Performances by Fil-Am Broadway Theater Actors, Panel Discussion on Career Perspectives Highlight the 8th Homecoming sa Konsulado
28 October 2019, New York City. –The 8th edition of the Homecoming sa Konsulado was successfully held on 26 October 2019 at the Philippine Center New York, with more than 160 alumni in attendance representing 23 Philippine colleges, universities and alumni associations.
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Performances by Fil-Am Broadway Theater Actors, Panel Discussion on Career Perspectives Highlight the 8th Homecoming sa Konsulado
29 October 2019, New York City. – Around 800 Filipino and Filipino-Americans from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut went to the iconic Madison Square Garden to cheer for the New York Knicks as it took on Chicago Bulls on 28 October 2019 in a game billed as Filipino Night in celebration of Filipino American History Month.
30 October 2019, New York City - "East-West Fusion: A Celebration of Filipino Culture in Colors", an exhibit featuring mainly the vibrant and bold colors characteristic of Mindanao art, was unveiled on 28 October 2019 at the lobby of the Philippine Center in New York by the artist, Ms. Marie Fe Conde-Acera, together with Consul General Claro S. Cristobal.
New York, 25 October 2019 – In celebration of Filipino American History Month, about 110 guests mostly Filipinos, Filipino Americans, and Americans, showed up at the Philippine Center New York on 24 October 2019 for the film screening of Spyron-AV Manila's documentary film, "Manila 1945: The Rest of the Story" and a panel discussion featuring five distinguished Filipino-Americans of diverse background coming from different generations to share their experiences growing up as Filipino Americans.
24 October 2019, New York City. –New York based Fil-Am artist Marie Fe B. Conde-Acera's first solo art exhibit "East-West Fusion: A Celebration of Filipino Culture in Colors" will open on 28 October 2019 at the Lobby Gallery of the of the Philippine Center.
The Consulate General of the Philippines successfully conducted its back-to-back Consular Outreach Activities in Newport, Rhode Island on 05 October 2019 and in Groton, Connecticut on 06 October 2019. The Consular Outreach team was led by Consul Ricarte Abejuela III and the following members: Ms. Marita Omar, Ms. Marianne Olfindo, Mr. Carlo Aspeli, Ms. Beverly Pellosis, Ms. Criselda Abril, Ms. Lisette Vasquez, Ms. Floresita Cuabo, Ms. Annalie Galang, and Mr Wilson Ros.
16 October 2019, New York City. –The Society of Philippine-American Artists (SPAA) held the opening reception of the 26th Annual SPAA Art Exhibition on 15 October 2019 at the Lobby Gallery of the Philippine Center. Members and officers of SPAA, artists, art enthusiasts,and members of the Filipino-American community attended the opening ceremony.
25 September 2019, New York City. - "Liwanag," an art exhibit by renowned Filipino-Spanish artist Maria Mari Murga, was successfully launched in the evening of 24 September, at the Lobby Gallery of the Philippine Center. The opening night was attended by Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr., Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez, DFA Undersecretaries Enrique Manalo and Brigido Dulay who are in New York for the UN General Assembly.Mr. Henry B. Howard of the US-Philippines Society, Mr. Luca Parolari of Pintô Museum, art enthusiasts and members of the Filipino-American community in the tristate area likewise attended the opening ceremony.
23 September 2019, New York City –The Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) and Gulapa and Baclay LLP hosted a Forum on the Estate Tax Amnesty of the Philippines (Republic Act 11213) on 20 September 2019 at the Philippine Center.