Photo: Ambassador Hjayceelyn Aurora Quintana, center poses for posterity with Maribelle Facundo of the embassy’s ATN section. With them is Vice Consul Von Ryan Pangwi, ATN section head.
A staff with the Philippine Embassy’s and Consulate’s Assistance to Nationals section were among recipients of this year’s recognition for efficient handling of cases of overseas Filipino workers in distressed during celebrations for the 121st Founding Anniversary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) held at the Bulwagang Apolinario Mabini on June 26, 2019.’
The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Dubai, for its part, has once again received accolades with its team having been awarded the Best in Assistance to Nationals in 2018.
Given the Assistance to Nationals Award in the individual category were Maribelle Facundo of Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Sheila Mupas of the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai.
Another PCG staff, Jennifer Pimentel was also commended for efforts to streamline the database and procedures relative to the consulate’s Civil Registration section.
Then President Emilio Aguinaldo established the DFA on June 23, 1891, one of the first government agencies created under the revolutionary government. He tasked Apolinario Mabini, the first Foreign Affairs Secretary to win international recognition for the Philippines as an independent state, and to establish diplomatic relations with other countries.
