PH Consul General Meet FilCom in Toronto
Consul General to Toronto Orontes Castro welcomes the Filipino Community to the Consulate General at his Meet & Greet with the Filipino Community on 25 October 2019. (Toronto PCG photo)
CANADA 25 November 2019–Consul General to Toronto Orontes V. Castro had the opportunity to meet and greet the Filipino community in Toronoto on 25 October 2019 at an event organized by the Sentro Rizal - Toronto held at the Consulate General.
The get-together event was an opportunity for members of the Filipino community, leaders of the Filipino-Canadian organizations, and media in Toronto to meet their new Consul General. The event was well attended by the community that was eager to meet the highest official representative of the Philippines in Toronto.
During his presentation, Consul General Castro reiterated the Consulate General’s commitment to serve the close to 400,000 Filipinos in its jurisdiction which includes Ontario, which accounts for nearly 50 percent of the 900,000 Filipino Canadians in the whole of Canada. He mentioned the various services of the Consulate General, the Sentro Rizal, and the attached government offices, as well as his plans in the pipeline.
Consul General Castro also showed the facsimile of the two manuscripts of Dr. Jose Rizal’s works—the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo—which were kindly donated by the Philippine National Historical Commission, and brought by him upon his return to Toronto on 20 October 2019, after attending the recently concluded Global Conference of Heads of Posts (GCHOP) in Manila.
A reception which served well-loved Filipino delicacies followed immediately after the Meet & Greet. END
Consul General Castro pointing to the facsimiles of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s works – the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. (Toronto PCG photo)
Consul General Castro together with FilCom in Ottawa during his meet and greet. (Toronto PCG photo)
Consul General Castro presented his officers to the community. From left, Consul Edwin Mendoza, Consul Edna May Lazaro, Trade Commissioner Maria Roseni Alvero, Pag-ibig Member Services Officer Elizabeth Borres, Labor Attache Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo, Landbank Representative Felisa Rosales, Welfare Officer Lourdes Reyes, and SSS Representative Roberto Roldan. (Toronto PCG photo)
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