18 March 2004 – Like so many other recipients of the  Mobile Passport Service, residents of Sta. Fe  municipality, Nueva Vizcaya were able to avail of  passport services in their hometown when the Regional  Consular Office of the DFA in Tuguegarao conducted a  mobile passport service there from 13-14 March 2004.

According to DFA Assistant Secretary Teresita G.  Barsana of the Office of Consular Affairs, the Tuguegarao RCO reported that the mobile passport  activity was well attended. The Tuguegarao RCO Mobile  Passport Team was comprised of ten personnel, led by  Officer-In-Charge Mr. Antonio M. Allam. According to  Mr. Allam the program is intended to bring necessary  passport and other consular services closer to the  people in the outlying areas of Tuguegarao. DFA Acting  Secretary Sonia C. Brady lauded the efforts of the  mobile passport team.

RCO Officer-In-Charge Mr. Allam said that this was the  first time that the mobile passport service and other  consular related services was held in the municipality  of Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya. RCO Tuguegarao in  cooperation with the offices of Governor Rodolfo  Agabayani and Mayor Teodorico Padilla, held the mobile  passport service at the Municipal Hall of Sta. Fe.

Another mobile passport service is scheduled to be  conducted by the Tuguegarao RCO on 27-28 March 2004 at  the municipality of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya and this  will be the third time that the Tuguegarao RCO would  be conducting mobile services there. The scheduled  passport mobile service for Bayombong will be  conducted at the Provincial Capitol according to Mr.  Allam. The Tuguegarao RCO was opened five years ago on  12 April 1999. Mr. Allam said that the mobile passport  program in Nueva Vizcaya is estimated to benefit  around 700 people. - END