Los Angeles, 22 December 2011 – Consul Charmaine Serna-Chua led a team from the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles and conducted a two-day consular outreach program in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. on 17 – 18 December 2011.

The consular outreach program was undertaken in cooperation with the Council of Filipino Organizations of Arizona (CFO), Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Arizona (PACCA), Filipino American Journal of Arizona and Halo-Halo Kitchen.

A total of 417 consular services were rendered during the consular outreach program, breakdown of which are as follows:

Consul Serna-Chua was accompanied by Misses Rosalinda Balawag, Rowena Sierra & Mila Verzosa, and Messrs. Vitto Palado, Adrian Peran & Mario Mangila.

The Consular Outreach Program is a regular activity of the Consulate to bring its various services closer to its constituents residing in areas within its jurisdiction.

Photo shows Consul Charmaine Serna-Chua (5^th from left); Ms. Ethel Luzario (4^th from left), President, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Arizona (PACCA); and, members of the Consular Team and the Filipino-American community in Arizona pose for a souvenir photo after the consular outreach program.

Photo shows applicants patiently waiting for their turn for their ePassport applications to be processed.