{"id":100461,"date":"2017-04-30T02:40:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T06:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=100461"},"modified":"2017-04-30T02:40:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T06:40:21","slug":"president-duterte-hosts-30th-asean-summit-gala-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/30\/president-duterte-hosts-30th-asean-summit-gala-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"President Duterte hosts 30th ASEAN summit Gala Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100463\" style=\"width: 5508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170430120441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100463\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170430120441.jpg\" alt=\"President Duterte hoped that the gathering will strengthen the old friendships among the Southeast Asian Nations and make new ones. (Photo:  Jess M. Escaros Jr.\/ Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"5508\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170430120441.jpg 5508w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170430120441-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170430120441-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/170430120441-1024x446.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5508px) 100vw, 5508px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Duterte hoped that the gathering will strengthen the old friendships among the Southeast Asian Nations and make new ones. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\">Jess M. Escaros Jr.\/ Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MANILA\u2013President Rodrigo Duterte and several foreign leaders gathered in Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila on Saturday evening for a gala dinner hosted by the Philippines during the 30th Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.<\/p>\n<p>President Duterte hoped that the gathering will strengthen the old friendships among the Southeast Asian Nations and make new ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider all of you not just as our neighbors, but friends but also our brothers and sisters,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the nations are all proud of the diversity of the culture and history bound as they share common vision and aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this fraternal bond that continues to unite and inspire us to partner for change and to engage the world,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive then offered a toast to the stability of the Southeast Asian nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the unity, centrality, solidarity and continued success of ASEAN; to peace and stability in the region and continued growth of our economies; to the enduring friendships between our nations and the positive change in the lives of our people,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders had the chance to chat before their official family photos were taken.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who performed during the gala dinner were the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and Philippine Women\u2019s University \u2013 Jose Abad Santos Memorial School Rondalla.<\/p>\n<p>The guests were treated to a festive night, from the delectable food choices such as Kinilaw na GenSan Tuna, Sinigang na Sugpo ng Batangas, Suhang Davao Sorbet, Pinoy Adobar, Lapu-lapu sa Dayap, Kakang Gata sa Tsokolate, and Fiesta Halo-halo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; MANILA\u2013President Rodrigo Duterte and several foreign leaders gathered in Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila on Saturday evening for a gala &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95,1],"tags":[595,18526,13135,18525],"class_list":["post-100461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","category-uncategorized","tag-asean","tag-gala-dinner","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-sofitel-philippine-plaza-manila","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}