US Heads of Posts to Intensify Provision of Frontline Assistance to Nationals
From left: Consul General Adelio Cruz, Consul General Generoso Calonge, CDA Patrick Chuasoto, Amb. Teodoro Locsin, Consul General Gina Jamoralin, Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano, Assistant Secretary Reynaldo Catapang, Consul General Marciano De Borja, Consul General Henry Bensurto at the Council on Foreign Relations
04 October 2017 NEW YORK – The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and heads of Philippine Consulates General in the US held a Command Conference on Assistance-to-Nationals and other frontline services in New York on October 02.
Chaired by DFA Office of Migrant Workers Affairs Assistant Secretary Reynaldo A. Catapang, the Heads of Post discussed means of streamlining assistance efforts to overseas Filipinos, updating contingency plans in light of new challenges and immigration policy developments, forging closer partnerships with US government partners, civil society organizations, and advocacy groups, extending legal and other assistance, more effective information dissemination, and speedier responses to human and labor trafficking cases.
The participants likewise briefed Foreign Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano on developments in their respective areas as common concerns of posts in the US.
The heads of Post also attended the Speaking Engagement of Secretary Cayetano at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), one of the oldest international affairs and foreign relations organizations in the United States.
The following Heads of Post took part in the Command Conference: Consul General Generoso D.G. Calonge (Chicago), Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. (San Francisco), Adelio Angelito S. Cruz (Los Angeles), Gina A. Jamoralin (Honolulu), Marciano R. De Borja (Agana), Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega (New York), and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Patrick A. Chuasoto (Washington, D.C.) END
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Assistant Secretary Catapang (3rd from left) leads the discussions at the Command Conference (photos by NYPCG)