05 December 2016 – The Philippine Embassy in New Delhi conducted a two-day mobile outreach mission at the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Kolkata on 03 to 04 December 2016.
The two-day mission facilitated by Mr. Michael B. Balbin, Consular Assistant and Mr. Danilo C.Buñas, Collecting Officer through the support of Mr. Deepak Kumar Khemka, Philippine Honorary Consulate General and Mr. Samar Nath Roy, Honorary Vice Consul, conducted the renewal of passports and registration of some members of the Filipino Community. At present, there are about 109 Filipinos living in Kolkata.
Kolkata (also known as Calcutta) is the Capital of the Indianstate of West Bengal. It is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India. Kolkata also is where young Mother Teresa worked as a nun in the 1940s to help thepoor people in the slum.MotherTeresawas the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor. Considered one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century, she was canonized asSaintTeresaof Calcutta at in the Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican on 04 September 2016
Mr. Deepak Kumar Khemka, Honorary Consul General of Philippine Honorary Consulate General (7thfrom left) along with the Mobile Outreach Team and Filipino Community in Kolkata. Mr. Michael B. Balbin, Consular Assistant (3rd from left) ) and Mr. Danilo C. Buñas, Collecting Officer (3rd from right) facilitated the renewal of passports and registration of Filipinos during the Mobile Outreach Mission in Kolkata.
