Dateline Kamuning:   President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vowed to promote and to protect the country’s interests before the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. “I will join other Leaders of ASEAN to advance our community-building efforts in the region and ensure the well-being and security of our people, in line with Indonesia’s chairmanship theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth,’” the President said in his departure speech at the Maharlika in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on Tuesday. Marcos added he would push for continued efforts toward economic growth, food and energy security, investment, combating transnational crimes and protecting migrant workers in crisis situations, among others. The President said he and other ASEAN leaders will also exchange views on pressing issues of common concern such as developments in the South China Sea and the situation in Myanmar. ”I am always optimistic because all the...