Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco welcomes new officer

Consul Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon

SAN FRANCISCO, California—The Philippine Consulate General  in  San Francisco welcomed its new member, Consul  Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon.

Prior to his posting in San Francisco, Ascalon was detailed from the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Office of the President as Deputy Chief of Presidential Protocol.

At the Department of Foreign Affairs, he served as Special Assistant at the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy and later as Principal Assistant.  He then became the Acting Director, at the Office of ASEAN Affairs from 1998 to 2002.

Before joining the DFA, Ascalon was a foreign affairs research specialist at the Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies of the Foreign Service Institute.

His first foreign assignment was in Brunei Darussalam, where he served from 2002 to 2008 as Third Secretary and Vice Consul and subsequently as Second Secretary and Consul.

Ascalon earned his B.A. Political Science degree at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He is married to Maria Cecilia Gregorio-Ascalon and they have two children, Jaime Martin, 13, and Andre Luis, 8.