Category: Press Release

  • Oct 22, 2021

    Vancouver PCG Hosts a 2nd Kapihan with the Media

    The officers of the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver, led by Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria, meet with media members from OMNI News, Ms. Rhea Santos and                Ms. Marieton Pacheco, during the 2nd Kapihan sa Konsulado on 22 October 2021.

  • Oct 22, 2021

    Vancouver PCG Officers and Staff Undergo Hands-On Training on Filipino Cuisine

    (Clockwise) Chef Helen Orimaco-Pumatong presents the list of dishes to be prepared by Consulate personnel. Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria and the members of yellow team prepare brazo de mercedes.  Red Team, led by Deputy Consul General Arlene Magno, cooks sinigang na hipon. Blue team prepares beef morcon. 16 October 2021 – As part […]

  • Oct 21, 2021

    Consul General Austria meets with Innovative Travel Solutions

    20 October 2021 – Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria and Deputy Consul General Arlene T. Magno met with officials of Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS), the innovation team at the Vancouver International Airport.  A not-for-profit organization, the ITS is a provider of kiosk-based border control solutions looking to market their product, “Border Express”, in the […]

  • Sep 29, 2021

    Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver Delivers Services to Overseas Filipinos in Yukon During Consular Outreach in Whitehorse

    28 September 2021 – The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver conducted a consular outreach in Whitehorse, Yukon on 25 to 26 September 2021 in partnership with the Canadian-Filipino Association of the Yukon. The Vancouver PCG team composed of Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria, Consul Ericka Anna T. Abad, Cultural Officer Ma. Lyra E. Ocampo, […]

  • Sep 23, 2021

    Vancouver PCG Hosts Cooking Demo to Promote Filipino Cuisine

    (Left photo) Chef Helen Orimaco-Pumatong prepares embutido which is a type of meatloaf prepared Filipino style. (Right photo) Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria welcomes the participants of the Cooking Demo by Chef Helen.

  • Sep 17, 2021

    Vancouver PCG’s New Labor Attache meets with FilNet

    Consul General Maria Andrelita S. Austria (top photo, center) introduces Labor Attaché Atty. Jainal T. Rasul, Jr. (top photo, leftmost 1st row) as the newest member of the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver, to FilNeT. FilNet is a collaborative network of social service workers based in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland region.

  • Sep 17, 2021

    PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN VANCOUVER INDUCTS THE NEW OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINES CANADA TRADE COUNCIL (PCTC)

    15 September 2021 – Consul Analyn D. Ratonel administered the oaths of office of the newly elected officers of the Philippines Canada Trade Council (PCTC) led by its Chairman, Ms. Anna Lu, on 14 September 2021, during a simple ceremony held at the Acsenda School of Management. PCTC is a Vancouver-based non-governmental association promoting and […]

  • Sep 16, 2021

    Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver opens “MANILA COMES TO TOWN” Food Truck Festival

    15 September 2021 – The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver opened, today, this year’s  “Manila Comes to Town”, a three-day Filipino food truck festival being held on the southside of the 900 block, Canada Place.   Ms. Mable Elmore (left photo below), a Filipino-Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly of the province of British Columbia, graced […]