Consulate General

LOS ANGELES — Despite protests on Monday over-delayed ballot delivery, Philippine consulates continued processing ballots that they did receive. As of this week, the LA Philippine consulate has received close to 4,000 thousand ballots but have also...

HONOLULU — With the Philippine elections around the corner, the Consulate General in Honolulu is testing out their voting machines. Members came together to test the recording capability of the machine versus the manual counting. “So...

SAN FRANCISCO — This is Consul General Henry Bensurto‘s third annual report to the community. He says that this report is essential to maintain accountability with the consulate’s goal to build and strengthen the Filipino community in...

LOS ANGELES — The National Federation of Filipino American Associations, or NaFFAA, held a special forum featuring some of the Southland’s few elected Pinoy officials. It was a gathering of Pinoy power as NaFFAA held its...

by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News    LOS ANGELES — Federal labor and Philippine officials have vowed to continue fighting for the rights of overseas Filipino workers, regardless of their job or immigration status. The continuation of...

by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News   LOS ANGELES — The Philippine government has said it won’t interfere with another country’s immigration policy. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t help kababayans caught in immigration sweeps and deportation procedures. As...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau June 11, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Kababayans in San Francisco are welcoming a new Consul General — Henry S. Bensurto, a career diplomat and member of the...