{"id":19477,"date":"2026-04-05T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19477"},"modified":"2026-04-05T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:08:00","slug":"dfa-chief-lauded-for-securing-safe-passage-of-ph-flagged-vessels-trhough-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/dfa-chief-lauded-for-securing-safe-passage-of-ph-flagged-vessels-trhough-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA CHIEF LAUDED FOR SECURING SAFE PASSAGE OF PH-FLAGGED VESSELS TRHOUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo &#8220;Ping&#8221; M. Lacson on Friday lauded Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro for ensuring through quiet diplomacy the safe passage of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy shipments and Filipino seafarers through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lacson underscored the deal&#8217;s importance as he noted that the route is used by vessels that deliver 80 to 100 percent of the Philippines&#8217; oil imports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Our commendation and gratitude to DFA Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro for quietly and efficiently negotiating with Iran to allow passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz that deliver 80% to 100% of the Philippines oil imports,&#8221; he said \u00a0in a post on X.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Thursday, the DFA said Lazaro had a &#8220;very productive&#8221; phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who assured her that Iran would allow the &#8220;safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage through the Strait of Hormuz of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy sources, and all Filipino seafarers.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lazaro said the development is vital to ensuring the Philippines&#8217; energy security and the safety of Filipino seafarers operating in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Earlier, Lazaro talked with the Iranian official to request that Iran designate the Philippines as a &#8220;non-hostile country&#8221; and guarantee safe passage for Philippine-flagged vessels and oil deliveries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last Wednesday, Lacson urged Filipinos to pray that the country and the world would weather &#8220;Trump-26,&#8221; amid economic pressures &#8211; including rising fuel prices &#8211; due in large part to what he described as US President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;whimsical arrogance in treating even the US&#8217; long-time allies.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo &ldquo;Ping&rdquo; M. Lacson on Friday lauded Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro for ensuring through quiet diplomacy the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19479,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19477\/revisions\/19479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}