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<b>WASHINGTON - The rhetoric from Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte is at odds with the two countries' warm relationship and the United States has not received any communications from his government about changing that relationship, the White House said on Tuesday.</b></h2>
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<b><br />"The diplomatic lines of communication between the United States and the Philippines remain open," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest, noting joint military exercises that began on Tuesday. <br /><br />"We have not yet received any sort of formal communication using those channels from the Filipino government about making substantial changes to our bilateral relationship."<br /><br />Duterte on Tuesday told U.S. President Barack Obama to "go to hell" and said the United States had refused to sell some weapons to his country but he did not care because Russia and China were willing suppliers..<br /><br />Duterte said he was realigning his foreign policy because the United States had failed the Philippines and added that at some point, "I will break up with America". It was not clear what he meant by "break up"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/05/16/white-house-says-no-communications-from-ph-on-changes">ABS-CBN</a></b></div>

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<b>The annual Philippines Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) will be held from October 4 to 12 in multiple locations in Luzon, including Palawan, which fronts reefs and outcrops that are being contested by Manila and Beijing, according to an embassy statement.</b></div>
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<b>It will be the first war games between the two treaty allies under the new Philippine leader Duterte, who has hit out at the United States for criticizing his bloody war on drugs.</b></div>
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<b>Approximately 1,400 US servicemen based in Okinawa and 500 Filipino soldiers will train "side-by-side to grow capabilities and better prepare to operate together during a natural disaster or armed conflict," according to the statement.</b></div>
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<b>“Exchanging expertise and cultivating our longstanding security alliance provides a cornerstone for security and stability in the region, and has for decades," said said Brigadier General John M. Jansen, commanding general of the US 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.</b></div>
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<b>Aside from live-fire drills, PHIBLEX 33 will also have humanitarian and civic assistance components, the embassy said.</b></div>
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<b>The US will field three amphibious attack and transport ships: USS BHR, USS Green Bay and USS Germantown while the Philippine Navy will deploy its newest strategic sealift vessel, the BRP Tarlac, the embassy said.</b></div>
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<b>Duterte this month said US Special Forces in Mindanao "must go" to give way to the government's peace negotiations with Muslim rebels. He later clarified that Manila needed Washington to defend its interests in the South China Sea.</b></div>
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<b>Angered by American officials' criticism of his anti-narcotics drive, Duterte threatened to curse at US President Barack Obama and raised US wartime abuses during its occupation of the Philippines in the early 1900s.</b></div>
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<b>This week, Duterte said Obama was welcome to join an international investigation on the mounting deaths linked to his war on drugs.</b></div>
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<b>Duterte has also signaled a thaw in ties with China that have been strained a bitter sea row. He appointed ex-President Fidel Ramos as special envoy to Beijing to discuss a United Nations-backed arbitration court's ruling that favored the Philippines.</b></div>
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SOURCE: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/24/16/us-philippines-set-war-games-amid-duterte-tough-talk">ABS:CBN</a></h3>

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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">The ASEAN Charter says that 'the Chairmanship of ASEAN shall rotate annually, based on the alphabetical order of the English names of Member States'</span></h2>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">MANILA, Philippines – "</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">Nagmura. Hinusgahan. Naging ASEAN Summit Chairman </em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">(He cursed. He was judged. Then he became ASAN Summit Chairman)."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">"</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">Habang ang ibang Pilipino ay minamaliit siya... ang mga lider ng iba't ibang bansa ay humahanga naman sa kanya at hinirang pa siya bilang chairman ng ASEAN 2017</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">(While other Filipinos belittle him...leaders of different countries admire him and even made him chairman of ASEAN 2017)."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />On YouTube, a video also proudly proclaimed: "Nasungkit ni President Duterte ang ASEAN chairmanship (President Duterte has clinched the ASEAN chairmanship)...We are proud to (sic) you."<br /><br /><br />(Watch the Duterte supporters' YouTube video below)<br /><br /><br />Posts with these words went viral after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, on September 8,accepted the Philippine chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2017.<br /><br /><br />Did Duterte "win" the ASEAN chairmanship as some of his supporters claim?<br /><br /><br />No, based on the ASEAN Charter.<br /><br /><br />Chapter X, Article 31 of the ASEAN Charter states: "The Chairmanship of ASEAN shall rotate annually, based on the alphabetical order of the English names of Member States."<br /><br /><br />The Philippines received the ASEAN chairmanship from Laos, the host of the ASEAN Summit this year.</span><div class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;">
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<b><i><span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">INCOMING CHAIRMAN. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes a bow in Vientiane, Laos, after accepting Philippines' ASEAN in 2017. Photo by King Rodriguez/PPD</span></i></b></h3>
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<b><i></i></b>The Phillippines has chaired ASEAN thrice over the past 40 years, according to the regional bloc's website:<ul class="ul1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px;">
<li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1987, under the late president Corazon Aquino</li>
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Chapter X, Article 32 of the ASEAN Charter defines the following roles of the ASEAN chairman:<ul class="ul1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px;">
<li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To "actively promote and enhance the interests and well-being of ASEAN, including efforts to build an ASEAN Community through policy initiatives, coordination, consensus, and cooperation"</li>
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<li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To "ensure the centrality of ASEAN"</li>
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<li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To "ensure an effective and timely response to urgent issues or crisis situations affecting ASEAN, including providing its good offices and such other arrangements to immediately address these concerns"</li>
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<li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To "represent ASEAN in strengthening and promoting closer relations with external partners"</li>
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<li class="li1" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To "carry out such other tasks and functions as may be mandated"</li>
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Duterte said when he accepted the ASEAN chairmanship on September 8, "The Philippines is ready and willing to steer and guide the association."</blockquote>
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