The Philippine Consulate General in NY Has Started Accepting Ballots of Overseas Voters for the Philippine Midterm Elections
15 April 2019, New York–The Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) has started accepting accomplished ballots for the Philippine midterm elections on 13 April 2019, Saturday. Postal voting is being implemented. Official Ballots and other election paraphernalia are mailed to every registered overseas absentee voter. The said voter, in turn, either mails the ballot to PCGNY or personally delivers it. A couple of voters opted to personally deliver their ballots on the first day of the elections.
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The Philippine Consulate General in NY Has Started Accepting Ballots of Overseas Voters for the Philippine Midterm Elections
New York, 23 March 2019 – Members of the different alumni associations in New York and interested volunteersattended the 2ndGabay Mag-aaral Workshoporganized by the Philippine Consulate General New York which aimed to review lessons learned and best practices in the implementation of the first Gabay Mag-aaral Project (GMP) and to plan for this year's implementation of the GMP.
w York, 10 April 2019- Renowned Filipino designers Albert Andrada and Barge Ramos called on Consul General Claro S. Cristobal on 10 April 2019 ahead of their fashion show and exhibit in New York.
4 April 2019, New York City – The Philippine Consulate General in New York organized a town hall meeting featuring Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia of Socioeconomic Planning and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on 3 April 2019 at the Philippine Center in New York.
04 April 2019, New York – Land Registration Authority Deputy Administrator Robert Nomar V. Leyretana informed the Filipino-American community in the US northeast about the functions of the LRA and discussed land titling updates in the Philippines at a forum organized by the Philippine Consulate General in New York on 29 March 2019.
New York, 3 April 2019- Fil-Am college students from 16 universities in New York and New Jersey participated in a skit competition at the "Battle of the Barrios XVIII" held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey on 30 March 2019.
New York, 01 April 2019 – The Philippine Consulate General in New York hosted a Know Your Rights Seminar on Immigration and Free Legal Clinic at the Philippine Center in New York on 30 March 2019. The seminar was attended by FilCom leaders, volunteer lawyers and other community and church-based migrant advocates.
28 March, New York–Confirming once again how Filipino creative leadership has gone global, Filipino fashion designer Rodolfo "Puey" Quiñones Jr.paid a courtesy call on Consul General Claro S. Cristobal on 27 March 2019 and sharedabout his journey through the competitive yet exhilarating world of fashion.
26 March 2019, New York – Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña met with Filipino-Americanscientists and STEM academicians from New York and Massachusetts at a meetinghosted by Consul General Claro S. Cristobal on 25 March 2019 at the Philippine Center New York.
14 March 2019, New York - Nineteen (19) women achievers representing 19 nationalities were recognized at the annual International Women's Day event organized by the Society of Foreign Consuls (SOFC) in New York on 14 March 2019 at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center.