As the Philippine Embassy continues to reach out to the Filipino communities in the Pacific island nations under its jurisdiction, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez met with the members of the Filipino community at the St. Mary’s Church Hall in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on 23 September 2014. There...

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As the Philippine Embassy continues its mobile consular services for the fourth year for Filipinos in New Zealand and countries under its jurisdiction, the Philippine Embassy Mobile Consular Team composed of Vice Consul Glenn Joseph Q. Obach, Ms. Ma. Victoria Reyes, and Ms. Monette Garcia went t...

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About 30 Filipino rebuild workers have brought a complaint against barred Christchurch recruitment firm Business Immigration.

Philippines authorities this month suspended Business Immigration and its Philippines subsidiary, Sacred Heart International, from bringing migrant workers in from the...

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Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez presented her credentials to His Excellency Tom Marsters, Queen’s Representative of the Cook Islands at the Government House in Rarotonga on 24 September 2014. She is now the non-resident Philippine Ambassador to Cook Islands based in New Zealand.

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People-to-people interaction and increasingly strong educational linkages between the Philippines and New Zealand took centre stage when Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez and Honorary Consul General Paulo Garcia met with the officers and members of the Filipino Students Association and...

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