10 MARCH 2025, VANCOUVER. Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin paid a courtesy call on British Columbia Premier David Eby last 07 March 2025. Joining them were Leslie Teramoto, Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat; Eveline Xia, Senior Manager, Intergovernmental Relations,Office of the Premier, and; David Markwei, Intergovernmental Relations Advisor. Accompanying the Consul General were Vice Consul Marco Harder and Protocol Officer Jake Tolentino.
Consul General Jamoralin and Premier Eby discussed various areas of mutual interest such as trade, people-to-people exchanges, and opportunities for collaboration in the educational sector. Premier Eby acknowledged the importance of the Filipino community to BC society and in various sectors of its economy. Consul General Jamoralin also enumerated upcoming projects of the Consulate aimed at engaging the Filipino Community in British Columbia and improving their welfare.
British Columbia is home to more than 170,000 Filipinos, which comprise the third largest immigrant community in the province. The first known and documented Filipino migrant to Canada, Benson Flores, settled in Bowen Island, BC and spent his last days in Vancouver, BC. END
