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LOOK: @marites vitug and I speak to DFA Secretary Tess Lazaro for his month's World View episode. It's a timely discussions — and it took place just days before Manila takes over chairmanship of the bloc.

https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/view-marites-vitug-maria-theresa-lazaro-asean-leadership/

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other Philippine government officials are flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday morning, October 25, for the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is also with the President. Screenshots from RTVM

Dear Bea, kindly monitor if kasama na naman ni Sandro ang GF niya. If yes, who shoulders the expenses for her? Personal or public funds? Just wary kasi ginawa niya yan noon eh. Include also those members of the Presidential entourage who brought family members. Just the same question: who shoulders their expenses? Salamat. 🤔

Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro attends the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, October 25. Photos by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters

Sandro is not part of the delegation.

Marcos is also set to hold three bilateral meetings today — with Cambodia, Canada, and Thailand.

Welcoming Timor-Leste to ASEAN

Applause breaks out here at the media center as Timor-Leste is officially welcomed into the bloc and its flag, placed in the lineup of ASEAN member-states. One reporter approaches the Philippine media delegation — mistakenly assuming we're Timorese based off our reactions. My colleagues joke that we're just a very emotional people and that we're happy for Timor-Leste.

Thank you, Bea.

SITUATIONAL REPORT

TIPO-TIPO UNDER SIEGE

An armed confrontation erupted around 7:00 AM today between government forces and lawless elements reportedly backed by MILF within the downtown area of Tipo-Tipo Municipality.

As of this report, heavy exchange of gunfire continues within residential areas of the town proper.

Negotiations conducted late last night by the Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) and Kumander Rajan with the said lawless elements yielded no positive results.

-Mayor Tong Istarul

The 47th ASEAN Summit is about to come to a close in Kuala Lumpur. Rappler’s Bea Cupin walks you through what’s happened in three days of summits, agreements, pull-asides, and bilateral meetings from October 26 to 28. https://www.youtube.com/live/AYWRlCxwKBQ

We are a very emotional and happy people despite the flooding caused by corruption in our flood control projects. 😅

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LOOK: ASEAN 2026 logo for the Philippines' chairmanship.

The Philippines, as chair of the block, will be hosting hundreds (up too 600, possibly) of meetings in 2026.

What challenges await Manila as chair? READ: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/view-manila-asean-chair-challenges-2026/

DFA Sec Lazaro is also ASEAN chair’s Special Envoy to Myanmar 

At the launch of the Philippines’ ASEAN chairship for 2026, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro will also be the Philippines’ Special Envoy of the Chair on Myanmar. 

“We are confident that she shall bring a constructive, principled, and inclusive approach to supporting the people of Myanmar, guided by her mandate and the five-point consensus, as we work together towards peace, stability, and reconciliation. Secretary Tess, you better get this done. I already made the promise to everyone,” said Marcos. 

The five-point consensus or the 5PC is a roadmap for peace that ASEAN leaders agreed on in 2021 after the military junta took over Myanmar. Thus far, the junta has refused to follow the 5PC. 

Myanmar is set to hold elections in December 2025.