PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL

26 December 2019,New York City. –The Philippine Consulate General in New York, in partnership with the Knights of Rizal-New York Chapter, held a commemorative event on 19 December 2019 at the Philippine Center on the occasion of the 123rd Death Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal with the theme "Jose Rizal: Huwaran ng Pilipino sa Ika dalawampu't Isang Siglo."

New York,19 December 2019 – The Philippine Consulate General in New York, working in close partnership with the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project (FILVETREP) presented the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) to ten Filipino World War II veterans in a ceremony held at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center in New York on 03 December 2019.

17 December 2019, New York- For seven days at the end of November, 14 Filipino Americans from across the U.S. embraced their roots, enriched their identities and strengthened their ties to the land of their ancestors.

14 December 2019, Cambridge, Massachusetts- Filipino scientists and researchers mostly from Harvard and MIT held a flash talk of their current research projects and fields of expertise on 14 December 2019 at Harvard. The event was dubbed Saliksikan 2019 and was attended by more than 30 participants.

17 December 2019, New York City – Filipino traditions of celebrating Christmas continue to warm the spirits of the Filipino-American community in New York and amaze the hundreds of thousands of Americans and tourists passing by the Philippine Center along the busy Fifth Avenue of Manhattan.

17 December 2019, NEW YORK –The Philippine Consulate General in New York commenced overseas voter registration yesterday for the 2022 Philippine National elections.

3 December 2019, New York City. –Over 2,000 Filipino and Filipino-Americans from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut went to the Barclays Center to cheer for the Brooklyn Nets as it took on Miami Heat on 1 December 2019 in a game billed as 4th Annual Filipino Heritage Night.

New York, 25 November 2019 – The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Washington DC and the Philippine Consulate General in New York met with various nurses' associations, lawyers/advocates and other stakeholders at the Philippine Center on 23 November 2019.

21 November 2019, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York hosted a networking event for Filipino lawyers taking post-graduate studies at different universities in the US Northeast last 20 November 2019. With the support of Gulapa & Baclay LLP, Post organized the event as part of its efforts efforts to coordinate with Filipino student groups and to help them establish networks within the Fil-Am community.