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.
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ASEAN, Hong Kong sign deal in ‘vote for open trade’
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 […]
ASEAN participants start arriving for ASEAN gala dinner which features best of the PHL
(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 […]
Trump tweets his arrival in PHL for ASEAN Summit
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 Trump arrives in PHL for ASEAN Summit
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
LOOK: Aung San Suu Kyi pushes ‘women capital development’ for ASEAN
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, […]
World leaders arrive in PHL for ASEAN Summit
(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 […]
South China Sea, North Korea issue discussed in Duterte’s bilateral talks with China’s Xi in Vietnam
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had a bilateral meeting with People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit at the Crowne Plaza Da Nang in Vietnam on November 11, 2017. The 72-year old Duterte discussed the issue of the South China Sea, North Korea, as well as strengthening the friendship between China and the Philippines during their bilateral talks. Joining the President were Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan […]
President Duterte salutes network of mentors for entrepreneurs
by Caesar Vallejos, EBC Correspondent The ASEAN Mentorship for Entrepreneurs Network (AMEN) was officially launched by President Rodrigo Duterte during the first day of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS 2017) at the Solaire Manila, Philippines last November 12, 2017. Under the Philippine Chairmanship through the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC), AMEN is a public-private partnership platform which gives utmost importance to mentorship, a way of educating through focused guidance targetted to micro-, […]
Cayetano represents President Duterte in APEC gala dinner in Vietnam
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala dinner for world leaders in President Rodrigo Duterte’s place on Friday night, Nov. 10, 2017. Duterte skipped the dinner because he was attending to urgent matters regarding the final preparations for the ASEAN Summit hosting of the Philippines, and getting information and coordinating with his officials in Manila regarding the recovery of Vietnamese captives of the terrorist group, the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Vietnam for APEC summit
DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday (November 10). Xi will meet other leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday in the Vietnamese seaside resort of Danang. Agreement over the leaders’ statement is likely to prove one of the major sticking points of the summit due to the increasingly protectionist stance of the US.
Trump will not meet with Putin in Vietnam: White House
DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will not hold a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam, the White House said Friday. “Regarding a Putin meeting, there was never a meeting confirmed, and there will not be one that takes place due to scheduling conflicts on both sides,” press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters minutes before Air Force One touched down in the Vietnamese city […]
