𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟲 𝗣𝗔𝗙𝗜𝗢𝗢 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗘 𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗔. 𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗙𝗢

February 19, 2025 – Mr. Emanuel A. Nacario, a distinguished recipient of the 1996 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAFIOO) under the Lingkod sa Kapwa Pilipino (LINKAPIL) category, paid a courtesy visit to Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Secretary Dante “Klink” Ang II.

During his visit, Mr. Nacario fondly reflected on the significant moment in 1996 when he received the prestigious PAFIOO award. As he engaged with the CFO, he shared his ongoing civic and political engagements in Canada. He emphasized the importance of Filipino representation in the Canadian government to advocate for the interests and address challenges faced by Filipino communities across the country. His commitment to fostering these connections underscores the importance of active participation in the political landscape to ensure that the voices of Filipinos are heard and valued in the broader national dialogue.

In addition, CFO Secretary Ang II and Mr. Nacario exchanged ideas on how to further strengthen the linkages with the Filipino community and renew connections with the past PAFIOO awardees based in Canada.

CFO Secretary Ang II was joined by Undersecretary Ma. Arlene S. Borja and key CFO officials during the meeting.

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𝘔𝘳. 𝘌𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘈. 𝘕𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1996 𝘗𝘈𝘍𝘐𝘖𝘖 𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘒𝘈𝘗𝘐𝘓 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘝. 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢.