NEW YORK CITY, 27 October 2026 \u2014 Acting Head of Post and Consul Juan Carlos C. Borromeo of the Philippine Consulate General in New York paid courtesy calls on 26 October 2026 on Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor and Mr. Trace Ledgard, Senior Field Representative of Congresswoman Summer Lee, who represents Pennsylvania\u2019s 12th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
At Pittsburgh City Hall, Consul Borromeo thanked Mayor O\u2019Connor for looking after the Filipino community, noting that many Filipinos have made the city their home.<\/p>\n
Mayor O\u2019Connor emphasized that Pittsburgh is a welcoming city where immigrants can establish themselves. He expressed his office\u2019s willingness to work with immigrant communities and consulates on cultural celebrations and the timely dissemination of information on immigrants\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Consul Borromeo conveyed to Mr. Ledgard his appreciation for the Congresswoman\u2019s initiatives on oversight of immigration detention facilities. He emphasized the Philippine government\u2019s interest in ensuring that Filipino nationals in immigration custody receive humane treatment and have access to consular assistance.<\/p>\n
Consul Borromeo expressed the Consulate\u2019s willingness to work with Congresswoman Lee\u2019s office and relevant US authorities on immigration-related concerns affecting Filipinos. Mr. Ledgard welcomed cooperation on these matters and encouraged coordination with the district office.<\/p>\n
During both calls, Consul Borromeo informed the officials of the recently concluded outreach mission to Western Pennsylvania on 24-25 October 2026, and highlighted the Consulate\u2019s commitment to bringing services closer to Filipinos in Greater Pittsburgh, the westernmost major metropolitan area within its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
Filipino American Association in Pittsburgh (FAAP) officials, led by President Carlos Abola, assisted in arranging the meetings and accompanied Consul Borromeo during both visits.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, located southwest of New York, is among the ten states under the consular jurisdiction of the Philippine Consulate General in New York. END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY, 27 October 2026 \u2014 Acting Head of Post and Consul Juan Carlos C. Borromeo of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-315635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}