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Filipino Scholars in Montreal

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Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel Fernandez III (center) is joined by Cebu Technological University professors (left to right) Jerome Henales Ruiz, Chelo Durante, Sylvester Tan Cortes, and Ronnel Victor Kilat who are pursuing separate post-graduate research programs in the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) as Canadian Government scholars.  

In a dinner hosted in Montreal on 19 November 2022, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III welcomed the latest group of Filipino scholars from Cebu Technological University (CTU) under the ASEAN-Canada Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) program sponsored by the Government of Canada. The scholars are CTU faculty members pursuing post-graduate research programs in the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in the fields of business management, biology, agricultural science, and English.

CTU has a partnership agreement with UQAM to receive its faculty scholars, with its initial scholars participating in the SEED program during Autumn Term 2019. The current group of scholars is the fourth from CTU.

Philippine Embassy Joins Remembrance Day 2022 Event

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14 November 2022 – The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa joined Canada in commemorating Remembrance Day on 11 November 2022 in a solemn ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. The Philippine Embassy was represented by Third Secretary Jan Michael Gomez.

Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Canada, and other Commonwealth Countries, to honor armed forces members who died in the line of duty. It is commemorated on November 11 to recall the end of hostilities during the First World War “at the 11^th hour of the 11^th day of the 11^th month” of 1918.

Philippine Embassy Meets with Filipino-Canadian Parliamentarian

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14 November 2022 – The Philippine Embassy, led by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel Fernandez III, met with Filipino-Canadian MP Rechie Valdez on 14 November 2022 to discuss the strengthening of Philippine-Canada bilateral cooperation.

CDA Fernandez briefed MP Valdez on the status of the Credentials Recognition in Canada (CRC) Project of the Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC). On top of migration issues and trade cooperation, MP Valdez and CDA Fernandez also discussed a possible visit of a Canadian Parliamentary Delegation to the Philippines. MP Valdez is the incoming chairperson of the Philippines-Canada Interparliamentary Friendship Group.

CDA Fernandez and MP Valdez were joined by Third Secretaries Jan Michael Gomez and Mary Jaselle Menteer, and Philippine Commission on Audit Officials, Ms. Adela Dondonilla and Ms. Nenita Bautista.