Consul General administers oath of new Council of Filipino Associations in Austria officers 

15 January 2025, Vienna - Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General Zoilo Velasco administered the oath of office of the new Council of Filipino Associations in Austria (CFAA) Officers during their induction ceremony at the Philippine Embassy. 

Present during the ceremony were the CFAA newly elected officers: President- Mr. Elmer Blanco (GSLF), Vice-President- Mr. Jose Frederick Arce (Association of Pangasinenses in Austria), Secretary- Ms. Carmen Pacaigue (Filipino Assistance Movement in Austria), Assistant Secretary- Ms. Teresita Nida Hahn (Philippine Association of Medical Technologists), Assistant Treasurer- Ms. Arieta Dionela (Fr. Eugene Daberto Memorial Foundation Inc.), Auditor - Ms. Annie Hruska (Igorot Austria), Assistant Auditor- Ms. Rose Maria Socorro Somera (Verein Filipina in Oesterreich), and Adviser- Mr. Reynante Arreza. Other newly elected officers of the CFAA were Treasurer- Ms. Richel Boegner (Foerderung der Philippinische Kultur und Folklore), and Advisers- Ms. Malou Morata, and Ms. Hilaria Garcia.

The CFAA is a federation of 9 Filipino Community organizations in Austria including Bulakan and Friends Association in Austria (Hiyas ng Bulakan). The CFAA Officers were elected in November 2024 and will hold office until November 2026. END