MANILA, Philippines — Amid the string of attacks against Asian-Americans in the United States, the Philippine Consulate General in New York encouraged Filipinos who fall victim to anti-Asian hate crimes or have witnessed such incidents to get in touch with the consulate so immediate assistance can be rendered to victims.
“As we all know, the Filipino Community has been hit hard by the coronavirus but even as we struggle to cope with the effects of the pandemic, we suddenly find ourselves confronted with another challenge—hate crimes and other types of race-based violence,” the Philippines’ new consul general in New York, Elmer Cato, said in a statement posted on the consulate’s Fa…
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