Toronto PCG joins the Filipino Canadian Community in the Commemoration of the 126th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal
2023-01-03
PR-2023-02
Toronto, 30 December 2022 – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto joins today the Filipino Canadian Community in commemorating the 126th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal. Consul General Orontes V. Castro, the Knights of Rizal- Central Canada Region, represented by its Commander Dr. Romulo Sinajon, and other leaders of the Filipino Canadian Community organizations came together in placing wreaths at the bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Earl Bales Park, Bathurst, North York, Ontario, Canada.
Consul General Orontes V. Castro is joined by Dr. Romulo Sinajon, Commander, Knights of Rizal-Central Canada Region, in placing the Consulate General’s wreath at the Rizal Monument in Earl Bales Park.
During the brief program at the park, Consul General Castro read the Message of the Honorable Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines. Honorable James Pasternak, Councillor, Ward 6, City of Toronto, delivered brief remarks extolling the virtues of Dr. Rizal.
The Program for the event was continued at the Community Centre, Earl Bales Park.
Consul General Orontes V. Castro read the Message of the Honorable Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines; while Councillor James Pasternak, Councillor, Ward 6, City of Toronto, delivered his brief remarks extolling the virtues of Dr. Rizal.
Consul General Orontes V. Castro joined the Filipino Canadian Community in commemorating the 126th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Earl Bales Park, Bathurst,
North York, Ontario.
The representatives from the youth sector of the Filipino Canadian Community also came to join in the commemoration activities with Consul General Orontes V. Castro and the Knights of Rizal-Central Canada Region led by its commander Dr. Romy Sinajon. Soprano Lilac Cana serenaded the participants with Filipino kundiman songs.
Consul General Orontes V. Castro accompanied by the staff of the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto placed a wreath in the morning at the bust of Dr Jose P. Rizal at Sentro Rizal-Toronto, the cultural arm of the Consulate General.
Consul General Orontes V Castro is joined by the Philippine Consulate General’s staff (From L-R: alternate Secretary to the Consul General Marissa M. Argueza, Consular Assistant Marilyn V. Galanza, Collecting Officer Maria Jesusa P. Santillan, and Communications Officer Errol Y. Reyes) in placing a wreath on 30 December 2022 at the bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal at Sentro Rizal-Toronto.
Unveiling of the Historical Marker at Dr. Jose P. Rizal Monument
On 22 June 2022, the Historical Marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) was officially unveiled at the bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Earl Bales Park, Bathurst, North York, Ontario, by Consul Orontes V. Castro, City of Toronto Councillor James Pasternak, Dr. Romulo Sinajon of the Knights of Rizal Central Canada Region, and the representatives from the NHCP – Deputy Executive Director Carminda R. Arevalo and Project Development Officer Eleonor B. Samonte. The unveiling of the historical marker was witnessed by the Knights of Rizal-Central Canada Region and leaders of the Filipino Canadian Community. With the unveiling of the marker, the monument dedicated to Dr. Rizal at Earl Bales Park is now official included in the National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines. END-
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(L-R) Messages were delivered respectively during the unveiling of the NHCP Historical Marker on 22 June 2022 at the bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Earl Bales Park, North York, Ontario by Deputy Executive Director Carminda R. Arevalo, Consul General Orontes V. Castro, City of Toronto Councillor James Pasternak, and Dr. Romulo Sinajon, Commander of Knights of Rizal-Central Canada Region.
The unveiling of the historical marker at the monument of Dr. Jose P. Rizal at Earl Bales Park on 22 June 2022
The historical marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) unveiled on 22 June 2022 at the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Monument on 22 June 2022.
(L-R) Consul General Orontes V. Castro and NHCP Deputy Executive Director Carminda R. Arevalo and Project Development Officer Eleonor B. Samonte with the officers of the Knights of Rizal- Central Canada Region, City of Toronto Councillor James Pasternak, and the other personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto
The Knights of Rizal-Central Canada Region led by its Commander Dr. Romulo Sinajon inducted Consul General Orontes V. Castro as Knight of Rizal, with the rank of Commander, on 15 May 2022 for his invaluable assistance in propagating the ideals and values of Dr. Jose P. Rizal and in spearheading activities on the annual commemorations of the Birth Anniversary and the Martyrdom of Dr. Rizal in the Philippine Consulate General’s jurisdiction in Ontario and Manitoba.
