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Ilocanos want revival of IN, Hawaii sisterhood ties

By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff Reporter

ILOCANOS living in Ilocos Norte and the Aloha state of Hawaii are eyeing the revival of sisterhood ties between the two to further boost cooperation, this time, in the field of agriculture and education among others.

In 2002, the administration of then Ilocos Norte Governor now Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle forged a sisterhood agreement  between Ilocos Norte and Hawaii resulting in better health care exchanges, making Filipino nurses most preferred in Hawaii.

To keep up with the 2.7 percent unemployment rate, Hawaii kept on hiring health care professionals as about 40,000 new jobs were created under Lingle’s administration.  

Through the Mariano Marcos State University in Batac City and the University of Hawaii, serving as focal points, both committed in the exchange of learning scheme between and among qualified faculty and students in Ilocos Norte and Hawaii.

This way, the nursing faculty and students will be able to improve their teaching-learning methodologies to easily pass the standard nursing board examinations and facilitate their access to the Hawaiian island and augment the state’s shortage of nurses.

Now with a new set of leaders, the Ilocos Norte Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed a resolution on October 21 requesting Hawaii State Representative Rida Cabanilla and State Senator Brickwood Galutera to cause for the revival of the sister state-province relationship between Ilocos Norte and Hawaii and to encourage Hawaiian-Ilocanos from Ilocos province to rediscover their roots as part of the bicentennial celebration of Ilocos Norte in 2018.

According to board member Da Vinci Crisostomo, draft provincial resolution no. 2013-09-007 aims to request for the reinstatement of the sisterhood ties and bring back an active calendar of activities for the exchange of better practices particularly to promote sustainable agriculture and education excellence including environment, tourism and cultural exchanges.

Just last week, Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Eugenio Angelo M. Barba visited Hawaii and met with Ilocano associations there to renew ties and promote better cooperation in helping Ilocanos back home.


Aside from that, the provincial government is also giving special incentive packages for balikbayans should they wish to invest in the province.

Univ of Hawaii's May Kealoha speaking before MMSU nursing studes

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