{"id":78063,"date":"2016-07-03T06:45:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T10:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=78063"},"modified":"2016-07-03T06:45:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T10:45:48","slug":"afp-help-law-enforcement-agencies-war-vs-crime-illegal-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/07\/03\/afp-help-law-enforcement-agencies-war-vs-crime-illegal-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP to help law enforcement agencies in war vs crime, illegal drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9972\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AFP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9972\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AFP.jpg\" alt=\"Armed Forces of the Philippines. (Photo: AFP's Facebook page)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AFP.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AFP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AFP-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armed Forces of the Philippines. (Photo: AFP&#8217;s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Aside from focusing military pressure on terrorist groups known to be operating in the country, newly-appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya vowed to intensify their support to law enforcement agencies in a bid to eliminate crime.<\/p>\n<p>He made this statement during his assumption speech at the GHQ Grandstand, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon last July 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver and above our role to run after the terrorists, we will also intensify our support to law enforcement agencies, particularly the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in their mission to eliminate widespread criminality and the wanton destruction of lives brought about by the spread and use of illegal drugs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Visaya earlier vowed to launch a \u201c24\/7 fight\u201d against the Abu Sayyaf bandits and its allied terrorist groups in a bid to totally neutralize these lawless elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will start the same advocacy with our ranks by continuously weeding out those scalawags who use drugs, who have links with illegal groups and activities. Then we will proceed to build alliances with our counterparts to bring down syndicates and other organized crime groups,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding matters of territorial defense, Visaya said the AFP will abide by the political, legal and democratic processes to settle the issue and support national policy to strengthen our position in the regional and global area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AFP will rationalize our relationship with our allies in order to strengthen our military ties with them while at the same time prioritize the interest of our force and our nation,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Aside from focusing military pressure on terrorist groups known to be operating in the country, newly-appointed Armed Forces &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":9972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[3243,3244],"class_list":["post-78063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-afp","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78063","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}