{"id":93813,"date":"2017-03-13T22:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T02:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=93813"},"modified":"2017-03-13T22:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T02:52:40","slug":"dnd-mulls-more-patrols-off-benham-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/13\/dnd-mulls-more-patrols-off-benham-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"DND mulls more patrols off Benham Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93815\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93815\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"Earlier, China claimed that its vessels were only exercising its right of innocent passage when the DND announced that several Chinese survey ships were spotted in the locality last year. (Photo: Department of National Defense - Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlier, China claimed that its vessels were only exercising its right of innocent passage when the DND announced that several Chinese survey ships were spotted in the locality last year. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\">Department of National Defense &#8211; Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013To demonstrate Philippine sovereignty and control over Benham Rise, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is mulling the increase of patrols in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The maritime feature is located off the Aurora and Isabela coastline.<\/p>\n<p>He added the increase of Filipino patrols in the area would demonstrate to everyone that the area is under Filipino jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, we will do something there, may we will increase our patrols at the same time, we might set up a structure to says that (Benham Rise) is ours,&#8221; Lorenzana said in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, China claimed that its vessels were only exercising its right of innocent passage when the DND announced that several Chinese survey ships were spotted in the locality last year.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana disputed this Chinese claim and said ships exercising right to innocent passage steam on a definite course and speed and do not constantly change their courses and speeds.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-million-hectare Benham Rise is believed to be a fuel-rich area and awarded to the Philippines by the United Nations in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Chinese survey ships were also seen off Scarborough Shoal and Reed Bank surveying the sea bed for possible mineral deposits, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese has gained total control of Scarborough Shoal (also known as Panatag) after a standoff with the Philippine Navy in April 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013To demonstrate Philippine sovereignty and control over Benham Rise, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is mulling the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":93815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[5450,3413],"class_list":["post-93813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-benham-rise","tag-department-of-national-defense","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93813","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=93813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}