PHL Consulate General in Dubai Hosts Town Hall Meeting with Sec. Martin Andanar

PCOO Sec. Martin Andanar addresses the Filipino Community of Dubai and the Northern Emirates

26 October 2017 DUBAI – The Philippine Consulate General in Dubai and the Northern Emirates hosted a Town Hall Meeting with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Jose Ruperto Martin M. Andanar on October 22 at the Rizal Hall, Philippine Consulate. Accompanying the Secretary was PCOO Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislative Affairs Michel Kristian R. Ablan.

More than 200 Filipino Community leaders, members, and media practitioners attended the Consulate’s October Town Hall Meeting. The Secretary discussed the accomplishments of Duterte administration, the war on drugs, fake news, a proposal to include social media in school curriculum, housing assistance for Marawi residents, and the status of IDOLE program and the proposed OFW bank, among many others. Secretary Andanar also commended OFWs for their sacrifices being away from their families to be able to support them and how these transpired to increase in remittances.

Secretary Andanar and Assistant Secretary Ablan also visited the wards at Migrant Workers and other Overseas Filipinos Resource Center (MWOFRC) of POLO prior to the town hall meeting. END

For more information, visit www.dubaipcg.dfa.gov.ph.