{"id":148654,"date":"2018-01-25T03:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148654"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T20:40:23","slug":"roque-clarifies-filipinos-can-conduct-research-in-benham-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/25\/roque-clarifies-filipinos-can-conduct-research-in-benham-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Roque clarifies: Filipinos can conduct research in Benham Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Palace on Thursday clarified that Filipinos can conduct research in Benham Rise after its controversial statement drew flak from experts and scientists.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never said that Filipinos cannot conduct research in Benham Rise,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr.<\/p>\n

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said, clearing that he was just misunderstood in his previous statement<\/p>\n

\u201cI was referring to China when I said \u2018no one has applied and no one can do it because apparently, it\u2019s capital-intensive,\u201d he added, stressing that it was not the Filipino scientists that he was referring to.<\/p>\n

While this was his defense, during the January 23 press conference, the Spokesman\u2019s cited answer was actually his answer to the question of why Filipinos are not the ones conducting the marine research.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBecause no one has [applied.] And no one can do it because, apparently, it\u2019s capital intensive,\u201d this was Roque\u2019s answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do not need a permit for any Filipino corporation to conduct a specific investigation in Benham Rise because it is ours so that\u2019s not something that a consent has to be given by the government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

This also contradicts Roque\u2019s defense of saying that China has \u2018not applied\u2019 when China has in fact applied and gotten its permit.<\/p>\n

In addition to that, Tindig Pilipinas member and Magdalo Partylist Representative Gary Alejano on Tuesday said that Ke Xue Hao, the Chinese vessel used for the marine scientific research in Benham Rise has entered the Philippine territory.<\/p>\n

Jay Batongbacal, international maritime law expert, slammed Roque\u2019s claim of Filipinos unable to afford to conduct its own research in Benham Rise, calling it \u201ccompletely wrong, based on ignorance,\u201d and a \u201cserious disservice\u201d to Filipinos.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Advocates of Science and Technology for the People or AGHAM denounced Roque\u2019s statement for a group of Filipino scientists have explored Benham Rise back in May 2014. This exploration was funded by the government and was collaborated with international institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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