The Philippine Embassy will be implementing a new schedule of consular services beginning 01 February 2009 to better serve our kababayans in Greece and Cyprus.
The Embassy’s consular section will be closed to the public on Wednesdays to ensure that there are no delays in the release of all notarial documents and certifications, and in the [...]
According to the Greek National Statistical Service, there were 6,465 Filipinos in Greece as of 1 January 2006. Of these, 5,616 were holders of valid residence permits and 5,115 were IKA (Greek social security) members. In addition, there are an estimated 40,000 Filipino seafarers on board Greek-owned or managed ships.
Land based
Of the land-based Filipinos, 5,046 [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became the godmother of the first ever Greek ship made in the Philippines, the C/S Argolikos, ordered by the Hellenic shipping conglomerate Dioryx Maritime Corp from Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines.
“C/S Argolikos shows off to the whole world the excellence of the Filipino workforce in building vessels to sail the seven [...]
[continue reading...]The Commission on Elections announced that the start of the registration period for overseas absentee voters has been postponed to 01 February 2009, and will end on 31 August 2009.
The Philippine Embassy urges all our kababayans residing in Greece, who are at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of elections and are [...]
H.E. Rigoberto Tiglao, the Philippine Ambassador to Greece, was one of three guest speakers at the launching of Steve Psinakis’ book, “A Country Not Even His Own” at the Rockwell Center in Metropolitan Manila in July. The other two speakers were former close comrades of the hero Ninoy Aquino– former senators Heherzon Alvarez Jr. and [...]
[continue reading...]Philippine Embassy hosts “Meet My Country Day” for Women’s International Club
The Philippine Embassy in Athens hosted and presented last April 2, 2008 an event entitled “Meet My Country Day-Philippines” for the Women’s International Club (WIC) of Athens.
Ambassador Rigoberto D. Tiglao and Madame Getsy S. Tiglao led the embassy officials and staff in welcoming the guests [...]
(DFA Press Release, 17 June 2008)
The Philippine Embassy marked the 110th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine independence with two major, well-attended events in Athens: a Diplomatic Reception for the corps diplomatique at prestigious Athenaeum Intercontinental and, a few days, later on 15 June 2008 a fiesta-type celebration with the Filipino community at the [...]
Starting 01 June 2008, the new Machine Readable Passport (MRP) will be available to Filipinos overseas applying for a Philippine Passport.
It has unique features, more secure and is capable of being read by a passport machine reader at international borders. Compared to manually read passports that preceded them, it contains various security features like the [...]
21 January 2008 – Philippine Ambassador to Greece Rigoberto Tiglao was featured in “Eleftheros”, a widely circulated newspaper in Greece.
The two-paged article headlined, “We Want Closer Cooperation with Greece,” reported on the achievements of Ambassador Tiglao in strengthening relations between the Philippines and Greece and in improving the image of our kababayans in Greece.
“In just [...]
The Philippine Embassy will participate in the 8th International Christmas Bazaar on 15-16 December 2007. The bazaar will be held at its new venue, the Helexpo Palace located along Kifissias Avenue.
The bazaar is organized by the Friends of the Child, a charitable association of Greek women which was established in 1987. The proceeds will be [...]
