PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL

NEW YORK, 19 November 2018 –The Philippine Consulate General in New York, College of Mount St. Vincent (CMSV), and SAMAHAN – the Filipino student group of CMSV, jointly hosted Diskubre at the Mount last 14 November at the Founders Hall, College of Mount St. Vincent at the Bronx.

NEW YORK, 13 November 2018 –A bigger and more bustling "Taste of the Philippines" returned to the iconic Reading Terminal Market for the second yearlast 11 November, showcasing the best of Filipino cuisine in the iconic food hall in the center of downtown Philadelphia.

NEW YORK, 17 November 2018 - The Philippine Consulate General New York, in cooperation with the Department of Tourism in New York and the Filipino School of New York and New Jersey, organized a Parol-Making Workshop on 17 November 2018 at the Philippine Center.

5 November 2018, New York – A rare series of performances by nine (9) master artists and tradition bearers from Tausug, Maranao, Tboli and Higaonon communities in the Southern Philippines was held from 4-12 November 2018 in New York.

NEW YORK, 3 November 2018 – In spite of a nor'easter threat, dozens of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans came out to Jersey City Hall Annex last 27 October to avail of consular services during the last Consular Outreach Mission of the Philippine Consulate General New York.

NEW YORK, 3 November 2018 –Philippine Airlines (PAL), the national flag carrier, started flying nonstop between New York's JFK airport and Manila last 29 October 5 times weekly on their new Airbus 350-900. PAL hosted a launch event at the Philippine Center to announce the news to travel trade partners, the media and select community members last 26 October.

NEW YORK, 26 October 2018 – In the midst of Filipino-American History Month, the Society of Philippine-American Artists (SPAA) celebrated its 25th Anniversary with the SPAA annual exhibit at the Lobby-Gallery of the Philippine Center in New York last 15 October. The exhibit ran from 15 to 26 October.

NEW YORK, 25 October 2018 – On the occasion of Filipino-American History Month, the Philippine Consulate General in New York hosted a special screening of film "Unsurrendered 2: The Hunters ROTC Guerillas" on 12 October 2018 at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center. The film was produced by Sypron AV Manila.

29 October 2018, New York – A 3-women team from the Social Security System, (SSS) headed by the Senior Vice President of SSS, Ms. Judy Frances A. See, is holding an outreach at the Philippine Center from 26, 29, and 30 October 2018 to entertain all SSS requests, starting at 9AM and ending at 4PM.

29 October 2018, New York –

"First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird's flowering
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well"

And so it was that Consul General Claro S. Cristobal recited one of the most beautiful lines of poetry by Philippine National Artist for Literature, Jose Garcia Villa, during a night of poetry held on 24 October 2018 at the Philippine Center, in celebration of the Filipino-American History Month.

"And it is thanks to literary geniuses, such as Jose Garcia Villa - who has revolutionized poetry through his 'comma poems' and 'reverse consonance' rhyme scheme - that we continue to be invigorated in both mind and soul," stated the Consul General during his welcome remarks.

During this night of poetry, Mr. Luis H. Francia, professor of Hunter College and New York University, who learned poetry in workshops with Villa at Greenwich Village, gave a brief lecture aboutthe "Pope of Greenwich Village." He narrated how Villa disliked the use of the word "so" at all costs. Francia also remembers Villa discouraging the reading of fiction, as it confuses the poet, and rather urging his students to be single-minded and faithful to their own views.