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Filipino heritage and hospitality celebrated, highlighted during ASEAN gala dinner

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Filipino cuisine and hospitality at their best were the highlights of the ASEAN gala dinner held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the regional bloc. During the event, world leaders wore specially-crafted Barong Tagalog made by Filipino designers. The world leaders and their spouses also figured in the traditional family photos wearing the  Barong Tagalogs and the Filipiniana gowns. Filipino talents also entertained the various world leaders. https://youtu.be/zkw84ByoKps

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Duterte sings PHL love song “Ikaw” during ASEAN gala dinner at Trump’s request

(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sang a hit Filipino love song at the ASEAN dinner gala in Manila Sunday (November 12), at one point taking the microphone to sing “Ikaw” (You), in a duet with local pop diva Pilita Corrales. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that Trump heard Duterte humming the tune, as singer Pilita Corrales was belting it out during the gala dinner. Duterte stood up and sang the last lines of […]

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Duterte not sandwiched by Obama, Ban at ASEAN gala dinner

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte was not ‘sandwiched’ by United States President Barack Obama and United Nations General Ban Ki-Moon at the ASEAN gala dinner Wednesday night, opposing the earlier announcement from his communications team. Duterte was seated beside Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Obama was seated beside Brunei’s King Hassanal Bolkiah and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc. Ban, on the other hand, was seated before his wife, Yoo […]

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Obama meets Duterte briefly before ASEAN gala dinner

    UNITED  States President Barack Obama met briefly with Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, their two governments said. The encounter took place just before a dinner during a summit of regional leaders in Laos, officials indicated. “They met at the holding room and they were the last people to leave the holding room. I can’t say how long they met,” Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, travelling with Duterte, told reporters shortly afterwards. “I’m very […]

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