(19 August 2022) -- Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Bryan B. Lao receives a token replica of the Diwata-2 microsatellite from Deputy Director General for Space Science & Technology Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez of the Philippine Space Agency during her courtesy call at the Philippine Embassy.

Dr. Perez attended the 26th session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC-26) on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) hosted by Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi) in Jakarta, Indonesia from 18-19 August 2022. She delivered the Philippine statement as co-chair of the ICC-25 in 2021.