{"id":44528,"date":"2015-03-11T01:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44528"},"modified":"2015-03-11T01:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:23:30","slug":"vp-binay-saddened-by-execution-of-ofw-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/11\/vp-binay-saddened-by-execution-of-ofw-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Binay saddened by execution of OFW in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24487\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jejomar-Binay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24487\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jejomar-Binay.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Jejomar Binay (Facebook photo)\" width=\"600\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jejomar-Binay.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jejomar-Binay-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jejomar-Binay-600x533.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Jejomar Binay (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday expressed grief over the execution of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia for killing his employer in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt is with sadness that we announce the execution of one of our <em>kababayan<\/em> working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,\u201d Binay said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Joven Esteva, who hails from General Santos City, was beheaded Monday after the family of his victim, a Saudi national, refused to sign an affidavit of forgiveness needed to stay his execution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dEven as we grieve and wait for the full report from the Philippine Embassy, I ask that we pray for the family of the deceased,\u201d Binay, presidential adviser on OFW, said.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Binay said there are 80 cases of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) on death row worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dOf these, 27 are in Saudi Arabia. Rest assured that all of them are being given full legal assistance by the Philippine government and efforts are being exerted within the laws of the respective host nations to save their lives,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday expressed grief over the execution of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44528","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=44528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}