Hawaii legislators to 'adopt' 1 of 100 islands
Updated 02:12am (Mla time) Jan 16, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A19 of the January 16, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
ALAMINOS CITY , Pangasinan, Philippines -- The Aloha Medical Mission of Hawaii will adopt one of the islands of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here as a "symbol of friendship" between the State of Hawaii and Pangasinan.
The mission, headed by State of Hawaii Representatives Dennis Arakaki (30th district), Michael Magaoay (4th district) and Felipe Abinsay (29th district), visited HINP after conducting medical missions in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur recently.
In 2003, the team also conducted a weeklong medical mission in different towns in Pangasinan.
Mayor Hernani Braganza said government agencies managing the HINP still have to identify the island that will be adopted by the mission.
Most of the members of the team trace their roots to the Ilocos region but it was their first visit to the HINP, the country's first national park.
Amazed at the beauty of the islands, they have committed to help in the conservation, preservation and enhancement of the island that the mission will adopt, Braganza said.
The HINP, this province's premier tourist attraction, is a diverse ecosystem of overgrown corals that compose the 123 islands and islets covering 1,844 hectares.
"The group will study the possibility of sending experts on agriculture, fishery and environment to the city to help us in these fields," Braganza said.
The adoption of an island "will seal the sisterhood arrangement" between Hawaii and Pangasinan, he said.
The sisterhood agreement between Hawaii and Pangasinan was signed on July 11, 2002, in Hawaii between Gov. Victor Agbayani and then Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano who traces his roots to Urdaneta City.
Agbayani said there are many Pangasinenses in Hawaii, such as Cayetano and former Miss America Angela Baraquio, whose father is from Aguilar town.
"The friendship between our province and Hawaii will surely benefit the two communities," the governor said.
The sisterhood agreement said Pangasinan and Hawaii would "jointly establish priorities and a program for the accomplishment of mutually desirable objectives in trade, education, tourism and communications."
The provincial government hosted a dinner for mission members on Thursday night, during which the visitors entertained Pangasinan officials with Hawaiian songs and dances.
Pangasinan officials, on the other hand, sang Pangasinan and Ilocano songs for them.
Arakaki said he considered the visit as a homecoming because he is an adopted son of Pangasinan. He has been a member of the Aloha Mission that conducted medical and trade missions to Pangasinan.
"We're so blessed. We're always treated warmly and generously here. We have used the Aloha Week here in the past years as a model in conducting missions in other places," he said.
Arakaki also announced that Hawaii would be celebrating the centennial anniversary of the immigration of Filipinos to Hawaii in 2006.
Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
Full Version: Hawaii legislators to 'adopt' 1 of 100 islands
QUOTE (Ek-ek @ Jan 15 2005, 05:52 PM)
Hawaii legislators to 'adopt' 1 of 100 islands
Updated 02:12am (Mla time) Jan 16, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A19 of the January 16, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
ALAMINOS CITY , Pangasinan, Philippines -- The Aloha Medical Mission of Hawaii will adopt one of the islands of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here as a "symbol of friendship" between the State of Hawaii and Pangasinan.
The mission, headed by State of Hawaii Representatives Dennis Arakaki (30th district), Michael Magaoay (4th district) and Felipe Abinsay (29th district), visited HINP after conducting medical missions in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur recently.
In 2003, the team also conducted a weeklong medical mission in different towns in Pangasinan.
Mayor Hernani Braganza said government agencies managing the HINP still have to identify the island that will be adopted by the mission.
Most of the members of the team trace their roots to the Ilocos region but it was their first visit to the HINP, the country's first national park.
Amazed at the beauty of the islands, they have committed to help in the conservation, preservation and enhancement of the island that the mission will adopt, Braganza said.
The HINP, this province's premier tourist attraction, is a diverse ecosystem of overgrown corals that compose the 123 islands and islets covering 1,844 hectares.
"The group will study the possibility of sending experts on agriculture, fishery and environment to the city to help us in these fields," Braganza said.
The adoption of an island "will seal the sisterhood arrangement" between Hawaii and Pangasinan, he said.
The sisterhood agreement between Hawaii and Pangasinan was signed on July 11, 2002, in Hawaii between Gov. Victor Agbayani and then Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano who traces his roots to Urdaneta City.
Agbayani said there are many Pangasinenses in Hawaii, such as Cayetano and former Miss America Angela Baraquio, whose father is from Aguilar town.
"The friendship between our province and Hawaii will surely benefit the two communities," the governor said.
The sisterhood agreement said Pangasinan and Hawaii would "jointly establish priorities and a program for the accomplishment of mutually desirable objectives in trade, education, tourism and communications."
The provincial government hosted a dinner for mission members on Thursday night, during which the visitors entertained Pangasinan officials with Hawaiian songs and dances.
Pangasinan officials, on the other hand, sang Pangasinan and Ilocano songs for them.
Arakaki said he considered the visit as a homecoming because he is an adopted son of Pangasinan. He has been a member of the Aloha Mission that conducted medical and trade missions to Pangasinan.
"We're so blessed. We're always treated warmly and generously here. We have used the Aloha Week here in the past years as a model in conducting missions in other places," he said.
Arakaki also announced that Hawaii would be celebrating the centennial anniversary of the immigration of Filipinos to Hawaii in 2006.
Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
Updated 02:12am (Mla time) Jan 16, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A19 of the January 16, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
ALAMINOS CITY , Pangasinan, Philippines -- The Aloha Medical Mission of Hawaii will adopt one of the islands of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here as a "symbol of friendship" between the State of Hawaii and Pangasinan.
The mission, headed by State of Hawaii Representatives Dennis Arakaki (30th district), Michael Magaoay (4th district) and Felipe Abinsay (29th district), visited HINP after conducting medical missions in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur recently.
In 2003, the team also conducted a weeklong medical mission in different towns in Pangasinan.
Mayor Hernani Braganza said government agencies managing the HINP still have to identify the island that will be adopted by the mission.
Most of the members of the team trace their roots to the Ilocos region but it was their first visit to the HINP, the country's first national park.
Amazed at the beauty of the islands, they have committed to help in the conservation, preservation and enhancement of the island that the mission will adopt, Braganza said.
The HINP, this province's premier tourist attraction, is a diverse ecosystem of overgrown corals that compose the 123 islands and islets covering 1,844 hectares.
"The group will study the possibility of sending experts on agriculture, fishery and environment to the city to help us in these fields," Braganza said.
The adoption of an island "will seal the sisterhood arrangement" between Hawaii and Pangasinan, he said.
The sisterhood agreement between Hawaii and Pangasinan was signed on July 11, 2002, in Hawaii between Gov. Victor Agbayani and then Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano who traces his roots to Urdaneta City.
Agbayani said there are many Pangasinenses in Hawaii, such as Cayetano and former Miss America Angela Baraquio, whose father is from Aguilar town.
"The friendship between our province and Hawaii will surely benefit the two communities," the governor said.
The sisterhood agreement said Pangasinan and Hawaii would "jointly establish priorities and a program for the accomplishment of mutually desirable objectives in trade, education, tourism and communications."
The provincial government hosted a dinner for mission members on Thursday night, during which the visitors entertained Pangasinan officials with Hawaiian songs and dances.
Pangasinan officials, on the other hand, sang Pangasinan and Ilocano songs for them.
Arakaki said he considered the visit as a homecoming because he is an adopted son of Pangasinan. He has been a member of the Aloha Mission that conducted medical and trade missions to Pangasinan.
"We're so blessed. We're always treated warmly and generously here. We have used the Aloha Week here in the past years as a model in conducting missions in other places," he said.
Arakaki also announced that Hawaii would be celebrating the centennial anniversary of the immigration of Filipinos to Hawaii in 2006.
Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
Okay how about Virginia to adopt Antique. 
QUOTE (Fil-Am @ Jan 16 2005, 01:24 PM)
Okay how about Virginia to adopt Antique. LMAO
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QUOTE (Kanlungan @ Jan 16 2005, 03:06 AM)
QUOTE (Fil-Am @ Jan 16 2005, 01:24 PM)
Okay how about Virginia to adopt Antique. LMAO
2I was being serious, why only Hawaii?
QUOTE (Fil-Am @ Jan 16 2005, 12:24 AM)
QUOTE (Ek-ek @ Jan 15 2005, 05:52 PM)
Hawaii legislators to 'adopt' 1 of 100 islands
Updated 02:12am (Mla time) Jan 16, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A19 of the January 16, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
ALAMINOS CITY , Pangasinan, Philippines -- The Aloha Medical Mission of Hawaii will adopt one of the islands of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here as a "symbol of friendship" between the State of Hawaii and Pangasinan.
The mission, headed by State of Hawaii Representatives Dennis Arakaki (30th district), Michael Magaoay (4th district) and Felipe Abinsay (29th district), visited HINP after conducting medical missions in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur recently.
In 2003, the team also conducted a weeklong medical mission in different towns in Pangasinan.
Mayor Hernani Braganza said government agencies managing the HINP still have to identify the island that will be adopted by the mission.
Most of the members of the team trace their roots to the Ilocos region but it was their first visit to the HINP, the country's first national park.
Amazed at the beauty of the islands, they have committed to help in the conservation, preservation and enhancement of the island that the mission will adopt, Braganza said.
The HINP, this province's premier tourist attraction, is a diverse ecosystem of overgrown corals that compose the 123 islands and islets covering 1,844 hectares.
"The group will study the possibility of sending experts on agriculture, fishery and environment to the city to help us in these fields," Braganza said.
The adoption of an island "will seal the sisterhood arrangement" between Hawaii and Pangasinan, he said.
The sisterhood agreement between Hawaii and Pangasinan was signed on July 11, 2002, in Hawaii between Gov. Victor Agbayani and then Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano who traces his roots to Urdaneta City.
Agbayani said there are many Pangasinenses in Hawaii, such as Cayetano and former Miss America Angela Baraquio, whose father is from Aguilar town.
"The friendship between our province and Hawaii will surely benefit the two communities," the governor said.
The sisterhood agreement said Pangasinan and Hawaii would "jointly establish priorities and a program for the accomplishment of mutually desirable objectives in trade, education, tourism and communications."
The provincial government hosted a dinner for mission members on Thursday night, during which the visitors entertained Pangasinan officials with Hawaiian songs and dances.
Pangasinan officials, on the other hand, sang Pangasinan and Ilocano songs for them.
Arakaki said he considered the visit as a homecoming because he is an adopted son of Pangasinan. He has been a member of the Aloha Mission that conducted medical and trade missions to Pangasinan.
"We're so blessed. We're always treated warmly and generously here. We have used the Aloha Week here in the past years as a model in conducting missions in other places," he said.
Arakaki also announced that Hawaii would be celebrating the centennial anniversary of the immigration of Filipinos to Hawaii in 2006.
Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
Updated 02:12am (Mla time) Jan 16, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A19 of the January 16, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
ALAMINOS CITY , Pangasinan, Philippines -- The Aloha Medical Mission of Hawaii will adopt one of the islands of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here as a "symbol of friendship" between the State of Hawaii and Pangasinan.
The mission, headed by State of Hawaii Representatives Dennis Arakaki (30th district), Michael Magaoay (4th district) and Felipe Abinsay (29th district), visited HINP after conducting medical missions in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur recently.
In 2003, the team also conducted a weeklong medical mission in different towns in Pangasinan.
Mayor Hernani Braganza said government agencies managing the HINP still have to identify the island that will be adopted by the mission.
Most of the members of the team trace their roots to the Ilocos region but it was their first visit to the HINP, the country's first national park.
Amazed at the beauty of the islands, they have committed to help in the conservation, preservation and enhancement of the island that the mission will adopt, Braganza said.
The HINP, this province's premier tourist attraction, is a diverse ecosystem of overgrown corals that compose the 123 islands and islets covering 1,844 hectares.
"The group will study the possibility of sending experts on agriculture, fishery and environment to the city to help us in these fields," Braganza said.
The adoption of an island "will seal the sisterhood arrangement" between Hawaii and Pangasinan, he said.
The sisterhood agreement between Hawaii and Pangasinan was signed on July 11, 2002, in Hawaii between Gov. Victor Agbayani and then Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano who traces his roots to Urdaneta City.
Agbayani said there are many Pangasinenses in Hawaii, such as Cayetano and former Miss America Angela Baraquio, whose father is from Aguilar town.
"The friendship between our province and Hawaii will surely benefit the two communities," the governor said.
The sisterhood agreement said Pangasinan and Hawaii would "jointly establish priorities and a program for the accomplishment of mutually desirable objectives in trade, education, tourism and communications."
The provincial government hosted a dinner for mission members on Thursday night, during which the visitors entertained Pangasinan officials with Hawaiian songs and dances.
Pangasinan officials, on the other hand, sang Pangasinan and Ilocano songs for them.
Arakaki said he considered the visit as a homecoming because he is an adopted son of Pangasinan. He has been a member of the Aloha Mission that conducted medical and trade missions to Pangasinan.
"We're so blessed. We're always treated warmly and generously here. We have used the Aloha Week here in the past years as a model in conducting missions in other places," he said.
Arakaki also announced that Hawaii would be celebrating the centennial anniversary of the immigration of Filipinos to Hawaii in 2006.
Yolanda Sotelo-Fuertes, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
Okay how about Virginia to adopt Antique. i just knew you were going to comment on this. i knew it.
I think it is more of a friendship issue
yep, beside it is not the big islands, just one of the Hundred Island National Park... however, i know that there are "sister city program" agreement that involves, what else but cities in different countries, and it is not limited to the US having sister cities, but I'm not sure....
I wish someone could post What are the sister cities of each provinces Like example Manila- San Francisco???
sorry di ko alam... alam ko lang may sister city program... sensya na po...
Hindi ba't maraming Pinoy sa Hawaii ay nanggaling sa Pangasinan?
^yeah. all the ilocano/north luzon peoples. all ilocanos, mostly from ilocos sur or norte but also from pangasinan, zambales, even igorot.
I think that most of Filipinos that came to Hawaii were from the Ilocos region
QUOTE (Ek-ek @ Jan 19 2005, 05:52 PM)
I think that most of Filipinos that came to Hawaii were from the Ilocos region
And most filipinos that came to the mainland USA come from the Visayas and Luzon.
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