{"id":203018,"date":"2019-02-19T23:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203018"},"modified":"2019-02-19T23:16:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:16:11","slug":"duterte-urges-joint-efforts-to-end-piracy-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/19\/duterte-urges-joint-efforts-to-end-piracy-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte urges joint efforts to end piracy at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the Peace and Order Summit for Barangay Officials held at the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation in Legazpi City, Albay on February 8, 2019. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday night called on members of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) to exert combined efforts to end piracy at sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call upon the BIMP-EAGA. We are doing commerce. Our navies must be vigilant. We have to be one in our patrols,\u201d Duterte said during the 25th anniversary of the BIMP-EAGA in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Duterte, who described pirates as having \u201cno souls\u201d, also ordered his military to finish them off.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be very clear to the heads of states. My orders to my navy is to blast them off the earth. If there are pirates in our territory or in the high seas, my orders are: Blast them to kingdom come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte described justice for victims of piracy as \u201ca mirage actually floating in the seas\u201d since pirates are easily freed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the same. They are arrested. They go to prison. You do not have witnesses because the victims, once they are freed, they would not even wait for a minute to issue a statement. They go home because they are scared. So justice seems to be an illusion. It\u2019s a mirage actually floating in the seas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President also urged Indonesia and Malaysia in particular, to \u201cband together\u201d to address economic issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo once again, Indonesia, Malaysia, we have to band together. The world is changing, including the economy. It could go either bad or very bad or it could go well, but we will have to go into a bad level and I hope we can survive it,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he lauded the BIMP-EAGA for enabling effective mechanisms for socio-civic endeavors, political education campaigns, and the establishment of agro-economic zones across the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, these efforts highlight the importance of our collaborative efforts in realizing lasting peace and sustainable growth across Mindanao,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, let us pursue more progressive and inclusive strategies for growth in the region as we work towards the advancement of every Mindanawon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he is also counting on their \u201cunwavering commitment\u201d to contribute to efforts to improve people\u2019s lives through peace and development.<\/p>\n

He expressed hope that their cooperation would translate to opportunities in trade and investment, transportation, agri-business, tourism, energy, and environmental protection and management, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday night called on members of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":201438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203018","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}