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2018

General Santos and Jersey City Consul General Cristobal Meets with
Pen Sister Cities Agreement NYC Commissioner for International Affairs

Jersey City mayor Steven Fulop (seated, left) and General Santos Vice Mayor Consul General Claro
Shirlyn Bañas Nograles (seated, right) finalize their Sister Cities Agreement with S. Cristobal met with Ms. Penny
a handshake. (PCGNY Photo) Abeywardena, New York City
Commissioner for International
The local governments of General Santos City and Affairs, at her Manhattan office
Jersey City formalized their Sister Cities Agreement last 14 on 30 July 2018.
August at a Signing Ceremony held at the Council
Chambers, Jersey City Hall, New Jersey. The office of the
Commissioner for International
Vice Mayor Shirlyn Bañas Nograles represented Affairs provides services and
General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera in the ceremony, information to the diplomatic
saying that the Sister Cities Agreement is a step toward and consular corps including
achieving various projects of exchange and mutual benefits consular notification and Consul General Claro S. Cristobal
for growth and development. emergency response, (R) with Commissioner Penny
delegation visits, diplomatic and Abeywardena during their meeting in
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop notes this is the consular parking program, and
first Sister Cities agreement in his 5 years in office, economic development and Manhattan.
acknowledging the significant contribution of the Filipino
community in his city. He looks forward to visiting General international business.
Santos, building a strong bond with General Santos, and
flourishing together as sister cities in the future. During the meeting, Consul General Cristobal
discussed the priorities of the Consulate General, including the
Consul General Claro S. Cristobal and Vice promotion of the Philippines as investment destination for
Consul Khrystina Corpuz Popov represented the Philippine businesses based in New York and other states under Post's
Consulate General at the event. jurisdiction. Commissioner Abeywardena assured the support
of her office to Philippine business and official delegations
visiting New York.

The Consul General and the Commissioner
discussed the different programs of NYC for the diplomatic and
consular community based in the city like the Connecting Local
to Global (CL2G) which provides opportunities for diplomats to
learn about the work of NYC agencies and institutions. They
likewise discussed possible areas of collaboration between the
Consulate and NYC.

PNP Launches It’s Global Community Relations
Program in New York

Consul General Claro S. Cristobal (7th from right) shows his support for the General Sermonia candidly answers concerns raised by Filcom members,
General Santos City delegation led by Vice Mayor Shirlyn Bañas Nograles (6th particularly from leaders of Malaya Movement and the National Alliance for Filipino
from right) at the Sister Cities Signing Ceremony held at the Jersey City Hall last Concerns (NAFCOM) during the open forum, clarifying to the groups that PNP
14 August. (PCGNY Photo) does not plan to set up outposts in the US. (Photos by New York PCG).