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EMBAJADA DE FILIPINAS

Madrid July 2017

02 July 2017. Madrid

An estimated 2,000 people participated in

Barrio Fiesta sa Madrid 2017, which was held

at the Nuestra Señora de la Consolación in

Madrid.

The Barrio Fiesta is a yearly event organized

by the Filipino Community in Madrid, with the

assistance of the Philippine Embassy.

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Madrid July 2017


2017 Barrio Fiesta sa Madrid


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The Overseas Registration (OVR) Team

worked overtime to prepare the prizes

which will be given to successful

overseas registrants during the 2017

Barrio Fiesta. The prizes were personally

donated for the Overseas Registration

campaign by the Ambassador and

personnel of the Embassy, as well as by

the OVR Team.

Personalized drinkware tumblers for

“Overseas Registration 2017” were

created by the OVR team which were

given away to successful registrants.


Embassy personnel skipped their

Saturday rest to assist in the

preparation for the Filipino Community´s

2017 Barrio Fiesta.

29-30 June 2017. Valencia

Philippine Honorary Consul in Valencia

Manuel Carrion Sanchez ably

represented the Philippines at the IMEX

– Comunitat Valenciana 2017 where he

held various one-on-one business

meetings with Spanish companies.


Madrid July 2017

03-04 July 2017. Zaragosa.

The Philippine Embassy in Madrid

joined other ASEAN embassies in

promoting trade and investments in

their respective countries and in the

ASEAN region as a whole, through an

Investment Mission to Zaragoza, Spain,

last 03-04 July 2017. Post was

represented by Minister and Consul

General Emmanuel R. Fernandez.

06-07 July 2017. Galicia.

Ambassador Lhuillier joined the ASPAC

Ambassadors for various meetings with

officials of the Autonomous Region of

Galicia.



The Overseas Voters Registration

Team conducted mobile registration

during the Barrio Fiesta celebration of

the Filipino Community in Madrid.

Prizes were given to those who

successfully registered during the

Barrio Fiesta courtesy of the OVR

Team and the Embassy personnel.


Madrid July 2017



Ambassador Philippe J. Lhuillier met with the

Spanish Secretary of State for Commerce, Ms.

Marisa Poncela Garcia, to discuss further

cooperation between the Philippine and Spain.


First Secretary and Consul Mary Luck S.

Hicarte bid farewell to the Philippine Embassy

to assume her new assignment at the DFA

Home Office in Manila. Consul Hicarte was

the Head of the Cultural Section of the

Philippine Embassy in Madrid.


The Overseas Registration Team

conducted “off-field” registration on a

Sunday at a remittance center in Madrid to

bring the OV registration closer to Filipinos

during their day-off.


Madrid July 2017


12-18 July 2017, London UK

The Office of the Defense and Armed

Forces Attaché, headed by Colonel

Romulo A. Manuel, Jr., PA, Defense

and Armed Forces Attaché- Spain/

NRA-United Kingdom, provided

administrative assistance to LTGEN

EDGAR R FALLORINA AFP,

Commanding General, Philippine Air

Force, during his attendance at the

Royal Air Force Air Power Conference

(APC) held in Central London and

Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT).

10 July 2017, Madrid.

Ambassador Philippine J. Lhuillier and

Deputy Chief of Mission Emmanuel R.

Fernandez attended the ASEAN

Committee in Madrid (ACM) Monthly

Meeting to discuss projects and

activities in celebration of ASEAN´s

50th year anniversary.


Madrid July 2017

12, 13 and 14 July 2017. Madrid

In celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the

Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between

the Philippines and Spain, three Filipino films

stood out in the recently concluded Madrid

International Film Festival (MIFF) which was

held from 08 to 15 July 2017 in Madrid with 325

(short, feature and full-length) films participating

from different countries of the world.

Consul General Emmanuel R. Fernandez

invited the viewers to not only enjoy the films

but also to reflect on every message of eachFilipino film presented in this year´s competition.

He further said that “films are a reflection of our

lives,” hence they can help us better understand

our lives and explore ways of improving them.

“Magtanggol” by Sigfreid Barros Sanchez .

The movie received MIFF nominations for Best

Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

“Dagsin” (or “Gravity”) by Atom Magadia

The movie received MIFF nominations for Best

Foreign Film, Best Actress, Best Editing & Best

Costume. Ms. Jona Ballaran received the

trophy for Best in Costume for Dagsin.

“An Open Door: Holocaust Haven in the

Philippines” by Noel “Sonny” Izon. The

movie was awarded Best Feature Length

Documentary and received a nomination for

Best Director of a Feature Length Documentary.



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Madrid July 2017


17-23 July 2017. Madrid

Rhiannon Jae Flores and Sofia

Carmen Ortigas, both from St Pedro

Poveda College, were joined by over

30 other youth participants between 13

to 15 years old from other countries for

the week-long forum that took them

across Spain’s heritage sites for the

9th World Heritage Youth Forum held in

Spain from 17 to 23 July 2017.


Mr. Emmanuel R. Fernandez, Chargé

d´Affaires, a.i., received a book

donation from Ms. Kathyrine Solivio

Alba, President of Duterte Die-Hard

Supporters OFW Global Movement for

Empowerment - Madrid Chapter.


Madrid July 2017



Kammerchor-Manila, headed by its conductor, Mr.

Anthony Go Villanueva, staged a concert at the

Basilica Parroquia Virgen Milagrosa which was

attended by Mr. Emmanuel R. Fernandez, Chargé

d´Affaires, a.i. and other Embassy officers and staff.

28 July 2017, Madrid

Philippine Air Force Post Qualification

Inspection Team headed by BGEN

Erickson R. Gloria AFP was received

by Chargé d´Affaires, a.i. Emmanuel

R. Fernandez at the Philippine

Embassy. Also present during the

courtesy call were the other members

of the inspection team -- Col. Jesus

Nelson B. Morales GSC (PAF), Col.

Gerry E. Pulohanan JAGS (GSC) --

and Philippine Defense and Armed

Forces Attaché, Col. Romulo A.

Manuel, Jr. PA .

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