The 2017 ASEAN Summit is up and running, as heads of ASEAN nations as well as other world dignitaries converge to discuss various political issues that affect both their countries and the world. At around the same time, the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit also takes place, focusing on business concerns surrounding the ASEAN region.
The ABS-CBN News Channel and CNN Philippines are the primary channels that will cover in detail the ASEAN Summit. For this live blog, I will focus on ANC, so keep refreshing this blog for the latest updates on their coverage.
10:00 a.m.
The speech ends. Meanwhile, Peter Lundgreen is at the 8 Rockwell studio being interviewed by Annalisa Burgos.
Yes, 8 Rockwell studio is still open at 10:00 a.m.
10:10 a.m.
Outside, today has some uncommonly hot November weather. But inside the main ANC studio, Annalisa Burgos still looked as cool as a cucumber.
Annalisa is no stranger to big events such as the ASEAN Summit. She may be a relative newcomer on ANC, but journalism has been her calling card for years now.
10:20 a.m.
Not much activity right now. Inside the CCP, there’s plenty of dancing during the opening ceremony, while Annalisa does some recapping of this morning’s news.
10:25 a.m.
At the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Michelle Ong is live-tweeting the proceedings as we speak. Expect some video highlights from said event in the coming hours.
10:30 a.m.
ASEAN Summit protests are well underway. Stay safe, journalists on site.
10:35 a.m.
Live stream of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit is available on the GoNegosyo Facebook page. If not, follow Michelle Ong’s tweets.
With all the news related to the ASEAN Summit going on, ANC is doing its best to keep viewers company. Thank goodness for social media in adding further context to the story.
10:45 a.m.
After another brief look at the headlines, ANC is now reairing Cathy Yang’s interview with George Barcelon. Not much going on right now.
In the meantime, didn’t we mention that Cathy is once again nominated for Best Anchor at the 2017 Asian Television Awards? She previously won three awards in the same category in the early 2000s, all while based in Hong Kong working for Bloomberg Asia.
10:55 a.m.
Now business has picked up anew. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is delivering his speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit with the help of an interpreter.
Oh no, ANC cut short that speech a few minutes later. Commercial break time.
11:00 a.m.
Back at ANC’s coverage of the 2017 ASEAN Summit. And another summary of the headlines.
A plenary session among the ASEAN and world leaders is now underway.
11:10 a.m.
President Duterte now presiding the ASEAN Summit plenary session.
And they cut short his speech anew. Goodness gracious.
11:15 a.m.
After over four hours covering the live blog, a lot has taken place as far as interviews and live feeds are concerned. As lunch time draws near, activity slowed down somewhat.
In the meantime, enjoy the ‘replay’ of the headlines on ANC right now.
11:20 a.m.
ANC was about to go back to Medvedev’s address at Solaire but the speech came to an end. We will have to wait for the summary.
In the meantime, here is a spoiler of Cathy Yang’s interview with GoNegosyo’s Joey Concepcion.
11:30 a.m.
Cathy Yang is back live at Solaire, this time with Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala as guest. Looks like Cathy has quite a day ahead of her.
11:45 a.m.
Annalisa Burgos is about to wrap up her shift, so why not take another look at the headlines. A few minutes later, Cathy Yang has another guest in ICTSI’s Enrique Razon.
While Cathy interviews Mr. Razon, we can also point out that both are alumni of De La Salle University like yours truly. And the gymnasium where the Green Archers and other DLSU varsity teams practice was named after Mr. Razon’s father.
We can also mention that the Green Archers won last night against the Ateneo Blue Eagles to force a Final Four in the UAAP Season 80 men’s basketball.
In the meantime, enjoy some serious talk on improving the traffic situation with these two.
11:58 a.m.
Annalisa Burgos ends her shift. Now she can relax and breathe easily after a three-hour run inside the ANC studio.
In the meantime, I presume that Karmina Constantino will be coming up next.
12:05 p.m.
If baseball has the seventh-inning stretch, this live blog has the 12 o’clock stretch. Time to stretch a bit.
Back at ANC, Karmina Constantino is now on board, but not at the main ANC studio. She is now anchoring inside the ANC newsroom studio where many of their newscasts take place.
Oh, and Christian Esguerra is at the PICC where all the media partners are based right now. Not to mention that he took off his tie following his time at 8 Rockwell.
12:15 p.m.
Around this time, KC and Christian were talking about the ASEAN Summit and the latest news that took place today. This is like a mental lunch to me.
Speaking of lunch, time to serve some.
12:30 p.m.
Protests, protest and more protests.
12:35 p.m.
Wilnor Papa of Amnesty International is at the studio now, discussing ASEAN’s need to address the Rohingya crisis. Time to feed my brain some more.
12:50 p.m.
KC and Christian are back to continue their conversation on the ASEAN Summit. This is starting to get more interesting.
If you are watching this coverage from the start, ANC has been utilizing the generic ASEAN 50 motif shortly after the end of ‘Headstart’ instead of the title cards of their programs. After all, this is a special coverage that will last the entire day.
1:00 p.m.
Cathy Yang’s interview with Joey Concepcion is now on the air. This is obviously recorded several hours earlier.
At this time, the ASEAN Summit is on a lunch break. They are expected to resume at around 2:00 p.m. today.
Stay tuned for Part III.
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