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 PR No. 22-2020

Toronto, 15 April 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto is pleased to inform that it assisted today in securing food supplies from the Food Bank in Scarborough the 2 stranded Filipino students from the Centennial College in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; and a Filipina Temporary Worker (Overseas Filipino Worker/caregiver) in Toronto stricken with cancer. The OFW stopped working in November 2019 due to her sickness and she is being assisted by Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)-Toronto on her application for the CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefits) and EI (Emergency Insurance) benefits. She is also being assisted for medical assistance from OWWA.

15 April 2020, Toronto-Filipino-Canadian Kirsten Wilson of the Agincourt Community Services Association in Scarborough, Ontario, assists one of the stranded Filipino students of Centennial College in receiving food supplies from the Association’s Food Bank

ATN (Assistance-to-Nationals) Officer Dennis Escobedo assisted one of the students in receiving the food bags from Filipino-Canadian Kirsten Wilson of the Agincourt Community Services Association in Scarborough, Ontario. Filipino-Canadian Jamillah T. Mananghaya-Poernama, RSW and Manager, Newcomers’ Centre and Settlement Counselor of the Association is one of the partner settlement counselors of POLO. Ms. Mananghaya-Poernama informed POLO and the Consulate General on the availability of the food supplies from the Food Bank for indigent and distressed Filipinos in the Toronto area. Ms. Ella Tan, another partner settlement counselor of POLO is also assisting the sick OFW.END

Observing social distancing, ATN Officer Dennis Escobedo assists one of the stranded students in receiving their food supplies from Filipino Canadian Kirsten Wilson of Agincourt Community Services Association in Scarborough.

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PR No. 21-2020

22 March 2020, Toronto - Mr. Walter Lee, Vice-President of Toronto Film School, visited PCG Toronto and met with Consul General Orontes V. Castro. Consul Edwin Gil Mendoza and Trade Office-Toronto Senior Trade Commissioner Maria Roseni M. Alvero were also present in the meeting.

Mr. Lee discussed the study program that the Toronto Film School (TFS) has arranged with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), with assistance from the Toronto Trade Office, which would allow students from the Philippines to study at the Toronto Film School in Toronto, Ontario starting in October this year. The first group of students will have scholarships supported by TFS, FDCP and some private companies in the Philippines and Canada. Consul General Castro mentioned that there are many young Filipinos with excellent filmmaking skills all around the Philippines and he recommended that TFS and FDCP also consider tapping students in universities from the Visayan and Mindanao regions.

The study program is an outcome of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Toronto Film School and the Film Development Council of the PH signed on 23 September 2019. During the meeting, the Consulate General also notarized the said MoU.-END

Consul General Orontes V. Castro (2nd from R), with Mr. Walter Lee, Vice-President of Toronto Film School (C), Consul Edwin Gil Mendoza (1st from R), and Senior Trade Commissioner Maria Roseni M. Alvero (2nd from L) at the PCG Toronto Conference Room.

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PR No. 19-2020

Consul General Orontes Castro, together with women of the Consulate and its attached offices and women clientele during Post’s celebration of National Women’s Month and International Women’s Day.

09 March 2020, Toronto, Canada. – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto celebrated National Women’s Month and International Women’s Day during its flag-raising ceremony held on 9 March 2020.

Prior to the flag-raising and Panunumpa sa Watawat ceremonies, Consul General Orontes V. Castro gave brief remarks on the significance of the International Women’s Day and why the latter should be celebrated all year-round because of the many contributions of women to society. He highlighted that the Philippines ranked 8th out of 149 countries in terms of gender-equality in the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Gender Gap Report. He also mentioned that the Consulate has a Special Counter for Pregnant Women, the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons.

Lastly, he called on the women officers and staff of the Consulate, as well as the women clientele to come forward and be presented to those who were present during the flag raising ceremony. The Magna Carta of Women brochure was also distributed to Post’s clientele, and the streamers that Post had specially made to commemorate the celebration were displayed prominently in the Consular area. END