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The yearly J-Pop Anime Singing Contest is now opening its doors to amateur dancers, as the Embassy of Japan launches its 2014 J-pop Anime Sing and Dance Contest to celebrate Philippine-Japan Friendship Month this July.
She came to the Philippines to learn how to smile again. After nearly four years of diplomatic posting, Paulina Silva, wife of Chilean Ambassador Roberto Mayorga, is leaving the country with happy memories.
At the birthday dinner of Paulina Silva, her husband, Ambassador of Chile Roberto Mayorga delivered a speech showering her with superlatives.
They were a picture of a happy pair—or that’s how they portrayed themselves to the press. Dutch Ambassador Ton Boon von Ochssée and his vivacious Belgian wife, Martine, were among the most invited couples in the diplomatic corps; they were the life of the party.
When debonair Italian ambassador Massimo Roscigno is invited to be a judge in a beauty contest, his Filipino wife, Agnes, tags along. She says in jest that she’s making sure that he comes straight home after the event.
“Chäschüechli,” said the gracious Filipino hostess with a slight contraction on the throat, followed by an expulsion of breath.
Camp John Hay recently hosted a farewell party and golf tournament for outgoing US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. More than any other envoy to the Philippines, Thomas has created extraordinary ties to the country and will depart with his Filipino ladylove, exotic beauty Mithi Aquino, naturellement.
Canada’s Ambassador Christopher Thornley was in Cebu recently for the inaugural of the Canadian Welding Bureau Facility and Hospitality Center. The occasion feted the 115 graduates who went through an eight-month training program.
The Netherlands partied last month with dancing in the streets, clubs, parks and private estates celebrating the Queen’s Day or “Koninginnedag,” which marks the anniversary of Queen Beatrix’s inauguration in 1980.
When Canada's ambassador to China posted photos of his car on the embassy's Twitter-like weibo page, the instant, mass response boosted his country's image in a way that surely stunned many diplomats.
