After the singing of the National Anthem, officers and staff of the Philippine Embassy in Berlin invited consular applicants to partake in the ceremonial cutting of the independence day cake.
13 June 2016. In celebration of the Philippine Independence Day, simultaneous flag ceremonies took place across Germany at the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, the Philippine Consulate General in Essen and the Philippine Consulate in Dresden. Due to the rainy weather, no actual raising of the flag was done in the 3 capitals; instead, the Filipino Community stood at attention before the flag inside the premises of the Embassy and Consulates and sang the Philippine National Anthem. Representatives from the Embassy and the Consulates read the Philippine President`s Independence Day message. Members of the Filipino Community were then invited to the reception hosted by each Office. END
The Philippine Consulate in Dresden observed their first Flag Ceremony at the new premises of the Consulate in the presence of Ambassador Melita S. Sta. Maria-Thomeczek. The flag used for the ceremony, was personally handsewn by a German Consulate staff in time for the occasion
The Filipino community in Essen, clad in Filipinianas, joined the Philippine Consulate General in Essen at the Flag Ceremony and reception.
