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Philippine Embassy Promotes IHL Awareness

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Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel Fernandez III received a Certificate of Appreciation from Consul General Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez after delivering an IHL lecture at the Philippine Consulate General in Milan.

As part of the commemoration of International Humanitarian Law in the month of August by the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Francisco Noel Fernandez III delivered a lecture on “Introduction to International Humanitarian Law” to personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in Milan, Italy.

Consul General Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez delivered the welcome remarks while Vice Consul Awee Dacanay moderated the event. Participants received Certificates of Attendance after the lecture.

HOLIDAY NOTICE: 07 September 2020, Monday, in observance of Canadian Labor Day

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Filipino Migrants Pursue Entrepreneurship Venture

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“Grab N’Eat by H&B” proprietors welcome a member of the Filipino community to their pizza outlet in Ottawa’s West End.

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, together with the Philippine Consulates General in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto, have actively campaigned among Filipino immigrants to Canada to pursue entrepreneurship ventures, partly in response to the hurdles on their academic and work experience qualifications set by Canadian regulations. With the Filipino diaspora consistently increasing in numbers and almost breaching the one million mark across Canada, Filipino entreprenuers find a welcome market within the Filipino community as they establish food and grocery businesses, among others.

A new pizza outlet called "Grab N' Eat by H&B" was recently opened in Ottawa by two Filipino proprietors, Messrs. Harvey Gaso and Brian Lituania. The pizza restaurant is located at 2916 Carling Avenue, Ottawa in what is traditionally referred to as the West End of the capital. They look forward to serving the Filipino diaspora in the Ottawa-Gatineau national capital region with their popular pizzas, burgers, and chicken wings. END

Filipinos in Canada Bid Farewell to Ambassador Garcia

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25 August 2020, Ottawa – Filipinos throughout Eastern Canada gathered today for two unprecedented farewell events held in honor of outgoing Philippine Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia.

In the first event, members of different Filipino community organizations in Ottawa, ON, Montreal, QC, Fredricton, NB, Halifax, NS, and Summerside, PEI, congregated online in a despedida for the Ambassador hosted by the Embassy of the Philippines in Canada.

During the virtual farewell, representatives from the various organizations delivered heartfelt messages for the Ambassador, thanking her for her dedicated service and her efforts to reach out to the Filipino diaspora throughout the country. Some of the participants also thanked her for always highlighting Filipino culture and the arts while others expressed their appreciation for the consular outreach missions held by the Philippine Embassy in their provinces every year.