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HILIGAYNON ASSOCIATION IN QUEBEC CELEBRATES 28TH ANNIVERSARY

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In support of Ambassador Petronila Garcia’s advocacy to strengthen the network of Filipino community organizations across Canada, Deputy Chief of Mission Francisco Noel Fernandez III attended the 28th anniversary of the Kahirup (Hiligaynon) Association of Quebec (KAQ) held at Hotel Universel in Montreal, Canada.

The anniversary ball saw the induction of the new officers of KAQ led by its president Jeannette Perignon, the cultural performance of the KAQ Dance Troupe, and other song-and-dance medley rendered by Filipino talents in Montreal.

Montreal is home to approximately 35,000 Filipinos and Canadians of Filipino heritage. The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa provides monthly consular outreach missions to the Filipino diaspora in Montreal.

PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN OTTAWA PROMOTES HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS IN REGINA

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PR 161 A Regina Breakfast Meeting on TIP

Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia despatched a consular team to Regina, Saskatchewan from the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa last 27 September 2019. In a breakfast meeting on 28 September 2019 with the newly elected officials of the Philippine Association of Saskatchewan led by its president, Architect Pepito Escanlar, Deputy Chief of Mission Francisco Noel Fernandez III enjoined the community leaders to be vigilant in monitoring cases of illegal recruitment and human trafficking affecting Filipinos in the province. DCM Fernandez shared with them information on the basic elements of illegal recruitment and human trafficking, while noting the limitations of Canadian legislation regarding human trafficking.

There are approximately 33,600 Filipinos and Canadian of Filipino heritage in the province of Saskatchewan, most of whom reside in the cities of Regina and Saskatoon.

Holiday Notice in Observance of Canada's Thanksgiving Day, Monday, 14 October 2019

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SPEECH OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE FORUM OF THE VALDAI INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION CLUB IN RUSSIA

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SPEECH OF

PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE FORUM OF THE VALDAI INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION CLUB

“WORLD ORDER SEEN FROM THE EAST”

[Delivered at the 1389 Polyana Hotel Valdai Hall in Sochi, Russia | 03 October 2019]

President Putin; Heads of States; the Valdai Discussion Club; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen:

Good afternoon.

For over two decades after the end of the Cold War, Philippine foreign policy hardly evolved. Russia, for instance, remained on the margins of our diplomacy.

I viewed this as an oversight of strategic proportion. A result of bureaucratic inertia. A symptom of blind attachment to bygone views and assumptions. And a massive failure to grasp change and seize new opportunities.

The Filipino nation, of course, deserve better.

Thus, when I assumed the presidency in 2016, I vowed to correct this. In 2017, I visited Russia for the first time. Although it was cut short, I believe it led to meaningful and historic developments in our relations.

When I say it was cut short, I had to go home because the Marawi, a city in Mindanao in the Philippines was a brewing, evolving into an endless violence.

We intend to stay [on] this path and that is why I am very glad to be here for the second time. I thank President Putin for the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to a robust and comprehensive Philippines-Russia partnership.