British Empire Medal Awardee Pays Courtesy Call on Ambassador Locsin
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Call For Nominations for the 2024 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAHIOO)
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas is pleased to inform the public that nominations are now open for the 2024 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAFIOO).
The PAFIOO is a biennial search to honor and recognize overseas Filipinos and other individuals or organizations who contribute to Philippine development initiatives or promote the cause and interest of the Filipino diaspora/overseas Filipino communities.
PH-UK Defense Cooperation Signing (11 Jan 2024)
Philippine Ambassador to the UK Teodoro Locsin, Jr. and UK Minister of State for Defence The Earl of Minto signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of National Defense of the Philippines and the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom on Defense Cooperation at the Philippine Embassy in London on 11 January 2024. The MOU is aimed at providing a framework for enhancing cooperation between the PH and UK in the field of defense.
Philippine Embassy in London Honors Dr. Jose Rizal
LONDON 03 January 2024 – The Philippine Embassy in London paid solemn tribute to Dr. Jose Rizal in its commemoration of the 127th anniversary of his martyrdom at Sentro Rizal London on 29 December 2023. In attendance at the commemoration were officers of the Knights of Rizal (KOR) Area of United Kingdom and Ireland and Kababaihang Rizalista, Inc. (KRI)– London, and some members of the Filipino community.
The program commenced with the singing of the National Anthem followed by Ambassador Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.’s opening remarks and a wreath laying ceremony at the bust of Dr. Jose Rizal. Flowers were also offered by the officers of KOR and KRI and members of the Filipino community.
In his remarks, Ambassador Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. emphasized that the commemoration is not so much of Dr. Rizal’s death but of the birth of our nation. His writings, particularly, ”Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo,” catalyzed a sense of national identity before our nation was born.
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