Mayor Giuseppe Falcomata of Reggio Calabria shows off the coffee-table book on the Philippines given by Consul General Adrian Bernie Candolada. At the center is Mr. Ernie Penson, translator and representative of the Filipino community in the area.

08 May 2017 ROME – Consul General Adrian Bernie Candolada of the Philippine Embassy in Rome called on Mayor Giuseppe Falcomata of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy on April 29 and gave him a coffee-table book on Philippine famous beaches and a taste of dried mangoes from Cebu as a way of promoting the Philippines’ tourism industry. He also conveyed his gratitude to Mayor Falcomata for facilitating the conduct of consular services held in his city from April 29 to 30.

The Embassy dispatched a consular team to Reggio Calabria and provided a total of 489 services. The team also facilitated the registration of 208 Filipino nationals as overseas voters and administered the oath of 18 who re-acquired their Philippine citizenship.

From April 22 to 23, the Philippine Embassy in Rome also rendered a total of 465 consular services to Filipino nationals in Florence during a consular outreach held from April 22 to 23. The consular team also administered the oath of allegiance of 18 former Filipino citizens who re-acquired their Philippine citizenship and facilitated 130 applications for registration of Filipino individuals as overseas voters.

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Consular staff Ms. Natividad Nethercott, assisted by Mr. Rudolf France, takes the photo of Filipino senior citizen, Aguido Aboyme at his residence in Florence, the evening of 22 April 2017. The consular team made the home service available to the bedridden Mr. Aboyme who renewed his passport.

Consul General Adrian Bernie Candolada (second from left) with Mayor Giuseppe Falcomata of Reggio Calabria, southern Italy (2nd from right). With them are Acting Labor Attache Hector Cruz and Vice Consul Nadine Rosario Morales.

Ms. Joy Ellen France, (in blue shirt), staff of the Philippine Embassy in Rome, attends to the needs of Filipino nationals who registered the birth of their children during the consular outreach in Reggio Calabria from April 29 to 30.

Philippine Honorary Consul in Florence, Fabio Fanfani, (center, facing the camera) welcomes the new officers of the Confederation of Filipino Communities in Tuscany led by its President Divinia Capalad (not seen in the photo). To the right of Consul Fafani are Consul General Adrian Bernie Candolada, Labor Attache Ponciano Ligutom, Welfare Officer Hector Cruz and diocesan priest Fr. Chris Crisostomo from the province of Bohol.