Consul General Meets Filipino Law Students in US Northeast
25 January 2019, New York –Consul General Claro S. Cristobal met with Filipino lawyers taking up post-graduate studies at select universities in the US northeaston 25 January at the Philippine Center. The students are currently enrolled at Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, Yale University, and Harvard University. One student from the University of Michigan also attended the event.
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Consul General Meets Filipino Law Students in US Northeast
NEW YORK, 30 January 2019 – The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce (PACC) in New York will be hosting a breakfast forum entitled "PH 102: From TRAIN Law to Tax Amnesty Law"for the Filipino-American business community to keep them abreast of the current Philippine tax reform and developments on Wednesday, 7 February 2019, from 8:30 am to 10:30 am at 42nd St and Park Avenue.
NEW YORK, 22 JANUARY 2019-- Cebu-based artist Gil Francis Maningo and New York-based Alfonso Ompod, Jr. made a promise when they were students in the UP College of Fine Arts that they will hold a joint exhibit of their art works. Forty years later, their promise was fulfilled when their Fishers of Men exhibit at the Philippine Center opened on 22 January 2019.
EW YORK, 22 January 2019 – The Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCGNY) held an intimate briefing and discussion with the New York University graduate class on "Institutions, Governance, and International Development" led by Professor SaloCoslovsky last 16 January at the Philippine Center Boardroom.
Gabay Mag-aaral Project is an outcome of the Homecoming sa Konsulado designed to mobilize US-based mentors and volunteers to reach out to a public elementary school in the Philippines and conduct a student assembly among Grade 6 students to inspire and motivate them and to share hot to achieve their dreams based on time-honored values of honesty, integrity and discipline.
19 December 2018, New York – The Philippine Consulate General in New York in partnership with the Knights of Rizal-New York Chapter held a commemorative event on 19December 2018 at the Philippine Center on the occasion of the 122nddeath anniversary of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
14 December 2018, New York - The Simbang Gabi sa Konsulado held at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center from 6 to 14 December 2018 continued to attract significant attendance by Fil-Ams in the Tri-State area with the first and the last night participants overflowing to the lobby. The Simbang Gabi saKonsuladoreaffirms thecommunity's re-connection with Filipino culture and heritage through this unique Filipino Christmas tradition.
New York, 10 December - Christmas celebration the Filipino way is in full swing in New York as the lobby and glass windows of the Philippine Center along the bustling Fifth Avenue in mid-town Manhattan showcase a colorful collection of traditional parols (Christmas lanterns) and nativity scene. Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists pass by the Philippine Center everyday and admire the colorful display that depicts the rich values and Christmas traditions of the Philippines.