Press Release

PHILIPPINE CONSUL GENERAL IN TORONTO CALLS ON VAUGHAN CITY MAYOR

2020-02-14

PR No. 06-2020

12 February 2020 – Consul General Orontes Castro paid a courtesy call on Vaughan City Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua on 10 February 2020 at the Mayor’s Office.

During the visit, Consul General Castro expressed his gratitude and appreciation to Mayor Bevilacqua for the latter’s support to the thriving Filipino-Canadian community based in the city, which has grown to about 5% of the total estimated city population of more than 300,000. He also mentioned the strong linkages between the cities of Baguio and Vaughan, enhanced by a sister city agreement signed by both cities’ Mayors in 1997 and which has helped promote social, cultural and educational exchanges between them.

Consul General Castro proposed some cultural and economic initiatives that could further deepen relations between Vaughan City and the Philippines. Mayor Bevilacqua stated that he looks forward to working with Consul General Castro to move forward the very strong partnerships between the cities of Baguio and Vaughan.

Mayor Bevilacqua was first elected Mayor of Vaughan City in 2010 and is presently serving his third term. -END

Philippine Consul General Orontes Castro with Vaughan City Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua at the Mayor’s Office on 10 February 2020. (Photo by PCG Toronto)

Consul General Castro presents SGV and Co.’s publication on “Doing Business in the Philippines” to Mayor Bevilacqua. (Photo by PCG Toronto)

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