{"id":125169,"date":"2017-10-19T23:44:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T03:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=125169"},"modified":"2017-10-19T23:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T03:44:55","slug":"ph-welcomes-aid-sans-strings-attached-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/19\/ph-welcomes-aid-sans-strings-attached-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"PH welcomes aid sans strings attached: DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101059\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18199452_1398465326912911_1067615877194156630_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101059\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18199452_1398465326912911_1067615877194156630_n.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday defended Pres. Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s campaign against illegal drugs anew \u2014 this time, before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo: Alan Peter Cayetano\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18199452_1398465326912911_1067615877194156630_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18199452_1398465326912911_1067615877194156630_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18199452_1398465326912911_1067615877194156630_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alanpetercayetano\/photos\/a.373022762790511.85517.368498793242908\/1398465326912911\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">(Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alanpetercayetano\">Alan Peter Cayetano\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday said the Philippines would not accept conditional European Union (EU) grants, but is confident this would not affect its ties with the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the President\u2019s (Rodrigo Duterte) directive now, we have to communicate formally to the EU ambassador Franz Jessen that as of now hindi tayo tatanggap ng (we will not accept) aid. It should not affect our overall relationship, it should not affect our trade, it should not affect our bilateral relationship. It should not affect our working relationship,\u201d Cayetano told reporters on the sidelines of high level forum on ASEAN.<\/p>\n<p>He noted aid refers to grants, which some Cabinet members believe can provide the EU the \u201clegal authority\u201d to interfere with the country\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point of the speech of the President last night was, if the grant has strings attached and you can meddle in our politics, it\u2019s more damaging than helpful,\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n<p>The DFA further stressed there are many other countries giving the Philippines grants without agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just up to us whether we accept. My personal view is, if EU starts giving us with no strings attached, without those agreements, everyone could use the help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cayetano also reiterated that there was no order for the EU ambassadors to leave the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no order to leave. Certain meetings will be set to clarify these issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday said the Philippines would not accept conditional &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[3374,9396,3103,2444],"class_list":["post-125169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-alan-peter-cayetano","tag-department-of-foreign-affairs","tag-european-union","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-leslie-gatpolintan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125169","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=125169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}