PH Embassy Participates in Bahrain’s Communities Carnival

Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver, welcomes Bahranini Minister of Labor and Social Development Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan to the Philippine Embassy booth at the Communities Carnival on 04 April 2019 at the Water Garden City in Seef. (Manama PE photo)

MANAMA 08 April 2019 — The Philippine Embassy in Manama, in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Bahrain Council, participated in the Communities Carnival organized by the Volunteering Development Center of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development under the patronage of Bahraini Minister of Labor Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan from 04 to 06 April 2019 at the Water Garden City, in Seef Area, Bahrain.

The Embassy’s booth featured Philippine handicrafts and food items, including Mama Sitas products and various brands of dried mangoes and dried pineapples, and other popular snacks from the Philippines like chichacorn and polvoron. 

Promotional videos for Philippine tourism and Filipino cuisine were also shown during the entire period of the display to encourage local and expatriate communities to visit the Philippines and try Filipino dishes. Recipe booklets featuring easy Filipino and Asian food were distributed for free to promote Filipino food and products.

In order to promote Philippine brands and to attract more visitors to its booth, the Embassy also invited Jollibee to participate in the event.  The Jollibee mascot, everyone’s favorite bee, became one of the main attractions of the Philippine booth. END

MOLSD Minister Humaidan (extreme right) sampling the dried mangoes on display at the Philippine booth upon the invitation of Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver. Also in the photo is Assistant Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Faisal bin Jabur Al Doseri (second from right) of Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, members of Bahrain’s Parliament and officials of the ASEAN Bahrain Council, namely Mr. Nabeel Ajoor (second from left) and Ms. Feryal Nass (leftmost). (Manama PE photo)

Ambassador to the Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver and officials of the Embassy’s Cultural Section with Ms. Feryal Nass and Ms. Suhair Bokhammas of the ASEAN Bahrain Council. (Manama PE photo)

Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver, with visitors of the Embassy booth and Embassy personnel. (Manama PE photo)

Jollibee joins the Embassy booth to promote one of the Philippines’ most famous brands. (Manama PE photo)

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