22 July 2020, Berlin – 217 newly-hired Filipino crewmembers of AIDA Cruises arrived today at the Rostock Airport in Germany to commence preparations for the summer cruise season. All the seafarers are experienced crew members and will undergo further training in new health and safety requirements and procedures being implemented in the European cruise industry. The Filipino seafarers are eager to start their work and orientation after arriving from Manila on board a chartered flight arranged ... Read more
Filipino Crew and Other Stranded Filipinos Return to the Philippines from Germany
A group of 237 Filipino crewmembers principally of the Döhle Group, other shipping and crewing companies, and stranded Filipinos in Germany and other countries in the EU region departed for the Philippines from Hamburg, Germany on 26 June 2020 via a chartered Condor Airlines Flight. They arrived in the Philippines on 27 June 2020. The seafarers and other Filipinos had been awaiting repatriation after cruise trips were suspended and travel restrictions implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Read more
Public Advisory No. 23
EXPANSION OF CONSULAR OPERATIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 2020 Further to the Philippine Embassy’s Advisory No. 18 dated 6 May 2020 announcing the gradual resumption of the Embassy’s consular operations, the Embassy, effective 1 July 2020, will now offer longer opening hours from 10 am to 3 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, except on public holidays. Consular services continue to be rendered on a by-appointment system only. Following are the services being offered in ... Read more
Philippine Independence Thanksgiving Mass and Appreciation Event Held in Berlin
The Filipino Community of Bayernallee in Berlin held a simple but meaningful commemoration of the 122nd Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence on 21 June 2020. The event was highlighted by a Misa ng Pasasalamat (Thanksgiving Mass) officiated by the head of the Filipino Chaplaincy Fr. Tranquilino “Jun” De Ocampo, SVD. In his homily, Fr. De Ocampo encouraged the Filipino Community to continue to be brave in the face of challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ... Read more
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