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Pinoy officials planning Switzerland-wide celebration of PHL Independence Day


Filipino officials are planning a "Switzerland-wide" celebration of the Philippine Independence Day in June this year.   Ambassador Leslie Baja raised the matter with about 70 Filipino community leaders in a meeting on January 14, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.   "Baja exhorted the Filipinos to participate in the preparations for the Philippine Independence Day celebration on June 9 in Berne.  The Embassy is encouraging a single Switzerland-wide celebration so that all Filipinos can celebrate Independence Day together, a practice done in the past," the DFA said. Filipino nuns   Earlier, Baja led Embassy personnel in visiting the 11 Filipino nuns of the Seraphic Love Solothurn (SLS).   The nuns are engaged in providing spiritual and psychological needs of Filipinos in Switzerland and run various activities in the Philippines especially in Cebu.   The Embassy also visited the three Filipino nuns of the Congregation of Workers of the Christ the Worker (WCW) in Fribourg who are helping the Filipinos in Switzerland and the sick and the aged.   Baja also met with Bishop Charles Morerod of Fribourg who supervises the WCW nuns.   The Embassy has scheduled meetings with Filipina au pairs in Switzerland this month and will attend the Sto. Niño celebrations of the Philippine Catholic Mission Switzerland on January 28.   Switzerland is home to approximately 10,000 Filipinos mostly working in international organizations and in the health sector.   Filipino workers in Switzerland enjoy satisfactory working conditions and terms of employment, the DFA said. - VVP, GMA News

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