WATCH: Duterte sings upon Trump's 'orders'

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<p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte sang during the gala dinner for the 31st ASEAN Summit on Sunday, upon the request of US President Donald Trump. </p><p>In a tweet by Public Works Undersecretary and lawyer Karen Jimeno, who was in the gala dinner at the SMX Convention Center, Duterte is seen singing the OPM hit &quot;Ikaw.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Ladies and gentlemen, I sang uninvited, in a duet, with Miss Pilita Corales, upon the orders of the commander-in-chief of the United States,&quot; a smiling Duterte said after singing.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentDuterte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PresidentDuterte</a> sings <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ikaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ikaw</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PilitaCorales?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PilitaCorales</a>, upon request of <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Asean2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Asean2017</a> <a href="https://t.co/VjGCVeOeqG">pic.twitter.com/VjGCVeOeqG</a></p>— Karen Jimeno (@AttyKarenJimeno) <a href="https://twitter.com/AttyKarenJimeno/status/929706524427001856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Trump arrived in the Philippines Sunday for meetings with his Southeast Asian counterparts, the last stop of his Asian tour.</p><p>The US President earlier offered to mediate between claimants to the South China Sea, where five countries contest China&#x27;s sweeping claims to the busy waterway.</p><p>Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano thanked Trump for his offer but said that ASEAN countries will need to arrive at a consensus before taking the deal.</p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte sang during the gala dinner for the 31st ASEAN Summit on Sunday, upon the request of US President Donald Trump.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte sang during the gala dinner for the 31st ASEAN Summit on Sunday, upon the request of US President Donald Trump.

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WATCH: Duterte sings upon Trump's 'orders'

WATCH: Duterte sings upon Trump's 'orders'

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Published Nov 12, 2017 11:49 PM PHT

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