{"id":2648,"date":"2026-01-12T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/?post_type=news_piece&#038;p=2648"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:39:46","slug":"on-10-december-2025-smc-paid-a-courtesy-call-to-the-philippine-embassy-in-belgium-and-met-with-h-e-ambassador-jaime-victor-b-ledda-and-third-secretary-and-vice-consul-ma-filonila-alcaraz-arguelles","status":"publish","type":"news_piece","link":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/news_piece\/on-10-december-2025-smc-paid-a-courtesy-call-to-the-philippine-embassy-in-belgium-and-met-with-h-e-ambassador-jaime-victor-b-ledda-and-third-secretary-and-vice-consul-ma-filonila-alcaraz-arguelles\/","title":{"rendered":"On 10 December 2025, SMC paid a courtesy call to the Philippine Embassy in Belgium and met with H.E. Ambassador Jaime Victor B. Ledda and Third Secretary and Vice-Consul Ma. Filonila Alcaraz-Arguelles."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The SMC team, represented by Dr. Maruja MB Asis (Senior Researcher) and Eunice Tejada (Research Assistant), shared findings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AspirE2023EUproject?__cft__[0]=AZY9yzPNBNWOOEcKrcqubdjVGoBWETTd8ZboOvioQqmkHVecTle3KmgNxcn8opp_7RSDyQ60qJ8EsYKQTXjOR6iBR-0g21y806vHPys6EfW8HKw_sSQp1wmxmqdPYXp3DaUHXfruaKIGAyTzRmpqDbMJxq3nAQy0eXz-TjLIksdVPBmELHjx-s1_oKuW-MhWSKQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">AspirE Project<\/a> and engaged in insightful conversations about the Philippines-Europe migration corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third Secretary and Vice-Consul Alcaraz-Arguelles, along with a representative from the embassy, also participated in AspirE\u2019s final conference in Brussels on 11 December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smc.org.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23.jpg?resize=940%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smc.org.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23.jpg?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smc.org.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smc.org.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23.jpg?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2648","news_piece","type-news_piece","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_piece\/2648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_piece"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_piece"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_piece\/2648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_piece\/2648\/revisions\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}