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DOT Undersecretary Shahlimar Hofer Tamano pays courtesy call on Shanghai PCG

SHANGHAI, 18 April 2025 – Department of Tourism Undersecretary Shahlimar Hofer Tamano paid a courtesy call on the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai during a brief visit to the Chinese financial and cosmopolitan center. Usec Tamano was joined by recently arrived Tourism Attaché Francisco Hilario M. Lardizabal and his Administrative Officer Ghienel S. Gustilo during their call on Acting Head of Post, Consul Francis S. Herrera. Consul Herrera assured Usec Tamano of Shanghai PCG’s commitment to promoting Philippine interests, including helping boost Chinese tourist arrivals to the Philippines. END

Shanghai PCG attends the China Digital Innovation Expo 2025

SHANGHAI, 16 April 2025 – The Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai attended the China Digital Innovation Expo (CDIE) for the first time through the special arrangements of German-Philippine couple Mr. Mario Bock and Ms. Bibian Pacayra-Bock. The Bock couple and the Philippine Consulate General Acting Head of Post Consul Francis S. Herrera first met at the Kapihan sa Hapon, Talk and Mixer on 22 March 2025.

The CDIE started back in 2015 and has now established itself as a prime venue for insights and information on the latest in digital transformation in various industries and serves as a networking center for key industry leaders, technology users and industry representatives interested in adopting digital innovation to further improve their operations.

Consul Herrera was able to meet CDIE creator and organziser Mr. Ryan Yang, exchanging ideas, with both in agreement that the adoption of digital solutions will be key in modernizing industries and ensuring economic and social transformation. END

Lorelei Saren, Caviteña math teacher in Hangzhou, made it in China

A Filipina from Cavite is making her mark as a mathematics teacher in eastern China.

Since 2017, Lorelei L. Sarren has been serving as a math teacher in the Zhejiang Fuyang High School, a public school which boasts of an international department. It is known in Hangzhou as one of the key schools noted not just for teaching Chinese culture and values but also in preparing students for studies overseas.

Lorelei has been teaching her students advanced mathematics to help them pass the standardized exams required by universities in the UK, Australia and the US, among others.

She has rich experience to lean on. Before going to China, she had taught mathematics and statistics in different universities in Manila and Dasmariñas.

She moved to Malaysia in 2013 and taught there until 2017, a period when Malaysia was in the process of incorporating technology into teaching curriculum.

Lorelei’s success in upscaling math teaching is earning due recognition. In 2020, the Zhejiang Fuyang High School promoted her as the Head of the Mathematics Department.

Twice she was awarded as an Outstanding Teacher in 2021 and 2023.

Lorelei has published and co-authored textbooks and resource materials used in secondary and tertiary education curricula.

“My skills in writing and teaching have helped me succeed,” she says. “My past experiences as an educator has been finally recognized here in Hangzhou.”

Beyond teaching, she has been also using her organizing skills to serve the local Filipino community. As the president of the Filipino Community in Hangzhou (FilCommHz), she is bringing Filipinos in Zhejiang closer. In collaboration with the Consulate General in Shanghai, she and her group have been working to foster harmony among Filipinos and pushing for cultural exchanges with the Chinese community. They have organized donation drives and relief operations for beneficiaries in the Philippines.

For her students, education is a key to knowledge and success. For Lorelei, it’s a bridge to build trust and friendship among the people of the Philippines and China.

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