Press Release

Courtesy Call on Honorable Benjamin B. Magalong, Baguio City Mayor

2020-02-28

PR No. 14-2020

“Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong presenting a symbolic key to the City of Baguio to Consul General Orontes V. Castro, with Councilor Leila Sembrano and Ms. Erlinda Insigne, president of Filipino Canadian Association of Vaughan and other officials of the City of Baguio.”

Toronto, 27 February 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto is pleased to inform that Consul General Orontes V. Castro called on Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong in his office on 23 January 2020 at City Hall Loop, Baguio City. Baguio City Councilor Leila Sembrano and Ms. Erlinda Insigne, President of Filipino Canadian Association (FCA) of Vaughan, also attended the meeting.

Mayo Magalong updated Consul General Castro on the recently approved redevelopment plan of Baguio City that includes an amusement park, improvement of the City’s waste management, and to enlarge the city’s airport capacity. He emphasized that improving the economic and cultural ties under the sister city twinning agreement between the City of Baguio and the City of Vaughan (Canada) is among his top priorities. Consul General Castro was presented by the Mayor with a symbolic key to the City of Baguio.

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