{"id":236595,"date":"2019-11-04T22:41:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T03:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236595"},"modified":"2019-11-04T22:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T03:41:25","slug":"9-filipinos-on-board-norwegian-cargo-ship-kidnapped-in-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/04\/9-filipinos-on-board-norwegian-cargo-ship-kidnapped-in-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Filipinos on board Norwegian cargo ship kidnapped in Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236596\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/international-2690879_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236596\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/international-2690879_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/international-2690879_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/international-2690879_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/international-2690879_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/international-2690879_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nine people were taken off the bulk vessel while it was waiting to be unloaded off coast in Benin, according to a statement released by Ugland. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>OSLO<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Nine Filipino crew members were kidnapped from a cargo ship owned by Norwegian shipping company J.J. Ugland, Norwegian media reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The nine people were taken off the bulk vessel while it was waiting to be unloaded off coast in Benin, according to a statement released by Ugland.<\/p>\n<p>While the company did not mention the nationalities of the hostages, Norwegian online newspaper E24 quoted a source of Norwegian Shipowners&#8217; Association as saying that they were all Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said no Norwegian citizens were involved. The matter was being handled by the shipping company, said the ministry&#8217;s communication adviser Guri Solberg to NTB news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The company said its own crisis team was handling the situation and had contacts with relevant authorities. The family of the crew members have been notified by Ugland.<\/p>\n<p>No information was available about any claim for ransoms. There have been several similar incidents in the area in recent years.<em><strong>\u00a0(Xinhua)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSLO\u00a0&#8212; Nine Filipino crew members were kidnapped from a cargo ship owned by Norwegian shipping company J.J. Ugland, Norwegian media &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":236596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-xinhua","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236595","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=236595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236597,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236595\/revisions\/236597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}