(From left) Ma. Angela Ponce, director, Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs; Bernardita Catalla, executive director, Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador Menashe Bar- On, Embassy of Israel; Ambassador Roberto Mayorga, Embassy of Chile; Ambassador John Gomes, Embassy of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh; Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Apostolic Nuncio; H.M.G.R.R.K. Wijeratne Mendis, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Sri Lanka; D.E.W. Gunasekera, Minister of Human Resources and Special Envoy of Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka; Evan Garcia, undersecretary for Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs; Lionel Fernando, adviser to the Minister of Human Resources; Ambassador Ndateni Agnes Nyamande-Pitso, Embassy of South Africa; Alfonso Tagliaferri, Charge d’Affaires, of the Embassy of Italy
(From left) Ma. Angela Ponce, director, Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs; Bernardita Catalla, executive director, Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador Menashe Bar- On, Embassy of Israel; Ambassador Roberto Mayorga, Embassy of Chile; Ambassador John Gomes, Embassy of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh; Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Apostolic Nuncio; H.M.G.R.R.K. Wijeratne Mendis, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Sri Lanka; D.E.W. Gunasekera, Minister of Human Resources and Special Envoy of Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka; Evan Garcia, undersecretary for Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs; Lionel Fernando, adviser to the Minister of Human Resources; Ambassador Ndateni Agnes Nyamande-Pitso, Embassy of South Africa; Alfonso Tagliaferri, Charge d’Affaires, of the Embassy of Italy

TO commemorate the political independence of Sri Lanka from British rule, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Philippines celebrated the nation’s 66th Independence Day on February 4.

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