Israel is Innovation | F6S: In partnership with the Embassy of Israel and the Municipality of Tel Aviv, we are pleased to inform you that applications to represent the Philippines in the upcoming DLD Tel Aviv Digital Conference on September 6-12, 2015 are now open for startup founders, disruptors and inventors. Airfare and hotel accommodations of the chosen winner will be accounted for.
Ana Marie Pamintuan: On Thursday last week, he said it took him three and a half hours to go to Tarlac, and five hours to come back, with half of that time spent battling Metro Manila traffic.
But he’s happy with his current posting, after about five years as head of the Overseas Development Projects and PPP Bureau for MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation.
A woman mentor told him that the Philippines is founded on four pillars: food, music, dance, taking pictures, and the Filipino smile.
The Israelis aren’t the only ones who find the ready Filipino smile unique. Chile’s former ambassador to Manila, Roberto Mayorga, was so captivated that he launched his embassy’s “Calidad Humana” and “Smiles for the World” project, telling anyone who cared to listen that the smile was the Filipino brand.
Israelis appreciate the Philippines’ assistance to Jews in their hour of need.
