PH Consulate General in Jeddah Partners with Telecom Company

Marketing Specialist of Virgin Mobile Zoriel Gaffud (second from right) calls on Philippine Consul General to Jeddah Edgar B. Badajos (second from left) to discuss the company’s outreach program to address information needs of Filipinos in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With them are Consul Mary Jennifer Dingal (rightmost) and Vice-Consul Alfred Kristoffer Guiang (leftmost). (Jeddah PCG photo)

JEDDAH 12 March 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, in its effort to reach out to more Overseas Filipinos (OFs) under its jurisdiction and to keep them updated on important developments in the Philippines and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has welcomed the initiative of Virgin Mobile to assist in helping to disseminate information and public advisories of the Consulate to Overseas Filipinos through short message service (SMS) blasts on 09 March 2020.

Under the initiative, Virgin Mobile will distribute free sim cards to overseas Filipinos visiting the Consulate at the public waiting area. Overseas Filipinos can use the said sim card to make emergency calls or send urgent messages to the Consulate even if they run out of load. The initiative will be especially useful to OFs in distress who need to send urgent text messages or call the Consulate. Virgin Mobile also volunteered to text blast important announcements of the Consulate to Filipino Virgin Mobile sim card holders, at no charge to the Consulate.

Marketing Specialist Zoriel Gaffud said that the initiative is an outreach program by Virgin Mobile, which aims to empower Filipinos in the Kingdom by giving them easy access to information. END

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