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PH AMBASSADOR GRACES PH BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN PRAGUE

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal with the first two teams for the initial toss.

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal, together with Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares, graced the Basketball League of the Filipino Community at Slavia Praha on 22 February 2020.

The Ambassador praised the eight teams from different cities of the Czech Republic for coming together not only to play the sport that most Filipinos love but also to continue the spirit of unity and community. He also thanked the organizers for organizing the event and in ensuring its success.

Midway through the program, Ambassador Jainal presented the award for Best Uniform to Plzenske Pivo.

Team Prague - Teleplan won the championship.

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal, Mrs. Elsie Jainal and Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares join organizers and basketball teams prior to the first game at Slavia Praha on 22 February 2020.

Team Prague – Teleplan wins the championship (Photo: Gracey Frias)

Team Plzenske Pivo wins the Best in Uniform Award.

The Mythical Five winners. (Photo: Gracey Frias

Team LSG Sky Chefs from Bör, Czech Republic.

Team Makro from Brno, Czech RepublicTeam Prague 1. 

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal, Mrs. Elsie Jainal and Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares with the organizers of the basketball league at Slavia Praha on 22 February 2020.

CZECH VISITORS AGREE: IT'S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES

 Czech visitors eager to learn more about the Philippines at Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha when the fair opened to the general public on 15 February 2020 (photo: Princess Nathalie R. Roll).  

“We are very happy to see more Czechs getting interested in visiting the Philppines,” said Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal when Holiday World 2020 opened to the general public on 15 February 2020.

 Visitors, with their families and friends, flocked to the PH stand to learn about the destinations in the Philippines, sights and activities, entry and stay regulations, travel time and accommodation, among others.

For visitors who had been to the Philippines, they came to share their beautiful experiences in the islands and to find out new destinations for future visits. “We’ve been to the Philippines many times and we want to know what else we can see,” said a couple. 

Ambassador Jainal earlier expressed the same sentiments with some of the major travel and tours agencies when he visited their stands at the tourism trade fair on 14 February 2020. CK Livingstone (www.livingstone.cz), China Tours (www.chinatours.cz) and Nomád, s.r.o. (www.nomad.cz) conveyed to the Ambassador that their tours to the Philippines are always sold out. According to them, Czech tourists are amazed at the natural wonders of the Philippines, especially in Palawan, Cebu, Bohol and Boracay. Czechs also appreciate the man-made Banaue Rice Terraces and the culture and traditions of Filipinos in Northern Luzon.

For more information on Philippine destinations, visit www.philippines.travel. END.

“We want to send this photo to our friends who are currently in Palawan” said these fair exhibitors who also intend to visit the Philippines in the future. 

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal meets Ms. Ludmila Puldova, one of the veteran guides of CK Livingstone, at Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 14 February 2020. According to Ms. Puldova, CK Livingstone’s tour packages to the Philippines are always sold out. 

Mr. Jan Pospisil, Program Manager of China Tours, presents to Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal the tour packages his company offers to Czech tourists bound for the Philippines at Holiday World 2020, PVA Expo Praha, 14 February 2020. China Tours is one of the biggest agencies for travels to Asia in the Czech Republic.

Mr. Karel Stary, co-owner of Nomad, s.r.o., welcomes Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal at his company’s stand at PVA Expo Praha, 14 February 2020. Nomád, in partnership with CK Livingstone, sells tours to the Philippines in Ždár nad Sázavou, Prague and Brno.

PH EMBASSY PITCHES FOR A MORE FUN RETIREMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES AT HOLIDAY WORLD 2020 IN PRAGUE

Ms. Marie Bardounová, Head of Sales Department, receives Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal at the stand of Delfin Travel at Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 15 February 2020.

Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal led the Philippine Embassy team in marketing a more fun holiday and retirement for young and senior citizens of the Czech Republic in the Philippines at Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 13-16 February 2020.

At the tourism trade fair, Ambassador Jainal met with Ms. Marie Bardounová, Head of the Sales Department of Delfin Travel, a Czech company specializing in tours for citizens over 55 years old.  Ms. Bardounová was pleased to know of the Philippine Government’s Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRR Visa) program and assured the Ambassador that the program will be conveyed to the company’s product management division.

Visitors to the PH stand, especially those who have traveled to different destinations in the Philippines and experienced the hospitality of Filipinos, were interested to know more on the benefits of retiring in the Philippines.

An Austrian citizen expressed his excitement to finally be able to retire in the Philippines with the SRRV. He stated that it was perhaps serendipitous that he passed through the door where the SRR Visa standee was located as he had been looking for ways to stay longer in the Philippines for some time now. He previously visited Cebu and Bohol.

Some visitors were surprised to know that they can retire in the Philippines as early as 35 years old and with only a minimum amount of investment.

 The Philippine Retirement Authority administers the SRR Visa program. Interested applicants may visit www.pra.gov.ph. END.

Visitors to PH stand at Holiday World 2020 take interest in the brochures on the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa program of the Philippines.

Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares and the Philippine Embassy Team at the signage of the Philippine Retirement Authority for the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa offered to Czech and foreign nationals at the Holiday World 2020 at PVA Expo Praha on 13-16 February 2020.

Two Czech senior citizens discuss the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRRV) and retirement options in the Philippines with Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares and Translator Ms. Libuse Polivkova.  The Philippine Retirement Authority administers the SRRV program.