{"id":97763,"date":"2017-04-10T19:12:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T23:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97763"},"modified":"2017-04-10T19:12:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T23:12:28","slug":"central-visayas-is-safe-and-peaceful-pro-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/10\/central-visayas-is-safe-and-peaceful-pro-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Visayas is &#8216;safe and peaceful&#8217; \u2013PRO-7"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97764\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_region_7-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97764\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_region_7-1.png\" alt=\"He said there is &quot;neither a specific nor direct threat of kidnapping in Central Visayas.&quot; (Photo: seav\/ Wikipedia)\" width=\"300\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_region_7-1.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_region_7-1-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He said there is &#8220;neither a specific nor direct threat of kidnapping in Central Visayas.&#8221; (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\">seav\/ Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CEBU CITY\u2013The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 on Monday said that Central Visayas is generally \u201csafe and peaceful\u201d as it activated \u201cOplan SumVac\u201d (Summer Vacation) in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The PRO-7 has jurisdiction over police forces in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Supt. Noli Talino, PRO-7 director, said all police forces in the region have been placed on full alert since the Sinulog festivities in Cebu City and the 2017 Miss Universe swimwear competition in Lapu-Lapu City in January.<\/p>\n<p>Talino said the full alert status continued when Cebu hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit ministerial meetings from April 3 to 7.<\/p>\n<p>Bohol is also set to host some ASEAN ministerial meetings from April 18 to 22.<\/p>\n<p>Talino said they are not taking lightly the threats of kidnappings in the region.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is &#8220;neither a specific nor direct threat of kidnapping in Central Visayas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The US Embassy in Manila posted on its website on Sunday a travel advisory asking its citizens to avoid travels to Cebu and Bohol because of threats of kidnapping in these Central Visayas provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Talino said the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have put in place an integrated security system for the region.<\/p>\n<p>He said they have also coordinated with the owners, managers and security officers of malls, resorts, hotels and other establishments in the region regarding security matters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEBU CITY\u2013The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 on Monday said that Central Visayas is generally \u201csafe and peaceful\u201d as it &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[6101,17770],"class_list":["post-97763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-central-visayas","tag-safe-and-peaceful","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97763","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=97763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}