PHL Consulate General Holds Outreach Mission in Medicine Hat

Applicants await their turn for passport processing by Consular Assistants Norberto De La Rea (center) and Earl Edgardo Alonzo (right) at the outreach mission held in Medicine Hat on 19 and 20 August 2017.

06 September 2017 ALBERTA – The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary held an outreach mission to Medicine Hat, Alberta from August 19 to 20, providing passport and consular services to 169 Filipinos in the town and surrounding areas to process 140 passport renewals, 17 notarial services, nine civil registrations and three dual citizenship applications.  Ten (10) Filipinos also registered as Overseas Voters during the outreach mission.

The outreach mission was organized in cooperation with the Filipino-Canadian Association of Medicine Hat (FCAMH).

After the outreach mission, the FCAMH held the induction of its incoming officers, with Consul General Julius D. Torres administering the Oath of Office of the officials.

The Consul General thanked the association for its assistance to the Consulate team in organizing the outreach mission, and its continued support for the Consulate’s projects and initiatives.  He also thanked the FCAMH for agreeing to host the Independence Day picnic to be held in June 2018.

Echoing his call to other Filipino communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Consul General Torres also encouraged the association members to take more active roles in their local community as well as in Philippine political affairs by taking advantage of their right to vote, both in Philippine and Canadian elections, and expressed the hope that greater local community involvement by Filipinos would pave the way for more political leaders of Filipino heritage in the future.

The Consul General also invited the members of the community to participate in the forthcoming Winter Escapade tour in February 2018.

Medicine Hat is 264 km southeast of Calgary and is Alberta’s sixth largest city.  Filipinos there and in surrounding towns mostly work in the meat and plant nursery/greenhouse industries, although a number have also been successful entrepreneurs.  The FCAMH, the largest Filipino community association in the city.

For more information, visit www.calgarypcg.dfa.gov.ph. END

Consul General Torres administers the Oath of Office to the incoming officers of the Filipino-Canadian Association of Medicine Hat.