PH Embassy in Bangkok Conducts Post-Arrival Orientation Seminar

Consul General Val Simon Roque (second row, fourth from the right), Consul Anna Marie Santos (first row, first from the left), and Vice Consul Juan Carlos Borromeo (first row, second to the left) and participants to the Post-Arrival Orientation Seminar gather at the entrance of the Chancery. (Bangkok PE photo)

BANGKOK 06 December 2018 — To help Overseas Filipinos integrate into Thai society, the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok organized a Post-Arrival Orientation Seminar on 27 October 2018 as part of its gender and development program for 23 participants.  

Information provided during the seminar included the work of the Embassy, its officers, sections and functions, issues affecting Filipinos in Thailand, including cases were women and children are most vulnerable and overview of the Thai Social Security System and Medical Insurance.

The participants were also given an overview of the Philippine Security Social Security System (SSS) and PhilHealth benefits, particularly those available to overseas Filipinos, and how themselves and their families can prepare for entrepreneurship. END

For more information, visit www.bangkokpe.dfa.gov.ph  or https://www.facebook.com/PHinThailand.