Philippine Embassy in Buenos Aires Conducts First Consular Outreach and Overseas Registration in Paraguay
The Philippine Embassy in Buenos Aires conducted its first consular outreach and mobile overseas voting registration in Paraguay on 3- 4 June 2014.
On 3 June 2014, Philippine Honorary Consul General in Asunción, Dr. Carlos Darío Ruffinelli, together with the Embassy’s Consular Assistant, Ms. Marleth G. Cruz, visited the forty-seven (47) Filipino workers at Astillero Tsuneishi Paraguay in Villeta, which is about 36 kilometers from Asuncion, Paraguay’s capital. Tsuneishi Group's shipbuilding business is to develop, build and offer customers throughout the world, ships to match a variety of market needs.
Aside from looking into their condition at the work site, twenty-three Filipino workers registered for overseas voting for the 2016 Philippine Presidential elections.
Filipino workers of Astillero Tsuneishi Paraguay at the mobile Overseas Voting Registration
Majority of the Filipinos workers in Astillero Tsuneishi Paraguay come from Tsuneishi Cebu, while others come from Tsuneishi Japan. They are technical workers specializing in welding. Currently, they train Paraguayans in the construction of river barges destined for the South American market.
The Embassy is very proud of our Filipino workers in Tsuneishi Paraguay. They have been commended for their impeccable work ethic and dedication, by no other than the company’s president.
PH Consul General Dr. Carlos Darío Ruffinelli,a.h. Buenos Aires PE Consular Attaché, Ms. Marleth G. Cruz and the Flipino workers at Astillero Tsuneishi Paraguay
On 4 June 2014, Vice Consul Ria Gorospe and Consular Assistant Marleth Cruz conducted the Embassy’s first consular outreach in Paraguay.
Overseas Voting registration in Asunción
Consular outreach mission in Asunción
Through the assistance of Consul General Ruffinelli, the consular team was able to process passport renewal applications of Filipinos in Asunción and Ciudad del Este as well as register them as overseas voters.
(L-R) Consul General Ruffinelli, Ambassador Ma. Amelita C. Aquino, Vice Consul Ria E. Gorospe and Consular Attaché Marleth G. Cruz at the site of the consular outreach mission
Ambassador Ma. Amelita C. Aquino who was in Asuncion to attend the 44th General Assembly of the Organization of American States was also present during the consular outreach and in the evening hosted a dinner for the Filipino community in Paraguay. END
