Dinner Gala Cap Independence Day Celebration in Ottawa

MP Chandra Arya and MP David Graham present the congratulatory message of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to PICOV Chair Nora Arriola during the celebration of the 119th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine Independence.

23 June 2017 OTTAWA — The week-long celebration of the 119th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence in Ottawa was capped by the annual dinner gala June 17 at the Centurion Conference and Event Centre in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean. The event was organized by the Philippine Independence Committee of the Ottawa Valley (PICOV) led by President Nora Arriola, with the support of the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa.

MP Chandra Arya read the congratulatory message of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Filipino community in Canada at the event. The independence day messages of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano were read by Deputy Chief of Mission Francisco Noel Fernandez III.

For more information, visit www.ottawape.dfa.gov.ph/ www.philembassy.ca or https://www.facebook.com/philippineembassy.ottawa/?ref=br_rs. END