Los Angeles, 03 September 2014 – Ms. Diana Gonong paid a courtesy call on Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim at the Philippine Consulate General on 02 September 2014. OTIS Architecture/Landscape/Interiors student Diana Gonong is one of two winners of the Angelo Dongha Foundation in...

Los Angeles – Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim paid a courtesy call on Mayor Mark Pulido at Cerritos City Hall on 30 April 2014. The two officials discussed political dynamic mix in Cerritos City and how to develop Filipino-American entrepreneurship.  They further discussed the...

Los Angeles  – The Philippine Consulate General honors 2014 Women’s Month in support of the theme set by the Philippine Commission on Women and the Civil Service Commission at the Rizal Hall on 27 March 2014. The celebration of Women’s Month was participated by the Center for the...

Los Angeles. – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors bid farewell to Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega with a presentation of a plaque in recognition of her dedication and leadership in strengthening ties between the Philippines and Southern California during...

Los Angeles – Members of the Wat Thai Los Angeles, the Venerable Abbot of the Thai Temple in North Hollywood and Hon. Consul General Jesda Katavetin of Thailand, called on Consul General Ma. Hellen Barber De La Vega to present a check donation for Typhoon Haiyan Relief thru the...

Washington, DC–While people in the Visayas are starting to get back on their feet in the wake of super typhoon Yolanda which hit the Philippines on November 9, Filipinos in the US are doing what they can to help kababayans affected by the typhoon. The US Philippines...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey—the Cinderella story of Filipino singer Arnel Pineda—will open on Friday, March 8, in movie houses in 15 major cities across the United States, the Philippine Embassy announced today. Directed by Filipino-American...

WASHINGTON, DC—Twelve Philippine seafood companies will be making their presence felt in this year’s International Boston Seafood Show in Massachusetts—the largest seafood exposition in North America, the Philippine Embassy announced today. The Embassy said the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C., and the Filipino Inter-Collegiate Networking Dialogue of District VI held the second “Merienda with Ambassador Cuisia” Youth Forum at the Catholic University of America on 3 March 2013. The forum, which is a project of...

Garcetti legislation to hel p immigrants become residents and citizens LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council approved legislation introduced by Councilmember Eric Garcetti to move Los Angeles immigrant residents to the front of the line when it comes to citizenship and fully...