PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN GERMANY RECEIVES OFFICIALS OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINES 11 June 2025 - Ambassador Irene Susan Natividad met with Mr. Florian Gottein, Executive Director of European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) and Ms. Dawn Cabigo, Head of Fairs & More. Inc, at the Philippine Embassy.  The Ambassador was joined by Commercial Counselor Nicanor Bautista and Economic Officer Mary Luck Hicarte.  The meeting discussed work and advocacies of the ... Read more

FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN BERLIN KEEPS SANTACRUZAN ALIVE 2 June 2025 – Under fair skies  on a Sunday, the Santacruzan was kept alive by the Filipino community in Berlin with the traditional mass and procession around Heilig Geist Church.    Fr. Simon Boiser, S.V.D., Pastoral Head of the Catholic Community in Berlin, celebrated the Holy Mass and led  the community in a procession with  children dressed as angels and members of the community as sagalas parading under colorful floral arches and ... Read more

SANTACRUZAN IN HAMBURG Hamburg - The Filipino community in Northern Germany held their annual Santacruzan after a mass officiated by Fr. Ritchie Salinas at the Kleiner Michael church in Hamburg on 25 May.   Organized by the Federation of Filipino Organizations in Northern Germany (FFONG), this year’s Santacruzan saw the image of the Blessed Mother carried in a procession while participants and sagalas led by Reyna Elena recited the Holy Rosary.   The procession ended at the church hall ... Read more

GERMAN CHOIR SINGS FILIPINO CLASSICS AT CONCERT IN HAMBURG 19 May 2025 – The Filipino-German community in Hamburg was treated to an afternoon concert entitled One World, One Music by Ensemble Musicus Diestedde at the historic Museum Am Rothenbaum Kulturen and Kuenste der Welt (MARKK) in Hamburg last Saturday, 17 May. Under the direction of  co-conductors Mr. Raul Huesca Valverde and Mr. Karl Melegrito,   the Ensemble sang a mix of hymns and Filipino melodies composed, arranged or written ... Read more