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September 2017 / Fortnightly – No. 18 • UK & Europe Edition
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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Roa Duterte
on September 13, conferred the Gawad
Mabini Award upon six Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials.
Accompanying the President
during the ceremony were Foreign
Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano
and Executive Secretary Salvador
Medialdea.
During the ceremony at the
President’s Hall in Malacañan Palace,
the Gawad Mabini with the rank of
Dakilang Kamanong (Grand Cross)
was conferred upon Undersecretary
Enrique Manalo; Ambassador Elizabeth
P. Buensuceso; Consul General Adelio
Angelito Cruz; and Ambassador Mario
L. de Leon.
The Gawad Mabini with the rank of
Dakilang Kasugo (Commander) was
conferred upon Vice Consul Theodore
Andrei Bauzon and Director Ryan
Francis Gener.
The Chief Executive has approved
the conferment of the awards for the
officials’ dedication and acumen in
carrying out the country’s principled
and independent foreign policy.
The Gawad Mabini, established by
virtue of Presidential Decree No. 490,
s. 1974, is conferred on Filipinos who
rendered distinguished foreign service
or helped promote the interests and
prestige of the Philippines abroad. n
Philippine Embassy Philippines September 14, 2017
DFA ATN Assessment Team Embarks
on a 3-Day Listening Tour in the Gulf
DFA Office of Migrant Workers’
Affairs (OMWA) Undersecretary
Sarah G. Arriola led an Assistance to
Nationals Assessment Team to Qatar
from August 08 to 10 as a part of the
three-leg listening tour of OMWA in
the Gulf. cases. n Philippine Embassy Philippines |
During her visit to Qatar,
Undersecretary Arriola met with officials
of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
where she reiterated the appreciation
of the Philippine government on the
warm and generous hosting by the
Qatari government during the visit of
the President in April 2017.
Her interaction with the Qatari
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Pres. Duterte confers the Gawad Mabini Pres. Duterte confers the Gawad President Rodrigo Roa Duterte confers
Dakilang Kamanong Award on Foreign Mabini Dakilang Kamanong Award on the Gawad Mabini Dakilang Kamanong
Affairs Undersecretary Enrique Manalo. Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso Award on Consul General Adelio Cruz
Pres. Duterte confers the Gawad Pres. Duterte confers the Gawad Pres. Duterte confers the Gawad
Mabini Dakilang Kamanong Award Mabini Dakilang Kasugo Medal on Vice Mabini Dakilang Kasugo Medal on
on Ambassador Mario de Leon Jr. Consul Theodore Andrei Bauzon Director Ryan Francis Gener
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte poses for a photo with six exemplary officers President
of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Malacañan Palace on September 13, Rodrigo Roa
2017. Also in the photo are Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Duterte, in his
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. speech during
the conferment
of the Gawad
Mabini awards
to six exemplary
officers of the
Department of
Foreign Affairs
in Malacañan
Palace on
September 13,
2017, expresses
his gratitude to
the awardees
for upholding
and promoting
the country’s
independent
foreign policy.
officials also provided an opportunity where she fielded various questions
for the Undersecretary to introduce and concerns of the audience. She
her portfolio at the DFA and how also visited the Migrant Workers
her office could collaborate with the and Other Filipino Resource Center
MOI and MOFA, which also handle (MWOFRC), which houses some
concerns of migrant workers. 100 wards with labor and police
Undersecretary Arriola also met
with the Filipino community in Qatar September 4, 2017
Undersecretary Sarah Lou G. Arriola engages with the Filipino DFA Promotes Kidney Health
Community during a townhall meeting held at the Social Hall of the MANILA – The Human Resources
Philippine Embassy in Qatar in the afternoon on 9 August 2017. Management Office (HRMO) of the kidney disease, kidney stones, and
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), recurring UTI. Different treatments
Undersecretary Sarah Lou G. Arriola calls on Dr. Ahmad Hassan Al- in partnership with The Medical City, and testing for kidney disease were
Hamadi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (left) and conducted a seminar on promoting also discussed.
Major General Saad Bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, Director General of General kidney health at the Bulwagang
Security of the Ministry of Interior (right) in the morning of 09 August 2017. Elpidio Quirino. The seminar aimed Dr. Tanchanco mentioned to
to raise awareness on proper caring the participants that 10% of the
for kidneys and other kidney-related population has kidney disease,
diseases and treatments. affecting 1 in 5 men and 1 in 4 women.
He also underscored that to prevent
The seminar’s resource speaker, kidney and kidney-related diseases,
Dr. Roberto Tanchanco, the Head of one needs to regularly visit a doctor,
Nephrology Unit of The Medical City, take prescribed medicines, maintain
spoke on the importance of the kidney healthy diet, avoid salty foods, drink
to the proper functioning of the body lots of water, regularly exercise, and
and underlined the warning signs that quit cigarette smoking.
they are damaged. He also noted that
a person has a higher risk of acquiring At the end of the seminar,
kidney disease if he/she has diabetes, participants availed themselves of
hypertension, a family history of the dipstick with consult procedure
provided by the Medical City. n Philippine
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