PH Toronto Consulate conducts consular services and OAV registration in Ontario and Manitoba

PH Toronto Consulate conducts consular services and OAV registration in Ontario and Manitoba

The Philippine Consulate General’s Team led by Congen Castro with the Filipino Community in Windsor, Ontario.

Consular team led by Consul General Orontes V. Castro conducted the Consular Outreach Missions in the Southwestern Ontario City of Windsor and Municipality of Leamington on Sept. 11 and 12, 2021, respectively, the Consulate in Toronto announced in a press release.

Representatives from Philippine Overseas Labor Office-Toronto and Social Security System joined the consular mission to reply and attend to queries on employment, membership with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and SSS, and financial and non-monetary benefits for retirees and members of the SSS and OWWA, the announcement added.

“The Overseas Filipino applicants were thankful to the consular team for undertaking the outreach mission and for providing consular and other services to Overseas Filipinos in Manitoba,” the statement read.

Consul General Orontes V. Castro with Welfare Officer Marilou Reyes, SSS Representative, Mr. Bob Roldan, Mr. Camilo Santos, President of Filipino Community of Windsor and Essex County, Inc. with his member Ms. Nilda Ramos and the Toronto PCG Staff.

The consular outreach missions were supported by the Filipino Community of Windsor and Essex County, Inc. in the City of Windsor (11 September) led by its President, Mr. Camilo Santos; and the Christ the Livingstone Fellowship Church in Leamington (12 September) led by Pastor Arnel Deogracias. Certificates of Appreciation were given to the two Filipino community organizations/Church for their invaluable support to the Consular Team during the outreach missions, it said.

A total of 413 consular services (including 148 Overseas Absentee Voters registration) were extended to Overseas Filipinos in the City of Windsor and Leamington.

Another consular team led by Consul General Castro conducted a Consular Outreach Mission in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba from Sept. 21 to 26, 2021, the Philippine Consulate General announced in another press release.

“The Overseas Filipino applicants were thankful to the consular team for undertaking another outreach mission and for providing consular and other services to Overseas Filipinos in Manitoba. The consular outreach mission was supported by the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Winnipeg,” the press release said.

Consul General Castro gives the Certificate of Appreciation to ORFILCO for its invaluable support to the Consular Team during the outreach mission.

A total of 2,020 consular services (including 553 Overseas Absentee Voters registration) were extended to Overseas Filipinos in the City of Winnipeg, Neepawa, and Pembina Valley in Manitoba. Almost all of the 174 applicants from Neepawa who renewed their Philippine passports are working with Hylife Food LP, Canada’s leading pork producer that is located in Neepawa, Manitoba.

The other members of the Consular Team were: Ms. Jocelyn C. Roxas (Administrative Officer), Ms. Winnie S. Simbajan (Finance Officer), Mr. Laurel B. Dela Cruz (Property Officer), Ms. Marilyn V. Galanza (Consular Assistant), Mr. Errol Reyes (Communications Officer), Ms. Cherina C. Escobido (Consular Assistant), and Mr. John Dan S. Fajardo (Consular Assistant).

Consul General Castro also led the Consular Team in meeting separately with The Honourable and Mrs. Jon Reyes, Filipino Canadian Minister of Economic Development and Employment of Manitoba, and Monsignor Enrique M. Samson Jr. and the lay personnel of the St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in the City of Winnipeg.

Another Consular Outreach Missions are scheduled in October and November this year in Winnipeg.

Consul General Orontes V. Castro presented the Chief Shepherd of the Archdiocese of Toronto His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins with the Quincentennial Award plaque during the Holy Mass before the Final Blessing by the Cardinal. His Eminence the Cardinal was deeply honored to receive the Award and said that he will pray for all the members of the Ccommunity on that great day of the celebration of the Faith.

From left: Director of Education Dr. Brendan Browne, Trustees Garry Tanuan and Teresa Lubinski, Chair and Vice Chair, respectively of the Student Achievement and Well-being, Catholic Education and Human Resources Committee, thanked the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto, led by Consul General Orontes V. Castro, for the opportunity to celebrate the Quincentennial Jubilee of Christianity in the Philippines (QJCP) at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB).

Congen Castro with Labatt Atty. Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo, Welfare officer Maria Lourdes Reyes with the Filipino students with foreign student visas in Canada.