PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL

New York, 06 May 2018 – Thirty students from the High School of Fashion Industries in New York, accompanied by their Guidance Counsellor, Wilson Sia, visited the Philippine Consulate General New York on 06 May 2018 with the aim of exploring Philippine culture, values and trade, with emphasis on Philippine heritable designs and fabrics.

NEW YORK, 15 May 2018 - Mr. Arsenio J. Lizaso, President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) paid a visit to the Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) last 10 May 2018. During his meeting with Consulate officials, Mr. Lizaso discussed efforts of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in performing its mandate to promote and preserve Philippine culture. He also expressed interest in exploring possibilities for collaboration in bringing activities and programs of the CCP to New York.

11 May 2018, New York - The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Consulate General in New York, has extended financial help to the family of the late Primo Ramos, who died in Jersey City in February 2018. Consul Kerwin Orville C. Tate, Acting Head of the Philippine Consulate General in New York, handed a check to the widow, Mrs. Evangeline Ramos, for Mr. Ramos' funeral and repatriation of remains to La Union.

11 May 2018, New York - The Philippine Consulate General held the 4th Geographic Warden System General Assembly on 05 May 2018 at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center in New York. In attendance were more than 35 wardens and FilCom leaders from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine as well as officers of the Filipino American Legal Defense and Education Fund, who have been very actively involved in assisting the Consulate on various cases as well as community education events.

NEW YORK, 10 May 2018 – Explore Islands Philippines Expo was launched at the Vanderbilt East Hall of Grand Central Terminal in New York City yesterday, 9 May 2018. The expo, organized by JS Productions Inc. and sponsored by the Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), showcases the Philippines' cultural rich heritage, top tourism destinations as well as trade and investment opportunities.

22 April 2018 - As part of its ongoing effort to engage with Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in the US Northeast Region through Sports Diplomacy, the Philippine Consulate General in New York personnel formed the PHL Basketball Team and participated in the NJ Baller Winter Basketball Tournament in Jersey City, New Jersey from January 28 – April 22, 2018.

NEW YORK, 20 April 2018 – The Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCG-NY), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Tourism New York (PDOTNY), Philippine Airlines, Tanduay Asian Rum, and GMA Pinoy TV, hosted the media launch for the Filipino Restaurant Week (FRW) 2018 last 03 May 2018 at the Philippine Center New York.

NEW YORK, 28 April 2018 – The ASEAN Consulates General in New York, through the initiative of the Philippine Consulate General and in cooperation with the International Political Economy and Development Department of Fordham University, gathered together their communities at the McNally Ampitheater at Fordham University for the first ever ASEAN Short Film Festival on 28 April 2018. Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand participated in the Festival with a short film entry each from their respective countries.

01 May 2018, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York held its third Consular Outreach at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last 28 April 2018, in partnership with the Filipino Executive Council of Greater Philadelphia

26 April 2018, New York – Presidential Adviser on Peace Process Jesus Dureza held an engaging dialogue with members of the Filipino-American media and Fil-Am community in New York at a town hall meeting organized by the Philippine Consulate General on 25 April 2018 at the Philippine Center's Kalayaan Hall.