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(Eagle News) –“What’s wrong with my nap?” President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say following reports of his absence in several events in the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Singapore. Apart from the gala dinner, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the President skipped the ASEAN-Australia Informal Breakfast Summit, the 20th ASEAN – Republic of Korea Summit, the Working Lunch hosted by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the Second Regional […]
(Eagle News) — So why did President Rodrigo Duterte miss several events in the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Singapore? According to the Palace, it was because he took “power naps to catch on sleep.” “Last night, the President worked late and had only less than three hours of sleep. It is unfortunate that the first event scheduled today was at 8:30 a.m.,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Apart from the gala […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A rulebook to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, saying his nation does not seek “hegemony or expansion.” Li’s comments appeared to be the first clear timeframe for finishing the code of conduct. Talks have dragged on for years, with China accused of delaying progress as it prefers to deal with less powerful countries on […]
The Southeast Asian leaders posed for a family photo at the opening ceremony during the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on Tuesday, November 13.
A police robot patrols the Suntec City Convention and Exhibition Center during the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore. https://youtu.be/yY28Vlepam8
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday implored foreign investors to take a punt on her country — Southeast Asia’s “final frontier” — but warned its resources are not open for exploitation at the cost of its people. Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, has toured Asia in recent months beating the drum for her country’s economy, which the World Bank forecasts to grow at seven percent next year. A tangle […]
(Eagle News) — After the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore, President Rodrigo Duterte will fly straight to Papua New Guinea to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting. The ASEAN Summit starts on Tuesday, Nov. 13 and ends on Nov. 15. The following day, Nov. 16, is the start of the APEC summit which will end on Nov. 18. In a press briefing, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella said that President Duterte will […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore’s prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned “political pressures” were driving countries apart, in a swipe at rising protectionism at the start of a gathering of world leaders. Leaders including Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and US Vice President Mike Pence are meeting this week in the city-state against the backdrop of a months-long trade dispute between Beijing and Washington. Some of those attending are expected […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A Lion Air passenger jet has been involved in another accident — just a week after a plane from the Indonesian airline crashed with the loss of all 189 people on board. In the latest incident, the jet clipped a pole as it taxied to the runway at Bengkulu airport on Sumatra island ahead of its flight to Jakarta. The plane’s left wing was visibly damaged, forcing all passengers to disembark. […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse TACLOBAN, Philippines (AFP) — Diofel Llamado fled for his life when Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines in 2013, yet today he is back living in the same coastal area — even if it puts him in the crosshairs of a future killer storm. On the fifth anniversary of the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon on record, his return is emblematic of the struggle in developing nations to move people […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Boeing issued a special bulletin Wednesday addressing a sensor problem flagged by Indonesian safety officials investigating the crash of a Lion Air 737 that killed 189 people last week. The plane maker said local aviation officials believed pilots might have been given wrong information by the plane’s automated systems before the fatal crash. “The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has indicated that Lion Air flight 610 experienced erroneous input from one […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck 11 kilometers (seven miles) east of Mamasa in west Sulawesi at 2:35 am (18:35 GMT), according to USGS. No tsunami warning was issued. It comes after a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami razed swathes of the city of Palu on Sulawesi island on September 28. The disaster killed more than 2,000 people […]
