New PHL consul general to Riyadh assumes post

Philippine officials in Saudi Arabia expect to improve their services to Filipinos in the Kingdom with the arrival of a career foreign service officer at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh.

Ambassador Ezzedin Tago said new consul general Marshall Louis Alferez will be a "valuable addition" to the embassy, Saudi news site Arab News has reported.

"I welcome him as a valuable addition to the Philippine Embassy. He’s competent and his posting here will be a valuable experience for him as a Filipino diplomat," Tago said.

Tago said Alferez will supervise the embassy's consular and assistance to nationals sections.

He said he expects Alferez to draw from his experience in past posts to serve him well at the Embassy in Riyadh.

“He served in various capacities at the DFA, as Principal Assistant at the Office of Intelligence and Security from November 1996 to April 1997,” he said.

Career foreign service officer

Alferez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Research at the University of the Philippines in Diliman in 1993, Arab News said.

It said Alferez started his stint in government as a technical assistant with the then Office of the Press Secretary (OPS).

But Tago said Alferez passed the Foreign Service Officer examinations in 1995, then joined the Department of Foreign Service in 1996.

In his foreign service career, Alferez was posted at the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok as Third Secretary and Vice Consul and Alternate Representative to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific.

He also served as Second Secretary and Consul and Alternate Representative to the UN Economic and Social Commission.

Tago said Alferez also acted as Principal Assistant for Political Cooperation at the Office of ASEAN Affairs, assisting in formulating Philippine positions on regional and political-security issues.

Alferez was also posted at the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok; Second Secretary and Consul and Alternate Representative to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific; and First Secretary and Consul and alternate Permanent Representative to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific.

He was also assigned at the Philippine Embassy in London as First Secretary and Consul in charge of Political Section and eventually became Minister and Consul.

"He had received several awards and undergone numerous special trainings," the Arab News report said. — LBG, GMA News

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

POPCOM, gagamit ng ‘digital platforms’ para pagtibayin ang mga ugnayang pampamilya

Mas pinalalawig ng Komisyon sa Populasyon at Pagpapaunlad (POPCOM) ang adhikain nitong pagpapalaganap at pagpapabuti ng pakikipag-ugnayan ng mga nakakatandang Pilipino sa kanilang mga anak na nagdadalaga at nagbibinata. Nitong Setyembre 21, ang POPCOM ay nagsagawa ng isang “parent-teen talk webinar” gamit ang Zoom, kung saan ang isang “interactive program” ang nagbigay ng naaayon na kaalaman at kasanayan sa mga magulang, habang tumulong ito sa mga anak na teenager na maabot ang kanilang buong potensyal. Hinikayat din nito ang mga nanay at tatay na sumali sa malayang usapan, lalo na sa mga usapin ukol sa sex at sekswalidad, na nakikitang makakatulong upang bumaba ang mga bilang ng mga pagbubuntis sa hanay ng mga kabataan. Maaaring mapanood ang webinar sa https://youtu.be/lZ9jrJCjYas. Ayon kay Ikalawang Kalihim (Undersecretary) Juan Antonio A. Perez III, MD, MPH, “ang webinar ay naging isang tagapag-simula at ‘padaluyan’ ng pag-uu
Read more

Biden said set to make push for demilitarized Palestinian state as part of new doctrine ---By LAZAR BERMAN

New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, who’s close to the US administration, says emerging doctrine would include Saudi-Israeli normalization, 2-state solution, and campaign against Iran US President Joe Biden’s administration is homing in on a new doctrine involving an unprecedented push to immediately advance the creation of a demilitarized but viable Palestinian state, The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman reported on Thursday. The plan, Friedman wrote, “would involve some form of US recognition of a demilitarized Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that would come into being only once Palestinians had developed a set of defined, credible institutions and security capabilities to ensure that this state was viable and that it could never threaten Israel.” White House officials “have been consulting experts inside and outside the US government about different forms this recognition of Palestinian statehood might take,” revealed Friedman. What he termed the new “Biden Doctrin
Read more

In Cairo, senior Hamas officials discuss hostage deal with Egyptian intelligence chief ---By TOI STAFF, AGENCIES and LAZAR BERMAN

Delegation said led by terror group’s Qatar-based political leader Ismail Haniyeh; Wall Street Journal reports Hamas demanding 150 security prisoners for each female soldier A delegation of senior Hamas officials arrived in Cairo on Thursday for talks with Egyptian officials on a possible deal that would see the release of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza. The delegation was led by Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who lives in Qatar, and included senior members Mousa Abu Marzook and Khalil al-Hayya, the Qatar-based Al-Araby news outlet reported, citing an unnamed Egyptian source. The Hamas officials met with the head of Egyptian intelligence, Major General Abbas Kamel, to discuss the details of a hostage deal proposal that was presented to the Gaza terror group earlier this week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The outline of the deal was drawn up during a meeting in Paris last week in the presence of Israeli and US officials, as well as Qatari and Egyptian negotiators, a
Read more