{"id":175000,"date":"2018-08-04T23:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T03:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=175000"},"modified":"2018-08-04T23:23:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T03:23:47","slug":"cbcp-backs-prrd-plan-send-frigate-rescue-pinoy-captives-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/04\/cbcp-backs-prrd-plan-send-frigate-rescue-pinoy-captives-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"CBCP backs PRRD plan to send frigate to rescue Pinoy captives in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111819\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111819\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5009-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairman of CBCP-ECMI. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines &#8211; Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) on Saturday expressed support to the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to send a frigate to help rescue three Filipinos who were kidnapped in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes we support. South Korea did that. And likewise we should as to show our solidarity and we are serious for the freedom of Filipino abductees,\u201d Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairman of CBCP-ECMI, said in a phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>The Bataan prelate also urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to do their best and help rescue the kidnapped Filipino professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery life is important, precious. A single life is valuable. We at CBCP-ECMI appeal to our DFA to exhaust all means for the safe freedom of our three Filipino engineers abducted in Libya,\u201d Santos said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur OFWs, especially in Libya, have only best intentions to serve the country where they are in, and to be of help to their loved ones. Our OFWs are peaceful and respectful to the laws and customs of those receiving countries,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The CBCP-ECMI head said they are continuously praying for the safety of the OFWs, and &#8220;we invoke our dear God for the change of hearts of their abductors to mend their ways and release their hostages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Duterte said he is considering sending a ship to Libya, following the deployment of a warship of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports showed that three Filipinos and a South Korean national were abducted in an attack on a water project site in Libya on July 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines &#8211; Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) on Saturday expressed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175000","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=175000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}