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MetroVanIndependent.com
September 2015
editorial
Photo by MetroVan Independent News Team
Members of established Filipino organizations in BC weet with the Philippine Consulate on August 24, 2015.
Philippine Consulate belies
involvement in UFCABC formation
Eleven key members of established
Filipino organizations in British Columbia
met with the Philippine Consulate Monday,
August 24, 2015, to voice concern over
the claim of the controversial UNITED
FILIPINO CANADIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF
BC (UFCABC) who declared they represent
all Filipino Canadian organizations in the
Lower Mainland.
Members of this group reported they
had concerns with the UFCABC who styles
itself as an umbrella association without
any credentials and proper notification
of intent to various societies and Filipino
Canadian organizations now active within
the Filipino Canadian community in British
Columbia. The group was also at a loss on
how this organization elected its officers.
The main thing they wanted to know is if
the Consulate initiated the formation of
UFCABC.
After initiating and presiding over the
meeting, Carlito Pradas, president of
FABC Filipino Association of BC, said he
is satisfied to hear the Consul General’s
position that the consulate was never
involved at all in organizing the UFCABC
contrary to what was reported in Filipino
tabloid Philippine News Today (PNT),
whose publisher acts as vice president of
the group.
"I got the answer I wanted to hear from
the Philippine Consulate that the meeting
called on January 16th of all the leaders
was specifically for the formation of a core
group to organize the 117th Philippine
Independence Day celebration and not,
as they claimed, to form an umbrella
organization representing all the societies
and associations in BC,” Pradas said.
“I have nothing against the UFCABC
“I have nothing against the
UFCABC or United Filipino
Canadian Associations of BC
forming their own aggrupation
as long as they don't claim to be
the umbrella of all associations