{"id":78884,"date":"2016-07-21T03:48:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=78884"},"modified":"2016-07-21T05:05:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:05:22","slug":"plans-now-ongoing-ensure-safety-phl-fishermen-venturing-scarborough-shoal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/07\/21\/plans-now-ongoing-ensure-safety-phl-fishermen-venturing-scarborough-shoal\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans now ongoing to ensure safety of PHL fishermen venturing in Scarborough Shoal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_78886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78886\" style=\"width: 885px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SND_Lorenzana_Official_Photo-3x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78886\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SND_Lorenzana_Official_Photo-3x3.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cIf they continue to deny entry (to Filipino fishermen), then maybe the government will come up with some actions or solutions to allow these fishermen to go there unimpeded by the Chinese Coast Guard,\u201d Lorenzana said. (Wikipedia photo)\" width=\"885\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SND_Lorenzana_Official_Photo-3x3.jpg 885w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SND_Lorenzana_Official_Photo-3x3-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SND_Lorenzana_Official_Photo-3x3-768x642.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cIf they continue to deny entry (to Filipino fishermen), then maybe the government will come up with some actions or solutions to allow these fishermen to go there unimpeded by the Chinese Coast Guard,\u201d Lorenzana said. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delfin_Lorenzana\">Wikipedia photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the government is now planning courses of actions to ensure the safety of Filipino fishermen planning to venture off Scarborough Shoal which lies 125 nautical miles off Masinloc town, Zambales.<\/p>\n<p>This is should Chinese Coast Guard continues to harass and prevent Filipino fishermen from entering the rich fishing ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us see what happens in the next couple of days. If they continue to deny entry (to Filipino fishermen), then maybe the government will come up with some actions or solutions to allow these fishermen to go there unimpeded by the Chinese Coast Guard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The DND chief said the Philippines has many options but declined to discuss these as it merely \u201ctelegraph what we are doing to the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we are going to wait for some decisions from higher-ups on what we will be doing, President Duterte will have to consult other agencies before coming up with \u2018concrete actions,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>China gained control of Scarborough Shoal after a tense stand-off with Philippine Navy units in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Its maritime law enforcement units have been consistently driving away Filipino fishermen spotted in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the government is now planning courses of actions to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[3413,3412,3124],"class_list":["post-78884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-national-defense","tag-dnd","tag-scarborough-shoal","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78884","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=78884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}