PH Embassy in Ottawa Holds Outreach Missions in Fredericton

PHOTO: The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa undertook its first consular outreach mission to Canada’s Maritime provinces for the year on 25-26 April 2019 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and 28-29 April 2019 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to provide consular services to Filipinos in those cities and nearby communities.

The Embassy team, led by Ambassador to Canada Petronila P. Garcia and joined by First Secretary and Consul Eric Aquino and Consular Assistants Rosalie Gosalves, Maria Teresa Bragais, Alvin Conchas, Rodel Bendicio, and Rachelle Grace Caldito, processed a total of 652 consular services during the outreach mission in the two cities.

In Halifax, Ambassador Garcia also met with the Philippine honorary consular officers, namely Consul General Sean Sears, Consul-designate Consuelo Lacson, and Vice Consul Elizabeth Eustaquio-Domondon, to discuss their forthcoming projects to commemorate Philippine Independence Day and Heritage Month, as well as developments in Nova Scotia immigration regulations and their effects on the Filipino community there. (Ottawa PE photo)

Filipino community volunteer Donick Abad lectures fellow Filipinos in Halifax on financial literacy and services that they may avail of to assist them in their financial security. (Ottawa PE photo)

Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia (center) and Consul Eric Aquino (second from left) meet with Philippine honorary consular officials in Halifax, namely Consul-General Sean Sears (rightmost), Consul-designate Consuelo Lacson (fourth from left) and Vice-Consul Elizabeth Eustaquio-Domondon (leftmost) to discuss their forthcoming projects and immigration issues in Nova Scotia. (Ottawa PE photo)

For more information, visit www.ottawape.dfa.gov.ph, www.philembassy.ca or https://www.facebook.com/PHinCanada/.