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KABATAANG BARANGAY ALUMNI CALL ON PH CONSULATE Consul General Neil Ferrer and Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes received the U.S.-based alumni of the Kabataang Barangay (Village Youth) during their courtesy call at the Philippine Center in San Francisco on 18 March 2025. Among the callers were: Rowena Acosta-Mercado, Francisco Alagbate, John Atilano, Edward Balanag, […]

CREATION OF PHILIPPINE AND ASEAN AI CENTERS IN UP DILIMAN DISCUSSED WITH PH CONSULATE (San Francisco PCG Photo) Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer welcomed Dr. Eugene Rex L. Jalao, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Program of the University of the Philippines on 21 March 2025 at the Philippine Center. During the courtesy call, Dr.

PH CONSULATE IN SF ATTENDS AI ACTION SUMMIT DEBRIEFING Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer (center) speaks with Dr. K. Srikar Reddy, Consul General of India (right), and Mike Haley, Senior Vice President for Research at Autodesk (left), on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit debriefing event hosted by the Consulate General of France.

PH CONSULATE JOINS PHILDEV IN ADVOCATING FOR YOUNG FILIPINOS IN STEM In a fireside chat, Ms. Emily Nishi of Discord and Ms. Regina Manzana-Sawhney of PhilDev discuss their experiences as Filipino American women in tech in the U.S. and how their Filipino upbringing and culture inspired them to contribute and give back to the community.

CONSUL GENERAL FERRER LAUDS OPENING OF NEW BAYANIHAN EQUITY CENTER BUILDING AT SF’S SOMA PILIPINAS DISTRICT Consul General Neil Ferrer joined local officials, led by Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman, in the official opening of the new building of the Bayanihan Equity Center (BEC) on 25 March 2025 at 616 Minna Street, SOMA Pilipinas

UP’s ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM EXPLORES POSSIBLE RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP WITH SRI INTERNATIONAL (San Francisco PCG Photo) Dr. Eugene Rex L. Jalao and the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco connect with SRI Internationals’ AI Experts Ms. Karen L. Myers, Dr. Melinda Gervasio, Mr. Roland Stephens, to glean best practices and insights on AI research and development. The

UC BERKELEY’S PHILIPPINE STUDIES PROGRAM HOSTS INAUGURAL BROTHER ANDREW GONZALEZ LECTURE, “ON (NOT) READING RIZAL” (San Francisco PCG photo) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, USA – The Philippine Studies Program of the Center for Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS), Institute of East Asian Studies of the University of California (UC) Berkeley spearheaded the inaugural Brother Andrew Gonzalez Lecture titled

UP’s ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM ENGAGES UC BERKELEY ON PH AI RESEARCH (San Francisco PCG Photo) Dr. Eugene Rex L. Jalao of UP Diliman and the Philippine Consulate engaged with Dr. Matthew Sherburne, Assistant Dean and International Partnerships College of Engineering, The Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering (GLOBE)

PH CONSULATE’S “WOMEN IN LAW” FORUM SPOTLIGHTS ON PATHBREAKING FILIPINA AMERICAN LAWYERS AND JUSTICES From left to right: Vice Consuls Hannah Go, Adrian Baccay, and Glaiza Quarteros; Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes; Consul General Neil Ferrer; Atty. Maribeth Charvet; Atty. Melba Cawit; and Atty. Elaine Bordeaux. (San Francisco PCG photo) SAN FRANCISCO, USA –

SAN JOSE SHARKS TREATS FIL-AM FANS WITH FILIPINO HERITAGE NIGHT The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, represented by Vice Consul Adrian Baccay, attended Filipino Heritage Night of the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on 20 March 2025, featuring the home team’s game against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. The