March 29, 2016 -- The Health Department today launched the “Quitting is Hard, Cancer is Harder” campaign, featuring Chris, a New Yorker, former smoker, and stage 4 lung cancer survivor.
NEW YORK, March 18, 2016 -- Twelve women leaders representing 12 nationalities in New York were recognized at the annual event organized by the Society of Foreign Consuls (SOFC) in New York entitled “International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women Leaders in our Communities”.
A group of some twenty Philippine-New York members and friends learned Real Estate 101 from Halstead’s Associate Broker Edwin Josue on March 18, Friday night in its Park Avenue Office, Manhattan.
Read more: Philippine-New York Jaycees learn Real Estate 101
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Top officials of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) are in Washington, D.C. to conduct a training on civil registration and vital statistics (CVRS) for the personnel of the Philippine Embassy and Consulates General in the United States. The training is being held as part of the Philippine Government’s extended commemoration of February as Civil Registration Month.
Read more: PSA Training Renews Focus on PH Civil Registration in the US
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. was a featured speaker at the Alliance for Global Health and Competitiveness (AHC) Ambassadors’ Forum held on 29 March 2016 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. He was joined by Ambassador Robinson Githae of Kenya.
Read more: Ambassador Cuisia Affirms Link Between Healthcare, Growth
NEW YORK -- Consul General Mario De Leon, Jr. and Mrs. Eleanor De Leon, hosted a dinner reception in honor of top AETNA officials led by Mr. William J. Casazza, Executive Vice President, and Mr. Charles Klippel, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, at the Official Residence.
Read more: PH Consulate General in New York hosts dinner reception for insurance giant Aetna
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- In a visit indicating the Philippines’ strong interest in establishing closer economic ties with Pittsburgh and the Allegheny region, Consul General Mario De Leon, Jr., accompanied by Consul Felipe Carino and Trade Representative John Paul Inigo, met with US Steel officials led by GM William Hinckley, GM for Strategy and Business Development Hayley F. Scott-Davis, and GM for Governance Strategy Rob Garretson at US Steel headquarters in Pittsburgh last March 23, 2016.
Read more: PH Consulate General invigorates economic ties with Pittsburgh-based manufacturers
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- In a meeting with Representative Mike Doyle (PA14-D) on March 23, 2016 attended by Filipino community members in Pittsburgh, Consul General Mario De Leon, Jr. sought the support for house bill HR 2737 seeking to award a US Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino Veterans of World War II.
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NEW YORK -- As part of the preparations for the impending 2016 Philippine elections, the Philippine Consulate General in New York hosted the COMELEC’s on-site training on the implementation of the Automated Election System (AES) last 15-17 March 2016.