{"id":95574,"date":"2017-03-27T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95574"},"modified":"2017-03-27T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:52:21","slug":"no-formal-mechanism-yet-for-phl-japan-joint-patrols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/27\/no-formal-mechanism-yet-for-phl-japan-joint-patrols\/","title":{"rendered":"No formal mechanism yet for PHL, Japan joint patrols"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_88305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88305\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16196034_237876513324836_7349111980796625264_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88305\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16196034_237876513324836_7349111980796625264_n.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;There is no formal mechanism yet (for such matters),&quot; said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by reporters on whether Japan is amenable to joint patrol operations with the Philippines.  (Photo: Delfin Lorenzana\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16196034_237876513324836_7349111980796625264_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16196034_237876513324836_7349111980796625264_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16196034_237876513324836_7349111980796625264_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;There is no formal mechanism yet (for such matters),&#8221; said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by reporters on whether Japan is amenable to joint patrol operations with the Philippines. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dellorenzana\/photos\/a.186247341821087.1073741828.186212171824604\/237876513324836\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\"> Delfin Lorenzana\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SANGLEY POINT, Cavite\u2014Don&#8217;t expect to see Japanese military ships and aircraft helping the Philippine military patrolling the country&#8217;s vast maritime territories anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the Japan Ministry of Defense&#8217;s formal delivery on Monday of two Beechcraft King Air TC-90s to the Philippine Navy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no formal mechanism yet (for such matters),&#8221; said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by reporters on whether Japan is amenable to joint patrol operations with the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine military is hard pressed to protect its vast maritime domains and now catching up with its Asian neighbors in modernizing its Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lorenzana confirmed three more TC-90s are scheduled to be transferred to the Philippines within this year and the next, helping boost the Navy&#8217;s patrol and disaster response capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the said aircraft, talks are underway regarding the transfer of UH-IH spare parts from Japan for the use of the Philippine military, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANGLEY POINT, Cavite\u2014Don&#8217;t expect to see Japanese military ships and aircraft helping the Philippine military patrolling the country&#8217;s vast maritime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":88305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[17097,12748,17096,2702],"class_list":["post-95574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-beechcraft-king-air-tc-90s","tag-delfin-lorenzana","tag-japanese-military-ships","tag-philippine-military","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95574","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=95574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}