PH EMBASSY IN NAIROBI CELEBRATES KALAYAAN 2022 WITH THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY
(Nairobi PE Personnel with over 100 Filcom members who attended Kalayaan 2022 celebration)
Nairobi, 12 June 2022 – The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi hosted a salu-salo on 12 June 2022 in celebration of the 124th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Philippine Independence. The gathering, the first such since the pandemic, was organized in partnership with the Filipino Community in Kenya (Filcom Kenya), an organization of Filipino communities in Kenya.
Over 100 Filcom members attended the event that included a flag-raising ceremony, community mass, showing of Kalayaan Day messages of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., Pinoy salu-salo, modern palarong Pinoy, special performances, and awarding ceremony for the Filcom’s SportsFest.
In her remarks, Ambassador Marie Charlotte G. Tang described the Filipinos living in Kenya as the Philippines’ ‘best ambassadors’ in the country. She called on them to rise to the challenge of this year’s Independence Day theme, “Pagsuong sa Hamon ng Panibagong Bukas.”
“Building on your achievements and learnings in Kenya, may we all rise to the challenge of nation-building in these uncertain times and become agents for positive change in our respective communities back home as we work together to build a peaceful, united and progressive Philippines,” said Ambassador Tang.
During the program, the guests enjoyed favorite Pinoy dishes such as lechon, chicken adobo, pancit, bicol express, and caldereta, while being serenaded with classic and modern OPM songs by the Imbento Band, led by Ms. Emeliza Abulencia.
Filcom teams also performed traditional and modern Filipino dances, and showcased their best version of ginataan through the Ginataan Queen/King Dessert Challenge. END
(Nairobi PE Personnel and Filipino community members during the singing of Lupang Hinirang)
(Fr. Norman Labutan (center), joined by Fr. Philip Lazatin (left) and Fr. Eric Lacandula (right), presides the Community Mass)
(Ambassador Tang delivers her Kalayaan 2022 remarks)
(Filcom members as they perform traditional folk dances)
(Imbento band performs OPM songs)
(Nairobi PE’s Kalayaan 2022 official photo)
Nairobi, 30 May 2022 – The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi, led by Ambassador Marie Charlotte G. Tang, joined the nation in celebrating Pambasang Araw ng Watawat with a flag-raising ceremony on 30 May 2022 at the Embassy grounds.
By virtue of Executive Order No. 179 s.1994, National Flag Days are observed from 28 May to 12 June of every year. All Filipinos are encouraged to display the Philippine flag in offices, agencies and instruments of government, business establishments, schools, and private homes during this period. END
PH AMBASSADOR TANG PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO UN UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL IN NAIROBI
NAIROBI, 18 May 2022 – PH Ambassador Marie Charlotte G. Tang presented her credentials to UN Undersecretary-General and the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) Zainab Hawa Bangura today.
During the ceremony, they discussed current events including COVID-19 developments, and UNON’s future projects. Welcoming the presence of another female Ambassador, Undersecretary General Bangura shared that UN Secretary General António Guterres has made it a mission to achieve UN system-wide gender parity by 2028 which UNON has been implementing since 2017. PH Permanent Representative Tang shared that the Philippines is ranked second in gender equality in the Asia-Pacific Region.
UNON hosts 27 UN regional offices, including the headquarters of two UN global authorities: the UN Environment Fund (UNEP) and UN Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat).
UNON was established in 1996, becoming one of the four major UN office sites along with New York, Geneva and Vienna, and is the UN’s only headquarters in Africa and the global south. END
PH EMBASSY IN NAIROBI COMPLETES SIXTH CONSULAR MISSION IN THREE WEEKS WITH OUTREACH IN UGANDA
Kampala, 1 May 2022 - The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi’s consular mission in Uganda on 1 May 2022 concludes the six-country series of outreach missions that the Embassy conducted during the 2022 overseas voting period for the Philippine national elections. Countries where the Embassy also conducted outreach missions in the month of April were South Sudan, Seychelles, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In coordination with the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Kampala, the Embassy's team composed of Second Secretary and Consul Maria Rosanna O. Josue, and Attaché Celine D. Bejar, provided passport, notarial, and other consular services to Filipinos in Uganda.
Mobile voting for the 2022 Presidential elections was also available to qualified registered Filipino overseas voters.
During the mission, the Embassy team also encouraged the Filipino community to register in its overseas Filipino mapping project and gave a talk on RA 11313 or the Safe Spaces Act.
Uganda, nicknamed the Pearl of Africa, is host to nearly two hundred Overseas Filipinos, who are mostly professionals or skilled workers.
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- Saturday, 22 March 2025 Philippine Embassy and UNFPA-Kenya Uplift Drought-Hit Women in Turkana during Women’s Month
- Friday, 21 February 2025 PH EMBASSY WELCOMES ANTI-TERRORISM OFFICIALS
- Wednesday, 19 February 2025 PH AMBASSADOR ATTENDS KENYAN PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR DIPLOMATIC ADDRESS
- Sunday, 29 December 2024 PH EMBASSY IN KENYA COMMEMORATES 128TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF DR. JOSE RIZAL
