The Philippine Embassy in Doha, led by Ambassador to Qatar Alan L. Timbayan (pictured above), hosted a breakfast dubbed as “Almusal ng Bayan” at the Embassy premises on 12 June 2019 and organized a sporting event entitled “Hatid Saya 2019: Edisyong Pangkalakasan,” in cooperation with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office on 11-14 June 2019 in commemoration of the 121st Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence. (Doha PE photo)

Ambassador Timbayan (center) leads the cake-cutting ceremony in commemoration of the 121st Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence. Joining him are the Embassy and POLO officials, (from left) Vice Consul Benjamin A. Celedio, Jr., Consul General Roussel R. Reyes, Labor Attaché David Des T. Dicang, and Welfare Officer Evelyn C. Laranang. (Doha PE photo)

Ambassador Timbayan (left) is joined by Director for International Labor Cooperation of the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs Fahad Al Dossari (right) during the sporting event commemorating of the 121st Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence. (Doha PE photo)

The Filipino Community in Qatar enjoyed playing traditional Filipino games like luksong tinik (upper left), patintero (upper right), batong tao (lower left), and piko (lower right). (Doha PE photo)

Ambassador Timbayan awards trophies, medals and round-trip Philippine Airlines tickets (Manila-Doha-Manila) to the respective winning teams of men (top photo) and women divisions (bottom photo) of the volleyball tournament. (Doha PE photo)