Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha arrived at Clark International Airport at half past 2pm Sunday, completing the representation of ASEAN's five founding states at this week's 31st Summit and related events, and a glittering 50th founding anniversary celebration for the regional bloc.

The ASEAN Committee on Security, Peace and Order, and Emergency Preparedness and Response (CSPOEPR) on Sunday warned foreign tourists and guests against joining protests during the conduct of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, saying this could cause their immediate deportation.

The plane of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is attending this week's ASEAN events, landed at Clark International Airport at 1:52pm Sunday.

The plane of New Zealand's youngest Prime Minister in 150 years and the country's third female leader, Jacinda Ardern, landed at Clark International Airport just minutes after the arrival of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong flew in a little past 1pm Sunday in this former military basein Pampanga, the sixth ASEAN leader who has arrived for the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.

The celebrity couple officially tied the knot almost one year after they announced their engagement.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in this former US base in the Philippines past noon Sunday, the fifth ASEAN leader to fly in this weekend to attend the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summit.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Sunday morning on a commercial flight, as one of global leaders attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, which the Philippines is hosting as the regional bloc marks its 50th anniversary.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's plane touched down at noon Sunday at the Clark International Airport in this former military base, the second ASEAN head of state to arrive for the day to attend the 31st Summit and related summits of Southeast Asia's leaders and their dialogue partners.

Eight distinguished alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC), including InterAksyon and BusinessWorld editor in chief Roby Alampay, were honored at the 1st Glory Awards ceremony on Saturday (November 11, 2017) at the UP Bahay ng Alumni, DIliman Quezon City.

Lao PDR Prime Minister Thoungloun Sisoulith arrived in the Philippines Sunday morning, the first arrival for the day of over a dozen world leaders attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, and the third who flew in at the weekend.

President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his strict orders to government officials, led by Cabinet secretaries, to act with dispatch on all papers that reach them, noting the country's low ranking in a recent ease of doing business report.

In today's gospel, the faithful are inspired to always be prepared to welcome Him always.

Philippine merchandise exports to nine other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had a turnaround this year after a drop in export revenues last year.

(UPDATED - 7:30 p.m.) President Rodrigo Duterte skipped the gala dinner for heads of state attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam Sunday night.