PR-2021-18
TORONTO, 21 May 2021 - Close to 500 people tuned in to the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto’s online event “Conversations on the Province of Batangas and Filipino Cuisine”. Viewers were treated to informative and delighful messages from Philippine Ambassador to Canada H.E. Rodolfo D. Robles, Batangas Governor Hermilando I. Mandanas, Batangas Tourism Officer Sylvia M. Marasigan, American Diver and Underwater Photographer Mike Bartick, and highlighted by a cooking demonstration from renowned Philippine Celebrity Chef Myrna Segismundo. Chef Segismundo taught viewers how to make Filipino Chicken and Pork Adobo, and Beef Caldereta. Among the noted esteemed guests were Madame Maria Lourdes “Louie” Barcelon Locsin, Madame Nora San Buenaventura Robles, PH Permanent Representative to ASEAN Ambassador and Mrs. Noel Servigon, members of the Diplomatic Corps and Consular Corps in Toronto and the Philippines, Filipino Canadian government officials such as Toronto Health Officer Dr. Eileen De Villa and Manitoba MLA Malaya Marcelino, and the members of the Filipino community and mainstream Canadians, and other guests from the academic, religious and culinary communities and the media. The webinar was the Common Cultural Project of the Philippine Embassy and Philippine Consulates General in Calgary, Toronto (Sentro Rizal Toronto) and Vancouver, and in celebration of the National Heritage Month and Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines. Consul General Orontes V. Castro served as moderator of the webinar. - END
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