{"id":236806,"date":"2019-11-06T21:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T02:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236806"},"modified":"2019-11-06T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T02:01:17","slug":"prrd-welcomes-florida-consul-in-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/06\/prrd-welcomes-florida-consul-in-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD welcomes Florida consul in Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236579\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191104-AAA-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-236579\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191104-AAA-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191104-AAA-7.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191104-AAA-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191104-AAA-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191104-AAA-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte joins in Nonthaburi, Thailand on November 4, 2019. (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte received Henry B. Howard, the Philippine honorary consul for the state of Florida and founding director of the US-Philippines Society, in a courtesy call in Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte thanked the American consul for visiting the country, a Palace statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, who has an extensive background in US-Philippine ties, first came to the country as an American Field Service (AFS) high school exchange student in Cagayan de Oro in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed as the Philippines\u2019 honorary consul for the state of Florida in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He also became the president and chief executive officer of the US Education Finance Group, an Advisory Board Member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a member of the Board of Directors of the US-Philippines Society, among his other duties.<\/p>\n<p>The US-Philippines Society aims to help create a new and timely mechanism for elevating the Philippines\u2019 profile in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, deeply involved in Philippine education, also established the Henry Howard Scholarship which graduated 44 scholars since its establishment in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 students have benefited from the scholarship by receiving tuition, dormitory, food, books, clothes, uniforms, and annual home or parental visit travel expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The courtesy call took place before the scheduled Cabinet meeting in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte received Henry B. 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