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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi umano magsasampa ng kaso ang gobyerno ng Vietnam sa Pilipinas dahil sa pagkamatay ng dalawang mangingisda sa Cape Bolinao nitong Setyembre. Sinabi ni Vietnam Ambassador to the Philippines Ly Quoc Tuan, hindi na kailangan pa na magsampa ng kaso laban sa Pilipinas dahil mareresolba naman ito ng dalawang bansa. Sa talumpati ni Tuan, sinabi nya na kanyang kinakatawan ang mga pamilya ng limang mangingisda na naghihintay umano sa kanilang […]
Apologizes for incident in September (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday apologized for September’s incident that saw two Vietnamese who were poaching in Philippine waters killed in an alleged encounter with the Philippine Navy, and five others arrested. “We are all Asians.. I’m sorry for the incident, I hope it will never happen,” Duterte said in send-off ceremonies for the other five Vietnamese crewmen, in Sual, Pangasinan. After a bilateral meeting with Vietnam President Tran […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo Party-List Representative Gary Alejano is asking the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into the encounter between the Philippine Navy and Vietnamese fishermen in the West Philippine Sea. The encounter resulted in the death of two Vietnamese fishermen, while five others were apprehended for illegal fishing in the area near western Pangasinan. Alejano said that the government should formulate a concrete strategy on how to handle issues […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Monday assured Vietnam it would conduct a “fair and thorough” investigation into the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave the assurance to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh during an informal meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said. “We would […]
https://youtu.be/9uzUaDogNmc SUAL, Philippines | AFP | — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday personally saw off 17 Vietnamese fishermen who had trespassed in Philippine waters, after ordering their release in a gesture of friendship towards Hanoi. Duterte ordered the release of the 17 men, who were apprehended aboard three fishing boats on September 8, after visiting Vietnam, a fellow member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At a send-off ceremony, Duterte told diplomats and […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (September 30) gave directives to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to speed up the release of Vietnamese fishermen caught poaching in Philippine waters last year. According to Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes, the President wanted the release to be as soon as possible at government’s expense. The vessels used by Vietnamese will also be returned to Vietnam. No further details were given on Duterte’s sudden commands. Vietnamese fishermen were […]
