{"id":97379,"date":"2017-04-07T20:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97379"},"modified":"2017-04-07T20:57:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:57:30","slug":"afp-to-carry-out-president-dutertes-order-calling-for-occupation-of-phl-owned-features-in-spratlys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/07\/afp-to-carry-out-president-dutertes-order-calling-for-occupation-of-phl-owned-features-in-spratlys\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP to carry out President Duterte&#8217;s order calling for occupation of PHL-owned features in Spratlys"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90910\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14322449_10154514364328766_3316897848680203971_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90910\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14322449_10154514364328766_3316897848680203971_n.jpg\" alt=\"The military announced it is prepared to carry out President Rodrigo Duterte's order to occupy Philippine-owned features in the Spratlys Island Chain. (File photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14322449_10154514364328766_3316897848680203971_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14322449_10154514364328766_3316897848680203971_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14322449_10154514364328766_3316897848680203971_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The military announced it is prepared to carry out President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s order to occupy Philippine-owned features in the Spratlys Island Chain. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/armedforcesofthephilippines\/photos\/a.248199283765.140707.155758863765\/10154514364328766\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Armed Forces of the Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014The military announced it is prepared to carry out President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s order to occupy Philippine-owned features in the Spratlys Island Chain.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s an order from the President and I intend to carry that out. Those features (in the Spratlys Island Chain) are ours as per Arbitration Ruling, so we don&#8217;t see any problem,&#8221; he said in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o also said that all eight islands in the Spratlys under Philippine jurisdiction, and Ayungin Reef, are already occupied by Filipino troops.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will reinforce our troops and improve the structures and facilities there,&#8221; the AFP chief added<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o said areas that will be occupied by Philippine troops include submerged lands or rocks but the country will need to set up structures for this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can not give you the numbers and location for security reasons,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The military announced it is prepared to carry out President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s order to occupy Philippine-owned features in the Spratlys &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":90910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[3244,2444],"class_list":["post-97379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97379","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=97379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}