These photos shared by Secretary Bong Go on his Twitter account show leaders taking selfies with him during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Other Related meetings.
ASEAN IN FOCUS
ASEAN leaders to discuss inclusive business in promoting shared prosperity
The ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) composed of top executives of private companies from each of the member states meets today with the world leaders led by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), November 13, 2017. Mr. Jose Ma. A Concepcion III, the 2017 Chair of ASEAN-BAC and Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship will lead the private sector. The meeting focuses on inclusive business under its recurrent theme of “Prosperity […]
Infographics: Dialogue partners attending the 31st ASEAN Summit in the Philippines
The Philippines is again at the world’s center stage as it hosts the 31st Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits from November 13 to 14, 2017. The ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners will come together to discuss regional and global issues. All the leaders of the ASEAN and their dialogue partners are now in the country for the historic summit happening as ASEAN celebrates its 50th year. The list […]
President Duterte officially declares opening of 31st ASEAN Summit; thanks leaders for helping PHL end Marawi crisis
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte officially opened the 31st ASEAN Summit on Monday, November 13, 2017 as he welcomed the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its dialogue partners. He said this was a momentous and historic occasion and an opportunity for nations to help each other and address issues and problems affecting the world as a whole. He also thanked the countries who helped the Philippines in its […]
President Duterte hosts successful Gala Dinner for Asean Leaders, Dialogue Partners
President Rodrigo Duterte hosted a gala dinner for the leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their dialogue partners at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on Sunday, November 12. “It is my pleasure to welcome you all to Manila for the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits,” President Duterte said as he welcomed the 20 world leaders attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in the country. “I am deeply […]
President Duterte to hold meeting with US’ Trump today
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sit down with US President Donald Trump on Monday. The US president is in Manila with leaders of 18 other nations for two days of summits, the final leg of a headline-grabbing Asian tour dominated by the North Korean nuclear crisis. Allegations of Russian meddling in last year’s US presidential elections also hounded the second half of his 12-day trip, which took him from Japan to South Korea, China […]
Authorities say actress who breached ASEAN lanes may face charges, lose driver’s license
(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 […]
Duterte says South China Sea issue “better left untouched”; notes “we have to be friends”
(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, […]
A toast to friendship: Trump and Duterte share a toast during ASEAN gala dinner
Pres. Duterte receives ASEAN delegates during Summit gala dinner
President Duterte poses with other leaders of ASEAN and dialogue partners during ASEAN gala dinner
LOOK: President Duterte, Honeylet Avanceña, US President Trump at the ASEAN gala dinner
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.
