Twenty five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a section of the famed symbol of a divided Europe will soon be making its way to Manila. Mr. Mardomel Melicor, chargé d’affaires, a.i. of the Philippine Embassy, received the section (“Mauerteil”) at the Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World). Ms. Margit Gehrcken of the Berlin Senate Chancellery officially turned over to Mr. Melicor the deed of donation executed by the Berlin city government that presented a section of the Berlin Wall to ... Read more
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PHILIPPINES AND GERMANY LAUNCH LANDMARK AGREEMENTS ON TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Berlin, 8 October 2014. As part of President Aquino’s official visit to Berlin, the Philippines and Germany signed two (2) agreements on technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Witnessed by DFA Secretary del Rosario, DTI Secretary Gregory Domingo, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva and high-ranking German officials, Philippine Ambassador to Germany Maria Cleofe R. Natividad and German Ambassador to the Philippines Thomas Ossowski signed the Joint Declaration of Intent that ... Read more
PHILIPPINES LAUNCHES EXHIBIT TO COMMEMORATE 60 YEARS OF PHILIPPINE-GERMAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Berlin, 26 June 2014. Earlier this month, the Philippines launched an exhibit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Germany. The audio-visual exhibit, designed by Mr. Dakila Gonzales from the Philippine Tourism Office in Frankfurt, charted the shared history between Philippines and Germany, which actually originated during Ferdinand Magellan’s “discovery” of the Philippines in 1521. Magellan’s company not only included German sailors but the ... Read more
Philippine Embassy Joins 153rd Birthday Anniversary Celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal in Wilhemsfeld
Berlin. Mr. Hanns Zellner, Mayor of Wilhemsfeld, led a wreath laying ceremony at the Rizal memorial park in Wilhemsfeld on 21 June 2014 to commemorate the 153rd birth celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal. Joining Mayor Zellner were Prof. Dr. Gerhardt Zeidler, Philippine Honorary Consul General in Stuttgart; First Secretary Adrian Cruz of the Philippine Embassy in Berlin; Mr. Werner H. Filsinger, KCR, Chapter Commander of the Knights of Rizal, Wilhelmsfeld-Heidelberg Chapter; and Mr. Karim-Azar Grajo, ... Read more
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