Filipinos in Qatar - Filipino Organisations

Filipino Organisations

There are about 44 Filipino organisations in Qatar, ranging from the Philippine Basketball League Qatar to the Qatar Pinoy Riders. In March 2008, Hamad bin Khalifa, the emir of Qatar, allowed five Christian denominations to open churches. A Roman Catholic Church, with a Filipino priest and a predominantly Filipino congregation was among those that opened. In October 2008, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation sponsored a Filipino cultural exposition in Doha that experienced an extremely high turnout of 13,000.

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