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(Eagle News) — Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit organizers said charges could be filed against actress Ma. Isabel Lopez after they said she “defied” a plan meant to safeguard world leaders when she removed the cones designating the ASEAN lanes on Edsa and used them herself to escape traffic. In a statement, ASEAN Technical Working Group on Traffic Management chair Emmanuel Miro said the incident that Lopez herself proudly narrated on her Facebook […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the South China Sea issue was “better left untouched,” noting that no one could afford to go to war. “We have to be friends. The other hotheads would like us to confront China and the rest of the world on so many issues,” Duterte said the day before the official start of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Aside from the Philippines and China, Vietnam, […]
This photo shared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in his Twitter account shows President Rodrigo Duterte with his common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña and US President Donald Trump during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gala dinner.
Hong Kong and Southeast Asian nations signed a free trade deal Sunday, in what one minister described as a “clear vote” against protectionism, as the United States withdraws into its “America First” rhetoric. The city, a special administrative region of China, forged the agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the sidelines of a summit in Manila to be attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump. The ministers were meeting […]
(Eagle News) — Delegates to the 31st ASEAN Summit have started arriving at the SMX Convention Center for the ASEAN gala dinner. Renowned Filipina chef Jessie Sincioco will prepare the mean for the ASEAN participants, with the help of Sofitel Philippine Plaza. They will be preparing a four course Filipino-Asian dinner. Meanwhile, three top Filipino designers – Albert Andrada, Rajo Laurel and Randy Ortiz, were those assigned to dress the world leaders and their […]
US President Donald Trump tweeted his arrival in the Philippines in Sunday night, saying “Just landed in the Philippines after a great day of meetings and events in Hanoi, Vietnam!” Trump earlier offered to mediate in a territorial dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea, after years of Chinese island-building in the contested waters. Trump’s surprise proposal to insert himself into the decades-long row risked a backlash from China, which has repeatedly said the […]
US President Donald Trump arrived in the Philippine capital Sunday for regional summits, the last leg of a marathon Asian tour, according to an AFP reporter travelling with him. Trump, who flew in from Vietnam, will be in Manila until Tuesday to attend talks hosted by controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. © Agence France-Presse
Her Excellency Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar said that women capital development is not only what Myanmar needs but the whole ASEAN region. She coined the phrase ‘women capital development’ from the concepts of empowering women and human capital development during her keynote address at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2017 at the Solaire, Manila, Philippines. “Since 2004, […]
(Eagle News) — World leaders, including those from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and partner countries, have started arriving for the historic 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits in the Philippines. The planes carrying Malaysian Prime Minister Najon Razak, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, South Korea President Moon Jae-In, Australia Prime Minister […]
