President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leaves for Jakarta, Indonesia on Sepember 4, 2023 to participate in the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits from Sept. 5 to 7, 2023. Alfred Frias, NIB-PNA/file JAKARTA — The Philippines will host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in 2026, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday, during the regional bloc’s plenary session in Indonesia. The Philippines was originally scheduled to host the ASEAN Summit in 2027, during the bloc’s 60th founding anniversary, but Myanmar formally expressed that it would forego the chairmanship in 2026. “It is...