RIYADH: Consul General Uriel Norman Garibay has announced that three key officers had arrived to beef up the staff of the Consulate General in Jeddah.
“We at the consulate thank the home office for sending us key and able officers to serve Filipino compatriots in the Western Region. Knowing as I do their capabilities, they are indeed good additions to our existing staff,” Garibay told Arab News yesterday.
He said that the move is in tune with the objective of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila to serve Overseas Filipino Workers efficiently. Earlier, the DFA also sent additional staff at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh.
The new staff includes lawyer Germaine A. Usudan, consul and first secretary, and Rodney L. Sumague and Jim G. Minglana, vice consuls.
Usudan received her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. Usudan had earlier been posted in Riyadh as third secretary and vice consul.
Sumague, on the other hand, has master’s degree from the University of the Philippines and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ateneo de Manila University.
Minglana has a doctorate degree from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, and is a University of the Philippines graduate.
Garibay added that Alejandro A. Padaen, a lawyer, has also replaced Vicente Cabe at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Jeddah (POLO-Jeddah) as labor attaché.
Padaen, who hails from Mountain Province north of Manila, received his law degree from UP.
Garibay expressed optimism that the consulate could now render more services in the Western Region.
New personnel arrive to beef up Philippine Consulate staff
