Philippine Consulate

NEW YORK — It’s been a week the Philippine Consulate General in New York went on mandatory lockdown after an employee tested positive for COVID 19 — no other employee there has tested positive since. The...

SAN FRANCISCO — After a week of being stranded inside the Grand Princess cruise ship due to reported cases of coronavirus, it was time to go back to the Philippines for most of its Filipino crew...

OAKLAND, CA — Grand Princess, the cruise ship that carried 19 crew members and two passengers who tested positive for COVID-19, has been anchored at the port of Oakland since Monday. The final passengers disembarked last Thursday...

LOS ANGELES — They’re calling it both a miracle and happy ending. After six decades of enduring human trafficking and modern-day slavery in the hands of her US-based Filipino employers, and being kept from seeing her...

SAN FRANCISCO —  Colorful parols lit up Kalayaan Hall located on the first floor of the Philippine consulate in San Francisco. This was all part of the 3rd annual “Paskuhan sa Konsulado.” “This is our tribute...

NEW YORK — The “Simbang Gabi sa Konsulado” is now on its 31st year bringing the East Coast community together, to practice an ages-old Filipino Christmas tradition that involves a series of nine dawn masses on the...

VANCOUVER, BC — Homesick Filipinos came in droves to experience Pinoy-style Christmas at the festival “Maligayang Pasko, Vancouver,” hosted and organized by the Philippine consulate. And it did not disappoint. Guests were reminded of home with...

LOS ANGELES —  It’s a relationship that began in 2012, and has paid off for Filipino workers. Consul General Adelio Cruz and Ruben Rosales of the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division signed a moratorium...

HOUSTON, TX —It has been a little over a year since the philippine consulate re-opened its doors in Houston. And officials, led by Consul General Jerril Santos, have stepped up when it comes to initiatives and...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Philippine Consulate in San Francisco is now home to two paintings by Philippine national artist Fernando Amorsolo. These masterpieces were created by Amorsolo in 1938. Consul General Henry Bensurto said he is...