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27 February 2020 – Philippine Consul General Orontes Castro in Toronto paid a courtesy call on Professor Joseph Wong, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, International Student Experience of the University of Toronto on 24 February 2020.

Among the issues discussed during the meeting were the plan to teach Pilipino language at the university’s ASEAN Center with the support of the Filipino Community in Toronto as well as future collaborative projects between Dr. Tammy Sage, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Toronto, and professors of the University of the Philippines, Los Banos.

The meeting was also a follow up of the previous meeting that Consul General Castro, UPLB Chancellor Fernando Sanchez, Vice-Chancellor Rex Demafelis and Vice-Chancellor Portia Lapitan had with University of Toronto officials in November 2019. - END

Philippine Consul General in Toronto Orontes Castro (L) with Prof. Joseph Wong, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, International Student Experience, University of Toronto (U of T) at the U of Toronto on 24 February 2020. (Photo by PCG Toronto)

Congen Castro (1st from R) with the University of the Philippines Los Banos delegation of Chancellor Fernando Sanchez Jr., PhD. (Center), Vice-Chancellor Portia Lapitan, Ph.D. (2nd from L), and Vice-Chancellor Rex Demafelis, Ph.D,(1st from L) and Cynthia Goh, Ph.D., Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Director of the Impact Centre, University of Toronto (U of T) (2nd from R) at the U of T grounds on 28 Nov. 2019.

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Toronto, 27 February 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto is pleased to inform that Consul General Orontes V. Castro called on Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong in his office on 23 January 2020 at City Hall Loop, Baguio City. Baguio City Councilor Leila Sembrano and Ms. Erlinda Insigne, President of Filipino Canadian Association (FCA) of Vaughan, also attended the meeting.

Mayo Magalong updated Consul General Castro on the recently approved redevelopment plan of Baguio City that includes an amusement park, improvement of the City’s waste management, and to enlarge the city’s airport capacity. He emphasized that improving the economic and cultural ties under the sister city twinning agreement between the City of Baguio and the City of Vaughan (Canada) is among his top priorities. Consul General Castro was presented by the Mayor with a symbolic key to the City of Baguio.

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PR No. 15-2020

21 February 2020- Consul General Orontes V. Castro (3rd from right) and Deputy Consul General Edna May Grecia-Lazaro (3rd from left) visits the Philippine booth at the Outdoor Adventure Show held in Mississauga, Ontario from 21-23 February 2020.
(From left to right:) Ms. Chariah Conopio, Sales Assistant at Philippine Airlines (PAL), Ms. Luz A. Navarro, Senior Tourism Operations Officer, PDOT New York, Deputy Consul General Edna May Grecia-Lazaro, Tourism Attaché Francisco Hilario M. Lardizabal and Ms. Monette Trespeses, PAL Area Manager.

27 February 2020, Toronto-The Philippine Department of Tourism Office in New York, joined the recently concluded Outdoor Adventure Show held at the International Centre, Mississauga (a part of the Greater Toronto Area), Ontario from 21-23 February 2020. The team from PDOT-New York was composed of Tourism Attaché Francisco Hilario M. Lardizabal and Senior Tourism Operations Officer Ms. Luz A. Navarro.

Consul General Orontes V. Castro and Deputy Consul General Edna May Grecia-Lazaro visited the Philippine booth on the first day of the show. Philippine Airlines (PAL) Area Manager Ms. Monette Trespeses also joined the Philippine booth to showcase the direct non-stop flights to Manila.

21 February 2020, Toronto- Consul General Orontes V. Castro(rightmost) and Tourism Attaché Francisco Hilario M. Lardizabal (leftmost) pose for a photo at the booth of Atmosphere Resorts and Spa, a luxury boutique resort based in Dauin, Negros Oriental.

On the sidelines of the show, Consul General Castro and Tourism Attaché Lardizabal discussed the convergence of programs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Tourism that aimed to increase the number of tourist arrivals from Canada.END

21 February 2020, Toronto-A photo taken at the booth of Magic Resorts Philippines that has two locations in the Philippines, one in Candabong, Anda, Bohol, Negros Oriental and another in Basdiot, Moalboal, Cebu.