{"id":99255,"date":"2017-04-21T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99255"},"modified":"2017-04-21T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T04:00:28","slug":"bohol-prelate-urges-calm-among-faithful-amid-asg-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/21\/bohol-prelate-urges-calm-among-faithful-amid-asg-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bohol prelate urges calm among faithful amid ASG threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98429\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_bohol.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98429\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_bohol.png\" alt=\"An official of the Diocese of Talibon in Bohol on Thursday urged the faithful not to panic amid the reported presence of Abu Sayyaf Group bandits in the area. (Photo: Eugene Alvin Villar \/ Wikipedia)\" width=\"300\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_bohol.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_bohol-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An official of the Diocese of Talibon in Bohol on Thursday urged the faithful not to panic amid the reported presence of Abu Sayyaf Group bandits in the area. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bohol#\/media\/File:Ph_locator_map_bohol.png\"> Eugene Alvin Villar \/ Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, April 20\u2014An official of the Diocese of Talibon in Bohol on Thursday urged the faithful not to panic amid the reported presence of Abu Sayyaf Group bandits in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be calm because our military has already assured us that they are in control of the area,&#8221; said Fr. Chito Lozada, Talibon Diocese &#8211; Social Action Director over Church-run Radio Veritas.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic priest noted that the appeal was issued since it is only natural for the people to react if they feel the possible threat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is but natural for people to feel fear and panic given that reports that they (ASG) are here or there,&#8221; Lozada added.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he asked the public to be vigilant of their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But let us not be complacent as we really do not know where they (ASG) are,&#8221; the official of the Talibon diocese said.<\/p>\n<p>A clash ensued between government troops and ASG bandits in the town on Inabanga last April 11, killing 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte offered a PHP1 million bounty for the capture, whether dead or alive, of each of the Abu Sayyaf members still in Bohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, April 20\u2014An official of the Diocese of Talibon in Bohol on Thursday urged the faithful not to panic amid &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":98429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[4194],"class_list":["post-99255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abu-sayyaf-group","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99255","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=99255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}