{"id":114861,"date":"2017-08-29T21:40:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=114861"},"modified":"2017-08-29T21:40:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:40:32","slug":"dfa-monitors-case-of-filipino-sailors-reportedly-arrested-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/29\/dfa-monitors-case-of-filipino-sailors-reportedly-arrested-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA monitors case of Filipino sailors reportedly arrested in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97734\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97734\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO\/ DFA (Photo:  Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO\/ DFA (Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said it is monitoring the case of Filipino sailors reportedly arrested in Tripoli, Libya on suspicion of oil smuggling.<br \/>\n\u201cThe DFA has instructed our Embassy in Tripoli to closely monitor the situation and extend all necessary assistance to our kababayans,\u201d said DFA Spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Bolivar said the department has not yet received the full report on the incident from the Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that a Liberian-flagged oil tanker with Filipino crews was towed Sunday by the Libyan coastguard due to suspected oil smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Atty. Raul Dado, DFA Executive Director for Migrant Workers Affairs, said the government is ready to provide assistance to Filipino seafarers once the incident is confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026We do not presume that our Filipinos are guilty, parating (always) innocent is our presumption so we send the best lawyers immediately,\u201d Dado said in an interview.\u00a0 (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said it is monitoring the case of Filipino sailors reportedly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[204,878],"class_list":["post-114861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-dfa","tag-libya","mauthors-leslie-gatpolintan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114861","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=114861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}