2nd Night of Sinehan sa Summer 2019 Featuring Shorts Film Draws Rave Reviews from Film-goers
12 August 2019, New York– The Philippine Center New York's Kalayaan Hall was jam-packed on Thursday, 8 August 2019, turning the night into a standing room only event as more than 170 film-goers came for the screening of the 12 short films featured during the 2nd night of the Philippine Consulate General New York's Sinehan sa Summer 2019.
1 August 2019, New York – Sinehan sa Summer 2019 or the 8th Edition of Sinehan sa Summer kicked off with a 1961 multi-awarded film "Noli Me Tangere" produced by Antonio Riva and Directed by Gerardo de Leon on 1 August 2019 at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center. The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) facilitated the permission at no cost to screen the film.
31 July 2019, New York -- One hundred sixty two (162) Filipino-American organizations, most of which sent representatives to the 5th Filipino-American General Assembly held earlier this year, are listed inthe 3rd edition of the Filipino-American Community Directory which was launched and released by the Philippine Consulate General in New York on 31 July 2019.
8 August 2019, New York– Visual artworks of eight Filipino UgnaySining artists from the Philippines and the United States are on display at the Philippine Center in New York from 29 July 2019 until 9 August 2019.
20 July 2019, New York – The Paaralan sa Konsulado (PSK) continued its learning activities for around 40 students and, for part of some sessions, for the parents as well, as the first ever Post Arrival Orientation Seminar (PAOS) was held during Day 3 of the PSK aimed at establishing support mechanisms for newly arrived Filipino school children to help in navigating the American school system.
22 July 2019, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York held aconsular outreach in Manchester, New Hampshire last 20 July 2019, Saturday, in partnership with the Filipino-American Friendship Society of New Hampshire.
22 July 2019, New York –To raise awareness on the rights of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs),personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in New York, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations, the Philippine Center, and members of the public, recited the "Loyalty Pledge of an Advocate of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" during the Philippine flag raising ceremony held this morning, 22 July 2019, at the Philippine Center.
5 July 2019, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) and the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (PACC) hosted a forum on estate tax amnesty in the Philippines on 23 July 2019 at the Philippine Center Kalayaan Hall.
18 July 2019, New York City - "Bucket List Trek," an exhibit of waterfalls and landscapes of the Philippines by photographer Raul Tangco, was unveiled on 15 July 2019 at the lobby of the Philippine Center in New York.