PH Consulate General in Los Angeles Initiates Round Table Discussion Between CFO and the Filipino SPED Teachers in Las Vegas
PHOTO: Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles conducts a roundtable discussion between CFO and the Filipino SPED Teachers in Las Vegas.

Photo shows Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles and Commission on Filipinos Overseas’ (CFO) delegations. From left: Director Mario O. Garcia, Atty. Xerxes E. Cortel, Undersecretary Astravel Pimentel-Naik, CFO Chair Acosta, Consul General to Los Angeles Adelio Angelito S. Cruz, Vice Consul Dyan Kristine M. Pastrana and Philippine Overseas Labor Organization LA Labor Attaché Armi Evangel Peña,

Also, present during the round-table discussion were Pilipino Workers’ Center Case Manager, Susan Tagle Buensuceso, Asian-American Pacific Islanders Community Commission Commissioners Margie Llorente-Gonzales and Sonny Vinuya, about 60 Filipino J1 teachers, and leaders and members of various Filipino-American community organizations in Las Vegas who have been providing support to the J1 teachers. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

 Former Associate Justice Francisco P.  Acosta answers some concerns of the Filipino SPED teachers, regarding the issuance of the "No Objection Certificate", the waiver of the "two-year residency rule", the "Philippine government’s Balik Turo" Program, and the objectives of the PHL-USA Exchange Visitor Program, among others. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

Consul General to Los Angeles Adelio Angelito S. Cruz introduces Commission on Filipinos Overseas’ (CFO) delegation headed by Former Associate Justice Francisco P. Acosta Chair and Secretary, to the Filipino SPED Teachers with J1 visas, who works for the Clark County School District, Las Vegas in fulfillment of Consul General Cruz’s promise for a dialogue between the CFO and the Teachers. (Los Angeles PCG photo)

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