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PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR WELCOMES OFFICIALS FROM LANDBANK, TESDA, DSWD AND LTO


[Above photo] Ambassador Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez (center) welcomed Philippine delegates joining the Alagang OWWA: Health, Wellness & Serbisyo Caravan South Korea including (from left to right) TESDA Senior TEDS Specialist Nasudi Namnama O. Guadaña, Landbank Assistant Vice President and Head Jose Emmanuel C. Valdez, LTO Senior Transportation Regulation Officer Franz O. Salamat and DSWD Division Chief Czar Cornelius David at the Philippine Embassy.

Seoul, 14 September 2026 – Ambassador Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez received the courtesy call of officials from the Landbank of the Philippines (Landbank), Land Transportation Office (LTO), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Philippine Embassy.

The agencies took part in the recently concluded “Alagang OWWA: Health, Wellness & Serbisyo Caravan South Korea”, held at the Marronnier Park in Seoul. 

In line with the Philippine government’s commitment to provide public services closer to the Filipino people, the Embassy supports national agencies in their initiatives to bring essential social, welfare, health and other forms of assistance to Filipinos in the Republic of Korea. END

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