Filipino community bids adieu to Ambassador Mahilum-West

Filipino community bids adieu to Ambassador Mahilum-West

DESPEDIDA of Congen Juniver Mahilum-West, hosted by PCCF at Macedonian Banquet Hall in Toronto, March 21, 2015 (PHOTO: ARIEL RAMOS)

Members of the Filipino community in Canada bid farewell to newly appointed Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Jordan with concurrent jurisdiction over the Palestine Republic, Her Excellency Junever Mahilum-West.

The Despedida Party held March 21st at the St. Ohrid Macedonian Banquet Hall in Toronto, was hosted by the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation (PCCF), headed by its’ President Romy Rafael and Executive Vice-President Rosemer Enverga, and Ancop (Answering the Cry of the Poor) Canada, headed by its’ President Ricky Cuenca. It was attended by more than 200 leaders, members, media and friends of the Filipino community from the Greater Toronto Area, Barrie and other areas in the central Ontario Simcoe County and Montreal in the province of Quebec. Also amongst the well-wishers were Senator Tobias (Jun) Enverga, the first Canadian of Filipino origin appointed to the Senate and Member of Parliament John Carmichael.

Ricky Cuenca, ANCOP president, donates $3,000 cheque for victims of typhoon Yolanda through Congen Mahilum-West, with PCCF officers led by Rosemer Enverga. The fund was raised in the despedida party of the same evening. PHOTO: HG

Ambassador Mahilum-West served the Filipino community as the Consul General of the Greater Toronto Area, Saskatchewan and Manitoba for the last three years. She is very popular and is well loved by the Filipinos in the jurisdiction she served for the personalized service she provided as a Diplomat.

Proceeds of $3,000 from the farewell event was presented to Ambassador Mahilum-West, which was put towards the construction of a house in her name in Ancop’s PCCF Village to be in built in the storm ravaged Tacloban in Leyte.

In her remarks to those present in her send-off, Ambassador Mahilum-West said that, “You make me feel honored, humble and inspired. The best is yet to come for our community here and with your drive, initiative and bayanihan spirit, it will start to happen soon.”

Now on its 5th year of existence, PCCF through its’ projects, is working towards getting more houses added to the PCCF Village in Tacloban. Construction of  one house in the village costs $3,000.

(Fe P. Taduran, PRESS RELEASE)

PICTORIALS FROM ARIEL RAMOS

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Ontario Filipino Women’s Club held their
send-off party for
Consul General
Juniver Mahilum-West
on March 14, 2015 at
Harboursquare Club
Restaurant.
(PHOTO: ARIEL RAMOS)