left to right: UP College of Fine Arts Dean and chair of the President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts Toym Leon Imao; Philippine Ambassador to Chile Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat; and UP President Angelo Jimenez. Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO.
Philippine Ambassador to Chile Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat paid a courtesy visit to University of the Philippines President Angelo Jimenez Jan. 7 at the Executive House, UP Diliman to discuss collaboration with Chilean universities.
Other points of discussion were: the 80th anniversary of Philippine-Chile diplomatic relations; proposed workshops by Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino and UPD College of Fine Arts Dean Abdulmari “Toym” Imao; visual art and UP Baguio textile exhibits; a Kontra Gapi performance tour in Latin America; and the celebration of Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month, where a possible partnership with the UP Law Center’s Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea may be entered into for the month’s activities.
UP President Angelo Jimenez (right) listens attentively to Philippine Ambassador to Chile Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat (center). Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO.UP President Angelo Jimenez (left) and Philippine Ambassador to Chile Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat at the Executive House grounds, chatting casually before the formal discussion of the visit’s agenda takes place indoors. Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO.Philippine Ambassador to Chile Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat (seventh from left) poses for a group photo with UP officials and students led by President Angelo Jimenez (eighth from left). From left: Kontra Gapi representatives Amethyst Laniog and Aeric Ang; Office of International Linkages Deputy Director Gino Angelo Velasco; Office of Alumni Relations Director Maria Tricia Yvonne Endozo-Villanueva; OIL Director Dolores Cecilia Madrid; VP for Research and Innovation Joel Joseph Marciano; VP for Academic Affairs Lorraine Pe Symaco; CFA Dean and President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts Chair Abdulmari “Toym” Leon Imao; UP-Bonifacio Global City Executive Director Jay Batongbacal; Jaqiri Sierra; and Office of the President Head Executive Assistant Karlo Miguel Abuda. Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO.
