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The Philippine Center is an agency of the Philippine Government in New York City and San Francisco in the United States. The New York City structure houses the Philippine Mission to the United Nations, the Philippine Consulate General, and the overseas offices of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism.
Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world, under the purview of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to forward the country's interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States.At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States, the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.
The borough of Queens is home to the largest concentration of Filipinos within New York City, [4] with about 38,000 Filipinos per the 2010 Census. [14] In 2011, New York City was home to an estimated 82,313 Filipinos, representing a 7.7% increase from the estimated 77,191 in 2008, with 56%, or about 46,000, living in Queens. [15]
New York City also hosts the annual Philippine Independence Day Parade along Madison Avenue on the first Sunday of June. It is also said to be one of the largest parades of any kind in the city and the largest Philippine celebration in the United States. [citation needed] This celebration is a combination of a parade and a street fair.
The Philippines has the largest business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the world, generating a projected $35.4 billion in revenue in 2023, according to the Business Process Association of ...
The Philippine embassy's main chancery comprises five floors, including a basement level. The ground floor contains the Carlos P. Romulo Hall, utilized as the embassy's event space. The second floor accommodates the offices of the Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission, in addition to the embassy's administrative section.
The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based at the embassy located at the 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest in Washington D.C. within its Embassy Row. The Philippine ambassador to the United States is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to various Caribbean countries. [3]