On April 21, Consul Cunanan hosted a dinner and exclusive wine-tasting for H.E. Beka Dvali, Georgian Ambassador to South Africa, at the historic Sterkfontein Heritage Lodge in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Honorary Consul of Georgia Thelmo Cunanan Jr has co-produced and guested in the first Asia-wide television program dedicated exclusively to the promotion of Georgian Food and Wine. The show will be broadcast on Star World, Asia’s biggest general entertainment and lifestyle channel. Based out of Singapore, Star World reaches tens of millions of viewers all across Asian and further afield to the Indian subcontinent, Middle East, and Africa.
Consul (a.h.) Thelmo Cunanan Jr was invited by the West Point Society of the Philippines (WPSP) to be the organization’s Keynote Speaker at its Founder’s Day Celebration on March 19, 2016. The event, which included a ceremonial banquet, was held at the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
On February 18, 2016, Consul (a.h.) Thelmo Cunanan Jr established the FIRST Georgian Film Archive in the Philippines at the De La Salle University Libraries, the leading institution of its kind in the country.