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PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF STRANDED CANADIANS

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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through its personnel in various Passport Offices outside of Metro Manila, provided travel assistance to Canadian citizens who have been stranded in the Philippines since the declaration of enhanced community quarantine to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The stranded Canadians travelled to designated provincial airports for feeder flights to Manila where they will take commercial flights of Philippine Airlines to Toronto and Vancouver requested by the Canadian Embassy in Manila and scheduled to depart on 14 April 2020.

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STATEMENT: ON THE DEMISE OF HONORABLE BERNARDITA L. CATALLA, PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON

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02 April 2020 - With deep sadness, the Department of Foreign Affairs announces the untimely demise on 02 April 2020, of Ambassador Bernardita Catalla, Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon, from complications arising from Covid 19.

A career diplomat for 27 years, service to the country has been the hallmark of Ambassador Catalla’s distinguished foreign service career. She served in key posts like Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta and was Passport Director where she delivered frontline service to millions of Filipinos. Prior to her assignment in Lebanon, she was Consul General in Hong Kong, looking over the welfare of hundreds of thousands of overseas Filipinos. Since December 2019, she spearheaded the voluntary mass repatriation program of the Philippine Embassy in Beirut.

Bernie, as Ambassador Catalla was fondly called, has always lent a helping hand, to her family, friends and colleagues. Her ever ready smile and infectious laughter may have been extinguished but her dedication to our country will always be there as a guiding light for all members of the Philippine foreign service. END

source: https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/statements-and-advisoriesupdate/26554-statement-on-the-demise-of-honorable-bernardita-m-catalla-philippine-ambassador-to-lebanon?fbclid=IwAR0O1NfNuaun5S-O8nn_PFHFX_I2bAPyni-y-wbkNeXNUHUdFgFcbXFL3eA

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA HOSTS LUNCH IN HONOR OF WOMEN HEADS OF MISSIONS IN OTTAWA

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Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia (last row, 3rd from the left) poses for a souvenir photograph with Governor General Julie Payette (1^st row, center, in red), along with the resident Women Heads of Missions in Ottawa.  Photo Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall

13 March 2020, Ottawa – Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia attended the luncheon in honor of Women Heads of Missions in Ottawa hosted by Governor General Julie Payette held on 11 March 2020 at Rideau Hall.  The luncheon coincides with the worldwide and month-long celebration of Women’s Month for calendar year 2020.

Before being invested as Canada’s 29^th Governor General in October 2017, and consequently Head of State, Governor General Julie Payette was an engineer, scientific broadcaster, corporate director, and astronaut by profession.  Rideau Hall is the official residence of the Governor General of Canada. —END—