DARIEN GAP: The New Philippines and Yaviza the New Manila

DARIEN GAP: The New Philipines and Yaviza the New Manila

DARIEN GAP: The New Philippines and Yaviza the New Manila (The Eye of Terror)

At the wake of the Chinese Invasion of the Philippines that lead to the Mass Migration of 80 Million Filipinos going Abroad, the Filipino Diaspora including the Philippine Government WILL SETTLE in the Darien Gap - Panama / Colombia Border!!!

DARIEN GAP: The New Philipines and New Homeland for the Filipino Diaspora for "Bagong Pilipinas" and "Filipinas Ultramar". 7 Million to 15 Million Filipinos (EVEN 25 MILLION FILIPINOS) are needed to occupy the 20,000 square miles Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia.

The Chepo River, San Blas Mountains (Cerro Carbunco, Cerro Brewster, Cerro Prominente, Cerro Diablo, Cerro Magua and Cerro Grande), Bayano Lake, Maje Mountains (Pico Columna, Cordillera de Maestra, Cerro Chepito Parado) Loma de Coiba, Serrania Filo de Tallo, Lome de Quipo, and Lomas Teteral in the North of the Darien Gap (Panama) with the towns of Chepo, El Porvenir, Chinina, El Llano, De Akua Yala, Ipeti, Torti, Canita, and Puerto Coquira as Fortresses - "The Ruby Rose Barrameda Aproaches" or the BARRAMEDA GATE

The Atrato River, Serrania de Baudo, Darien Mountains (Cerro Tacarcuna, Pico Carreto, Cerro Caledonia, Cerro Gandi, Cerro Anachucuna, Cerro Tanela, Cerro Turcandi, Alto Limon, Mangle, Cerro Setetule, Alto de Nique), Serrania del Saltos, Sapo Mountains (Cerro Sapo, Serrania de Bagre, Loma Cocobolo, Loma Mococenega, Cerro Bruva, Fuerte de Seteganti), Serrania de San Jacin (Cerro Pelado, Serrania del Aguila, Serrania de San Jeronimo, Alto La Flecha and Alto Chimura), and Alto de Buey in the South of the Darien Gap; Even extend to the Cordillera Occidental - part of the Colombian Andes Mountains (Cerro Napi, Farallones de Cali, Cerro Calima, Cerro Torra, Cerro Tamana, Fallarones de Citara, Paramo Frontino, Cerro Paramillo), Cordillera Central - part of the Colombian Andes Mountains (Cerro San Lucas, Purace, Nevado del Ruiz, Nevado del Huila), Sinu River, Cuaca River, Magdalena River and Pico Cristobal Colon (Colombia) with the towns of Turbo, Chigorodo, Dabeiba, Apartado, Canasgordas, Tierralta, Arboletes, Monteria, Valledupar, Penalisa, Quibdo, Taraza, Caucasia, Apia, Las Aminas, El Espinal, San Andres, Planeta Rica, El Banco, Cuatro Vientos, Cali, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Tulua, Cerete, Necoli, Jaque, Santa de Lorica, Jurado, Medellin, Sincelejo and Sante Fe de Antioquia as Fortresses - "The Maria Carmela Vizconde Aproaches" or the VIZCONDE GATE

The Darien Gap will become the "Global Capital City of the Overseas Filipino Diaspora".

The City of "Yaviza" in the Darien Gap will be the MAIN SEAT of the "World Filipino Diaspora Congress" - WFDC, which to meet all Filipino Diaspora Groups from around the World including the 60 Million Filipino Refugees at the Wake of Chinese Invasion of the Philippines to take care the affairs of 100 Million Overseas Filipinos especially when Manila is occupied by China.

The "Global Filipino Diaspora Political Commissar Office" - GFDPCO, which to oversea the "Filipino Diaspora's Final Solution" of the Chinese, Russian and Jewish Questions outside of their Home Countries with a new "Wannsee" style building at the northeast shore of the Bayano Lake.

Filipino Diaspora will construct roads, toll expressways, bridges, railroads, subways, metro rail systems, flyovers, monuments, tunnels, buildings, international airports, markets, economic zones, international seaports, warehouses, food terminals, transit hubs, trading hubs, tourist spots, financial hubs, money transfer/remittance centers, coastal roads, waste treatment plants, water pumping stations, water reservoirs, integrated transport terminals (landports), public housings, central business districts, media networks. shopping malls, and other infrastructure like Philippine Government Institution Buildings (New Malacanan Palace, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philippine Stock Exchange, New Filipino monuments like the New Luneta Park - build according to the 1905 Daniel Burnham Plan, New Quezon Memorial Circle, New Aguinaldo Shrine, New House of Representatives, New Senate, New Supreme Court, New Buildings for PNP, PCG and AFP like Police Camps (New Camp Crame), Military Bases (New Camp Aguinaldo) and ETC, and other Philippine Gov't Offices EVEN Filipino Companies / Corporations) across the Darien Gap and especially Yaviza USING Chinese Blood (Intsik), Russian Blood (Batnik) and Jewish Blood (Dugyot); their skulls will be put into the foundation pillars along their confiscated wealth to fund the Filipino Diaspora's massive construction projects in the Darien Gap.

Within the Darien Gap, the New Malacanan Palace, the New Philippine House of Representatives, the New Philippine Senate, the New Philippine Supreme Court and Philippine Government Institutions WILL BE BUILT at the Western Bank of the "Chucunaque River" between the Bayano Lake and Tuira River at Yaviza. The Children, Families and Relatives of Chinese Officials, Russian Officials and Jewish Officials especially their Diplomats WILL BE "SACRIFICED" as a BLOOD SACRIFICE (PADUGO) during the Groundbreaking Ceremonies (PAHUGOS).

The Filipino Diaspora will create rice (grain) fields and fruit/vegetable plantations along the Chepo River, Bayano Lake as a water source and fisheries; also irragation for rice fields and plantations from Atrato River. The meats, Dairy, meats and livestocks will be imported from Balboa, Colon, Panama City (Panama Canal) in Panamian side, but also Cali, Medellin, Turbo, Bogota, Buenaventura, Cartegena and Baranquila in the Colombian side.

The Filipino Diaspora will turn all mountains like the San Blas Mountains, Sapo Mountains, San Jacin Mountains, Darien Mountains (especillay Cerro Tacarcuna), Maje Mountains, Aguila Mountains, Bagre Mountains, Saltos Mountains, Isla del Rey, Chepo River and Atrato River across the Darien Gap INTO Mountain Fortresses, Defensive Positions, Defensive Lines and Underground Bunkers with Artillery Batteries, Air Defenses, Underground "Nyadra'zatha" Refinement Plants, Balistic Missile/Rocket Silos, Cruise Missile Silos, ICBM Silos (especially with "Nyadra'zatha Warheads"), Electronic/Cyber Warfare Defenses, Laser/Energy Weapons Defenses, Underground Airbases, Underground Naval Bases for ships and submarines, Dragon's Teeth, Drone Launching Pads, Trenches, Landmines, Underground Command Centers, Tunnels, Anti Personnel / Tank Ditches, Pillboxes, Observation Posts, Strong Points and Radar Systems.

The Filipino Diaspora will complete the Pan-American Highway in the Darien Gap by cutting a path between the mountains (renamed the Nida Blanca Valley) between Yaviza towards Chigorodo (renamed the Tandang Sora City) VIA the towns of Aruza, Boca de Cupe, Paca, Limon, Paya, Payita, La Palo Letras, Bijao and Peye. The whole Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina will be renamed "The New Maharlika Highway" that the Kilometer / Mile Zero Marker will be on Yaviza. Also The Filipino Diaspora will cut mountains between Cerro Tanela and Cerro Turcandi to make a road (renamed The "Chop-Chop Lady Cut") from the City of Yaviza, Santa Fe (renamed Corazon "Cory" Aquino), San Vicente (renamed the Edgar Bentain) and Lajas Blancas (renamed the Maria Aurora Quezon) to the seaports town of Acandi (renamed as "Silawan City"), Capurgana (renamed Gabriela Silang) and Punta Carreto (renamed New Dingalan) in the Caribbean Coast via Corozal and Tanela.

The Filipino Diaspora will CREATE a New Shipping Canal from Yaviza towards Acandi at the Caribbean coast by cutting the mountains all the way to the sea level between Naranjal and Batilla / Brazo Seco (this new shipping canal will no longer need canal locks to operate just like Bosporus Strait) - The Karen Empeno Cut; Also build a Western Shipping Canal from Taimati towards Yaviza by cutting the mountains between Taimati and El Real - The Sherlyn Cadapan Cut; while widening, straighting and deepening by Dredging the Tuira River between Yaviza and La Palma for a Bi-Oceanic "SECOND PANAMA CANAL" / or the Darien Gap Canal in the Darien Gap (from La Palma and Taimati in the Pacific Coast towards Acandi in the Caribbean Coast VIA the City of Yaviza with the width of 200 - 500 meters and depth of 100 meters) parallel with a new Bi-Oceanic Railroad and Highways using confiscated Chinese and Russian construction equipment.

All Migrants MUST PAY 10% to 25% of their wealth (But Chinese, Russians, Jews and enemies of the Filipinos MUST Pay 60% of their wealth) to the 15 Million Filipino Diaspora (Now settled in the Darien Gap after China invades the Philippines) to cross the Darien Gap as a Toll Fee.

YAVIZA: The New Manila (New Metro Manila) and the Main Office of the Philippine Government-in-Exile and Filipinos Companies/Corporations after China invades the Philippines and occupies Manila.

DARIEN GAP from Chepo River to Atrato River and Pearl Islands (especially Isla del Rey). Even extend to the Cordillera Occidental, Sinu River, Magdalena River, San Juan River and Cuaca River.

The Chepo River in Panama will be renamed "The Julie Vega River". The Atrato River in Colombia will be renamed "The Isabel Granada River". The Bayano Lake will be renamed "Bagong Puliran Kasumuran Lake" (or New Laguna Lake). The Tuira River will be renamed "La Tondo River". The town of Chepo will be renamed "Julie Vega". The town of Sapzurro will be renamed "Pepsi Paloma". The town of Mamitupu will be renamed "Jonas Burgos". The town of Mulatupo will renamed "Desaparasidos". The town of El Povenir will be renamed "New Mauban". The town of Turbo will be renamed "Lucia Cunanan". The town of Apartado will be renamed "Vizconde City: The town of Dabeiba will be renamed "Eileen Sarmenta". The Chucunaque River will be renamed "Nueva Pasig River". The Bay of San Miguel will be renamed "The Lakan Dula Bay". The Pearl Islands will renamed as "The Corregidor Islands" including the Isla del Rey renamed as "The Isla del Sandugo". The Gulf of Uraba will be renamed "The Tayabas Gulf". The City of "La Palma" (remaned as " Flor Contemplacion City") and Puerto Quimba (renamed "Gregoria de Jesus City") will become its New Filipino Seaport Cities facing the Pacific.

The Name of the New Global Filipino Diaspora Capital in the Darien Gap of "Yaviza" will be named "DAYANG KALANGITAN" - Queen of Heaven. or "DAYNGILA" - In Spanish, "Nueva Manila dela Darien" (New Manila of the Darien Gap). The Darien Gap will be renamed the "Dayang Kamatayan / Queen of Death Gate" OR the Pearl of Terror (Eye of Terror).

The Darien Gap will be called THE EYE OF TERROR /or the Pearl of Terror.

 Filipinas Ultramar - the Philippines Abroad / Philippines Beyond Borders concept and National Consensus on the Philippine Diaspora the Filipino Diaspora

Filipinas Ultramar

 

‘Filipinas Ultramar’ Advocates National Consensus on Filipino Diaspora

https://fsi.gov.ph/2024/02/06/filipinas-ultramar-advocates-national-consensus-on-filipino-diaspora/

 The Filipino diaspora was front and center during the “Filipinas Ultramar: Philippines Beyond Borders – Towards a National Consensus on the Philippine Diaspora” symposium on 29 January 2024 in Manila. The event was co-organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (DFA-UMWA) and the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). The symposium brought together representatives from various stakeholders involved in diaspora engagement. Participants included members of Congress, representatives from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), emigrant groups, academe, and DFA officials, including representatives from 35 Foreign Service Posts (FSPs).

The full-day symposium featured four panels that explored different aspects of the Filipino diaspora. The first panel, titled “Envisioning the Global Filipino Identity and Role in the 21st Century,” discussed the unique identity of overseas Filipinos, highlighting values like malasakit (compassion), pakikisama (camaraderie), and bayanihan (communal unity). The second panel focused on “Upscaling and Leveraging the Contributions of the Filipino Diaspora in Public and Cultural Diplomacy,” highlighted CFO initiatives addressing migrant needs, and stressed the role of overseas Filipino communities and leadership in FSPs in supporting government initiatives. The third panel, “The Role of the Filipino Diaspora in National Legislation,” emphasized global competitiveness, adaptability, alignment with international standards, and leveraging social media for increased engagement. The concluding panel, “Migrant Integration and Social Cohesion of Filipinos in Countries,” explored strategic initiatives for migration integration, drawing from the Mexican experience. Throughout the discussions, there was a strong emphasis on empowering overseas Filipinos and synergizing government initiatives.

Aside from the panels, representatives from Philippine diplomatic and consular missions shared their diaspora engagement experiences, contributing to a conversation on the actual situation of overseas Filipinos.

In her closing remarks, FSI Executive Director Dr. Stephanie Beatriz Valera noted that: “As we accompany Filipinos abroad in this constant construction of identity, we are invited to listen…By listening, we will know how we can serve and accompany them better.” The symposium is regarded as the first in the “Filipinas Ultramar” series, with DFA-UMWA leading and facilitating the discussions.

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Diaspora PH's 'soft power' – DFA exec

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1217840

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor

Operation One and the Filipino Diaspora

 

MANILA – Diaspora, or the spreading of Filipinos across the globe along with the Filipino culture, is the country's “soft power”, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.

In diplomacy, soft power is the ability of a nation to influence other nations through attraction and persuasion instead of force or intimidation.

"We send our people or they themselves go without government intervention or support. We deploy our workers, beginning 1973 in the oil crisis, caused by the conflict between Israel and their cousin, the Arabs but not just as workers," DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said during his speech at a multi-stakeholder symposium.

He said these Filipinos sent abroad are instruments of the country's foreign policy.

"Oftentimes, especially after Republic Act 8042, our diaspora drives our foreign policy," he added.

According to DFA's latest report to Congress, there are 10,854,592 Filipinos abroad. The Americas host 49.04 percent of the tally; the Asia-Pacific, 22.83 percent; the Middle East, 21.88 percent; Europe 6.03 percent and Africa, 1 percent.

Filipinos experience disasters, calamities, famine, war and pandemic happening in their host countries.

While the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) ensure the welfare of Filipinos abroad, the DFA sees their potential to be leaders -- their capability to be rescuers instead of being only rescuees.

Hence, the establishment of the Filipinas Ultramar (the Philippines abroad) concept. The vision of this concept has been forwarded to all Foreign Service Posts (FSPs) via circulars.

Under this move, each of the FSPs must submit a master list of Filipino community organizations and contact persons in all countries under their jurisdiction to create an international list of Filipino organizations worldwide.

Each country falling within an FSP's jurisdiction must have a national coordinating umbrella organization or Council of Filipino Community organizations. The chair of these organizations would be a member of a national council.

In the spirit of Republic Act (RA) 9148 or the Volunteer Act of 2007, volunteers must be trained as soon as umbrella worldwide councils are catalogued and documented.

They would be trained to conduct rescue and rehabilitation work in their respective countries and become accredited by the state-sanctioned volunteer and relief/rescue organizations of their host countries.

"We hope to encourage and train Filipinos into giving back to their host communities, including possibly contributing as volunteers during local calamities, disasters, and other crises," de Vega said.

"In such manner, our diaspora becomes not only a group of Filipinos who seek employment abroad, but more than that: they are a great gift of the Filipino nation to all peoples on earth, and our contribution to world peace and harmony," he added.

To establish a framework of the RA 9148 implementation abroad, de Vega said the DFA could work with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, the DMW, Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of National Defense, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency. (PNA)

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DFA Convenes Filipinas Ultramar, First of Series of Multi-Stakeholder Consultations on Philippine Diaspora

 

https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/dfa-releasesupdate/34108-dfa-convenes-filipinas-ultramar-first-of-series-of-multi-stakeholder-consultations-on-philippine-diaspora

MANILA 08 February 2024 – The Department of Foreign Affairs successfully convened thirty-five (35) Foreign Service Posts led by Ambassadors, Consuls General, Consuls/Vice Consuls and Assistance to Nationals (ATN) officers, thirteen (13) Philippine Government agencies (including the Department of Migrant Workers, Commission on Filipinos Overseas, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Labor and Employment, and Professional Regulation Commission),  fifteen (15) civil society organizations (including Philippine Migrants Rights Watch, Center for Migrant Advocacy Philippines, Inc., Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, Scalabrini Migration Center, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Global Filipino Movement Foundation, Inc. and other religious and faith-based groups and universities), twenty-two (22) DFA Home Office officials and staff officers, and seventy-three (73) attendees from Embassies and Consulates attending online, to a first of its kind national multi-stakeholder symposium Filipinas Ultramar – Philippines Beyond Borders: Towards a National Consensus on the Philippine Diaspora on 29 January 2024 at Manila Diamond Hotel.

In his Keynote Speech (pre-recorded), Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo welcomed the participants.  The concept of Filipinas Ultramar, or the concept of ‘Philippines Abroad’, the nation outside the nation, is an idea whose time has probably come, he said. The Secretary stated that “This symposium aims to help all Filipino migration stakeholders to validate the consensus that has emerged in recent years, namely, that the global presence of millions of Filipinos outside of the Philippines can be leveraged to benefit not just the individual family members of the overseas Filipinos, but the entire Filipino nation.”  

He also urged all Ambassadors and Consuls General to deliver governance to this global diaspora. “Through our Ambassadors, Consuls General and Heads of Posts, working together with their various service attachés including from our partners the Department of Migrant Workers and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas”, the DFA will lead in delivering services through the One-Country-Team.  He urged that “Each Foreign Service Post or FSP is envisioned to “act local”.  Our Heads of Posts are the alter egos of the President, and therefore the primary instruments through which his strategic goals and policies are shaped and implemented abroad.  Therefore, each Ambassador or Consul General must be able to rally all Filipinos under their jurisdiction towards the goals of making the Filipino diaspora an integral element of national progress and nation-building.”

Undersecretary Eduardo A. de Vega, who convened the symposium on the authority of the Secretary, said: 

• “We have an estimated total of 10,854,592 Filipinos abroad.  That constitutes a Philippines that exists abroad, whose population is greater than many European countries, combined.  The Americas host 49.04%, Asia-Pacific 22.83% and the Middle East 21.88%.  Europe, 6.03 %.  Africa 1%. Filipinos are everywhere. 
• Disasters and tragedies are happening everywhere.
• Filipinos can be the Rescuers, instead of needing rescue.
• DFA can organize Filipinos into a voluntary global response team.
• This will be the Philippines’ leverage and diplomatic force-multiplier.

The Department of Migrant Workers has a mandate to ensure the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (non-permanent migrants), while the Department of Foreign Affairs continues to take the leadership on Philippine migration and integration abroad policy.

To implement the Filipinas Ultramar concept (Philippines beyond borders or Philippines abroad), all Foreign Service Posts have been issued Circulars outlining the vision, and Posts are to submit a Master list of Filipino Community organizations and contact persons in all the countries under their jurisdiction, for the purpose of creating an international list of Filipino organizations worldwide.  Ideally, each country falling within an FSP’s jurisdiction must have a national coordinating umbrella organization or ‘Council of Filipino Community organizations’.  

Each Filipino Community organization’s President or Chair would be a member of that national council.”

Assistant Secretary Robert O. Ferrer, Jr., as moderator of the panel Filipinas Ultramar: Envisioning the Global Filipino Identity and Role in the 21st Century, made a reference to the launch of “Bagong Pilipinas” at the Luneta the day before, 28 January 2024, and quoted from An Ideology for Filipinos written by the father of President Ferdinand, “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, who stated that, in the face of global crises, “As a people, true to our characteristics, we are not a nation that easily gives up when difficulties arise.  We innovate and improvise…We do not, as lemmings do, rush to the sea of damnation, but we sail towards our own salvation.”

Assistant Secretary Celia Ann Feria emphasized that many countries in the world have expressed admiration and gratitude to Filipinos for their help in making sure their governance structures and health support remain functioning – not an insignificant achievement by a country that was described by a Western academician as having a ‘damaged culture’.  “Who has the damaged culture now?”, Undersecretary de Vega asked.

Assistant Secretary Maria Teresa Almojuela urged the involvement of United Nations officers and staff worldwide, and Filipino UN peacekeepers abroad to project this new image of the country as a global public good.  

Undersecretary Jesus Domingo expressed optimism that the Philippines is indeed, now, a global power because of its love for the people of the world – ‘An Empire of Love’, he said.  He looked forward to future iterations of the symposium or ‘a national conversation’ on the role of the diaspora, including tapping the Filipinas Ultramar as a force-multiplier for each host country’s disaster resilience and risk management agencies, if there are enough overseas Filipino volunteers.  This concept, called initially as ‘brown helmets’- will need to be further fleshed out.  “We need Sergeants and Non-Commissioned officers” to pull this off in the future, he said.

During the Panel on ‘The Role of the Filipino Diaspora in National Legislation’, Senator Raffy Tulfo urged the audience to look at the Indian and Mexican Diaspora and learn from them.  He also urged that quality standards of Filipinos working abroad such as in Singapore “should resonate here (in the Philippines) as well”.  House of Representatives Chair of the Committee on Overseas Workers, Hon. Ron Salo said legislation is “the highest articulation of foreign policy” and the reason for their engagement.  Representative Marissa Magsino, also active on Filipino Diaspora issues, said “we need the (Filipino) family to remain together.”  She also observes the challenge to the ability of the state to exercise jurisdiction outside its territory.

Secretary Romulo V. Arugay, DMW OIC Hans Leo Cacdac, CFO Undersecretary Valerie Joy Brion, OWWA Deputy Administrator Honey Quiño, DMW Assistant Secretary Levinson Alcantara were also active participants and shared their respective agencies’ vision of what the Filipino diaspora could be under President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos’ Bagong Pilipinas program.  They either served as Panelists or Speakers.  

At the Panel “Migrant integration and social cohesion of Filipinos at countries of destination”, Moderated by Undersecretary de Vega, Ms. Tristan Burnett, Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines and H.E. Daniel Hernández Joseph, Ambassador of Mexico to the Philippines narrated the global consensus on how outward and inward migration must be faced by each nation, consistent with the Global Compact, and Mexico’s experience in dealing with its Diaspora, who are primarily in the United States, respectively.

Among the Foreign Service Posts, the audience got to hear personally-delivered reports and insights on their respective Filipino Communities from 16 Ambassadors, 4 Consuls Generals, 2 Chargés d’Affaires, a.i., 2 Deputy Heads of Missions, 1 Deputy Consul General, and several Career Ministers and First and Second Secretaries and Consuls / Vice Consuls from thirty-four (34) Embassies and Consulates General in twenty-eight (28) countries, from Abu Dhabi to Yangon.

Their experiences ranged from organizing their Filipino Communities down to barangay (village) level, mirroring the Philippine barangay but this time abroad, which helped these Posts immensely when calamities and natural and man-made disasters overtook their respective host countries, to, on the other range, having to start engaging their Filipino Communities because of the challenges of distance, the lack of legal status of Filipino Community members, and lack of information from Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) mapping missions funded by their respective operating expenses.  

It was therefore a consensus that no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach can be adopted all across the Filipinos all over the world, because each country handles its Filipino Diaspora differently.  However, it was emphasized by none other than Secretary Manalo that each Ambassador and Consul General / Head of Post is to actively engage with, and organize their respective Filipino Communities.

There were also calls from several FSPs and DFA officials for OUMWA to continue the ‘long conversation’ and the process of achieving a national consensus on the Diaspora, and to further develop the ‘brown helmets’ concept, or the idea of “Filipinos to the rescue”, instead of being constantly in need of rescue. END