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PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-102-2021 PH CONSULATE GENERAL IN SF MEETS FIL-AM UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT 7 October 2021 – PH Consul General in SF Neil Ferrer met with Utah Valley University President Filipino American Dr. Astrid Tuminez via Zoom. Dr. Tuminez, who hails from Iloilo, talked about UVU and her pride in her Filipino heritage. “We […]

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-101-2021 FIL-AM HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATOR IS OREGON’S 2022 TEACHER OF THE YEAR On the occasion of World Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2021, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, which has consular jurisdiction over the State of Oregon, fetes Filipino American high school teacher Ethelyn Tumalad for being awarded as the “2022

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-100-2021 FWN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL FILIPINA AWARDEES URGED TO EMPOWER FELLOW FILIPINO WOMEN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA – As San Francisco slowly returns to normalcy with the resumption of social events in the city, the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN) held its 17th Filipina Leadership Global Summit and 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-099-2021 FIL-AM HISTORY MONTH KICKS OFF IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WITH EXHIBIT ON 120 YEARS OF FILIPINO ENLISTMENT IN THE U.S. NAVY ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, USA – The annual commemoration of Filipino American History Month kicked off at the San Francisco Bay Area on 3 October 2021, with the opening of a month-long

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-097-2021 PH CONSUL GENERAL IN SF VISITS MARINE EXCHANGE OF SAN FRANCISCO ON WORLD MARITIME DAY 30 September 2021 – Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Frank R. Ferrer paid a visit to the Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region and met with its Executive Director, Captain Lynn D. Korwatch,

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-096-2021 YOUNG FIL-AM CEOs SHARE HOW THEIR STARTUPS GOT FUNDED  SAN FRANCISCO, September 2021 – Two young Filipino American startup founders from Silicon Valley shared their success and prior struggles in getting funding for their startup companies at an in-person/virtual business mixer at Dynamico Space on Sutter Street.  Moderated by Dynamico Space Managing

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-095-2021 CONSUL GENERAL FERRER MEETS MONTANA GOVERNOR GIANFORTE Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer met with Montana Governor Greg Gianforte at the state capitol in Helena on 23 September 2021 on the side of the consular outreach services being conducted by the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco for Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-094-2021 CONSUL GENERAL FERRER EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PH IN BOZEMAN Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer met with Bozeman’s economic development director Brit Fontenot on 23 September 2021 on the side of the consular outreach services conducted by the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 22-25 September 2021 at the Music Hall

PRESS RELEASE SFPCG-PR-093-2021 CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH AGMOR EXEC Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer met with Agmor Inc. president Kyle Lukes on 23 September 2021 to learn more about Agmor’s operations in the Philippines and how its innovative agricultural technology product could help the Philippine agricultural sector. A Montana-based firm, Agmor, Inc. pioneered the