WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Philippine Embassy, together with more than 50 other embassies and foreign diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C., participated in the 7th Annual Embassy Showcase Winternational held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on 06 December ...
Read More »Mr. Almeda bids goodbye & salutes Pres. George HW Bush
Goodnight President George H.W. Bush: After waiting in line for two hours in his wheel chair, Filipino American WWII veteran Celestino Almeda, 101, saluted and bid goodbye to the former U.S. commander-in-chief as he lay in state in the Capitol ...
Read More »Filipino American Community in Chicago Got Together to Plan Community Wide Christmas Event and Simban Gabi at Seafood City
For three months now, the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago in collaboration with several Fil-Am organizations in Chicago and Illinois have been meeting regularly at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Consulate to plan the upcoming first-ever Fil-Am community event, ...
Read More »Philippine Independence Week Committee 2018 donated $3,439, through the PIWC Board of Trustees, to Hospital On Wheels (HOW) in the Philippines. Representing HOW to receive the donation is Dr. Gerry Guzman.
Additionally, PIWC 2018 is donating the rest of its proceeds to the following charities: Feed My Starving Children — $1,000.00 Don Bosco Tuloy Foundation — $3,000.00 Bangar Public (Elementary) School — $2,000.00 Teach for the Philippines, Inc (formerly Sa Aklat ...
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