Philippine Consulate General in Chongqing conducts empowerment and up-skilling workshops for its Filipino Community

Chongqing, 16 November 2024. The Philippine Consulate General in Chongqing held a Filipino community gathering and provided empowerment and up-skilling workshops in celebration of the Philippine Book Development Month, under Proclamation No. 1436, s. 2007, and the 18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW).

The Consulate hosted Mr. Rhio M. Zablan for the launch of his book, “A Malayan Tale - Pre-Colonial Philippines and its Relations with Southeast Asia, China, and Europe.” Mr. Zablan’s book shows how Philippine-China relations have been since  pre-colonial times.

Mr. Zablan is a Filipino who lives  in Beijing with extensive journalism experience from his work as an information officer of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and as aSubstantive Writer/Reporter of the Office of the Press Secretary in Malacañan, Manila. As such, Post also invited him to provideworkshops on drafting press releases and video creation to the members of the Filipino Community and the Consulate’s personnel.

The Consulate also joins the nation in the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence against Women (VAW) and took the opportunity to invite two (2) Philippine lawyers to discuss the salient points of Republic Act No. 9262, also known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.

The session on VAW was delivered by Atty Mary Antoinette Garcia Mofar,an Associate Lawyer handling  civil, criminal, and corporate cases at the Jugador Law Offices, and Atty Ellison Royce L. Avilla, an Executive Assistant at the Court of Appeals—Mindanao Station..

The Consulate served a Filipino merienda of arroz caldo, tokwa’t baboy, and biko, which were prepared by Xiao Chu Xian, the caterer of Robinson’s Galleria in Chongqing. END.