Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin organizes a Meet and Greet event with the Filipino Community

Above: Dr. Gina A. Jamoralin, the Philippines’ newly-assumed Consul General to Vancouver, addresses Filipino Community leaders at the Meet and Greet session last 29 November 2024 held at the PCG Vancouver’s premises.

02 DECEMBER 2024, Vancouver, BC – The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver organized a meet and greet session with Filipino Community leaders to provide them the opportunity to meet and interact with Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin. The event was attended by more than thirty (30) representatives from various Filipino Community organizations based in British Columbia.

During the session, a video containing CG Jamoralin’s career highlights was presented to give attendees both a summary of the seasoned diplomat’s achievements in her tours of duty, but also provide them new perspectives and ideas for projects that could be conceptualized and realized by Vancouver PCG and the Filipino community through close collaboration.

Attendees also had the opportunity to ask Consul General Jamoralin questions about specific issues that were relevant to the organizations they represented. During this open forum, Dr. Jamoralin emphasized that the Consulate is open to ideas and suggestions from the community as regards the initiatives that can be pursued to advance the interests of Filipinos within the consulate’s jurisdiction. She then proceeded to reintroduce the Consulate’s officers and their portfolios, as well as the members of the attached agencies based in Vancouver. The Consul General also emphasized the Consulate’s commitment to applying One Country Team Approach when handling concerns of its constituents.

Hitting the ground running: Consul General Jamoralin addressing questions head on and encouraging attendees to share their ideas and comments at the Meet and Greet event.

Ambassador and Consul General General Gina A. Jamoralin, Ph.D. was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Republic of Indonesia in 2022 and assumed her position as AEP from 2023-2024. Prior to that, she also served as Consul General in Honolulu and Chicago from 2014 to 2020. As junior officer, she was assigned in Tokyo and Bucharest between 2006-2012 and 1996-2002, respectively.  She obtained her doctorate degree in Economics at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. She earned her Master of Business Administration at the McGill University in Tokyo, Japan and her Master of Public Administration as  well as a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of the Philippines.  She also completed diploma courses in International Relations, Diplomacy, International Trade Law and International Security in The Hague, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Honolulu, respectively. END

Hitting the ground running: Consul General Jamoralin with representatives of various Filipino Community Leaders.

A full house and a full heart: Dr. Gina A. Jamoralin and her team pose for a formal photo with attendees at the end of the Meet and Greet event.