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Philippine embassy
launches outreach program in Tsukuba City
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EMBASSY OUTREACH PROGRAM Embassy
personnel Angelita I. Cirineo (2nd from left) and Lawrence
M. Sumando (3rd from left) attend to the needs of Filipinos
as the other embassy officials (right photo) respond
to questions from the floor during the Embassy Outreach
Program held in Tsukuba on October 27. (right photo)
L to R Minister Councilor Claro S. Cristobal, OWWA Welfare
Officer Josephine Sanchez, Consul Lillibeth V. Pono
and Atty. Sofronio Cortel. BNT Photo
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As part of its program to touch base with
the Filipinos in their adopted home turf, the Philippine Embassy
sent a 6-man delegation to administer consular services at
the Ibaraki Christian Center and the Tsukuba Catholic Church
on October 27.
Spearheading the Embassy team was Minister
Councilor Claro S. Cristobal, who has assumed the second highest
post in the Tokyo mission just a month ago. With him were
Consul Lillibeth V. Pono, Atty. Sofronio Cortel, Lawrence
M. Sumando and Angelita I. Cirineo. Also on hand to entertain
labor-related queries was Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration
(OWWA) representative Josephine Sanchez. The consular team
gave guidance on consular procedures such as passport renewal,
birth and marriage report and authentication of public documents.
Cristobal and Cortel fielded questions ranging from dual citizenship
to adoption to the education of Filipino children in Japan.
More than half of the 100 worshippers at the
ICC stayed on to listen to the Embassy orientation. Later
in the afternoon, the Embassy team moved to the Tsukuba Catholic
Church in nearby Matsushiro to attend to another group of
Filipinos. *
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STAC-J fetes its Batch 10 of TAC-K grads
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Ms. Marie Watanabe (second from left),
one of the TAC-K graduates, receives the certificate
of completion from STAC-J President Jose Edgardo “Egay”
Aban (extreme left) assisted by Mr. Chris Santos (third
from left) of Dresdner Bank and STAC-J Secretary Ms.
Nadine Ledesma (extreme right).
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The Science and Technology Advisory Council-Japan Chapter
(STAC-J) capped its Tuloy Aral Center-Kompyuter (TAC-K) Batch
10 on October 6 with a graduation ceremony held at the AIEJ
Komaba International Students House in Tokyo.
A total of 27 graduates signed in for the two and a half-month
long program conducted in various places spread in the metropolitan
Tokyo and Chiba areas. The courses offered included the following:
Basic Computer Principles and Functions, Computer-Design (CAD),
Basic Computer Hardware Assembly and Troubleshooting, and
Basic Computer Graphics1. The STAC-J mentors included Ms.
Sheilah Gaabucayan, Ms. Nadine Ledesma, Engr. Arnold de Guzman,
Engr. Alan Tan, Engr. Richie de Guzman, Ms. Derlie Babiano
and Mr. Egay Aban. Mr. Christoper Santos, Senior IT Specialist
of Dresdner Bank gave some inspirational talk to the graduates.
The Tuloy-Aral Center-Kompyuter is an ongoing literacy program
of the STAC-J with the purpose of training our fellow Filipino
migrants in Japan with entrepreneurship and computer technology.
The students of this program consist of overseas Filipino
workers who are domestic helpers, entertainers, construction
workers, working professionals and Filipino-Japanese spouses.
There is no educational qualification set for any course.
This program caters to any interested Filipino.
TAC-K is a strategic move of STAC-J to help Filipinos improve
their work performance so as to secure better jobs or higher
posts in Japan, gain confidence in utilizing present technologies,
establish a better image in Japan, prioritize better skills-training
for productivity and prepare for their return to the Philippines.
TAC-K was conceived in November 1998 and has already helped
more than 500+ Filipinos in the Kanto region.
STAC-J will have launched its TAC-K Batch 11 by October 27,
2002. Interested parties may contact Nadine (090-8330-8830)
or Arnold (090-1289-4698). *
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