THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Saturday said an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting in Bohol on April 19 to 20 will go on as planned despite last week’s encounter between the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group and the combined forces of Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Senior Asean officials will travel to the resort island of Panglao in Bohol this week for meetings sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry. The Philippines holds the Asean chairmanship.

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