Press Release No. 01-2018
BADAJOS ASSUMES AS CONSUL GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN JEDDAH
16 February 2018 – Mr. Edgar B. Badajos arrived in Jeddah on 14 February 2018 to assume his post as the new Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah. Consul General Badajos is a seasoned diplomat with more than twenty years of experience in the Philippine Foreign Service.
Upon his arrival, Consul General Badajos immediately met with the male and female wards of the Consulate’s Bahay Kalinga. Bahay Kalinga refers to sections of the Consulate’s premises that serve as temporary shelter for Overseas Filipinos (OF) in distress. Consul General Badajos assured the male and female wards of Bahay Kalinga that the Philippine Government is determined more than ever to address the plight of distressed OFs. He cited the expanded Assistance-to-Nationals Fund and the Legal Assistance Fund as proof of the Government’s seriousness in providing timely, effective, and efficient assistance to OFs in distress.
Consul General Badajos also met with the officers and staff, as well as the attached agencies, of the Philippine Consulate. He echoed the marching orders of the President and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to ensure the delivery of timely, efficient and effective services to OFs at all times. “Our objective is to do good public service; Overseas Filipinos deserve no less,” Consul General Badajos said. At the same time, he commended the Consulate personnel for their commitment to their jobs and urged them to continue working as “one country team.”
Consul General Badajos addressing the officers and staff of the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah
Immediately prior to his posting in Jeddah, Consul General Badajos served as Director of the Political-Security Division of the Office of ASEAN Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs. In that capacity, he led a Philippine delegation in negotiations related to the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea during the Philippines’ Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017.
His previous foreign assignments include the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto as Vice Consul from 2000 to 2003, the Philippine Consulate General in New York as Vice Consul then Consul from 2003 to 2007, and the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, as Minister and Consul General and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) from 2009 to 2015.
A graduate of the U.P. College of Law, Consul General Badajos wrote a “Philippine Passport Guidebook” in 1998 together with Ms. Germinia V. Aguilar-Usudan, a former Consul at the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah.
Consul General Badajos is a native of Bangued, Abra. He is a proud product of an OFW family. Three of his older brothers were among the first wave of OFWs who came to work in Saudi Arabia in the late 70s. END
