As part of the Philippine Embassy’s public diplomacy initiatives, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez met Ms. Tess McClure, a young journalist from the Press in Christchurch on 12 September 2014. Ms. McClure received an Asia New Zealand Foundation scholarship to undertake a journalism internship at...

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Upon the invitation of the International Pacific College (IPC) in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez, accompanied by the Philippine Embassy Team joined the IPC’s International Spring Festival 2014 on 27 September 2014. Ambassador Benavidez and the Embassy...

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As the Philippine Embassy continues its mobile consular services for the fourth year for Filipinos in New Zealand, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez led the Philippine Embassy Mobile Consular Team composed of Vice-Consul Glenn Joseph Obach, Atty. Levy Ang, Mr. Edgar Matibag, Ms. Mary Bel Garcia a...

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Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand Virginia H. Benavidez headed the Philippine delegation to the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) held in Apia, Samoa on 1-4 September 2014. Deputy Permanent Representative to the Philippine Mission to the United Nations i...

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This second write-up on Filipinos in the dairy sector in New Zealand focuses on the admirable and exemplary journey of Mr. Neil Molina who is blessed with his GOD given talents, credentials, exposure and experiences in veterinary medicine and dairy farming and who has been featured by Go Negosyo...

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