MIGRANT WORKERS IN HAWAII

I became interested in the migrant workers of the pineapple and sugarcane plantations in Hawaii in the past. Coz syempre I have a personal connection to it. Sakada gud didto si anhing Tiyo Tino nila Aunty nga maoy ijang giubanan to Hawaii. So it was the Chinese who first came as migrant workers in 1852, followed by the Portuguese from 1878 to 1911, then the Japanese in 1885, the Europeans in 1897, the Puerto Ricans in 1900, Koreans in 1903 and Filipinos in 1905. Last group n niabot didto ang mga Pilipino and they were in the bottom rung daw among the ranks of the migrant workers. But these days, Filipinos are now the largest racial group mn daw in Hawaii, surpassing the Japanese. They have a FILCOM or Filipino Community Center in Waipahu. Morag donated by Mr. Edward Flores, the owner of L and L Restaurant ang center didto. I saw GMA unveil a statue there in 2005 to mark the 100 years of the arrival of Filipinos in Hawaii. God bless us all!