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Ambassador Ricciardone visits Davao, chats with students, attends U.S.-assisted activities

 

Students asked the Ambassador about U.S. trade and environmental policies, Iraq, and veterans issues.
Shiela Bulaong, an instructor at UP Mindanao in Davao City, leads students in a lively dialogue with Ambassador Ricciardone, who is a former teacher.

(Above:) Shiela Bulaong, an instructor at UP Mindanao in Davao City, leads students in a lively dialogue with Ambassador Ricciardone, who is a former teacher. Students asked the Ambassador about U.S. trade and environmental policies, Iraq, and veterans issues.
Students asked the Ambassador about U.S. trade and environmental policies, Iraq, and veterans issues.
Students asked the Ambassador about U.S. trade and environmental policies, Iraq, and veterans issues.

 

 

Ambassador Ricciardone poses with UP Mindanao students following their informal dialogue. He then visited the American Corner of the university’s library.

(Above:) Ambassador Ricciardone poses with UP Mindanao students following their informal dialogue. He then visited the American Corner of the university’s library. (Right:) The Ambassador shows an Arabic translation of Muslim Life in America to a curious student.

The Ambassador shows an Arabic translation of Muslim Life in America to a curious student.

 

 

The Ambassador also delivered remarks and presented certificates to 35 policemen in Mindanao who participated in a three-week course in basic criminal investigation that was funded by U.S. Department of Justice ’s International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). Region II Police Director Simeon Dizon (photo on left) also presided over the event.

The Ambassador also delivered remarks and presented certificates to 35 policemen in Mindanao who participated in a three-week course in basic criminal investigation that was funded by U.S. Department of Justice ’s International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). Region II Police Director Simeon Dizon (photo on left) also presided over the event.

The Ambassador also delivered remarks and presented certificates to 35 policemen in Mindanao who participated in a three-week course in basic criminal investigation that was funded by U.S. Department of Justice ’s International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). Region II Police Director Simeon Dizon (photo on left) also presided over the event.

 

 

The Ambassador delivered remarks and presented certificates to 63 participants in “Baker Piston 05-1,” a month-long joint RP-U.S. counter-narcotics training program. The Ambassador delivered remarks and presented certificates to 63 participants in “Baker Piston 05-1,” a month-long joint RP-U.S. counter-narcotics training program.
The Ambassador delivered remarks and presented certificates to 63 participants in “Baker Piston 05-1,” a month-long joint RP-U.S. counter-narcotics training program.

The Ambassador delivered remarks and presented certificates to 63 participants in “Baker Piston 05-1,” a month-long joint RP-U.S. counter-narcotics training program. (Below, left photo:) Ambassador Ricciardone shakes hands with Davao City Mayor Duterte following the closing ceremony. (Below, right photo:) Rear Admiral Richard Kelly, U.S. Coast Guard, and Director of the Joint Interagency Task Force West, congratulates graduates of the training program and reiterates the U.S. Government’s support for the fight against illegal drugs.

Ambassador Ricciardone shakes hands with Davao City Mayor Duterte following the closing ceremony.
Rear Admiral Richard Kelly, U.S. Coast Guard, and Director of the Joint Interagency Task Force West, congratulates graduates of the training program and reiterates the U.S. Government’s support for the fight against illegal drugs.

 

 

Ambassador Ricciardone, accompanied by Political Officer Tim Cipulo (left, photo above) and Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) Director Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda (right, photo above) meets the wards at the VFF halfway house in Davao. Partially supported by a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the halfway house helps women from rural Mindanao towns who are victims of human trafficking.

 


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