{"id":233807,"date":"2019-10-07T23:06:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T03:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233807"},"modified":"2025-01-13T19:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:36:46","slug":"ph-russia-nuclear-energy-deal-uncertain-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/07\/ph-russia-nuclear-energy-deal-uncertain-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PH-Russia nuclear energy deal \u2018uncertain\u2019: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_233369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233369\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KRL2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233369\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KRL2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KRL2.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KRL2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KRL2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KRL2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the members of his delegation hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Polyana 1389 Hotel in Sochi on October 3, 2019. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The nuclear energy agreement between the Philippines and Russia is \u201cuncertain\u201d, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte bared that the deal may be unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re discussing whether it\u2019s feasible or not.\u00a0<em>Kumbaga, nasa ano pa lang \u2018yun, pinag-uusapan pa lan<\/em>g (It\u2019s still being talked about),\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWala pang sigurado dun<\/em>\u00a0(Nothing is certain yet),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During Duterte\u2019s five-day official visit to Russia last week, the Philippines and Russia signed a memorandum of intent to explore the possible construction of nuclear power plants in the country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy singulair online <a href=\"https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html\">https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This was among the 10 business agreements signed between the two countries estimated to be worth USD12.57 million or about PHP650 million.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy fluoxetine online <a href=\"https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/fluoxetine.html\">https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/fluoxetine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, Duterte bared that he would consult his Cabinet first since the deal may be a violation of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Constitution would not like it. That is why I have to talk to the Cabinet. I cannot affirm or deny that because that&#8217;s part of the proposals,&#8221; Duterte said upon arrival from his trip to Russia on Sunday (Oct. 7).<\/p>\n<p>In November 2017, the Philippines and Russia agreed on a nuclear cooperation program under a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) signed during the 12th East Asia Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said this cooperation is part of the government\u2019s intention to develop a variety of applications for nuclear energy that are within policies, particularly for power generation.<\/p>\n<p>The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is the country&#8217;s first and only nuclear power plant built during the term of former President Ferdinand Marcos. However, it never became operational due to safety concerns and corruption issues.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flexeril online <a href=\"https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flexeril.html\">https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flexeril.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The nuclear energy agreement between the Philippines and Russia is \u201cuncertain\u201d, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":233369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233807","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=233807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283819,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233807\/revisions\/283819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}