Current Affairs

Norway has assisted the Philippines in elaborating a new draft shipping law that was officially finalized and presented to Secretary of Transportation and Communications Leandro R. Mendoza, on May 20.

State Secretary Øyvind Slåke of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang on October 15. The meeting was held at the conclusion of the State Secretary’s visit to the Philippines as part of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations.

Under the title “A Career at Sea – the Norwegian-Philippine Maritime Partnership”, the Norwegian Embassy has toured the Philippines with a maritime roadshow in December.

Fil-Nor Maritime Conference, coinciding with the celebration of 60 years of bilateral relations between Norway and the Philippines, was held in Manila on October 14th. The Royal Norwegian Embassy organized the Conference in close collaboration with the maritime industry’s employers’s and worker’s organizations in the Philippines and Norway.

The Royal Norwegian Embassy Manila participated in the inauguration of the new office of Odfjell Technology Manila Corporation on 16 September 2008. The inauguration was well attended with guests highlighted by his Excellency Ståle Torstein Risa, Ambassador of Norway to the Philippines, Ketil Lenning, CEO of Odfjell Drilling, Anita Walker, HR Manager of Odfjell Drilling and Sverre Hagenes, COO of Odfjell Technology Manila Corporation. The new office is located in 29th floor, Burgundy Corporate Tower, 252 Senator Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City. A reception party at Shangri-La Hotel in Makati Ci...

On 13 August 2008, the Royal Norwegian Embassy participated in the opening of the new UC-NSA building at University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue Campus. Among the guests were Secretary of Trade and Industry, Hon. Peter B. Favila, Ms. Elisabeth Grieg, the president of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, and Norway’s Chargé d’Affaires to the Philippines Ms. Siri Maria Midré.