I have stayed in Greece after 30 September because  Foreign Affairs  Secretary Alberto Romulo wanted me to stay as ambassador until the end of the year to complete certain important work at the Embassy that would have been more easily done by me because of my deep or long involvement in these particular matters.
I had [...]

Mr. Valencia himself is on a fund-raising campaign, as his  Munting Nayon school, which  is one of his main  sources of income  (he has never held a regular job nor a business) is  in dire straits. It had been ordered  closed January 2010 by the Education Ministry because its poor facilities threaten  children’s safety.
Valencia has [...]

In the past year I have received many inquiries regarding the legitimacy a “Philippine Cultural and Educational Association” (PCEA) whether it is indeed a school authorized by the Philippine government, the Greek government, or both.

The queries are quite valid and need to be answered, since I had been informed that the students are charged from €100 to €150 a month each, which would total €10,000 a month in income for PCEA.

Our countrymen needed to know the legitimacy of this entity, as indeed, they would be wasting their money if the grades of PCEA are neither recognized by our Department of Education and by the Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs.

The protest by some 30 people on Sunday 10 October at the embassy in Athens was actually part of a smear campaign by an illegal, fake school for Filipino children called Philippine Cultural Educational Academy (PCEA) and by a Marcos “refugee”, Jose Valencia, to remove Rigoberto Tiglao from his post, so that it can continue fooling OFWs in Athens, and trying to bully the Embassy through black propaganda.