Philippine Consulate General to Host the 6th Filipino-American Community General Assembly

PR-CSC-003-2020NEW YORK, 29 January 2020 – The Philippine Consulate General in New York will be hosting the 6th Filipino-American Community General Assembly on Saturday, 8 February 2020 at the Philippine Center. The General Assembly is the biggest gathering of Fil-Am leaders under the jurisdiction of the New York PCG.

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PHL Participates in The New York Times Travel Trade Show 2020

PR-CSC-002-202028 January 2020, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York, in coordination with the Philippine Department of Tourism – New York as the lead agency, participated in The New York Times Travel Show 2020 held from 24 to 26 January at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. The Philippine Booth was located at Booth #255.

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2020 VIP Tour Launched in New York Destination: Manila-Iloilo-Boracay

PR-CSC-001-202023 January 2020, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York and the Philippine Department of Tourism – New York hosted the launching of the 2020 Very Important Pinoy (VIP) Tour, formerly Ambassadors' Tour, on 21 January 2020 at the Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center New York.

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Commemoration of the 123rd Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal

PR-CSC-108-1926 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."

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PCG New York, FILVETREP Honor Filipino WWII Vets Anew

PR-CSC-107-19New 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.

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Filipino Scientists and Researchers Hold Saliksikan 2019 at Harvard University

PR-CSC-105-1914 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.

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Philippine Consulate in New York Leads Filipino Christmas Tradition in the Big Apple

PR-CSC-104-1917 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.

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NBA’s Brooklyn Nets host Filipino Heritage Night

PR-CSC-102-193 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.

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