The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved on 07 July 2017 during its 71st session the Philippine application for the designation of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (TRNP-PSSA) with the adoption of the MEPC Resolution on the TRNP in the Sulu Sea PSSA. In adopting the resolution, MEPC 71 took note “of the ecological criteria, in particular the criteria relating to uniqueness or rarity, ... Read more
PHL EMBASSY WELCOMES VISITING AFP OFFICERS, UNDERSCORES STRONG PHILIPPINE-GERMAN RELATIONS
The Philippine Embassy welcomed on September 25 the 23-member Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Command and General Staff College Class 62 (CGSC62) led by Major General Herminigildo Francisco Aquino, PA, Commander of the newly-established AFP Education, Training and Doctrine Command. The class composed of middle-ranking officers of the AFP’s three major service commands, the Army, Air Force and Navy, were briefed on the Embassy’s functions and Philippine-German relations, focusing on the ... Read more
FILIPINO ARTISTS JOIN BERLIN’S LARGEST MODERN ART FAIR
Filipino artistic talent is once again on display in Germany with the participation of two home-grown painters and a sculptor in the Berliner Liste 2017 – one of the German capital’s oldest and largest modern art fairs. Fair visitors are drawn to Arnel Garcia’s surreal and thought-provoking face sculptures made of wood and resin, and Anafe Nemenzo’s intricate paintings, depicting dozens of tiny human figures, each one different from the rest. Kevin Cubinar, a young licensed architect, ... Read more
Philippine Embassy Holds Seminar on Marriage and Philippine Family Law in Hamburg
A large gathering of Filipino community members listened attentively to the Seminar on Marriage and Family Law in the Philippines held on 09 September 2017 at the Kliener Michel Parish in Hamburg. Close to a hundred overseas and former Filipinos and their German spouses and children attended the one-day seminar. Participants came from the Hamburg metropolitan region and outlying towns, including Kiel, Lübeck, Bremen and Itzehoe. The seminar was co-organized by the Philippine Embassy, the UP ... Read more
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