JPM-Press Release-2022-12
From left to right: AHA Deputy Executive Director Krishna Putra Tanaja, AHA Executive Director Lee Yam Ming, Ambassador Noel Servigon and Colonel Emmanuel Canilla
17 May 2022. - Ambassador Noel Servigon, the Philippines’ Permanent Representative to ASEAN, Colonel Emmanuel Canilla the Philippines’ Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to Indonesia, and Third Secretary Noel Rodriguez visited the headquarters of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) in Jakarta.
Ambassador Servigon introduced Colonel Canilla, who assumed his post in August 2021, and Mr. Rodriguez to AHA Centre’s Senior Management Team led by its Executive Director, Mr. Lee Yam Ming. Ambassador Servigon returned to the AHA Centre headquarters for the first time since the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ambassador Servigon expressed his gratitude to the AHA Centre for consistently providing coordination work and assistance to the Philippines during times of calamities, including during Typhoon Rai last December 2021. Colonel Canillaexpressed his readiness to coordinate with the AHA Centre.
Executive Director Lee briefed the meeting about the recent developments and updates about AHA Centre’s operations including its humanitarian activities in Myanmar.
Mr. Lee presented to Ambassador Servigon, a copy of the book “New Homes of Opportunities” detailing the establishment of the ASEAN Village for the victims of the triple disasters that occurred in Central Sulawesi in September 2018 when a 7.4 magnitude earthquake triggered a near-field tsunami, major liquefaction and landslides. In solidarity with Indonesia, the Philippines provided financial assistance amounting to USD300,000 for the construction of the village(END)
