PHL Consulate General in Dubai, Filipino Community Celebrate Thanksgiving Mass in Dubai

06 July 2017 DUBAI, UAE — Philippine Consul General to Dubai Paul Raymund Cortes led the Filipino Community in celebrating a special Thanksgiving mass in view of Philippine Independence Day at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dubai on June 30.

Around 5,000 Filipinos from across Dubai and the Northern Emirates participated in the special mass, capping a month and a half long celebration of the 119th anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence.

Some 20,000 trooped to Dubai's World Trade Center to celebrate Philippine Independence Day, which fell in the middle of Ramadan this year on May 12 while a flag-raising ceremony followed by an ecumenical celebration took place at the Philippine Consulate General grounds on June 12. 

Consul General Cortes stressed in his address that milestones such as Philippine Independence Day must be celebrated by the community in tandem with the Consulate General as a show of oneness between the public and private sector communities.

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