{"id":135030,"date":"2017-11-29T22:16:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=135030"},"modified":"2025-03-08T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:29:58","slug":"prrd-assures-vietnam-poaching-incident-would-not-destroy-our-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/29\/prrd-assures-vietnam-poaching-incident-would-not-destroy-our-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD assures Vietnam: Poaching incident would not destroy our ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_135033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135033\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171129-ph18-morandante-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135033\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171129-ph18-morandante-15.jpg\" alt=\"The Vietnamese fishermen wave goodbye to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the rest of the officials of the Philippine Government during the ceremonial send-off of the Vietnamese fisherman at the Sual Wharf and Causeway in Sual, Pangasinan on November 29, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171129-ph18-morandante-15.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171129-ph18-morandante-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171129-ph18-morandante-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171129-ph18-morandante-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Vietnamese fishermen wave goodbye to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the rest of the officials of the Philippine Government during the ceremonial send-off of the Vietnamese fisherman at the Sual Wharf and Causeway in Sual, Pangasinan on November 29, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SUAL, Pangasinan<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Wednesday, November 29, assured during the ceremonial send-off here for Vietnamese fishermen that the relationship between Viet Nam and Philippines remains \u201cvery strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to address our Vietnamese friends that we are one, we are Asians. I\u2019m sorry for the incident. I hope it would never happen again,\u201d the President said in his speech at the Sual Wharf and Causeway Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut these incidents will not destroy our bond of relationship. It\u2019s very strong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The President led the send-off for five Vietnamese fishermen who were involved in a poaching incident in September.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> He also handed tokens to the fishermen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ivermectin online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/ivermectin.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/ivermectin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>President Duterte gave his commitment to the Viet Nam Ambassador to the Philippines that he could call him in case the incident happens again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we commit to the Ambassador that the next time, kindly give me a call personally and I will do the same to your President,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive acknowledged that these incidents could not be avoided but noted that there is a way for the fishermen not to stay too long in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd maybe, we cannot avoid altogether these incidents. They will happen and happen again. But let us, I said, shorten the period. They were being out of their country for so long,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Viet Nam Ambassador to the Philippines Ly Quoc Tuan expressed gratitude for the act of goodwill by President Duterte and the Philippine government.<\/p>\n<p>He said the send-off is a vivid representation of the friendship between Viet Nam and the Philippines, adding that the order to release the fishermen would surely bring happiness to their families.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vidalista online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/vidalista.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/vidalista.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Eduardo Gongona said the fishermen prayed leniency from the Philippine government as they had no means of paying the fine imposed.<\/p>\n<p>Gongona said the fine was not imposed in view of humanitarian considerations, owing to the indigence of the fishermen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUAL, Pangasinan\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Wednesday, November 29, assured during the ceremonial send-off here for Vietnamese fishermen that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":135033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[27154,36158,36155,36156,13135,36157],"class_list":["post-135030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-bureau-of-fisheries-and-aquatic-resources-bfar","tag-causeway-area","tag-eduardo-gongona","tag-ly-quoc-tuan","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-sual-wharf","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135030","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=135030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287735,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135030\/revisions\/287735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}