RP Children’s Choir Groups Bagged Top Prizes at 1st World Choir Championships in
South Korea
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Three Philippine children’s choir groups won the top prizes at the 1st World Choir Championships held in
Changwon City, Gyeongnam province in South Korea last July 10.
The three Philippine choir groups, the Mandaue Children’s Choir, the Young Voices of the Adventist University
of the Philippines, and the Calasiao Children’s Chorus won in different events in the following categories:
• Mandaue Children’s Choir – First Prize, Children’s Choir category, Grand Prix of Choral Music.
• Young Voices of the Adventist University of the Philippines – Gold Prize, Children’s Choir category, 2nd Asia
Choir Game, and Silver Prize, Music of the Religions category, 2nd Asian Choir Game.
• Calasiao Children’s Chorus – First Prize, Folklore category, Korean International Open Choir Competition,
and Gold Prize Korean International Open Choir Competition.
Each of the choir group also received a cash award of $12,000 or around P580,000.
The World Choir Games was organized by the INTERKULTUR group and the city government of Changwon
and is held every two years in different partner cities around the world, with competing choirs vying for the title
of “Champions of the World Choir Games”.
The choir groups were judged by an international jury, one of whom is renowned Philippine choral conductor
and former member of the Madrigal Singers, Mr. Jonathan Velasco.
The Embassy attended the choir competition in Changwon City, around four hours south of Seoul, and
witnessed the respect and recognition given to the Philippines for its world-class choirs bringing honor and
prestige to the country. END
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Philippine Consulate General in Barcelona Conducts Consular Outreach Mission in
Palma de Mallorca
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A team from the Philippine Consulate General in Barcelona conducted a weekend consular outreach mission
to Palma de Mallorca, a port city in the Spanish island of Mallorca, from 25 to 26 June 2009.
Mallorca, a famous summer tourist destination in Spain, hosts around 1,500 Filipinos, most of whom are
employed in the local tourism industry.
During the mission, the team provided a whole range of services to some 200 Filipino community members,
including passport services, notarization of documents, processing of Reports of Birth, and solemnization of
Oaths of Allegiance for former Filipino citizens reacquiring their Philippine citizenship under RA 9225, and
registration of overseas absentee voters.
Consul General Eduardo de Vega held a series of meeting with local Filipino community leaders. Among the
issues discussed was the plan for Palma de Mallorca to be the host of this year’s Ambassador’s Cup
basketball tournament, an annual tourney pitting Filipino teams from various cities in Spain in a one-day
series of games to determine the best Filipino team in Spain.
The Consul General also attended as guest of honor the community’s summer league basketball tournament,
and participated in a three-point shootout.
With the consular team were Barcelona-based representatives of BPI and Metrobank.
The team also met with a Philippine-born Spanish biologist, whose family owns Amorsolo paintings.
Speaking to the Consulate team, he confirmed that the family would be willing and interested to show and sell
these paintings to Filipino art collectors.
The team was ably assisted in its mission by Mr. Juan Torrente Blanch, Philippine Honorary Consul in
Mallorca, who joined the Consul General in his meetings with Filipino community leaders.
Speaking to Filipino and local reporters regarding the mission, Consul General de Vega (who shouldered his
own expenses for the trip so as to save on government expenses) explained that this mission demonstrated
the Government’s continuing commitment to serving the needs of overseas Filipinos. “If they cannot come to
us for much-needed services, then we will bring the services to them,” he said. END
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OFW Afflicted with Severe Pneumonia and A(H1N1) Passes Away
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Philippine Consul General to Hong Kong SAR Claro Cristobal sadly reports the demise of the 37 year-old
female overseas Filipino worker from Tarlac province diagnosed with severe pneumonia on July 7 and
confirmed by Hong Kong health authorities as a “serious” A(H1N1) case four days later.
The OFW passed away at 5:47 p.m. yesterday, July 27, at the United Christian Hospital in Kowloon.
She is survived by her husband and their six month-old son who reside in the Philippines. Her husband, who
arrived in Hong Kong last July 24, was at the OFW’s bedside at the time of her death.
At the request of the family, the Consulate will be arranging the speedy repatriation of the remains and ensure
that the next-of-kin receive all statutory and insurance benefits in due course. END
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