witness the first phase of the decommissioning process, which is considered strong proof of the MILF\u2019s support and commitment to the peace process aimed at bringing lasting peace and progress to areas covered by the Bangsamoro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made the statement during the\u00a0weekly \u201cPilipinas, Pilipinas\u201d public affairs radio program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the decommissioning process, the BIAF fighters will be made to undergo a listing and assessment process, to be followed by the giving of cash assistance and PhilHealth cards, among other benefits,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process has three stages: Security, socioeconomic development, and transitional justice and reconciliation,\u201d he said, stressing that the process aims to \u201cgive ex-MILF members the opportunity to engage in livelihood activities and live a peaceful life away from violence,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Moro Islamic Liberation Front will turnover at least 75 high-powered firearms to the government on Tuesday. The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":19755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51906","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=51906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}