{"id":147783,"date":"2018-01-21T06:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=147783"},"modified":"2018-01-21T06:40:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T11:40:09","slug":"ph-not-aware-of-any-us-naval-activities-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/21\/ph-not-aware-of-any-us-naval-activities-in-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"PH not aware of any US naval activities in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112285\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112285\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg\" alt=\"This was emphasized by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by the PNA Wednesday on whether the ongoing conflict in densely-packed Marawi City, where Maute Group terrorists converted concrete houses and buildings into fortified fighting positions, necessitates the acquisition of a main battle tank fleet. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SND-BNB_3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Philippines is not aware of any US naval activities in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>This was bared by Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when sought for a comment after China cried foul after the guided missile destroyer USS Hopper came within 12 miles of Huangyan Island, also known as Scarborough Shoal, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The territory is being claimed by China and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>China claimed that they ordered the ship to withdraw after determining its identity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Wala naman tayong<\/em>\u00a0say\u00a0<em>sa anumang gagawin ng Amerikano sa<\/em>\u00a0South China Sea. They do not inform us beforehand of their activities there,&#8221; Lorenzana said.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the DND chief said that the passage of the US warhip was not a cause of concern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, for as long as they are on innocent passage. international law allows innocent passage even in territorial waters,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Philippines is not aware of any US naval activities in the South China Sea. This was bared by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":106282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[420,12748,3413,1039,17757],"class_list":["post-147783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-china","tag-delfin-lorenzana","tag-department-of-national-defense","tag-south-china-sea","tag-us-navy","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147783","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=147783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}