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PR-2021-61

26 October 2021, Toronto, Ontario – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto is pleased to inform that a consular team led by Consul General Orontes V. Castro conducted the Third Consular Outreach Mission in the City of Winnipeg, Ontario on 19 to 24 October 2021.

During the outreach mission, Honourable Malaya Marcelino, Filipino-Canadian MLA for Notre Dame, visited the Consular Team and the Filipino applicants at the Holiday Inn Express Winnipeg Airport Avenue, Winnipeg on 22 October 2021. In her brief remarks, MLA Marcelino thanked the Consulate General for sponsoring the Consular Outreach Missions to provide consular services and other assistance to the Filipinos in the province of Manitoba. She informed that she is focused on legislative works that will provide more job opportunities and empower the women in her riding or legislative district of Notre Dame. MLA Marcelino likewise expressed full support to the Credentials Recognition Project of the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, with the support of the Philippine Consulates General in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. The Project aims to allow the Philippine-educated Filipino nurses to practice their profession in Canada.

The Overseas Filipino applicants were thankful to the consular team for undertaking the outreach mission and for providing consular and other services to Overseas Filipinos in Manitoba. The consular outreach mission was supported by the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Winnipeg.

The other members of the Consular Team were: Administrative Officer Jocelyn Roxas and Consular Assistants Marilyn Galanza, Errol Reyes, Sarah Amihan-de Guzman, Anthony Echlar, and John Dan Elijah Fajardo.

A total of 1,609 consular services were extended to Overseas Filipinos in Manitoba.

The Consulate General conducted outreach missions in the City of Winnipeg on 14-20 August, 21-26 September, and 19-24 October 2021. Another Consular Outreach Mission is scheduled in November this year in Manitoba. END-

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PR-2021-59

16 October 2021, Toronto – This year’s successful celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia or INA, the Patroness of the Bicol Region, was held in Scarborough in Toronto on Saturday, 18 September 2021.

The officers and members of the Bicol Canada Community Organization (BCCA), headed by its President Earl Francis Dacara, organized the whole day event celebration, which coincided with the festivities held in Naga City in the Philippines. There was the Translacion or procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia at the Bluffers Park Marina, a fluvial or yacht parade along Bluffers Park Lane, and the Holy Mass in the evening at the Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) Parish in Bathurst, Toronto.

According to BCCA President Dacara, the annual celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia has been practiced in Canada for more than 15 years now. It is one way of enriching the Catholic faith. Pre-pandemic, there were an estimated 400 to 500 devotees in attendance but now it has been limited to 100 religious due to health protocols in effect in Canada. In Naga City, they use bancas for the fluvial procession but in Canada they use boats and yachts. This year’s celebration, with the support of the Black First Yacht Club, saw 12 yachts parading. The Black First Yacht Club is a member of both the BCCA and the Bluffers Park Yacht Club in Scarborough, and has included the annual feast in its programmed activities.

The annual festivity honoring the Queen of Bicol shows the extraordinary devotion and love of the devotees to Mother Mary. According to Mr. Dacara, it is also one way for Bicolanos in Canada to get-together and celebrate and enrich their faith, as well as celebrate the Filipino culture and tradition.

Consul General Orontes V. Castro joined the many devotees of Our Lady of Peñafrancia at he Holy Mass capping all the events of the religious celebration. The Mass was celebrated by Reverend Monsignor Edgardo Pan of St. Rose of Lima Parish, together with OLA Pastor, Reverend Father Lorenzo Salandanan, and OLA priests Reverend Fathers Norberto Eyule and Joseph Baal.

After the Mass, Consul General Castro presented the Consul General’s Quincentennial Awards to BCCA President Dacara, Father Lorenzo Salandanan (Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Assumption Church), and Reverend Monsignor Edgardo Pan for their invaluable effort and activities to foster unity among the Filipino Community and continued support to the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto. - END

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PR-2021-60

18 October 2021, Toronto, Ontario – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto is pleased to inform that a consular team led by Consul General Orontes V. Castro conducted the Consular Outreach Mission in Mississauga, Ontario on 16 October 2021.

The Overseas Filipino applicants were thankful to the consular team for undertaking the outreach mission and for providing consular and other services to Overseas Filipinos in Mississauga. The consular outreach mission was supported by the Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC) led by its President, Mr. Resty Del Rosario and Ms. Judy Montenegro, Vice President for Operations and Programs.

The other members of the Consular Team were: Consul Rodney Jonas Sumague and Consular Assistants Marilyn Galanza, Cecilia Santos, Sarah Amihan-de Guzman, Errol Reyes, and Dennis Escobido.

A total of 145 consular services were extended to Overseas Filipinos in Mississauga.

Another Consular Outreach Missions are scheduled this week and in November this year in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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