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Philippine Embassy Hosts Luncheon on Immigration Issues

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PR 165 2022 CDA Luncheon 1Sep22

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, through Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III, hosted a luncheon to discuss current immigration policies of Canada. Attended by senior diplomats from Asia-Pacific diplomatic missions in Ottawa, Senior Director Shannon-Marie Soni from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shared updates on Canada’s immigration policies during the event held at Mindanao Hall of the Embassy’s Chancery.

The Filipino diaspora in Canada is estimated at almost one million, the second largest after the Filipino diaspora in the United States. Catering to the needs of the Filipinos across Canada is the legislated priority of Philippine Posts in Canada (PPC).

Philippine Embassy Opens Info Boot at the Montreal Fiesta Extravaganza

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PR 164 2022 Philippine Embassy Opens Info Boot at thge Montreal Fiesta Extravaganza

27 August 2022, Montreal - The Philippine Embassy joined the “Montreal Fiesta Extravaganza 2022: Summer Balik Saya” festivities held at Montreal’s MacKenzie-King Park. The Embassy opened an information booth for consular, travel, and assistance-to-national inquiries.

Fiesta Extravaganza is a summer event roving across Canada in celebration of Filipino heritage.

Montreal was the final stop of the Fiesta Extravaganza, following successful events in Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Vaughan, and Toronto.

Embassy Joins Coastal Clean Up in Ottawa

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PR 162 2022 Embassy Coastal Clean Up in Ottawa

The Philippine Embassy contingent to the Coastal Clean-Up with the garbage they collected at Britannia Beach in West Ottawa.

A contingent from the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, led by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III, joined the coastal clean-up organized by the 209.5th Division of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary on 27 August 2022 at Britannia Beach in West Ottawa.

The activity was undertaken by the Embassy to welcome the Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month (MANA MO) commemorated across the Philippines in the month of September. The City Government of Ottawa provided the garbage-collection paraphernalia for this activity.