ENRIQUE A. MANALO
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MARIA ANDRELITA S. AUSTRIA
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2025 MIGRATION ADVOCACY AND MEDIA AWARDS NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
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Calling on media outlets, institutions, and practitioners based in the Philippines or abroad!
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) has officially opened the call for nominations for the 2025 Migration Advocacy and Media (MAM) Awards, an annual recognition program that honors outstanding media contributions promoting awareness and understanding of migration issues.
Eligible works must fall within the fields of print, radio, television, film, advertising, and interactive media - Print Journalism Award, Radio Journalism Award, Television Journalism Award, Film Media Award, Interactive Media Award, Advertisement Award, and Media Advocate Award. Entries must have contributed to raising public awareness of migration issues, advocating for the rights and welfare of overseas Filipinos, or promoting a more accurate and positive portrayal of Filipinos abroad.
The deadline for submission of entries is on 31 July 2025.
Visit the MAM Awards website (https://mamawards.cfo.gov.ph/) for more details.
Attention: All Registered Overseas Filipino Voters at the Philippine Embassy (PE) in Ottawa
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The Special Board of Election Inspectors of Ottawa (PE) will close voting on May 12, 2025, 7:00 AM (Ottawa time).
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY TEAM BRINGS CONSULAR AND OVERSEAS VOTING SERVICES TO HALIFAX
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05 May 2025. Ottawa. A team from the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa visited Halifax, Nova Scotia for a consular and overseas voting outreach mission on 3-4 May 2025. A total of 307 services were rendered, which includes passport applications, legalization, civil registry and dual citizenship applications. The bulk of the consular services provided by the team were on passport renewal for minors. Of the 307 services, a total of 202 applications for passport renewal and a combined total of 105 applications for legalization, civil registration, NBI form attestation, travel document and dual citizenship processing were processed.
There were also 37 qualified individuals who took their oath of allegiance under the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003 or more commonly known as the Dual Citizenship Law (R.A. 9225). A briefing was held for the new dual citizens regarding their rights and privileges.
Another briefing was conducted for registered voters regarding pre-voting enrolment internet voting.
Representatives from the Toronto-based Migrant Workers Office joined the outreach to provide labor-related services and undertake prison visits.
The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa holds consular jurisdiction over Nova Scotia, which is home to 6,615 Filipinos. The largest concentration of the Filipino population in the Province is found in Halifax which is home to over 4,000 Filipinos. END
ANNOUNCEMENT: Application for Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival 2025 Extended!
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The Philippine Embassy in Canada is pleased to inform all interested choral groups that the deadline for submission of applications for the 6th Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival (AOVICF), which will be held on 20-24 August 2025 at Areté, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, has been extended until 31 May 2025.
For more information, please visit the AOVICF website: https://www.aovchoralfestph.com/ or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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