Philippines Welcomes Economic Opportunities at Dinner with US Executives

PR-KOT-003-18NEW YORK, 12 April 2018 – Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning Ernesto Pernia led a round table discussion last 10 April 2018 at the Harvard Club of New York, organized jointly by Philippine Consulate General in New York, Philippine Trade and Investment Center in New York and NYC-based Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), towards the end of the Secretary's United Nations-related trip.

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Philippine Center in New York Hosts Circle of Memories Art Exhibit

PR-KOT-002-18New York, 11 April 2018-- The art exhibit Circle of Memories featuring the paintings of artists Grace Marie Katigbak and the late Dr. Marcelito "Mars" Custodio opened to the public on 10 April 2018 at the Lobby Gallery of the Philippine Center.

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Valor and Heroism of Filipino-American WWII Veterans Remembered by the Filipino Community in New York

PR-KOT-001-18New York, 7 April 2018-- The Philippine Consulate General in New York, in cooperation with the Filipino Executive Council of Greater Philadelphia, Inc. (FECGP) and the Philippine Community of Southern New Jersey, commemorated the 76th Anniversary of Araw ng Kagitingan with a Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Bataan Death March Memorial in Cooper River Park, Cherry Hill, New Jersey which was followed by a commemorative program at the Philippine Center in Southern New Jersey in Stratford, New Jersey on 9 April 2017.

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Philippine Dive Sites Take Centerstage at Beneath the Sea Dive Show

PR-MTD-047-1829 March 2018, New York – The Philippine Department of Tourism Office in New York led the promotion of premiere Philippine Dive Sites at the Beneath the Sea Dive Show held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey from 23-25 March 2018.

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Philippine Tourism Promotion Blitz in New York

PR-MTD-046-1829 March 2018, New York – A wrap-around video screen in the middle of iconic Times Square in New York City will feature the Department of Tourism's It's More Fun in the Philippines campaign starting the last week of March and continuing for the next few months. The video campaign appears every 3 minutes in wrap-around screens in front of the Viacom Building, a major publicity spot in Times Square.

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Mentor-Volunteers Workshop held in New York

PR-MTD-045-1824 March, Newyork -- Twenty-eight alumni of different Philippine universities who are now based in New York participated in the training workshop for mentor-volunteers for the Gabay Mag-aaral Project organized by the Philippine Consulate General on 24 March 2018.

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TUMANDOK EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE PHILIPPINE CENTER NEW YORK

PR-MTD-044-1821 March 2018, New York - The charcoal pencil portrait exhibit of Dr. Minda Cabrera featuring the Ati, one of the ethnic groups living in Panay, opened on 20 March 2018 at the lobby gallery of the Philippine Center in New York.

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Filipina Women Trailblazers Honored in Inspiring Awards Night in New York

PR-MTD-042-18NEW YORK, 13 March 2018 – An engineer, a publisher, and a broadcaster. Three women who defied stereotypes and overcame obstacles were honored at this year's Distinguished Filipino Women hosted by the Philippine Consulate General in New York at the Philippine Center last 12 March 2018. The event was held in commemoration of International Women's Month.

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