13 February 2023 – Following the Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) Workshop and Consultation held in Manila on 28 November – 1 December 2022, conducted for all ATN Officers of Foreign Service Posts, the Embassy of the Philippines in Canada arranged an echo training for its personnel regarding the new law, RA 11641, an Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), and DFA and DMW Joint Circular No. 01 series of 2023, held on 10 February 2023 at the Embassy’s Mindanao Hall. ATN Officer and Attaché Felix De Vera III facilitated the training.

The echo training was conducted to ensure that Embassy personnel are fully informed on the role and functions of DMW and to deliver an efficient and effective service to overseas Pinoys. END