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.
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An article featuring Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao in the 6 July 2010 anniversary issue of the Philippines’ premiere business newspaper, BusinessWorld. Ambassador Tiglao started his journalistic career in 1982 at Business Day, the predecessor entity of BusinessWorld.

Because of the many inquiries received by our Embassy, and as a service to our nationals, we saw it fit to translate Greece’s new “Law 3838″ which revises “provisions on the acquisition of Greek citizenship and the political participation of Greeks abroad and migrants who legally reside in Greece.”

Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao’s article which was the lead story in the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s special 21 August 2009 issue.

President Benigno C. Aquino III appointed Erlinda F. Basilio, Rafael E. Seguis and Esteban B. Conejos Jr. as undersecretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

Madame Getsy S. Tiglao, the wife of Philippine Ambassador to Greece Rigoberto D. Tiglao, has been appointed as the new Honorary President of the Women’s International Club (WIC) of Athens for the incoming year 2010 by the organization’s officers

Ambassador Rigoberto D. Tiglao reminded Filipinos in Greece and Athens that the overseas absentee voting will be held at the Athens Embassy from 10 April 2010 to 10 May 2010, from 9AM to 5 PM at the premises of the Philippine Embassy at 26 Antheon St., Paleo Psychico, Athens. ” I appeal to our kababayans registered as overseas voters at the Athens embassy to exercise this democratic right, and duty, and make sure that they will be in Athens during the month-long voting period,” the Ambassador said.

The ambassador’s analytical articles on the Philippine situation, originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 August 2009.