City of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation mid-winter camps
MID-WINTER Break is right around the corner! The City of Santa Clara Parks & Recreation Department will keep your kids active over break with two specialty camps! Are you a…
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ConGen Ferrer explores Open RAN technology, opportunities for PH with Bay Area company
WALNUT CREEK – Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer met with Ike Ahmet Ilkgün Cark and Hakan Kavlak, founders and managing partners of KCCTech Innovative Solutions, at its…
Consulate officials tour showroom of SF outdoor furniture maker with ties to PH
SAN FRANCISCO – Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer met with the owners of innovative outdoor furniture maker Galanter and Jones and toured their showroom and facility in the city….
‘Love the Philippines Campaign’ takes flight with spectacular drone show over the San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO – In a dazzling display of cutting-edge technology and Filipino pride, the Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) featured a drone show against the picturesque backdrop of the San…
CA State Parks invites public to celebrate Chinese New Year at Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
Festivities will be held on Saturday, February 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WEAVERVILLE — History will come alive when a traditional Chinese lion dance will be presented at the Weaverville Joss…
PH Consulate General in SF renders nearly 50,000 services in 2023, among the highest globally
SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco rendered nearly 50,000 consular and overseas voting registration services in 2023, delivering one of the highest volumes globally among Philippine…
California mobilizes ahead of next round of storms, urges communities to prepare
SACRAMENTO – Working proactively to keep communities safe, California is mobilizing a whole-of-government response to a series of potentially dangerous incoming storms. On Tuesday evening, January 30, a series of storms was…
Mayor Breed announces $53M federal grant for SF homeless programs
SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor London N. Breed on Wednesday, January 31 announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the city a $53.7 million grant to…
SF launches free tax preparation assistance programs, locations to help thousands of residents
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London N. Breed, Treasurer José Cisneros, and the San Francisco Human Services Agency (SFHSA) announced on Monday, January 29 that free assistance is available to help eligible…
AFP chief of staff calls on SF consul general
SAN FRANCISCO – Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner, Jr. paid a courtesy call on Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer on January 25, 2024….
BUREAU OF THE TREASURY HOLDS FINANCIAL LITERACY SESSION, FEBRUARY 14
The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco invites the Filipino communities under its jurisdiction to the Philippine Bureau of the Treasury’s online financial literacy session on Retail Treasury Bonds (RTB) on…
PH consulate general in SF holds 2024 planning session
SAN FRANCISCO – Philippine Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer convened the 2024 planning conference on January 11, 2024 with officers of the consulate and partner government agencies to coordinate…
Filipino earth scientists attending AGU meeting call on Consul General Ferrer
SAN FRANCISCO – A group of Filipino scientists and science scholars attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2023 last December called on Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer…
Existing pop-ups extending leases as program ends to fill more downtown vacancies
SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor London N. Breed and Vacant to Vibrant partner SF New Deal on Thursday, January 18 celebrated the success of the city’s Vacant to Vibrant program, which includes…
PH Consulate in San Francisco approves 2,117 overseas voting applications filed in Q4 2023
SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco approved 2,117 overseas voting (OV) applications filed from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, during the hearing conducted by the…
Hila-Bana: Espasyo Temporal, the first exhibition to be held at PH Consulate in 2024, invites public to ‘follow the red thread’
SAN FRANCISCO – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is hosting an art exhibit of Filipino visual artist and street muralist Venazir Martinez, the artist’s first solo art exhibit…
East Bay Regional Park District launches Annual Trails Challenge program
20 new trails for 2024 OAKLAND – For the past 31 years, the East Bay Regional Park District has encouraged the public to explore their Regional Parks through its annual…
OTS gives grant to Santa Clara for Safe Routes to School Program
SANTA CLARA – The City of Santa Clara received a $45,200 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to continue the important work being done through the city’s Safe…
Knights of Rizal joins PH Consulate in 2023 Rizal Day commemoration
SAN FRANCISCO – Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer and Cavite 7th District Board Member and new Knights of Rizal (KOR) Supreme Commander Raymundo Del Rosario led a wreath-laying ceremony at…
SF encampment teams helped more people into shelter, 2023 report says
SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor London N. Breed and the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) recently announced results from the Healthy Streets Operations Center (HSOC) street outreach efforts in 2023. Through multiple…
PCGSF invites young Fil-Ams to join IMPACT! program
THE Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco invites young Filipino Americans to join the IMPACT! Filipino-American Internship Program for Summer 2024. The IMPACT! Program is a nine-week professional development program created by…
PCGSF recognized in the 2023 Startup Ecosystem Stars (SES) awards
PARIS – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco was one of the government entities recognized for its support for the development of the startup ecosystem in the inaugural awards called Startup Ecosystem…
PH CONSULATE JOINS PASIGUEÑANS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR IMMACULATE CONCEPTION FEAST DAY
Vice Consul Adrian Baccay of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco attended the Pasigueñans of Northern California’s 38th annual celebration of the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Immaculate…
SSS OFFICE PROVIDES SERVICES TO 181 FIL-AMS DURING TWO-DAY OUTREACH IN SAN FRANCISCO
The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco hosted a two-day outreach of the Philippine Social Security System (SSS) Representative Office in Los Angeles, held at the Philippine Center’s Kalayaan Hall…
Consul General Ferrer meets with CAS official
PHILIPPINE Consul General to San Francisco Neil Frank R. Ferrer met with Dr. Terrence M. Gosliner, Senior Curator of the California Academy of Sciences on November 29, 2023 at the…
San Francisco’s iconic cable car is dressed up for Christmas, Filipino-style
SAN FRANCISCO – It’s beginning to look like Pinoy Christmas with the launch of the first-ever Filipino Christmas-themed cable car in San Francisco. The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF MUNI)…
Mayor Breed’s small business reforms approved by Board of Supervisors
The approved legislation will move forward 100 changes to the Planning Code to improve the small business permitting process and help fill commercial vacancies faster SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor London N….
PH CONSULATE IN SF ATTENDS WARRIORS’ FIRST FILIPINO HERITAGE NIGHT OF THE NEW NBA SEASON
Dubnation and basketball fans in the Bay Area were treated with a night of Pinoy culture in the first Filipino Heritage Night of the Golden State Warriors of the 2023-2024…
SF Police retail theft blitz operations result in hundreds of arrests, expanding with new state grand funding
Police have conducted 40 operations at local retailers leading to over 300 arrests and will be expanding these efforts going into the holiday shopping season SAN FRANCISCO – With the holiday shopping season starting, Mayor London N. Breed on Monday,…
San Francisco’s annual Parol Lantern Festival takes place December 9
THE 21st Annual Parol Lantern Festival takes place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YCBA) located at 701 Mission Street in the South of Market area in downtown…