{"id":99640,"date":"2017-04-24T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99640"},"modified":"2017-04-24T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:09:15","slug":"attack-by-chinese-navy-vs-filipino-fishermen-worrisome-solon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/24\/attack-by-chinese-navy-vs-filipino-fishermen-worrisome-solon\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack by Chinese navy vs. Filipino fishermen worrisome \u2013solon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99641\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15753551923_06abfa2c8a_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99641\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15753551923_06abfa2c8a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe attack by a Chinese naval vessel (apparently a navy ship, and not a coast guard vessel), as confirmed by Rep. Gary Alejano after interviewing the fishermen, is a worrisome development,\u201d De Lima said in a statement.  (Photo: Abed Simamora\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15753551923_06abfa2c8a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15753551923_06abfa2c8a_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe attack by a Chinese naval vessel (apparently a navy ship, and not a coast guard vessel), as confirmed by Rep. Gary Alejano after interviewing the fishermen, is a worrisome development,\u201d De Lima said in a statement. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/abednegosimamora\">Abed Simamora\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Monday condemned the reported harassment of a Chinese naval vessel on Filipino fishermen in the Union Banks in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack by a Chinese naval vessel (apparently a navy ship, and not a coast guard vessel), as confirmed by Rep. Gary Alejano after interviewing the fishermen, is a worrisome development,\u201d De Lima said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Magdalo partylist Rep. Gary Alejano earlier confirmed that a Chinese naval vessel drove away Filipino fishermen in the disputed territories last April 9.<\/p>\n<p>De Lima said that the incident mirrored China&#8217;s daring and boldness to discard of the conventional coast guard actions in enforcing its territorial claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch escalates the situation in the Spratlys, and should be strongly condemned by the Philippine government,\u201d the neophyte senator said.<\/p>\n<p>She said that this situation could be a potential threat to the national security of the Philippines where it could lose its rights to maritime territories \u201cby default.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator, meanwhile, urged the government to \u201cdemand respect\u201d from their Chinese counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Monday condemned the reported harassment of a Chinese naval vessel on Filipino fishermen in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":99641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18279,6508,3370],"class_list":["post-99640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-chinese-navy","tag-fishermen","tag-west-philippine-sea","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99640","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=99640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}