APPRECIATION PROGRAM AND 1st BRIEFING ON CONSULAR /
ATN MATTERS WITH FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN SRI LANKA
Left Photo: PHL Ambassador H.E. Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo conferring a Plaque of Appreciation to Atty. Florence Roshanthi de Me. Right Photo: PHL Ambassador H.E. Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo (left), with Honorary Consul Sriyal Dissanayake (2nd from right) and Vice Consul Leo Marco C. Vidal (1st from right), conferring a Certificate of Appreciation to Ms. Vasana, Philippine Consulate Staff in Sri Lanka.
28 September 2019, Colombo – The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh with concurrent jurisdiction over Sri Lanka conferred plaques of appreciation to seven individuals for their contribution to the Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) functions to Filipinos in Sri Lanka from 2014 to 2019 at Hilton Colombo Residence, Sri Lanka.
The awardees were Ms. Zeny V. Gadut (Filipino), Ms. Ma. Florian C. Abrecea (Filipino), Ms. Lorna Hettiaratchy (Filipino), Ms. Jocelyn Joy Srikantha (Filipino), Ms. Alona R. Liyanage (Filipino), Ms. Virginia Pereea (Filipino), and Atty. Florence Roshanthi de Mel (Sri Lanka). The awardees were helpful in terms of sourcing repatriation fund for urgent cases, as translator in court hearings providing pro-bono legal service, assistance to Filipino’s welfare and materialization of the Embassy and Consulate’s activities. The Embassy also conferrred certificates of appreciation to the staff of the Philippine Consulate in Sri Lanka.
Briefing on Consular / ATN Matters by Philippine Consulate in Sri Lanka Chief-of-Staff Mr. Nalin Perera.
The Embassy also conducted the first ever Briefing on Consular / ATN matters with the Filipino Community in Sri Lanka led by Third Secretary and Vice Consul Leo Marco C. Vidal, ATN Officer and Attaché Joany G. Margallo-Lucas and PHL Consulate in Sri Lanka Chief-of-Staff Mr. Nalin Perera. In coordination with the Philippine Consulate in Sri Lanka, the PHL Embassy answered inquiries raised on authentication of employment documents and proper filing of cases and complaint, especially on domestic cases. The Embassy also discussed the newly implemented health policy of Sri Lanka for residence visa applicants. END.
