4 June 2013, Berlin - Vice President Jejomar Binay, accompanied by Ambassador Maria Cleofe R. Natividad and his delegation, met German Foreign Minister (FM) Dr. Guido Westerwelle at the Federal Foreign Office today. The two officials discussed the robust state of bilateral diplomatic relations which will see its 60th year anniversary in 2014 and closer cooperation in strategic sectors. Vice President Binay praised the new vigor in Philippine-German relations and told FM Westerwelle that his ... Read more
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Philippine Embassy Berlin Receives Final Ballots
Berlin – Philippine Ambassador to Germany Maria Cleofe R. Natividad reported to the Department that on 13 May 2013 the Embassy closed the voting period at 1:00 pm Berlin time in accordance to COMELEC rules that the overseas voting end by 7 p.m. Philippine time. Among those that came to the Embassy on the last voting day was Ms. Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo, who works for the Hamburg-based UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. Ms. Anonuevo said that she preferred to stay overnight in Berlin so that ... Read more
Philippine Embassy Berlin Receives Ballot Envelopes
Berlin – The overseas voting for the Philippines’ mid-term national election has now started in Germany with the Philippine Embassy receiving 154 mailed ballots as of 15 April 2013. On 15 April 2013, First Secretary and Consul Adrian Cruz, the designated chairperson of the Special Ballot Reception and Custody Group of the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, received thirteen electoral mails from Deutsche Post. There are 2,615 certified Filipino overseas absentee voters (not counting seafarers) in ... Read more
Philippine Embassy Berlin Conducts Consular Outreach in Stuttgart
Berlin – The Philippine Embassy in Berlin composed of Consul Adrian Cruz, Ms. Flordeliza Delos Santos, Ms. Melinda Hernias, Ms. Lianna Judith Sale and Mr. Armand Mahinay conducted a mobile consular outreach service in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg on 12 April 2013. The team facilitated 97 e-passport applications, 14 authentication and notarials, 6 civil registrations and 70 certificate of identity registrations. The team noted that there were passport applications that were accepted from ... Read more
Philippine Embassy gears up for the deployment of Filipino nurses to Germany
Berlin, 19 March 2013 – At the sidelines of the signing of the government-to-government agreement that will facilitate the placement of Filipino health care professionals in employment positions in Germany on 19 March 2013 witnessed by German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Ursula von der Leyen and Philippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, Ambassador Maria Cleofe R. Natividad reported on the preparations undertaken for the implementation of the Agreement. The Agreement was signed by ... Read more