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PHL EMBASSY IN BANGLADESH MEETS WITH FILIPINO COMMUNITY LEADERS IN SRI LANKA
Filipino leaders in Sri Lanka met with Dhaka PE’s Third Secretary and Vice-Consul Ms. LV de Guzman (seated, second from left), and Philippine Honorary Consul in Sri Lanka Mr. Hugh Sriyal Dissanayake (seated, third from left). The Filipino Community leaders were represented by their respective accredited organizations’ Presidents, Ms. Josephine S. Poole of the Association of Filipinos in Sri Lanka (seated, leftmost) and Ms. Aileen Arellano-de Sylva of the Philippine Ladies Association (seated, rightmost).
10 April 2018 DHAKA — The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, represented by Third Secretary Ms. LV de Guzman, met with Filipino Community leaders in Colombo, Sri Lanka at the Global Towers Hotel in Colombo on March 17 to discuss collaborations on information campaigns, outreach missions, and possible collaborative projects promoting Philippine culture in Sri Lanka.
Read more: PHL Embassy in Bangladesh Meets with Filipino Community Leaders in Sri Lanka
PHL EMBASSY IN BANGLADESH CONDUCTS 1ST CONSULAR MOBILE MISSION, OVERSEAS VOTERS REGISTRATION IN SRI LANKA FOR 2018
The Embassy’s mobile team encodes details for the passport and overseas voter registration applications.
22 March 2018 DHAKA – The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh conducted its first Mobile Consular Mission in Sri Lanka at the Global Towers Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 17-18 March. Third Secretary and Vice-Consul LV I. De Guzman led the mobile consular team in processing a total of 139 consular transactions such as passport renewals, passport validity extensions, and civil registrations.
Applications for the registration of overseas absentee voters for the 2019 Philippine Senatorial Elections as well as requests for reactivation of overseas voting records and transfer of records from the Philippines and other Foreign Service Posts were also processed by the team during the said mission. END.
PHL EMBASSY IN BANGLADESH CALLS ON OFFICIALS OF LABOUR DEPARTMENT–SRI LANKA
From left: Labour and Foreign Relations Assistant Secretary Ms. Anushka Samaraweera, Department of Labour Legal Officer Mr. K.G. Kumarasinghe, Philippine Embassy’sThird Secretary and Vice-Consul Ms. LV de Guzman, Labour Standards Commissioner of Labour Mr. J. Paranamana, Labour & Foreign Relations Senior Assistant Secretary Mr. B. Vasanthan, Enforcement Deputy Commissioner of Labour Mr. K.M. Weerakkodi and Philippine Embassy’s Assistance-to-Nationals assistant Ms. Joany Margallo-Lucas.
22 March 2018 DHAKA – The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, represented by Third Secretary Ms. LV de Guzman and Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) assistant Ms. Joany Margallo-Lucas, called on Sri Lanka’s Commissioner of Labour Mr. J. Paranamana and other officials of the Sri Lanka Labour Department on March 13.
The meeting tackled Sri Lankan laws that can promote welfare and rights of foreign workers in Sri Lanka and the procedures that should be followed when disputes arise between employer and employee. END.
PHL EMBASSY IN BANGLADESH PARTICIPATES IN SEMINAR ON PHILIPPINES-BANGLADESH TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES
From left: Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Ambassador Vicente Vivencio T. Bandiilo, Secretary Shubhashich Bose and Consul Mohammed A. Awwal.
02 April 2018 DHAKA — The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh participated in the Promotion of Bilateral and Trade Investment between Bangladesh and Philippines seminar and discussion organized by the Bangladesh Philippines Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BPCCI) at Lakeshore Hotel, Dhaka on March 31.