Ambassador Theresa Dizon-De Vega joined officials of the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt headed by Consul General Evelyn Austria-Garcia and Vice Consul Fatima Muller at the event commemorating the 158th Birth Anniversary of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal at the Rizal Plaza in Wilhelmsfeld, Germany on 23 June 2019. The event organized every year by the Knights of Rizal and the local government of Wilhelmsfeld with support from the Ladies for Rizal and the different Filipino ... Read more

The Philippine Embassy in Berlin marked the 121st Anniversary of the Declaration of Philippine Independence and the 158th anniversary of National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s birth with a traditional diplomatic reception on June 19. The event held at the Maritim Hotel Berlin was also the culmination of the series of Independence Month events organized by the Embassy. It was graced by no less than Senator Loren Legarda, a strong advocate of enhanced Philippine-German Relations, and Labor Secretary ... Read more

Senator Loren Legarda and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III joined Ambassador Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega in paying tribute to Philippine National Hero Dr Jose Rizal on his 158th birth anniversary in Berlin. The three officials visited the apartment building located at the corner of Jägerstrasse and Glinkastrasse (Jägerstrasse 71) where Rizal lived and completed his seminal novel, Noli Me Tangere. The three officials offered bouquets of flower before the marker on the building’s façade ... Read more

  Filipino classical guitarist Angelito Agcaoili, now based mainly in Arizona where he teaches music and classical guitar, held a series of performances in Germany in collaboration with German-Peruvian performer Virginia Yep. Trained at renowned institutions the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music and the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Madrid, he continues to promote, perform, and lecture on Philippine music  in the US and Europe and teaches Masterclasses at the ... Read more