PHL Embassy in Dhaka Celebrates 119th Phl Independence Day
04 July 2017 DHAKA — The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka hosted a reception for the Filipino community, and Bangladeshi and foreign guests in celebration of the 119th Anniversary of the declaration of Philippine Independence at the Philippine Chancery in Dhaka on June 12.
Representatives from the Filipino organizations in their Filipino traditional attire joined the officers and staff of the Embassy in singing the national anthem. The program was followed by the reading of messages and Independence cake cutting, and concluded with a Filipino breakfast. Philippine Ambassador to Dhaka Vicente Bandillo took the opportunity to make announcements of the embassy’s promoted personnel, outstanding employees and loyalty awardees.
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Ambassador Vicente Vivencio Bandillo and Vice Consul LV De Guzman assisted by FILCOM Presidents, Representatives from Bangladesh Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) and Bangladeshi friends in the cutting of the Independence cake.