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FILIPINO EDUCATORS’GROUP CALLS ON PH AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL


Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Raul S. Hernandez (seated, center), together with Labor Attaché Atty. Felicitas Q. Bay, Head of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Seoul (seated to his right, in purple), chats with the officers and members of Association of Filipino Educators in Korea (AFEK) at the Embassy Chancery on 15 June 2014. The AFEK members (affiliated universities in Korea) and officers (designations) are (from Ambassador’s left, seated) Emely Dicolen-Abagat, AFEK President (Catholic University of Daegu); Ian Done Ramos, AFEK Treasurer (Suwon University); Engelbert Pasag, AFEK Secretary (Dankook University, Yongin); Ardelle Malaggay, AFEK Vice President (Gyeongju University); Joel David, founder (Inha University, Incheon); Lynne Torres (Hanseo University, Seosan); Fideliz Josefa Baylon (Gyeongju University); and Angelita Bautista Cruz (Keimyung University, Daegu).

SEOUL, 15 June 2014 –

Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Raul S. Hernandez welcomed the officers and members of the Association of Filipino Educators in Korea (AFEK) at the Embassy Chancery on Sunday, 15 June 2014.

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