{"id":112412,"date":"2017-08-16T06:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T10:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=112412"},"modified":"2017-08-16T06:27:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T10:27:36","slug":"chinese-vessels-near-pag-asa-island-no-cause-for-alarm-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/16\/chinese-vessels-near-pag-asa-island-no-cause-for-alarm-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island no cause for alarm: DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110235\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Senator_Alan_Peter_S._Cayetano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110235\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Senator_Alan_Peter_S._Cayetano.jpg\" alt=\"DFA Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano (Photo by By Kumpanyero - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Senator_Alan_Peter_S._Cayetano.jpg 533w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Senator_Alan_Peter_S._Cayetano-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=30097892\">DFA Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano (Photo by By Kumpanyero &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday said the mere presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island should not be a cause for alarm.<\/p>\n<p>Cayetano made the statement following the revelation of Magdalo Partylist Rep. Gary Alejano citing information from a military source that Chinese vessels were spotted north of Pag-asa island.<\/p>\n<p>Cayetano also did not confirm or deny if Alejano\u2019s claim but he assured the public that the situation in the disputed Pag-asa Island is \u201cvery stable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t confirm or deny because nga this is part of the discussion with command center but I\u2019ll tell you continuous &#8216;yan. We will tell you if this is a cause for diplomatic or a military alarm,\u201d Cayetano said in a press conference at the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, while I can\u2019t tell you the details, I can tell you the communication is there. There are reasons for certain presence of certain vessels, but it\u2019s the situation in the area is very stable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cayetano said his department is taking upon itself to do all diplomatic actions necessary while noting that its new strategy now is focused on peace, stability, and dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strategy now is to have peace, stability, and dialogue. and so far, it is working,\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n<p>The military, for its part, said it is verifying reports of alleged Chinese activities near Pagasa Island.<\/p>\n<p>Armed Forces of the Philippines public affairs office chief, Col. Edgard Arevalo Arevalo, said the AFP will not issue any other comment until they have verified the said information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday said the mere presence of Chinese vessels near &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[7314,18232],"class_list":["post-112412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-chinese-vessels","tag-pag-asa-island","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112412","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=112412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}