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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POLO-WDC/NYPCG Dialogue with Nurses’ Groups & Other Stakeholders

PR-CSC-101-19New 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.

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Philippine Consulate Hosts Networking Event for Filipino Lawyers Taking Post-Graduate Studies in the US Northeast

PR-CSC-100-1921 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.

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Manuel Baldemor’s Luzviminda, An Art Exhibit at the Philippine Center

PR-CSC-098-19New York City, 14 November 2019 – An art exhibit organized by the Philippine Center entitled "Luzviminda" featuring the works of world-renowned artist Manuel Baldemor will have its opening at the Lobby Gallery of the Philippine Center New York on 15 November 2019. Ambassdor Jose Manuel G. Romualdez and Consul General Claro S. Cristobal will lead the cutting of the ribbon.

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