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31 July 2019, Calgary – On his first
month in office, Consul General Zaldy Patron has reached out to the Filipino
communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan by hosting information sessions with
community leaders in the two provinces that are under the jurisdiction of the
Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Calgary.
Consul General Patron, who assumed his
new position on 1 July 2019, met with the Filipino community leaders of
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 12 July at the Cosmo Civic Centre. On 20 July, he hosted “Kapihan sa
Konsulado” with the community leaders of Calgary, Alberta at the PCG office.
A week later, he met the community leaders in Edmonton, Alberta during the “Kapihan
with the Consul General” he hosted at Panciteria de Manila.
Aside from introducing himself to the
community leaders, Consul General Patron gave them a presentation on the latest
updates about the PCG’s consular services pertaining to the issuance of passport, processing of civil registration, notarization of
documents, and the retention and reacquisition of Philippine citizenship under RA
9225. He also briefed them about the
services offered by the Office of the Social Security System (SSS) in Calgary.
Likewise, Consul General Patron shared
with the community leaders the PCG’s plans and programs for cultural and
economic cooperation. He invited them to join and help promote the Winter
Escapade 7 travel tour to the Philippines to be held on 15-23 January 2020.
He also thanked the community leaders
for their various celebrations of the PH Independence
and PH Heritage Month in June 2019.
“The PCG hopes to partner and
collaborate with the different Filipino community organizations for those
activities that will help raise their profile in Alberta and Saskatchewan and
contribute to their empowerment,” Consul
General Patron said in conducting the meetings.
Recognizing
their love for their native country, Consul General Patron also urged the
community leaders to continue to support the Philippines’ nation-building
efforts.
Based on the 2016 Canada Census, there are about 175,000 Filipinos in Alberta - 75,000 of them are in Calgary and 64,000 reside in Edmonton. An estimated 34,000 Filipinos live in Saskatchewan with 12,000 of them staying in Saskatoon.