PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, BUDAPEST CELEBRATES 109^TH ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

Ambassador del Rosario welcomes the guests at the Embassy’s celebration of the 109th Anniversary of the Declaration of Philippine Independence at the Embassy grounds in Budapest .

Ambassador del Rosario welcomes the nearly 100 officials, diplomats, private sector representatives and businessmen at the Philippi ne National Day reception held at the Novotel Budapest on 12 June.

Ambassador del Rosario welcomes the guests at the National Day reception.

17 July 2007 — Philippine Ambassador to Hungary Alejandro D. del Rosario reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Embassy in Budapest celebrated the 109th Anniversary of the Declaration of Philippine Independence on 10 June 2007 at the Embassy grounds.  

Members of the Filipino community in Hungary , along with some Hungarian employers and friends, attended the whole-day affair.  The event started with a flag-raising ceremony led by the Ambassador, accompanied by the singing of the Philippine National Anthem.  Ambassador del Rosario and Consul General Armando L. Comia then read the messages of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, respectively.

A Holy Mass then followed, celebrated by Fr. Luis Halasz, a Hungarian priest who did missionary work in Sablayan, Mindoro for 40 years.  Fr. Halasz, who speaks Filipino fluently, celebrated the mass in Filipino.  After the Mass, the guests enjoyed the Filipino lunch prepeared by the Embassy.  

A short program followed after lunch with Filipino community members performing folk and modern dances, songs, and a demonstration of arnis de mano by the members of the Hungarian Doce Pares Eskrima Club.  

On 12 June, the Embassy hosted a reception for the Diplomatic Corps, Hungarian government officials, and business executives at the Novotel Budapest.  Around 100 officials, diplomats, private sector representatives and businessmen attended the event. END

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