PH CONSULATE BRINGS BAHAY KUBO-BELEN TO 22ND PAROL LANTERN FESTIVAL IN SF Filipino Christmas was in the air at the 22nd annual Parol Lantern Festival, organized by the SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District and the Filipino American Development Foundation (FADF) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on 14 December …

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PH CONSULATE BRINGS FILIPINO-THEMED CHRISTMAS TREE TO “CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK” IN SAN JOSE The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is participating for the very first time in the “Christmas in the Park”, the largest Christmas community event in Silicon Valley, at Cesar Chavez Park in San Jose, California from 29 November 2024 to …

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PH CONSULATE ATTENDS SEMINAR ON AI GOVERNANCE AND POLICY IN SAN FRANCISCO The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, represented by Vice Consul and Acting Head of Post Adrian Baccay, attended the Seminar on AI Governance and Policy at The Historic Klamath Ferry in San Francisco on 9 December 2024. The seminar was co-hosted by …

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PH CONSULATE HOSTS PH STARTUP EDUKSINE USA’S SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCH, FILM SCREENING OF NORA AUNOR-STARRER “THY WOMB” Vice Consul Adrian Baccay and EdukSine Founder and CEO Karen Salutan-Krukover with Daly City, California Mayor Juslyn Manalo, FACINE Executive Director Neil Torrefiel, and representatives from the California and San Francisco Film Commissions. (San Francisco PCG photo) SAN …

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GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS HOSTS FIRST FILIPINO HERITAGE NIGHT OF 2024-2025 NBA SEASON Consul General Neil Ferrer joined other Filipino American Community leaders and attended the 19th Filipino Heritage Night of the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center, Thrive City in San Francisco on 8 December 2024, featuring the home team’s game against the visiting Minnesota …

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SACRAMENTO’S FILIPINO AUXILIARY BISHOP LEADS 17TH SIMBANG GABI COMMISSIONING MASS OF SAN FRANCISCO ARCHDIOCESE The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco joined the Filipino Catholic Community in the 17th annual commissioning mass for the “simbang gabi” or dawn masses, a Filipino Christmas tradition, organized by the Filipino Ministry of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San …

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FILIPINO LOLOs AND LOLAs HONORED IN EIGHTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE PH CONSULATE Consul General Neil Ferrer (center) joins the lolas and lolos in the annual Christmas party for Filipino seniors at the Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center in San Francisco on 6 December 2024. (San Francisco PCG photo) SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Celebrating Filipino …

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PH CONSULATE’S FINAL EXHIBITION OF 2024 SPOTLIGHTS FILIPINO VISUAL ARTISTS FROM PHILIPPINES, BAY AREA At a toast celebrating the launch of the “Kara o Krus” art exhibit. From left to right: Vice Consul Adrian Baccay, and visual artists Mel Vera Cruz, Mike Carrion, Jes Evangelista, and Michael Sacramento. (San Francisco PCG photo) SAN FRANCISCO, USA …

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FILIPINO BELEN IN BAHAY KUBO ON DISPLAY AT 37TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CRèCHE EXHIBIT IN SILICON VALLEY The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is participating for the very first time in the 37th Annual Christmas Crèche Exhibit, organized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at its church in Palo Alto, California from …

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LUMIN-AWA ENSEMBLE, KALINGA CULTURE BEARERS FROM THE CORDILLERAS, PERFORMS AT PH CONSULATE Consul General Neil Ferrer welcomed the Lumin-awa Performance Ensemble, culture bearers from Mabilong, Lubuagan in Kalinga, Philippines on 27 November 2024. Led by Cirilo Bawer, the first choreographer to introduce the Cordillera suite to the Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company, the Ensemble performed indigenous …

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