{"id":35135,"date":"2014-12-13T02:55:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T18:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=35135"},"modified":"2014-12-13T02:55:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T18:55:43","slug":"trade-group-supports-consulates-dual-passport-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/13\/trade-group-supports-consulates-dual-passport-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade group supports consulate\u2019s dual passport advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/L11101371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/L11101371-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"L1110137\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/L11101371-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/L11101371-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/L11101371-900x537.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/L11101371.jpg 2045w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Photo shows Deputy Consul General Anthony Mandap (center) flanked by PCTC directors (from L) David MacGrotty, Ray Lino, Gigi Astudillo, PCTC President Wilbur Victoria, Jorge Marc\u00f3, Cristie Sotana-Tayde, Gerry Reonisto, and Gary Manansala. (Photo by Andy Naval\/Accugraphics). <\/p>\n<p><\/em><br \/>\nMembers and officers of Vancouver-based Philippines-Canada Trade Council (PCTC) held a networking event and Christmas party last Dec. 4, with Deputy Consul General Anthony Mandap as special guest speaker. <\/p>\n<p>Consul Mandap spoke about the benefits of maintaining a Philippines passport despite acquiring Canadian or other citizenship, among them being the full right to vote, to own real property, and to engage in business or to practice one\u2019s profession in the Philippines. <\/p>\n<p>PCTC members were also asked to give short updates about their business. PCTC President Wilbur Victoria opened the evening with a prayer for guidance for the coming year and gave a glimpse of upcoming activities for 2015. <\/p>\n<p>The event ended with a raffle, and the grand prize was provided by Coast Hotel. For more information about PCTC, please visit www.pctcnet.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo shows Deputy Consul General Anthony Mandap (center) flanked by PCTC directors (from L) David MacGrotty, Ray Lino, Gigi Astudillo, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":35136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1481],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-comm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}