PH Ambassador Engages with Filipino Students and Academics in Boston
NEW YORK, 12 March 2018 – During his official trip to Boston, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez met with the academic community of Massachusetts for the first time in Harvard University last 9 March 2018. He was accompanied by Consul General Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega and Vice Consul Khrystina Corpuz Popov of the Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) and Minister Rosanna Voogel and First Secretary Gunther Sales of the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.
12 March 2018, New York – Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez met with over 100 members of the Filipino-American Community in the New England Area at the VA Hospital Barsamian Auditorium in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on 11 March 2018.
12 March 2018, New York – Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez met with top officials of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment (MOITI) at the historic Massachusetts State House in Boston on 09 March 2018.
12 March 2018, New York – Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel G. Romualdez met with Congressman Joseph Kennedy III at Rep. Kennedy's Constituency Office in Newton, Massachusetts on 09 March 2018.
02 March 2018, New York – Consul General Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega met with Filipino students taking up Master of Laws (LLM) and Juris Doctor (JD) studies at different New York universities last 2 March as part of the Consulate's efforts to further enhance coordination with Filipino student groups and to help them establish networks and support systems within the Fil-Am community.
6 March 2018, New York – The Society of Foreign Consuls in New York (SOFC) honored Consul General Theresa Dizon-De Vega and Filipina-American Educator and Early Childhood Learning Advocate Victoria Calderon with citations at the Society's International Women's Day event held at the Bohemian Hall in New York City on 05 March 2018.
02 March 2018, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York held an Appreciation Night for the Filipino-American Community and other friends of the Consulate at the Philippine Center on 28 February 2018.
01 March 2018, New York City – Consul General Theresa Dizon-De Vega was honored by Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and New York State Assemblyman Brian Barnwell with separate Proclamations and Citations in recognition of her efforts towards ensuring the welfare of Filipino-Americans and in pursuing active engagement of the community.
02 March 2018, New York – Consul General Theresa Dizon-De Vega met with Brooklyn Borough Council President Eric Adams on 02 March 2018 to thank him for the support extended to the Filipino Community in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City.
NEW YORK, 1 March 2018 – In front of a nearly 200-strong audience attending the Philippine Consulate General's Appreciation Night for the community, the Ambassadors' Tour 2018 was launched at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center in New York last 28 February 2018.