PH Conducts Training on Food Processing in Port Vila, Vanuatu

(Front row, from left) Helen Grace Opaon of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Technical Cooperation Council (TCCP), General Managaer of the Vanatau Cooperative Business Network (VCBN) Jack Loughman, Department of Industry (DOI), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce Director Jimmy Rantes, and Ni-Vanuatu Business Jotham Napat, Philippine Honorary Consul Florentino “Bong” Serrano, DFA-TCCP Milagros Autencio and Marilyn Serrano, Department of Industry (DOI) Lazarus Aising, Science and Research Specialists from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Industrial Technology Development Institute Mesdames Charito Villaluz, Michelle Evaresto, Dolly Villasenor and Rosela Gomez (second row), and participants with their certificates (third and fourth rows). (DFA photo)

VANUATU 16 December 2019 –– In line with South-South Cooperation, the Technical Cooperation Council of the Philippines (TCCP) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) provided technical assistance to the Government of Vanuatu through the conduct of a Training on Food Processing held in Port Vila on 19-22 November 2019. 

The successful implementation of the training could be credited to the support and assistance of the Philippine Embassy in Canberra and the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Port Vila in coordination with the Vanuatu Department of Industry (DOI) under the Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu Business.

With the training, the Ni-Vanuatuans learned new food processing skills imparted by the Department of Science and Technology – Industrial Technology Development Institute, Science and Research Specialists, the Philippine agency charge to facilitate the training on Production of Intermediate Raw Materials from Coconut, Tomato, Root Crops and Fish Processing.

It was  attended by 22 participants and 20 observers identified both by the Government of Vanuatu Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the DOI under the Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu Business.

The occasion was graced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Commerce, Trade Industry and Ni-Vanuatu Business Jotham Napat, Director Jimmy Rantes of DOI, Mr. Jack Loughman, General Manager of the Vanuatu Cooperative Business Network (VCBN) and Philippine Honorary Consul Florentino “Bong” Serrano. END