{"id":123348,"date":"2017-10-12T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T01:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=123348"},"modified":"2017-10-12T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T01:53:09","slug":"actor-steven-seagal-pays-courtesy-call-on-pres-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/12\/actor-steven-seagal-pays-courtesy-call-on-pres-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Steven Seagal pays courtesy call on Pres. Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_123349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123349\" style=\"width: 3600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RODRIGUEZ5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123349\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RODRIGUEZ5.jpg\" alt=\"President Rodrigo Roa Duterte does his signature pose with actor Steven Seagal who met with the President in Malaca\u00f1an Palace on October 12, 2017. (Photo by King Rodriguez\/Presidential Photo)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RODRIGUEZ5.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RODRIGUEZ5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RODRIGUEZ5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RODRIGUEZ5-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo Roa Duterte does his signature pose with actor Steven Seagal who met with the President in Malaca\u00f1an Palace on October 12, 2017. (Photo by King Rodriguez\/Presidential Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, October 12, received Hollywood action star Steven Seagal in a courtesy call in Malaca\u00f1an after the actor arrived in the Philippines reportedly to scout a location for his new movie.<\/p>\n<p>Seagal, 65, was accompanied by former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis \u201cChavit\u201d Singson during his meeting with the President. Seagal\u2019s new movie is about illegal drugs and other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Telling Seagal that movies are a reflection of life, President Duterte reiterated his strong stance against illegal drugs because it enslaves people to a form of synthetic chemical. He also told the American actor that he used to have karate lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Drug trade and production devastated many societies in Latin America, particularly Mexico, and the President said he does not want the Philippines to suffer the same fate.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to meeting Steven Seagal, President Duterte received artist Freddie Luna Cruz. Cruz, the great grandson of national artist Juan Luna, presented a portrait of the President, which he painted last year when the Chief Executive assumed office. Cruz was accompanied by Presidential Consultant for Education Jose David Lapuz.\u00a0<em><strong>(PND)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, October 12, received Hollywood action star Steven Seagal in a courtesy call in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":123349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[27461,13135],"class_list":["post-123348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-actor-steven-seagal","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123348","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=123348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}