{"id":97816,"date":"2017-04-10T21:35:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T01:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97816"},"modified":"2017-04-10T21:35:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T01:35:21","slug":"hontiveros-holy-week-prayer-peace-among-filipinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/10\/hontiveros-holy-week-prayer-peace-among-filipinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Hontiveros\u2019 Holy Week prayer: Peace among Filipinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97817\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/13668743_10157408577290657_1178115686116533696_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97817\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/13668743_10157408577290657_1178115686116533696_o.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cI pray for peace that peace reign in the heart of every Filipino that we learn to disagree with respect,\u201d Hontiveros said in her official Twitter account. (Photo: Senator Risa Hontiveros\/ Facebook)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/13668743_10157408577290657_1178115686116533696_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/13668743_10157408577290657_1178115686116533696_o-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI pray for peace that peace reign in the heart of every Filipino that we learn to disagree with respect,\u201d Hontiveros said in her official Twitter account. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hontiverosrisa\/\">Senator Risa Hontiveros\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday said she would pray for peace among Filipinos in the observance of Holy Week in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pray for peace that peace reign in the heart of every Filipino that we learn to disagree with respect,\u201d Hontiveros said in her official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Hontiveros also said that she would pray that the success of reopened peace talks between the government of the Philippines and the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).<\/p>\n<p>Peace talks were reopened in Noordwijk, The Netherlands last Monday (April 3).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also pray for the peace process and continue to hope for lasting peace in Mindanao and all over the country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The government and the NDFP had agreed on an interim joint ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella welcomed the agreement and expressed hope that the deal would avert further bloodshed on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>To recall, hostilities between government forces and communist rebels flared up in February after both sides terminated their respective unilateral ceasefires.<\/p>\n<p>On February 3, President Rodrigo Duterte called on government forces to prepare for an all-out offensive against the New People\u2019s Army (NPA).<\/p>\n<p>However, he later opened the door for the resumption of peace talks based on a set of conditions that should be first met by the rebels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday said she would pray for peace among Filipinos in the observance of Holy Week in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[17790,15996],"class_list":["post-97816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-holy-week-prayer","tag-senator-risa-hontiveros","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97816","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=97816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}