PH Consul General Highlights PH Investments, Education Cooperation During Courtesy Call on Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta

Philippine Consul General to Calgary Zaldy B. Patron (right) and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson (left) during their meeting on 15 July 2020. (Calgary PCG photo)

CALGARY 21 July  2020 – Philippine Consul General to Calgary Zaldy B. Patron paid a courtesy call on Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson on 15 July 2020 in Edmonton City Hall.

Consul General Patron informed Mayor Iveson of the increasing investments of Philippine companies in his city with the opening of Jollibee and Potato Corner branches in Edmonton last year.  Seafood City Supermarket, which is owned by a Filipino-American family, also opened a branch in Edmonton on 16 July 2020. Consul General Patron highlighted that these investments and the other businesses of Filipino-Canadians in Edmonton were creating jobs for the Edmontonians and supporting the local economy.

Consul General Patron and Mayor Iveson exchanged ideas on how to continue to support Philippine businesses in Edmonton.

Consul General Patron also briefed Mayor Iveson on the Graduate Scholarship Program signed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and the Edmonton-based University of Alberta last year. The program will allow DOST-SEI scholars to study master’s and doctoral degrees in University of Alberta. END

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