{"id":221504,"date":"2019-07-04T19:16:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T23:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221504"},"modified":"2019-07-04T19:24:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T23:24:31","slug":"ph-wont-speculate-on-china-missile-test-esperon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/04\/ph-wont-speculate-on-china-missile-test-esperon\/","title":{"rendered":"PH won\u2019t speculate on China missile test: Esperon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_154765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154765\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Esperon-and-Duterte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154765\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Esperon-and-Duterte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Esperon-and-Duterte.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Esperon-and-Duterte-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo R. Duterte with National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (R) (PNA File Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Wednesday that the Philippine government will not speculate on the repercussions in the Philippine-China relations if the alleged Chinese missile launch in the South China Sea is validated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a serious matter but we will not speculate on what would be the result,&#8221; Esperon said in an interview with reporters in Makati City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not speculate.\u00a0<em>Baka ang<\/em>\u00a0implication\u00a0<em>niyan hindi sa atin, baka sa<\/em>\u00a0(The implication of that might not be for us but for the) US. So why don&#8217;t they come out with the report and bring it out in the open with all the facts,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. also issued the Department of Foreign Affairs&#8217; (DFA) position on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DFA relies only on official military intelligence; we despise civilian sources; we work hand in glove with the armed forces because war is conduct of diplomacy by other means as diplomacy can be the conduct of war with a measure of finesse,&#8221; he said on his official Twitter account on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier briefing, US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim reiterated America&#8217;s position in the hotly-contested waters, urging all claimant parties to &#8220;refrain from provocative and unilateral actions that are inconsistent with international norms and practices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Reuters report dated July 3 quoted an anonymous source, saying China has recently tested multiple anti-ship ballistic missiles in the South China Sea, an act described by the Pentagon as &#8220;disturbing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Foreign Ministry referred the matter to its defense ministry when asked to confirm the veracity of the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Wednesday that the Philippine government will not speculate on the repercussions &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":154765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221504","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=221504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221505,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221504\/revisions\/221505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}