PH Consulate General, CFO Hold Second Ugnayan sa Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES 27 October 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles successfully held the second Ugnayan sa Los Angeles, in partnership with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), via the Zoom online platform on 22 October 2020.
In his welcome remarks, Philippine Consul General to Los Angeles Adelio Angelito S. Cruz commended the CFO for continuing the Ugnayan program despite the pandemic as overseas Filipinos can engage with government officials and community partners through this platform. He noted that the event fittingly coincides with the celebration of the Filipino-American History Month as it hopes to draw the government closer to the Filipino diaspora.
The event provided an overview of the CFO’s programs, the national government’s COVID-19 pandemic response and travel restrictions on foreign nationals, legal concerns and the impact of the 2020 U.S. Census on the Filipino-American community, and the Exchange Visitors Program. Filipino community leaders also shared their organizations' programs and projects in response to the pandemic.
The online event garnered more than 3,000 views during the livestream, which was live on CFO’s FB page and linked on the Consulate General’s own FB page.
The online event followed the first Ugnayan sa Los Angeles which was held as an in-person town hall meeting at the Consulate General’s Community Hall on 26 November 2019 during a visit to Southern California by a five-member CFO official delegation led by its Secretary, Justice (ret) Francisco C. Acosta on 21-30 November 2019. END
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