PH Consulate General in Jeddah Holds 2nd Balitaan at Talakayan Virtual Meeting-dialogue with Fil-Com
Philippine Consul General to Jeddah Edgar B. Badajos meets with the Filipino community via Zoom/Facebook Live In the second edition of Balitaan at Talakayan. (Jeddah PCG photo)
JEDDAH 02 November 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah held its second Balitaan at Talakayan, a series of virtual meetings-dialogues with the Filipino community in Jeddah and the Western Region on 29 October 2020 via Zoom/Facebook Live, with the theme, “Recalibrating the Strong Partnership between the Philippine Consulate and the Filipino community under the New Normal.” The first virtual meeting-dialogue was held last 20 August 2020.
The meeting-dialogue was attended by following Jeddah-based Filipino community organizations, namely: Philippine Professional Organization (PPO), Philippine Nurses Association Jeddah (PNAJ), Health Alliance Training Center (HATC), Philippine International Schools Teachers’ Association Jeddah Chapter (PISTA), Jefrey Sales Estrada Technical Institute (JSETI)/Jefrey Sales Estrada Karatedo International (JSEKI), NAP Awitin-Pedregosa Company (NAPCO)/NAP Awitin-Pedregosa Karatedo International (NAPSKI), Total Care International (TCI), OFW Council of Leaders (OCL), Nationalist Alliance of Migrants (NAM), and Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association of Jeddah (APO-Jeddah)
In his opening statement, Philippine Consul General to Jeddah Edgar B. Badajos emphasized the value of the Balitaan at Talakayan Series with the Filipino community as an effective way to find areas of common concern for probable joint projects in the coming year.
During the virtual meeting-dialogue, Consulate General officials, including Vice Consul Lemuel Lopez, Vice Consul Sheila Mae Briones, Social Welfare Attache Annabel Oidem, and Assistant Labor Attache Herminigildo Daytoc, gave updates on the current programs and projects of their respective sections/units. They also answered queries from the audience which were posted on the Facebook page of the Consulate General during the live broadcast.
The next virtual meeting-dialogue with the Filipino community will be scheduled in December 2020. END
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