THE Hawaii Centennial Photo and Philatelic Exhibit unveiled at the Provincial Capitol Building in Lingayen beginning last Wednesday The exhibit is sponsored by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Philippine Postal Corporation, in cooperation with the Provincial Government of Pangasinan.

Features of the exhibit include the history of Filipino migration to Hawaii since the ship SS Doric docked at Honolulu on December 20, 1906, carrying 15 Filipinos along with a handful of Chinese, Japanese and Sikhs.

The exhibit also showcases the exceptional entries (professional and student categories) in the Hawaii Centennial Stamp Design Competition which ran from September 8 to October 31, 2005, and the wining entries in the Hawaii Centennial Editorial Cartoon Competition.

The Hawaii Centennial Photo and Philatelic Exhibit, which is set to run in Lingayen, Pangasinan to coincide with the annual Pista’y Dayat (Sea Festival) celebration of the province, is also scheduled to be brought to Hawaii in May.

The exhibit was launched in Manila on January 2006, marking a series of activities to commemorate the centennial of the 1906 arrival of Filipinos in Hawaii and their subsequent achievements in Hawaii and the United States.