Fil Am News

PIYESTA PINOY (Philippine Fest) SET JUNE 10, 2017

Philippine Fest Piyesta Pinoy in Bolingbrook is back for its 4th year on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center at 375 W. Briarcliff Rd., Bolingbrook, IL 60440. It will feature 11 hours of entertainment, food, music, arts & crafts, vendors, kids...

“MOTHERLAND” FREE SCREENING APRIL 1

Philippine Entry by Ramona Diaz to the 22nd Annual Chicago American Showcase The documentary film Motherland by Ramona Diaz is the Philippines’ official entry to the 22nd Annual Chicago American

FIL AM ACCUSED IN $45-M MEDICARE FRAUD TO PAY A MEASLY $8,373; SENTENCING SET JUNE 21!

CONSULATE GENERAL IN CHICAGO HOLDS OUTREACH SERVICES IN ARKANSAS

CHICAGO, Illinois (JGL) -- Consul General Generoso D. G. Calonge led a team from the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago, Illinois last March 25 that conducted its first outreach mission in Little Rock, Arkansas, serving Filipino Americans residing across The Natural State and beyond. ...

CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR FORMER SEN/USEC RAMOS-SHANANI UP AT CHICAGO PHILIPPINE CONSULATE UNTIL MARCH 31

The Consulate General of the Philippines in Chicago regrets to inform all Filipino-Americans and the general public of the recent passing of former Senator and Undersecretary of Foreign

75th ARAW NG KAGITINGAN (DAY OF VALOR) IN CHICAGO APRIL 8 @ 9 A.M.

The Consulate General of the Philippines would like to invite the Filipino-American community and the general public to participate in the 75th Commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) with a wreath laying ceremony (weather permitting) at the Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge on Saturda...

MORE FILIPINO WOMEN IN US MIDWEST REGISTER TO VOTE THAN MEN

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2017 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) — Filipino women, in almost all age groups, outnumber men 2 to 1 in registering to vote in Middle America in the coming Philippine elections, according to statistics received by Consul General Generoso D. G. Calonge of the Phi...

CONSUL GENERAL CALONGE MEETS WITH CONG. STEVE CHABOT

Consul General Generoso D.G. Calonge last Monday called on U.S. Representative Steven Joseph Chabot at his congressional district office in downtown Cincinnati to discuss US-PH bilateral ties in general and the Philippines’ relations with the Midwest. Rep. Chabot, a member of the U.S. House Com...