{"id":62084,"date":"2015-09-27T15:08:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T07:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62084"},"modified":"2015-09-27T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T07:11:50","slug":"palace-assures-aids-for-filipino-muslim-killed-in-hajj-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/27\/palace-assures-aids-for-filipino-muslim-killed-in-hajj-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace assures aids for Filipino Muslim killed in Hajj stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.084175% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/489820850?et=E5U5w2mMRwFKkLMrvvrwog&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=4ofiwUEDENIfqbw8j1NTxpOl1dmSJscn-HoRRI0tm8Y=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"446\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/489820850\" target=\"_blank\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The government will provide assistance to the family of a Filipino pilgrim who died in a stampede last Thursday at the Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said President Benigno S. Aquino III gave such instruction after being apprised of the situation by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unfortunately a very tragic incident and we extend our condolences to the family of the victim,\u201d said Valte over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Philippine Consulate in Jeddah is already in contact with the family, and the President has also been apprised of the situation, and ang instructions po ng Pangulo is ibigay po natin ang necessary assistance sa pamilya ng biktima,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the victim has been withheld following the request of his family, according to the Palace official, but he was not based in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAng alam ko po ay taga-rito po siya na pumunta doon. Wala ho rin akong masyadong detalye owing to the fact that they (the family) wanted to keep the identity (of the victim) private,\u201d Valte said.<\/p>\n<p>Death toll from the tragic stampede, which occurred right in the middle of the annual Hajj pilgrimage of members of the Islamic faith, has reportedly reached over 700 with hundreds more hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Valte, however, said only one Filipino casualty has so far been confirmed by the DFA and it is yet to receive reports of other citizens involved in the mishap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View image | gettyimages.com MANILA &#8212; The government will provide assistance to the family of a Filipino pilgrim who died &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":62085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62084","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=62084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}