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Philippine Embassy gears up for “Expert Talks” on Social Security Cooperation with Germany

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Thursday, 22 November 2012
Ambassador Maria Cleofe Natividad and Minister Mardomel Melicor pose with officials of the German Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs led by Mr. Wolfgang Heller. BERLIN - Ambassador Maria Cleofe Natividad met with officials of the International Department of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales - BMAS) on 13 November to discuss details of the upcoming “expert talks” on social security cooperation between the Philippines and Germany. Officials from the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System will lead the talks which will take place March 2013.
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Stronger defense cooperation seen with Germany

Written by Philippine Embassy Webmaster
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Ambassador Maria Cleofe Natividad and General Hans-Werner Wiermann shake hands at the conclusion of their meeting at the Federal Ministry Defence. BERLIN - Ambassador Maria Cleofe Natividad met with officials of the German Federal Ministry of Defence (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung) led by Gen. Hans-Werner Wiermann on 29 October 2012 to discuss the state of bilateral defense cooperation. Ambassador Natividad personally thanked Gen. Wiermann for the Ministry’s offer of training scholarships for Philippine military officers. The Ministry allocated slots for the participation of Philippine military officers in training conducted in the English language, including for the one-month UN Military Observer Course. Military training assistance, in the form of such scholarships, is one of the Ministry’s tools for international military cooperation with Germany’s partners.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 November 2012 )
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Ambassador Natividad meets Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra and Deutsche Bank’s Jürgen Fitschen

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Thursday, 15 November 2012
Left photo: Ambassador Natividad poses for a photo with Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Right photo: Ambassador Natividad with Mr. Jürgen Fitschen, Co-Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank. Ambassador Maria Cleofe Natividad is among the invitees to the reception on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Thai-German Diplomatic Relations and official visit to Germany of H.E. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of the Kingdom of Thailand this year in Berlin, Germany. The event, co-hosted by the Royal Thai Embassy and the Asia-Pacific Committee on German Business (Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss / APA) at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft, was graced by officials from the top echelons of German government and the business sector, one of which is Mr. Jürgen Fitschen. Mr. Fitschen sits as Co-Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG.
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Philippine Embassy Meets with Sabine Weiss, German Parliamentarian and Champion of Women’s Rights

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Wednesday, 24 October 2012
From left to right: Ms. Marilyn Mamaril, Ms. Sabine Weiss, Ambassador Natividad, Milagros Antonio-Kropp, Cultural Attaché Berlin – “It is an honor to be a friend of a member of the German Parliament who shares our strong advocacy for women’s rights and who has a long and solid history of working for the welfare of Filipinos,” Philippine Ambassador to Germany Maria Cleofe R. Natividad said after a meeting with Ms. Sabine Weiss, member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag).
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Philippine Criminal Code Committee fosters cooperation with German justice sector

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Saturday, 27 October 2012
Assistant Secretary Geronimo Sy presents the work of the Criminal Code Committee at the Federal Foreign Office. BERLIN – The Philippine Criminal Code Committee (Code Committee), formed in 2011 to undertake the review of the Revised Penal Code, was in Munich and Berlin from 23 to 29 October 2012 for an exchange and information program upon the invitation of the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation (HSF).
Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 November 2012 )
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Philippine Embassy in Berlin conducts final mobile OAV registration drive

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Monday, 29 October 2012
Filipinos give their thumbs-up sign as they wait patiently to register at a mobile OAV outreach in Hamburg conducted by the Philippine Embassy. Hamburg – The Philippine Embassy in Berlin conducted its final mobile registration of voters in Hamburg and provided mobile consular services to the Filipino community in Northern Germany (Hamburg, Bremen and Niedersachsen areas) on Saturday, 27 October 2012.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 November 2012 )
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