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The ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) has officially approved the city of Solo, Indonesia to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games scheduled on July 23 to 30.

The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) plans its athletes to resume training next month in anticipation for the 11th ASEAN Para Games.

Indonesia has officially stated its intention to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games after the Board of Governors agreed to open a bid for an alternative host of the said biennial meet.

The 11th ASEAN Para Games has been cancelled after host Vietnam decided to focus on staging the rescheduled 31st Southeast Asian Games in May 2022.

The Philippines is “continuously assessing” the implications of the trilateral security agreement of Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS), a foreign affairs executive bared.

Newly installed US–ASEAN Business Council (USABC) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ted Osius is seeing huge potential for growth in Southeast Asia with United States companies looking at opportunities for diversification in the region, particularly on supply chains.

British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce has expressed his appreciation for the accession of the United Kingdom as the newest dialogue partner of the influential 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) specifically on the prospects that the partnership offers in the areas of trade, security, and people-to-people ties between the two sides.

Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez said that the sports facilities in their area are available for national athletes with disabilities as they prepare for the ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.

President Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday held a telephone summit to discuss among others the impending release of the JY20 billion (roughly P9 billion) Post-Disaster Standby Loan to the Philippines, the status of the subway and railway projects in Metro Manila and China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea.