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CONSUL GENERAL FERRER LAUDS MAYOR FERNANDEZ FOR ACTIVE DAGUPAN-MILPITAS SISTER CITY TIES Consul General Neil Ferrer welcomed Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and her delegation during the latter’s call at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 21 November 2024. During the call, Consul General Ferrer lauded Mayor Fernandez for her personal efforts in […]

PH CONSULATE RECEIVES BRONZE BAS-RELIEF OF FILIPINO WORLD WAR II HERO MAGDALENA LEONES Consul General Neil Ferrer receives from Colorado-based Fil-Am sculptor Elaine Antonio Bordeaux, a bronze bas-relief of Filipino World War II hero Magdalena Leones. The bas-relief, which was first featured during Bordeaux’s art exhibit at the Philippine Center in San Francisco in July

CONSUL GENERAL NEIL FRANK FERRER RECEIVES MR. ROMEL ROMERO OF OJT CONNECT (San Francisco PCG Photo) Philippine Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer, accompanied by Consul Rowena  Pangilinan- Daquipil and PTIC-SV Trade Commissioner Anne Marie Kristine Umali  welcomed Mr.  Romel Romero, San Diego-based CEO and Tech Founder of OJT Connect, and his wife Mary Jane,

CONSUL GENERAL FERRER SWEARS IN THE NEW OFFICERS OF THE U.S. ILOCANO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (USINA) Consul General Neil Ferrer led the induction of new officers of the U.S. Ilocano National Association (USINA) at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California on 16 November 2024. He administered the oath of USINA’s new set of executive

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE COMMENDS INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES-CALIFORNIA CHAPTER FOR YEAR-ROUND FREE LEGAL SERVICES (San Francisco PCG photo) Philippine Consul General to San Francisco Neil Frank Ferrer awards a Certificate of Appreciation to the officers and members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines – California Chapter, led by Atty. Jeanne Serrano Kouznetsov, on 8

FIL-AM COMMUNITY MARKS U.S. VETERANS DAY WITH U.S. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY FOR FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETS Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer with, from left to right: Vice Consul Adrian Baccay; U.S. Army Reserve Brigadier General Steven McLaughlin; and Bayanihan Equity Center Executive Director, and Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Program

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO (USF) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDENTS PAY COURTESY VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE       (San Francisco PCG photo) A group of international business students from the University of San Francisco (USF) paid a courtesy visit to the Philippine Consulate General on 8 November 2024.  Consul General Neil R. Ferrer welcomed the students, accompanied by

EAST BAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (EDA) CALLS ON CONSUL GENERAL FERRER Philippine Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer accompanied by Vice Consul Hannah Eloise Go, PTIC SV Trade Commissioner Anne Marie Kristine Umali welcomed  Mr.  Stephen Baiter, Executive Director and  Ms. Jaclyn Funasaki, Head of Business Operations and Special Projects of  East Bay Economic Development

CONSUL GENERAL FERRER JOINS SF CONSULAR CORPS IN POST-ELECTION CHAT WITH NBC BAY AREA ANCHOR RAJ MATHAI Philippine Consul General Neil Ferrer joined the San Francisco Consular Corps (SFCC) for a meeting on 12 November 2024, where he met NBC Bay Area news anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Raj Mathai. In a fireside chat with

PH CONSULATE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL AID’S 38TH ANNIVERSARY, BROADWAY-THEMED GALA The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco joined the 38th anniversary and Broadway musical-themed gala of Filipino American organization Philippine International Aid at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco on 10 November 2024. Consul Rowena Pangilinan-Daquipil, Vice Consul Adrian Baccay, and Tourism Director Soleil Tropicales attended