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The Sun
25-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Tariff issues will be discussed at the 46th ASEAN Summit
KUALA LUMPUR: Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has revealed that ASEAN leaders will hold discussions on the new tariff schedule imposed by the United States. Speaking at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City before he departed for Malaysia to attend the 46th ASEAN Summit, Marcos Jr. described the tariff issue as a development requiring collective response from the ASEAN member states. 'We have already had informal consultations with the ASEAN Chair, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and fellow member states. Given the differing trade circumstances across ASEAN, we must find consensus on this issue,' he was quoted as saying in a video posted on the official Facebook page of Radio Television Malacañang (RTVM). RTVM is the official broadcast agency and media arm of the Philippine President. On his participation in the summit, Marcos Jr. said the Philippines remains committed to strengthening ASEAN centrality and regional cooperation, especially amid pressing regional and global challenges such as developments in the South China Sea, the situation in Myanmar, climate change, maritime security and digital transformation. During the summit from May 26 to 27, Marcos Jr. will participate in plenary and retreat sessions, as well as meetings with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, ASEAN Youth and Parliamentarians. He is also scheduled to attend the 2nd ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit and the inaugural ASEAN-GCC-China Summit. 'These platforms offer a valuable opportunity to share insights on our increasingly complex economic and geopolitical landscape,' he said. The Philippine leader said he would also promote the development of a common regional framework for ethical and responsible artificial intelligence (AI), aligned with ASEAN values. Bilateral talks with Prime Minister Anwar and other ASEAN leaders are also on his agenda, aimed at reinforcing regional ties and exploring new areas of cooperation. Since assuming office in 2022, Marcos Jr. has actively participated in ASEAN engagements, highlighting the Philippines' commitment to peace, resilience and sustainable development in the region. The Philippines will assume the ASEAN chairmanship in 2026, following Myanmar's exclusion due to its ongoing political crisis. The 46th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings, which are being held under Malaysia's 2025 chairmanship themed 'Inclusivity and Sustainability', are expected to address a wide range of pressing regional and international issues, with the ongoing crisis in Myanmar remaining a key point of concern for ASEAN member states. This year marks Malaysia's fifth time chairing the regional bloc, having previously held the ASEAN chairmanship in 1977, 1997, 2005, and 2015. In addition to the ASEAN-level meetings, two important inter-regional summits – the 2nd ASEAN-GCC Summit and the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit – will also take place on May 26 and 27, signalling the growing engagement between Southeast Asia and its strategic partners in the Gulf and China.
AFP
03-03-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Video shows Philippine president at wreath-laying ceremony, not receiving award from US army
, showing President Ferdinand Marcos laying a wreath at a memorial before he is accompanied into a building by US soldiers holding his country's national flag, was shared on February 11, 2025. "Awarded the highest honorary award of the USA Army, PBBM is something else," reads superimposed Tagalog-language text, using initials for the president that incorporate his nickname "Bongbong". Images of Marcos and US President Donald Trump were also overlaid on the video, which was viewed more than 165,000 times. Image Screenshot of the false TikTok post, captured on March 3, 2025 The video also , with comments suggesting users believed the US army had given Marcos an honorary award. "BBM to our nation. I salute you!" read one comment. Another read: Manila and Washington are long-standing treaty allies and their relationship has deepened since Marcos took office in 2022 (archived link). He is widely seen as having aggressively pushed back against China's claims over the South China Sea, a change from his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte's cosier relationship with Beijing (archived link). The battle between the two political dynasties is at the heart of upcoming mid-term races, which could determine the political future of Duterte's eldest daughter, impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. But there have been no official reports of Marcos receiving any award from the US military, and the video circulating online was in fact filmed in May 2023. Wreath-laying ceremony using keyframes from the falsely shared video led to a livestream shared on the verified YouTube channel of state-run broadcaster RTVM on May 4, 2023 (archived link). "President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. pays his formal respects to the sacrifices of America's veterans by offering a wreath before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a solemn ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States of America on May 4, 2023," read the video's caption. The video used in the false posts matches the footage shown between the 7:07 and 15:40 marks. Image Screenshot comparison of the video in the false post (left) and the RTVM livestream (right) Philippine broadcaster GMA News and the Pentagon's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service also published footage of the ceremony (archived here and here). Marcos is not shown being given an award in any of the videos. There is also no mention of Marcos being given the US army's "highest honorary award" in Philippine news reports about the ceremony or in an article on the Arlington National Cemetery's official website (archived here and here). The claim was earlier debunked by Philippine fact-checking organisation VERA Files (archived link).
