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PHILIPPINE CONSULATE OFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN US-ASEAN CYBERSECURITY ROUNDTABLE AT SIDELINES OF RSA CONFERENCE 2025 San Francisco, California – Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes, Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil, and Trade Commissioner Anne Marie Kristine Umali represented the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco at a high-level roundtable discussion on “US Cybersecurity Priorities and ASEAN Engagement,” organized […]

CONSUL GENERAL NEIL FERRER RECEIVED JOHN AND JESSICA MCCLELLAN, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS (L-R) Trade Commissioner Anne Marie Kristine Umali, Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes, Ms. Jessica McClellan, Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer, Mr. John McClellan, and Vice Consul Glaiza M. Quarteros (San Francisco PCG Photo) SAN

PHILIPPINE INNOVATION FORUM IN SAN FRANCISCO SPOTLIGHTS STARTUP MINDSETS AND NATIONAL INNOVATION AGENDA San Francisco, CA – In celebration of National Innovation Day 2025, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco organized a forum Unleashing the Startup Mindsets for the Philippines: A National Innovation Update at the historic Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center on

PH CONSULATE, TRADE & TOURISM OFFICES BRING PIECE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO HAYWARD TWIN OAKS MONTESSORI STUDENTS The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, the Philippine Trade & Investment Center (PTIC) in Silicon Valley, and the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) Office in San Francisco visited Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori School in Hayward, California on

PH CONSULATE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE BOOTH AT UC BERKELEY I-HOUSE’S INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and its partner government agencies, the Philippine Trade & Investment Center and the Philippine Department of Tourism Office, provided support to the Philippine booth at the 2025 International Cultural Festival (ICF) of the University of California

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE CONDUCTS SIMULTANEOUS PRE-VOTING ACTIVITIES IN ALASKA AND OREGON FOR THE 2025 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS The Consulate’s Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) conducted field pre-voting activities in Anchorage, Alaska and Portland, Oregon on 25-26 April 2025 (San Francisco PCG photos) ALASKA and OREGON – The Philippine Consulate’s Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI)

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SAN FRANCISCO ATTENDS SF CLIMATE WEEK EVENT HIGHLIGHTING INNOVATIONS FOR A GREEN FUTURE San Francisco, CA – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco participated in SF Climate Week by attending the event titled “Building Resilience and Powering Progress: Ecosystems for a Green Future” held at Good Machine Studio, a venture

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE JOINS SF SCIENCE OFFICER NETWORK IN VISIT TO CHAN ZUCKERBERG IMAGING INSTITUTE Redwood City, California – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco joined the San Francisco Science Officer Network’s visit to the Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute on 22 April 2025. The delegation was warmly received by Dr. Matthias Haury, Acting Executive Director and

MIRIAM COLLEGE DELEGATION CALLS ON CONSUL GENERAL FERRER The delegation from Miriam College who participated in the 74th Model UN for the Far West (MUNFW) Conference briefed Consul General Neil Ferrer of the theme of the sessions in the Conference and their preparations (San Francisco PCG photo) On 10 April 2025, a delegation from Miriam

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE CONDUCTS THE FINAL LOCKDOWN AND SEALING OF OVERSEAS VOTING AND COUNTING SYSTEM FOR THE 2025 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS The Consulate’s Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) ensured that the Overseas Voting and Counting System contains zero votes before the start of the online voting on 13 April 2025 (San Francisco PCG photo) SAN