The Philippine Embassy in Berlin launched a living library project dubbed AklaTamBayan to promote storytelling as a means of building bridges and bringing people together. The inaugural session was entitled “Roots & Routes: Perspectives on Migration and Integration” and featured three Berlin-based Filipino migrants. Mr Wilfred Dominic Josue talked about working many years to save up the €8,000 needed to apply for a student visa to Germany, where he subsequently obtained his MA in ... Read more

The Philippine Embassy in Berlin and its attached agencies, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC-Berlin) and the soon-to-open Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO-Berlin), held the inaugural Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) seminar in Germany in Hamburg on 13 July, alongside the Embassy’s Consular Outreach activity at the Kleiner Michel Parish. The TNK is a joint initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that aims ... Read more

Philippine Ambassador-designate to Germany Maria Theresa Dizon-De Vega met with members of the Filipino Community based in Hamburg and nearby areas last May 11. With the assistance of the Philippinishe Katolische Mission (Philippine Catholic Mission) led by Rev. Fr. Simon Boiser, SVD, Chaplain and Pastor June Mark Yanez of the German Seaman’s Mission, over 20 Filipino community leaders took part in an hour-long dialogue with Ambassador Dizon-De Vega and Consul General Lillibeth Pono. Among the ... Read more

The Philippine Embassy in Berlin, in partnership with Berlin-based Filipino talent pool TALENTO, hosted a cultural evening entitled “Alab: Take a Bow against VAW (Violence Against Women)” on 12 December 2018, the final day of the 18-day Campaign to End VAW celebrated across the Philippines. In her opening remarks, Chargé d’Affaires Lillibeth V. Pono cited a Philippine Statistics Authority survey in 2017, which revealed that up to 1 in 3 Filipino women has experienced physical, sexual, or ... Read more