{"id":140957,"date":"2017-12-20T21:53:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140957"},"modified":"2017-12-20T21:53:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:53:50","slug":"china-donates-p5m-to-urduja-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/20\/china-donates-p5m-to-urduja-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"China donates P5M to Urduja victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_127696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127696\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/flag-540874_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127696\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/flag-540874_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"China has donated USD100,000 or roughly PHP5 million to those affected by the recent devastation caused by Tropical Storm \u201cUrduja\u201d in Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas. (Pixabay photo)\" width=\"960\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/flag-540874_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/flag-540874_960_720-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/flag-540874_960_720-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">China has donated USD100,000 or roughly PHP5 million to those affected by the recent devastation caused by Tropical Storm \u201cUrduja\u201d in Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0China has donated USD100,000 or roughly PHP5 million to those affected by the recent devastation caused by Tropical Storm \u201cUrduja\u201d in Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas.<\/p>\n<p>Counselor Sun Yi of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines turned over the humanitarian aid in cash on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China to Secretary-General Oscar Palabyab of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Wednesday, Sun said China looks forward to lending &#8220;more strength to the disaster relief efforts&#8221; of the Philippine government to overcome the difficulties caused by Urduja, which just left the Philippine area of responsibility mid-Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the embassy official, the monetary assistance also aims to help the affected people restore their normal livelihood soon.<\/p>\n<p>Palabyab, on behalf of PRC chairman and Senator Richard Gordon, expressed appreciation to China\u2019s generosity, noting that &#8220;the Chinese side has always been the first to respond and extend helping hands whenever the Philippines and its people are in difficulties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As per the embassy, the donation &#8220;bears witness to the friendly sentiments&#8221; of the Chinese people towards Filipinos, signifying interest to further &#8220;deepen amity and mutual understanding&#8221; between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi extended a message to Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on the losses caused by Urduja.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to hereby extend my deep and sincere sympathy to Your Honorable, and through you, to the people of the affected areas. I am convinced that, under the leadership of the Philippine government, the people of the affected areas will overcome the disaster and restore their normal lives at an earliest date,&#8221; Wang said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0China has donated USD100,000 or roughly PHP5 million to those affected by the recent devastation caused by Tropical Storm &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":127696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[420,19871,39962],"class_list":["post-140957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-china","tag-donation","tag-urduja-victims","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140957","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=140957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}