Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III welcomes viewers to the presentation of the 28th tranche of Retail Treasury Bonds offered by the Philippine Bureau of the Treasury.

As part of its financial literacy advocacy, the Philippine Embassy in Canada led Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC) in collaborating with the Bureau of Treasury of the Philippines (BTr) in promoting to the Filipino diaspora in Canada the 28th tranche of Retail Treasury Bonds (RTB). The activity was streamed online through video conference and carried simultaneously on the social media platforms of both BTr and PPC.

In his welcome remarks, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III enjoined the Filipino diaspora in Canada to become Overseas Filipino Investors and support the continued economic development of the Philippine through the purchase of the RTBs.

The webinar may be viewed on the Facebook pages of the Embassy and the Bureau of the Treasury.

PPC is composed of the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and the Philippine Consulates General in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.

The Filipino diaspora in Canada is estimated at nearing the 1 million mark, the second largest Filipino diaspora after those in the United States of America.