Philippine ambassador to the U.S. Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. (r.), with Consul General Mario de Leon, Jr. (c.) and Consul Elena Maningat, talks to members of the Fil-Am media at the Philippine Center boardroom in New York on May 18. (Filipino Reporter photo)
A relaxed, friendly and insightful Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., the new Philippine envoy to Washington, faced the Fil-Am media early Wednesday night at the boardroom of the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue, an hour before he addressed the Fil-Am community at the Kalayaan Hall in his first New York tri-state appearance.
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