{"id":91333,"date":"2017-02-26T19:32:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T00:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91333"},"modified":"2017-02-26T19:32:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T00:32:24","slug":"pres-duterte-declares-jan-25-as-day-of-national-remembrance-for-saf-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/26\/pres-duterte-declares-jan-25-as-day-of-national-remembrance-for-saf-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Duterte declares Jan. 25 as day of national remembrance for SAF 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40368\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-SAF-44.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40368\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-SAF-44.jpg\" alt=\"The 44 elite forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were part of the 392-member SAF team which carried out \u2018Oplan Exodus\u2019 to arrest international terrorist and bomb expert Zulkifli Abdhir alias Marwan and Filipino bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman. (Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office)\" width=\"960\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-SAF-44.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-SAF-44-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PNP-SAF-44-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 44 elite forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were part of the 392-member SAF team which carried out \u2018Oplan Exodus\u2019 to arrest international terrorist and bomb expert Zulkifli Abdhir alias Marwan and Filipino bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman. (Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Proclamation No. 164 declaring January 25 of every year as a day of national remembrance for the heroic sacrifice of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers killed in Mamasapano encounter in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The 44 elite forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were part of the 392-member SAF team which carried out \u2018Oplan Exodus\u2019 to arrest international terrorist and bomb expert Zulkifli Abdhir alias Marwan and Filipino bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman.<\/p>\n<p>The SAF troopers were able to kill Marwan but the ensuing nine-hour firefight with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) fighters resulted in the killing of 63 people, including 44 SAF troopers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAs the nation honors the memory of the SAF 44, their heroism also serves as a constant reminder of the continuing sacrifices being made by our valiant uniformed men and women in the line of duty,\u201d stated in the Proclamation released by the Palace on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>President Duterte asked the Filipino people to remember the heroism of the SAF 44 and \u201crecall the daily sacrifices of our uniformed personnel for the sake of the continued peace and security of our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two of the 44 SAF troopers were awarded Medal of Valor by former President Benigno Aquino III while the remaining 42 will be conferred Philippine National Police (PNP)\u2019s Medalya ng Kagitingan as directed by President Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>The PNP\u2019s Medalya ng Kagitingan is the highest award in the police service similar to the Medal of Valor of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Proclamation No. 164 declaring January 25 of every year as a day of national &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":40368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[15806,15807,10244],"class_list":["post-91333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-january-25","tag-national-remembrance","tag-saf-44","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91333","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=91333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}