Pangasinan Brotherhood is performing superbly as envisioned. In a nutshell, it has sponsored major activities and events and the latest being the trade seminar on April 25, 2017 at the Toyota Museum Center in Torrance, California.

     In  Musical Odyssey,  Dan Nino defines who we are: “Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA, a 501-C3 non-profit, tax-exempt charitable organization founded in 1978 is an organization whose members come from various town and city associations based in Southern California. It is registered in the City of Cerritos as a Class A community organization. Ambassador Armando C. Fernandez, himself a Pangasinense, who was then the newly-designated Consul General of Los Angeles extended a big helping hand to the original 16 town associations that composed this federation.”

    “As its Mission Statement, Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA shall be an avenue for intelligent participation by Pangasinenses in the affairs of their community, state and nation, here and abroad; to provide them opportunity for personal growth and achievements; and to develop true friendship in our community. The Brotherhood shall vigorously work for progress to raise the quality of life in the thriving cities and towns of the province of Pangasinan in general and to help preserve and promote its people’s unique culture and tradition, thereby making the Brotherhood a positive agent of change and prosperity.”

     PB-USA has evolved in many ways since its establishments 39 years ago. It has partnered with several sectors of our society here and in the Philippines with government and non-government entities, church, business and entrepreneurs to achieve its objectives.                       

     It provided scholarships grants to academically-endowed college-bound students in both Greater Los Angeles and Pangasinan, provided four low-cost housing units through Gawad Kalinga in Villasis and Laoac towns in Pangasinan, provided monetary donations to victims of natural disasters through the church in Central Philippines, provided funds to cooperative projects in Pangasinan, and provided opportunity for Pangasinan producers and manufacturers to showcase their products in Artesia, California for potential export opportunities  of their products to USA, among others.

     PB-USA in current times. The executive planning group has met several times throughout the year and periodically updated its plans and projects to roll with the times. This portfolio covers trade and livelihood that fuel the journey of hope of self-sustaining local business in the grassroots level in the province of Pangasinan. A historical first is the successful importation into the US by IC Motors products, Inc. with a fellow Pangasinense from Bayambang at the helm, Dennis Alvarez with the strong support of Grace Belinda Basilio. Considered a miracle product by many, its entry into the US market is making waves, considering its current demand. A big factor in the equation of success of that trade is built by members of PB-USA who themselves are the leaders of their own shipping and customs broker companies – Eddie Ferrer and Jacqueline Ferrer.