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The former chancery (and now consular section) located at 1617 Massachusetts Avenue. The Philippine embassy's chancery annex, originally constructed in 1917 as a private residence for platinum mine owner Daniel C. Stapleton and his wife, Stella Stapleton, functioned as the embassy's primary chancery from 1946 (the year of Philippine independence) to 1995.
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]
The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika sa Republika ng Pilipinas) was established on July 4, 1946, after the Philippines gained its independence from the United States, as successor of the High Commissioner to the Philippines (the last high commissioner became the first ambassador).
The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is headed by Consul General Neil Frank R. Ferrer, who assumed his post in January 2021. Currently, the consulate's jurisdiction covers northern and central California, northern Nevada , and the states of Washington , Oregon , Montana , Colorado , Idaho , Utah , Wyoming and Alaska . [ 1 ]
The Consulate General of the Philippines in Los Angeles is a diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States, representing the country's interests in southern California. It is located on the fifth floor of the Equitable Life Building at 3435 Wilshire Boulevard in the Koreatown neighborhood of central Los Angeles , a ...
The Philippine Consulate General in Houston is headed by Consul General Gunther Emil M. Sales, who assumed the position on July 30, 2024. [9] Prior to his current post, he served as Assistant Secretary for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, [9] and before that was posted at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. as minister and consul. [10]
The United States federal government nearly considered selling Mindanao to the German Empire in 1910. [15] Except for the brief interruption of the Japanese occupation between 1942 and 1945, the United States ruled the Philippines from 1898 to 1946, after which, the Philippines was granted independence after being devastated by the Second World ...
Bolivia and Philippines were both Spanish colonies, diplomatic relations between the two countries began in 1970. The Philippine Embassy in Buenos Aires exercised jurisdiction over Bolivia. Furthermore, the Embassy of Bolivia in Tokyo has jurisdiction over the Philippines, while the Philippine Embassy in Santiago, Chile, has jurisdiction over ...